What Does God See? by Ann-Louise Gremminger
When God looks at us, what does He see? He certainly does not see as we see. When you look at another person, what do you see first? Do you see their eyes, their hair or the color of their skin? This is a subject that may not be popular but needs to be addressed, not just here, but everywhere. Please, please keep reading.
If we met in person, what would you see? Well, you would see a 40-something woman with dark hair (with a teeny bit of gray), very pale skin (partly due to mild anemia) and greenish-blue eyes (very green when I'm angry.. lol). However, my appearance does not portray my ethnicity. Looking at me, you might think I had an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and you'd be right, but only in part. I am also Jewish - by ethnicity, not 'religion.'
Having said all that, I must point out that there is a difference between ethnicity and the idea of "race." Ethnicity has to do with one's familial and cultural heritage, whereas the idea of "race" is something totally different, intended to divide people groups.
Do you know where the idea of "races" came from? It developed out of evolutionary minds, promoted by the likes of Charles Darwin. Wikipedia's description reveals the evolutionistic thinking behind the concept of "races." It says, "The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations or groups."
The evolutionist used to proclaim that Caucasians were somehow more evolved than people of color (until it became politically incorrect to do so). This superior race theory has historically been used to try to excuse all kinds of gross mistreatment of other people groups, including slavery and the Holocaust.
This idea of superiority carried through into the church for centuries. Ever hear of the Crusades? Arabs, Jews and Africans by the thousands died at the hands of knights sanctioned by the established church. Pictures of Jesus have always tended to portray him as white with sandy blond hair and pretty blue eyes, which would be amusing if one didn't realize the thinking behind it. Israel is on the Mediterranean. People from that area tend to have darker skin and darker eyes.
In order for there to be the variations in skin color we see today, then Adam and Eve were obviously not both white, as children's story books portray them. It makes much more sense to believe that they were both of a darker complexion.
Have you ever noticed that the concept of "races" is NEVER mentioned in God's Word? Why? Because the concept of "races" is human thinking, NOT God's. The Bible says, "And [God] hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth..." (Acts 17:26). When God looks at us here on this earth, He sees the human beings He created, not different races. Yes, we are all unique, but we were ALL created in HIS image.
We all came from a common ancestor - not an ape-like creature, but Adam. Those with a creationist and Biblical viewpoint can only accept the idea of one race - the HUMAN RACE.
As those who have been born again, we are not only of one race and of one common ancestor; we are also part of God's family, which makes us brothers and sisters in Christ.
Again I ask, when God looks at us, what does He see?
I pray that the Lord will enable us to see one another as HE sees and to understand who we are as HE sees us.
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If we met in person, what would you see? Well, you would see a 40-something woman with dark hair (with a teeny bit of gray), very pale skin (partly due to mild anemia) and greenish-blue eyes (very green when I'm angry.. lol). However, my appearance does not portray my ethnicity. Looking at me, you might think I had an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and you'd be right, but only in part. I am also Jewish - by ethnicity, not 'religion.'
Having said all that, I must point out that there is a difference between ethnicity and the idea of "race." Ethnicity has to do with one's familial and cultural heritage, whereas the idea of "race" is something totally different, intended to divide people groups.
Do you know where the idea of "races" came from? It developed out of evolutionary minds, promoted by the likes of Charles Darwin. Wikipedia's description reveals the evolutionistic thinking behind the concept of "races." It says, "The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations or groups."
The evolutionist used to proclaim that Caucasians were somehow more evolved than people of color (until it became politically incorrect to do so). This superior race theory has historically been used to try to excuse all kinds of gross mistreatment of other people groups, including slavery and the Holocaust.
This idea of superiority carried through into the church for centuries. Ever hear of the Crusades? Arabs, Jews and Africans by the thousands died at the hands of knights sanctioned by the established church. Pictures of Jesus have always tended to portray him as white with sandy blond hair and pretty blue eyes, which would be amusing if one didn't realize the thinking behind it. Israel is on the Mediterranean. People from that area tend to have darker skin and darker eyes.
In order for there to be the variations in skin color we see today, then Adam and Eve were obviously not both white, as children's story books portray them. It makes much more sense to believe that they were both of a darker complexion.
Have you ever noticed that the concept of "races" is NEVER mentioned in God's Word? Why? Because the concept of "races" is human thinking, NOT God's. The Bible says, "And [God] hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth..." (Acts 17:26). When God looks at us here on this earth, He sees the human beings He created, not different races. Yes, we are all unique, but we were ALL created in HIS image.
We all came from a common ancestor - not an ape-like creature, but Adam. Those with a creationist and Biblical viewpoint can only accept the idea of one race - the HUMAN RACE.
As those who have been born again, we are not only of one race and of one common ancestor; we are also part of God's family, which makes us brothers and sisters in Christ.
Again I ask, when God looks at us, what does He see?
I pray that the Lord will enable us to see one another as HE sees and to understand who we are as HE sees us.
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