Walking With You

♡ Black Hebrew Isrealites (My Opinion on This Theory) ♡

Hello, brothers and sisters!

This read is going to be slightly different than my previous works on this book. A long, long time ago, @Immortal_Imagination (sorry this was so late) asked me for my opinion on Black Hebrew Isrealites. If you do not know (like I didn't) what that is, I encourage you to look into it and decide for yourself.

After considering the way to talk about this subject (I did not find as much information up front about them as I had hoped), I decided that a common sense answer made the most sense.

In essence, the question is "What race did the Hebrews originate from?"

My answer is that there would be various reasons to believe that the Hebrews/Isrealites were of African descent, but that other considerations should be taken account of and are relevant.

A good reason to believe that the Hebrews are of that particular lineage is the geological placement of Isreal and the famous lands Hebrews often resided in or around (especially Eygpt).

However, I must counteract by saying that there were likely a lot of interracial/intercultural mixes that occurred in this family tree, and this means that they do not have to be directly of African descent.

The reason this is uses the same basis for its argument: geography. The fact that the Hebrews often resided in traditionally "African" areas, but made a nation in a particularly cooler area (further from the Equator) can point to the possiblity that the Hebrews not only "moved around" often, but we're definitely effected by the changes that occurred because of that displacement.

To put this into perspective, UV rays from the Sun affect our skin cells (this is why we get skin cancer). It is commonly believed that having many generations live further from places where the Sun is closest (AKA the Equator) can cause the skin to lighten, because darker colors are the sign of more intense heat absorbation. This makes sense if you think about the types of races that are predominate in different parts of the world.

Also, factor in the interracial/intercultural mixes and you have yourselves a mess of different peoples from different places all apart of one community.

It's pretty neat if you think about it, and I think this would mean that God includes all; black, white, yellow or red.

So the logical conclusion to me is that, over time, there was transitions of color because of the locations the people of God often resided in or moved towards. I would say that as they migrated towards the north, they effectively became "cooler" colors.

I'd even go as far to say that the original Isrealites were transitional in color (between black and white, like in the modern Middle East, Mexico, and Asia [I'm sorry if there's a correct terminology for it, I am unaware of it]).

Disclaimer: This is my take on this issue, however, I will remind you that I am no expert and that I do not wish to attack or discriminate against anyone I mentioned in this work. I encourage you all to decide for yourself how you feel about this issue (I did not choose to talk about their personal theologies and other faith-based topics for that reason). Also know that I may not have the entire story, but I hope it was as accurate as I could make it. Feel free to comment below about anything here, especially if it's wrong. I will definitely try and find the correct information. Thank you for reading!

Blessed be!

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(If you have a question, please feel free to let me know down in the comments or through PM! I'd love to try and answer it for you!)

This is dedicated to @Immortal_Imagination! Thank you for the question!