As of May 2023, I believe God has given me an understanding that has helped me to understand why God instructed the killing of certain tribes in parts of the Old Testament. Unfortunately, I don't believe this question is the right place to get into the details to support my position. However, I will share the following for consideration.
There is a seed war. Let's look at a few scriptures:
Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Here we read of enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman. Reference through the Bible and you will find that the serpent is the devil. Revelation 12:9 “that old serpent, called the Devil”; Revelation 20:2 “that old serpent, which is the Devil”.
Maybe you are saying “these scriptures do not put him in the garden, maybe it was a different serpent.” Do not be so sure. Ezekiel 28:13 says “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God” and if you read the context you will find out that it is talking about the Devil (Ezekiel 28:14 “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth”). There is no doubt that this is talking about that old serpent.
Now that we have established that Satan was the serpent in the garden, we can better realize what Genesis 3:15 is predicting. God says that there is going to be war between God’s seed and Satan’s seed.
We know that Cain killed Abel. In Genesis 4:25 it says, And Adam knew (had relations) his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Where there becomes a lot of debate and in some cases controversy, the days of Noah. Reading Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Once again we read of an attack by the seed of Satan. Men began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born unto them. The sons of God take the daughters of men for themselves and they bring forth giants.
There is a man by the name of Gary Wayne who is considered a Christian contrarian and wrote a book called The Genesis 6 Conspiracy. After learning of the many tribes and types of people groups, there comes an understanding of corrupted seed. When God instructs the Israelites to eliminate a particular tribe, it is fully justified and for a very specific reason. Ultimately, I believe the reason for their destruction is because of corrupted seed which is not redeemable. This view is of my own conclusion and not specifically stated in a word-for-word Bible verse. Should this view be true, the people who engaged in the relations of elohim beings creating a hybrid race, the amount of magic (witchcraft) that was occurring during that time, God was putting to a stop the continued reproduction of corrupted seed.
When God chose to destroy all mankind in the Flood, He was totally justified in doing so: “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).
I argue that God is not in the business of killing innocent people. There is no place in the scriptures that shows God killing innocent people. Compared to God’s holiness, there is no such thing as an “innocent” person. All have sinned (Romans 3:23), and the penalty for sin is death. God has “just cause” to wipe us all out; the fact that He doesn’t is proof of His mercy.
To those that continue to push back that God kills innocent people, I will respond with this same God promised us “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
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