For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them with out mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
At first this seems so cruel. how can God exterminate huge groups of people? The word exterminate makes me think of the flood. Everyone and everything on planet Earth was destroyed except Noah and what was in the Ark. As humans, we are so concerned for the rights of the individual. I think we sometimes forget that this world belongs to God, not us. He does what he does for His purposes. There were some people who survived these attacks. Maybe these people's hearts were being stoftened to God like Rahab.
Lord, I pray that I always remember that life is a gift and this is your world established for your purposes. Amen.
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