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Listener Comment  - Adam means ruddy
[Warning - This listener comment is racist and is not typical of listeners of this ministry. We include this comment and our answer to it in hopes of correcting  any who have been brainwashed with similar racist arguments.] Dear alleged teacher, Adam means ruddy--means one who can blush. Only one group of people can blush. Whites. I remember people like you when I went to temple as a child. "liberals"' self haters' why you try to uplift a CHAY--BEAST to be equal with YHWH's creation ADAM is unbelievable. its because you're just another Canaanite who has no racial identity because your not from YHWH he didn't create you. and not only that you Canaanites have interbred with every scum race on earth so your gene pool is so corrupt you cannot tell a CHAY from an ADAM You are no different from the evolutionists and you pretend not to be politically correct and presenting the truth when you are presenting the exact same nonsense this is why I ran away from JEWS for most of my life ... you have no identity because you are a Canaanite not an Israelite ***obscenities*** I have no time to waste schooling you as it would not even work as you are what you are as YHWH's word says there is no way to change you and you will burn with the rest of the Canaanite snakes when the time comes.

Tsiyon Answer - Adam means ruddy = "One Blood"

If I understand you correctly you are saying that Adam was "white" because his name means "ruddy". Therefore, in your opinion, everyone who is not pure "white" (if such were possible) is of a corrupted gene pool and is therefore not even human. Is that about the gist of it?

I'm probably wasting my time to try and reason with that position, but just in case you got where you are because of bad teaching let me ask you a few questions that might help you to see the corner you've got yourself painted into.

1. Adam means "ruddy." Ruddy means "red" - not white. If we follow your logic to its rightful conclusion wouldn't that mean that the red man, as in native Americans, are the "real" sons of Adam and the "white" people are doomed along with everyone else who isn't a red man? Are you really so foolish that you would hate the whole race of mankind (other than those just like you) on the basis of this kind of nonsensical argument?

What about this verse?

And He made every nation of men of ONE BLOOD, to live on all the face of the earth, ordaining fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling. Acts 17:26

Hey, blood is RED. Ruddy means RED. EVERY NATION OF MEN bleeds the same color - RED! Every nation of men is of the ONE BLOOD of Adam ... What about EVERY NATION do you not understand?

2. What if you or I were part Canaanite? Would that mean we are doomed? What about Rahab? How is it that she, being a Canaanite, was joined to Israel through faith? What about the fact that she was married to Salmon, who fathered Boaz, who fathered Obed, who fathered Jesse, who fathered the anointed of YHWH, David? Is David not a true Israelite because his "gene pool was corrupted" with Canaanite blood? How about Messiah who springs from David? Is He also doomed because He is not a "pure" Israelite? Since the nation of Israel received David, with known Canaanite ancestry, as king, then doesn't that prove that they did/do not hold your racist doctrine? (Joshua 6, Matt 1:5, Heb 11:31, James 2:25)

3. You imply you are quite proud of being a "pure" Israelite. Are you so ignorant of the history of Israel that you do not know that people from many races were intermarried with the forefathers? Notice what happened when Israel was delivered from Egypt:

And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from little ones. And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks, and herds, very much cattle. Exodus 12:37-38

 A "mixed multitude" joined themselves to Israel in the Exodus. This is Egypt, in north Africa we are speaking of. Do you suppose there were no people of color in that "mixed multitude" escaping Egypt, joined to Israel? What does the word "mixed" mean? What does the word "multitude" mean? At this late date how many "Israelites" do you think there are who have no "mixed" blood in their family line? YOU maybe? I sincerely doubt it!

Your position is not logical or even possible. Don't you get it? Scattered Israel comes in all colors of mankind! Further, the Gospel is open to all men and women of faith, of every nation. As Peter/Kefa said:

Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is acceptable to Him." Acts 10:34-35

Let me tell you something about "racial identity." There is only one race - the race of mankind. Being of the race of Adam (and the 2nd Adam) is my "racial identity." Perhaps you meant to say "Israelite Identity?" "Israel" IS my national identity. I share that national identity with fellow-Israelites who are being gathered out of every nation, language and tribe of mankind - all subjects of the King of Israel - Y'shua Messiah. They are all my brothers and sisters in Him, regardless of externals, and I love them all as He loves them all. My advice to you is to drop all that racial hatred nonsense and start loving those persons of every nation who love Messiah and whom Messiah loves. After all, being a follower of Messiah is about loving one another. ( Acts 17:26, 1 Cor 15:45, Jn 13:34+35)