That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 2)

That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 2)


1When 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; 2And 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: 3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4For 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. 5But thus shall ye deal with them; yeshall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6For 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. 7The 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: 8But because the LORD loved you… Deuteronomy 7:1-8



The children of Israel are two months away from entering the Promised Land. Not only will they enter the land but they will possess the land with the Lord clearing away the many nations that were ahead of them. What an awesome thing to have God go ahead of you and clear out the way of any enemy that you would encounter.



Entering the land that was promised to them, The children of Israel were to occupy, dominate, control and have the land as their own. The nations that were on the land that were “greater and mightier” that God would deliver to them they were to “smite and utterly destroy.” These seven nations were “the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites”(verse 1).



Who were these nations? Why would the children of Israel be instructed to smite them? To ban them, to curse them, to exterminate them? Why “make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them?”(verse 2). The thing is these were seven nations, or kingdoms that represented seven evil spirits that would “…turn away thy son from following” the Lord, “that they may serve other gods” (verse 4). (To be continued)