Undeniable Facts from Genesis

Introduction

Over the last several decades there has been a constant divide concerning people of different skin color. The word, ‘race’, is used to separate us into these different categories. However, when you read the bible, you will notice that, for us, there is only one race and that is, The Human Race.

Dictionary Definition

I looked up the word ‘race’ in an online dictionary and, although they gave a definition of the word (if you scroll down to the second meaning), the more interesting read was the usage alert that followed. I won’t copy the whole thing here, but if you click on the link provided, you can read all of it yourself.

Usage Alert—Genetic evidence has undermined the idea of racial divisions of the human species and rendered race obsolete as a biological system of classification. Race therefore should no longer be considered as an objective category, as the term formerly was in expressions like the Caucasian race, the Asian race, the Hispanic race. Instead, if the reference is to a particular inherited physical trait, as skin color or eye shape, that salient feature should be mentioned specifically: discrimination based on color. 

If we are all humans, then the separation should be based on ethnic backgrounds. But, I guess, it’s easier to accuse someone of being a racist than an ethnicist.

Adam and Eve

We know, from scripture, that Adam and Eve are the first humans on the planet. But look closely at Genesis 3:20, And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20) Notice the last part of the verse, ‘mother of all living’. That’s you, me, and the eight billion souls that currently live on this planet. Not to mention, the billions that previously lived here as well.

If you want further proof, head over to the book of Acts in the New Testament. In chapter 17, Paul was giving a discourse in Athens to the locals; primarily Epicureans and Stoic Philosophers. We read this interesting statement, “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’” (Acts 17:26-28)

Every nation was made from one blood. This is a statement that needs to be used more in today’s society. There would be so much less segregation if people actually took the time to read the scriptures.

When did the Transition take place?

Some might ask, where did all of the differences take place. I will suggest to you that it was the scene in Genesis 11. In the first four verses we read, Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:1-4)

There are those who believe that since the people were trying to build a tower to Heaven, that’s why God stopped them. Nothing could be further from the truth. Look again at the latter half of verse 4, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

The problem with this statement is that it goes against what God had intended back in the Garden. In Gen. 1:28, God said, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

God intended them to multiply and fill the earth. But, instead, they decided to gather in one location and stay there. Thus, He solved that problem by confusing their language, “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:7-9)

Although the context of this passage is about disobeying God’s command, it could also be the reason as to why there are so many ethnicities. I’m not saying for sure, but this could be a good explanation.

Conclusion

We are one race and should forever view it that way. As long as people put us all in different categories, based on “race”, we’ll never become united as a people. Again, remember what Gen. 3:20 states, And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.