1. The Flood (Genesis 6-8)
2. The cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18-19)
3. The Egyptian firstborn sons during the Passover (Exodus 11-12)
4. The Canaanites under Moses and Joshua (
Numbers 21:2-3;
Deuteronomy 20:17;
Joshua 6:17,
21)
5. The Amalekites annihilated by Saul (1 Samuel 15)
The first three examples are similar in that there was no human agent involved – in each case it was God, or an angel of God, who carried out the mass killings directly. The mass killing of the Canaanites is the first of two cases in which the text claims that God’s people, the nation of Israel, were commanded by Him to attack other nations. For this reason, this case will be the focus of this study.
Yes,,,a properly loving type,,The Christian God is....I am sure he/she/it thought it a great idea at the time...Christians,and all religion is by far the biggest blight and threat,to Mankind,bar None...