I have to agree Krakyn. While the new testament tells us to live thy neighbor and to go out and preach to the multitudes it does come down to the book of Revelations.
In this book it states that the lord Jesus will come back to earth with a vast host to descend upon the unbelievers. Those who are saved will join the lord our god in a heaven made for us. It is my belief that the final battle is going to be one just like the old testament ones where cities are razed and populations of those cities and countries put to the sword. I believe that none will survive but the saved.
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Comments: There is no justification for killing children. I don't see how anyone can excuse the Jews for entering lands that weren't theirs to begin with and then slaughter everyone because god told them to do it. How Christians see that as acceptable does not make any sense since Jesus preached a different thing when he was alive.
Were they really preemptive? In most cases a clear warning was sent about what would happen if the Cannanites would not move away from the god's land.