THE RACES - NYOBS 91.20

The Races

 Red, Yellow, Black and White, where did all the races come from?.      

First Word

·         Anthropologists classify people into racial groups, such as the Caucasoid (European or “white”), the Mongoloid (Chinese, Eskimo and Native Americans), the Negroid (black Africans), and the Australoid (Australian Aborigines) and there may be many different sub-groups within each classification.  - NYOBS 64.18 – RACISM AND THE BIBLE

·         I knew nothing about racism until I got to high school when someone called me a “JEW.”  I responded that “I wish I was a Jew; Jesus was a Jew”.  – I thought everybody would want to be a Jew. -  Being raised in a “practicing” Christian household, I just didn’t get it.

·         The Story of “the Good Samaritan” shows we should respect people from different regions, nationalities and racial background even if some are thought to be the enemy. – The end of the story brings; HELP and COMPASSION and Jesus ends by telling us as followers to “Go and Do likewise”. – NYOBS 32.28 – GOOD SAMARITAN REVISITED

·         There are a number of teachings exploring how the races came about which all but for one is in ERROR. – 1) God made the races in Genesis in the first creation account.  2) The races came from a curse on Cain. – 3) Noah’s three sons had married women from the other nations. 4) The races came about at the confusion of the languages at the Tower of Babel.  

·         I want to take all these apart so that when I tell you the answer, YOU WILL BELIEVE IT.

#1 Races Created in Genesis

·         Some students of the Word believe that there are two accounts of creation in Genesis and in the first account, all the nations or races of the world were created. – This Two creation doctrine or theory has been put forth most prominently by Pastor Arnold Murray of the Shepherd’s Chapel.

·         There are two accounts of creation in Genesis with notable glaring differences between Chapter ONE and that of Chapter TWO; namely the conflicting ORDER of events.

·         Chapter 1 - First Adam – God CREATED the Animals FIRST then created Adam SECOND. -  In this first creation all of the non-white races were created.

·         Chapter 2 - Second Adam – The LORD God FORMED Adam FIRST, then Animals SECOND. In this second creation, Murray says the Anglo-Saxon or white race was formed.

·         Genesis 1:1-25 we find recorded the accounts of the first FIVE DAYS of creation.

·         Genesis 1:26 on the SIXTH DAY God created the FIRST Adam; meaning man or mankind or human beings, depending on which translation of the Book that you are using.

·         Genesis 2:1-3 – The Book says God COMPLETED His creation work by the sixth day and then on the SEVENTH DAY He rested as His CREATION was FINISHED.

·         Genesis 2:4 - After the seven days of creation we find in the very next few verses that God then FORMED a SECOND Adam from the dirt and then made Eve from one of Adam’s ribs and then prepared a Garden for them to live in east of Eden.

·         Genesis 1:26 – States that God created man both Male and Female.

·         Genesis 1:27 - Speaks of man; “Eth Ha Adam” meaning “these specific men”.  NYOBS 88.17 – TWO ADAMS IN GENESIS

1st Creation Account all the races

·         In this First account, it’s about God’s recreation of the earth. - God created animals first then He created man both male and female at the same time.  

·         Genesis 1:11 God brought forth seed bearing plants and fruit trees

·         Genesis 1:20 God brought forth every kind of bird, fish and the great sea creatures

·         Genesis 1:24 God brought forth small animals, livestock and wild animals

·         Genesis 1:26 God made mankind (Adam) – “Man” does NOT have the article “Eth”, making the word “Adam” refer to not a specific man, but to ALL THE RACES OF PEOPLE or NATIONS.

·         Genesis 1:27 Is about a group of people outside of the garden, before Adam was created both male and female. The Hebrew word “Create” is used to simply mean create.…

·         Genesis 1:28 EVERYTHING could be eaten, including the fish of the sea; there is no mention of the forbidden Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

·         Genesis 1:29 NOTE; these first mankind were FISHERMEN and HUNTERS of birds and small animals and GATHERS of fruits and seed bearing plants for food. – Hold that thought -

Genesis 1:11-29 First Creation Account – The RACES; NATIONS
¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
¹² THE LAND PRODUCED VEGETATION—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
¹³ And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
¹⁹ And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
²⁰ Then God said, “LET THE WATERS SWARM WITH FISH and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
²² Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and LET THE BIRDS MULTIPLY ON THE EARTH.”
²³ And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
²⁴ Then God said, “LET THE EARTH PRODUCE EVERY SORT OF ANIMAL, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. God made all sorts of
²⁵ WILD ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK, AND SMALL ANIMALS, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said
²⁶ LET US MAKE HUMAN BEINGS IN OUR IMAGE, to be like ourselves. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
²⁷  So GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS IN HIS OWN IMAGE. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
²⁸ Then God blessed them and said, “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
²⁹ Then God said, “Look!

I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY SEED-BEARING PLANT throughout the earth and ALL THE FRUIT TREES FOR YOUR FOOD.

2nd Creation Account Adam and Eve

·         STRONG’S CONCORDANCE.  “Adam”; the Hebrew word meaning man, any man, mankind, men. “Eth Ha Adam” means a particular man Adam.  Generally “Eth” is used to point out a definite object.  In this case the sinless Adam, the bloodline that runs through King David’s genealogy down to Jesus the Messiah.

·         The second creation scripture says formed, not created. The meaning of the Hebrew word “Form”, is to mold into a form, especially as a Potter.

·         In this account, man was formed first, then woman and then the animals which is opposite from the first account. – It goes on to say that God created the birds of the air, but in the first account God had already created them.  Murray says this has be a different Adam.

·         Genesis 2:5 until this time there were no plants nor people to cultivate the soil.

·         Genesis 2:7 God formed Adam (Eth Ha Adam)  from the dust of the ground

·         Genesis 2:8 God made a garden and placed this second Adam into it.

·         Genesis 2:15 NOTE this specific man was a FARMER whose job was to tend to the Garden.

·         Genesis 2:18 God formed the farm livestock and animals and took them to Adam to name.

·         Genesis 2:22 God made a woman from one of Adam’s rib. – Now we have male and female.

·         DID YOU SEE IT?  - In the First Account “man” was FISHERMEN, HUNTERS and GATHERERS, in the second account “man” was a FARMER.  - Sounds like two different “Adams” doesn’t it.

Genesis 2:5-22 - Second Creation Account – ADAM and EVE
⁵ NEITHER WILD PLANTS NOR GRAINS

WERE GROWING ON THE EARTH. The LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
⁷ Then THE LORD GOD FORMED THE MAN FROM THE DUST of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
⁸ Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
¹⁵ The LORD GOD PLACED THE MAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN to tend and watch over it.
¹⁶ But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—
¹⁷ except THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
¹⁸ Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
¹⁹ So the LORD GOD FORMED from the ground all the WILD ANIMALS and all the BIRDS of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.
²⁰ He gave names to all the LIVESTOCK, all the BIRDS of the sky, and all the WILD ANIMALS. But still there was no helper just right for him.
²¹ So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
²² THEN THE LORD GOD MADE A WOMAN FROM THE RIB, and he brought her to the man. (NLT)

Races of Genesis Conclusion

·         The First book of the Bible Genesis, has the same thing going on in two different chapters; in chapter one, the BROAD PICTURE IS PAINTED for us to see and then we are brought back in chapter two where the FINE DETAILS of the  PICTURE IS OVERLAID on the scene that has already been painted, but in reverse order. 

·         In the FIRST account the descriptions of creation are looking forward in time.

·         In the SECOND account the descriptions are reversed looking backward in time.  That’s why the order of things seem to conflict with each other.  – This “LOOKING BACK” reversal concept can be found in operation in other passages of the Book.

·         The FIRST account is speaking of man in general, “Adam”, painting the BROAD picture and focuses on the development of heaven and earth

·         The SECOND account is addressing the FINE DETAILS of the specific man, “Eth Ha Adam”, adding in the details and focuses on the development of man. - There were NOT two creations in Genesis, nor were there other races or nations created before Adam and Eve; the two accounts are both the same picture overlaid on top of each other, but now painted in ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION COLOR and 7.2 surround sound audio.

·         HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO ADAMS; Jesus the Christ can be traced back umbilical cord to umbilical cord to the First Adam; Jesus Christ is the Second Adam. – In the First Adam, of the Old Testament, all come that are physically born of woman; in the Second Adam “JESUS” of the New Testament, all come that are spiritually born of the spirit. 

·         God makes it clear for us in the New Testament; from ONE man, God created all the nations and races throughout the whole earth and Eve is the mother of ALL who live; we all belong to Adam and Eve.   

·         BAM; There were NOT two creations in Genesis, but two pictures of the same creation.

Genesis 1:26-27 – Everyone was created in the Image of God
²⁶ Then God said, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
²⁷ So GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the image of God he created him; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM. (ESV)

Galatians 3:28 – Three is neither Jew not Gentile
²⁸ THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female,

FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.

(ESV)

Acts 17:26 - We are all made from one blood

²⁶ And HE HAS MADE FROM ONE BLOOD EVERY NATION OF MEN to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

(NKJV)  

Romans 10:12 – No distinction between anybody
¹² For there is NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND GREEK; for THE SAME LORD IS LORD OF ALL, bestowing his riches on all who call on him (ESV)

#2 Races of Cain

• There is a teaching in ERROR that Cain was turned BLACK by God for killing his brother Abel. - This was the first murder in history. The boys were not kids, they were full grown married men and there were lots of brothers and sisters and families - It would be Cain’s fellow kinsmen that would want to avenge the murder of their relative Abel. – The atonement for MURDER was the shedding of his own blood. – Cain was a dead man walking.
• Cain did not say his iniquity was too great to forgive, he said his punishment was too great to bear. – Cain had No cry of remorse – No cry of repentance - No cry for a pardon.
• God marks Cain so no one would try to kill him. - WHAT WAS THE MARK? – What if God made Cain a GIANT 9 feet tall? -  Some say Cain had say a tattoo, others; a disease of the mind, lunacy, a maniac or perhaps it was splotches of white as CURSED struck with leprosy. -  Some say God turned Cain Black. – Why do we assume that Adam and Eve were white? - What if Cain was already BLACK and God turned him “a never seen before” Albino WHITE, scaring the tater tots out of anyone who saw him? 
• Understand this;  Cain called out to God for mercy - It was God’s compassion that Cain received “THE MARK” instead of DEATH. – Bloodshed pollutes the land.
• God’s mark on the 144,000 Jews is the seal of the living God signifying His OWNERSHIP and guarantee of PROTECTION.
• God’s mark on Cain was the seal of the living God signifying His OWNERSHIP of Cain and his guarantee of PROTECTION. - God chose NOT to tell us how He marked Cain; but He did tell us THE MARK was of His mercy and love, not hate.  Death is the prerogative of God alone.
• To say that God, AS A CURSE, made Cain “BLACK” is allowing Satan to drive a wedge between the races – Satan did the same thing with the Jews and the Gentiles – Hate is sin and gives a foothold for Satan in your life. -  THE MARK was NOT a CURSE, but a SEAL of protection. - THE MARK of the seal was ON THE MAN CAIN and NOT ON “A PEOPLE.”
• Cain went out of the Lord’s presence – NOTE; it was Cain that separated himself from God and there is no record that he ever came back.
• BAM: The different skin colors of the NATIONS or RACES did not originate with Cain!

Genesis 4:12-14 – God marked Cain to protect him.
¹² When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
¹³ Cain said to the LORD,

“MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN I CAN BEAR.
¹⁴ Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and WHOEVER FINDS ME WILL KILL ME.”

(ESV)

Genesis 4:15-16 – God’s mercy put a mark on Cain to save his life

15 Then THE LORD PUT A MARK ON CAIN

SO THAT NO ONE WHO FOUND HIM WOULD KILL HIM.

16 So CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD'S PRESENCE and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. NIV

Revelation 7:2-3 – The Angel does the sealing
² Then I saw another angel… having THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD. He called out in a loud voice …
³ “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we

PUT A SEAL ON THE FOREHEADS OF THE SERVANTS of our God.” (NIV2011)

Revelation 7:4-8 – Tribes of Israel - 144,000 – ALL JEWS

4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of MANASSEH 12,000, (** half tribe)

7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000. 

#3 Races of Noah

• Many students of the Word believe that the people groups or races came from Noah’s three sons that had taken wives from other nations before the flood.
• Noah was the second great progenitor of the human race, with Adam being the first.  Noah was uniquely righteous – He believed God and obeyed according to all that God had commanded.
• Noah had three sons born about a year apart.

1)   Shem was born when Noah was 502 – Shem would produce the Godly line of Abraham and is the progenitor of the “Semitic” peoples of the East. (White)

2)   Japheth is listed as the middle son, who we believe was born when Noah was 503 and his descendants are the inhabitants of Asia Minor and the sea people. (Yellow)

3)   Ham his youngest son was born when Noah was 504, about 24 years after Noah started the Ark building project. – Hams descendants would be “Egypt” who would enslave the Israelites. His descendants became the Egyptians, Canaanites and Africans. (Black)

• BAM; Hold on to this thought, it will plug into the puzzle that is yet to come.

Genesis 6:9-10 – Noah had three sons

9 This is the account of Noah. - Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

10 Noah had three sons: SHEM, HAM and JAPHETH

NIV

Genesis 6:18 – God established the covenant with 8 people

18 But I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU, and you will enter the ark--YOU AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR WIFE

AND YOUR SONS' WIVES with you.

NIV

Genesis 7:7 – Just eight people on the Ark

7 And NOAH AND HIS SONS AND HIS WIFE AND HIS SONS' WIVES entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. NIV

Genesis 9:1 – COMMAND; be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth
¹ Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them,

“BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. FILL THE EARTH. (NLT)

Genesis 1:28 – COMMAND; be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth
²⁸ Then God blessed them and said, “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. FILL THE EARTH and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” (NLT)

#4 Races Tower of Babel

·         God’s instructions to Adam and Eve was to MULTIPLY and to fill the earth, this was also extended to Noah and on more than one occasion He COMMANDED them to BE FRUITFUL and FILL THE EARTH with a people that knew the Lord. 

·         After the flood, the descendants of Noah, INSTEAD of moving out and filling the earth, they migrated towards a place called BABEL and there they concentrated their efforts to make a name for themselves and build a tower that would be tall enough to keep them from ever drowning again if a flood happened, plus it would be a good place to observe the stars and worship their growing list of gods.  NYOBS 17.10 – NOAH’S ARK -- NYOBS 18.10 – TOWER OF BABEL -- NYOBS 72.28 - ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT -- NYOBS 64.18 - RACISM AND THE BIBLE

·         As a consequence God confused their language so that they could not easily mix together except within their own PEOPLE GROUP which FINALLY migrated to fill the earth as was commanded by God in the very beginning.

·         The people grouped by language now became isolated from the other people groups; marrying and having offspring primarily within their own people group and developing their own culture.  Being genetically isolated over time, certain physical traits became more prominent in each people group.

·         BAM: Hold on to this thought; Language does not determine skin color, but it is another piece of the race puzzle.

Jeremiah 23:24 – It is God that fills the earth with His people
²⁴ Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. DO I NOT FILL HEAVEN AND EARTH? declares the LORD.

(ESV)

Isaiah 27:6 – Prophecy; Jacobs descendants will fill the earth
⁶ The time is coming when

JACOB’S DESCENDANTS WILL TAKE ROOT. Israel will bud and blossom and FILL THE WHOLE EARTH WITH FRUIT!

(NLT)

Isaiah 11:9 – Prophecy; earth filled with people that know God

⁹ Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so

THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED

WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LORD.

(NLT)

Genesis 11:1-9 – God scattered the people; different languages
¹ At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.
² As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
³ They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire Then they said,
⁴ “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with A TOWER THAT REACHES INTO THE SKY. This will make us famous and

KEEP US FROM BEING SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD.”
⁵ But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
⁶ “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
⁷ Come, let’s go down and

CONFUSE THE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
⁸ In that way, THE LORD SCATTERED THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD, and they stopped building the city.
⁹ That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way

HE SCATTERED THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD. (NLT)

#5 Races DNA Hereditary

·         DNA is the human blueprint written in a very long chemical string language code. As people reproduce, the information is copied generation to generation. - DNA has the information already present that determines and specifies that we will be a human rather than an animal or vegetable, it also specifies how a person will be built, not only the color of our EYES and the shape of our NOSE, but the length of our LEGS, whether we will be short or tall.

·         Genes come in pairs, two chains of DNA that twist around each other forming a DNA double helix. When an egg has just been fertilized; one half of the gene information comes from the sperm of the FATHER the other half comes from the egg of the MOTHER; two sets of code instruction.

·         If a damaged gene is inherited from one parent that might instruct your cells to produce a defective gene, it is most probable that the second chain from the other parent would fill in the damaged cell and continue to give the right instructions to the DNA.

Melanin, Eumelanin and Pheomelanin

·         Everyone has melanin, the coloring pigment that is in their skin. - Melanin is the primary determinant of skin color as found in humans.  Melanin is a dark-brownish pigment that is produced in the cells of our skin in different amounts. – Some humans have very little or no melanin synthesis in their bodies resulting in very white or pink skin, a condition known as ALBINISM; they are referred to as ALBINOS. – If we produce just a little Melanin we would be known as European WHITE and if we produced a lot of Melanin, our skin would be very dark and we would be known as BLACK. – Then there are certainly many shades in between. – Skin color is produced mainly from Melanin. – So when we speak of color it is in relation to the different shades of ONE COLOR, Melanin.

·         There are two forms of melanin

1)   Eumelanin which is brown to black in skin tone and

2)   Pheomelanin which is red to yellow in skin tone depending on their proportion.

·         Pheomelanins impart a pink to red hue, depending upon the concentration. -  Pheomelanins are particularly concentrated in the lips, nipples, glans of the penis, and vagina. - When a small amount of brown eumelanin in hair, which would otherwise cause blond hair, is mixed with red pheomelanin, the result is orange hair, which is typically called "red hair". Pheomelanin is also present in THE SKIN, and redheads consequently often have a more pinkish hue to their skin as well. (Wikipedia)

·         Melanin is found in hair, and in the pigmented tissue underlying the iris of the eye.  Some DNA genetic traits are instantly visible, such as the eye color; interestingly, the Asian and Caucasian eye both have FAT around them, but the typical Caucasian eye has less fat surrounding it than the Asian eye which has much more, causing their eye to have a more almond appearance.  

·         Melanogenesis is initiated by exposure to UV radiation, causing the skin to darken. Melanin is an effective absorbent of light; the pigment is able to dissipate over 99.9% of absorbed UV radiation.  Because of this property, melanin is thought to protect skin cells from UVB radiation damage.

·         People who live near the equator need darker skin to help protect them from the intense sunlight.  The darker skin significantly lowers their risk of getting skin cancer, whereas people that live in higher latitudes have lighter skin because there is less intense sunlight.  Those who STAY in their perspective regions REPRODUCED these same characteristics.   

·         The various isolated people groups over the generations would have developed certain characteristics that distinguished them from other people groups such as straight of curly hair, thick or thin lips – You will find that Favorable characteristics would be advanced in the gene pool while the less favorable characteristics would tend to fade away.

Ø  If a very black person marries someone that is very white, their offspring will be mid-brown; known as mulattos. -  When two mulattos marry each other, their child can be virtually ANY “color,” from very light to very dark.

·         We are not genetically born with a FIXED amount of melanin, but a genetically fixed potential to produce a certain amount; this amount increases as we are exposed to sunlight.

·         Did you see it? Adam and Eve were created fully grown and were most probably created with a middle brown mulatto’s skin color.  Eve was taken directly from Adam, so she would have EXACTLY the same skin color as Adam.  This means that their many descendants would have the widest range of skin color variation from the very lightest to the very darkest.

·         BAM - There you have it; all the people groups in the whole world came from Adam and Eve.  Red, Yellow, Black and White, they are all precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the World.

The Take Away

·         The Book distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings and languages with no emphasis on skin color or physical appearance, however there are groups of people who have different skin color in common that does distinguish them from all the others.

·         The actual differences between the various races is very small, but the most noticeable difference is the skin color. Jesus was likely neither black nor white, but somewhere in between, perhaps olive in complexion as was the Hebrews.

·         The Big Question; WHICH RACE DID CHRIST DIE FOR? - The Book says we are all of ONE BLOOD even though there are certainly ethnic and cultural heritages that we can celebrate and honor.

·         The New Testament speaks of three people groups;

1)   The Jews who were born within Jewish families,

2)   The Gentiles  (Greeks) who were born outside of Jewish families and

3)   The Church; those who are Re-born through their Faith in Jesus Christ which includes both Jews AND Gentiles of every nation, language and COLOR.

·         The Book teaches us that all human flesh comes from a solitary single human couple, Adam and Eve, who were created by God himself. – The Apostle Paul said that “FROM ONE MAN GOD CREATED ALL THE NATIONS throughout the whole earth”, all men are of ONE BLOOD.  

·         Everyone descended from Adam and Eve who in the very beginning rebelled against God and brought the curse of sin into the world SEPARATING us from God.  We inherited that curse which is DEATH.  God sent His son into the world to provide THE WAY back to Him so that we would could defeat death. – God has NOT provided any other way!

·         As a student of the Word I have NOT found ONE single passage where pigmentation is used as a distinction between the races; red, yellow, black or white. – There is only one race and that is the human race. – It’s in the Book –

·         We will NOT be judged on the SINS of our parents, nor will we be saved by our parents FAITH.  Our Salvation is based on our own personal belief and acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Savior and Redeemer, regardless of skin color. – Jesus died and paid the price for our redemption at the cross so that WHO-SO-EVER would believe might be saved.

The choices we make on this side of life have eternal consequences.

Genesis 2:7 – God formed the first man from the dust
⁷ Then THE LORD GOD FORMED THE MAN FROM THE DUST of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. (NLT)

Genesis 2:21-23 – God made the first woman from man
²¹ So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
²² Then THE LORD GOD MADE A WOMAN FROM THE RIB, and he brought her to the man.
²³ At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” (NLT)

Genesis 1:27 – God created humans male and female in His image
²⁷  SO GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS IN HIS OWN IMAGE. In the image of God he created them;

MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM. (NLT)

Acts 17:26 - All the races came from Adam and Eve
²⁶ FROM ONE MAN HE CREATED ALL THE NATIONS throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries. (NLT)

Acts 17:26 – All nations have the same blood
²⁶  HE HAS MADE FROM ONE BLOOD EVERY NATION OF MEN to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, (NKJV)

1 Corinthians 15:22 – Everyone who belongs to Christ has life
²² Just as EVERYONE DIES BECAUSE WE ALL BELONG TO ADAM, EVERYONE WHO BELONGS TO CHRIST WILL BE GIVEN NEW LIFE. (NLT)

John 14:6 – Jesus Christ is the ONLY WAY
⁶ Jesus told him, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE CAN COME TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
(NLT)

John 3:16-17 – Who-So-Ever believes will have eternal life
¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM

WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
¹⁷ God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. (NLT)

In the multitude of counselors,

there is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:14

I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical

information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders

                         and see further that I otherwise ever could have.              

                                                                                                                                     

Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius Josephus Matthias

Apocrypha – Goodspeed

Baker Commentary on the Bible – Elwell

Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White

Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer

Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row

Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s

Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake

Don’t know much about the Bible – Kenneth C. Davis

English Standard Version Bible – ESV

Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein

Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World

Gospels Interwoven; The – Karmit Zarley

Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker

Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse

King James Version Bible – KJV

Lost Books of the Bible; The - World

Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell

Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan

Meredith’s Book of List; 1&2 –Bethany House Publishers

Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press

Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest

Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson

Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan

New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney

New International Version Bible (2011) – NIV

New Living Translation Bible - NLT

Other side of the Good News; The – Larry Dixon

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield

Systematic Theology – Wayne Grudem

Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee

Unseen Realm; The – Michael S. Heiser

Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament – Mac Donald

Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner

Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison

Wikipedia –

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney