<p class="s16"><span class="s20"><span class="bumpedFont15">WHO I AM – WHY I AM – WHAT I DO -- </span></span><span class="s20"><span class="bumpedFont15">PART 6</span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s12"><span class="bumpedFont20">Again</span></span><span class="s12"><span class="bumpedFont20">, JESUS WAS BLACK – Not a blond hair, blue eyed, peace and love promoting prophet…</span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">As I </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">continue to argue that Jesus was Black, consider when King Herod sent out the decree to murder all male children in Bethlehem under two years old. The Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him to go to Egypt and remain there because Herod will look for Jesus to murder Him. That night, Joseph left Bethlehem with his wife, Mary, and their child, Jesus, and went to Egypt.</span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Think about this, Joseph and his family went to Egypt </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">as a place of refuge</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> from Herod. Egypt is in </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Northeast </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Africa</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">. Black people live in Africa. Therefore, Black people were in Egypt. If Jesus was white, then Mary was white. If Joseph was looking for a place </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">of refuge </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">for his white family hide, would it make sense for him go among all of those Black people in Egypt? I do not think so. If I, a Black man, was looking for a place </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">of refuge for my Black family to hide, I would not go to Sweden. </span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Therefore, as God sent Joseph and his family to Egypt as a place of refuge to hide, God sent Joseph and his Black family to be among the Black</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> people in Egypt for refuge</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">. </span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Additionally, consider that all of the people of Biblical history, from Genesis through Book of Acts were Black, that is</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">,</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> dark skinned people. In the Old Testament record, disputes between people were not about color because everyone was the same color</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> – dark skinned. Disputed were about culture. </span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">In Number 12:1, we witness an encounter between Moses and his siblings, Miriam and Aaron, regarding Moses’ wife, “</span></span><span class="s24"><span class="bumpedFont20">Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">.” </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Some have suggested that the dispute was because Moses married a Black woman. This is incorrect. Again, the issue was not her color, rather her culture.</span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Furthermore, there is not</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> a</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> true area called the Middle East. The area called the Middle East is actually Northeast Africa. The concept of that area being called the Middle East is a false construct designed to minimize, and ultimately, negate the influence of </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">the people of </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Africa in world history. </span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">For example, I have shared with young women and men going to college that when they take a Western Civilization class, they will be taught that</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> modern</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> civilization began in Greece.</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> A</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">fter Rome </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">consequently</span></span> <span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">conquered Greece</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">, civilization was spread throughout the world through their Roman conquest. </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">However, it is often not taught who influenced Greece and who formed the foundation of Greek </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">civilization</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">. From the Greeks own writings, they share that they went down to North Africa, studied and brought the foundations of civilization back to Greece, and they were shared throughout the world through </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">the Roman conquest</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">.</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> The cradle of civilization is in Africa.</span></span></p>
<p class="s22">​<span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">Lastly, t</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">he descendants of Japheth (Europe) do not enter Biblical history until Acts Chapter 16, when Paul goes to Macedonia</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">. Again, all of biblical history, from Genesis through Acts 16, is a history of Black people.         </span></span><span class="s12"><span class="bumpedFont20">-- To be continued next week </span></span><span class="s12"><span class="bumpedFont20">–</span></span></p>