I was reading Acts and I came across this verse and it said " Your descendants will be strangers in a country and not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years". Acts 7:6 I'm not saying slavery was a good thing. I coundn't imagine having to go through the things enslaved Africans went through. And the consequences of slavery are evident...even today. But this isn't the first time I've felt like slavery wasn't an accident. Maybe God mad it happen for His glory. I just don't think it was a coincidence that this verse basically describes slavery. They were strangers in a country that wasn't their own...they were enslaved and mistreated...for 400 years! I don't think this was a coincidence. And I guess it worked in God's favor because many of the slves converted to christianity. It just wansn't the best of circumstances. Comment if you think I'm wrong.
In Christ,
Friend of God
i dont think slavery was an accident, mainly because although slavery was a HORRIBLE thing I dont think God would have allowed it to happen if it wasnt part of the bigger picture. slavery was horrible horrible horrible and im not advocating it at all but ive realized something interesting. after/during slavery was colonization. during colonization in africa, the christian missionaries came into southern nigeria. without all that, i may not have been christian. i may not even be here right now. many african americans may not have been saved because their ancestors would still be back in africa doing witchcraft instead of worshiping Jesus. i kinda feel like all of the bad things that happened paved the way for the rest of us now, so that we could be saved, because God loves us that much.
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