mercredi 2 mai 2018

A Synopsis Of African Presence In The Bible

By Helen Long


Candid enough, the Christianity faith has been distorted by the recent theological publications and studies. This has been brought about by covering the black presence in the bible through whitewashing biblical history thus directly gearing to the saddening effects of racism. This is because the Holy Scripture is a multicultural book that is truly proven by archaeology and history which has outlined a vast number of incidences that manifests African presence in the bible.

Various theological elites have ventured their efforts to look deeper into the holy book to unmask the hidden truth in it. This has been championed by the presence of the younger generation which is hungry for a Christ-hood faith grounded in truth. Additionally, it has been purposed to help efface the confusion in rhetoric questions experienced by Christians about the sole color used to paints biblical characters.

Through the archaeological activities related to the Holy Scriptures, the oldest human fossils were discovered in Africa. The continent is also severally mentioned in this holy book more than any other continent. Therefore, the two aspects have clearly manifested in your bible since most events in such a book are perceived to have taken place in it. This is concretely shown by the availability of African terms of nations, tribes or regions.

In Hebrew culture, Adam is defined as dusky, dark-skinned like a shadow which clearly indicates the original tint of Africans. Similarly, it also portrays that the first man was made from the alpha soil which is clay dust and is always dark brown in color. Additionally, the early pictures of the black saints and other biblical characters were destroyed and replaced with white icons of saints and Bible characters implying concrete facts about the black dominance in this holy book.

Similarly, according to the table of nations in the book of Genesis, it declares that the three sons of Noah were the progenitor of the present generation. Ham is termed as the African people progenitor basing on the meaning of his name which means burnt and Cush black. Therefore, this lays the foundation for the existence of Africans in both the BC and AD era thus they have taken part in biblical events.

In addition, the earliest and most famed patriarchs bore children with women from the colored tribes, and the case studies may include Abraham and Hagar, and Moses and the Ethiopian women. Thus, this has manifested that some biblical events were dominated by black characters. Therefore, their presence in this Bible was a vital element in script writing.

Moreover, the Africans were at the founding of the early church after the day of Pentecost. This is clearly illustrated by the first Gentile convert who was the Ethiopian eunuch. Thus, the presence of Africans in biblical texts has helped channel the vision of the Creator for humanity which advocates majorly on a reconciled relationship in a diversified approach.

Thus, the presence of black people in this bible has helped streamline the humanity redemption through a diversified mode. This diversity of scriptural formulation has out rightly manifested the nature of Supernatural Being which is well accommodated by a blend of a variety of colors, nations, and ethnicity.




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