Genocide seems extreme to most of us, unless… 1) God is thrice holy and man is totally depraved, and 2) Man’s genetic code was corrupted by fallen angels and needed to be wiped out in order to preserve humanity and the messianic line of the Christ.

Genocide seems extreme to most of us, unless… 1) God is thrice holy and man is totally depraved, and 2) Man’s genetic code was corrupted by fallen angels and needed to be wiped out in order to preserve humanity and the messianic line of the Christ.
The circumcision of Israel, and their following observance of the Passover, signified the renewal of the covenant between Israel and God. In a similar fashion, my prayer is that in my lifetime I might be granted the privilege of witnessing a renewal of the covenant between America and God. This would not be the New Covenant, which God reserves only …
Joshua was instructed by the Lord to appoint one man from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Likewise, the Greater Joshua, who is Jesus, after having passed through the agony of his death on the cross and having opened the Heavenly Canaan to all of true Israel, appointed his twelve apostles to construct the Eternal Memorial of Holy Scripture …
It is not enough to obey God in part. The people of Israel witnessed God’s deliverance of victory with the crumbling of the walls of Jericho, but they were then expected to secure that victory by putting all the inhabitants of the city to death. To often, the people of God are content to merely subdue sin, rather than mortify …
All Christians will suffer with Christ to varying degrees, but sometimes, in God’s merciful providence, we may also be given the opportunity to reign with Christ here on earth. All Christians will reign with Christ in the life to come, but there have been occasions in human history where Christians were providentially appointed to reign with Christ in this life …
Jericho could not put its trust in the courage of its people to take the offensive, so it trusted in the strength of its walls to provide a sturdy defense. Even in the midst of terror, Jericho placed trust in itself, not the Lord. And so Jericho was “shut up.” It did not possess the courage to deploy an attack, …