Christianity's Greatest Social Shame - Slavery

It cannot be denied that the Hebrew Scriptures, including the 10 commandments, condone slavery. The 10th Commandment says

 

Exod 20:17 -Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-slave, nor his maid-slave.

Leviticus 25:44 -Both thy bond slave, and thy bondmaids slave, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.  -Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Leviticus 25:46 -And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondsmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor not go out as the men slaves do.

Exodus 21:8 -If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Exodus 21:20 -And if a man smite his slave, or his maid slave, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished   -Notwithstanding, if he lives a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

This is really disgusting that humans saw other humans as possessions and money and they could beat them within an inch of their life and not think it was a sin.

 

Yahshuah Came to End Slavery

 

For those who claim Yahshuah continued the abusive system of slavery, or that he was silent about it, I suggest they read  more closely.  Yahshuah came to end all tyranny,  all religious ceremonies, rituals,  sacrifices, temples, unjust enslavements, etc. 

 

Yahshuah said:

 

"The Spirit of Yah is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor." He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the slaves."  "He sent me to set the slaves free". (LK 4:18)

 

So What Happened? Why did Christians do Nothing for Nearly Two millennia until the 19th Century?

 

 Paul rejected Yahshuah's mandate and substituted another Gospel:

 
"Slaves, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ." (Ephesians 6:5)

Exhort slaves to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not talking back. (Titus 2:9)  

Following the fallacious advice of Paul, the early Christians treated slavery the same way the modern Christians treat warfare. They spiritualized his teaching and said Yahshuah only came to set people free from their sins. The modern Christians spiritualize his call to be Peacemakers saying he only means inner peace. Meanwhile they continue to promote their nation's evil wars of plunder or defense.

Yahshuah's entire Gospel is about setting the slaves free, free from sin and the fear of death and free from the clutches of religious people and free from military and government agents, insurrectionist gangs and all slave masters who have enslaved other human beings by force.

I believe Yahshuah came to destroy the world system which is ruled by Azazel (the God of this world) that includes all known religions and all known forms of men's control over others (that would be every state, kingdom, empire, tribal council etc. which exist only by force and by enslaving others.) He came to destroy the works of Azazel, establish a kingdom of peace and love, and tear down boundaries between races and slaves and masters.

The greatest social shame of Christianity is that it took nearly two thousand years for them to realize that slavery is a sin, will it take another two thousand before they realize that warfare is an even worse sin?

 

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