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Donny Reagan, the pastor of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ in Johnson City, TN, recently achieve notoriety for a rant in a sermon he spoke on April 24, 2013 that was focused on anti-racial marriages. A clip from his sermon can be viewed above. | Donny Reagan, the pastor of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ in Johnson City, TN, recently achieve notoriety for a rant in a sermon he spoke on April 24, 2013 that was focused on anti-racial marriages. A clip from his sermon can be viewed above. | ||
Reagan addresses this in his sermon when he says that if Moses was here now, he would have to obey William Branham. This comment clearly shows that Donny Reagan does not believe the Bible but does hold William Branham as being above the Bible. | |||
What does the Bible say about biracial marriages? | |||
:''Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.<ref>Numbers 12:1</ref> | |||
A Cushite is from Cush, a region south of Ethiopia, where the people are known for their black skin. We know this because of Jeremiah 13:23: "Can the Ethiopian [the same Hebrew word translated "Cushite" in Numbers 12:1] change his skin or the leopard his spots?"" | |||
In response to Miriam’s criticism, God does not get angry at Moses; he gets angry at Miriam. Then God strikes Miriam with leprosy. Why? Consider this possibility. In God’s anger at Miriam, Moses’ sister, God says in effect, "You like being light-skinned Miriam? I’ll make you light-skinned." So we read, "When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow" (Num. 12:10) | |||
God says not a critical word against Moses for marrying a black Cushite woman. | |||
Reagan stated at one point that: | Reagan stated at one point that: | ||