The Needed Expulsion of the Philistines Canaanites.
Contents:
1. Introduction.
2. An Obligation.
No Other Choice but expulsion. Either they go or you do!
3. Full Culpability.
They brought it on themselves!
4. The Expulsion was to be in stages.
5. To Teach Israel War.
6. To Test and to Guide Israel.
7. At all Events the Heathen were to be expelled.
8. Judah and Ephraim will work together to expel the Philistines!
9. The Promised Land.
10. The Temple Site will be Purified!
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1. Introduction. Canaan.
The Almighty commanded the Israelites to drive out the Canaanite Foreigners who were dwelling in the Land of Canaan.
The Canaanites included the Philistines. Prophecy indicates that these will still be a problem for Israelites in the End Times and require expulsion.
By looking at Biblical verses concerning these matters we may learn what will be expected of us in the End Times and this may include NOW!
The Israelites had been commanded to drive out the Canaanites.
Deuteronomy 20:
17 BUT YOU SHALL UTTERLY DESTROY THEM: THE HITTITE AND THE AMORITE AND THE CANAANITE AND THE PERIZZITE AND THE HIVITE AND THE JEBUSITE, JUST AS THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU,
They were promised that they would be successful in driving out the Canaanites at some stage.
Joshua 3:
10 AND JOSHUA SAID, BY THIS YOU SHALL KNOW THAT THE LIVING GOD IS AMONG YOU, AND THAT HE WILL WITHOUT FAIL DRIVE OUT FROM BEFORE YOU THE CANAANITES AND THE HITTITES AND THE HIVITES AND THE PERIZZITES AND THE GIRGASHITES AND THE AMORITES AND THE JEBUSITES:
Exodus (NKJV) 15:
15 THEN THE CHIEFS OF EDOM WILL BE DISMAYED; THE MIGHTY MEN OF MOAB, TREMBLING WILL TAKE HOLD OF THEM; ALL THE INHABITANTS OF CANAAN WILL MELT AWAY.
Points worth noting.
"Canaan" was a generic name for all the Tribes of Canaan as well as the term for a specific Tribe among the Canaanites.
"Amoirite" was also a generic name for all the Tribes of Canaan as well as the term for a specific Tribe among the Canaanites.
There were 12 Tribes of Canaan (Genesis 10: 15)
The lands of 10 of the 12 Tribes was promised to Abraham (Genesis 15: 18) .
The lands of 7 out of the10 were promised to the Israelities when they came out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 7:1).
The three extra were given to Edom, Ammon, and Moab.
In the End Times these three extra l\ands of Canaan will be given to Israel.
Two Lands (out of the original 12 of Canaan will remain.
The Philistines intermixed with the Canaanites and will be judged as the same as them.
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2. An Obligation.
No Other Choice but expulsion. Either they go or you do!
The Israelites were Warned that if they did not do it to the Heathen it would be done by the Heathen to them.
Numbers (NKJV) 33:
53 YOU ARE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND SETTLE IN IT, FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE LAND TO POSSESS. ..
55 BUT IF YOU DO NOT DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND FROM BEFORE YOU, THEN IT SHALL BE THAT THOSE WHOM YOU LET REMAIN SHALL BE IRRITANTS IN YOUR EYES AND THORNS IN YOUR SIDES, AND THEY SHALL HARASS YOU IN THE LAND WHERE YOU DWELL. 56 MOREOVER IT SHALL BE THAT I WILL DO TO YOU AS I THOUGHT TO DO TO THEM.
The time of expulsion would not necessarily be at once. The Pagans were culpable and had done bad deeds. Nevertheless they were getting worse than they had been and only when they reached a certain point of deterioration would the time come to expel them.
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3. Full Culpability.
They brought it on themselves!
The Iniquity of the Heathen had first to reach a certain low level before the Expulsion could take place.
Abraham was told that his descendants, the Chosen People of Israel, would drive out the Canaanite-Amorites but only when the iniquity of the Amorites had reached a certain level which is already heading towards.
Genesis (NKJV) 15:
13 THEN HE SAID TO ABRAM: 'KNOW CERTAINLY THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE STRANGERS IN A LAND THAT IS NOT THEIRS, AND WILL SERVE THEM, AND THEY WILL AFFLICT THEM FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. 14 AND ALSO THE NATION WHOM THEY SERVE I WILL JUDGE; AFTERWARD THEY SHALL COME OUT WITH GREAT POSSESSIONS. 15 NOW AS FOR YOU, YOU SHALL GO TO YOUR FATHERS IN PEACE; YOU SHALL BE BURIED AT A GOOD OLD AGE. 16 BUT IN THE FOURTH GENERATION THEY SHALL RETURN HERE, FOR THE INIQUITY OF THE AMORITES IS NOT YET COMPLETE.'
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4. The Expulsion was to be in stages.
In order that the land not become a waste the Amorites were to be left in their cities until the Israelites become numerous enough to occupy all of the area
Deuteronomy (NKJV) 7:
22 AND THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL DRIVE OUT THOSE NATIONS BEFORE YOU LITTLE BY LITTLE; YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO DESTROY THEM AT ONCE, LEST THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD BECOME TOO NUMEROUS FOR YOU. 23 BUT THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL DELIVER THEM OVER TO YOU, AND WILL INFLICT DEFEAT UPON THEM UNTIL THEY ARE DESTROYED.
Exodus (NKJV) 23:
29 I WILL NOT DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOU IN ONE YEAR, LEST THE LAND BECOME DESOLATE AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD BECOME TOO NUMEROUS FOR YOU.
30 LITTLE BY LITTLE I WILL DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOU, UNTIL YOU HAVE INCREASED, AND YOU INHERIT THE LAND.
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5. To Teach Israel War.
The Expulsion might take time and be done in stages, To Teach them War.
Judges (NKJV) 3:
3 NOW THESE ARE THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD LEFT, THAT HE MIGHT TEST ISRAEL BY THEM, THAT IS, ALL WHO HAD NOT KNOWN ANY OF THE WARS IN CANAAN 2 (THIS WAS ONLY SO THAT THE GENERATIONS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MIGHT BE TAUGHT TO KNOW WAR, AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAD NOT FORMERLY KNOWN IT).
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6. To Test and to Guide Israel.
The Israelites would need to fight in order to expel the heathen. This was in order to Test and to Guide them.
Judges (NKJV) 3:
3 NOW THESE ARE THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD LEFT, THAT HE MIGHT TEST ISRAEL BY THEM, THAT IS, ALL WHO HAD NOT KNOWN ANY OF THE WARS IN CANAAN 2 (THIS WAS ONLY SO THAT THE GENERATIONS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MIGHT BE TAUGHT TO KNOW WAR, AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAD NOT FORMERLY KNOWN IT), 3 NAMELY, FIVE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES, ALL THE CANAANITES, THE SIDONIANS, AND THE HIVITES WHO DWELT IN MOUNT LEBANON, FROM MOUNT BAAL HERMON TO THE ENTRANCE OF HAMATH. 4 AND THEY WERE LEFT, THAT HE MIGHT TEST ISRAEL BY THEM, TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WOULD OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, WHICH HE HAD COMMANDED THEIR FATHERS BY THE HAND OF MOSES.
The penalty for not keeping the Law was Expulsion.
Not every son is related to at the same level of seriousness.
The Three cardinal iniquities are Idolatry, Sexual Immorality, and Homicide.
These three seem to be the most important and those on which staying in the Land depend.
Circumcision, and keeping the Shabat are also important.
So too,
we need to cultivate good virtues such as being merciful, helping others, honesty, etc.
Leviticus (NASB)18:
26 BUT AS FOR YOU, YOU ARE TO KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGMENTS AND SHALL NOT DO ANY OF THESE ABOMINATIONS, NEITHER THE NATIVE, NOR THE ALIEN WHO SOJOURNS AMONG YOU...28 SO THAT THE LAND WILL NOT SPEW YOU OUT, SHOULD YOU DEFILE IT, AS IT HAS SPEWED OUT THE NATION WHICH HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU.
Leviticus (NASB) 20:
22 YOU ARE THEREFORE TO KEEP ALL MY STATUTES AND ALL MY ORDINANCES AND DO THEM, SO THAT THE LAND TO WHICH I AM BRINGING YOU TO LIVE WILL NOT SPEW YOU OUT.
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7. At all Events the Heathen were to be expelled.
Joshua (NKJV) 23:
5 AND THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL EXPEL THEM FROM BEFORE YOU AND DRIVE THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT. SO YOU SHALL POSSESS THEIR LAND, AS THE LORD YOUR GOD PROMISED YOU.
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8. Judah and Ephraim will work together to expel the Philistines!
Palestinians Must Leave!
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/transfer.html
The Philistines are descended from Mitsraim meaning Egypt.
Genesis 10:13-14 Mizraim begot the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, the Casluhim, and the Caphtorim, whence the Philistines came forth."
Zephaniah 2:
4 FOR GAZA SHALL BE FORSAKEN,
AND ASHKELON DESOLATE;
THEY SHALL DRIVE OUT ASHDOD AT NOONDAY,
AND EKRON SHALL BE UPROOTED.
5 WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEACOAST,
THE NATION OF THE CHERETHITES!
THE WORD OF THE LORD IS AGAINST YOU,
O CANAAN, LAND OF THE PHILISTINES:
I WILL DESTROY YOU;
SO THERE SHALL BE NO INHABITANT.
Note that Canaan is referred to as "LAND OF THE PHILISTINES." Philistiens and Canaanites had apparently intermixed with each other.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/transfer.html
Isaiah also speaks of a future union of Ephraim and Judah.
They will combine forces to defeat their enemie. "Ephraim" in Prophecy means the Lost Ten Tribes especially the British and North Americans.
These two groups will unite in the End Times or shortly before then.
They shall act together.
Ephraim and Judah will combine forces to fly the Palestinians -Philistines to somewhere in the west.
The term "Palestine" is Latinized variation of the word "Philistine."
Isaiah (NKJV) 11:
13 ALSO THE ENVY OF EPHRAIM SHALL DEPART,
AND THE ADVERSARIES OF JUDAH SHALL BE CUT OFF;
EPHRAIM SHALL NOT ENVY JUDAH,
AND JUDAH SHALL NOT HARASS EPHRAIM.
14 BUT THEY SHALL FLY DOWN UPON THE SHOULDER OF THE PHILISTINES TOWARD THE WEST;
TOGETHER THEY SHALL PLUNDER THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST;
THEY SHALL LAY THEIR HAND ON EDOM AND MOAB;
AND THE PEOPLE OF AMMON SHALL OBEY THEM.
15 THE LORD WILL UTTERLY [H]DESTROY THE TONGUE OF THE SEA OF EGYPT;
WITH HIS MIGHTY WIND HE WILL SHAKE HIS FIST OVER [I]THE RIVER,
AND STRIKE IT IN THE SEVEN STREAMS,
AND MAKE MEN CROSS OVER DRY-SHOD.
Isaiah 11:
14 BUT THEY SHALL FLY DOWN UPON THE SHOULDER OF THE PHILISTINES TOWARD THE WEST.
This should more correctly be translated as saying:
Hebrew:
'"Va-afu be-ketef plishtim yamah yachdav..."
English Literal Translation.
THEY SHALL FLY [ve-afu] BY WING [be-ketef] PHILISTINES [plishtim] TO THE WEST [yamah] TOGETHER [yachdav]...
Note according to the context (from the three preceding verses 11:11,12,13) Judah and Ephraim together are being spoken of.
They will fly the Palestinians to some place in the west, i.e. there will be a transfer of populations,
The Hebrew expression "yamah" we have translated as "towards the west" but it could also mean "over the sea."
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9. The Promised Land.
The Land of Israel was promised to the 12 Tribes of Israel, descendants of the ancient Hebrews Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (aka Israel).
Exodus (NASB) 6:4
I ALSO ESTABLISHED MY COVENANT WITH THEM, TO GIVE THEM THE LAND OF CANAAN, THE LAND IN WHICH THEY SOJOURNED.
Leviticus (NASB) 25:38
I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT TO GIVE YOU THE LAND OF CANAAN AND TO BE YOUR GOD.
1-Chronicles (NASB) 16:
17 HE ALSO CONFIRMED IT TO JACOB FOR A STATUTE,
TO ISRAEL AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT,
18 SAYING, 'TO YOU I WILL GIVE THE LAND OF CANAAN,
AS THE PORTION OF YOUR INHERITANCE.'
Psalm (NASB) 105:
10 THEN HE CONFIRMED IT TO JACOB FOR A STATUTE,
TO ISRAEL AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT,
11 SAYING, 'TO YOU I WILL GIVE THE LAND OF CANAAN
AS THE PORTION OF YOUR INHERITANCE.'
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10. The Temple Site will be Purified!
The present-day Palestinians are evidently a mixture of peoples.
They include descendants of the Ancient Canaanites and Amorites along with others from Edom and from Ishmael and others..
They have taken command of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem which is the House of God.
In the future this will be changed.
Zechariah (NKJV) 14:
21.... IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL NO LONGER BE A CANAANITE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD OF HOSTS.