Does God condemn inter racial marriages

[shanbopop]

The reason i ask is when reading about Solomon God got upset with Solomon for marrying a "fair skinned woman".What is your take on this?

[David from New Bern]

The reason i ask is when reading about Solomon God got upset with Solomon for marrying a "fair skinned woman".What is your take on this?

Was she fair skinned or dark skinned? I didn't have time to research it right now. But, I'm pretty sure she was dark complection. He was dark too anyway, he was middle eastern. But there is one clear case of an inter-racial marriage. Moses and his Ethiopian bride. His marriage upset his sister and God's rebuke of Miriam is found in Numbers 12. I will check back on this thread later when I have more time to pursue this, but I couldn't resist throwing this point in for fodder. I wrote a paper 10 years ago on this subject that floored a professor to the point he quoted from it in chapel. The bottom line it is amoral act, that may or may not be wise but it is not sinful.

[Matthitjah]

Grace to you,

Does God condemn inter racial marriages

Boy I sure hope not.

Otherwise I'm in big trouble. I'm Married to a women of Phillipine descent and my children are all part, Italian, Irish, German, Russian, Phillipine, and a few others I can't think of off hand.

If God has cursed this union I can't see it? I am Blessed with the mos handsome sons and an outrageously gorgeous daughter. Then again God Loves a fool.

My niece is married to a Black man and has positively the most beautiful daughters I have ever seen. Her son is simply handsome as well.

Seriously for a minute.

It wasn't the race that was the problem. It was the fact that Solomon Married many times over. As well as Marrying from the heathen Nations that surrounded Israel. It wasn't so much their race as their beliefs. They were absolutely turned over to paganism and the Worship of other gods.

God had warned Israel of this.

Read Deuteronomy.

Peace,

Dave

Edited March 14, 2006 by Matthitjah

[Guest yod]

Why would He be upset about inter-racial when He created the races?

We are all equal in His sight. It is assumed that an Ethiopian and a Cyrenian are blacks. It was a Cyrenian who carried the cross for Yeshua, it was an Ethiopian that Phillip rode with and explained Isaiah 53, and a Cyrenian was a high servant in the original Jerusalem assembly. Do you not find it odd that they were never called "black"? There is no mention of them being treated with any less respect for it either.

The short answer is "no"

Let's not accept societal bias or prejudice.

[EricH]

No

[Elihu's Girl]

As others have pointed out, the confict is about believer/nonbeliever marriages rather than interracial marriage.

Christian Answers

Really race is just a matter of having more of a certain chemical in your skin than others. So God forbidding interracial marriage would be like condemning short people from marrying tall people or blue eyed people from marrying brown eyed.

As far as biology is concerned there's not much difference between the races... not that would constitute a command from God.

There are cultural differences. But when both people are living for Christ, that conquers all worldly differences. The problem would come from faith differences. Interfaith marriage is not exactly forbidden in the New Testement but we are warned against being "unequally yoked." As someone else suggested... interfaith marriages may not be wise.

I don't include people of different denominations in this.

Off Topic... Cute Story

Edited March 14, 2006 by Elihu's Girl

[Rania]

He has sure blessed mine.

[Giaour]

No.

Matt, your family looks like mine.

[shanbopop]

I am just asking why if it were OK then why did God become upset with Moses?

[Ovedya]

No

^^Best answer so far^^

...And according to the Song of Songs (Solomon), Solomon's love was "black as the tents of kedar."