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Jun 8, 2024 · The Bible celebrates the uniqueness of each individual and emphasizes the unity and equality of all races and ethnicities. Let's explore these verses together and embrace the richness of our diversity, recognizing that we are all created in the image of God.
What are “the elements” that Galatians want to serve again? If you follow St. Paul’s argument, these elemental spirits “enslaved” both the Jews under the Law and the Gentile Galatians under paganism.
- Genesis 1:27. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” This verse reminds us that all human beings are created in the image of God.
- Acts 17:26. “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.”
- Galatians 3:28. “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Through faith in Christ, racial, social, and gender distinctions are transcended.
- Deuteronomy 23:2. “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.”
Not only were they slaves, but they were slaves to the “elemental spirits,” forces of violence and power who are not God. Christ comes into the world in order to rescue God’s people from slavery and to restore them to their rightful place as children and heirs of God.
Sep 8, 2016 · The Bible teaches that there is one race: the human race. All people are descended from the same historic parents and are created in the image of God. Each person, regardless of race or culture, has inherent dignity and worth as God’s creation and image bearer. But there are also two spiritual races: the redeemed and the unredeemed.
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
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The term most commonly used in the Bible to describe racial and ethnic others is “nations” (Hebrew, goyim; Greek, ethne), although Scripture uses other terms as well. In what follows, I outline 12 Bible verses that touch on race and ethnicity, and I offer a brief explanatory comment about each.
