A Choice to Make

Is Interracial Marriage Unbiblical?

There is nothing unbiblical about interracial marriage.

Numbers 12 “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out. And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” And the anger of the …”

Matthew 1:5 “and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,”

Why Did Abraham Forbid Interracial Marriage?

It wasn’t because of the difference in race, but because of the difference in faith.

2 Corinthians 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?”

Throughout the history of Israel, unbelieving wives led God’s people into idolatry.

A Choice to Make

Jacob obeyed his father.

Esau rebelled against his father.

He was angry

He felt cheated

Instead of turning to God, he ran away

Choices Have Consequences

Jacob’s obedience led to the salvation of his people.

Esau’s rebellion led to generations of lostness.