One in Messiah Congregation
Jan. 2009
Topic: Gaza
A few questions
Question - Who should own
Gaza?
Answer - Judah
Judges 1 [18] Also Judah took Gaza ْانجبل with
the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron
with the coast thereof. [19] And the LORD was with Judah; and he
drave out the inhabitants of the mountain;
Josh. 15 [20] This
is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their
families.
[47] Ashdod with her towns and her
villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages,
unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
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The Lord
said if you don't drive the out, they will be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex
you in the land wherein ye dwell - it will surely be a snare unto thee. As you
can see, this IS what is happening.
Questions
What is happening to Israel today
and why?
Answers
"Israel keeps giving
away the land"
Lev. 25 [1] And the
LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, [23] The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine;
for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Num. 33 [55] But if ye will not "drive
out" the inhabitants of the land from before you;
then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of
them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you
in the land wherein ye dwell.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Exod. 23 [28] And I will send hornets before
thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
before thee.
[29] I will not drive them out from before thee
in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply
against thee.
[30] By little and little I will drive them out
from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
[31] And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea
even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I
will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive
them out before thee.
[32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor
with their gods.
[33] They
shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve
their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Exod. 34
[10] And he said, Behold, I make a
covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done
in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art
shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with
thee.
[11] Observe thou that which I command
thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
[12] Take heed to thyself, lest thou
make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be
for a snare in the midst of thee:
[13] But ye shall
destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
[14] For thou shalt worship no other god:
for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
[15] Lest thou make a covenant with the
inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods , and do
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
[16] And thou take of their daughters unto
thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons
go a whoring after their gods.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Num. 33 [52] Then
ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy
all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down
all their high places:
[53] And ye shall dispossess the
inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to
possess it.
[54] And ye shall divide the land by lot
for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more
inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's
inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the
tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit
[55] But if ye will not drive out the
inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those
which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your
sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
[56] Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall
do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Josh. 23 [1] And it
came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from
all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.[2]
And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads,
and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and
stricken in age:[3] And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath
done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that
hath fought for you.[4] Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with
all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
[5] And the LORD your God, he shall
expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight;
and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.[6]
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the
book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or
to the left;[7] That ye come not among these nations, these that remain
among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear
by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:[8] But
cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.[9] For the
LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for
you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
[10] One man
of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth
for you, as he hath promised you.[11] Take good heed therefore unto
yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.[12] Else if ye do in any
wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that
remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and
they to you:[13] Know for a certainty that the LORD your
God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall
be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your
eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath
given you.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Judg. 2 [1] And an angel
of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up
out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your
fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.[2] And
ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down
their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?[3]
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out
from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods
shall be a snare unto you.
[4] And it came to pass, when the angel of
the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people
lifted up their voice, and wept.
[5] And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed
there unto the LORD.[6] And when Joshua had let the people go, the
children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
[7] And the people served the LORD all the days
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen
all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
[8] And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the
LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
[9] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
[10] And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the
works which he had done for Israel.
[11] And the children of Israel did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:[12] And they forsook the LORD God of
their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other
gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed
themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.[13] And they forsook the
LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
[14] And the anger of the LORD was hot
against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled
them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that
they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
[15] Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against
them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them:
and they were greatly distressed.
[16] Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of
the hand of those that spoiled them.
[17] And yet they would not hearken unto their
judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto
them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying
the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
[18] And when the LORD raised them up
judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of
their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of
their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
[19] And it came to pass, when the judge was
dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in
following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not
from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
[20] And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel;
and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I
commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;[21] I also will
not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left
when he died:
[22] That through them I may prove Israel,
whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers
did keep it, or not.
[23] Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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What does Scripture say about what Israel should have done?
DRIVE THEM OUT - DRIVE THEM OUT - DRIVE THEM OUT - DRIVE THEM OUT
Deut. 7
[1] 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:
[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.
[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.
[7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor
choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the
fewest of all people:[8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would
keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you
out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the
hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.[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.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Exod. 33 [2] And I
will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
DRIVE THEM OUT
Num. 32 [21] And
will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven
out his enemies from before him,
DRIVE THEM OUT
Deut. 4 [1] Now
therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I
teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land
which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
[2] Ye shall not add unto the word which I
command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
[3] Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all
the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from
among you.
[4] But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of
you this day.
[5] Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD
my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess
it.
[6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes,
and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
[7] For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
[8] And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
[9] Only take heed to thyself, and keep
thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen,
and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them
thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
[10] Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in
Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will
make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they
shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
[11] And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
[12] And the LORD spake unto you out of
the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude;
only ye heard a voice.
[13] And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
[14] And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
[15] Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner
of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst
of the fire:
[16] Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[17] The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
[18] The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
[19] And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest
the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven.
[20] But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are
this day.
[21] Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware
that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good
land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
[22] But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye
shall go over, and possess that good land.
[23] Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD
your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness
of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
[24] For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
[25] When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye
shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of
the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
[26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye
shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess
it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
[27] And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be
left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
[28] And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and
stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt
find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
[30] When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
[31] (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
[32] For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or hath been heard like it?
[33] Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
[34] Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a
mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all
that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[35] Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he
is God; there is none else beside him.
[36] Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might
instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest
his words out of the midst of the fire.
[37] And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed
after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of
Egypt;
[38] To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than
thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it
is this day.
[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.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Deut.9[3]
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over
before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them
down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them
quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. [4] Speak not thou in
thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee,
saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land:
but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out
from before thee. [5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness
of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of
these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Deut.11[23] Then
will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall
possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Deut.18[12] For all
that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these
abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Josh.3[10] And
Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the Jebusites.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Josh. 13 [6] All the
inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the
Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only
divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have
commanded thee.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Josh. 24 [1] And
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders
of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers;
and they presented themselves before God.[2] And Joshua said unto all
the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the
other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham,
and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
[3] And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave
him Isaac.
[4] And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount
Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
[5] I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
[6] And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto
the Red sea.
[7] And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and
the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes
have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long
season.
[8] And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the
other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand,
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
[9] Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
[10] But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you
still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
[11] And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
[12] And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow.
[13] And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which
ye planted not do ye eat.[14] Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him
in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers
served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the
LORD. [15] And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD,
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve
the LORD.[16] And the people answered and said, God forbid that we
should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
[17] For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great
signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among
all the people through whom we passed:
[18] And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he
is our God.
[19] And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he
is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions
nor your sins.
[20] If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn
and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
[21] And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
[22] And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against
yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are
witnesses.
[23] Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among
you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
[24] And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve,
and his voice will we obey.
[25] So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
[26] And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and
took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary
of the LORD.
[27] And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake
unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
[28] So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
[29] And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun,
the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
[30] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of
Gaash.
[31] And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the
LORD, that he had done for Israel.
[32] And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought
up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob
bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of
silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
[33] And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill
that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Judg. 1 [1] Now
after the death of Joshua it came to pass,
[21] And the children of Benjamin did
not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites
dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.[22] And
the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with
them.[23] And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name
of the city before was Luz.)[24] And the spies saw a man come forth out
of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance
into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.[25] And when he shewed them
the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but
they let go the man and all his family.[26] And the man went into the land of
the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the
name thereof unto this day.
[27] Neither did Manasseh drive out the
inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land.[28] And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
[29] Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites
that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.[30] Neither
did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of
Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
[31] Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
Rehob:[32] But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
land: for they did not drive them out.
[33] Neither did Naphtali drive out the
inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt
among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants
of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
[34] And the Amorites forced the children of Dan
into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the
valley:[35] But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
tributaries.[36] And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to
Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
DRIVE THEM OUT
Judg. 3 [1] Now
these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as
many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
[2] Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to
teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;[3]
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon
unto the entering in of Hamath.[4] And they were to prove Israel by
them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD,
which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
[5] And the children of Israel dwelt
among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites:[6] And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their gods.[7] And the children of Israel
did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served
Baalim and the groves.[8] Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against
Israel,
DRIVE THEM OUT
Neh. 13 [25] And I contended with them, and
cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made
them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons,
nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
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And you ask yourself , Should Israel
send food, water and medical supplies to their enemies?
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Exod. 22 [20] He that sacrificeth unto any god,
save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Hos. 4 [6] My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children.
Rev. 2 [18] And
unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of
God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine
brass;
[19] I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy
patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
[20] Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou
sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and
to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto
idols.
[21] And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented
not.
[22] Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery
with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
[23] And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth
the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your
works.
[24] But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as
many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan,
as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
[25] But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
[26] And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him
will I give power over the nations:
[27] And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a
potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
[28] And I will give him the morning star.
[29] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
Deut.13
[6] If
thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of
thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,
saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor
thy fathers;
[7] Namely, of the gods of the people
which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one
end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
[8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall
thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
[9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall
be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the
people.
[10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die;
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as this is among you.
Deut. 21 [18] If a
man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his
father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him,
will not hearken unto them:
[19] Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him
out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
[20] And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a
drunkard.
[21] And all the men of his city shall stone
him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among
you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
2 Kgs.2 - Elisha - [23] And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was
going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
[24] And he turned back, and looked on them, and
cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of
the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
[25] And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he
returned to Samaria.
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Moses
Deut. 2 [34] And we
took all his cities at that time, and utterly
destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left
none to remain:
Deut. 3 [6] And we
utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Deut. 7 [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:
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Joshua
Josh. 6 [21] And they
utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old,
and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
1Sam.15 [1] Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to
anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou
unto the voice of the words of the LORD. [2] Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in
the way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3] Now
go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them
not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and
ass.
[1] On that day did the king Ahasuerus
give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai
came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
[2] And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and
gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
[3] And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his
feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the
Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
[4] Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
[5] And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes,
let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's
provinces:
[6] For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
[7] Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai
the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have
hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
[8] Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name,
and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the
king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
[9] Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was
written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the
lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India
unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province
according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language,
and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
[10] And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the
king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules,
camels, and young dromedaries:
[11] Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in
every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to
destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and
province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the
spoil of them for a prey,
[12] Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[13] The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready
against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
[14] So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
[15] And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment
of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
[16] The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
[17] And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's
commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a
good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the
Jews fell upon them.
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The enemy does the same thing
[1] After these things did king Ahasuerus
promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his
seat above all the princes that were with him.
[2] And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
[3] Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
[4] Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he
hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's
matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
[5] And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,
then was Haman full of wrath.
[6] And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the
Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
[7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day,
and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
[8] And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy
kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the
king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
[9] If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have
the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
[10] And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
[11] And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the
people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
[12] Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded
unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province,
and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing
thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
[13] And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day,
even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and
to take the spoil of them for a prey.
[14] The copy of the writing for a
commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that
they should be ready against that day.
[15] The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and
the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to
drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Matt.2 [18] In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel
weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Jer. 31 [15] Thus saith the LORD; A voice was
heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel
weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they
were not.
Matt. 2 [16] Then Herod, when he saw that he was
mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Exod.1 [22] And Pharaoh charged all his people,
saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the
river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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Let's go back to Scripture:
Jer. 6 [16] Thus saith the LORD,
Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the
"old paths" , where is the
"good way" , and " walk"
therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
But they said, We will not walk therein.
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Let's walk therein starting today, Amen?
Shalom