The Bible is Black History

Many are awakening to the powerful truth that the Bible is not just a spiritual guide—but also a record of Black history. For far too long, mainstream portrayals have erased or whitewashed the people of Scripture, yet the Bible is rooted in the lands of Africa. Its stories are filled with people of color—Hebrew, Cushite, Egyptian, and beyond.

But let's look back at the very beginning when The Most High God said let Us create man in Our image....the hard truth that many people refuse to believe is that our God/Jesus/Yeshua is a black African Man. Yep! He is certainly not pale skin, blue eyed, or blond haired. He is not Indian or middle eastern, He is not European. He is a man of color from straight from the motherland Africa. 

So let's look at what we do know of Gods image: 

Many have grown up seeing images of Jesus that reflect European/white features—but the Bible actually gives us a strikingly different picture, one that sounds a lot more like someone with melanated skin and coarse, wool-like hair. 

Let’s go straight to the Word:

"The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire."
— Revelation 1:14 (ESV)

The phrase "white like wool" not only speaks of color (white) but also texture—wool being thick, coarse, and tightly coiled. Just like what we call today 'kinky coily hair'. This is not a coincidence. The writer, John, was describing Jesus in all His glorified majesty—and used a comparison his readers would clearly recognize.

Take Genesis 2:13, for example:
"The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush."
Cush is the ancient name for what is now Sudan and Ethiopia—a powerful African kingdom known throughout the Bible. Moses married a Cushite woman (Numbers 12:1), and his father-in-law, Jethro, was a priest of Midian, a region connected to the African continent.

In the New Testament, we see the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:27–39, a high-ranking official in the court of the Queen of Ethiopia, who receives and understands the gospel. This encounter is not just a moment of personal transformation—it’s a clear sign that the message of Christ was spreading through Africa from the very beginning.

Even Jesus Himself spent His early childhood in Egypt (Matthew 2:13–15), a nation in Africa, fulfilling prophecy and connecting His story to the continent.

Now about His skin—

Let’s go to the Word again:

"His arms and legs gleamed like burnished bronze…” — Daniel 10:6 

“His feet were like fine brass, as if burned in a furnace…”
— Revelation 1:15 (KJV)

📌 Brass burned in a furnace? That’s deep, dark bronze—not pale, not fair-skinned. This isn't just poetic imagery—John was describing a real person he saw in a heavenly vision, and he chose words that reflected a rich, dark tone. Just like us Africans and African descendants today. 

The Bible isn’t disconnected from Black history—it is Black history.

Understanding this doesn’t remove the spiritual depth of Scripture—it enriches it. It gives us context, connection, and confidence to see ourselves reflected in the story God has been telling from the beginning of time.