A Detailed Information On African Presence In The Bible

By Helen Long


Truly, the founding beliefs in Christianity realm have been misguided by the current biblical citations which have biased illusions. This has solely being triggered by the ideology of masking the African presence in this holy book and absolutely dominating it with European characters. This is contrary to the multiculturalism nature of the bible which supports a variety of churches and Christ-hood ways. The history and archaeological activities have aided prove the African presence in the bible.

Various theological elites have ventured their efforts to look deeper into the holy book to unmask the hidden truth in it. This has been championed by the presence of the younger generation which is hungry for a Christ-hood faith grounded in truth. Additionally, it has been purposed to help efface the confusion in rhetoric questions experienced by Christians about the sole color used to paints biblical characters.

Through the archaeological activities related to the Holy Scriptures, the oldest human fossils were discovered in Africa. The continent is also severally mentioned in this holy book more than any other continent. Therefore, the two aspects have clearly manifested in your bible since most events in such a book are perceived to have taken place in it. This is concretely shown by the availability of African terms of nations, tribes or regions.

The Hebrew cultural heritage has also proven their existence in this holy book by defining the first man as a swarthy with a dark skin which is the all-time shade for Africans. Moreover, they also describe him as being a product of a dark clay soil which is always very black. On the other hand, the Romans catacombs show their paintings being done in black color. This clearly manifests the presence of black people in biblical events.

In addition, as the world nations are tabulated based on their origin, colored nations are pro-genies of a dark-skinned son of Noah, namely; Ham. This is based on the definition of his name which implies a dark-skinned person. This has vividly shown the factual availability of Africans in both the before Christ died and after his death.

Similarly, the biblical patriarchs most were married or had their children with women from Africa. This aspect has shown the rise of African dominance in scriptures. Therefore, most excluded biblical texts took place in landmass of this black generation. Therefore, their presence in this holy book has a crucial role in the overall theological activities.

Nevertheless, the first church in Antioch is perceived to be founded by a black individual. This is backed by the first convert in the mission of the seventy-two Christians; who was the Ethiopian eunuch. Therefore, the blend of both the colors in such a Bible text is a surest-fire prove of the plan of God on the vision for the humane kind which is diversified.

Therefore, the black study text has enabled Christians to embrace a new unity together with a redeemed humanity of identity regardless of race. This has obliged them to celebrate diversity portrayed in biblical events heeding the exemplary of enormous nature of God which can be contained by a variety of races, ethnicity, and nations.




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