Bible Question:
Jesus was born it was geological connected to africa,Jesus a Jew what color was he? And if he was that color then how does the today Jew call them selves the rightful Jew? people today that call themselves gentiles, are they in fact jews?? i am white, but i know there is no way, if i was born in africa, |
Bible Answer: Africa is a huge continent, and people who live there come in many shades, just as G-d intended they should. People in northern Africa are lighter skinned than people further south. I think you are making an assumption about Yeshua's (Jesus')physical appearance that is not justified by the facts. Yeshua probably had/has a light olive complexion.. dark hair and eyes, and muscles. He has a beard. (People pulled out some of His beard it is recorded.) His mom's name was Mirium, and his adopted father's name was Yosef. He went to synagogue on Saturday as His normal custom. He was born to an ancient people that G-d picked to bless the rest of us.. not because they were strong or numerous.. but because they were the smallest in number, the Scripture says. Today's Jewish people are Jewish because they had a Jewish parent. According to the more conservative Jewish tradition, the parent was the mother, although in Reform and Messianic tradition, it is acceptable for either the mother or the father to be Jewish for the child to be considered Jewish as well. People who were not born to a Jewish mother or father, according to the Bible, are called Gentiles... and it has always been G-d's plan to lavish His love on the Gentiles as well. It is an honor to be chosen by G-d to know Him and His will and to believe in the Righteous One, Yeshua the Messiah. In G-d's economy, both Jews and Gentiles are part of His plan, to have everyone come to Him and receive His mercy, and to show the love that He creates in our hearts for each other. 1 Corinthians 7 says that being married or being unmarried or being Jewish or being Gentile is not the big deal. The big deal is to honor G-d in whatever choice He made about who we should be.. who we would be born to..whether He made us male or female. G-d knows what He is doing, and He created you in the exact way and through the exact family that would give Him the most glory. Don't despise your birthright, whether you are Jewish or non-Jewish. If you are from Puerto Rico or Denmark or China or born from Jewish parents, be glad! G-d has drawn you to Himself and given you new birth through His Son. There is no greater gift than to be adopted in love through Messiah. Don't try to imagine a Jewish genealogy for yourself as a way to draw closer to G-d. The Bible says, "Draw near to G-d and He will draw near to you." The Bible says that "G-d is rich toward all who call on Him." If you had Jewish parents or Jewish grandparents, then you have an amazing and wonderful birthright and responsibility before G-d. The Land of Israel is bequeathed to you through scripture, and it is your job to remain visibly part of the Jewish people while serving G-d. G-d intends for Jewish believers in the Messiah to remain part of Israel. It is His heart's desire that the Jewish people would see that it is possible to believe in Messiah and remain Jewish at the same time. If you are born Gentile, let G-d put in you a love for the Jewish people which He Himself shares. It is part of His heart that the Jewish people would be blessed and would prosper spiritually and grow in intimacy with Him through the knowledge of the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua. Throughout the Bible, G-d's heart to bless the Jewish people remains a central theme. G-d says to Israel in Jeremiah, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, and I have drawn thee with My lovingkindness." Be glad in who you are. G-d doesn't make mistakes. He knows what He is doing. We receive atonement through the precious blood of the Lamb of G-d, Messiah Yeshua. There is no bloodline more important than that. |