And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

1. Interested in Humanity - He made us all - red, yellow, black and white. He made us alike inside.

1. Of one blood - There is no difference in the blood of one race from another race. There are blood types but type A is the same for all men, of all races, colors, and ethnic origins.

2. Pre-appointed times - Some have tried to make this teach the Calvinistic idea of individual predestination. Albert Barnes writes, "This evidently refers to the dispersion and migration of nations. And it means that God had, in his plan, fixed the times when each country should be settled, and the rise, the prosperity, and the fall of each nation. The different continents and islands have not, therefore, been settled by chance, but by a wise rule, and in accordance with God's arrangement and design."

3. On the earth together - We are all here on the planet earth. Some have tried to suggest that God intended the blacks to dwell in one area (Africa), and other races, also, to have their separate areas of the earth. It is suggested that the races should not mingle or cross these boundaries. I believe that the meaning is that some areas of the earth are less habitable (Antarctica or the North Pole, for example) than other areas. God intended for us to live where it was more habitable for us.

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