by Wayne Blank:
Africa is the second-largest continent in land area, after Asia. It's
bordered by The Mediterranean Seaon the north, the Atlantic Ocean on
the west, and the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea on the east. The
climate ranges from hot and wet in the central area on the equator, to
hot and dry desert in the north. The longest river in the world, the
4,160 mile / 6,695 kilometer long Nile River, flows north from central
Africa into Egypt where the Nile Deltaempties into the Mediterranean
Sea.
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After The Flood, Cush (also called Ethiopia, the region south of
Egypt, not necessarily within the borders of modern-day Ethiopia) and
Egypt, and likely most of the other major nations of Africa, were
repopulated by the descendants of Noah's son Ham (Genesis 10:6). The
earliest-known part of Africa was referred to as the "land of Ham":
"Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham."
(Psalm 105:23 RSV)
"He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen. They wrought
his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham."
(Psalm 105:26-27 RSV)
The conversion and baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, who was a Jewish
convert, and who was among the very first Africans converted to
Christianity (if not the very first one), is one of the most famous of
The Bible:
"But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the
south to the road that goes down from Jerusalemto Gaza." This is a
desert road. And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch,
a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all
her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning;
seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the
Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."
"So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and
asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
"And he said, "How can I, unless some one guides me?" And he invited
Philip to come up and sit with him."
"Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this: "As a
sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he
opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who
can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth."
"And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, pray, does the prophet
say this, about himself or about some one else?"
"Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he
told him the good news of Jesus."
"And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the
eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being
baptized?" And when they came up out of the water [see Baptism], the
Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more,
and went on his way rejoicing." (Acts 8:26-39 RSV)
Fact Finder:Did Mosesmarry an African (Cushite, or Ethiopian) woman?
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