Inter- Racial marriages?

[Candi770]

The Human race is the only race we should marry in, we can not marry martians from mars. God didn't limit his people to ethnicity. They shouldn't marry those who are not Christians otherwise they will not be like minded.

Most people in America are mixed. I'm white, but I have Cherokee native american indian in me too. My husband has two grandmothers from 2 different indian nations; Cherokee and Apache. His mother and father raised them "white" chose to leave behind the culture. My children don't need to identify with their heritage, we need to identify with Christ. The really cool thing is that we live very close to where the "Trail of Tears" began; where white man drove the Cherokee from the land; Hello, we're back.

[Ovedya]

Moses' wife was a dark-skinned woman.

It has also been concluded that Solomon was in love with a black woman, although since his Song of Songs is mostly allegorical, it's usually a matter of opinion. He wrote, "Your skin is black like the tents of Kedar."

There is nothing at all wrong with, or against God's Word, to marry a woman or a man of another race.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

I agree with Ovedya . . . There is nothing wrong with marrying someone of another race.

Hosea 1:2 says, "When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: "Go take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord."

If God allowed; even instructed; one of His own to marry a harlot, what makes us think He would disapprove of different races marrying each other today? Now some would say that harlotry in this scripture is speaking of spiritual harlotry, but God still instructed one of His own to take a wife of harlotry; regardless of if He was speaking of the physical or the spiritual. Wow! That sort of tells me that when God said to marry your own kind, He wasn't necessarily talking about race or religion. So, what was He talking about? That's where I am uncertain.

Edited October 10, 2006 by lovinghim4ever

[LadyRaven]

My daughter just married a man whose father was English and mother Japanese. All the Japanese relations came to the wedding and there were some lovely kimonos. My husband and I found we got on really well with his Dad and Mum and count them as friends. So here's one Mum who isn't against mixed race marriages, although I'm not sure what MY mother would have said (being of the war generation) but that's something else!

My Uncle married a Japanese woman and Ohhhh, things were not good for them. I have only seen Aunt Setsuko a few times, and I have to keep in contact with my cousin Ruthie through the email. Eventually everyone cooled off, but they'd been married over ten yr by that time and had only gone "home" once, when Ruthie and I both were about 3. For years afterwards, every time any of the cousins came "home" to see grandpa, he would get Ruthie's picture, point to it and ask us who she was.

Uncle Ed is now deceased and Ruthie is in her forties. I've only seen her twice, when I was a child. She lives in oregon and I in Sc and right now we are both broke. We are both saving to go to the family reunion the same year. Kinda sad. all of our other cousins are aquainted with each other and close, none of us know Ruthie well at all.

[firehill]

Numbers:

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, Has Jehovah spoken only by Moses? Has He not also spoken by us? And Jehovah heard. 3 And the man Moses was very meek, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.

Moses' wife believed to have had dark complextion was spoken against by the the instigator (apparently Miriam who lead the instigation since her name is mentioned first) in which case Miriam was punished. Numbers 12.

[Ovedya]

Yes. Miriam rebelled against Moses, who was God's deputy authority on the earth. Therefore, God struck her with leprousy (Num. 12:10-15). In the Scriptures leprousy represents disobedience and rebellion against God.

[firehill]

Yes. Miriam rebelled against Moses, who was God's deputy authority on the earth. Therefore, God struck her with leprousy (Num. 12:10-15). In the Scriptures leprousy represents disobedience and rebellion against God.

What exactly are you saying?

She was a shame (no doubt and understandably) because she spoke against Moses' wife whom was a Cushite woman.

Numbers:

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, Has Jehovah spoken only by Moses? Has He not also spoken by us? And Jehovah heard. 3 And the man Moses was very meek, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.

10And the cloud turned away from the tent. And, behold Miriam was leprous as snow! And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous! 11And Aaron said to Moses, Oh my lord, I beg you, do not lay sin upon us, by which we have done foolishly, and by which we have sinned. 12 I pray, do not let her be as one who is dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. 13And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, I pray, please heal her.

14 And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had but spat in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? She shall be shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she shall be brought in. 15 And Miriam was shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people did not pull up stakes until Miriam was brought in.

[Ovedya]

Yes. Miriam rebelled against Moses, who was God's deputy authority on the earth. Therefore, God struck her with leprousy (Num. 12:10-15). In the Scriptures leprousy represents disobedience and rebellion against God.

What exactly are you saying?

She was a shame (no doubt and understandably) because she spoke against Moses' wife whom was a Cushite woman.

Numbers:

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, Has Jehovah spoken only by Moses? Has He not also spoken by us? And Jehovah heard. 3 And the man Moses was very meek, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.

10And the cloud turned away from the tent. And, behold Miriam was leprous as snow! And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous! 11And Aaron said to Moses, Oh my lord, I beg you, do not lay sin upon us, by which we have done foolishly, and by which we have sinned. 12 I pray, do not let her be as one who is dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. 13And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, I pray, please heal her.

14 And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had but spat in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? She shall be shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she shall be brought in. 15 And Miriam was shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people did not pull up stakes until Miriam was brought in.

Rebellion is rebellion. Miriam should have known better than to rebel against God's appointed representative.

[firehill]

Yes. Miriam rebelled against Moses, who was God's deputy authority on the earth. Therefore, God struck her with leprousy (Num. 12:10-15). In the Scriptures leprousy represents disobedience and rebellion against God.

What exactly are you saying?

She was a shame (no doubt and understandably) because she spoke against Moses' wife whom was a Cushite woman.

Numbers:

And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, Has Jehovah spoken only by Moses? Has He not also spoken by us? And Jehovah heard. 3 And the man Moses was very meek, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.

10And the cloud turned away from the tent. And, behold Miriam was leprous as snow! And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous! 11And Aaron said to Moses, Oh my lord, I beg you, do not lay sin upon us, by which we have done foolishly, and by which we have sinned. 12 I pray, do not let her be as one who is dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. 13And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, O God, I pray, please heal her.

14 And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had but spat in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? She shall be shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterward she shall be brought in. 15 And Miriam was shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people did not pull up stakes until Miriam was brought in.

Rebellion is rebellion. Miriam should have known better than to rebel against God's appointed representative.

Did she speak against Moses because of his appointment or because of his wife? Had she not spoken against his wife would she have been ashamed with leprousy?

[Ovedya]

She spoke against God's appointed representative.

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