Proofs that the Bible is a record of African history

When biblical interpretations are done correctly, the world will find much evidence proving the holy book as a documented history of Africans. Early European missionaries who were handmaidens of colonialism, distorted biblical messages to suit the evil plans of their masters, the colonialist. This explains why black colour was branded negatively while white is thought to be holly.

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Historically, Africans are known to be a very spiritual people, is this the reason why they are so obsessed with foreign religions? From Dr Yosef Ben-Jochannan's lecture on religions, it is evident that African Spirituality influenced the Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The master teacher further affirms that the terms Hebrew, Ethiopians and Jews can be used interchangeably, they speak of black people.

Dr Frances Cress Welsing also proposes the above argument in her book, The Isis (Yssis) Papers: The Keys to the Colors. She writes that the black male and female are the original parents of the human race in a statement that reads, “...white-skinned (albino) persons were most probably the genetic mutant offspring from Black parents” pg. 123/4. She further adds that since Africans are black and the bible is covered by black or coloured materials, then Africans are not victims of the first sin, the sin of nakedness or paleness. Africans are born as divine creatures.

It is also scientifically accepted that the Eve Gene is found only in black women, its possible place of origin is East Africa where every human being can trace their ancestry. 

10 Bible verses with black characters

Yes, representation matters! Colours have been used to hide African history for a long time. In most dramatizations of biblical stories, there are no black characters, or if they exist, then they have been associated with evil scenes. This has negatively affected the image of Africans. However, many verses speak of blacks in the bible, some as God's favoured people.

1. Genesis 2:7

In the story of creation, biblical God used dust from the ground to create human beings. If man was created from dust then what is the colour of the soil? Coloured, right? This proves that the first human beings were people of colour or rather Africans. 

2. Gen 10:8-29

Here, the Bible speaks of the genealogy of Cush or Kush. The land of Cush can today be traced in Africa, the regions of Sudan and Ethiopia. In historical illustrations, Kushites are depicted as dark-skinned people. The Bible also talks of Nimrod, the son of Cush, who was a 'mighty warrior before the eyes of God'. Nimrod built the Babylonian civilization in the Bible. 

3. Exodus 4:6-7 

Moses was ordered by God to hide his hand and take it out, his hand turned pale with leprosy. What was the colour of his hand before? The paleness can be associated with vitiligo, a medical condition that causes the skin to lose its pigmentation.

A hand affected by Vitiligo disease 

4. Numbers 12:1-10

Miriam was cursed by God for speaking against Moses’ marriage to a Cushite woman. She became leprous, affected by vitiligo.

5. Job 30:30

Job who was a favoured man of God speaks about his skin saying that it is black.

6. Jeremiah 8:21

Prophet Jeremiah speaks of himself as a black person.

7. Lamentation 4:8 & 5: 10

Jeremiah further writes about a black Israel.

8. Songs of Solomon

The woman, one of the daughters of Israel, sings that she is black, further saying that the sun had burnt her.

9. Psalms 119: 83

King David sings that he is like a 'wineskin in the smoke', meaning he was black.

10. Revelation 1:14

Apostle John writes about his vision where he saw Jesus Christ. John says that Jesus had white wool-like hair and his feet was like burnt brass. Brass is brown, and have you ever seen an old black man? Those with hoary hairy?

Legendary African American actor, Mogan Freeman with white hair

There are a lot of other verses that speak of Black people in the Bible, this blog post could not capture everything.

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