Bible Debunked: The Ancient Canaanites Survived God’s Wrath, Scientists Say
Archeologists have discovered the bones of Canaanites that are said to be nearly 4,000 years old, and have determined that the tribe condemned by God as philistines is very much alive.
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and the walls come tumbling down, hallelujah – or so the story goes. By the time Joshua’s feet touched the shallows of the river Jordan, God had been trying, for years, to purify the land of Israel.
God’s protracted wrath was directed toward the Canaanites, people who were described as being wicked idolators. So it is writ in the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 20, verse 17: “But you shall utterly destroy them… the Canaanites… as the Lord your God has commanded you.”
It was Moses who was tasked with the duty of cleansing the Promised Land of evil and sin. But the old man did not succeed, and before his death, Moses passed the burden on to Joshua, his young apprentice.
