Several of the Northern States banned slavery within their state lines. Stories of blacks being horsewhipped for small infractions made them sick at their stomachs. I was raised in the south, and watching people mistreat their black brothers and sisters made me disgusted at a very young age, to the point of making my parents fear they would lose their standing in the community. I couldn't be convinced that people could scream epithets and "you're stupid" smears were going to heaven, because in Sunday School, we sang a song that included the line, "red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in God's sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world. In my heart, that little song was true, but I wouldn't betray my family by correcting the adults, mainly because when I did say what I thought, I got punched in the face with a fist until there was blood spatter all over the wall. Staying quiet after that was a lot easier that taking another brutal beating. It took me a lifetime to forgive the parent who did that to me. My only regret is that I hadn't processed the Lord Jesus' forgiving of the people who were killing him after nailing him onto the Cross until a few years after both parents were dead. I should have forgiven the incident on the spot, because I learned a long time ago if we talk the talk, well, we have to walk the walk. In my prayers I always remember my parents for all the good they did, but I also pray for those who were marginalized because of the color of their skin by my family. It also taught me to be extra kind to those who suffered all sorts of abuse on account of their race. I am convinced the Lord loves all of his children the same. I'm surprised that Moses missed that in the Ten Commandments, because his sister had a bad attitude toward his black wife and was stricken with some kind of disease when she verbally mistreated Moses wife. I think this was in the book of Numbers in the Old Testament:
Why did Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses?
- In Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron together "speak against" Moses: 1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (KJV)
Why did Moses ask Moses to forgive Miriam?
- His punishment falls first on Miriam who becomes leprous to the point of death, and Aaron begs Moses to forgive them ( Num. 12:10-12 ). The authority of God’s chosen leader must be respected, for to rebel against such a leader is to rebel against God himself. God was uniquely present in Moses’ leadership.
Luke 23:34-46
- Luke 23:34-46 TPT While they were nailing Jesus to the cross, he prayed over and over, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing.”
With no history in the Bible, the American Tribal Indians had a saying "Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins."
The American Indians did believe in "the Great Spirit." I believe that God makes his judgments in ways we seem to have forgotten in the heat of arguments in politics for some reason.. /end sermon.
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