A Biblical Law That Would Change American Life

Hotair ^ | 05/19/2023 | Dennis Prager

[SeekAndFind]

One of the most remarkable laws in the Bible is in the Book of Deuteronomy: “Do not hate an Egyptian.” It is remarkable because it was given to the generation of Israelites that had just been liberated from slavery in Egypt.

Imagine.

A people who had been enslaved for hundreds of years, and for a period of time had their newborn sons drowned, was instructed — by Moses in the name of God, no less — not to hate the people who had just enslaved them.

This is one of many examples why America’s Founders regarded the Bible as the most important book ever written. According to one historian who studied the issue, the book the Founders quoted most often — more often than any Enlightenment book, more often than any Greek or Roman work — was Deuteronomy, the biblical book in which the law prohibiting hatred of Egyptians appears.

It is difficult to think of a law more relevant to today’s America.

Imagine if the country — especially, though not only, black Americans — adopted this law and substituted “white” for “Egyptian.” Imagine the effect on America if every church, every school, every editorial page and every Democrat repeatedly told Americans, “Do not hate whites.”

Almost overnight, the gratuitous hatreds wrecking our country would begin to disappear.

Hatred of whites is the most prevalent — certainly, the most acceptable — hatred in America today. At almost every college, students are taught, often from their first day, that all whites are racist , that a black person cannot be racist, that America is systemically racist, that every black person is a victim, and that America was founded by whites to be a racist nation. Almost without exception mainstream newspapers and websites regularly publish “news” items and opinion pieces (the two are often indistinguishable) that echo the anti-white hate of the universities. The same for Hollywood and for major corporations such as Nike, and for philanthropies such as the Ford Foundation that have collectively pledged at least $100 million to Black Lives Matter, a white-hating organization.

The most prominent purveyor of this hatred is the president of the United States, who speaks about the alleged scourge of white supremacy in virtually every speech he gives pertaining to race.

To confirm how much lie-based hatred is directed at whites, ask any liberal or leftist in your life how many unarmed blacks are killed by police in an average year. You are likely to be told 1,000 or more, and at the least, many hundreds. The actual number is about 20 — and “unarmed” doesn’t mean they weren’t threatening and dangerous.

You might want to ask leftist friends and relatives another question: If America is systemically racist against blacks, if every white American is a racist, why have more than 4 million blacks immigrated to America from Africa and the Caribbean? Are they dumb? Is there any other example of a vast number of people immigrating to a country that hates them? Did any Jews immigrate to Germany after the Nazis came to power in 1933?

That all — or even most, or even a large number of — whites hate blacks is a lie. It is one of the greatest national lies in history — perhaps second only to the infamous Blood Libel spread among European Christians that Jews slaughtered Christian children to use their blood in baking the Passover matzoh.

This lie that whites bear animus toward blacks is destroying the American nation.

And it is doing irreparable harm to the many black Americans who believe it. Take young blacks, for example. Imagine the harm done to the many black children who are constantly told that the country they live in hates them, that all whites are racist, and that they are all victims of white racism. What kind of an individual do those messages produce? A happy person? A grateful person? Neither, obviously. That messaging produces an angry, unhappy and ungrateful person — the perfect recipe for a miserable life and, in some cases, a person who will act out on their misery and anger.

The biblical admonition to the Israelites not to hate the Egyptian was meant to benefit them — the former slaves — far more than it was meant to benefit the Egyptians.

The most obvious antidote to this white hatred is truth. One truth is that few whites are racist (other than progressives, the people who believe in all-black dorms, all-black graduation exercises, lowering standards for blacks, that being colorblind is racist, and other racist ideas). Another truth is that America — at least until this eruption of white hatred — has been the most successful multiracial experiment in history.

But there is another possible antidote: applying the biblical admonition to the Israelites not to hate the Egyptians to Americans, especially black Americans, not to hate whites. If every church — including, of course, black churches — preached, “Do not hate the whites,” then at least those who claim to take the Bible seriously would feel religiously obligated not to hate white people.

That could change everything — almost overnight.

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Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His commentary on Deuteronomy, the third volume of “The Rational Bible,” his five-volume commentary on the first five books of the Bible, was published in October. He is the co-founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.

[Larry Lucido]

How about if I just walk like an Egyptian?

[No name given]

This is something I agree with Dennis Prager on! His thoughts on pornography? Not at all!

[xp38]

Bangles fan eh?

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark

[Larry Lucido]

And Steve Martin!

[chajin]

Only if you are engaged in Cairo practice

[Nifster]

Nonsense

Don’t hate people

That’s the rule

The Lord’s Prayer says it perfectly. Forgive me my trespasses AS I forgive those who trespass against me. It is explicit

[metmom]

Matthew 5:43-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Black churches need to step up to the plate and insist that things change in the black community.

White people are NEVER going to fix the black community and mindset. The black community will continue to reject it as they have been all along.

It MUST come from within and the only segment of black culture that has any reason or basis to do so is those who claim to follow Christ's teachings.

[Ann Archy]

I’m sorry GOD, but I HATE what the DEMOCRATS are doing to this country.......HATE IT! It’s PURE EVIL!

[ReformedBeckite]

One of the translation problems in "Love your enemy" is in my opinion Love is not a good word for the concept that I believe God wants us to understand. The Western Cultural concept of Biblical Love is corrupted way to much with a Romantic idea.
A better wording might be "do not harm" to your neighbor. that I believe is closer to what the word "Love" should mean in "Love your neighbor", but I've got to admit that it is not perfect.
Now having given my 2 bucks(inflation) of opinion I'll get off this forum to protect myself from those Pharisee type Christian that don't quiet get it and want to keep their romantic concepts of Christianity, They say all you need is love, and shortly after they break up.....from what ever they love.

My understanding of this concept came from a mule choking book, "The Institutes of Biblical Law, Volume I or II" by R.J. Rushdoony, a good book or set of books to have in your library.

[Rlsau1]

Realizing the Bible has been translated many times by many people in many different time/cultural periods, I believe some of what is contained therein has been misinterpreted. For me, the portion regarding “love” should have been more accurately interpreted to mean “respect”. JMHO.

[Ezekiel]

The most obvious antidote to this white hatred is truth. One truth is that few whites are racist (other than progressives, the people who believe in all-black dorms, all-black graduation exercises, lowering standards for blacks, that being colorblind is racist, and other racist ideas). Another truth is that America -- at least until this eruption of white hatred -- has been the most successful multiracial experiment in history.

But there is another possible antidote: applying the biblical admonition to the Israelites not to hate the Egyptians to Americans, especially black Americans, not to hate whites. If every church -- including, of course, black churches -- preached, "Do not hate the whites," then at least those who claim to take the Bible seriously would feel religiously obligated not to hate white people.

That could change everything -- almost overnight.

"1619" + 400 years on.

The truth is out there, at the place of the giving of the Law. Life imitates art:

Coat of arms of South Sinai Governorate

South Sinai [דרום סיני] = Egypt [מצרים] =
like the appearance of a flash of lightning (Eze 1.14) [כמראה הבזק] = 380,

ש"פ, which stands for

shem prati [שם פרטי], given name

Gather together -- one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

I sure find the best stuff in the desert! For example, Torah [תורה] = 611, Jacob [יעקב] + Esau [עשו] = 558 (talk about hatred), and then this morning while I was writing this post, they all suddenly appeared in one place:

"Egypt"
occurs 611 times in 558 verses in the KJV.

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Hosea 12.14 (13) And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved:

[telescope115]

White people are NEVER going to fix the black community and mindset. The black community will continue to reject it as they have been all along.

It MUST come from within and the only segment of black culture that has any reason or basis to do so is those who claim to follow Christ’s teachings.
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I have believed this for years.
The poverty pimps Jackson and Sharpton have been perpetuating these lies for a generation or longer.
Progress is going to have to happen from within their own communities.

[Mad Dawg]

I don’t know who said it but,
“To love is to will the good of the other.”

[telescope115]

For me, the portion regarding “love” should have been more accurately interpreted to mean “respect”. JMHO.
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I couldn’t agree with you more. The word “love” has been corrupted and misused in so many ways it means just about anything anymore.

[aimhigh]

Anyone have a scriptural reference for this? I can’t find it.

[SeekAndFind]

DEUTERONOMY 23:7