Sending out a warning before destroying/capturing a city or country was a common practice during war among many nations over the centuries. America did this very thing before they dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. Obviously Japan didn’t listen. It’s an extension of God’s grace. Why do people forget this, because they want to. God-haters will always refuse to accept the truth about God’s true character. It’s the reason most wars are started.
10 “As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace. 11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. 12 But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. 13 When the Lord your God hands the town over to you, use your swords to kill every man in the town. 14 But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 20:10-14
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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