Why Did God Command Genocide in the Old Testament? 3 Christian Views Explained. #biblehistory

The Bible says God told Israel to kill everything that breathes in Canaan? It's not a misquote or a verse pulled out of context. So why did God command genocide in the Old Testament? This is not an easy topic, and Christians do not all explain it the same way. Instead of pretending there is one simple answer, this video walks through three major views found in Christian scholarship: 📌 The Divine Command view 📌 The Judgment for Moral Corruption view 📌 The Progressive Revelation view We will look at the world of the Canaanites, the biblical claims about their practices, the issue of child sacrifice, the question of ancient war language, and the hardest objection of all: what about the children? The goal of this video is not to give a quick answer or defend violence carelessly. The goal is to understand how different Christian thinkers have wrestled with these difficult passages, and how the larger story of the Bible moves from judgment to grace in Jesus Christ. If you have struggled with Old Testament violence, the conquest of Canaan, or the character of God, this video is meant to help you think through the issue carefully, honestly, and respectfully. 📖 Chapters: 00:00 What Question Are We Trying to Answer? 00:23 Who Were the Canaanites? 02:47 What Are the Three Main Christian Views on This Topic? 06:50 The Hardest Objection: What About the Children? 08:07What is the Bigger Story? ✅ Download the FREE PDF summary of this video here to follow along: https://faithfulsketches.com/ ▶️ How Did Christianity Split in Two and Why They Never Reunite? https://youtu.be/u47wjGjnDAo ▶️ Why Did Jews Reject Jesus As The Messiah? https://youtu.be/8j6jZzBsL0w ▶️ Why Catholics, Orthodox, Ethiopian and Protestants Have Different Bibles? https://youtu.be/GEuxfWkLM-A ▶️ The Ethiopian Bible Explained! The Forbidden Library with 81 Books? https://youtu.be/72vyPlxubEI ▶️ Watch more Bible Explainer Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFaithfulSketches 🔔 Subscribe for more Bible history, theology and Christian Denominations videos explained visually. 👇 Let me know in the comments how you understand these passages?👇 #canaanites #ChristianHistory #bookofjoshua