In this video listen to Deuteronomy 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Deuteronomy 7 Moses continues talking about the land they are about to enter and how they must think and act. There were seven nations that had to be destroyed and removed by God’s command. They had already destroyed the Amalekites, but not completely, and the Midianites completely and completely defeated Og of Bashan and Sihon of the Amorites.

For a merciful God, these commands seem unmerciful, but they demonstrate our complete lack of understanding of the situation being dealt with. In the same way a life-taking cancer must be removed from the body, even if it takes away an organ such as one lung, or one kidney, or the breasts, there is really no option other than death. These nations had to be dealt with, because of the seriousness of the ...