The Canaanite gods

 

Exodus 20:1-3

King James Version

20 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, 

which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 

out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

GOD really makes things plain.

If it was not His most important commandment, He wouldn't have made it first:

Exodus 20:3

King James Version

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

The true born again is careful not to displease GOD.

We obey GOD's commandments.

As one would obey a FATHER.

GOD so hates idolatry.

He didn't want His chosen people marrying Canaanite men, and women, because of their idolatry.

Deuteronomy 7:4

King James Version

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, 

that they may serve other gods: 

so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, 

and destroy thee suddenly.

GOD knows the hearts of the Canaanites.

They have many gods.

They will mislead GOD's people.

They will turn away people's hearts from Him.

They will cause them to sin.

If you wish to know the gravity of the situation, check these:

Here's a list of Canaanite gods.

Here's a list of other false gods.

Here's a list of other false deities. 

Here's a list of idolatrous practices.

Here's a list of idolaters -- people, cities, and nations.

Now we see what GOD has to contend with.

Despite the law being given, man continues to sin.

Our GOD is really longsuffering, merciful, and compassionate.

Despite judgment falling upon us, man keeps sinning.

He has many excuses not to obey the LORD.

But JESUS commanded us:

Matthew 22:37-38

King James Version

37 Jesus said unto him, 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

He also warned us:

Matthew 13:41-43

King James Version

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 

and they shall gather out of his kingdom 

all things that offend, 

and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: 

there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun 

in the kingdom of their Father. 

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And this is certain:

Revelation 21:8

King James Version

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, 

and the abominable, and murderers, 

and whoremongers, and sorcerers,

 and idolaters, and all liars, 

shall have their part in the lake 

which burneth with fire and brimstone: 

which is the second death.

That's why JESUS was sent.

To save us from our sins.

And that we may repent.

And believe His gospel.

While there's still time.

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

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Why GOD wants the Canaanites destroyed

 

Deuteronomy 20:16-17

King James Version

16 But of the cities of these people, 

which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, 

thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; 

namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, 

the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, 

the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 

as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

Now, we get to the "meat of the matter".

Why GOD wants the Canaanites destroyed.

Why He wants His house "cleared" of them.

SPIRIT and Scripture tell us why:

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

King James Version

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; 

thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, 

nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, 

that they may serve other gods: 

so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, 

and destroy thee suddenly.

Deuteronomy 7:5-6

King James Version

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; 

ye shall destroy their altars, 

and break down their images, 

and cut down their groves, 

and burn their graven images with fire.

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: 

the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 

to be a special people unto himself, 

above all people 

that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:9-11

King James Version

9 Know therefore 

that the Lord thy God, 

he is God, 

the faithful God, 

which keepeth covenant and mercy 

with them that love him 

and keep his commandments 

to a thousand generations;

10 And repayeth them 

that hate him to their face, 

to destroy them: 

he will not be slack to him that hateth him, 

he will repay him to his face.

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, 

and the statutes, 

and the judgments, 

which I command thee this day, 

to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:16

King James Version

16 And thou shalt consume all the people 

which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; 

thine eye shall have no pity upon them: 

neither shalt thou serve their gods;

 for that will be a snare unto thee.

Deuteronomy 7:25

King James Version

25 The graven images of their gods 

shall ye burn with fire: 

thou shalt not desire the silver or gold 

that is on them, 

nor take it unto thee, 

lest thou be snared therin: 

for it is an abomination 

to the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 7:26

King James Version

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination 

into thine house, 

lest thou be a cursed thing like it: 

but thou shalt utterly detest it, 

and thou shalt utterly abhor it; 

for it is a cursed thing.

GOD hates idolatry.

Remember the LORD's commandments:

Exodus 20:1-2

King James Version

20 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the Lord thy God, 

which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 

out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3-4

King James Version

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, 

or that is in the earth beneath, 

or that is in the water under the earth.

Exodus 20:5-6

King James Version

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, 

nor serve them: 

for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children 

unto the third and fourth generation 

of them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them 

that love me, and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:7

King James Version

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; 

for the Lord will not hold him guiltless 

that taketh his name in vain.

Related material:

GOD's war against Canaanites

ORIGIN of the Canaanites

Idolatry

GOD's 10 COMMANDMENTS

The WICKED shall PERISH

Related video:

Why Did God Devote the Canaanites to Destruction? — Part 1 | Michael Heiser

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GOD's war against Canaanites

 

Deuteronomy 4:39-40

King James Version

39 Know therefore this day, 

and consider it in thine heart, 

that the Lord he is God in heaven above, 

and upon the earth beneath: 

there is none else.

40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, 

and his commandments, 

which I command thee this day, 

that it may go well with thee, 

and with thy children after thee, 

and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, 

which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 

for ever.

GOD is always consistent.

He wanted Canaanites wiped out.

If we think that's a terrible thing, let us hear GOD out.

We are treading on HOLY ground here.

We must understand the context.

That is the objective of this blog.

The LORD sent the flood, wiping out all wickedness from earth.

Except for Noah, who had three sons.

One was Ham, who begat Canaan.

Through Canaan, the Canaanites descended.

Through Canaan, the Canaanites were cursed.

It's time we knew what GOD thought of the Canaanites.

And what He wanted His chosen people to do.

Zechariah spoke of GOD's desire in the "day of the Lord":

Zechariah 14:21

King James Version

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah 

shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: 

and all they that sacrifice 

shall come and take of them, 

and seethe therein: 

and in that day 

there shall be no more the Canaanite 

in the house of the Lord of hosts.

GOD commanded Moses to do these:

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

King James Version

7 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee 

into the land whither thou goest to possess it, 

and hath cast out many nations before thee, 

the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, 

and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, 

and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, 

seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

2 And when the Lord thy God 

shall deliver them before thee; 

thou shalt smite them, 

and utterly destroy them; 

thou shalt make no covenant with them, 

nor shew mercy unto them:

Deuteronomy 7:3

King James Version

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them;

 thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, 

nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Deuteronomy 7:5

King James Version

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; 

ye shall destroy their altars, 

and break down their images, 

and cut down their groves, 

and burn their graven images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:16

King James Version

16 And thou shalt consume all the people 

which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; 

thine eye shall have no pity upon them: 

neither shalt thou serve their gods; 

for that will be a snare unto thee.

Deuteronomy 7:17-19

King James Version

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, 

These nations are more than I; 

how can I dispossess them?

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: 

but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God 

did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, 

and the signs, and the wonders, 

and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, 

whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: 

so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people 

of whom thou art afraid.

Deuteronomy 7:20-21

King James Version

20 Moreover the Lord thy God 

will send the hornet among them, 

until they that are left, 

and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: 

for the Lord thy God is among you, 

a mighty God and terrible.

Deuteronomy 7:22-23

King James Version

22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations 

before thee by little and little: 

thou mayest not consume them at once, 

lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, 

and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, 

until they be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:24

King James Version

24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, 

and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: 

there shall no man be able to stand before thee, 

until thou have destroyed them.

Deuteronomy 20:16-17

King James Version

16 But of the cities of these people, 

which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, 

thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; 

namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, 

the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, 

the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 

as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

Why does GOD want the Canaanites destroyed?

Why doesn't He want them in His house?

Why will they be "cleared" from His house?

We shall find out on the next post.

Related material:

ORIGIN of Canaanites

NO Canaan wives

Related video:

Why Did God Devote the Canaanites to Destruction? — Part 1 | Michael Heiser

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Zechariah 14

 

Zechariah 14:21

King James Version

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah 

shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: 

and all they that sacrifice shall come 

and take of them, and seethe therein: 

and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite 

in the house of the Lord of hosts.

That verse was the last verse in Zechariah's last chapter.

That was to be the "day of the Lord".

Wherein He will separate the wheat, from the chaff.

The wheat, from the tares.

The sheep, from the goats.

Who are the Canaanites?

Why were they singled out?

"and in that day 

there shall be no more the Canaanite 

in the house of the Lord of hosts"

Why didn't GOD want their presence in His house?

That primary question was enough to create this 102nd blog.

Further, are there exceptions to that command?

Let SPIRIT take us to Scripture.

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