Caste, Color, Culture and Christ

Theological and Genetic Truth of the Nonsense of Racism

Plammoottil V. Cherian

• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781638850540
• eBook ISBN: 9781638850557
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

From lack of understanding of the genetic aspect of the skin color of human race, there have been sporadic outbursts of racial unrest and racially motivated killing of black people. With a depth of knowledge in science and theology, the author explains the following:

Human skin color is genetically determined, and all people on earth have the same number of genes.

We must destroy the dividing wall of hostility based on color.

People in the tropical regions have dark skin, and people in cold regions have light skin.

Origins of caste and race are man-made while skin color is divinely designed to protect people in tropical regions.

Hot, humid, arid, or cold climate influence genes for dark or light skin color.

There is biology, theology, and genetics of human skin color.

It is by God's design that people of all ethnicities have gathered in the United States (Ezekiel 36: 24).

America is the Second Israel for all believers.

The human race is unique, having originated of one blood.

We must follow the example of Christ to overcome bias against color and ethnicity.

Ask ourselves, in a culture when truth is relative and justice denied, "Is His Truth marching on in our nation?"

Protect democracy from the threat of fascists and white supremacists.

The scourge of SARS-Cov-2 can be healed by God only and the nation must heed to the Almighty.

As a scientist and a lay theologian, Dr. Cherian analyzes the present world culture and confirms the Biblical prophecies that we are at the threshold of "religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell."

From recent scientific discoveries of the black hole and dark energy, with prophetic insight and vision, the author explains the location of the Lake of Fire (hell) while explaining that the location of the heaven is a secret place that belongs to God (Deuteronomy 29: 29) but will be revealed at the appointed time.

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Heaven and Hell: Scientific Evidence for Lake of Fire**

No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.

—John 3:13

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

—Isaiah 65:17

Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

—2 Peter 3:12–13, NASB

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

—Revelation 21:1, NASB

Heaven or the heavens is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place of abode where there are God, angels, spirits, and saints. According to Christian faith, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter heaven alive like Enoch, Elijah and Jesus. Nonetheless, many people including Christians are confused about the reality of heaven and hell, partly because they are described in symbolic and metaphoric languages, partly because some theologians who do not really understand theology are doubtful and thus confuse people, and mostly because many have not explored the Bible in detail to connect the dots of heaven and hell to ascertain the realities of both. There are so many verses in the Bible that make it absolutely clear that there will be a glorious future of eternal life in heaven for the righteous and punishment in the lake of fire for the wicked (Psalm 9:17; Matthew 7:13–14; 13:40–42; 19:28–29; Luke 10:25–28; 13:40–42; John 5:28–29; 6:40; Romans 6:22–23; 8:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:7; Revelation 20; 13–14; 21:8).

While Biblical writers like Solomon, Nehemiah, the Psalmists, Matthew, Luke, John, and the Apostles knew of the different tiers of the heavens by revelation, scientists began physical exploration of the heaven (sky and outer space) only during the latter half of the twentieth century and perhaps accelerated after Yuri Gagarin of former Soviet Union (USSR) orbited the space in 1961. And cosmological science has analytically demarcated the limits of the three regions of the heavens. The three-tier structure of the universe, heavens, and the earth has been explained in detail in the recent book, Origins of the Universe, Life and Species: New Perspectives from Science and Theology (Cherian, 2019).1

Whether one is Jew, Christian, Muslim or Hindu, adherents of these religions believe in life after death, in different ways. They not only believe in heaven and would like to end up there wherever it is after their death. While most people are afraid of hell and do not want to speak of it, they in fact believe in hell but none would hope to be in hell as their final destination. Perhaps except atheists, it is natural for people to end their life well, possibly finish in heaven. According to the prestigious Pew Research Center, roughly 72 percent of Americans believe in heaven, defined as a place “where people who have led good lives are eternally rewarded,” according to their 2014 Religious Landscape Study. But at the same time, the study also noted that 58 percent of US adults also believe in hell—a place “where people who have led bad lives and die without being sorry are eternally punished.”2

Having majority of people of the United States practicing Christian faith, the vast majority, 85 to 93 percent of people of different denominations, b...

Table of contents

• This Land Is Made for You and Me!
• Origins of Caste, Color, and Race
• Territorial Occupation of Human Race: Bible Truth of Human Dispersal
• Geopolitical, Ethnocentric and Linguistic Origin of Nations and Skin Color
• Biology, Theology and Genetics of Human Skin Color
• Homo sapiens, One Unique Race of One Blood**
• Race: A Socially Constructed Malady and Insult to GOD
• Caste, Color, and Christ: What We Must Learn?
• Is His Truth Marching on in America?
• If America Loses Democracy, Armageddon Begins
• Are We There Yet? A Tribute to William Booth
• Heaven and Hell: Scientific Evidence for Lake of Fire**