GOD'S ONE HUMAN RACE AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE From Genesis 1:26 when God nursed the creation of man, He was to create and indeed created a pure and unique creature in his own image and his likeness. At creation then, man was without the DNA for evil, for our God is a holy God. Until Genesis 3, that was the state of man-the image and the likeness of a holy God. Before then the man heard and understood only one voice, obeyed just the one voice and enjoyed fellowship with only one being-God alone. By Genesis 3, some dangerous adventurer invaded man's dwelling dared his purity thus the introduction of a dissenting and a contrary voice. The new and strange voice freely offered man the devolution of knowledge and power. The DNA for evil then was supplanted in the man. Since then the crisis of opinion, choice and allegiance began. Disobedience took the centre stage, nakedness became reason for shame, the bond of fellowship was broken, estrangement resulted. By Genesis 1...
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