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Races Of Mankind Definition: As used here, race means a division of mankind possessing in characteristic proportions certain combinations of physical traits that can be inherited and that are sufficient to set the group apart as a distinct human type. It should be noted, however, that the fact that the races are capable of intermarriage and reproduction shows that they are actually of one "kind," all being members of the human family. So the various races are merely facets of the total variation possible in humankind. From Where Did The Various Races Come? Genesis 5:1+2 This is the book of Adam’s history. In the day that God created Adam, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them. On the day they were created, he blessed them and named them Man. Genesis 1:28 Further, God blessed them, and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many, fill the earth Thus all mankind are descendants of that first human pair, Adam and Eve. Acts 17:26 And he made out of one man every nation of men to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of where men would dwell, So, regardless of what races make up a nation, they all are offspring of Adam. Genesis 9:18+19 Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham later became the father of Ca′naan. These three were Noah’s sons, and all the earth’s population came from them and spread abroad. After God destroyed the ungodly world by means of a global flood in Noah's day, the earth's new population, including all the races known today, developed from the offspring of Noah's three sons and their wives. Were Adam and Eve Merely Allegorical (fictional) Persons? The Bible does not support that view. Luke 3:23-38 When Jesus began his work, he was about 30 years old, being the of Joseph, of Heli,.... of David.... of Abraham.... of Adam. Joseph, David and Abraham are well-known historical persons. So is it not reasonable to conclude that Adam was a real person? Is It Unreasonable To Believe That All Of Us Descended From The Same Original Parents? "Science now corroborates what most great religions have long been preaching: Human beings of all races are....descended from the same first man." - Heredity in Humans(Philadelphia and New York, 1972), Amram Scheinfeld, p. 238. :The Bible story of Adam and Eve, father and mother of the whole human race, told centuries ago the same truth that science has shown today: that all the peoples of the earth are a single family and have a common origin." - The Races of Mankind(New York, 1978 ), Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish. p.3. Does The Bible Present Adam Simply As An Allegorical Character Representing All Early Mankind? Jude 14 Yes, the seventh one in line from Adam, Enoch, also prophesied.... Enoch was not the seventh in line from all mankind. Genesis 5:3 Adam lived for 130 years and then became father to a in his likeness, in his image, and he named him Seth Seth certainly was not fathered by all early men, nor did all early men father sons at 130 years of age. Where Did Cain Get His Wife If There Was just One Family? Genesis 3:20 After this Adam named his wife Eve, because she was to become the mother of everyone living. Genesis 5:3+4 Adam lived for 130 years and then became father to a in his likeness, in his image, and he named him Seth. After becoming father to Seth, Adam lived for 800 years. And he became father to sons and daughters. One of Adam's sons was Cain, and one of Adam's daughters must have become Cain's wife. At that time in human history when humans still had outstanding physical health and vitality, as indicated by the length of their lives, the likelihood of passing on defects as a result of marrying a close relative was not great. After some 2,500 years of human history, however, when mankind's physical condition had greatly deteriorated, Jehovah gave to Israel laws forbidding . Genesis 4:16+17 Then Cain went away from before Jehovah and took up residence in the land of Exile or Fugitiveness(Nod), to the east of Eden. Afterward Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain did not first meet his wife in the land to which he fled, as if she were from another family. rather, it was there that he had sexual relations with her to produce a . What Explains the Development of the Various Racial Characteristics? "All men living today belong to a single species, Homo Sapiens, and are derived from a common stock...Biological differences between human beings are due to differences in hereditary constitutions and to the influence of the environment on this genetic potential. In most cases, those differences are due to the interaction of these two sets of factors....Differences between individuals within a race or within a population are often greater than the average differences between races or populations." - An international body of scientists convened by UNESCO, quoted in Statement on Race(New York, 1972, third ed.), Ashley Montagu, pp. 149, 150. A race is simply one of the partially isolated gene pools into which the human species came to be divided during and following its early geographical spread. Roughly one race has developed on each of the five major continental areas of the earth....Man did indeed diverge genetically during this phase of history and we can measure and study the results of this divergence in what remains today of the old geographical races. As we would expect, divergence appears to be correlated with the degree of isolation....When race formation took place on the continents, with the bottlenecking of thousands of populations in isolated gene pools all over the world, the gene-frequency differences we now see were established....The paradox which faces us is that each group of humans appears to be externally different yet underneath these differences there is fundamental similarity. - Heredity and Human Life, New York, 1963, H.L.Carson, pp. 151, 154, 162,163 Thus, early in human history, when a group of people were isolated from others and married within the group, certain distinctive combinations of genetic traits were emphasized in their offspring. Does The Bible Teach That Blacks Are Cursed? That idea is based on a misunderstanding of... Genesis 9:25 Cursed be Canaan. Let him become the lowest slave to his brothers It says nothing of skin colour. The curse was because Ham's Canaan had evidently performed some shocking act deserving of a curse. Who were Canaan's descendants? Not black peoples but lighter-skinned peoples living to the east of the Mediterranean Sea and because of their depraved practices, demonistic rites, idolatry and sacrifice they came under divine judgement and God gave to Israel the land occupied by the Canaanites. Genesis 10:15-19 Canaan became father to Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, as well as the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward, the families of the Canaanites were scattered. So the boundary of the Canaanites was from Sidon as far as Gerar, near Gaza, as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha Not all the Canaanites were destroyed. Joshua 17:13 When the Israelites grew strong, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out entirely From Which of Noah's Offspring Did the Black Peoples Descend? Genesis 10:6+7 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Later references to Cush are usually equivalent to Ethiopia. Seva is later used when referring to another people in the eastern part of Africa and evidently close to Ethiopia. Isaiah 43:3 For I am Jehovah your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as a ransom for you, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Are All Humans Of God? Being of God is not something that we imperfect humans are entitled to by birth but we are all the offspring of Adam, who, when created in perfection was a " of God". Luke 3:38 of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam, of God. Acts 10: 34+35 At this Peter began to speak, and he said: “Now I truly understand that God is not partial, but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him John 3:16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten , so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life Exercising genuine faith in Him is necessary in order for any of us to attain to the kind of relationship with God that Adam lost. That privilege is open to people of all races. 1 John 3:10 The of God and the of the Devil are evident by this fact: Whoever does not practice righteousness does not originate with God, nor does the one who does not love his brother So God does not view all humans as His . From a spiritual standpoint, those who deliberately practice what God condemns have the Devil as their father. John 8:44 You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie However, true Christians reflect godly qualities. From amoung these, God has selected a limited number to rule as kings with Christ in heaven. These are referred to by God as his "" or his "sons." Romans 8:19-21 For the creation is waiting with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself will also be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the of God Relief for mankind will come when "the sons of God," after receiving heavenly life, are 'revealed' as taking positive action on behalf of mankind under the direction of Christ. After faithful ones on earth (referred to as "the creation" in this Scripture) have attained to human perfection and have demonstrated unshakeable loyalty to Jehovah as Universal Sovereign, then they too will enjoy the fine relationship of of God. People of all races will share in this. Will People of All Races Ever truly Be United As Brothers and Sisters? To those who would be His true disciples, Jesus said .... Matthew 23:8 ....all of you are brothers. Later he added... John 13:35 By this all will know that you are my disciples—if you have love among yourselves Despite human imperfections, that sense of oneness was a reality amoung early Christians. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in union with Christ Jesus Christian brotherhood unmarred by racial distinctions is a reality amoung Jehovah's witnesses in the 20th & 21st centuries. Writer William Whalen said in U.S. Catholic: "I believe that one of the most attractive characteristics of teh organizartion of Jehovah's Witnesses has been its traditional policy of racial equality." After making extensive study of Jehovah's witnesses in Africa, Oxford University sociologist Bryan Wilson stated: "The Witnesses are perhaps more successful than any other group in the speed with which they eliminate tribal discrimination amoung their own recruits." Reporting on an international gathering of Witnesses from 123 lands, The New York Times Magazine said: "The Witnesses impressed New Yorkers not only with their numbers, but with their diversity (they include people from all walks of life), their racial unself-consciousness (many Witnesses are Negroes) and their quiet, orderly behaviour." Soon God's Kingdom will destroy the present ungodly system of things, including all who do not genuinely love both Jehovah God and their fellowman. Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever Luke 10:25-28 Now look! a man versed in the Law stood up to test him and said: “Teacher, what do I need to do to inherit everlasting life?” He said to him: “What is written in the Law? How do you read?” In answer he said: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole strength and with your whole mind’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’” He said to him: “You answered correctly; keep doing this and you will get life. God's Word promises.... Revelations 7:9 After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands Drawn together by worship of the True God, by faith in Jesus Christ, and by love for one another, they will truly make up a united human family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As always, I hope this has aided your Bible studies and helped clear up any gaps in your understanding. Yours, Katidid. |
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