INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE; What does the Bible say about interracial marriages?
1. Let me bring out a very important text: 2 Corinthians 6:14; “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers.” That last word is the most important. Obviously following this advice, a Christian would not marry an atheist or a Jew or a Muslim, etc. But what about interracial marriage? Deuteronomy 7:1-6 tells the Israelites to destroy all the inhabitants of the Canaan land and not to intermarry with them. The reason given is that they would “turn your sons away from following Me, that they may serve other gods.” 2 Corinthians 6:14 applies here. Moses’ wife was of another race and Aaron and Miriam were punished for criticizing Moses’ interracial marriage. That story is recorded in Numbers 12:1-15. Everyone who reads the Bible will find the book of Ruth a delight. She is another foreigner who became part of the lineage of Christ, as did the harlot, Rahab, also of another nation. The lineage of Christ is given in Matthew 1 with mention of those names. Colossians 3:11 makes it clear that in Ch
