BLACK HISTORY
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson?
In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson inaugurated “Negro History Week.” He had previously founded what is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAALH,) in 1915. By 1940, the response to these efforts were strong enough that people in separate locations (West Virginia, 1940s; Chicago, mid-1960s,) helped force the institutionalization of “Black History Month” in 1976, now celebrated annually in February. ASAALH
In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson inaugurated “Negro History Week.” He had previously founded what is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAALH,) in 1915. By 1940, the response to these efforts were strong enough that people in separate locations (West Virginia, 1940s; Chicago, mid-1960s,) helped force the institutionalization of “Black History Month” in 1976, now celebrated annually in February. ASAALH
ANY QUESTIONS NOW?!?
“Negro history?/black history?/White Supremacy?/Black History!”
When Dr. Woodson began this journey of discovery for us, he intended the following;
“What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.”
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
“(God)...has made of one blood all nations of men or to dwell on all the face of the earth...”
Acts 17:26
God changes not. Malachi 3: 6 He said, “...of one blood all nations of men...” One blood, one race.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them.” Genesis 1: 27
Don’t allow Satan to continue fooling us! God said He created “man,” not blue man, green man, grey man, dotted man, blue-eyed man, tight curls man, just man.
“...created man...in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them.” So, male and female “man,” as God intended, make up man. He formed man... (Genesis 2:7,) and made/built from the man a woman (Genesis 2:20-21.)
The point being, there is only one race/blood-Acts 17: 26, and “man” actually means male and female. That points us to the understanding that there can be no racism or no misogyny, only self hatred/low self esteem; fueled by weapons of fear, particular men’s imagined supremacy over others, and subsequently, the equally manufactured and accompanying expressions of privilege.
A "racist," is a self hater. There is only one race.
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
“Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better,”
C. G. Woodson, “The Mis-Education of the Negro,”
“The thief comes only to steal, to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they (you) have life, and have it more abundantly.” John 10:10
“And seek not what you will eat...or drink...don’t be anxious...for all these things the nations of the world seek after...your Father knows that you have need of these things...But...seek...the kingdom of God; and all these things will be added to you...Fear not...it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12: 29-32
“A certain man went...to Jericho and was robbed, beaten and left for dead. By chance a certain priest (Jewish) saw him and moved to the other side to pass by. Similarly, a Levite (Jewish) looked on him and also passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan (scorned by Jewish people,)...came by and had compassion...bound his wounds, set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, prepaid, and would pay all expenses upon his return trip.” John 10: 25-37
God changes not. Dr. Woodson’s “Real education...” hasn’t taken place. Neither does white supremacy change. To see how what Jesus related above dovetails with the “Black History Experience,” imagine John 10: 25-37 this way;
“...certain people were taken from their homes, robbed (spiritually, emotionally, culturally, economically,) beaten (daily by a system rigged against them,) and left for dead (politically, economically, socially, and spiritually.) By chance, the church saw them and passed by on the other side. Similarly, the Jewish people collectively looked on them and also passed by on the other side.”
I ask you, Who/Where is our “Samaritan neighbor?” The “friends/neighbors” we do have here, are as helpful as described by Malcolm X;
“If a man stabs a knife into your back nine inches, is the next man who pulls it out six inches your friend?”
Lately, it seems that the youth of the country and the world have taken leadership roles in attacking and reversing many of the spiritual, physical and social entities that threaten man, and man’s relationship with our Father through His Son. Remember, Joshua and Caleb were teens when tapped by Moses, David was a teenager, Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Michel (“Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego”) were all teens when abducted to Babylon, and found smarter than anyone there. Jesus was a “tweener,” 12, years old, when found at the Temple in discourse on the Law and the Prophets.
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
The Prophets of Ba’al, White Supremacy, and the lingering spirit of Jezebel
“By their peculiar “reasoning,” too, theologians have sanctioned most of the ills of the ages. They justified the Inquisition, serfdom, and slavery. Theologians of our time defend segregation and the annihilation of one race by the other. They have drifted away from righteousness into an effort to make wrong seem to be right.”
“It has been said that the Negroes do not connect morals with religion...Certainly the whites with whom the Negroes have come into contact have not done so.”
C. G. Woodson, "The Mis-Education of the Negro"
True then, painfully true now, with greater visibility of Black collaboration, aka "Negro Disciples (of White Supremacy.") More on that a little later in this article.
In April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered by a white supremacist assassin while walking out the Gospel. Acts 17:26 tells us that no one is better or lesser than another. Dr. King was murdered by white supremacists who believed that his message of Black economic, social, and political empowerment posed/poses a threat to self declared white hegemony in America and the world, regardless of what God says. “The forces of white supremacy and American Apartheid have never been fully vanquished.” (Thank you, Chauncey DeVega, 1/18/2021, Salon news.)
“If I don’t win it all, I’m losing!,” was and is, the call of 21st Century white supremacists, the same as their forebears. Their answer to losing is killing. To make things worse, just as the Pope and Church condoned and abetted Black slavery, many false prophets in today’s church support the same agenda. Those who don’t agree totally, generally acquiesce to their shenanigans. If they didn’t, (from the founding of this country to today,) conversations like this, and situations like the Capitol occupation by domestic terrorists probably would not take place in the 21st Century.
Some Old False Prophets
In 1 Kings 17, the Lord our God instructed Elijah the Tishbite to tell the king of Israel/Samaria, Ahab, and his wife, Jezebel, that because of their/Israel’s evil behavior and worship, no rain for three years. Jezebel was a Sidonian/Zidonian, daughter of King Ethbaal. She was an evil murderess and usurper, having arranged the death of any who didn’t bend low enough. Jezebel desired control and power most of all. Ahab was her sap. Most of his foolishness was manipulated by Jezebel.
After three years, in chapter 18, God commands Elijah to tell Ahab rain would come. In Verse 19, after tense banter, Elijah challenges Ahab to gather all Israel, and, the 450 prophets of Ba’al, and the 400 prophets of Asherah the Canaanite goddess. These prophets were supported by Jezebel.
Elijah then challenged the people to decide who they will serve, God or heathen idols. Altars were prepared and the One who is God was to light the alter and the sacrifices without human hands and fire.
Jezebel’s prophets were first. From morning to noon, they called on Ba’al and leaped on the altar. No answer. Elijah remarked, “...he’s meditating..., or busy..., or on a journey..., or sleep!” Then the false prophets screamed aloud, cutting themselves till blood gushed. Nothing. After noon, they prophesied until evening sacrifice. No voice, no answer, no one paid attention.
Elijah called the people to him and repaired the Lord’s altar with a trench around it. He put on the wood, cut the sacrifice, and had four barrels of water poured all over it three times until water filled the trenches. That evening, he preached and prayed. Then, the Lord sent fire and consumed the altar, water and all. The people fell on their faces praising God “..The Lord, he is the God...”
Read the rest of the account for yourself, it is enough now to know that the 850 prophets that Jezebel kept did not make it home after that, and rain came shortly after. Both Ahab and Jezebel also got their due.
MLK “labored to be in God’s rest...,” by spreading His word and standing up for the downtrodden. He did and, fifty plus years after his murder, does still, inspire many people to dedicate their lives to seeking justice for the disenfranchised, the prisoner, the widows/children, anyone would would receive the message of peace, justice and tranquility. Luke 4: 16-21, Acts 17:26.
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
Although Ahab, Jezebel, and her false prophets have long been physically dead, their spirit lives on at 21st Century planet earth, specifically, the United States of America. (Looks and sounds funny these days.)
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the many of the “Evangelicals” have spent a great deal of time pandering to, and legitimizing, white supremacy, white privilege, “race-baiting,” whore mongering, lining the pockets of themselves and family, and now, subornation of the overthrow of the government of the United States of America. When the white supremacist/anarchists tore up the capitol on January 6, 2021, their White House leader was watching on tv, “with great glee.” The false prophets were mostly silent as usurpers attempted to overthrow the government of the USA.
At least six people died, one an officer by insurrectionists, one person by the authorities, the rest by the insurrectionists themselves (one of them was trampled to death by her "comrades" who ignored her and her boyfriend's screams for help,) at least two people committed suicide in the aftermath, one an officer. One man fell from an illegally erected scaffolding. The was a gallows erected to hang VP Mike Pence. Insurrection, riots, and threats of hanging are more neurological imprints of White Supremacy and Privilege.
This is fruit from the roots of American slavery and the South losing the Civil War, afterwards being appeased, coddled, and paid acquiescence by the North for nearly two hundred years. Like the roots of a tree that was cut down but not rooted out, this evil has grown beneath the visible surface to burst its roots through the facade of an even surface. Facade, because we all know.
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
This foolishness was nourished and wholly supported by, of all who know better, prominent black ministers and other supporters of Trumpian White Supremacy (Saint Mammon,) whom the 2020 election revealed as false prophets. One stooped so low as to call Trump the best president for Black people. Journalist Roland Martin, however, has a viewpoint gleaned from everyday Black people who aren’t looking for “favor,” and know a Negro Disciple of White Supremacy when they hear it. It is a short sample and was developed in August of 2018.
“The list of black grievances is long:
- Trump’s vitriolic attacks on NFL players who have protested police brutality;
- Calling Rep. Maxine Waters names and saying she has a low IQ;
- Berating sports journalist Jemele Hill;
- Failing to properly condemn the white racists in Charlottesville; hiring numerous folks in his administration with racial animus;
- Doubling down on the guilt of the Central Park 5, all minority men who were exonerated for a brutal rape that divided New York City in the 1980s. Trump contributed to this by taking out newspaper ads calling on the young men to get the death penalty;
- Refusing to apologize for birther-ism and the attacks on the citizenship of President Barack Obama;
- Calling basketball icon LeBron James and CNN’s Don Lemon dumb after their recent interview.
Excerpt from “These African American Pastors Who Sucked Up To Donald Trump Are a Disgrace,’ by Roland S. Martin, The Daily Beast, Aug. 27, 2018, 4:45 AM ET
More disgusting is to actually watch some of these people grovel and genuflect before one currently being exposed as the biggest criminal in the US. Youtube has the meeting. Look for African Am Pastors meet Trump 2018 or anything like that. Bring a barf bag. In addition to bending low and speaking low with cowered eyes, some of the comments are sickening. Roland Martin offers a brief glimpse;
“Rev. Jon Ponder, Las Vegas: “First of all, Mr. President, I’d like to thank you for recognizing me on the National Day of Prayer,” and later, “We just thank you for the direction that the country is going in, and specifically as our partnerships with law enforcement are beginning to grow.”
Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus, Chicago: “First of all, let me just say thank you for your boldness. Thank you for taking a stand for those that are disenfranchised.”
Rev. Van Moody, Montgomery, Ala.: “Thank you for being compassionate and caring about all people.”
Bishop Kyle Searcy, also from Montgomery: “We’re very grateful for your heart toward criminal justice reform, your heart for the urban community. It’s very—very amazing.”
Pastor Phillip Goudeaux, Sacramento: “I guess the greatest word I can say for you, Mr. President, is that you have given this country expectations, given us a new hope, a new excitement to believe that things are getting better and going to get better. And we appreciate that leadership—your tenacity to keep pushing in against all the opposition that comes against you. Thank you so much.”
Julian Lowe, Los Angeles: “I’ve very grateful for this administration and for you personally.”
Pastor Marvin Winans Jr., Detroit: “To hear you talking about, you know, keeping that in communities, I think, is super important. And I’m just happy for this opportunity. And just God bless you and everything you’re doing.”
“When those cameras were rolling, there should have been at least one pastor with a prophetic word who would issue a rebuke to Trump over his words and actions. You mean to tell me not one pastor had the courage to tell Trump to stop talking about Chicago violence if he was unwilling to go to the people and hold a town hall there? Not one pastor had the gumption to tell Trump that the NFL players were protesting police brutality and not the flag or anthem?
You mean to tell me not one of these black pastors had the prophetic fire in their belly to tell Trump that his policy of dealing with the children of illegal immigrants was morally indefensible? Not one black pastor had the guts to tell Trump that he and the GOP are wrong to support voter suppression?”
Roland S. Martin, the Daily Beast 8/27/18
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
Three years later, as in NOW, white supremacy is circling the wagons to defend their seditious anti-USA, domestic terror, and ethnic/social disorder behaviors, and, those of the "recently deposed" POTUS #45.
Roland is being kind. All of his comments above narrate behaviors BEFORE the November 2020 elections. If you watch the video, you’ll see that worse happened. If you live in Milwaukee, Houston, Maryland, Cleveland, Chicago, Texas, etc. PLEASE inform yourselves by watching. It helps to know who is guided by God and who seems guided by and grovels before, the spirit of Jezebel/Trump/White Supremacy/Mammon.
When you watch this display of Black self-emasculation, think of this C.G. Woodson quote;
“If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action..., he will find his ‘proper place’ and stay in it...you do not have to order him to the back door, his very nature will demand one...he will go without being told...if there is not back door, he will cut one for his special benefit...His education makes it necessary.”
C. G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro.
These people are guided by some of the biggest white supremacist church leaders in America. When Barack Obama was President, they prayed Psalm 109 against him-that he die and his family become destitute.
For the 2020 election, they stomped and screamed, a la Jezebel’s prophets, LED BY THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL EMBODIED IN PAULA WHITE, for “calling down angels from Africa” to defeat anyone against Trump and to ensure his victory!
In Luke 9:54-56, Jesus’ disciples asked him if he’d ok their calling fire down on their Samaritan rejectors, as Elijah did. He replied, “You don’t know what manner of spirit you are of.” They weren't ready for prime time. Neither are Trump’s “spiritual advisors” and white supremacy supporting Evangelicals.
Neither are Jezebel’s current crop of false prophets. One Chicago minister said that if he had been on the steps at Trump Tower the infamously 2015 racist day Trump declared himself a candidate, he would have angled a way to get some money. He would later tell congregants to give Trump a chance, instead of what “you Black Christians want (again,) someone tall, dark and handsome like you!”
This minister’s “spiritual father,” one of the religious cabal leaders, made jokes about the election and laughed haughtily (“Joe Biden as President? Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!”) at the very idea that someone could defeat their hero Trump. He later “apologized.” All of them supported criminalizing and jailing infants and children, illegally separating children from parents and keeping them in cages, upholding lack of accountability for police engaged, government cover-up murders of Black, Brown and poor people, "...grab them by the -----," illegal payoffs to "sex-workers," tax dodging, aka D J Trump. They have spoken that Trump would reign because that is what God wanted. I think their God forgot to vote!
They have been exposed as false prophets!
“Woe be to the pastors (shepherds) that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!...you have scattered my flock...behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings...” Jeremiah 23:1
“My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray...” Jeremiah 50:6
All THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
“...your father...the devil...”
“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stands not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
John 8:44-Jesus to adversaries
The so-called Evangelicals (and their Negro disciples,) love to sanction abortion as murder, but applaud the deaths/imprisonment of Black, Brown and other men, women and children at the hands of their blood lust white supremacist brothers as “law and order.” Or, when they use the cells of aborted fetuses to try and cleanse their disease-wracked, rancid bodies. We say we hate abortion, but love to “eat” the essence of an aborted fetus to protect ourselves from sickness, to make food, to make cosmetics, etc. Someone IS sick here. Murder is murder.
What they can’t deny is the impact of white supremacy on their own congregations, for example the Southern Baptists. They had a little knock down, drag out, blow-up at their annual conference in Phoenix, 2017. It was all about “racial exclusion” of Blacks and others in their ministry and administration. Much like the Black Lives Matter protests around the country and world, many putting themselves on the front lines of this struggle were younger whites and others who decry injustice. Their struggle is still fresh. See https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/december/charlie-dates-ralph-west-southern-baptist-sbc-crt.html and https://blackchristiannews.com/2021/01/some-black-southern-baptists-feel-shunned-by-white-leaders-citing-racial-insensitivity/ and https://thegrio.com/2021/01/24/black-southern-baptists-white-leaders/
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
These people will tell you that they are not racists. They’re correct! There is only ONE RACE. Acts 17:26
“But if our gospel be hid/veiled, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
They ARE supporters of white privilege and white supremacy. You don’t have to be white to support those things. A Puerto Rican woman attacked a Black youngster in NYC after gently asking/begging white folk about her phone (which had been left in a ride share.) The leaders of the domestic terrorist groups getting news play are Black and Latino (some who are now exposed as government operatives.) The district attorney in Georgia who would not charge murder to those who murdered unarmed Mr. Aubrey, is Black.
The same attitudes and treatment go for the killers of George Floyd, Jacob Blake (killed his body capacities,) Breonna Taylor, women, and Black, Brown, and Native women (and children,) who aren’t valued by this society—Native lands, Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, Minnesota, Dallas, South Carolina, Detroit, Colorado, Los Angeles/CA, Milwaukee/WI, Chicago, Houston, Cleveland, coast to coast, sea to shining sea, and on...and on..., I/we ”...can’t breathe...”
Oh, all over the globe--because Black people/history are all over the globe, surviving and thriving despite the reach of global white supremacy. Japan and Australia and others have depicted Black/Asian woman Naomi Osaka as a white woman. Life for UK/EU Blacks = USA experience, including Blackface. China calls Black students "monkeys," and denies usable housing. Saudi Arabia is said to continue to create/enslave Black eunuchs. In India, the caste/color system is de facto if not de jure. The Dominican Republic continues to exploit the labor and lives of Haitians and poor Dominicans.
Those pastors and Trump insurrectionists weren’t/aren’t all white. The jailed and banned leader of the so-called Proud Boys ain’t either. Ben Carson ain’t white. Sen. McCarthy’s impeachment “hanky-head” is not white. Race car’s Bubba Wallace is not white. Tiger Woods is not white. Yet, all these people allow white supremacists to use them and control their images to bolster and solidify white supremacy as legitimate.
The Chicago minister and associates aren’t white. They DO have a track record of supporting white supremacy/white privilege, and not TCB about the Gospel with Trump or the rest of the western world. Not so surprising. Some Blacks willingly fought for and supported the “old” slavery south, just as today. Make no mistake, this is the SAME spiritual battle we’ve fought for 400 years in the western world. Now vs. the new slavery “old south-minded folk” and the spirits of Jezebel and Ahab.
Conversely, a minister from Guatemala told an American congregation that only the "Afro American," can save the church today. He, too, is keenly aware of the church as anchor to the evils of slavery and white supremacy as practiced today. HAVE NOT HEARD OF HIM BEING INVITED BACK!
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
Amos 5
: 24 “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
This passage uses the term “judgement” which is often used interchangeably with “justice.” Other translations of the bible use “justice,” as did Dr. King. In the use of the term judgement, God is indicating to the prophet Amos that something is wrong and God will fix it.
Dr. King wrote;
No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Isaiah 40
: 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.: 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain...: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall sit together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
This passage and chapter of Isaiah serves a two-fold purpose. It is an exhortation to the people of God that He will take care of them and reveal His glory to them as they maintain faith in Him. It also is part of a prophesy that “strong...hand...and his arm shall rule before him.” (v.11)
“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are young.” (v.12)
In later times, John the Baptist clarifies those passages when asked who he was he said;...the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.” (Isaiah) John 1:23 He is the “him” in Isaiah 40: 3, Jesus is the form of God/Lord in those scriptures.
Dr. King wrote; I have a dream today...I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low. The rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope.
Luke 4
: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sigh to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, …
Isaiah 61
: 1 The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
These passages refer to what Jesus preached about himself in a synagogue as he began his ministry (Luke,) and the prophesy made about him by the prophet Isaiah centuries beforehand. He specifically talks of liberty; spiritually, physically and for the soul/mind.
Dr. King, throughout his speech speaks in the same manner. Here are two references;
There are those who are asking..., “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as...the unspeakable horrors of police brutality...
Dr. King covers all the bases of what is to happen for the meek, the brokenhearted, the captives, the prison-bound, the blind, the poor, and the blind when he wrote;
“Free at last, Free at last, Great God a-mighty, “We are free at last.”
The original “anti fascist,” Jesus the Christ, came to set those of the Kingdom against those not of the Kingdom of God.
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?...Nay; but rather division...father..against son...son against father...mother against daughter...daughter against mother...”
Luke 12:51-53
The same spirit of evil that influences white supremacist governments and police to murder Blacks/others and cover it up, is the same spirit of evil that influences our youth to murder one another with impunity. Some know. Others suffer from bad 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 decisions.
The murder spirits of Jezebel, Cain (Genesis 4,) and Caiaphas (John 11:44-52) have been dealt out by/to individuals, this nation, to other nations, by color difference, by economic difference, “just because,” and other obnoxious trappings. America has been busy hating BLM, young people of all nations and backgrounds and anyone worldwide, who call out the lies and don’t kneel at the altar of white privilege. Hating, all while collectively yielding to the Jezebel spirits, her “prophets,” and supporters of white supremacy, America is losing big time!
Who will stand in the hate/murder/false worship gap?
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge (wall,) and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” Ezekiel 22:30
Just as God warned Ezekiel of the pending destruction of Judah/Jerusalem for continued disobedience, just as John the Baptist was crying out as a “voice in the wilderness,” the Kingdom of God cannot be denied. The penalty for doing so is death.
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY.
As it concerns praying for Trump and praying for Jerusalem, I offer the same prayer as for any person or entity:
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. (From Ephesians 1:17) And that they would confess with their mouth and believe in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, they can be saved. (From Romans 10:9)
No Jesus, No peace!!
Jesus had a few words for some of these churches/people;
“To the messenger of the church in Pergamos...I have a few things against you...you taught the doctrine of Balaam...to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel...Repent. To...Thyatira...I have...against you...because you suffered...Jezebel (the spirit of.)” Of the seven church types the Lord mentions in this chapter, only the Philadelphia church passes muster.
Revelation 2 and 3
Repentance for supporting white supremacy and white privilege (or bowing to them,) is akin to the repentance Jesus demands above. They were teaching doctrines counter to the Gospel of Christ. So are the current supremacists and privilege holders, under the guidance of Satan.
Until we all repent and move closer to the Creator and His dear Son, we will have no rest. He told us what has to pass before he returns. Matthew 24; “All these are the beginnings of sorrows...But he that shall endure unto the end, shall be saved.” Words of Jesus the Christ.
THAT IS THE HISTORY BLACK, BROWN, WHITE, RED, YELLOW, “ORANGE,” AND POLKA DOT FOLKS NEED!
Cut the crap! Stop whining and begging God to do something about white supremacy, white privilege, Blacks murdering Blacks, “Why did this/that happen?” “To me?” “Oh, kind Sir, if you be so kind...”
Among other things, God has told us;
“...I say to you, that whatever you bind on earth, is already bound in heaven: and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven...if two of you agree on earth...anything they ask shall be done for them of my Father.../For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am... Matthew 18: 18-20
“...I give...you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10: 19
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us...and...we know that we have the petitions asked of him.” 1 John 5:14-15
See Mark 11: 22-25; Job 22: 28; Psalm 27; James 1: 5; and James 4: 7 for just a few more.
There are thousands of promises that God has made to His believers, not the least of which is everlasting life/salvation of the soul by faith in Christ Jesus. Walk by Faith, not by sight! 2 Cor. 5: 7
HE GAVE BELIEVERS POWER AND AUTHORITY!
“...Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” Luke 12: 1 When you have to choose, choose Isaiah 53 and believe the Lord’s report!
Endure in Him until the End!
“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him...he is the saving strength of his Messiah/anointed...Save thy people...bless thine inheritance...shepherd/feed them...lift them...forever.” Psalm 28: 7-9
THAT IS BLACK HISTORY!
Shalom
Minister Ronnie Stricklin