Biblical Law and Government

Lesson Three - Page 16

(54) Henry Kissinger is: ( ) a. A German.

( ) c.AJew.

( ) b. An American. ( ) d. All of the above. The Answers to questions 52, 53 and 54: President Ronald Reagan is Caucasian by race. Sammy Davis, Jr. was Negro by race and Jewish by religion. Henry Kissinger was born in Germany, therefore, a German. However, Kissinger lives in America and holds American citizenship, therefore he is an American. But Kissinger is also Jewish by race and Jewish by religion. So, calling Moses an Egyptian, Moses’ wife an Ethiopian, or Ruth a Moabite may have little or nothing to do with race. Moses was an Israelite living in Egypt just as Ruth was an Israelite living in the land of Moab. Inter-racial marriage is frequently justified by the claim that Moses married outside his race. They point out Numbers 12:1 where it says Moses married an Ethiopian woman. They claim Moses married a Negro. But could it have been to a person of the same race from Ethiopia? In Lesson 13 we will discover that the Ethiopian woman was not Moses’ present wife. Stay tuned for Lesson 13. The Bible’s Book of Ruth is also mentioned in support of inter-racial marriage. The claim is that the book approves of an Israelite-Moabite marriage. Ruth was an ancestor of King David and, therefore, an ancestor of Jesus Christ. Ruth 1:1-5 and 4:13-22 say Ruth was a Moabite. Was Ruth a Moabite by race, by religion or by nationality? The answer is, Ruth was an Israelite (by race) just like David except that she lived in the land of Moab, therefore a Moabite (by nationality). You should ponder the question: Why do so many know about these obscure, difficult Bible verses and, at the same time, very few know any of the many plain verses we have quoted on the same subject? Before Continuing, Read All Of Deuteronomy Four (Moses’ Second Speech Continued) This is a long chapter so re-read the first four verses again and notice verses 3 and 4 about the incident at Baal-Peor. We need a good understanding of this event and we need to know why God destroyed a large number of people. For details read; (1) Numbers 14:11-12, (2) Numbers 22 to 25, (3) Deuteronomy 7:1-6 King Balak of Moab wanted to destroy God’s people. King Balak feared that he could not defeat God’s peo ple in battle. Therefore, he hired Balaam the prophet to curse Israel. However, Balaam could not place a curse on Israel. But, Balaam still coveted King Balak’s money. So, Rev. Balaam counseled King Balak to per suade or deceive Israel into sinning against their God. In doing so they would bring God’s anger upon them selves to their own hurt.

2 Peter 2:12-19. “(12) But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; (13) And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, {as} they that count it pleas ure to riot in the day time. Spots {they are} and blemish es, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; (14) Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: (15) Which have forsaken the right way. and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam {the son} of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; (16) But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. (17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (18) For when they speak great swelling {words} of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, {through much} wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. (19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”

Numbers 31:16, “Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the mat ter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.” Revelation 2:14, “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doc trine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacri ficed unto idols, and to commit forni cation.”

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