Tuesday Tidbits

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...There Are People Mentioned In The Bible Who Look Just Like Them

After watching some very strong videos on the web, I started pondering what I have been taught and know about Christianity. One day while talking at work, I posed a question to one of my co-workers, who I have learned is quite knowledgeable of Christianity and other religions. My question was how do we know who was black in the bible? And how do we know that Christianity is the religion for black folk to follow when they don't mention black folk in the bible? I do not want to appear simple nor do I consider myself a racist but we all are aware of slavery. I just have questions that go beyond the images I've seen of Adam, Noah, and Jesus. I do realize that there was a lot of intermingling/interbreeding going on but I want to really be able to connect with those in the bible who would be recognized as a black man or woman. Anyway she answered, you continue to study the bible and begin to study the origins and the history of the people mentioned. I told her I do study the bible but not in the dept that I am able to answer my own questions.(I'm real bright huh) I also said I want to know without a doubt that I'm serving God by recognizing and practicing the religion I've grown accustom to. Well let me tell you, God has a sense of humor when he deals with His children. In church on Sunday the visiting minister gave a message on Midian, a child of Abram (Abraham), Midian who was known as a black man , just as Moses, Ham, Ziporah, Jethro, Bathsheba, and the list goes on. Midian is the only one whose descendants, the Midianites, are adequately identified. The others probably mixed with the various descendants of Ishmael, Lot and Esau to become the modern Arabic peoples. The minister also said that most men or churches don't want to admit it but if we're to study the origins and the countries of those mentioned in the bible we would definitely know that there were a lot of black folk occupying and governing the lands mentioned in the bible. I also found out that's how Moses, Mary & Joesph, and even Jesus blended in or got lost in Egypt, you only blend in when you look like those around you. Many went to Egypt for escape because they could blend-in. Ladies, I'm excited to know that I have more history in the bible then what I've heard in the past. I look forward to finding out more when it comes to black folk in the bible.


Be blessed and encouraged today, it's a choice. ~ Delphine