How Can This Happen by Betsey Bell
Sep 28, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
He knows people's hearts. He told the Israelites not to assimilate with the Cannonites. Now we live a a world with Muslims and we are finding out they are the enemy.
Betsey BellHost
Is God a racist? For generations upon generations, since the beginning of time, people and cultures have done their best to assimilate and to live with each other.
So you are asking, how can that happen? Why isn't it possible for different cultures to live in peace with other cultures? Because God explained it.
He explained it to you in the very beginning when He said to the Jewish people, "The people that live in Israel are your enemies," the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Moabites.
And then what happened? What happened is the Jews became idol worshipers, and everybody in the land was worshiping idols instead of God.
So how would something like that happen? It's because there are certain definitions, and this is one of them.
Assimilation is a process where individuals or minority groups from one heritage adopt a language, customs, and attitudes of a dominant culture until they blend in.
Well, the process of assimilation in a Christian culture has nothing to do with whether or not you want to assimilate.
Is God a racist? For generations upon generations, since the beginning of time, people and cultures have done their best to assimilate and to live with each other.
So you are asking, how can that happen? Why isn't it possible for different cultures to live in peace with other cultures? Because God explained it.
He explained it to you in the very beginning when He said to the Jewish people, "The people that live in Israel are your enemies," the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Moabites.
And then what happened? What happened is the Jews became idol worshipers, and everybody in the land was worshiping idols instead of God.
So how would something like that happen? It's because there are certain definitions, and this is one of them.
Assimilation is a process where individuals or minority groups from one heritage adopt a language, customs, and attitudes of a dominant culture until they blend in.
Well, the process of assimilation in a Christian culture has nothing to do with whether or not you want to assimilate.
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