1. IS RACE REAL? IS THE CURSE OF HAM? WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

2. 1 ST IS RACE REAL? Cruden’s Complete Concordance “ RACE” = Four Entries! – All Refer To Foot Races! Ps. 19:5 Eccl. 9:11 1 Cor. 9:24 Heb. 12:1

3. Cruden’s Complete Concordance “BLACK” – 17 entries ( 15 OT & 2 NT ) Medical – 3 each: Lev. 13:31 & 37; Lam.5:10 and Job 30:30 (last two also noted under skin color) Skies/Mood – 4 each: 1Ki. 18:45; Prov. 7:9; Jer. 4:28; Jer. 8:21 Horses – 3 each: Zach. 6:2 & 6:5; Rev. 6:5 Gates (Jerusalem) burned – 1 each: Jer. 14:2 Sun (turned black) – 1 each: Rev. 6:12 Hair color – 2 each: S of S. 5:11; Matt. 5:36 Skin Color: Next slide

4. “Black” Used as skin color Job 30:30 – Medical Condition Song of Solomon 1:5 & 1:6 - Black skin as a result of sun exposure – Black but Comely HENCE NO BAD CONNOTATION TO WORD “BLACK” AS APPLIED TO SKIN COLOR IN BIBLE!!

5. NEGRO NOT FOUND IN BIBLE

6. “SKIN” 67 Times most in Lev and most referring to medical conditions. Job 30:30 and Lam 5:10 Already discussed – medical Jer. 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

7. “Countenance” Lam 4:8 - Their visage is blacker than a coal….. Their outlook, countenance, attitude HENCE, AGAIN, NO BAD CONNOTATION TO BLACK SKIN IN BIBLE!!

8. SO Then: Is Race Real? Acts 17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation”

9. ONE RACE HUMAN RACE BETTER DESCRIBED AS “PEOPLE GROUPS” GROUPS DEFINED BY CULTURE, PHYSICAL CHARACRETISTICS

10. HOW DID THESE DEVELOPE? Genesis 11:1-9

12. What About the Curse of Ham?

13. CURSE OF HAM DOES NOT AND NEVER DID EXIST!

14. CURSE OF HAM Genesis 9: 22-27: 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

15. Curse of Canaan Genesis 10:15-20 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

17. Conquering the Canaanites Joshua Chapter 6 Why were they given over? Because they were evil and had rejected God. Unger’s – “The Canaanite fertility cults were more base than elsewhere…lewd nature worship, immoral Gods, etc etc…”

18. Curse Died (As we have seen) the curse was not on the Hamites but the Canaanites, the inhabitants of Palestine first conquered by Joshua & later by Solomon (IKings 9:20- 21). The Canaanites LONG AGO BECAME EXTINCT, they died and the curse died with them – it cannot be applied to anyone today!

19. Does God Segregate Anything? Man / Animal

20. Does God Segregate Anything? Man / Animal Man / Woman

21. Does God Segregate Anything? Man / Animal Man / Woman Good / Evil: 2Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

22. Conclusion Race is not a Biblical Concept Ham was not cursed – hence his dark skinned descendents are not bound to slavery Canaanite curse died with them God segregates by character and not my physical appearances.