I have pondered this topic and
the need to address it from as best a Biblical stand-point that I am able to
for a long, long while now.
The reason I feel the urge to
get this out now is that with growing concern I see the rise of Racism &
Semitism throughout, USA, UK, Europe, Russia, Africa to mention a few. I believe that if we try to fight this
in the flesh we shall be destroyed, I am not saying we do not elicit self
defence and such like, but I am concerned that people are wanting to take this
issue into their own hands and it will lead to Marshall Law (playing right into
the hands of the NWO).
This is a card I believe the
enemy will use mightily in these
times and we too may become blinded to the working of The Spirit in certain
people just because they are of a different colour or creed!
I have obviously discussed this
topic with both friend and foe and it has led, especially in our part of the
world with its’ traumatic war torn past, to heated discussions and, on occasions,
parting of ways. There is just no
way that one can live, evangelise and even fellowship in our very polar society
in Africa if there is not some form of census reached on this emotive and
divisive topic.
Racism is woven into the very
foundation of our society and, I dare say, into most societies on planet earth
today. We must faces this issue
head on now and see it for what it is:
Not by might, power and prejudice, and definitely not through the
blinkers of the blinded and bigoted liberal and politically correct
do-gooders. It is an issue, it is
real and it is extremely dangerous.
So where do we start:
Racism comes, I believe, from
the very same root as any form of discrimination or prejudice. Whether we call it Tribalism (again
very prevalent here in Africa), Sectarianism or Aryanism: Whether it be labelled Semitism or
Islamaphobic; The Montague’s or the Capulet’s – the root stays the same: PRIDE
AND JUDGEMENT BASED ON FEAR!
Yes, yes many of these other
religions and cultures are abhorrent and cannot be accepted just for what they
are: But then again so is
Homosexuality and Abortion equally abhorrent, but they are here so what do we
do?
Yes, I also hear the whole saga
of Noah and Cham (Gen 9:25-27) being brought forward as a defence for the status
quo in the racial debate: But
unfortunately there has been so much speculation and distortion on these few
verses that their intended meaning within their historical context has been
severely distorted and nobody can say with any certainty exactly what they
originally and culturally meant (almost the same as the church fathers have
done with the writings of Paul).
**However, in order to put my
point across very briefly, and hopefully to generate a good and meaningful
debate, let us try and let the Bible declare the Bible and NOT LET THE FINITE
MIND OF CORUPTABLE MAN set the pace:
1. Noah, according to
the Scriptures, had only one wife.
2. Scripture would seem
to imply that all three of Noah’s sons were from one wife – is it possible that
from one husband and one wife different races were born? Hmmm.. me thinks not!
3. Cham (Ham) caused a
massive family scandal through a perverted act with a lewd and sexual overtone.
4. Noah curses Cham
through his son Canaan: Now you may ask how could this possibly be fair: What had Canaan done to deserve this
curse? Well it seems, when
studying the Word that if a son is cursed, this is a curse on the Father (See
the judgement passed on Solomon in 1 Kings 11:12-13; 12:1-24) and in both these
episodes, Solomon and Cham’s sons upon whom the curse or judgement fell had the
opportunity to make right, BUT THEY CHOSE TO GO IN A WAY WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT
THE CURSE thus justifying the action ordained by the curse. In other words, what I am trying to say
here is had Noah cursed Cham he, Noah, would have placed a curse upon
himself. It is also obvious that
this curse spoken by Noah came through a Divine revelation, as it was known
that Canaan would default!
5. Cham had four sons;
why then Canaan and not all four sons?
See 4 above.
6. However embodied in
the Noahic curse we find another interesting point: Gen 9:25: CURSED BE CANAAN; A SERVANT OF SERVANTS SHALL
HE BE UNTO HIS BRETHREN. We
see in the Word that YHWH is God of gods; Lord of lords (Deut 10:17):
Again Lord
of lords (Ps 136:3): YESHUA is called King of kings, and Lord of lords (1
Tim 6:15; Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16). So obviously we see
that YHWH is the top King of all kings, The Top Lord of all lords, The Supreme
GOD of all gods: IS IT THEREFORE
POSSIBLE THAT CANAAN WAS TO BE THE TOP SERVANT TO HIS OTHER TWO BROTHERS.
Remember please that these 3 sons were the fathers of the entire world
population going forward.
7. Modern day
anthropology seems to indicate that whenever the “colonialisers” arrived
anywhere in the world there were already local/native/aboriginal population
groups who had tamed the lands being colonised. It is also said that these native populations were
reputedly from the lineage of Cham.
Is it possible that Cham, being cursed through Canaan was in fact used
to the Honour of YHWH and his two brothers when they started to move out to the
outer reaches of the earth by having already partially tamed the areas being
colonised?
8. There is also a
school of thought which cannot be thrown out, and that is YHWH had already blessed
Cham and his brothers in Gen 9:1: and was thus unable to now
curse him. I personally don’t go
with that theory bright now, but I also do not discard it.
9. Finally with regards
to this matter: In Deut
10:16-22 our
fore-fathers were told to circumcise their hearts (New Covenant talk in Torah)
and love the strangers as they were all strangers in Egypt (purported to be
children of Cham) and that YHWH IS NOT THE RESPECTER OF PERSONS; Again we read
in Deut 24:16 that
fathers will not suffer for their children’s sin, neither children for their
parents sins – every person will suffer for his/her own sins: Ezekiel 18:2-20 is a excellent
exposé on each paying for his/her own sins.
10. The final point I would like to
make on this Noahic topic is that we ALL
HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF ELOHIM (Rom 3:23) & since the fall in
the Garden we have all, YES ALL been cursed to hell and
damnation and that MESSIAH YESHUA BECAME THE CURSE FOR ALL OF US BY
HIS PERFECT SACRIFICE ON THE STAKE (Deut 21:23; Gal 3:13) MESSIAH PAID THE
PERFECT PRICE FOR ALL CURSES – ACCEPTING HIM IN RE-BIRTH WILL ATONE FOR THE
CURSE/S IN OUR LIVES; ALL OF THEM.
Colour,
creed, language does not and will not ever place one person above another. Before I was reborn in and through and
to Messiah I was a white male, I spoke English and I had a colonial
culture. After my rebirth and to
this day I am still a white male, I still speak English as my mother tongue and
ask all my friends and acquaintances they will affirm, I am still hopelessly colonial
in culture.
This colour thing has been
ridden to death under so many supposedly “Christian” and Patriotic banners on
both sides of the fence, from the blacks towards the whites, from the whites
towards the blacks and so on including every other nation on earth.
Brethren, this issue is not an
issue of race, it is a matter of heart.
Do we have a re-born Heart through Messiah Yeshua or not.
Our Messiah even said to the
“Jews” of His day that to be a true Citizen of His Kingdom you needed to be re-born
in the Spirit (John 3:2-15 – see reference made to Himself in the Torah as
well).
He, Yeshua, also said that He
was sent by the Father for the world – no exceptions – just believe (Pisteuo –
from G4100 - pistis trust and
do)
and the curses of the Law (death sentence and confinement to hell as prescribed
by Torah Gal 3:13)
would be atoned for, forgiven and lifted and LIFE everlasting would ensue! Hallelujah Yeshua our Lamb of Elohim!
To cement this point a little
more solidly the Word tells us that all who are Israel are not necessarily
Israel, nor are all biological seed of Abraham necessarily Children of Israel,
but in Isaac shall the seed be called – the Child/child of the P/promise (Roms
9 &10).
We see in the TORAH that only
those who had been reborn in Messiah (Blood over the Lintel and partakers of
the Passover –Ex 12)
would be spared the death of their First Born.
We then read that a MIXED
MULTITUDE went into the Wilderness as a part of the Exodus, under the
protection of YHWH’s promise – Ex 12:38.
We see that only those who
agreed to and kept the Sinai Law (Marriage Covenant/Torah) were allowed to
remain in the Camp of The Righteous – Ex 19:5; 19:8 (Marriage vows?) If the Torah was deliberately
broken the responsible parties, albeit having come out of Egypt under the Blood
of the Lamb, were put to death, thus being put out of the camp – Sabbath
Breaking (Num 15:32-36): Golden Calf (Deut 9:6-29) : Rebellion of
Korah (Num 16).
The most dramatic example of
being put out of the “Camp or City” of the Righteous for breaking the Covenant
(Torah) was when our MESSIAH YESHUA was taken outside the city to die as HE
carried the SIN of the World (all the deliberate contraventions of Torah
demanding the penalty of death – the curse of the Law) because HE WAS UNCLEAN
FOR THE REASON OF OUR SIN ATTRIBUTED TO HIM AND UPON EXCUTION WAS PUT OUT OF
THE CAMP OF THE RIGHTEOUS (Mark 15:20 ..led HIM out to crucify HIM. Heb 13:12).
We read throughout the Word
that those who had leprosy, blood issues, defiled by the dead etc were to be
placed outside the camp SO AS NOT TO DEFILE THE CAMP WHEREIN YHWH LIVES (Num 5:1-4) as
these diseases, afflictions were an indication of Spiritual Defilement (Lev 13
& 14) obviously also for health & quarantine reasons. This again in and of itself is a massive study which will not
be covered here, suffice to say we see throughout the Word, including the Brit
Chadasah (New Testament) where we read that those involved in deliberate sin
are to be warned and if they do not repent (Ask forgiveness and turn from their
sin) they are to be removed from the assembly (2 Thes 3:14-15; 1 Cor 5:1-5).
So what about these eternal
curse YHWH spoke against Canaanites; the Moabites; Edomites and so on?
Well I believe when one studies
each of these Nations and their religions one finds specific demonic traits
which are inherent to these nations and those who will not repent and return to
Messiah (as Ruth the Moabitess did in the Book of Ruth) cannot be saved and
must be killed to prevent the leading astray of Redeemed Israel. Once again we
see through these examples that those guilty of deliberate and continual sins
are to be kept away from YHWH’s redeemed people, who are Holy and Set
Apart. Again these are specific
demonic traits which are out to cause the People of YHWH to err and leave their
Elohim and commit spiritual adultery i.e. idolatry (Num 22 - 25; 31:16).
This is a study that leads into
predestination and the immutable character of YHWH and HIS Jealousy for His
Bride, His Omniscience, His Sovereignty and so forth. Above all His Love and His Equity (fairness) abound Divinely
balanced with His Wrath!
I hope this is not an intrusion
into your bust schedules and that it sparks some pondering and debate, because
as said before this issue is here and is becoming more dangerous every day.
Hope to hear from you all.
Shalom in Messiah Yeshua
Steve (Bo’az)
** Discussions for another date
perhaps.
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