The ritual shaming of white people is a hatred for how we as white persons have been made in the image of God. When the Apostle Paul had to boast because his authority was being denigrated, he did so, giving the glory to God for his giftings and graces as an Apostle, yet insisting upon His apostolic calling and message as being equal with Peter and all the other Apostles (see the book of Galatians and other places in the New Testament). But Paul even speaks of his being "of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews" (Philippians 3) because others were boasting of their pedigree, though Paul exhorts to not boast in the flesh but have confidence rather in God and His saving grace. Yet he notes, if anyone is going to boast in the flesh, he can do so more than all of them.
Paul has an extended discourse on these matters in 2 Corinthians 10-12, of boasting in his accomplishments and equality with the chief Apostles when he has to do so, to defend his ministry and calling and the fruit of his labors by false Apostles and others who were denying or undermining it. It is clear today that the white race in general is being undermined by some of other nations and races, and indeed by some of their own race and nations. Therefore, the need of the hour is some foolish "holy boasting" as Calvin would call some of Paul's words in the book of Galatians, defending his Apostleship. Before we embark on this holy boasting of the white people out of necessity to those who are despising us and lying about us, remember again that Paul himself in 2 Corinthians 11 denied that he was inferior to the most eminent apostles, saying that even though he was untrained in speech, he was not in knowledge (11:6). He says if others will boast of the flesh, he also will do so as necessary, affirming again that He is a Hebrew, an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, and that as a minister of Christ, he is even more than these other foolish boasters, for his labors are more abundant, Paul says he has suffered more than others for Christ, has received more visions and revelations than other ministers in Christ, and even says with all these blessings and privileges the Lord has given Paul, so that he would not be "exalted above measure" he was also given a messenger of Satan, a thorn in the flesh. When Paul pleaded three times for this to be taken away and the Lord said no but that His grace and strength were sufficient for Paul, even in this Paul said he will boast in his infirmities so that the power of Christ would rest upon him (see 2 Cor. 12).
In fact, back in 1 Corinthians 15, even when Paul refers to himself as the "lest of the Apostles" because of his former persecuting of the churches before his conversion, even then he adds that by God's grace he "labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me" (1 Cor. 15:10). And so let it be said and made clear up front, that whatever "holy boasting" is done to speak of the blessings that the white peoples and nations have been given throughout history, it is indeed a blessing and privilege coming from God, His care and providence, and He should receive all the praise, thanks, and glory ultimately for giving such to us.
Given this, now please recognize -- your race, ancestry, heritage, family, and culture are interconnected blessings from God. They are part of your constitution in a real sense. It is part of who you are, even as maleness or femaleness is part of who you are. These national and racial differences are ordained by God and are not "erased" even in heaven, just as we will still be men or women in heaven (see Rev. 7:9, etc.). God blesses and curses not only individual persons, but also families (households), more extended families (tribes), cities, communities, and nations. Think of Achan and his family stoned to death in Joshua 7. Think of the iniquity of the Canaanites being filled up and God calling the Israelites to be his magistrates of justice to kill them all, in some cases every man, woman, and child. Think of God's judgment on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, or Jesus in Matthew 10 telling His disciples that when they come to entire towns and cities to find who is worthy in it, to seek out worthy households, and if they are not received to depart from that "house or city" and to "shake off the dust from your feet". "Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!" You can see the woes that Jesus pronounces on particular cities in Matthew 11:24 for their hard-hearted refusal to repent; Christ says to Chorazin and Bethsaida that they are worse than Tyre and Sidon of old, worse than Sodom, and their judgment will be greater than these notoriously wicked cities on the day of judgment. Of course, it isn't cities that go to hell, it is people. It is the Sidonians Jesus is cursing here, a particular people group or subset of a race. The Apostle Paul wasn't opposed to making "racist" remarks for the good of that race of people! Consider Titus 1:12, "One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. ”This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith." You cannot claim this somehow only was true or applied in the Old Testament era, because Jesus affirms the same things in His ministry and calls His apostles to behave the same way in their ministry, even after Christ has risen and ascended back to heaven. So it needs to be said, that it is good to be a man. Further, it is good to be a white person, and even a white man. If you think saying this implies hatred of non-whites or non-males, I hope you can see how brainwashed you have been, frankly that most all of us have been. We are taught to denigrate men in general, and white people in general, and often in particular as well, especially white Christian men. Ungodly and unwarranted and excessive hatred is flowing first and foremost against whites, and even white women with the stabbings we have seen on subways, etc. The truth is, the giftings and graces that God has given to whites are great, despite what sins we have as a people both today and historically. It is certainly true and must not be forgotten that our natural blessings and superiorities mean nothing eternally if we do not have Jesus Christ and receive Him as Lord and Savior. And yet in this life they are meaningful (there is a reason certain other races and countries want to flood the United States and European countries, and it is in part because the white peoples have generally developed better standards of living, laws, wealth, prosperity, wisdom, opportunity, and yes, by God's grace our religion has been generally more Christian, etc.), and more importantly, God has been gracious to save many Europeans, many sons of Japheth in His grace and kindness. When has India, for example, ever been considered a "Christian nation"? And yet Europe was the cradle of Christianity after Christ, and from them emerged the godly men settling the New World and forging the Americas, and thus the American people, of our nation today.
I just saw a solid, Reformed PCA pastor today quote the renowned Dutch Reformed Theologian Herman Witsius (1636–1708) in his The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man (which you can buy from Joel Beeke's Heritage Books here: Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man, 2 Volumes (Witsius) - Reformation Heritage Books), and this is what Witsius had to say, "it is certain, that the faith of Christ, from the days of the apostles, has chiefly flourished in Europe, and in those parts of Asia, which fell to Japheth’s lot.”
This is Witsius's comments on Genesis 9:27, which says "May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem". Witsius also noted that Greeks and Romans, who are descendants of Japheth, dwelt in Shem's tents both "literally" insofar as they "invaded a great part of Asia" but also "mystically" because "the posterity of Japheth is the principal part of the church of the Gentiles".
Now these are incredible blessings, both natural in terms of dominion and rule among the nations of this world, and also and most importantly supernatural blessings of the Christian faith most flourishing among the European peoples of all the Gentiles. In other words, God has saved many white people, white nations, descendants of Japheth, and that is a great blessing that we should not deny or pretend isn't real or true.
Yet today in the Western World, whites are supposed to apologize or even hate who they are, their history and heritage. Their blood and skin is supposed to symbolize shame, guilt, and former wickedness. Well, if we want to judge by skin color as a marker of race, ancestry, and heritage, I'll take my white skins over the black skins and the redskins and the yellow skins in terms of ethics and religion and culture and history and development and contributions to the world, when viewing things from 10,000 feet above the ground. I desire the Gospel to go to all nations and races and places and sanctify all peoples. I pray for Christians and Christian churches of every tribe, tongue, and nation. I have a love and care for all races and peoples of the world, as image bearers of God and as we are all descended from Adam. But my love is not Egalitarian. it is not equal. It should not be. That would be sin. You should love your own people the most, your own spouse and children (household), your more extended family (kin, clan, tribe, whatever you want to call it), your ancestry should be meaningful to you above the ancestries of others that do not belong to you. You should as men look to other great and godly men of today and yesterday to model your life after, and not other women (because you are not a woman!). This of course is getting to what is called "ordered loves". We must have stronger love and affection for those nearest and dearest to us, and those out to be those of our own household, both natural family and Spiritual family/the Church. This is why I can pray for my country to win a just war against a wicked and evil nation, and that more in that nation would die and their wickedness be destroyed so that we as a people and nation are delivered from that evil, while at the same time praying for any and all Christians and churches in that wicked and evil nation, that the Lord would somehow spare them, even as Rahab of the wicked Canaanites and her household were spared so long ago with the destruction of Jericho. We as white persons, as Americans, must stand against the transing of our nation and the weakening and diluting of our nation and its blood, history, and heritage with ungodly and inferior foreign peoples. We can and should pray for such foreigners, that they would come to Christ and be saved, and then sanctify their own homeland that God has given to them. We ought to pray for Christians of other countries facing fierce persecution, whether from their own people and government of foreign powers. We do that every Sunday in our worship service. But we must not think that Jesus commands or desires the dissolving of nations and races, even as He does not desire the dissolving or confusion of the sexes. Certainly, over generations descendants may change from one nation or race to another, through intermarriage and migration, etc. But is that really much different than saying from my loins has come not just male sons, but female daughters? Today we want to flatten all differences between male and female, between nations and races and ancestries and cultures of peoples into one. We are told if we make any differences between sex and race/nation, we are wicked. On the other hand, the same people who tell us that tell us that the white race is particularly evil, and white men are the pinnacle of wickedness. In truth, white men by God's kindness have been in much of history something closer to the pinnacle of decency and development throughout the world. If you want to Make America Great Again, it will have to come with great repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, and it will have to return to a supermajority of white persons once again. Why, because only whites can be saved? No, perish the wicked thought. God has His elect people in every tribe, tongue, and nation. But rather, because every nation to return to its former greatness and glory, must return to its predominant people. If Japan, which is something like 98% Japanese, over the next 30 years was reduced to 60% Japanese by foreign influence, foreign religion, culture, ethics, etc., what would need to happen in order to make Japan great again? You guessed it. It would need to be a return to the almost exclusively Japanese people, practicing their culture according to their history and heritage, God willing leavened thoroughly this time with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so that their religion (and its cultural aspects tinged by religion) is no longer Shinto-ism or Buddhism, but Christianity. To many, it won't matter how clear I or others are, you will call all of this ungodly hatred and racism and bigotry. But it is really just reality, history, a rightly ordered love, and a striving to glorify God as He has made us, as male and female, within our particular, tribe, tongue, and nation. This pleases God and glorifies Him. I will not be ashamed of how God has made me, and the blessings He has given me and my people. I will also not deny or ignore the sins of my own white people, historically or today, but I will not exaggerate them or allow my ancestors to be tarnished. I will honor my fathers, and thereby honor my heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I will also be thankful for the blessings that God has given to other nations and races of people, for their gifts and graces, no matter how great or how small they may be. May you do the same, whether male or female, in honoring your own tribe, tongue, and nation as well, and make them great again, in the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. As for me and my people, I do pray that the Lord would bless and keep us, and bring us to fresh repentance and return us to former glories, both natural and spiritual, if He would be so gracious and kind. And I pray we would use those blessings in humility to serve Him, to serve our own people, and indeed, to serve and aid foreigners in the flesh and strangers to God's covenant, that they would more greatly flourish in their own lands, and best of all, have the light of Gospel grace poured out in their nations, so that they indeed are a nation that knows and serves the Lord, with their kings bringing glory to Him.
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