ALETHEIA: ONE RACE

Acts 17:26 tells us this: He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings. God doesn’t specify what ethnicity Adam and Eve were. The only thing God mentioned was 1) that they were the first of the human race and 2) that they were male and female.

God created every human being from Adam—and from Adam, every tribe, tongue, and nation was formed. Within the human race lies numerous attributes that diversify us from one another, everyone is unique—no two are the same. The color of our skin, hair, and eyes do not define us but reveal to us the glory of God’s creative abilities. Similarly, where we come from, our language, our history, our talents, our passions, our experiences, and our background diversify us further as human beings. If two people have the same skin color it doesn’t mean those two people are the same. They could have completely different experiences in life and contribute to the Kingdom in different ways. How the human race uses his or her diversity is what matters. God made us to unify in our diversity for His good. No value is added or subtracted depending on what attributes diversify us from one another because no attribute is deemed more favorable in the sight of God. The human race is the epitome of God’s creation and we should sit in awe of the incomprehensibility of His artistry. God looks towards the heart and we should too because even more precious to God is His creation of the inward human being: our souls, our hearts, and our intellect. God does not decide who receives salvation based on their seen or unseen attributes because they don’t match the morality or the virtue of a person. The content of our being—who we are and what we do with what we’ve been given in life—is the only thing that matters.