Canaan

Esau associated himself with the Canaanites throughout his lifetime, and at the appointed time, he left the land of Canaan because the wealth that he acquired in the land of Canaan with his brother “Jacob” were incredibly large and the land could not contained them both, and Esau left Canaan, and found Edom. Esau was called Edom, and he was the father of the people of Edom which were of mixed Semitic Arab and black Hamitic bloodline (Genesis 25:30; 36:6-9)…

Ever since it’s creation the christian church had an impact on most all communities that it has been apart of, either good or bad. The church has been a launching pad for world changers, revolutionaries, equal rights activist, politicians, and even slave owners. During the time of legalized slavery throughout the United States, slaveowners were frequently christian and used the bible to justify their actions. Although almost every modern branch of christianity believes that slavery is immoral…

Moses was a picture of Christ. Moses was born to Amram and Jochebed. This was during the period when the people of Israel were enslaved to the Egyptians. Pharaoh had commanded all the Israelites to kill all the male children. But when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months. Then, it was too difficult to hide him, so his mother made him an ark of bulrushes and put him into the Nile River. Then he was found by Pharaoh’s daughter and she took him in. Moses was brought up as part of…

The beginning of the history of the Hebrew can be marked by the migration of Abraham and his people from Mesopotamia to Canaan, the promised land. The hebrew people originated from the polytheistic and animistic semitic tribes in Mesopotamia. With the covenant promising Abraham’s people a “promised land” in Canaan, the Hebrews migrated from their homeland in Mesopotamia to Canaan. The second covenant was made hundreds of years later, when Moses lead the jewish people out of slavery in Egypt.…

Introduction Can love and destruction be two faces of the same coin? Can God be ‘holy’ and ‘just’, yet hate and hold vengeance? Perhaps the most pivotal argument between skeptics and Christians today is that of the character of God. Most theologians hold true to the character of God as revealed through the Holy Scriptures. They believe, every jot, letter, and tittle are inspired and meaningful; revealing the character of its author. This, however, is harder in some instances than others. Some…

Cuneiform, invented by the Sumerians, is among the world’s oldest known writing systems. In about 1792 B.C., a babylonian ruler named Hammurabi started creating the Code of Hammurabi. This was a list of 282 laws which covered many aspects of crime that was committed in everyday life. Strong punishments were enforced if having committed a crime. Major offenses included punishments such as having an arm broken off or an eye gouged out. Execution was the worst punishment, and it still is in some…

Copan, Paul Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of The Old Testament God. Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2011 Introduction Paul Copan is a Christian theologian, apologist, and an author. He is also a professor in Palm Beach Atlantic University. Copan is a very successful author who has written and edited over 25 in the following areas: science and religion, theology, apologetics, philosophy of religion. Another big accomplishment was when he served six years as the president of the…

The exploration of this idea, in the second facet of the Book of Numbers, shall take into account relationships between; Israelites and God, Israelites and Moses and Aaron and lastly between the Israelites and people in opposition to their occupying Canaan. Dynamics and Tension It would that one of the constants of the human animal, is that we are continually evolving and sometimes like…

leave Egypt, they went to Canaan through the leadership of Moses, but they make an important stop at Sinai, where they received the Law. To Canaan’s period took around 40 years (1290-1250) and it is described in Exodus 12-40, the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua. During this period, we can see the exodus of Israel through the leadership of Moses, the covenant, the pilgrimage of Israel through the desert, the leadership of Joshua and the conquest of Canaan by the twelve…

Jericho was one of the first cities ever to be created, and also the first fortified town. The outer wall was over 20 feet tall, and 6.5 feet thick, and the inner wall was even taller and wider. It also happened to be the promise land that the lord had promised the Israelites. Conquering the city of Jericho was a seemingly impossible task due to the massive walls protecting the city, but the Lord had a plan. The Lord told Joshua of his plan to conquer the city, and Joshua told his people exactly…