Racism

The Bible teaches that there is only one human race; one blood.

Acts 17:24, 26a
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; …
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the Earth …

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Your ancestral heritage does not affect your intrinsic value as a person. Each human is made in the image of God and marred by the curse of sin. Inter-racial marriage does not exist, unless you are referring to marrying a human with a non-human. Skin colour is no measure of humanity, any more than eye colour or hair.

But, you may ask, what about Israel? Are they not superior to the gentiles in God’s eyes?

God chose Israel as the ancestry through whom the Messiah would come and to whom the oracles of God would be delivered. Yet no merely human Jew shall be saved outside grace through faith.

Acts 15:9, 11
9 And put no difference between us (Jews) and them (Gentiles), purifying their hearts by faith.
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we (Jews) shall be saved, even as they (Gentiles).

And God did not even choose the nation for any merit on their part. Even though the nation was chosen, it is the choice of each individual to receive the blessings God offers, regardless of their ancestry. For example, Eli was a Jewish priest.

1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

And Ruth was a Gentile, yet she became an ancestor of the Messiah.

Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Galatians 3:28-29
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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