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Act 17:26  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation

The scripture is extremely accurate in all that it says. So when someone quotes Acts 17:26 trying to make a commonality among all men everywhere, either the scripture is wrong or our understanding of the verse is wrong.

There are eight different types of blood when you consider A, B, AB and O plus positive or negative of each. Then there are the alternate genes or alleles that are very much different among the different races. There are many of these alternate gene types. The wrong blood given to a person can be very dangerous. We are not all of one blood.

Since the scripture is correct then it must be our understanding of the verse. The word all in the phrase “all nations of men” is from the Greek pas which means “a part of all” men. To consider all two legged men on the face of the planet ignores the context. The translators did the best they could considering that the Koine Greek was unknown at the time of the first translations. All translations since must be fairly agreeable with the KJV or they just do not sell well.

I am aware that many translations do not have the word blood. These still misinterpret one as one man from all men everywhere rather than one from a part of all.

Remember that Adam was not the father of all men of all races. The name Adam is a description. To show blood in the face, to blush, rosy cheeks. Only a pure white man can blush. Those of other races who are pure, not of mixed blood can not show blood in the face or have rosy cheeks.

Context is very important. The book of Acts is a history of those of Israel fulfilling prophecy by becoming known as Christians. This is the answer to several prophecies in Hosea chapters one and two. In this case the word blood is very similar to the word generation in meaning. It is a single group of people who are kin and descend from one or one blood.

According to each religion’s writings:

Judaism (Phariseeism) teaches that “even the best of Christians should die” and the Old Testament is for idiots and children. Islam wants to remove body parts, enslave or execute.

Christianity teaches that we should be at peace with all men as much as is possible, Romans 12:18. Christianity also teaches physical separation.

"Come out of her, my people", Revelation 18:4

and

2 Corinthians 6:17 "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate (to set off by boundary), saith the Lord, and touch not (to attach oneself to) the unclean; and I will receive you".

"Live in the world, but not of the world. Don't be conformed to the world." Romans 12:2

Today the only one expected to compromise beliefs is Christianity. None of the other will even consider it. Scripture teaches that we should not either. That is one reason scripture teaches that we live separated from people of other beliefs.

From the text of Scripture and Jasher we know that men were genetically destroying God’s creation.

Genesis 6:12 "And God looked upon the land, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the land.

Scripture says that all men and beasts had been corrupted in the land. Jasher says:

Jasher 4:18 "And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole land and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the land, all men and all animals."

But scripture tells us:

Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

The word generations is from the Hebrew Strong’s number 8435 which says:

From H3205 (plural only) descent, that is family, (figuratively) history.

Noah was perfect in his genetics. His family was not corrupted.

So the leaders of the people were taking any woman they wanted, polluting the family line of the women they stole. That is adulteration, adultery. God also calls it confusion. They also were guilty of mixing animals in an unnatural way. That is also adultery. That is confusion.

Men are doing much the same today. The family lineage is no longer sacred or protected. Young women are not protected and can no longer produce children that are only theirs and their husband’s.

Men are mixing animals creating hybrids. Worse yet men are mixing animal and human genes and DNA and thus poluting God’s creation. Those who took the poison shot also have been modified.

This behavior is what brought the flood in the days of Noah. It won’t be water this time. Repent!

In scripture, the word generation is from a word that means a group of people all from the same kin. The Greek word “genos” is where we get our English word genetic and race. When scripture mentions generations, it is talking about a single related people.

The Greek word for nation is “ethnos”. It is where we get our word ethnic. In scripture it is a people who are kin, that is, of the same race.

The word for Adam is a description of a white man with rosy cheeks, one who can blush. The distortion comes from churches teaching that Adam and Eve were the parents of all men of all races. This ignores the meaning of the word Adam and the focus and continuity of scripture.

Context really is the key to understanding the meaning and intent of scripture. It is often ignored in order to teach a universal religion that is not found in scripture.

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light".

Previously I quoted 1 Peter 2:9 and showed how the highlighted words were defined by scripture as Israelites only. Peter wrote to Israelites.

1 Peter 1:1-2  "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

In the above quote “strangers scattered” in the Greek means “resident foreigners of the dispersion”. These were Israelites who were dispersed by God to Assyria and Babylon and later escaped those captivities. In verse two scripture defines the word “elect”.

Isaiah 45:4a "For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name".

Foreknowledge is important and refers only to Israel.

Romans 8:29 "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."

The mention of the “sprinkling of the blood” of Jesus would only be understood by a people familiar with the Mosaic sacrifices now covered by Christ.

Peter also mentions inheritance, the prophets and old testament quotes, the significance of which would not be understood by any without a history in Israel.

1 Peter, as well as 2 Peter, was written to Israelites of the dispersion. The modern day Jews are not Israelites.

All the phrases and words shown here are directly tied to Israel. To make these words about any other people destroys the continuity of scripture and the meaning intended by God. Many preachers and teachers misuse the following verses ignoring scripture’s definitions.

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light".

Now here are verses that define all the terms used in 1 Peter 2:9.

Exodus 19:5-6 "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine". And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel."

Deuteronomy 14:2 "For thou art an holy people unto Yahweh thy God, and Yahweh hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth."

Deuteronomy 26:18 "And Yahweh hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments".

Titus 2:14 "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

1 Chronicles 16:13 "O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones".

Psalms 135:4 "For Yahweh hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Isaiah 41:8 "But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend."

Isaiah 44:1 "Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen".

The Old and New Testaments have continuity. In the Hebrew and Greek they teach a unified doctrine. God does not change. The same goes for words and their meanings. In all the cases sighted each phrase or word are a description of God’s true Israel. In the one example of the word redeem, by the Law of the Kinsman redeemer, redemption is only for Israel. The modern day Jews are not Israelites.