I. ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
1. The Beginning
The Bible does not start off with the creation of a special or privileged race
of people. When the first human being is created he is simply called adam,
which is Hebrew for “humankind.”
Not Hebrews or Egyptians; Not White or Black nor even Semitic. Their
own particular ethnicity is not even mentioned, for the Bible seems to
stress that they are the mother and father of all peoples of all ethnicities.
Adam and Eve are presented as non-ethnic and non-national because
they represent all people of all ethnicities.
Gen 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them.
Adam and Eve are ethnically generic, representing all ethnicities. Thus the
Bible is very clear in declaring from the beginning that all people of all
races and ethnicities carry the image of God.
Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of
the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their
dwellings
2. The Origin of the Races
Gen 9:18-19
Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and
from these the whole earth was populated.
3. Genetics
Genes come in pairs
Half from Mom and Half from Dad
Let’s assign A and B to people with lots of Melanin (Dark Skinned)
Let’s assign a and b to people with small amounts of melanin
In very dark-skinned groups people have AABB
In very light skinned groups they carry aabb
If a male and a female from each group AABB and aabb got together the child
would have AaBb and would be middle brown in skin tone
If two people carrying the AaBb genes mated they can produce children with
a wide range of skin tones
4. Division According to Genetics
Gen 11:7-9
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not
understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from
there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9 Therefore
its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the
earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the
earth.
The fall of man, the scattering of all generations and the subsequent confusion of
their language, introduced various cultures, traditions and conformations
They were scattered linguistically and genetically
Geographic groups began to populate with certain genetic characteristics
Micro Evolution developed (lips and noses etc.)
II. EARLY BLACK CIVILIZATION
1. Blacks were not cursed but Cushed
In the 19 th century, both before and after the Civil War, this text was frequently
cited by Whites to argue that the slavery or subjugation of the black races was, in
fact, a fulfillment of the prophecy in this text. These pastors and writers argued
that 1) the word “Ham” really means “black” or “burnt,” and thus refers to the
Black race; and 2) God commanded that the descendants of Ham (Black people)
become slaves to Japheth, who, they argued, represents the White races.
Gen 9:18-27
Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and
from these the whole earth was populated. 20 And Noah began to be a farmer,
and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk and
became uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and
Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and
covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they
did not see their father’s nakedness. 24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew
what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A
servant of servants He shall be to his brethren. 26 And he said: “Blessed be the
LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant. 27 May God enlarge
Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.
The Curse was on Canaan not Ham or Mizraim (Gen 9:25)
Canaanites were in gross sexual sin (Lev 18:2-23) the same practice Ham did.
Canaanites were Israel’s future enemies
Blacks are not cursed they are “cushed”
2. Cush Descendants
Gen 10:6-12
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were
Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the
earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the LORD.” 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was
Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went
to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh
and Calah (that is the principal city).
Cush is another name for Ethopia; Mizraim is another name for Egypt
Put is Libya
a. Mizraim (Egypt)
Original Egyptians were Black People
One of the early Greek playwrights, Aeschylus, mentioned a boat seen from
the shores, and declares that the crew was Egyptian because of their Black
complexion.
With the rise of Islam also, there was an invasion of Egypt in A.D. 640; this
began the 'Arabisation' of Egypt with a gradual reduction of Black presence.
Prior to this, historians like Herodotus alluded to Egyptians being “black
and curly-haired”.
First Civilization was ruled by Black People
While yet Europe was the home of wandering Barbarians, one of the most
wonderful civilizations on record had begun to work out its destiny on the
banks of the Nile.” [The History of Nations, Vol.18, (1906), 1.]
Egyptians, i.e. the Blacks, were the first civilization to emerge as a nation as
opposed to a city culture
Egypt's dominance and power started thirty-three hundred years before
Christianity with an initial amalgamation of the Lower and the Upper Egypt.
- Advancements
In his book Slavery in History, Gurowski writes, “Architects, artists, ,
mechanics, operatives, sailors, agriculturists
John W Weatherwax in his writing, The African Contribution said,
“Modern canons, flying missiles, ship propellers, automatic hammers,
gas motors, meat cleavers and even the upholstery tack hammers
were developed in Africa's early use of power.” [John W.
Weatherwax, Ancient Africa: The African Contribution (Los Angeles: J.
Henry and M.L.D. Bryant Foundation, 1962).]
- Agriculture
The Egyptians for example were able to employ their knowledge of
signs and seasons to determine certain days and the length of a year
and especially, to apply it to their seedtime and harvest time.
Ex. farmers’ almanac – their planting guidebook that illustrates the
phases and positions of the moon.
- Engineering
The Pyramids considered by many as the 8 th wonder of the World
were built by black people. They were built with such perfect
symmetry, emanating from the engineering skills of the early
Egyptians. One of these pyramids, known as the Great Pyramid, is
said to be large enough to adequately contain St Paul's Cathedral,
Westminster Abbey, the Basilica of Rome, the cathedrals of Florence
and Milan all together.
They built the Great Sphinx, and at that time it was the marvel of the
world.
The Egyptians also built the temple of Amon that stands three
hundred and thirty-eight feet wide and twelve hundred feet long; the
largest of its kind built by human hands.
- Wisdom
Egypt's advancement in education was known around the world. We
are told in Scripture that Moses was taught in all of the wisdom of the
Egyptians Acts 7:22
1 Kings 4:30
Thus, Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the
East and all the wisdom of Egypt
- Math
The Egyptians not only mastered architecture, they also gave the
world what has become modern calculus.
The Egyptians were the first ones to tame wild horses, breeding them
and bringing forth the finest horses on earth.
2 Chronicles 1:16-17
And Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s
merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price. 17 They also
acquired and imported from Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of
silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty…”
- Fashion
Isaiah 19:9
Moreover, they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks,
shall be confounded.
Prov 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works,
with fine linen of Egypt.
b. Chush (Ethiopia)
Ethiopia is the Greek word or term for “burnt faced people” or Black people.
- Prowess
Ethiopia controlled China, India and Afghanistan for ages. In the
words of J. Johnson, “To this very day dwellers of those lands retain
the old Ethiopian symbols, fine art and concepts of science, medicine
and then engineering. The original architectural structures and
municipalities were modified and sometimes mutilated but never
destroyed.”
- Warfare
Ethiopians were known to have engaged Persians, Hebrews,
Assyrians, Arabians and Greeks in wars. Alexander the Great
conquered Egypt easily, but when he decided to devastate and destroy
Ethiopia, he suffered grief and aggravation because Ethiopia forced
him to retreat to Egypt in 332 B.C. Augustus Caesar also fought
Ethiopia but was defeated by Ethiopia in 25 B.C. Ethiopia was known
to be ferocious in its warfare.
- First High Rise
The Bible's account of the first high rise building was the Tower of
Babel which was initiated by a Black man, Nimrod, a Cushite; another
word for Ethiopia.
It is believed that Nimrod was the same man venerated in Greek
mythology known as Hercules.
III. ORIGIN OF DIVISION AND HATRED
1. Entrance of Shame
Gen 1:24-25
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and
they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed.
Gen 3:6-7
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She
also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them
were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves coverings.
2. The Fall
a. Physical Death
Rom 5:12
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through
sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
b. Separation from God
Separation from God is spiritual death. Man’s relationship with God died with the
Fall, and he was separated from God, the source of all life.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God
c. Change in Relationships
The Fall changed man’s relationships in many ways. It changed his
relationship with himself, other people and even with nature. We are told that
before the Fall the man and the woman were naked but not ashamed (Genesis
2:25). But immediately after the Fall, they realized they were naked and were
ashamed (Genesis 3:7). Shame altered man’s relationship with himself. All of us
now struggle, to some degree, with self-worth because of our sin. One of our
greatest needs is to regain a sense of our value and worth.
Sin also damaged man’s relationship with other people. Immediately after the
Fall, Adam and Eve’s relationship with one another took a turn for the worse.
Adam blamed Eve and God for his sin, and Eve blamed Satan (Genesis 3:8-13).
There was fear, shame and blame but no remorse or repentance. Relationships
began to suffer. It was not long after the Fall that Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4:8).
And not long after that, God was sorry He had even created man. He sent a flood
to destroy man but preserved the human race because of one righteous man and
his family, Noah (Genesis 6:5-8).
Even man’s relationship with nature was affected by the Fall. The world itself was
altered. Originally the earth produced all kinds of fruit. After the Fall, fruit
production was more difficult. God cursed the ground and caused thorns and
thistles to grow to crowd out the crops man needed to live. Man would have to
work hard to survive in this new world (Genesis 3:17-19). All of creation, we are
told in Scripture, was subjected to frustration through the Fall and awaits its
liberation from decay that will occur when God’s children are liberated (Romans
8:19-21)
3. The Fruit of the Fall
a. Cain and Abel
Gen 4:8
Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were
in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him
b. Perpetual Evil
Gen 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
c. Perpetual Division
Shiite and Sunni ; Yoruba and Housa; Hutus and Tutsi’s; Nazi and Jews;
African and Europeans; Aztec
In 1519 a Spanish conquistador named her a non-Cortez landed in
what is now Mexico city. It was the Aztec capital empire. They had a
temple coat Templo mayor a pyramid base with two peaks. There was
a red shrine for the Sun god Huitzilopochtli and a blue shrine fr the
water god Tlaloc.
At the sun god shrine tens of thousands had their hearts cut out of their
chest with flint knives. There hearts were set on fire and held up to the
sky as an offering. Their heads were removed for public display on a
massive skull rack called the Huey Tzompantli, showcasing the skulls
of as many as sixty thousand victims. Bodies were kicked down a 180-
foot pyramid staircase to cannibals waiting below.
For the water god children were before they were ritualistically
murdered because their tears were believed to have sacred powers to
please Tlaloc.
Jer. 17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can
know it
4. The Gospel
a. A New Heart
Ezekiel 36:24-27
For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries,
and bring you into your own land. 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all
your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will
take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will
put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will
keep My judgments and do them.
b. One in Christ
Gal 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is
neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus
Ephesians 2:14-16
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down
the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that
is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in
Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might
reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting
to death the enmity.
5. Jesus
Jesus broke ethnic and socioeconomic barriers
He healed he child of a Syrophoenician woman. Matt 15:21-28;
Mark 7:24-30
He healed the servant of a Roman Centurion. Matt 8:5-13;
Luke 7:1-10
He often ate with sinners and tax collectors. Matt 9:9-13; Mark
2:15-17
He befriended wealthy Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-10
Honored a poor widow. Mark 12:43-44
He loved little children. Mark 10:13-16
He broke health barriers (Healed Lepers) Matt 8:1-4; Luke
5:11-14.
Welcomed women to serve with Him in Ministry. Luke 8:1-3
He invited everyone
John 6:37
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I
will by no means cast out
