received their just deserts. In this way, the conquest serves as sign and pointer to the final judgment and the restoration of the earth to the righteous. It is important for us to grasp the crucial element of justice in holy war. God did not use Israel to invade a peace-loving, righteous people. This was not an act of oppressing the innocent. The inhabitants of the land were grossly depraved and wicked, on par with those who perished in the flood in Noah’s generation. Canaanite society was filled