by matthewott » Wed Apr 13, 2016 5:16 pm
Testimony of a white christian
Every day of living in the Truth and seeing the world for what it truly is, leaves me consistently torn between the two...and THAT is the ultimate Christian dichotomy. Not democrat or republican. Not liberal or conservative. Not even nationalist or communist. It is spiritual or material...good or evil...God or satan.
Very few people view the 'world' or 'society' through the lens of scripture. Almost all who consider themselves Christians view the world through a kaleidoscope of cherry picked verses made to represent the other 1000+ pages of His Word. That only keeps them further entrenched in the grip of this satanically ruled material world, and only further justifies, in their eyes, their understanding of right and wrong, good and evil..."god" and "satan".
I was not always a "racist". I was not raised that way. I was a country boy who went to a city school (albeit Catholic) where I was a definite minority. 5 years of direct interaction with blacks and various other non whites did not leave me with love in my heart, but as a 'judaeo christian', I harbored no hatred...because we 'aren't supposed to'. Remember I said I was not raised racist? I had no clue what racism was until I went to this city school and became the subject of it. Any racism I experienced was that which I was subjected to by the non whites in my school...but that still didn't turn me into a 'racist'.
The high school I went to was over 95% white and affluent...and I didn't fit in there either. Racism was replaced by "peerism". I get out of high school and enter the 'real world' with optimism that 'multiculturalism' was an age old truth, that race never mattered. To my credit, I was clueless as to what a jew was too. I thought everyone thought like me. I started "fighting the good fight" by the time I was 20 to try to "change the system" that I could see was obviously corrupt. As I got older, the "race" thing was creeping up on me in a peculiar way. I noticed the white guilt pervasive everywhere. The racism cries were getting louder and louder, but it was always coming from non-whites, and from within "the establishment", but I still did not make the connection, though I wasn't falling for it and I only became more aware of my 'whiteness'. Long story short, it was only when I completely surrendered myself to God that He truly opened my eyes to the Truth...the Truth of my identity. But not just mine, but that of my people, who, according to research of the Scripture, history, archaeology, and anthropology, are the true Children of God, the descendants of Adam, through Noah, through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...the Israelites of scripture.
And that is why I am a "racist". Because, according to scripture AND my heart, I am to put God first, and my brethren second...and it is obvious that there is no such thing as a "brutha to anutha mutha" in the Bible!!! The children of Israel were to remain SEPARATE, for obvious reasons, and I will respect my Father's decision, no matter what the cost...
For the Word of Yahweh is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb. 4:12