Original Post Date: June 24, 2008
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27
Throughout the Creation account, Scripture tells us how God created various kinds of creatures. He not only created two birds, but many kinds of birds. Not just two fish, but many kinds of fish. But when He created mankind, He only made two - male and female.
The Bible does not indicate that the various ethnicities were created at the beginning. Only one race was created - the human race. So, how did the various races form?
We see here in Genesis 1 that God instructed the first man and woman to multiply and fill the earth. We know from Genesis 11 that the people did not do this, but rather clustered in one place. Because of their disobedience, God confused their languages and scattered them. Was this the beginning of cultures? If so, does this make cultural and racial differences a result of sin or of natural selection? The Bible doesn't say.
What I think we can gather from Scripture is that God views all people, regardless of race, as sons and daughters of Adam and Eve. We are equal in our status, in our sin and in our opportunity for salvation.
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