Definitions & Terminology
Who is the Biblical Interpreter of the highest magnitude?
The Spirit of GOD
Name one of the easiest ways to identify Black people in the Bible...
Through the use of names
GOD'S Redeemer
The LORD JESUS CHRIST, The Son of GOD and the Son of Man
Noah's middle child...
Ham
Were the first man and woman married?
Yes Genesis 2:24-25
What the Bible text says about Black people must always precede...
What the Bible text means by what it says about Black people.
Moses' Black wife was twice called...
A "Cushite Woman"
Where did JESUS' supreme act of redemption take place
At Calvary
Two Biblical meanings of Ham
Ham is Egypt in Africa/ Ham is also a place located in the land of Canaan
Did the first human beings worship GOD?
Adam and Eve taught their children religious values and they believed in GOD and worshiped HIM
The three-fold sources for the study of Black Presence in the Bible...
The Bible, Bible reference books and extra biblical writings
An avenue for identifying Black people in the Bible is through
Extra-Biblical information
It is important especially for Black American people to appreciate...
The Black Presence in the Bible
Whose descendants kept their black skin?
Ham's four sons
Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan
Who was Abraham's wife?
Sarah
When we affirm that there is a Black presence in the Bible, we are affirming a definition of Blackness which include...
1. Actual Black skin color
2. So-called Negroid characteristics
3. Traceable Black or African ancestry (Black blood)
Black people mentioned in the scripture may be identified...
1. Through names and adjectives
2. Their ancestors and family trees
3. Chronological correlation
The road to spiritual maturity is through...
Christian Education based on the whole of scripture
Who were Ham's brothers?
Shem and Japheth
What was the race of John the Baptist?
He was of the Black race. His Mother was the cousin of JESUS' Mother Mary, they had black ancestors
Who was the first Mother?
Eve was the first Black Mother Genesis 3:20
Who composed the first Black family?
Adam and Eve Genesis 4:1-2, 25-26
Words addressed specifically to Black people comes from...
GOD
The term Hamitic refers to...
The descendants of Ham
Name a Black Preacher and prophet of the new testament...
Simeon