True Narrative ft. Wrath and Grace Lyrics

What do the Scriptures say about the concept of Race?

Turn with me to First Peter 2:9 to set the stage

When he says "You're a chosen race" speaking to the Church

Isaiah 43:20 is the quote in Peter's words

We see the word "RACE" - it's genos in the Greek text

He's quoting from the Septuagint - yep, the LXX

Where is genos first used in the Greek Old Testament

It's found 11 times in chapter 1 of Genesis

It's used for the various kinds or species

Of sea-creatures, land-animals, birds, or seed-trees

But before His work of creation was finished

God created human beings - they're made in His image

Yet genos is not used for human beings

Contrary to Darwin there aren't different human species

The only distinction is Male and Female - in God's sight

What "kind" of creatures are humans, then? We're God-like

So, when is "Genos" used for humans in Genesis?

Not until the Tower of Babel in 11:6

Referring to humanity, the Holy One States

"Behold - they're one people" - in the LXX - they're one race

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

In the covenant of works, Adam represents us:

Life if he obeys, if he sins - death's the sentence

His sin disqualified us all from divine communion

Enemies with God and man, divided in our pride we're ruined

But God promised a Seed to provide us union

By faith in Christ, through Him we have life

Now there's two kinds of humans

The seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent

The seed of the woman through Seth - God redeems them for worship

The seed of the serpent are like their father the devil

They seek to destroy image of God - awfullest rebels

They're gathered at Babel - unified in their wickedness

Their business is to build a temple to heaven - you get the gist

An idolatrous temple for the glory of self

Like Adam before when he fell, they deserve the torments of hell

Led by Satan to build a temple-city counterfeit

So God comes down, and announces He renounces it

Confuses their language, disperses and scatters them

Into their clans, languages, and nations in chapter 10

But through Abraham's offspring they'll be gathered in

When He takes the wrath for sin on behalf of all attached to Him

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

Every person descends from Shem, Japheth or Ham

Now distinguished by their languages, nations and clans

Like Adam sinned with fruit, Noah's drunk from grapes and sinned

Ham repeats Satan sin - exposes Noah's nakedness

Like God gave a curse to Satan, God curses Canaan

But is this curse when Africans had the worst enslavement?

Actually, that interpretation is for sure mistaken:

Africans are not descendants on the earth from Canaan

The curse occurred in the Canaanite Conquest

When God said Joshua must slaughter Canaanites who were godless

And the curse ultimately fell on Christ for Canaanites

Like Ruth, Rahab, and Uriah who were saved by faith in Christ

The Living God will dwell in the tents of Shem

Hamites, Japhethites can be saved by One who descends from Him

Unlike Babel, with a tower tryna' reach the heavenlies

Yahweh's stairway from heaven comes down in Jacob's precious dream

Just as God promised Shem's son, Abraham

Through his grandson Jacob He'll bless every nation, clan

Genesis 35, He renames him Israel

Says a company of nations will come from him - it's pivotal

"Qahal" - the Hebrew word for company, or congregation

Can also be translated as a "A Church of nations" - Genesis 28:3; 35:11

Isaiah 43 - Israel's His "chosen people" - Isaiah. 43:20

His chosen race, which Peter calls the Church, Jesus' sheepfold!

By faith all who are risen with Christ

Are grafted into the (True) Vine, Jesus the True Israelite

United to Christ - His Gentile, Jewish Family

In union with the New Man, they're His New Humanity

The Son, He was slaughtered to make us One with the Father

And make us one with each other, as His sons and His daughters

The Last Adam was cursed to come gather His Church

At Pentecost the Spirit poured out - Babel's reversed

CRT creates division based on man-made distinctions

But the Bible's answer is still the Great Commission

To make disciples of Christ from all nations

Rev. 5:9 and 7:9, we see they're all praising

Both passages allude to Genesis 10 and Daniel 7

His chosen race assembled by the Son of Man of Heaven

Although from distinct nations and clans

United around the throne of the Lamb they stand as brethren

The Bible is nothing short of the Lord's glorious narrative

So if you're in Christ, this is your story - your heritage

Thus race-based guilt, God does not impute to them

They're as righteous as Christ is, who removed our sin

So your brother in Christ is a truer kin

Than those not in Christ with the same hue of skin

By the Spirit, we're already renewed within

Soon, we'll dwell with Him in His Temple-City, the New Jerusalem

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ

The True Narrative - There's One Adamic Fallen Race

His chosen Race are all His saints, called by His Sovereign Grace

There's no categories of Black or of White

Your status with God is if you're in Adam or Christ