“Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?’”– Deuteronomy 9:1-2
Do you want to understand the reasons behind God’s command for the Israelites to annihilate all the people living in Canaan? Here, Moses is instructing the Israelites on how to go in and possess the Promised Land.
Have you ever wondered why the Israelites had to fight and possess the land? Couldn’t they just enter without trouble? That would have been ideal if Adam hadn’t handed the earth to satan. But God’s instruction was clear: to dispossess these nations “to take over the land”. This was a land where the descendants of giants lived.
God gave the earth to the children of men, not the descendants of fallen angels. These giants had no rightful claim to the land. Moreover, their presence would influence and corrupt God’s people. They could not be allowed to live among the chosen people of God, where Christ would come. God’s people had to inherit the land free from corruption and fully under His will.
This is where we understand God’s intentions when He created us. He saves us from our sins, sends His Spirit to empower us, and guides us into all truth, helping us understand our heavenly calling.
Do you know that we are still in a war with these giants today? Just as the Israelites were not alone in fighting their battles, we are not alone either. God is within us, equipping us and giving us all authority to dispossess them. We face a battle in our flesh, against the deceptions and wickedness of the evil forces in the air. Just like the Israelites were commanded to dispossess these giants, we too must dispossess all evil spirits. They have no rightful place in our lives, our minds, or our spiritual inheritance.
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