God laid State of Israel apart too commanded her non to mingle or intermarry alongside foreigners (Ezra 9).
Does this hateful God is a racist?
No.
God laid State of Israel apart from heathen nations to fix her for bringing the gospel to all mankind (Genesis 18:18).(1)
From get-go to end, God makes it clear that racism is wrong:
1. God expected the Israelites to process foreigners humanely, demanding they non mistreat, oppress, or deprive foreigners of jurist (Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 10:17-19; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5).
2. In the Old Testament, God guaranteed amount privileges to whatever foreigner who followed Him (Isaiah 56:3-7).
3. Jesus commands us to preach His gospel to all nations (Matthew 28:19).
4. In Acts 8, God miraculously sent Philip to percentage the gospel alongside a dark homo who became ane of the early on converts to Christianity (read more).
5. God promises that sky volition include people from “every nation, tribe, people too language” (Revelation 7:9).
There is no uncertainty that God loves people of every color, country, ethnicity, too race.
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(1) God made it clear that the Old Testament separation of the Jews ended alongside Christ (Acts 10:28; Romans 2:9-11; Galatians 3:28).
You powerfulness inquire why God told State of Israel to completely destroy roughly unusual nations. That's a skilful question. They were destroyed when they reached a indicate of no supply inwards their degree of evil. See Why did God destroy entire nations? too The Timing of God's Punishments.
We besides require to retrieve that God sent Assyrian too Babylonian oppressors against State of Israel when the Israelites became ungodly. And God spared evil nations when they repented. See Did God Change His Mind About Nineveh?
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