The Levant region was inhabited by people who themselves referred to the land as 'ca-na-na-um' as early as the mid-third millennium BCE. Canaan, as a person, has a peculiar origin. The prophetic remnant of the latter days will be a "no holds barred" type of Church, a Church that will unleash punishing and unrelenting spiritual warfare against iniquity, paving the way for the greatest revival mankind has ever seen. The fourth son of Ham ( Genesis 10:6). The redeemed body is the Promised Land, and when man rediscovers this lost domain all the promises of the Scriptures will be fulfilled. I must give of myself selflessly. 17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. As we said above, Aaron molded a golden calf to the liking of the children of Israel in order to please them and to give them the "God" they wanted. 14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell." We are like the children of Israel in Exodus 32 who have fashioned a calf, a "God" according to our own likings and soulish interests, and we dance around this "God" as if we were holding a sacred feast for the One True God (Exodus 32:5). They were financial giants. In some passages, Canaanites specifically refers to the people of the lowlands and plains of Canaan (Joshua 11:3); in other passages, Canaanites is used more broadly to refer to all the inhabitants of the land, including the Hivites, Girgashites, Jebusites, Amorites, Hittites, … Throughout this series, whenever we refer to a "Canaanite", for example, we may be referring to a Canaanite spirit or to a person "infected" with that type of spirit. In Joshua 3:10 we have mentioned the names of seven tribes that are in the land of Canaan that the Lord says He will evict from the land. Many mothers make great personal sacrifices to support their adult sons out of financial difficulties, for example, even when those financial problems are caused by irresponsible and sinful behavior such as alcohol and drug addiction. 2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. The spirits of homosexuality and lesbianism, along with all other sexual perversions, are Canaanite spirits. Question: "What is the significance of the land of Canaan in the Bible?" At Gen. 9:18 we are told: “ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.” At verse 22 we read: “ And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.” To answer a question we posed near the beginning of this article, Canaanite spirits distort the emotions in us that wish to please others. Evils and falsities are meant by the nations mentioned here, evil begotten by falsity that springs from evil being meant by ‘the Canaanite, falsity from which evil arises by ‘the Hittite’, evil and consequent falsity by ‘the Amorite’, that which is idolatrous but has some kind of goodness in it by ‘the Hivite’, and that which is idolatrous but has some kind of truth in it by ‘the Jebusite’. His son Ham saw him lying naked and looked to expose him to ridicule to his brothers Shem and Japheth. It also carries the meaning of “merchandising” or “wares that are traded”, and this brings us back to the idea of the love of the world. The common theme that runs across its related root words is that of piercing and we get meanings like to cut, to tear off, to frighten. (1 Corinthians 2:13-16), "15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel." Answer: The land of Canaan in the Bible refers to the ancient geographical area God promised to give to Abraham and his descendants. If we are conscious of spiritual principles that remind us that negative thinking is opposed to the spiritual life and is not healthy, that we in fact have a choice and are free not to think from what is lower if we choose not to, we will find that our state will shift from being in the negative torrent and that a way is made for us to cross over and face those things that are protected by the negative streams of thought that exist as our habitual response to those things in life that tend to unsettle us. (1 Corinthians 10:31-33). Canaanite spirits, therefore, are left-handed spirits that emphasize freedom and grace, downplaying truth and judgment, just as Hittite spirits do. And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Come near here and hear the Words of Jehovah your God. Please enter your username or email address. This means that you must be willing to cut off all relationship with anything or anyone that promotes or harbors the Canaanite spirit. There is so much more left to say about the Canaanite spirits!! Pray for them to find no peace whatsoever until they recognize their sins and expose their lives to the cleansing effect of Jesus' blood. It's no wonder that people use the phrase "getting down" when referring to dancing. The word "plain" that appears in this passage is translated from the Hebrew word kikkar, which comes from the Hebrew word karar, which, oddly enough, means, "to whirl, to dance". This type of spirit promotes a focus on earthly, temporal, things, and produces a disdain for things that are "spiritual" and eternal, thereby denying the truth of the following passage: 2 Corinthians 5:1"For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Lost your password? (Jeremiah 1:5). Spiritual: they were commanded not to imitate the ways of the Canaanites (Leviticus ch.18 and many other passages). As we mentioned in the first article of this series (under the section "The 7 types of evil spirits"), "Canaanite" means, "lowlands people". When the Bible refers to "dancing", it refers to more than the act of "shaking your bad self", as we will see later in this article. Without cursing the Canaanites, there can be no true victory against them. We must accept the label of "sinner" and "condemned" in order to be saved (John 16:8, Acts 2:32-41). Canaan speaks of the coming of the Father and the Son to make us Their home. The Perizzites were a tribe that lived in Canaan prior to the Israelite conquest and remained there long after. It must always be proactively attacked and destroyed. You and I are, before all things, God's servants, not man's servants, and we are called to serve man in whatsoever serves the purpose of our Master, Jesus. While Canaanite pastors, the modern-day Aarons, are fashioning the "gospel" to the liking of the world and the flesh, God's remnant Church is living a life of submission to God, abiding under God's constant judgments, being molded by God instead of them trying to mold God to their own liking. Other meanings related to this word are those of, extortion, force, envy and to vilify which is to defame someone, or to speak ill of them or cast dispersions on their character. But we have the mind of Christ." The Lord sets very clear parameters to determine if our pleasing of others is pleasing to Him: "31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. The meaning of each of these seven tribes has a spiritual significance, because they were in Canaan. Those with a Spirit of Service find it easy to serve or "get down" for others, but find it difficult or uncomfortable to have others "get down" or dance for them. This confirms the fact that salvation in the lives of others comes through the application of spiritual judgments (not carnal judgments) that work to produce righteousness in the other person. The word in Hebrew for "process", mishpat, is the same word for "judgment". In verse 31, Paul declares that we must do all things to the glory of God. These mothers are motivated by left-handed, emotional love that is not based on a right-hand mind of judgment and truth. others. "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." These spirits are real, and their effects in people's lives are We will address this question in the next few sections. nations or tribes). (Romans 2:15-16). The root meaning is to be humbled or subdued. When we are saved from going to hell, we have to repent and accept God's judgment against us. Those of you who have been asked to dance on stage in front of an audience probably know how embarrassing it is to dance for others (especially if "ants in his pants" is the phrase that comes to people's minds when they see you dance). The phrase "busybody in other men's matters" in verse 15 above is the translation for the Greek word allotriepiskopos, which literally means, "one who supervises a stranger's affairs". You must be willing to curse the Canaanite spirit in you,  confront your son in his iniquity, and curse the iniquity in him unto destruction. Canaanites create a type of "peer-pressure" atmosphere that make convictions subservient to the desires of men. (Ephesians 5:9-10). The Israelites, when they were led to the Promised Land, were commanded utterly to destroy the descendants of Canaan then possessing it … What is the spiritual meaning of dreaming about a birthday party? principal nations from the cursed Canaan through a process of spiritual inheritance. Canaan, the land of promise, is akin in meaning to the spiritual fulfillment of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles. And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And they spoiled the Egyptians." Jesus, who had the Spirit of Service (along with all the seven Spirits of God), allowed a woman at one time to "get down" in front of Him to wash and anoint His feet with her hair (Luke 7:36-49; notice the reference to "dancing" in Luke 7:32-34). In the Word the Amorites are often mentioned in connection with the Perizzites and are the particular evils from which the falsity represented by the Perizzites flow. http://logopraxis.online/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jos3c-web.mp3, Joshua: Fighting from Truths to Reclaim the Mind. The general teaching of the Jordan is this. Other states spring as offspring from this general condition of the proprium and these are described by the names of the other tribes which we can briefly mention now.