God commanded the Israelites to go to war and capture the Promised Land he had given them. He punished them when they refused to go to war (Numbers 32:6 – 15). Some nations were left in the Promised Land rather than being completely defeated so that future generations would have experience of war (Judges 3:1 [...]
Answers about God’s plans
Jer. 29:11 (NIV) says: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. If a verse is a difficult to understand, sometimes it can be helpful to look the verse up in a different version [...]
