BLACKS IN THE BIBLE - Part 1.

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Why this topic in the first place?

1. To help us develop a sense of help

2. So like others, we could see our natives in the Scriptures.

3. To clarify the confusion about race as presented my most christian churches.

So often the  depiction we see in the most biblical publication indicates white (except in the case of Satan), you see a white person in this or that situation and you seldom see people color and at times that caused the blacks to feel there is no place for them in the bible. Or in the extreme it makes them feel that the bible is simply another tool of colonization and perpetual slavery (of the mind) of the blacks in the guise of religion, thou such is not the case but more work needs to be done on the part of ALL to unravel this and this article seeks to achieve that.


WHO IS A "BLACK" PERSON?

11,608,000 Sq. Miles
 (30,065,000 Sq. Km)
Africa presents the most dynamic mix of colors we often group as "black".

*The blue-black people in Sudan.
*Chocolate brown in West Africa.
*Pecan color in Ethiopia
When we talk of "blacks", we talk of all or any of these variation.







APPLYING THE "ONE-DROP" RULE:

The one-drop rule was a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in most western worlds in time past that asserts that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry is considered a black.

Well, in this article, we will go beyond the "one-drop rule" to establish the black presence in the bible.

IN THE BEGINNING: we are all familiar with the story of the creation as presented in the bible.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 3761 B.C

According to Jewish Tradition, this is the date Adam and Eve were created in the garden of Eden. 





And between 374 BC and 2500 BC Cain, Abel, Seth and daughters were born to Adam and Eve.



We know that Cain killed his brother Abel and was exiled to wonder in the eastern "land of Nod".

In Part 2 of this article, we shall fast-forward to the time of the great flood ( the flood of Noah) and look deep into the family that repopulated the earth after the flood.

Credit: Inspired by Darius Gray. 

keep visiting http://obasiafrica.blogspot.com/ for the Part 2 and more.

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  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2021 at 8:51 PM

    I loved it! We need articles like this, to teach, clarify and inspire. *****

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