Chapter 9. 2
Racism & the Bible
Ku Klux Klan – Black Panther Party – Hate Groups
- Bible Hate Groups – Jew’s Racism God & Racism – Jesus & Racism –
Slavery – Inner-Racial Marriage – The Black Curse
The Races Origin – Black Lives Matter – Words
Matter – Bribes, Partiality & Injustice
I have a Dream – Affirmative Action – Civil
Rights Movement
First
Word
A Racist is someone who makes a
distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on Race, Color,
Descent, Nationality or Ethnic Origin. - (United Nations Definition)
In the 40’s I lived in
Atlanta in a white neighborhood called Capital View Manor just across from Joy
Land, a colored section separated by I-85.
As a small boy I could bend over and
walk through the storm sewers under the I-85 expressway into Joy Land which was
a wonderland of backyard vegetable gardens, trees, tire swings, junk, old cars,
dogs, goats and ponies. I guess I knew
that I was the only white kid there, but it just didn’t seem to matter to me
and it sure didn’t matter to them. We
had so much fun; I would take toys to swap and completely lose track of time.
My Dad and I were in the Sears & Roebuck automotive
department getting tires for our car when I spotted two water fountains; one
said WHITE
and the other said COLORED. I
went and tried out the colored water fountain, but to my surprise, it looked
and tasted the same as the white water.
I told my Dad of my discovery and he said “it’s silly isn’t it”.
My Dad had a Paint and Body Shop in a
colored section of town and as a kid I worked there. One day I went to get some lunch at the diner
and they refused to serve me. I told my
Dad and he said “sometimes stuff like that just happens” and he took me to
the Gas station up the street where we got chips and crackers out of a machine.
In the 50’s growing up, I
still knew nothing about racism, it would not be until I got to high school
when someone called me a “JEW.” I
responded that “I
wish I was a Jew, that Jesus was a Jew”. I thought that everybody would want to
be a Jew; I just didn’t get it.
My Grandparents as well as my Mom and Dad
were all Sunday school teachers in the Baptist Church, so I was not exposed to
profanity, drugs or alcohol, let alone racism.
In the 60’s and now married, I took my small family camping at the Stone Mountain campground. As an adult
I had already heard of the fear, hurt and hatred that the KKK was
spewing in the name of Christianity. The
KKK
held a rally on the mountain and burned a cross. I felt violated; it made me physically sick as
I feared for the safety of my small family.
Today in 2016, I certainly
know that racism exist, but I have NEVER LIVED
WITH FEAR,
day in and day out, as little by little, one’s soul is killed with Bigotry,
the “disease
of ignorance”. When you judge people, you have no time to
love them. It seems to me that racism
has to be learned.
Nobody is born a racist, somebody has to teach them to HATE.
I
say all of this to emphasize that I am writing this
from
the OUTSIDE trying to look INSIDE.
I have a Dream
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was a Baptist
Minister and CIVIL
RIGHTS ACTIVIST who helped organize the 1963 “March on Washington” where he delivered
his famous “I
HAVE A DREAM” speech.
His notoriety came from his role in the Advancement of Civil Rights
using “NONVIOLENT CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE”
based on his Christian beliefs to advance the civil rights of
African-Americans. - He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He helped found the SCLC Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
which harnessed the power of the Black Churches to conduct nonviolent protest
for civil rights reform.
HATE assassinated
Dr. King April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee; after his
death he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) and the Congressional
Gold Medal (2004).
Affirmative Action
Ask not what your country can do for
you,
ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy was sworn in as
the 35th president on January 20, 1961. He verbally supported RACIAL INTEGRATION and CIVIL RIGHTS and during the
1960 campaign he communicated with Coretta Scott King, wife of the
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been jailed while trying to
integrate a department store lunch counter.
During his first year in office, Kennedy appointed
many blacks to office including his appointment of civil rights attorney Thurgood
Marshall to the Federal
Bench.
Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 March 6, 1961, which required
government contractors to take AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION,
to ensure that applicants employed are interviewed, hired and treated without
regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. This established the President's
Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunity.
HATE assassinated
President Kennedy November 22, 1963 while traveling in a
Presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas Texas. (Perhaps this was only a
coincidence)
Civil Rights Movement
When you teach a man to hate and fear his
brother; when you teach that because of his COLOR he is less than
fully human. When you teach that his beliefs or the policies he pursues, or you
teach those who differ from you threaten your freedom or
your job or your family, then you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens,
but as ENEMIES.
“We must admit the vanity of our false
distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for
the advancement of all. We must admit in
ourselves that our own children’s future cannot be built on the misfortunes of
others. We must recognize that this
short life can neither be enabled nor enriched by HATRED or revenge.” Robert
F. Kennedy
Robert F.
Kennedy was appointed Attorney General after the
successful election of his brother John Kennedy as President. His tenure included the crusade against organized crime;
the Mafia and is best known for
his advocacy
for the CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
He supported desegregation busing, integration of all
public facilities, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and anti-poverty social
programs to increase education, offer opportunities for employment, and provide
health care for African Americans Kennedy was involved in securing the release
of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from a
jail in Atlanta.
HATE assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy June 5, 1968 in
a hotel kitchen after being told it was a short cut to the press room. (Perhaps this too is just a coincidence)
White Supremacy
Wikipedia was my first
“go to source” and I was amazed to find that racism was more than the color of
a person’s skin, it’s also a POLITICAL
MOVEMENT to control the Democratic
& Republican Parties; I’m not making this up, that’s what it said.
White supremacy or white
supremacism has typically opposed immigrants, people of color, Native
Americans and Jews. White Supremacy
is a racist ideology centered upon the belief that white
people are SUPERIOR in certain
characteristics, traits, and attributes to people of other racial
backgrounds and therefore white
people should RULE
non-white people ECONOMICALLY,
SOCIALLY and POLITICALLY.
In the United States the cause of the
outbreak of the Civil
War was the desire to uphold white
supremacy which is cited as a cause for “State Secession” and the formation of
the “Confederate
States of America”; I can now see why the confederate flag is so
hated.
The denial of Social and Political Freedom continued into
the mid-20th century resulting in the CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT aided by Dr. King’s “NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE”
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), or
simply "The
Klan", is the name of THREE distinct past
and present movements in the United States that advocate using VIOLENCE
against African American leaders, claiming Blacks descended from Apes and the White man is a creation of God. They
opposed Jews
and Catholics
and the Catholic
Church in general.
First Klan originated in
Pulaski Tennessee 1865-1870 during the Reconstruction of the South after the
Civil War; the number in membership is unknown,
Second Klan formed in Atlanta Georgia in 1915-1944 adopted
the white costume with hoods and added cross burnings; and at its height the
membership was 6 million.
Third Klan emerged as small
local unconnected groups in 1946 to the present opposing the Civil Rights
movement, but with a dwindling membership with its peak of some 8,000.
All three movements have called for
the "PURIFICATION"
of American society, they focused on opposition to the Civil Rights
Movement often using VIOLENCE, MURDER and TERRORISM to suppress the
activists.
The Ku Klux Klan was one of a
number of SECRET, oath-bound organizations which used public violence and terrorism against black people and
their allies as a form of intimidation.
This included the burning of the Southern Cross in their yard. The
Klan burned houses, attacked and killed black people, leaving their bodies on
the public roads as warnings.
Lifting the Klan mask revealed a
chaotic multitude of anti-black vigilante groups, disgruntled poor white
farmers, wartime guerrilla bands, displaced Democratic politicians,
illegal whiskey distillers, coercive moral reformers, sadists, rapists, white
workmen fearful of black competition, and employers trying to enforce labor
discipline, common thieves, neighbors with decades-old grudges, and even a few
freedmen and white Republicans who allied with Democratic whites or had
criminal agendas of their own.
Members of the KKK claim the banner of PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY and swear to
uphold Christian morality; but virtually every Christian denomination has officially DENOUNCED the KKK. It is classified as a HATE GROUP by the Anti-Defamation League and
the Southern
Poverty Law Center. The City of Charleston, South
Carolina passed a resolution in 1999 declaring the Klan to
be a TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION. Wikipedia
KKK
Politics
Politics: Many
Southerners believed that blacks were voting in the Republican Party because they were being hoodwinked by the “Loyal Leagues”
which were a group of men’s clubs established
during the Civil War to promote and mobilize
blacks to “register
to vote” in the Republican Party. Klan intimidation led to the
suppression of the Republican vote. In effect, the Klan was
a military force SERVING THE
INTERESTS OF the Democratic Party.
Klan violence worked to SUPPRESS BLACK VOTING; and campaign
seasons were deadly. More than 2,000 persons were killed, wounded and otherwise
injured in Louisiana within a few weeks prior to the Presidential
election of November 1868.
To that end the KKK worked to
curb the education, economic advancement and VOTING
RIGHTS of
blacks as well as their right to keep
and bear arms. They drove successful black farmers off their
land, and it was reported that in an 18 month period ending in June 1867 in
North and South Carolina, there were 197 murders and 548 cases of assault.
Ulysses S. Grant used the army
to build the Republican
Party in the South which was
based on BLACK VOTERS. Southern White
supporters were called “Scalawags” and Northern White supporters were
called “Carpetbaggers”. Nevertheless
Republicans
gained majorities and African Americans were
elected to Congress and to high state office. Wikipedia
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party's core practice
was to have ARMED citizens'
patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and to challenge
police brutality. From the beginning, the Black Panther Party's
focus on militancy came with a reputation for
violence. Carrying
weapons openly and making threats against police officers, with chants like
"The Revolution has come, it's time to pick up the gun. “Off the pigs!" helped
create the Panthers' reputation as a VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J.
Edgar Hoover said they were
"the
greatest threat to the internal security of the country”; the party is a
Black Nationalist HATE Group
To the Black Panthers credit, I have found
that they created survival programs which included free services such as clothing
distribution, classes on politics and economics, free medical clinics, lessons
on self-defense and first aid, an emergency-response ambulance program, drug
and alcohol rehabilitation, and testing for sickle-cell disease. The most
famous of their programs was the Free Breakfast for Children Program. They also provided transportation to upstate PRISONS for family members of INMATES. Wikipedia
Incarceration
According to the NAACP, the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People,
African Americans constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million of the
population incarcerated, and have nearly six times the incarceration rate of whites.
A 2013 study confirmed that black men were much more likely to be arrested and incarcerated
than white men. 1 in 3 black males will go to prison in their lifetime. The
Lifetime chances of going to prison for Black males are 32.2% and for Latino males, 17.2%,
but only 5.9%
for White males.
Commentaries indicate that THE GOVERNMENT
DISCRIMINATES against the “Institution of Marriage” by providing
increased financial assistance programs to SINGLE parents over
those that are MARRIED, which further
divides any family, black or white.
Black males are incarcerated more
NOT because of something in their DNA,
but because of the lack of Male role models in the home which leads to poor
choices on the streets.
More Hate Groups
I don’t want to leave anybody out. There’s plenty of HATE to go around and not just based
on skin color, but based on RELIGION,
NATIONALITY and SEXUAL
PREFERENCE.
More Hate Groups: Anti-Immigrant –
Anti-LGBT – Anti-Muslim – Black Separatist – Christian Identity – Holocaust
Denial - Neo-Nazi - Neo Confederate – Racist Skinheads – Racist Music – Radical
Traditional Catholicism – White Nationalist
LISTEN when you think
of Racism, you automatically think of White people hating Black people and
since White people treated them so badly and could not be trusted, the Black
people started hating the White people.
NOW EVERYBODY HATES EVERYBODY
Jew’s Racism
a)
Aryanism (White Supremacy) developed as a
racial ideology of Nazism based upon the conception of the Aryan race or Germanic peoples as being a Master Race. The term has
also been used more restrictively, to mean simply Germanic or Norther European
peoples.
b)
Nuremberg Laws were introduced
in 1935 by Hitler which prohibited "Aryans" from having sexual
relations or marriages with JEWS,
Gypsies, NEGROES or their bastard offspring.
c)
Semitic peoples (the Jews) came to be seen
as a FOREIGN PRESENCE within Aryan societies,
& were often pointed to as the cause of
conversion & destruction of social order &
values leading to culture and civilization's downfall.
d)
Adolf Hitler's Nazi
Germany and
its collaborators came up with the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question”
and killed
about six
million Jews plus countless
Jehovah's Witnesses, Homosexuals and Freemasons as well as the MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY disabled.
e)
Extermination
camps
were where the Jews were herded naked into what they were told was showers for
delousing, but were actually gas chambers.
f)
Concentration
camps were
designed as Extermination through labor where
the Jews were herded into ghetto labor camps where they were put to work and many thousands died
from maltreatment, disease, starvation, and
exhaustion.
g)
Holocaust Denial
Groups
formed to DENY the genocide of the Jews in the
Holocaust during
World War II ever took place. Their claims imply, or openly state, that the Holocaust
is an exaggeration
and/or a hoax arising out of a
deliberate “JEWISH
CONSPIRACY” to
advance the interest of Jews at the expense of other people, claiming that the
Jews were only deported; not exterminated. Wikipedia
Hate Groups in the Bible
Let’s take a look at the JEWS and
the SAMARITANS: When we
think of RACISM the first thing
that comes to mind is the HATE that some white
people have for black people. But that
was just not the case with the Samaritans and the Jews, they were BOTH descendants of the Hebrew nation of Israel;
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; now here’s the background;
The Assyrians conquered Samaria and hauled off
most of the healthy young able bodied JEWS,[1] leaving the
destitute, old and those in failing health
to cultivate the land, and then they colonized it with people from Mesopotamia who then intermarried with the Israelites
that had been left. God had forbidden marriage outside of the
Jewish Hebrew Nation.
Josephus; the Jewish
historian referred to them as Jewish Apostates. An apostate was someone who had abandoned
their faith and principals which they had first believed in; i.e.; INTERMARRIAGE.
Although the Samaritans shared much in common
theologically with the Jews, they were rejected and isolated and the Jews had nothing to do with them.[2] A Jew would take “the long way around” just to not travel through Samaria.[3]
We have all heard the story of “The Good Samaritan” and the emphasis was on GOOD, because of the shocking thought of a “Good Samaritan”
was just the opposite of what they were considered; they were the No Good, Dirty,
Rotten, Low Down, Scumbag, Sinners of
the earth”.
LISTEN…. Because the
Jews HATED the Samaritans and treated them so badly,
the Samaritans returned the HATE and had nothing
to do with the Jews. There you have it
in a nutshell; HATE causes
divisions and divisions breed more HATE; so it’s a WIN, WIN
for SATAN.
God & Racism
Is God a Racist? SURE He is, He
Himself made the different races in Babylon and then scattered them all over the
world… well maybe He did, and maybe He didn’t; let’s take a look at that.
The descendants of Noah began to spread abroad, but
stopped in the plain of Shinar (summer)[4] and decided
this was a good place to settle and build a city.[5] God had commanded man to increase in number
and to FILL the earth;[6] however they
wanted to settle down and stay together in ONE place and make
a name for themselves; to establish their “importance” in the sight of man and God.
The tower was a token of their oneness of purpose, but also a symbol of defiance
of God. In their arrogant and proud way they
thought they could get themselves to heaven with a tower.
There were SEVEN major gods: the Babylonian
national god was called 1) Marduk; but just to be sure they had all their
bases covered, they also worshiped 2) Ea; the god of wisdom, spells and incantations, 3) Sin;
the moon god, 4) Shamash;
the sun god and god of justice, 5) Ishtar the goddess of love and war, 6) Adad;
the god of wind storm and flood and of course there was Murduk’s son 7) Nabu
who was the scribe and herald of the gods.
Note: They had deliberately excluded the God of Noah,
which Abraham would reinstate.
God REJECTED their nation
and their efforts; they deserved death, but God in His mercy only
confused their language. They became
incapacitated, leaving off the building of the tower and the city because they
could no longer communicate with each other.
They dispersed according to their language and resettled in far off
countries to fill the earth as God had originally commanded them. Their language was not gibberish, but was the
sudden and immediate institution of the MULTIPLICITY of the languages of the world.
While this is used by HATE groups to legitimize
their bigotry, scripture is clear that the people were scattered according to
their LANGUAGE,[7] NOT according to their RACE.
Jesus & Racism
Was Jesus a Racist? A Canaanite woman came to Jesus to heal her
daughter who was demon possessed. Jesus DISCRIMINATES and rejects the Syrophoenician woman saying that He
only cares about the Israelites; then
further INSULTS her by calling
her a DOG.[8] It was only after she groveled, begged and
even compared her own self to a dog that her daughter was healed. Now this is a great case showing that the Bible and even
Jesus Christ supports RACISM.
Racism is what we want to see, but this
was a teaching
moment not only for the Disciples
but for the crowds gathered around. This
woman was a mixture of a number of races and therefore she was a true “Gentile”
or “Greek”.
(Non- Jews were referred to as a Gentile or Greek.)
At first Jesus was silent; this is important as He was waiting to see
what the Disciples would do. They responded to this annoying “Gentile”
with a rebuke to send her away empty handed. Knowing their thoughts and her faith,
He joined in with a teaching moment.
Jesus spoke truth when He told
her He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel, God’s chosen people; this was actually fulfilling prophecy, but then He
went on to insult
her inferring she was a dog which was
the term for anyone that was not a Jew. I can just imagine this INSULT got everyone’s close attention and a hush
came over the crowd.
His shocking statement would have made
most of us turn away with disgust thinking “He can’t talk to me like that”. However, she saw that it was impossible for
her to come to the Messiah through the door of the “Covenant”, she was NOT a part of the Jewish family, so she knocked on
another door, the door of compassion and
mercy. She humbled herself and addressed Him as LORD
and “The Son
of David”; she recognized and confessed that He was the coming King
in the line of David; the Messiah. We
must all see ourselves as dogs to understand God’s mercy on us. Her prayer was quiet and short; “Lord Help Me”.
DID YOU SEE IT; she recognized
that as a Gentile, she had no claim on Jesus, but she persists and humbly just
asks for His help. Guess what; she got
it and in the process as a bonus, her faith was enlarged. This teaching moment
has now forced her and everyone listening to understand just who Jesus
is, He has JUST REVEALED that He is the
Messiah.
I might just note here, that everyone who
ever came to Jesus got what they came for.
When answers to prayers are
deferred, God is teaching us to pray even
more.
Slavery
White Supremacist point to Slaves in the Bible to uphold their views on Racism and slavery.
The Bible was not written to reform
society from the outside, but to reform man on the inside. Reforming the soul through love, mercy and
grace changes the way a man thinks and acts. A person who has experienced the love of
Christ will be gracious to others.
We don’t make laws to regulate something
that is good, we regulate things that are bad. Divorce existed because of the hard hearts of men
and God regulated it. Slavery
was a way of life thousands of years before God’s special people Israel came
about. The Mosaic Law just regulated it; not condoned it.[9]
The Hebrews
Laws which
did not condone harsh labor practices discouraged neighboring races from
settling with the Hebrews; laws on slavery exposed and limited sin. If there is no law against slavery then it is
not a sin; it’s when the law is given that it becomes a sin. God passed the laws giving rights to the slaves because He cared for them.
During Biblical Times slavery was based on
economics and social status; even professional people sold themselves into
slavery. Slavery also came as a result
of warfare, not abduction based on race or the color of a person’s skin. The
Bible shows that often in many nations, there were hard times for people and
slavery was prevalent.[10]
When it came to Israel, God wanted the
Hebrews to be treated differently and made laws to set them apart with dignity, respect and
give them HOPE.
When a Hebrew had crushing debts and could not pay
his bills, he of his own FREE WILL would sell everything and then sell himself as well as his children as a
slave or servant, essentially “getting a loan”
to pay off his debts. He would serve six
years and go free the seventh.[11]
Today we would call this bankruptcy, but
without the help of the Federal Government. This would insure that his family would not
die of starvation or exposure.
He and his family would be clothed, fed, and given
housing while he was given “On the Job Training”
at his skills; this was better than college with no loans. All his debts were covered during his
employment. A
BONDSERVANT in addition to that would get paid minimum wage. He would only work six days and enjoy the
Sabbath day as a day of rest.[12]
He would not do the work of a slave, but
that of a hired worker and the master was encourage to PAMPER
him like a son. [13]
God
hates slavery; and Christianity has fought to end slavery.
In the 19th Century, man stealing
was practiced in Africa by “Slave Hunters” who sold slaves to “Slave Traders”
who brought them to America to work on farms and plantations. God says these “Man Stealers” should be KILLED along with the PEOPLE
that bought them.[14]
In 1861, Slavery was the main issue of the Civil War in America, the North against the South. Four
years of intense combat left around 700,000 soldiers dead. Slavery was abolished in America and is now completely illegal
in every developed nation throughout the free world.
Inner–Racial Marriage
White Supremacist using scripture
to justify banning interracial marriage, imply that there is just “something immoral”
in a mixed marriage, they point to
references in the Bible where the Hebrews were forbidden to marry Canaanites as
well as people from other pagan nations.[15] While this is touted as Racism, the
fact is; they were “Racially Similar”; so the reason was not based
on race, but on the fact that these people worshipped Idols; they had other
gods. READ
IT,
it’s about paganism not race.
We are not to be unequally yoked; what does a
believer have in common with a non-believer what has righteousness and
lawlessness or light and darkness have in common? [16] Separate yourself from the non-believer.[17] “Come
out, be separate” does not speak of skin color, but of the condition of a
person’s “heart”. DO NOT BE
UNEQUALLY YOKED[18] with an
unbeliever in marriage or in business.
I turned down a business
“Partnership” with a successful builder because he was a non-believer. Working for a non-believer and being in
partnership with a non-believer are just two different things. He could not wrap his head around being “Unequally yoked”;
he said, “It’s
just business.” I am not
un-equally yoked just working FOR a non-believer.
Inter-racial
couples
should expect disapproving glances, snide comments and prejudices. Moses married a Black Woman and his sister Miriam criticized
him about the interracial
marriage. I must include here,
that the “Miriam
discussion” was not about if Moses wife was a BELIEVER in the One God of Israel, but was of the color of her
skin; God heard it and in effect said, so you are “light skin only” person, then you shall
truly be white, and made Miriam LEPROUS,
and she
became
“WHITE AS SNOW”.[19] It’s in the Book
The Black Curse
FIRST Black Curse:
When
Cain killed Abel, God placed a mark on Cain which CURSED him and turned
him Black, so all Black people are cursed of God.
If you read the scripture for yourself you
will see that God placed a mark on Cain to protect him,[20]
not to turn him black. What if Cain was
already Black and God turned him White. This
is all just conjecture and bigotry to support the dividing wall of White Supremacy.
SECOND Black Curse: Noah lay drunk and naked in his tent,
when Ham came in and saw him and something very
wrong took place in that tent
either by Ham or his son Cannan. (See the discourse on “Noah gets drunk” and see what
actually took place in his tent.) Ham bragged about seeing his father and
mother, naked, so Noah CURSED his son Cannan
causing his descendants TO SERVE all of mankind.[21]
White
Supremacist argue that the curse on Ham’s descendants included making them a BLACK people. Their seedy disposition, skin color and curse were all
heritable.
This lays the foundation for the belief that heritable social
ills are based on skin color. NOTE: While the
descendants of Ham are black; there is no scripture that supports or even hints
of this as being a part of the curse and must be dismissed as just pure BIGOTRY. This
is a divisive attempt by Satan to divide men and promote bigotry and hatred. Satan did the same thing with the JEWS;
calling them “Christ
Killers” creating hate and anti-Semitism, but it was not the Jews that
drove the nails into the hands and feet of Jesus Christ; the actual
executioners were the Romans.
The Races Origin
Noah
had three Sons; Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Shem, the first born, would be the Godly line of decedents that gave us Abraham, the
“Father of Israel” and then eventually through the line of King David, Jesus Christ
the Messiah would come.
It is believed that Noah’s THREE sons had taken wives from other nations before
the flood.[22]
1)
Shem is the
progenitor of the “Semitic” peoples of the East. (White)
2)
Ham’s descendants
became the Egyptians, Canaanites and Africans. (Black)
3)
Japheth’s descendants are
the inhabitants of Asia Minor and the sea people. (Yellow)
Time Out
As we proceed with Racism in the Bible, I feel a need
to take a Helicopter view and look down on the BIGGER plan that God had for
the Israelites and what we are calling RACISM in the Bible.
Abraham found favor with God because of
his Faith and God made a covenant with him to bless him and all his generations
to come. Through Abraham God created a “Nation of Priest”[23]
who were to minister to the rest of the world, but instead they became Prideful
and ended up HATING everyone that
was not a Jew;
(the Gentiles; the Greeks) thereby putting up a dividing wall.[24] When Pride comes so does strife;[25] making
distinctions is judging.[26] It’s in the Book
Jesus came and broke down this dividing
wall between the Jews and Gentiles,[27]
His commandment was quite simple; “To just love one another”, “To love our
neighbor as ourselves;”[28] how
can you get racism out of that?
There is only one race, “the Human Race”;
African, Arabs, Asians, Caucasians, Indians, and Jews are just different
ethnicities of the “Human Race”[29]
and are all created in the Image of God.[30]
The New Testament speaks of three
groups of people;
1)
The
Jews who
were born within Jewish families,
2)
The
Gentiles (Greeks) were those that
were born outside of Jewish families and
3)
The
Church; those who are Re-born through Faith in Jesus
Christ which includes both Jews
and Gentiles.
We
are to offer ourselves not as judges,
but as
instruments for righteousness;[31]
to love the
diversity of people.
Reflections
I applied for a job as a manager in
a BBQ chain in SC; the President himself was impressed with me and had
postponed a trip just to interview me.
After over an hour of MUCH discussions of
the Bible and some of the Business, he lastly took me into a small room just
outside his office loaded with Confederate flags, KKK paraphernalia, framed articles, pictures and demagoguery against
blacks; then discussed racism as supported in the Bible.
When he saw that I was repulsed, the
interview abruptly ended and he left for his trip. Working at a Home Improvement Center, I
noticed that the same employees were NOT
CHOSEN to
be on special project teams headed by “The Good Ole Boys”. Having been out with the God Ole Boys, I
found that I was a damper on their spirits as I would sit in the van while they
were in the strip clubs.
As time moved on, the Christians
somehow seem to find each other in the break room; Black, White and Hispanic
forming bonds that still exist for me today.
While we were delighted with the arrangement, this made for divisions in
the store. I have
noticed that when Christians are present, the topics discussed and the
speech used is altered. Christian
produce a “Seasoning”
and a “Light”[32]
to those present. When we separate
ourselves into our own little groups, we miss the opportunity to be “SALT”
to the others.
Black Lives Matter
The Black lives matter movement is an important
movement drawing attention to the racism that hides in the background in our
country, but what started as an non-violent awareness movement has been Hi-Jacked and taken over by THUGS with slogans like the Black Panther Party advocating the killing of cops,
with slogans like “PIGS IN A
BLANKET;”
What do we want? DEAD COPS; When do we want it? NOW; it’s Open Season on Crackers.
Then we have Blue
Lives Matter, then White Lives Matter
making even more divisions
then finally somebody said ALL LIVES
MATTER which
was then criticized as being racist against Black Lives Matter.
None of these have the same objective and
impact as Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. who advocated building bridges by working hand and
hand, black with white together; to resolve race relations.
Banners that divide deepens the conflict
which THE WEALTHY benefit from
financially. I noticed that Kwanza
which is celebrated during the Christmas season divides
white folks from black folks; why is that? Most people have never studied the “Separatism”
of Kwanza.
During the early years starting in 1966, Kwanzaa
was meant to be an "oppositional alternative" to Christmas.-
A rule of Kwanzaa stated that "one should not mix the Kwanzaa holiday or its symbols, values and practice with any other
culture." Kwanzaa
was amended in 1997 stating that it is now “A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture”.
THE SEVENFOLD PATH OF BLACKNESS became the
Bible of the Black Nationalist civil rights movement. -- 1) Think
Black -- 2) Talk Black -- 3) Act Black -- 4) Create Black –- 5) Buy Black –
6) Vote Black -- 7) Live
Black. This is a Banner of SEPARATISM; division.
Words Matter
Words that identify; White lies,
Black Sin, White hat, Black hat, Black Balled, Off White, the Black plague, the
Black List, White Christmas, Black Sabbath, White as snow, Black as the Ace of
Spades, White House, Black Box, White Noise, Black Holes, White Privilege,
Black Sheep, Black Friday, Black Belt.
As Christians we need to be
fully cognitive of the words we use. Think about the song “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus”
which is talking about the stain of sin and the blood of Jesus making us white
as snow.
Oh, precious is the flow
that makes me “white as snow”
No other fount I know
nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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)
While the Bible speaks of every nation
of men being of one
blood, we move from thinking about the color of
blood to the color of skin. What does a black person feel when people all
around them are singing that they want to be “white as snow”. We should be sensitive about the songs that we
choose to sing especially since there are so many to choose from. We cling to the status quo even though we know
it is hurtful in nature. I am honored
that my church is a diverse congregation and for many years have sponsored
Black members of our church to be Missionaries to Nigeria.
Language
has power:
When a POLITICIAN speaks from a
teleprompter, every word has already been weighed for its impact; its control
of you; every word in a Commercial. WORDS MATTER
Bribes, Partiality & Injustice
When we show partiality to someone we are
exhibiting racism which the Good Book says is a SIN.[33] There is to be no prejudging, making
distinctions or oppressing someone just because they are foreign.[34] Hispanics and Blacks should not be charged
higher interest rates than White people, nor be held back in promotions within
the company.
Consider everyone just as important as
yourself;[35]
don't let public opinion influence how you do business,[36]
if you take a bribe, an injustice will surely take place and at some point, you
WILL be paid back. Bottom Line; just do what is right; love your
neighbor as yourself.[37] It’s in the Book
Getting Serious about Racism
Not forgiving someone only hurts you
more:
Jesus was the ultimate example of
forgiveness. He was beaten, tortured & nailed to the cross then asked God to forgive us. We love, because He first loved us,[38]
God has told us that we should not call any person common or unclean.[39]
If you have feelings and reservations about a group of people
that are ethnically different than you, or they are of a different religion or
social group, your only solution is just to REPENT.[40] If God shows no partiality to us, then we
should do the same.[41]
As for a person who stirs up division, after warning
him once and warning him twice, then HAVE
NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH HIM, knowing that such a person is WARPED and SINFUL and is SELF-CONDEMNED.[42] Those who continue to cause
divisions are void of the Holy Spirit.
It’s
in the Book
Prejudice Unaware
I killed a snake in my backyard; I don’t know
if it was a
GOOD snake or a BAD snake; but IT WAS A SNAKE and I have two
puppies to protect that don’t know the difference either. I have never been bitten by a snake, nor know
anybody bitten by a snake, so why am I afraid?
Muslims follow the Qur’an
which tells them to kill everybody that doesn’t follow Islam. I have not witnessed firsthand any violence, but then I wonder; IS THAT MUSLIM A SUICIDE BOMBER?
Being isolated from virtually all violence, hate and
meanness, I get my programming from the Media; mostly TV. When I see a protest, it seems like its always
Black people and they are not just
protesting, they are doing property damage, burning stores and looting. How does destroying a small Black business owner’s store help
the Black protest movement?
When I hear of shootings it’s mostly about
gangs and Black on Black violence. I heard about a young ARMED Black man that got
shot while trying to rob a pizza store and the mama infers that her son is dead
because an employee had a gun and should not have.
A
WHITE SUPREMACIST would say that a Black person’s DNA comes with a Low IQ, mean spirited, shiftlessness,
selfishness, and a mentality of entitlement therefore THUG LIFE is just normal. The black culture’s thinking
and reasoning is just LOWER than white people.
In elementary school, Larry, my WHITE classmate was a bully; in his 20’s Thug Life,
he was killed while robbing a store. (Larry’s daddy was a
Policeman.) I don’t
think it’s about DNA, I think it’s
about poor choices because there is A LACK OF GOD in people’s
lives. Any normal person with NO AGENDA would say that violence, burning, looting and killing is
WRONG.
We
are all born with EVIL thoughts and
must be Re-born and reprogramed.[43] When you change the direction of a person’s
soul, the heart will follow.[44] It’s in the Book
LET’S TALK
ABOUT ME:
When I gas up my car and see three Black guys standing against the wall
smoking, I drive to the other side of the service station to gas up. Why is that? I have never been physically assaulted by a Black, but for some reason I try to
avoid any IMAGINED situation. Why is that? When I load groceries in my car and I see a Black man coming toward my car, I lock
the doors? Why is that? What does a Black man think and FEEL when he hears “doors lock” as he walks through a
parking lot?
I am programmed to
think Racial even though I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHO I AM. In the 40’s before air-conditioning, all the
windows were left open with just the screen doors latched. My dad always said that locks were only for “good people”
anyway, that bad
people will find a way in.
Today not only are all our windows closed and doors locked, but we have
flood lights, motion detector lights and an alarm system that’s on all night. Why is that? Over the years I have made lifelong
friendships with Black people, but I
am JUST NOW SEEING that I have an invisible prejudice that rears its ugly head when I am around black people that I do not know. While these thoughts may come and go with good
reason, I wish there was no rational for it to even exist. Life with windows open and a rocking chair on
the screen porch is a far better way of life.
The Take Away
Racism has been a plague on humanity in various
forms and various degrees for thousands of years. The Hatfield’s and the McCoy’s had a feud for years
that cost lives; and it did not have to be that way. If you have been subjected
to racism,
prejudice and discrimination, you can end it by FORGIVING.[45] A Racist may not deserve forgiveness, but we don’t
deserve God’s forgiveness either. We are to present ourselves to God as having
been brought from death into life, and our members are now instruments
for righteousness.
I was amazed to find in my studies, that
some people are just plain EVIL from the womb[46]
and that no matter what you try to do for them, they are going treat others as second class,
spewing Hate and racism. They
are not interested in trying to understand or reason,[47]
but only in expressing their opinion;
we should be quick
to hear and slow to speak.[48] Whoever Hates is walking in darkness.
People hi-jack the Bible and cherry pick
verses that defend their own racial views.
The value of a person comes from the Creator who placed a great value on
man, Black,
White, Hispanic, Asian and Mixed-race are
all created in His very own image.[49] God does not make distinctions based on
physical or social attributers, there is neither Jew nor Gentile; God created
everyone with equality and social status;[50]
it is MAN
THAT CHANGES IT.[51]
We are urged to be reconciled to each
other; love and Compassion should always trump things that cause divisions. Get serious about the healing of the wounds of racism.[52] At the judgment there will be a great
multitude from every nation, tribe and language standing before His throne,[53]
not just White folks. As Christians, we
have an opportunity to be a major force for racial reconciliation.[54]
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, MERCY and COMPASSION and Jesus ends
by saying “Go
and Do likewise”.
The Gospel is for every nation,
tribe, language & People.[55] Showing
partiality is racism therefore it is SIN. Everyone who HATES his brother will have no
part in the Eternal Life. [56]
It’s
in the Book
I HAVE A DREAM
that my four little children will one day live in a
nation
where they will not be judged by the color of their
skin,
but by the content of their character. - Dr. Martin Luther King -
[1] 2 Kings 17:5-6 – The
Assyrians deported the Samaritan Jews to Assyria.
[2] John 4:6-9 – Jews and
Samaritans do not associate with each other
[3] Matthew 10:5-6 – Jesus
told the disciples to not go to any town of the Samaritans, only to the lost
sheep of Israel
[5] Genesis 11:4 – Let’s not
be scattered, but make a name for ourselves right here in Babylon
[6] Genesis
[7] Genesis 11:8-9 – God
scattered them according to their language
[8] Matthew 15:22-28 – Jesus calls the Canaanite woman a DOG
[10] Deuteronomy 23:15-16 – Escaped foreign slaves seeking Israel are to be set free to
live wherever it pleases him
[11] Jeremiah 34:8-9 - No one should enslave a
Jew, his brother
[12] Exodus 23:12 – Work your slaves only six days and on the seventh
day they shall rest
[13] Deuteronomy 15:12-15 – Hebrew Severance
Package for a slave; You shall FURNISH HIM LIBERALLY from your flock, threshing
floor; wine vat;
[14] Exodus 21:16 – IF YOU KIDNAP SOMEONE YOU
SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH
[16] Exodus 34:11-16 – Don’t marry the heathen unbelievers, drive them out
[17] 2 Corenthians
[18] 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 – Don’t be unequally yoked; believer with an unbeliever. What agreement is there?
What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
[19] Numbers 12:1-10 – Moses wife was black; his sister Miriam fussed about
the interracial marriage and God made her
leprous.
[20] Genesis 4:12-16 – God marked Cain to protect
his life
[21] Genesis 9:24-25 – Canaan is cursed to be a SERVANT to his brothers
[22] Genesis 9:18-19 – Noah’s
sons - Shem, Ham and Japheth
[23] Exodus 19:6 – You shall be to me a KINGDOM OF PRIESTS and a holy nation.
[24] Ephesians 2:14 – Jesus removed the dividing wall of hostility
[25] Proverbs 13:10 – When Pride comes, it
brings strife
[26] James 2:4 – You have made distinctions among themselves and become
judges with evil thoughts
[27] John 3:16 – Jesus laid down His life for those in the world that would
believe
[28] John 13:34 – Commandment #1: Love one another
-- James 2:8 – Commandment
#2: Love your
neighbor as yourself
[29] Acts 10:34 - God shows no partiality -- Romans 2:11 - God shows no partiality. --
Deuteronomy 10:17 – God is not partial and cannot be influenced or bribed --
Galatians 3:28 – There is no division between the Jew or the Greek; YOU ARE ALL ONE in Christ Jesus
[30] Genesis 1:26-27 – EVERYONE was created in the Image of God
[31] Romans 6:13 – Submit yourself as instruments for Righteousness
[32] Matthew 5:13 – Christians are the Salt of the Earth
[33] James 2:8-9 – Showing Partiality is Racism, which is SIN – 2 Chronicles 19:7 – There is no partiality, bribes or injustice with God --
Acts 10:34-35 – God shows no partiality; just do what’s
right
[34] James 2:4 – You should not make distinctions among yourselves and judge
-- 1 Timothy 5:21 – COMMAND:
Show no prejudging, no partiality --
Leviticus 19:33-34 – Treat a foreigner as a “Home Boy”
-- Exodus 22:21 – Do not do wrong or
oppress a foreigner
[35] Philippians 2:3 - Consider others as important as yourselves
[36] James 2:1 - Don't let public opinion influence your actions
[37] Mark 12:31 - You
shall love your neighbor as yourself
[38] 1 John 4:19 - We should love because he first loved us
[39] Acts 10:28 – God has shown us to not call any person common or unclean
[40] Proverbs 14:21 – You are in sin if you
have hate in your heart -- 1 John 2:11 - Whoever
hates his brother is in the darkness -- 1
John 3:15 - Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer -- 1 John 4:19-21 - You can’t love God and hate
your brother
[41] Ephesians 4:32 - Be kind,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another -- Colossians 3:12-13 – Be forgiving and bearing with one another
[42] Jude 1:19 – If you cause divisions you do not have the Holy Spirit --
Romans 16:17 – Avoid people who cause
divisions -- Galatians 5:19-21 – THOSE WHO STIR UP DIVISIONS WILL GO TO HELL -- Titus 3:10-11
– Those who stir up division are Warped, Sinful and Self-Condemned;
Avoid them
[43] John 3:3 – We must be born again
[44] 1 Peter 1:23 – The new life comes from the eternal living Word of God
[45] Matthew 5:23-24 - Be reconciled to your
brother of any color -- Luke
10:36-37 – COMMAND;
Have Mercy; Go and do likewise -- Galatians 3:28 – There is neither Jew not Gentile, Male nor Female, Black nor
White
[46] Psalm 51:5 – From our conception we are sinful -- Psalm
58:3-4 – The Wicked are estranged in the womb; from birth they go astray -- 2
Chronicles 36:9 – God saw evil in 8 year old Jehoiachin
[47] Proverbs 18:2 – A fool does not want to understand -- Romans 12:3 – We
should not to think of ourselves more highly than you ought to -- Philippians 2:3-4 – Count others more
significant than yourself
[48] James 1:19 – Be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger
[49] Genesis 1:26 – God made EVERY man in His own Image
[50] Acts 17:26 – God made from one man, every nation of mankind -- 1 Samuel 16:7 - Do not look on his
appearance or stature, but the heart -- John 7:24 - Do
not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.” -- Romans 10:12 – There
is no distinction between mankind
[51] Matthew 25:40 – You are treating God by the way you treat others
[52] Romans 6:13 – Present yourselves as instruments for righteousness
[53] Revelation 7:9 - Every nation, tribes, peoples and languages will stand
before the throne, NOT JUST WHITE PEOPLE
[54] Romans 1:16 – I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ -- Mark 16:15 - Go
into all the world and proclaim the gospel
[55] Revelation 14:6 – The Gospel is for every nation, tribe, language, People
[56] Proverbs
14:21 – You are in sin if you have hate in your heart
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