What Does the Bible Actually Say About Slavery? 

Free Will, not the will of God.

Ray doesnt repentance happen the moment you first believe? Going from unbelief to belief. I cant imagine an unbeliever repenting of sins without first believing. Once I first believed the Gospel then automatically I felt sorrow for my sins and wanted to turn from them... not to clean myself up but because I felt terrible now knowing that I had sinned against God. But I know that me feeling sorrow or turning from my sins is not what saves me... its only trusting and believing in the atoning blood of Jesus. His death, buriel and resurrection.

The arrogant do not take the time to sincerely seek God and know Him. Therefore, they lack wisdom.

Hey ray, what is the text you would use for God gives all people a freewill ? I totally agree, I am a provisionist and this text that you would point to, would give more evidence against the calvinistic side who says freewill is an illusion.

@@joshuawoodin you have the freedom to do whatever it is in your will to do. And your will is in bondage to sin, doing only evil continually. Only upon God converting the will do you believe

Yes, grandma's prayers will be answered! 🙏

He heard Ray and the truth of the Gospel and a loving God!

Brother Ray Comfort and Living Waters ministry videos teaching biblical context. AMEN 🙏 ❤️. Atheism ain't got nothing new or better to offer than the very religious beliefs it's critical of so it's hypocrisy at it's finest 😂. Hello this is for all you Atheists, unbelievers and skeptics. I'm going to address a few misconceptions and lies about God's Character and His Word. The Bible doesn't support chattel slavery or anything else Immoral. Ok so Atheists and unbelievers say God is either Immoral, incompetent or not responsible so let's see what The Scriptures actually say. God revealed himself and created a nation in a real, historical context. It was a world with a slave-based economy, with city states often at war with each other, with polygamous marriages to ensure the continuation of family lines. The laws of the Old Testament regulate this behaviour. Slaves are to be treated humanely (Exodus 21:11). They are given rights and not seen as mere possessions. Hebrew slaves were able to buy their own freedom. Human trafficking is condemned (Exodus 21:16). In contrast to the law code of Babylon, Old Testament Israel was a light to the nations. The Old Testament law and narratives do not stand alone. Jesus is now the best example of what we read. So the moral teaching of the Bible cannot be summarised by a quote taken out of context from the Old Testament to demonize God and His Word. Slavery was permitted in Old Testament law but it was regulated by God giving the Israelites instructions on how to fairly and humanely treat their slaves (it was like indentured servitude where someone could work for you if they owed debts or needed income not cruel like chattel slavery). God allowed the people of Israel to own slaves since they themselves has already experienced over 400 years of generations of Egyptian slavery and knew how inhumane it was to be beaten, overworked and taxed so God set them apart from other nations and cultures around them by giving them a fair way to treat their slaves since slavery had already existed in the world but it doesn't mean God condoned it just used it for His Will to bring Good And in the light of the whole scriptural teaching, we find the reasons for its ultimate abolition (Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1-3; Philemon 15-16 and Galatians 3:28). The Word of God provided the moral standard against slavery in the Roman Empire and against the slave trade in the New World. But what of genocide or holy war in the book of Joshua? Several things could be pointed out. The use of warfare in the ancient world did not always mean literal total destruction, even when events are described in such terms. Furthermore, the book of Joshua does not describe a genocide. It is not a race who are being wiped out, as in genocide, but a religious practice which was often appalling and degrading. Those who repent (like Rahab from Jericho or Ruth) are not destroyed but become part of Israel. It is not the racial group that is in view but their "detestable practices". However, after all is said, we must still acknowledge that God brought judgment on the nations of Canaan. It is not our place as believers isn't to sugar-coat the Bible. For some skeptics, this is enough to make God a moral monster. But the fact is that Jesus continued to affirm that God is a Judge who will bring a future judgment on all peoples and all nations. God’s judgment will be just. The list of Old Testament stories rejected by critics often leads to a similar dismissal of the New Testament teaching of Jesus on the existence of hell. After all, what was the Flood of Genesis or the conquest of Joshua if not a glimpse of future judgment? Hell does not demonstrate cruelty on God’s part, but it does demonstrate His Holiness and our moral accountability. Perhaps this is the real reason many people rail against the God of the Bible? It is not that they think He is a moral monster, but that they are afraid He is a moral Judge, and that has implications for our behaviour now. God is an Eternal Almighty Spirit Being and we as His creatures have Eternal souls and spirits so the punishment for our sins against Him must therefore also be Eternal but so must the reward for righteousness that's why He sent His Son Jesus to live a perfectly righteous and sinless Life (which none of us could ever possibly expect to do) suffer the humiliating and torturous death of crucifixion to shed His Own Blood willingly so that all who willingly accept His gift of salvation by grace through faith in Him will be saved and given Eternal life because that's what God wants is for us to willingly accept His gift of salvation and choose life. Exodus 21:20-21 literally speaks about capital punishment befalling anyone who mistreats their slaves so yes people are taking Scripture out of context to demonize God who literally promises that slaves who are mistreated under someone else's authority is to be avenged. When we hear the word “slavery” we think of innocent human beings, kept prisoner for life, having no rights under law and so reduced to animals. This is clearly immoral because it is unjust: the slave has done nothing to deserve the treatment. The situation described as “slavery” in the Bible was nothing like this. It is more accurately described as one of indentured servitude. Many “slaves” were indentured servants, working for a term of years Some other “slaves” were prisoners. There were no prisons. Prisoners had to work to live like everyone else. Some had life sentences. Some served a term and were released. People didn't beat their good slaves but treated them well and protected their assets thus. But no matter how rebellious a slave was, you couldn't just beat them to death. And if you knocked out their tooth or damaged their eye then you had to set them free. (Exodus 21:26). God wasn't using what other nations did because He wanted to set His Chosen People of Israel apart from the cruel, inhumane and unjust systems other cultures had so He gave them a fair way to treat their slaves and servants. There is a lot of ignorance on this topic which is understandable given the age we live in but it's not the nefarious set up we think of when we think of modern slavery. The question Atheists must ask themselves is how come the Jews aren't being accused of slavery and human trafficking if they're guilty of it in The Bible and why would white slave owners rip out pages from The Old and New Testament Scriptures to justify their owning blacks as slaves if The Bible already justified slavery?

What crime did you commit? What were you found guilty of?

I once had a dream that a hamburger was eating me!

@@neckutter1125 That's too deep for me.😅

BEAUTIFUL

@@2l84me8the 10 commandments are God’s moral law and we all have broken that law. We are all guilty and deserve hell. No one is good enough…no one is good but God. This is why Jesus died on the cross. He paid the price so we don’t have to. All we need to do is turn away from sin and put our faith and trust into Jesus. The only way to heaven is through Jesus. He is the only one that can save us from this sinful life.

But you are not a chattel slave, as condoned by God in the Bible.

@@cygnusustus Nor did I imply as much

@@livenotonevil8279 The issue is about chattel slavery. What was the point of bringing up indentured servitude?

@@cygnusustus That is entirely the point. Your definition of chattel slavery is not the Biblical definition or description of slavery.

@@tituslaird1265 "That is entirely the point. Your definition of chattel slavery is not the Biblical definition or description of slavery." Bzzzz! Sorry bucko. You lose again. Chattel slavery is defined as "the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work. Another definition is: "The condition in which one person is owned as property by another and is under the owner's control, especially in involuntary servitude." Leviticus 25 explicitly describes and condones chattel slavery. "44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. 45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour."

Wow

So you’re going to pray for the god that permitted slavery to help those hurt by slavery? This is your brain on religion.

​@@2l84me8Yes. Is it OK if we pray for white slaves too?

You mean the same that endorses slavery and gave the Israelitics instructions on how to buy slaves and own them as property. Leviticus 25: 44-46 And that slave masters can physically abuse slaves as long as they survive within 1-2 days. Exodus 21:20-21

Leviticus 25:44-46

In Ephesians Paul uses slavery as a metaphor to describe the human condition, with the choice of being a slave to sin or to God. He believed that slavery is an inevitable part of human existence, and that becoming a slave means giving up status. Paul also identified himself and good Christians as slaves of God, and gave slaves control over their own salvation.

@@sallylara1102 it's not a metaphor it's a literal condition. A slave does not get to decide what to do for himself but must do what someone else tells him

@@cosmictreason2242 Thank you for pointing out the obvious.

Romans 6:20-23 here is another one Romans 3:10-18 no one is good and seeks after God . And the accurate translation to Doulos is slave.

Exodus 20 says differently.

Paul's letter to Philemon

Indentured servitude

Well the abolitionists that fought to eradicate slavery were mostly Christians so I guess the Bible must be open to interpretation to have such drastically opposing views 😉

I probably don't have an accurate or biblical answer but what comes to mind is 'Render unto Ceasar' and 'the god (small g) of this world has blinded'. Like Daniel and Joseph, Christians exist and live within a world system at any given time. These systems aren't typically controlled by Christians, no matter how much they'd like to believe they do. Whether people like it or not, true believers would probably not treat slaves as merely animals or property but as fellow image bearers. These world systems on the other hand, would probably just recapture a freed slave and resell them to a new master. If you really think about it, a righteous master would be the safest place for such persons to stay with. They would be protected from the larger society (civilization). Just a personal opinion though.

A sexslave?

Amen Brother me too!

Don’t be ridiculous

@@user-rc2xs5ti2w ?

I am a Child of God 🤸🤸🤸♥️💫

More like a bunch of nonsense.

Typical atheist whining 🍼🍼🍼 waaah. From one whose only concern is to blaspheme others for ridiculous actions attributed to God who you hate. So theres nothing that he does that's right according to atheist logic. Exodus chapter 21:16 Expressly declares that kidnap of another human ( Mr humanist 😂 ) for the express purpose of selling or holding in ones possession is worth of the Death penalty. Go whine somewhere else.

Why does an all powerful god need servants for, again? Or do the church leaders simply want your obedience and money?

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@2l84me8He doesn’t need servants, he can make rocks do his will if he wants. Luke 19:40 But because he loves people enough that he would die for them, he sends out his people who have been eternally blessed with everlasting life to reflect his love, the church (all believers) to be a witness to the whole world. God doesn’t wish that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2nd Peter 3:9 I don’t entirely know the in’s and out’s to God’s reason why he’d use people as flawed as Noah, who got drunk, Abraham, who slept with his wife’s maid, Moses, who killed a man, David, who had committed adultery and murdered the adulteress’s husband, and many other people. But it really goes to show how patience and merciful he is, he came on this earth to die for his enemies. But God, though patient, will still have his day of justice. Those hypocrites who are just looking to get your money will get what they deserve, but same thing as liars, thieves, blasphemers, adulterers, murderers, and fornicators. There will not be a soul that will be innocent, so get right with God otherwise you’ll face the same fate as those money grabbing preachers.

@@2l84me8we are servants meaning He live thru us and we are to show others the way

@@SELAHPAUSE That didn’t answer my question at all. Where’s your evidence?

@@2l84me8God has no “needs”

Should the children who are being sex trafficked thank God?

@@user-gb3hu9nk3q You can't blame God for what people do to children or anyone else. If you did something wrong, should others get the blame also? These people will be punished for their actions unless they come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness.

Only if they have eyes to see…

And hear 👂 it out.

@@melissaculpepper7663 If only Christians were honest.

@@cygnusustus They are the biggest cherrypicking liars EVER.

The ancient Semites weren't white.

I don’t get it

@@DaveBoswell-lz3kc Mike Wallace was not an ancient Semite any more than Hitler was. And ancient Semites were all shades of brown just as Japhethites were.

@@christisking777 Wallace tried to discredit everything Morgan Freeman said because: A.) It didn’t agree with the Marxist CBS mantra of progressive racism and… B.) He was claiming that he wasn’t White even though it’s plain to see that he was.

@@Inmate533ah thank you! 🙏

1 PETER 2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Thanks God.

Free will is one thing, but the law given to Israel, who were God's chosen people, were literally given the permission to take sl. av. es. That's deeper than just an answer of "free will". It brings into question what God deems good, right and just if he allowed things that were abhorrent.

​@@tryphenarose384your comment sounds like you did not understand what they said. Exodus 21:16 says: Exodus 21:16 ESV‬ [16] “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. That was the slavery of early America, not the Bible. How does that line up with your comment? In God's letter to mankind, called the Bible, He talks about much that he does not condone but is true and is supposed to be used for us to learn more about Him. Most of the terms translated slave in the Bible actually would be more accurately translated as bondservant. Please check this out. You really have misunderstood this video and that term.

@mikeslater6246 He said its ok to beat slaves just as long as they didnt die within a few days. What a loving tyrant!

@@user-gb3hu9nk3q I'm not going to argue with a person who has no understanding at all of who God is and what his word, the Bible says. And obviously has no desire to learn.

@mikeslater6246 I have read the Bible and was a christian for 20 years. If there were no contradictions in the Bible there would not be over 1,000 different Christian denominations.

Jesus would have had blacks on his porch if he were here today.

Yup..but it NEVER SAYS OWN! Possession in lev25 is not possession by ownership but possession by debt contract, hence redemption (buyback from debt) by Redeemer Christ..of the world, Gentiles too. Read Deut15. Loans to rid poverty..Hebrews first then Gentiles

@@9432515 what do you think property is . Why would a servant need an awl through his ear to show he is mine for life?

@@9432515 Property being owned is one who wears the awl,🤦‍♂️

@@9432515 Interesting. I didn't see that before. Will read.

Well that’s not completely true. That’s like saying we are not supposed to eat meat because in the beginning it was not so. But we know that Christ ate fish. With that being said God did command Israelites and gave liberty to them to have chattel sl@ves. And also when he saves the Israelites and puts them back into the land, they are going to have servants again.

All of those things factor into why men could also take sl. av. wives as well, right?

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot being a servant to the right master isn’t a bad thing. Look how Satan turned out, he rebelled against God because he saw himself as a slave while ignoring the benefits and love that God had for him in heaven. Now he’s exercising his free will for evil just like how people in this corrupt world are doing. And i can tell that it was better to be a slave in Israel than a pagan nation that world literally use you for abominable rituals. But my point of quoting Matthew 19:8 was to show that slavery (of this world) was never the will of God, but God allowed it. Just like how the Bible saids God Hates divorce but He allows it under certain grounds.

@@JESUS_IS_KING777_12 I mean God still allows divorce even in the New Testament but I get what you’re trying to get at. However, it doesn’t work in the cases of slavery because he still allows slavery and that the Israelites are going to have slaves in the future… The specific scripture I’m talking about in the Old Testament talks about the Israelites being able to be harsh and treat their slaves with rigor Leviticus 25:44-46

The "slavery" condoned in the Bible was not the slavery of early America. The slavery of the Bible was indentured servitude. And all of those slaves were required to be released in their 7th year. How does exodus 21:16 which requires all of those involved in American type slavery to have been put to death and Biblical "slaves" being released in their 7th year line up with your comment?

He doesn’t wanna talk about it nor does any other Christian because they can’t explain it. The Israelites are allowed to have slaves

@CP-dk8oi Christian that doesn’t want to explain it. Meaning a teacher someone who’s going to teach. That’s why I’m referring to people like in the video who are teaching other people

It’s about sojourners (those of foreign ancestry passing through Israel or temporarily dwelling there) who don’t have a permanent residence selling themselves into servitude to Israelites in order to escape poverty, homelessness, and death. However, in the same passage a few verses earlier, Israelites are counseled to freely help sojourners who are fallen on hard times.

@@chiefamongsinners16 sojourners of their OWN people. These other nations they can completely own and pass down as inheritance

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot Where does it say sojourners “of their own people?”

Forced to serve. Poor Hebrews and poor gentiles were forced to serve by debt. But it was a choice to take out a loan..as it is today, and yet another choice to have God absolve that debt (fin&sin) completely. Sin makes you a slave by force

"Slavery was different then" Nope. Under Mosaic law, foreign slaves were chattel slaves. They could be bought, sold, separated from their families, beaten, raped, killed, kept for life, and passed down as inherited property. Every specific reference to foreign slaves in the Bible is to deny them rights and protections afforded to Hebrew slaves. The treatment of foreign slaves was every bit as bad, or worse, than slavery in the Antebellum south. It was not voluntary, and it was not of economic benefit to the slave.

​@@cygnusustusThat is absolute nonsense....you clearly do not understand the Bible and as a sinner do not have the right to judge a holy, perfect, righteous God whose very grace you depend on for every breath you take.

@@ServantOfChrist_77 it’s nonsense that foreign people were allowed to be Israelites slaves that they could inherit? Are you sure? Leviticus 25:44-46 (CSB) 44 “Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves. 45 “You may also purchase them from the aliens residing with you, or from their families living among you -- those born in your land. These may become your property. 46 “You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly. I think you need to reread your Bible

@@ServantOfChrist_77 "That is absolute nonsense" Show me which claim was wrong, child.

@@cygnusustusCan you please reference the scriptures that support what you say about how foreign slaves could be treated under mosaic law? I’m trying to learn more about this topic.

He parrots bad arguments for the masses. The voice of the d.a.

God does take them Deuteronomy 32:39 KJV

God does take them Deuteronomy 32:39 KJV

God does take them Deuteronomy 32:39 KJV

God does take them Deuteronomy 32:39 KJV

​@indiawilkins9750 god in the Old Testament is not the same God Jesus talks about. That God in the old Testament is a monster.

This is a great point!

Except I have a choice to continue to do work or quit. These slaves have zero choice to quit and are forced to do work. Oh and masters can physically abuse their property as long as they survive within 1-2 days. Exodus 21:20-21

Not entirely true

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot it's literally "someone else has the authority to tell you what to do with your time, and the power to punish you for disobedience"

@@cosmictreason2242 not my point… my point is that you are trying to act as a slavery is like a normal job. I’m saying indentured servitude is part of slavery but the other part of slavery is Leviticus 25:44-46 which is Chatel slavery

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot the Bible doesn't endorse chattel slavery. Slavery was voluntary, property and marriage rights were retained, they were paid, it was forbidden to force someone into it and it was forbidden to return a runaway slave. And even minor workers comp injuries resulted in massive compensation. Slaves also had equal protection under the law as free citizens. The only rights they did not have was how to dispose of their own labor

I'm sorry, but if you're going to say that if you have an employer then you're a "slave", and in the next breath talk about Biblical slavery then you're just wrong. Apples and Oranges. Stand in front of a foreign lifelong chattel slave in the Bible and tell him you know how he feels because you have a job too. See how he would react. That statement is an slap in the face to the millions of people throughout history that have suffered horribly under the yoke of slavery. Shame on you

Yes

Why didn’t he start with that?

@@unveiledface What do you mean?

​@unveiledface The Old Testament God that is doing g all of those horrible things, don't sit right with me. That God cannot be the same God Jesus talks about in the New Testament.

@@marceld8961 God can chasten His people by bringing tribulation upon them. That is how God purifies and corrects His people and brings them to repentance.

But it's still chattel slavery lol by definition Chattel slavery means that one person has total ownership of another In Leviticus 25:44 - 46 the Israelites have complete ownership of another human being and get to pass them down as an inheritance.. and you can treat them harshly [Lev 25:44 CSB] “Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves. [Lev 25:45 CSB] “You may also purchase them from the aliens residing with you, or from their families living among you ​- ​those born in your land. These may become your property. [Lev 25:46 CSB] “You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot no, SLAVERY is ownership of another person without a covenant. That it can be voluntarily entered into for life doesn't make the nature of the treatment or rights any different. They could still buy their freedom with the wages they earned. They just weren't subject to the automatic release after 6 years

@@cosmictreason2242 read Leviticus 25:44-46

That is the MOST ignorant response I've ever read! Provide definitive proof!

Almost none were Jewish in fact.

That itself doesnt excuse gods actions

...and therefore....what?

​@@elibonham4388 God's actions _never_ need to be excused. Yours, on the other hand, _do._ When your Judgment Day arrives, as it will for _all_ of us, it will not be you judging God; it will be Him judging you. You are currently hostile to your Creator, without whom you would not even exist. In love, I urge you to reconsider your foolish position. Watch any of Ray's videos and understand that you, like every single one of us, have violated God's laws and commandments, and any of us whose sins are not forgiven, will receive God's just punishment: eternity in Hell, the most terrible thing imaginable. And even though you are at present God's enemy, He still offers you not only forgiveness, but also eternal life where there is no sin, no disease, no suffering. It's totally up to you; God does not force you to love or accept Him. But ... He also allows you to suffer the consequences of your choice. Admit to Him that you have sinned against Him, ask Him to forgive you through His son, the Savior, Jesus Christ, and His death and resurrection. Be genuinely sorrowful for your sin, turn away from it, and turn to God. Read His love letter to you (the Bible) daily, and ask Him to lead and guide you in righteousness. The Bible is clear: IF you seek Him, you WILL find Him. And, if you become born again as Jesus says you must, you will receive the miracle of a new heart and new desires. Peace, love and blessings.

@@elibonham4388 Slavery under Israel is slavery under the Most High God, which is freedom for those willing to choose it and live it. The only other option is the slavery under the lesser gods that all the nations are born into, the ones under whom you have been a slave your entire life. So why won't you give up your slavery to degeneracy and sensuality? Your gods hate you and they want you to go to the lake of fire. My God is the only one who wants to set you free but He won't until you choose it.

@@elibonham4388 Slavery under Israel is slavery under the Most High God, which is freedom for those willing to choose it and live it. The only other option is the slavery under the lesser gods that all the nations are born into, the ones under whom you have been a slave your entire life. So why won't you give up your slavery to degeneracy and sensuality? Your gods hate you and they want you to go to the lake of fire. My God is the only one who wants to set you free but He won't until you choose it.

Slavery is defined as owning another person.

@@user-gb3hu9nk3q or a slave to sin

@@user-gb3hu9nk3qpossession in lev25.44-46 is not possession by ownership but possession by debt contract. V23 defines the word

No , They would be very close to the truth ….

I love your comment!

@CP-dk8oiNo. it was all debt servitude. Read Deut15. God’s plan to rid poverty throughout the land..first Hebrews then Gentiles til no more poor exist. How? verse 6..loans. That’s why it’s all about redemption by Redeemer Christ. Possession in lev25 is NOT ownership possession but possession by debt contract. Gentiles were free after they paid their debt off in full. Hebrews had redemption by covenant..God married to the covenanted person absolved all debt, fin&sin. Gentiles had to pay off their debt themselves (fin&sin) no matter how long it took. UNLESS, they too bc covenanted, which is the entire point. Deut29.10-15.

The Bible not only allows for slavery, it actually requires it. So I like to cherry pick that part out.

The Bible not only allows for slavery, it actually requires it. So I like to cherry pick that part out.

“God is never ok with slavery ever…” And yet this God gave instructions about owning people as property and passing them down to their kids. And that masters can physically abuse their slaves as long as they survive within 1-2 days.

Happens to be the exact same level of legal protection the free man gets, in the same passage

@CP-dk8oi "died of the injury. " This is the thing you're reading into the text that isn't there. It is actually creating a statute of limitations, that you can't claim that a man died from a beating when he lived for several days after it. That is the same law for free and slave.

@CP-dk8oi the website biblehub has a dozen commentaries for every single verse, which allows you to see what others in different times and places, some pastors, some greek/Hebrew scholars, have said about the passage before. It is unlikely that a valid interpretation has not been considered, and so that's where you should go when you are uncertain of the meaning of a text, before you make up your mind on intuition alone

“Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly. From Leviticus 25:44-46. The God of the Bible endorses owning people as property.

"Compared to the surrounding cultures, the Bible was light years ahead of the “competition.” " Nope. The Mosaic laws were pretty similar to the laws of other nations. In some ways they were more harsh. Learn some history, buddy.

@@cygnusustus Nope, you’re just parroting propaganda you heard on RU-vid. Learn some real history pumpkin.

@@cygnusustus Lemme guess…you’re an atheist who wears a Star Wars T shirt has a Sam Harris fetish and supports “Palestine.”

But the Hebrews could not couldn't enslave their own people. The slaves were the heathen. That would be wicked Canaanite nations they were instructed to destroy but failed to carry that out. These nations had sacrificed people and came to the fullness of sin. Wicked like the Mayan civilization. I think there were even some cities that wanted the Hebrews to take them in as slaves during times of war. You will need to reference raping slaves though. Because they committed fornication with the heathen Moabites at Peor and as a result brought a deadly curse on themselves. Fornication was a serious sin. Which Jesus further made strict by saying lust is equal to adultery.

that rape is equal to fornication which is equal to lust which is equal to adultery and not permitted by Jesus' standard

@Cheeseshredder Where is that standard? It's certainly permitted, and promoted, by God's standard.

Jesus is Lord, we who are the true Israel are slaves to Him and His gospel as emphasized by the Apostle Paul. This is freedom! There will be no man in bondage in the kingdom. The only way you will be recognized as a member of the body and His kingdom is through surrender to His will and obedience made possible by the blood that covers us and the Holy Spirit indwelling making us righteous. Your blood will never save you, it only condemns you already. Trust in the savior.

@@banemaler there will be no bondage in the kingdom? You sure about that? I believe I just quoted the scripture that says otherwise.

@@ThrowAway-xy4ot Yes I am sure! Hermeneutics 101! Put your trust in the savior who fulfilled the law, not in your own work. Not one of us can keep the law but He did and is our perfection.

@@banemaler Isaiah 61:3-7 (KJV) 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: [men] shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 For your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. The nation of Israel receives the gospel and they get to get put back in their own land at which point will be built back up to the old status. And the other nations are going to be their servants feeding the flocks and doing fieldwork unlike the Israelites who are going to be priests and glorified …. I think you need to go back to hermeneutics 101

There is no slavery in the Bible

NO! EXODUS 21:16

@@mikeslater6246 kidnapping isn’t the same as slavery.🤦‍♂️😂 You do know that slaves were tricked into slavery by Jesus.

@@Chemosh418 I'm not going to play word games with you and you know nothing, repeat nothing, about Jesus. He did no such thing. You will answer to Him for the statements like that.

⁠@@mikeslater6246Jesus said take my yoke upon you. Not to mention Roman’s 6:18 says become slaves of righteousness. That’s the same as wearing shackles of righteousness if we are to take off the shackles of sin.

@@Chemosh418 the Bible forbids impressment. Roots was impressment. You said they're the same. You lied.

Hello how do you make such weekly?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.

Franca wellis ,I really appreciate her efforts and transparency..

I remember giving her my first savings $20000 and she opened a brokerage account for me it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.

This is a definition of God's unending provisions for his people. God remains faithful to his words. I receive this for my household.🙏🙏

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⁠ that is not true Leviticus 25:44-46 (CSB) 44 “Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves. 45 “You may also purchase them from the aliens residing with you, or from their families living among you -- those born in your land. These may become your property. 46 “You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly. This is not indentured servitude this is Chatel slavery. The Israelites are allowed to enslave the nations around them and keep them as an inheritance to pass down as their property to their children and children’s children. They also can treat them harshly …

Now if that were the case why didn’t they just say “employees” instead of slaves. Two very different concepts that could easily be distinguished in text, even back then.

@@chasebush7423 idk maybe it was just more relevant at the time. I havnt gone into an in depth study on this topic.

@@Yipper64 you don’t need to study it. It’s very straight forward. Christians believe the Bible is the word of god -> the Bible condones slavery in various verses throughout -> conclusion: god condones slavery. This has nothing to do with relevance but everything to do with morality

@@chasebush7423 The gods condone slavery to freely practising bestiality, child sacrifice and other land polluting atrocities that deserve complete annihilation. The Most High God condones slavery of those people so that they might live freely under Him and choose life by covenanting themselves to Him.

You should read Ephesians 2. It talks all about salvation, and really how to get it! Jesus explains it very clearly, how it's not earned at all, but rather by the grace of God, so that no one can boast and be like, "I worked harder than you for my salvation: [Ephesians 2:8-9] "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." And before you say "faith without works is dead-" [James 2:14-26], it's not talking about salvation, but rather the belief that one has. I can have faith in Jesus all I want, and say that I believe in Him, but even Satan and his demons believe in Him, and tremble at his name- [Verse 19]. This shows that Christians would need to act on their faith. [Hebrews 11:1] says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Later in the chapter it mentions Rahab (the woman that helped to hide the spies in Jericho. She revered God, and had faith- she knew what God was capable of and how he backed his people. She made an agreement with the two spies, and she fulfilled her part of it. When Jericho was destroyed, her and her family was spared. Another example of great faith was Abraham regarding him and Sarah having a son. The man was over 100, and his wife was over 90! To the regular human eye, that seems impossible, and I'm certain it was a struggle as well, but nothing is impossible with God [Luke 1:37]. After 25 years of waiting and believing, Issac was born. He even displayed faith with action to God when God asked him to sacrifice Issac. Abraham loved his son, and I'm sure he probably felt like it was a terrible thing to do. But he understood that God knows what he knows, and is just and righteous. Either way right before he was about to go through with it, an angel told him to stop. It was a test of his faith, and boy did he pass. Issac lived on, and a sacrificed ram was given to God instead. This is all in [Genesis 21 & 22]. You remember "Doubting Thomas?" He was disciple of Jesus that wasn't around when Jesus appeared to the other disciples after he resurrected. Even they didn't believe it at first. But after, when Thomas came around and they told him that they saw Jesus, he said, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”. [John 20:24]. Jesus comes again a week after, and Thomas finally sees him. This "blind faith in blood sacrifice of a human being" is blessed according to Jesus. Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”- Jesus is returning again someday. Jesus's name Emmanuel means "God with us." God came down into human form. Jesus is not just any man. He is the Son of God, the Father is in Him and He is in the Father. The same power that can forgive sins can heal the sick and bring us to salvation. The book of Mark tells us who Jesus is, if you want to know. God didn't create us to be sinners, but we DID choose that for ourselves. Adam and Eve disobeyed God- yes Satan through the serpent deceived them, but they still made the choice to eat the fruit! And there were many consequences as a result. And a fair judge, not a flawed one is used for the analogy. God is righteous, fair and just. [Psalm 25:8-10]. He shows no partiality [Romans 2:11-12]- other words, no favoritism, similar to how a judge shouldn't. Obviously it's not a 1 to 1 comparison regarding God being able to create the world, but when it comes to salvation and forgiveness it's actually quite spot on. Another good one is Jesus being like a doctor/physician: “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance,” [Mark 2:17]. Doing sins do in fact go against God- and because we have desire to sin, that's why the flesh is described as being 'at enmity with God.' [Romans 8:7]. That's why Jesus says repeatedly to deny our flesh and follow him instead- “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." [Matthew 16:24]. In other words, there is nothing we can do to earn our own salvation- that's completely by God's grace, and the Bible says so very clearly. It's a comfort to me because it helps me to focus on God and on Jesus and how to be like Him, rather than focusing on being a morally perfect person- which is something none of us can do. Following Jesus' example, taking His words and applying them to our lives is paramount. If we struggle, no worries! That's why we can talk to Him, and develop that relationship with Him! The more we hang out with Him, the more we begin to look like Him. [Proverbs 13:20-25]. Having that relationship with Him is important to developing it, and when we get the Holy Spirit (which comes by being saved)[1 Corinth. 12:13 & more] we are able to develop the fruits of that spirit. Sending love to you!

Owning another person is slavery.

@@user-gb3hu9nk3q If the person makes the choice, and has rights to even leave, you are comparing apples to oranges.

@@TickedOffPriestBuying and owning a person is slavery!

@@TickedOffPriest Except that foreigners could not leave. Which means it’s slavery.

Noah's family were all descendants of Seth. So none of Cain's family could have survived the flood. They all drowned.

@CP-dk8oi sources identify Naamah as the wife of Noah and as one of his kinsmen. There doesn't appear to be any source identifying the kinsmanship of his son's wives so there is a possibility that they are descendants of Cain. But it is my belief that the final punishment for Cain was the total annihilation of his family line which would have been accomplished at the flood. But admittedly that is a subjective opinion.

Alot of Bible scholars believe around the world ,some kenites or offspring of saten survived ,and some believe that God said take tw0 of every flesh,,meant take a fertile couple from every race, the races where created on the 6th day .all the races.this means Asian Caucasian ,the Black race and so on.And they were on the Ark. ADAM AND EVE were created on the8th day they are where Cain and Abel, Seth etc were born .Abel Father was Adam .Cain Father was Saten

@mikeslater6246 It does not say that all drowned,as we have different races today Asian Black's Whites etc HOW did they survive the flood for they are certainly here today and the wicked Kenites are here causing all kinds of troubles for mankind ,especially Christians

That's true and not true. God made man from Adam and Noah however he divided them into different nations and gave those different nations different inheritance... furthermore there are certain judgments for certain Nations...

Not to disagree but if we've bought clothes at a department store, a smartphone, or a natural diamond ring, our support of slavery has been more significant and direct

@@cosmictreason2242 yes, true we contribute to evil everyday which makes the need for Gods mercy even greater.

@CP-dk8oi nope. Christian thinking

It was not ownership possession but possession by debt contract…loans (Deut15.6) to rid poverty throughout the land. Hebrews first then Gentiles. That’s why it’s all about redemption (buyback from debt- fin&sin by Redeemer Christ of the world).