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1 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | Val | 205676 | ||
Dear Jeff, These people at AnswersinGenesis.org have studied it far more than myself; that is why I listed their website for anyone who wants to pursue the subject; you can search their site for different articles. Humankind includes all peoples and colors and we are not animals though some act like it sometimes. We have different nations; is that what you are thinking of? But we all come from Adam and then from Noah's family. So if you find any scriptures I would like to see them. I was just answering a question that in my studies I have never came upon "race" in the bible. Nations yes but not race. Its not an issue with me. In other words I have to pick the things I am passionate about because of time limitations. I hope you understand. Blessings, Val |
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2 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | jlhetrick | 205688 | ||
Val- I can certainly appreciate all you’ve said sister. Start here: Ezra 9:2, Zech 9:6, Mark 7:26, Acts 7:19, Rom 9:5, 1Pet 2:9, And speaking of mankind… James 3:7. God bless, Jeff |
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3 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | Val | 205756 | ||
Hello Jeff, taking each passage seperately starting with Ezra 9:2 Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites. 2 "For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race[1][Lit seed ] has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness." 3 When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled. 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering. The word "race" is in the literal "seed" 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton) The NIV does use the word in two places. However, in Ezra 9:2 the Hebrew is literally ‘seed,’ and in Romans 9:3 the phrase ‘those of my own race’ is, in the original Greek, literally ‘my relatives according to the flesh’ (KJV: ‘my kinsmen according to the flesh’). Answersingenesis - The Bible does not even use the word ‘race’ in reference to people,(footnote 8) but does describe all human beings as being of ‘one blood’ (Acts 17:26). This, of course, emphasizes that we are all related, for all humans are descendants of the first man Adam (1 Cor. 15:45). Here is what I found - it still says we are all from Adam. What point are you making? My point is that we are all descendants of Adam. Many nations came from Adam. The pecularities of race is something that was developed by Darwin which has (many think) been a bad thing. They make out some races to be inferior to others. What I am saying is this was not God's intent because Genesis says Adam was made in the image of God. He, in my opinion, was created with the DNA that makes people different but we are all equal in God's site; something that man has perverted with his theory of evolution. This passage in Ezra seems to show the moral lack and pagan religion of the "ites". This is why they were not to intermarry because they did not worship the true God as the "holy seed" - Israel did. Key phrase here "according to their abominations" I really don't know what we are discussing - what is your point? That race is in the bible? Blessings, Val |
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4 | 3 brothers descendants changed | Col 1:16 | jlhetrick | 205923 | ||
Yes, that race is in the bible. The different "races" were recognized long before Darwin so I'm not sure why you threw that in there. Yes, Race is in the bible. I've already provided the references. It's not an issue of debate for me and we could go about defining and redefining the word . To avoid further confusion I'll provide the definition I am using. a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock : a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics (the English race) (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary). There is nothing in my statements that would, or should, cause anyone to draw the conclusion that I am saying that there are different species of people. Sorry if that was the impression you got. God bless, Jeff |
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