Jesus Mingled With The Inhabitants of Egypt Because He Was Black

1. Herod’s sinister plot to kill the infant King of the Jews

In the previous post I made the claim that Jesus was a black man when He lived on earth as a Jew because His people were black.  In teaching me about this truth,  Archangel Gabriel also  showed me the scripture that says:

When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt (Hosea 11: 1).

This prophecy foretold the infanticide of Jewish male children under two years of age.   This event had taken place after Wise Men had come from the East seeking the King of   the Jews. Herod had called the religious pundits of the day  and had enquired about this event. Learning that the prophecies had foretold the birth of the King in Bethlehem, He had sent them to this location to seek Him.  However,  being warned by God in a dream, the Wise Men had returned home by another route rather than taking back news of the infant’s location to the wicked King:

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son  (Matthew 2: 12 – 15)

2. Why did God warn Mary and Joseph to flee into Egypt?

a.  Jesus and His black family mingled easily with the very dark skinned Egyptians

We  have previously  established that the Egyptians were very dark skinned or black people.   It was very easy for  the black infant Jesus and His family to be inconspicuous because they were  from the same race of people.

If a Caucasian family had arrived suddenly in Egypt from Israel, the news would certainly have reached back to Herod and he would have extradited the family from Egypt and had them killed. 

This was not unusual because  earlier Jewish history showed that King Jehoiakim had extradited a prophet from Egypt and had killed him on his return to Israel:

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.

And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people (Jeremiah 26: 20 – 23).

b. Egypt was known historically as a refuge for the Jewish people

Joseph and Mary entered a long line of Jews who had fled to Egypt for refuge. They included:

• Abraham and his family in the time of a grievous famine (Genesis 12: 10). So much trouble took place there that the Lord later warned his son Isaac not to go their to live (Genesis 26: 2).
• Joseph was unwillingly sold there as a slave and became a ruler second to Pharaoh (Genesis 37: 28).
• Jacob and his entire family went there to live and were sustained in famine (Genesis  46: 6).

In sending Jesus and His family to Egypt, Jesus therefore shared their sorrows and became the Captain of Their  Salvation. However, Egypt was a place where the nation forgot their God after 430 years of cultural infusion.  Exodus 32 revealed that they had adapted the idol worship and religion of Egypt.

c. Jesus and His family remained faithful to God during their sojourn in Egypt

Hosea’s prophecy about Jesus being called out from Egypt was given in the context of  a  lament about the spiritual condition of the Jews in Egypt.  Prophet Hosea revealed that even as God called them, the people were offering sacrifices to a demons including one called Baalim:

When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

[As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images (Hosea 11: 1) .

However, Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt in another era and remained faithful to God.  We see that God continued to speak to Joseph in dreams, giving him instructions to leave Egypt at the time of Herod’s death and also to go to Galilee of Nazareth to  live:

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene (Matthew 2: 19 – 23).

We can say that Jesus was surrounded by the temptations of Egypt, yet remained faithful although He was tempted as we are (Hebrews 4: 15).

3. Nazareth in Galilee was a Jewish slum or inner city

At least this is what I hear Archangel Gabriel saying to me.   Nazareth was not a place of repute. It was not a prime residential area.  Here is what is said about Nazareth and its populace in scriptures:

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see (John 1: 45 – 46).

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet (John 7: 52)

People from Galilee were known to be rabble rousers and rough:

And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art [one] of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth [thereto] (Marj 14: 70).

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? (Mark 2: 6 and 7)

Apostle Paul was falsely accused of being the ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. (Acts 24: 5 & 6)

Therefore, who would look for a King to come out of Galilee?

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

So there was a division among the people because of him (John 7: 41 – 43).

Upcoming post – Was Jesus Nazarite?

 

Jesus Christ – White Man Or Black Man?

1. My earliest images are of Jesus as a white man

It was positioned in a prominent place in our home – the picture of a Caucasian Jesus.  He had long, flowing blond hair and stood with one hand stretched out, as if asking us to believe Him.  Like most of us, I believed for many years that Jesus was a white man. In fact,  to many, the Black  Race is inferior because  God is believed to be white.

The truth is that God is a Spiritual Being and can appear in any form (or nationality) as I myself have seen.

 

2. Jesus was a Black Man while He lived on earth

Archangel Gabriel showed me that Lord Jesus was a direct descendant of King David – a Black Man.  Apostle Matthew said that He was “the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1: 1). Moreover, Jesus’ family line was traced back to King Adam, who was created as a Black Man.  Apostle Luke gave us this genealogy, explaining that Lord Jesus was not the earthly son of Joseph the carpenter (as people commonly believed):

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli…

Which was [the son] of Enos, which was [the son] of Seth, which was [the son] of Adam, which was [the son] of God (Luke 3: 23 & 38)

Scriptures traced also Jesus’ family tree back to Abraham who was a black man (Matthew 1).   Esau the greatgrandson of Abraham was described as “ruddy” or a bronze man.  That leaves the question as to the skin tone of his twin brother Jacob.  Was he slightly darker?

Abraham was a descendant of  Shem, a son of Noah and a black man.  Shem was bronze in color like his forefather Adam.  In fact, some of Noah’s descendants were very dark skinned and seem to have been burnt by the sun.  They included his son Ham whose sons  Mizraim (Egyptians),  Phut (Libyans) and Cush (Ethiopians) was extremely dark in color. 

Ham, Phut, Cush and Mizraim were named after their skin color and singled out in scripture because their skin was unusually dark, almost black

It is not illogical to believe that earth’s pre and post flood races were black in color because there was intermarriage in the families from the time of  Creation.  The early humans lived in the region of Africa  and needed their melanin for protection against the sun. They may have lost the melanin with migration to colder climates and expanding of the human tribes in size and with less close intermarriage.

Jesus was a descendant of  the Jews who had gone into captivity in Babylon in 586 BC. They returned to their nation and were again scattered in all the earth in the exile of  586 BC.  Today Jews  can be found in many nations (and races) as a result of this dispersion and resulting intermarriage with the people of these lands.

 

More Black People In Scripture

1. Esau the son of Isaac was a black man

We have been exploring  the rich heritage of  Black people in the bible from the time of the creation of Adam.  Today we will speak to the revelation that Esau the son of Jacob was a black man. He was “red” or ‘admoniy like his forefather Adam:

And the first came out red (H 132/’admoniy) , all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau (Genesis 25: 25).    

Admoniy is the same Hebrew word used to describe  the young David.   We have previously cross referenced  admoniy  and discovered that it comes from the hebrew word for Adam. Adam’s name is a direct reference to his identity as a black man.

Since Esau was a black man, we can safely come to the conclusion that Isaac his father was also a black man.  This pattern was seen in David and Solomon who were both ruddy men.  Obviously the founding members of the Jewish race were black people.

 

2. Moses’ wife was an Ethiopian woman – he had black children

We always assume that Moses was a Caucasian man, however he was a black man.  His siblings became angry that he had married an Ethiopian woman and railed against him. Was this because she was black? No they were angry because she was not Jewish. His siblings were rather unfair and had used  the nationality of Moses’ as an excuse to overthrow him from leadership of the nation. They had forgotten that forty years earlier he had fled a long way from Egypt in the North to Ethiopia in the south, never expecting to return to his people:

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had    married an Ethiopian woman (Numbers 12: 1).

 

We have seen some  racial biases in scripture against people whose skin was darker than Adam’s and this is one other example. The Ethiopians were so dark in complexion that even  Prophet Jeremiah asked whether or not the Ethiopian could “change his skin”  (Jeremiah  13: 23).

We learnt previously that the Ethiopians were the descendants of  Cush and that  they were black (in comparison to ruddy or bronze).  Reading between  the lines, we see that Noah was also a black man and that the early inhabitants of the post flood earth were black!

 

King David Was A Handsome Black Man

1. King David was a black man?

Earlier this week I was musing on the revelation of the black race in the scriptures when I remembered that I had read that David was “ruddy”.  I raced excitedly to blueletterbible.org and found two texts in the Book of 1 Samuel. In the text, God had sent Prophet Samuel to Bethlehem with the intent of anointing a King to replace Saul:

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither

And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy (‘admoniy/H 132), [and] withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah (1 Samuel 16: 11 -13).

 

 

2. The exciting meaning of ‘admoniy

‘Admoniy, meaning red, is an adjective which describes the complexion of the young David.   Here is deep revelation:

• ‘Admoniy  comes from the root  word ‘adam  (H 119).
• The writer therefore showed the similarity between David’s and Adam’s complexion.
• We can therefore conclude that David was a bronze man
• In contrast, people who were described as “black”, like Solomon’s wife, were much darker, possibly ebony in complexion. For example, Solomon’s wife said that she had been scorched by the sun

 

 

3. Goliath the giant disdained David because his complexion was ruddy

The second scriptural reference to  David’s skin color was made in relation to his encounter with Goliath. The giant disdained him because he was ruddy (‘admoniy/H 132)  and only a youth.  Again the word ‘admoniy/H 132 is used to describe David’s  bronze complexion:

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

 

 

4. Racial issues in the scripture

As we read between the lines,  scriptures reveal  existing issues related to skin complexion.  For example:

• Solomon’s wife asked the people of Jerusalem not to disdain her because she was black
• Goliath disdained David because he was bronze

The writers singled out these skin tones because the individuals concerned were different from their peers and relatives.   Consider that the entire slave trade and racism were built on the issue of  the black race being an inferior one.

How many people have gone to hell as a result – God created man black! Blessings and celebrate your black heritage!

 

Black Hair In The Bible – The Nazarites

1. THE NAZARITE’S HAIR – STRENGTH, KINGSHIP AND PRIESTHOOD TO GOD

The vow of the Nazarite was a special period of separation (H 5145/nezer) that God required  Jewish men and women to make.  During the period, the Nazarite was required to abstain from dead bodies, wine and strong drink and any fruit of  the vine (grapes). The Nazarite was also commanded to grow the hair long. 

The Nazarite’s hair or locks  was a sign of “the consecration of his God” (Numbers 6: 7).  The “consecretion (H 5145/nezer) of his God” referred to the fact that the hair of the Nazarite looked like a holy crown on his or head.

The Hebrew word “nezer” is used prophetically in scripture to instruct believers that we need periods of discipline in which we should separate ourselves unto the Lord. However,  its usage also points to a deeper meaning of the believer as a King and Priest unto God – the Nazarite represented the entire Jewish race and other believers who enter the Kingdom of God. We are Kings and Priests unto our God.

We see this because Nezer is also used synonymously in the scriptures to denote:

• the separation of the Nazarite from dead bodies, wine and fruit from the vine
• the hair of the Nazarite representing the “consecration of his God”
• the holy crown of the High Priest
• crown of the anointing oil
• crown placed on the head of a king
• jeweled crown
• joyfulness

God took the vow so seriously that Samson, who was separated by God as a Nazarite from birth,  lost his spiritual Kingly authority and became weak  when he permitted Delilah to shave his head (Judges 16: 17). This is the true meaning of the vow of the Nazarite.

2. THE NAZARITES WERE BLACK PEOPLE

This is revealed in Lamentations 4: 7 which revealed that the Nazarites had the same skin complexion as their forefather Adam. We know this because Prophet Jeremiah said that they were more “ruddy” in body or complexion than rubies (which are reddish jewels).  ‘Adam  is the  Hebrew word used for “ruddy” and it literally means skins “dyed red”.

The use of the word  ‘Adam  in reference to the Nazarites (Jews) in Bible times indicates that they had the same bronze complexion as their forefather Adam:

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire

The Nazarites and Jews were therefore Black People.

3. THE NAZARITES WORE THEIR HAIR LIKE A CROWN ON THEIR HEADS

The Nazarite’s hair was referred to as “locks”  (H 6545/pera`).  Pera` comes from a root word which carries the meaning of covering. We know, too, from the word “NEZER” that the Nazarites wore their hair in the shape of a crown on their heads.  We have already discovered that the covering was symbolic of their spiritual authority, kingship and priesthood.

4. WHAT DID THE NAZARITE’S HAIR LOOK LIKE

Since Samson the Strong Man was a Nazarite from birth, we will therefore use him as one of the illustrations of the Nazarite’s hair. According to the command given to his mother, he had never shaved his head until his disastrous love affair with Delilah (Judges 13: 5  & 16: 17). Here is  a description of his hair:

• he had seven locks of hair on his head (Judges 16: 13).  Machlaphah is the Hebrew word used in reference to Samson’s  locks.  It means braid, lock, plait (Strong’s Dictionary in blueletterbible.com).
• The seven locks of his hair could be weaved into an interlacing pattern with a “Web” or weaver’s loom.   Looms were used to weave threads in an interlacing manner.  This sounds very much like braiding and/or and interlocking technique.

5.  PROPHET EZEKIEL’S LOCKS LOOKED LIKE FRINGES

In a rather humorous manner, God lifted Prophet Ezekiel by a lock  of his head and carried him in the vision from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezekiel 8: 3). We know that his hair was in individual locks because the word lock (tsiytsith /H  6724) also was used synonymously in scripture with fringes or tassels. 

Given the use of the word “fringes” we can see that Prophet Ezekiel appeared to have more abundant locks (tsiytsith /H  6724) than Samson, who only had seven.   Maybe seven locks  (Machlaphah)  on the head were not too heavy to wear around from the time of  his birth.

6. THE JEWS COMMONLY WORE THEIR LOCKS LIKE A VEIL AROUND THE FACE 

A search of the word “locks” in Strong’s reveals that  the Jews commonly wore their hair in locks (H 6777/tsammah).  Although Strong’s interprets tsammah  to mean “veil”, the context in which the word is used shows that the locks of hair were worn arond the face like a veil. This  comes through clearly in Isaiah 47: 2 in which the Prophet tells the people to uncover their locks. Why would you uncover your veil:

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

7. CELEBRATE YOUR CREATIVE PURPOSE BY WEARING  YOUR HAIR IN LOCKS

We have come to the meaningful conclusion that God gave the lock and this particular coiled hair texture in order to celebrate Adam’s Kingship, Priesthood and Strength.  It is time for Black People to stop hiding our Crown Of Glory under relaxers, weaves and wigs. Unleash your strength and creativity by aligning yourself with your Creative Purpose. This is what I was told by Archangel Michael.

We must note that God did not require every Jew to wear the hair in locks. However, we need to celebrate our crowning glory. I have begun to wear locks and I must say personally that I have greater appreciation of my ancestry from Eden, I am also connected closer with God and discovered a greater creative strength.

Blessings – this post was given to me (like many others), by Archangel Gabriel. Celebrate Black History! – all the way from the Garden of Eden.

Mercedes

 

Was Ham Cursed Because He Was Black?

Why was Ham cursed?

It is commonly believed that Ham was cursed by his father Noah because he was black.  This belief was used as the foundation of the enslavement of black races by their white brothers and sisters.  This belief is not supported in scriptures since they reveal clearly that Noah cursed Ham because he “uncovered his father’s nakedness.”  When taken in the context,  the uncovering of Noah’s nakedness could mean that Ham saw Noah’s nude body.

Noah had become uninhibited and naked due to drunkenness. I  believe that Ham must have gone into Noah’s tent and seen his father’s nakedness. However,  the response of the two brothers seem to indicate that Ham must have discussed the condition of his father’s body in an  irreverent and disrespectful manner.   This is implied in Genesis 9: 28 in which God said that Noah awoke and “knew what his younger son had done unto him”.

Ham’s brothers became very upset, went into the tent backwards and respectfully covered their  father’s nudity. They later reported the story to their father when he became sober.

On hearing Shem and Japheth’s report, Noah became very upset and cursed Canaan, Ham’s son.  This would explain why Noah appeared to have overreacted. I believe that God did not reveal the full extent of the aggravation out of respect to His Prophet Noah.  We simply have to read between the lines:

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant (Genesis 9: 22 – 27)

The Ethiopians descended from Cush, the son of Ham

Cush (H3568) was Ham’s firstborn and the ancestor of the Ethiopians (H 3568). Cush means black.  There is no reference in scripture to indicate that God hates the Ethiopians. In fact, the Angel of the Lord sent Evangelist Phillip to the desert to preach to an influential Ethiopian eunuch who then evangelized his nation (Acts 8: 26 – 40).

The Egyptians are the descendants of Ham’s son Mizraim

Mizraim   (H 4714) was the second son of Ham.  The words  Egypt  and Egyptians (H 4714) are  used over 600 times as synonyms in scripture to indicate that the Egyptians are the direct descendants of  Mizraim.

According to Strong’s (blueletterbible.com),  the rendition of  Egypt in the Coptic and Sahidic dialects means blackness and heat and this implies that the Egyptians were black people.

Ham was a black man and this is derived from his name which means ” hot”  (Strong’s in blueletter bible.com) and sunburnt (Smith’s Bible Dictionary). Ham obviously carried the gene for black skinned people.

The scriptures also made direct connections between Ham and the Egyptians:

 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham  (Psalm 78: 51)

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham…

They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. (Psalm 105: 23 & 27)

They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea (PSalm 106: 21 & 22)

The Libyans descended from Phut the son of Ham

Scriptures also make a direct link between Libya and Phut the son of Ham.  Libya is located in North Africa and many Libyans are black people.

Ham was also the forefather of the Canaanites

The Canaanites were the unfortunate recipients of  the curse that Noah directed to Ham.  In scripture, the descendants of Canaan included the Amorites and others. Strong’s indicates that this referred to the Phoenicians.

The curse of Ham’s color was used as an excuse for the slave trade

Noah cursed Ham’s son Canaan and said that he would become a servant to his brethren. If the lies of  racism and slavery are true, we need an explanation for the reason why the Africans were indiscriminately enslaved. Why weren’t the descendants of  Canaan selectively enslaved? Why weren’t the Egyptians enslaved?

Slavery was clearly a heartless and cruel money-making venture that exploited people who were unable to defend and protect themselves from their oppressors.  The early ignorance of  nations regarding the truths of scripture also kept  them in bondage.

The Truth Shall Make You Free!

 

Adam Was A Black Man – In Honor Of God The Creator

1.  God FORMED Adam

A few years ago, I made the startling discovery in scripture that Adam was a black man. The truth lies under our noses in the imagery of the Book.  First of all, we need to review the truth that God formed Adam:

And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Genesis 2: 7).

Yatsar  is the Hebrew word used for FORMED in the text. Here is the CLUE. Yatsar is used in the following ways:

• earthen vessels (2 Samuel 17: 28)
• potters (1 Chronicles 4: 23; Psalm 2: 9; Isaiah 29: 16; Jeremiah 18: 2 – 4 & 6; Jeremiah 19: 1 & 11; Zechariah 11: 13)
• formed the eye (Psalm 94: 9)
• formed the dry land (Psalm 95: 5)
• God forming body parts (Psalm 139: 16)
• potter’s clay (Isa 29: 16)
• potter’s vessel (Isa 30: 14)
• potter treading clay (Isa 41: 25)

Yatsar is also used in relation to silversmiths who “make a graven image” and fashion a piece of metal into a finished product (Isa 44: 9 & 12). Can you picture the Father shaping and fashioning man’s body parts?  Even more interestingly, yatsar comes from a Hebrew verb which carries the picture of something being spread  into shape (Strong’s in blueletterbible.com).

 

2.  Clay is the “dust”  from which God made Adam

Clay is “dust”  combined of clay minerals such as iron, the component responsible for the color.  It becomes plastic when mixed with water. Maybe this is the reason why water comprises 70 %  of  the human body  composition (Wikipedia.com).  In order to determine the Hebrew meaning and usage of  dust in scripture, I explored the texts in which the Hebrew word was used. However, its usage mainly turned up the word “dust”.   However, God (with His usual sense of humor), revealed in the imagery of the scriptures that he used  clay to make Adam and Eve.

The scriptures further paint a picture in which  God is a Potter who shaped man like clay and from clay. Prophet Isaiah must have been shown a video of the creation of man, because he repeatedly drew the imagery of  Potter God molding and shaping clay into a man. Other writers in scripture also point to this truth:

Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again? (Job 10: 9)

But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter (yatsar) ; and we all [are] the work of thy hand (Isaiah 64: 8).

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth (yatsar)  it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isaiah 45: 9)

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter (yatsar) !(Lamentations 4: 2)

Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay. (Job 33: 6)

3. Adam was God’s “potsherd” or earthen vessel

As Prophet Isaiah compared God to the Potter who made Adam from clay,  he warned humans not to strive against God because we are just  “potsherds” or earthen vessels:

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth (yatsar)  it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (ISaiah 45: 9)

Cheres,  the Hebrew word used in the text for “potsherd” is rendered 9 out of 17 times in the following ways in scriptures:

• earthen vessel
• vessel of earth
• earthen bottle
• earthen pitchers

Since Prophet Isaiah also used the word potsherd as a synonym with clay in Isaiah 45 : 9;  he reinforces the revelation that Adam and Eve were formed from clay.

 

4. What was the color of the clay from which Adam was formed?

Chamar  is the root word for clay used in Isaiah 64: 8) and Job 33: 6).  Scriptures reveal through this word that clay:

• could be daubed (Exodus 2: 3)
• was red (Psalm 75: 8)

When the members of the God Family said, “let us make man/‘adam in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1: 26),  they were speaking about making a reddish man who would derive color from the clay from which he was made.  Amusingly, Adam means reddish or “dyed red”.

Further astonishing revelation in scripture revealed through the meaning of his name confirms that he was indeed a black man.  ‘Adam is the Hebrew word used in Genesis for  Adam or man.  However, ‘Adam   comes from the root word ‘adam   (H 119)  which means “red”, “dyed red”  and “ruddy”.   The similarities between the color  of clay and the description of Adam’s color  strongly confirm the revelation that Adam was a black man.

 

5. What was Adam’s color or race?

What color red was Adam?  Was he bright red?  Well,  I doubt there are races of people whose color is red.  If you Google  “images of red clay” , an astonishing range of  hues turn up.  The red clay color wheel reveals a wide range of colors from red to reddish brown to to pink to brownish. Obviously Adam was not a frank red, but carried one of the colors in the  color wheel as well as the genes for  a variety of  human skin colors.

I would safely say that brown is the dominant hue of  red clay. 

In fact, dictionary.com (2012) defines “red clay” as “brown to red”  in color.

We can safely conclude that Adam our forefather was a black man.

 

6.  Who is a potter and how does he or she form  clay into a vessel?

A potter is someone who makes pottery or “earthen vessels”, the material referred to in scripture. We know from 2 Samuel 17: 28 that  potters of the day made “earthen vessels”  which were derived from clay.  There is no doubt that God made man from clay since the scriptures made this direct comparison.

The  Scriptures of Truth  reveal the following truths about the formation of pottery from clay and therefore the formation of man:

• the potter treaded the clay with his feet (Isaiah 41: 25)
• the potter used his hands to carefully mold the clay into shape (Isaiah 45: 9; Psalm 95: 5)
• the finished product could be dashed into pieces (Psalm 2: 9). The human body can indeed be broken

Can you imagine how God carefully took time to fashion and mold Adam? I encourage you to celebrate the God who created you and to thank Him for His manifold wisdom in creating you in His own image and likeness.

Blessings! Celebrate your creation.