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Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 10:12pm On Jul 08, 2023

There are black African people in the Bible, both in the Old and New Testaments. Here are four notable references:

1) Mosesโ€™ Wife

We learn from Numbers 12 that Moses married a Cushite woman. Cush was the son of Ham, Cush gave birth to Nimrod. In Biblical times, Cush has always been associated with Africa; some have placed it in modern-day Sudan or Ethiopia.

2) The Queen of Sheba

In 1st Kings 10 and 2nd Chronicles 9, the Queen of Sheba, a notable woman from Africa, heard of Solomonโ€™s wisdom and came to test him with hard questions. Scholars have long debated the exact location of Sheba, but many believe it was in Ethiopia, Yemen, or southern Arabia.

3) Simon of Cyrene

Simon of Cyrene had the arduous task of helping Christ Jesus carry his cross. Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26 tell us Roman soldiers forced Simon to walk behind Jesus, carrying the cross to Golgotha. The Bible notes that Simon was from the ancient city of Cyrene, and that's modern-day Libya.

4) The Ethiopian Eunuch

In the book of Acts, Philip encountered an Ethiopian eunuch, a high-ranking official serving in the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. Again, notice how particular the Bible was in identifying the nationality of this eunuch. The Bible does not hide from ethnicity but embraces it.

GOD is great!

Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by skywalker240(m): 10:55pm On Jul 15, 2023
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Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by dazzlingd(m): 8:31pm On Jul 20, 2023
Stop deceiving yourself and stop disgracing your lineage.
The Bible has no single regards for you and your ancestors.
The only times Africans were mentioned in the Bible was for not for good but bad.

You ever wondered, has mighty and achieved as Egypt was in ancient civilization, with magnificent pyramids, the Bible never mentioned it but what anybody could remember about Egypt is how terrible they were and how the plagues of Yahweh befell them.
Yet that same Bible was used to enslave your ancestors

The other time Africa was mentioned was a mockery of your skin color.
Do we have to pretend that the Bible racially insulted your skin color saying that can an Ethiopian change his skin same way a leopard cannot change his skin?

The regard never mentioned how you Africans came about, never spoke of your history, never regarded you in anyway and yet you remained blinded and carry such book with so much value

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Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by vdestro: 9:46pm On Jul 20, 2023
dazzlingd:
Stop deceiving yourself and stop disgracing your lineage.
The Bible has no single regards for you and your ancestors.
The only times Africans were mentioned in the Bible was for not for good but bad.

You ever wondered, has mighty and achieved as Egypt was in ancient civilization, with magnificent pyramids, the Bible never mentioned it but what anybody could remember about Egypt is how terrible they were and how the plagues of Yahweh befell them.
Yet that same Bible was used to enslave your ancestors

The other time Africa was mentioned was a mockery of your skin color.
Do we have to pretend that the Bible racially insulted your skin color saying that can an Ethiopian change his skin same way a leopard cannot change his skin?

The regard never mentioned how you Africans came about, never spoke of your history, never regarded you in anyway and yet you remained blinded and carry such book with so much value

African history has already told you that its peoples settled on the continent to which the bible clearly told us that a people who were together dispersed to different parts of the world.

So that is history enough.

See how the bible dey pepper you pass fuel wey be N650.

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Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by dazzlingd(m): 8:31pm On Jul 23, 2023
vdestro:


African history has already told you that its peoples settled on the continent to which the bible clearly told us that a people who were together dispersed to different parts of the world.

So that is history enough.

See how the bible dey pepper you pass fuel wey be N650.


No matter how long it takes, it may take a thousand worlds or ten million worlds. You will one day become less foolish

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Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by NNTR: 11:07pm On Jul 23, 2023
TemplarLandry:
There are black African people in the Bible, both in the Old and New Testaments. Here are four notable references:

1) Mosesโ€™ Wife
We learn from Numbers 12 that Moses married a Cushite woman. Cush was the son of Ham, Cush gave birth to Nimrod. In Biblical times, Cush has always been associated with Africa; some have placed it in modern-day Sudan or Ethiopia.

2) The Queen of Sheba
In 1st Kings 10 and 2nd Chronicles 9, the Queen of Sheba, a notable woman from Africa, heard of Solomonโ€™s wisdom and came to test him with hard questions. Scholars have long debated the exact location of Sheba, but many believe it was in Ethiopia, Yemen, or southern Arabia.

3) Simon of Cyrene
Simon of Cyrene had the arduous task of helping Christ Jesus carry his cross. Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26 tell us Roman soldiers forced Simon to walk behind Jesus, carrying the cross to Golgotha. The Bible notes that Simon was from the ancient city of Cyrene, and that's modern-day Libya.

4) The Ethiopian Eunuch
In the book of Acts, Philip encountered an Ethiopian eunuch, a high-ranking official serving in the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. Again, notice how particular the Bible was in identifying the nationality of this eunuch. The Bible does not hide from ethnicity but embraces it.

GOD is great!
Acts 13:1
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people]
and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,
(i.e. called ''the black man'', he was surnamed Niger, pronounced โ€œnee-jerโ€, which means โ€œblack skinโ€ in Latin)
Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul.


Song of Solomon 1:5
Women of Jerusalem, I am dark
(i.e. I am deeply tanned but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem)
but beautiful, dark as the desert tents of Kedar,
but beautiful as the draperies in Solomon's palace


There you go, possibly, also have a Nigerian West African in the Bible, (i.e. New Testament)

Kk, jokes apart, but fact is, Adam wasnโ€™t black nor white, but he literally was a reddish brown man.

Its Eve, on the other hand, who was black, and she, in fact, as a black woman, had the mitochondrial DNA (i.e. Eve gene) with all the possible variations, for every kind of human being. Meaning that, when the DNA of a black woman's mutates, you have all other types of different skin tones and/or hues come about.

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah.
Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God],
blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.


As it happened, the descendants of Adam and Eve, initially produced two main races: reddish brown and black races.
It was when these two races began to intermix, that the reddish brown race, (i.e. ranges from brownish or darker olive to moderate brown) spawned the 1st white man, who happened to be Noah (i.e. Genesis 6:9, righteousness, in that verse doubles up to represent purity, and just, as well as literally mean, white, the skin tone, opposite to black)

Noahโ€™s son, Japheth (i.e. the name Japheth, means, fair, white, beautiful and also, grow bigger, enlarged et cetera) was the 2nd white man and is the progenitor of what we know today of, as, the white race.

The whites spread out to Europe, (i.e. Genesis 11:9), albeit and also allowed to live with the reddish brown aka olive skinned (i.e. Semites, descendants of Shem) in the Middle East region, (e.g. Ashkenazi Jews) while the Blacks moved to Africa, except for the Canaanites and Cushites who stayed in the the Ancient Middle East (i.e. even before Abram/Abraham, and even the Israelites turned up)

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.

Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 10:19am On Jul 24, 2023
Stop using your inadequate human ideology to explain what you don't know.
NNTR:
Acts 13:1
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people]
and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,
(i.e. called ''the black man'', he was surnamed Niger, pronounced โ€œnee-jerโ€, which means โ€œblack skinโ€ in Latin)
Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul.

Song of Solomon 1:5
Women of Jerusalem, I am dark
(i.e. I am deeply tanned but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem)
but beautiful, dark as the desert tents of Kedar,
but beautiful as the draperies in Solomon's palace

There you go, possibly, also have a Nigerian West African in the Bible, (i.e. New Testament)

Kk, jokes apart, but fact is, Adam wasnโ€™t black nor white, but he literally was a reddish brown man.

Its Eve, on the other hand, who was black, and she, in fact, as a black woman, had the mitochondrial DNA (i.e. Eve gene) with all the possible variations, for every kind of human being. Meaning that, when the DNA of a black woman's mutates, you have all other types of different skin tones and/or hues come about.

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah.
Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God],
blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

As it happened, the descendants of Adam and Eve, initially produced two main races: reddish brown and black races.
It was when these two races began to intermix, that the reddish brown race, (i.e. ranges from brownish or darker olive to moderate brown) spawned the 1st white man, who happened to be Noah (i.e. Genesis 6:9, righteousness, in that verse doubles up to represent purity, and just, as well as literally mean, white, the skin tone, opposite to black)

Noahโ€™s son, Japheth (i.e. the name Japheth, means, fair, white, beautiful and also, grow bigger, enlarged et cetera) was the 2nd white man and is the progenitor of what we know today of, as, the white race.

The whites spread out to Europe, (i.e. Genesis 11:9), albeit and also allowed to live with the reddish brown aka olive skinned (i.e. Semites, descendants of Shem) in the Middle East region, (e.g. Ashkenazi Jews) while the Blacks moved to Africa, except for the Canaanites and Cushites who stayed in the the Ancient Middle East (i.e. even before Abram/Abraham, and even the Israelites turned up)

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by NNTR: 10:30am On Jul 24, 2023
TemplarLandry:
Stop using your inadequate human ideology to explain what you don't know.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.


Making exactly a lame comment just like this here, isn't a surprise

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 10:33am On Jul 24, 2023
The same contrary spirit in you operates in kobojunkie. Continue.
NNTR:
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.


Making exactly a lame comment just like this here, isn't a surprise

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by Kobojunkie: 2:29pm On Jul 24, 2023
TemplarLandry:
The same contrary spirit in you operates in kobojunkie. Continue.
Contrary spirit? See religious delusion! undecided

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Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by Maynman: 2:47pm On Jul 24, 2023
Kobojunkie:
Contrary spirit? See religious delusion! undecided

Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by vdestro: 5:24pm On Jul 24, 2023
dazzlingd:

No matter how long it takes, it may take a thousand worlds or ten million worlds. You will one day become less foolish

For you not to be able to give a reasonable counter just shows how deep you are in the foolishness you wish i would join.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by NNTR: 10:19pm On Jul 24, 2023
TemplarLandry:
The same contrary spirit in you operates in kobojunkie. Continue.
Romans 8:33
Who dares accuse us, whom God has chosen for His own?
No oneโ€”for God Himself, has given us right standing with Himself.


Are you an accuser of the brethren?
Continue.
Father, forgive him, he does not know what he typed

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 10:21pm On Jul 24, 2023
grin Junkie boy.
NNTR:
Romans 8:33
Who dares accuse us, whom God has chosen for His own?
No oneโ€”for God Himself, has given us right standing with Himself.


Are you an accuser of the brethren?
Continue.
Father, forgive him, he does not know what he typed

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by NNTR: 10:51pm On Jul 24, 2023
TemplarLandry:
grin Junkie boy.
When you accuse someone of being something, look in the mirror to see who the guilty is

It always is those whose case is weak who resort to accusation(s).

The Advocate'? Or the accuser'?
Whose side do you take?

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 10:55pm On Jul 24, 2023
Peace be unto you.
NNTR:
When you accuse someone of being something, look in the mirror to see who the guilty is

It always is those whose case is weak who resort to accusation(s).

The Advocate'? Or the accuser'?
Whose side do you take?

Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by NNTR: 3:47am On Jul 25, 2023
TemplarLandry:
Peace be unto you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefXQvGTYtE
Peace Be Unto You (PBUY) - Asake

As-salam, Alaykum
I get many many disciple.
Mo taka, Oshi danu
Oluwa shower me your blessings. Times two.
Odejแปwแป (Jแปwแป), Ko dahun
In every situation make I no lose
Emi o shakแปmแป แปŒlแปrun
Jแบน kawแปn padi mi ma bisa
Taink you
Emiliano rแปra
Koshama rแปra
Iwแป nikan ni corner
Mi o da ฤ™ mแป tแปla
Cos you dey para pass your mother
Bara barka de sallah
Ilefแป chameleon
Mo ti gbewon debแบน debแบน


Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.
Re: Some Important Africans Mentioned In The Bible by TemplarLandry: 4:16am On Jul 25, 2023
๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ Na case you be. Oloun.
Ok I'm sorry if I offended you. ๐Ÿ˜Š

NNTR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefXQvGTYtE
Peace Be Unto You (PBUY) - Asake

As-salam, Alaykum
I get many many disciple.
Mo taka, Oshi danu
Oluwa shower me your blessings. Times two.
Odejแปwแป (Jแปwแป), Ko dahun
In every situation make I no lose
Emi o shakแปmแป แปŒlแปrun
Jแบน kawแปn padi mi ma bisa
Taink you
Emiliano rแปra
Koshama rแปra
Iwแป nikan ni corner
Mi o da ฤ™ mแป tแปla
Cos you dey para pass your mother
Bara barka de sallah
Ilefแป chameleon
Mo ti gbewon debแบน debแบน


Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.

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