Conquering Paradise

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 58:14)

And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. (Psalm 135:12)

And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: (Psalm 136:21)

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. (Jeremiah 3:19)

The fact that God gave the land of the Canaanites to Israel was an important thing to them, that must be why it is repeated almost word for word. We are living in strange and unusual times as David Asscherick would say: people question that God is worth worshipping because he told the Israelites to wipe out the Canaanites. But at the time the worth of a god was determined by his or her ability to provide a service, especially victory in battle and ultimate conquest. The greater the conquest, the greater the god. It is just interesting to me because I suppose that nobody in ancient times ever criticised God as too violent, they would have criticised him for being too soft.
Jehovah presents himself as a father to his people. He wants to care for us and bring us into a beautiful land that will be perfect for us. But it is still only a promised land, we have not received the promise yet. After Satan is finally destroyed we will have this promised paradise, and not before.