Ken Ham - One Blood for Kids: What the Bible Says about Race

First printing: August 2018 Fourth printing: October 2021

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Note to ParentsWhy It Matters

Todays world is focused on race and the divisions that so- called science, culture, or hate create. It is important for children to understand that Gods Word gives us the true history of life, so we can build a truly Christian worldview and address this issue correctly. Races (as used in todays world) and racism are man-made concepts that were never based on the biblical foundation God set forth in Genesis. The most important takeaways from this book are:

We are all uniquely and specially created by God.

We are all part of one race, the human race, and racism is a sin.

Jesus died on the Cross as our Savior to offer His free gift of salvation for those of any tribe and nation.

The biblically based worldview of mankind is simple Adam and Eve, the very first human beings, were created by God, and every person who has ever lived or will live are descendants of this couple. While we may look a little different on the outside, speak differently, or have different cultural backgrounds, we are all still children of the first man and first woman. Any of these minor differences we see are superficialand any negative or racist thoughts falsely based on these differences are sinful.

In this book, the reader will take a spiritual journey to discover the real history of man, the connections between us, and how the variations of our skin tones and so on reflect the creativity of our Creator, who lovingly fashioned us in His image.

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God made you in His image beautiful and wonderful.

Our World Today

If I were to ask you which race you belong to, what would your answer be? How many races of people do you think there are?

Some say there are many races. Charles Darwin, the man who popularized the idea that people supposedly evolved from ape-like creatures, also helped to foster terrible ideas of racism. Sadly, his false and destructive ideas, based on his belief in the evolution of man, have caused some people to look down on other people that have different skin tones than their own.

In our modern scientific age, scientists studying human DNA looked at human genes, using people from all around the world, and discovered that there is only one race of humans. Actually, this confirms over and over again what the Bible teaches about the human racethough sadly, many scientists who reject Gods Word dont want to say this. All humans belong to the one human race!

The Bible gives us lots of details about the origin of the human race, and events of human history down through time. Thats because the Bible is the true history book of the universe. This history has been given to us by God in His Word so that we will understand the truth of how the universe and all life, including humans, came into being.

But I want to take you on a journeya journey that begins with the first human who ever existed. Its a journey about human beings that, on the basis of the true history of the world as recorded in the Bible, can be divided into seven different biblical/spiritual races that are all part of the one human race. Are you wondering what this has to do with the racism we see today?

The Bible has the answer for many of the problems in our worldand by understanding the real history of the human race, you will understand cultures, when science was misused to promote racial inequality/problems and what God expects from us in how we treat each otherno matter how different we may look. It also tells us why Gods truth is the only real answer to battling racism because it targets the heart of a personsomething laws, education, and social rules cannot do. When you understand what makes us all the same, you will no longer see just the differences!