“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.  Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.  But whoever practices and teaches (these commandments) will be called great in the kingdom.  For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

~Matthew 5.17-20 

The birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was foretold. The words of the prophets and practices of the people simply prepared the way for His arrival.  His life is the law (as He is “the Way and the Life”) and His presence is the prophecy fulfilled.  Jesus Christ is our Messiah, the salvation promised to us.  His life and ministry to us orders time as heaven and earth will not end until all that has been said is accomplished.  And our obedience to the commandments not the social coloring of our skin will determine our place in the kingdom of heaven.   

So, what came before race that would predict its arrival?  Who were the prophets of race and what did they predict?  If Jesus Christ is our Savior (and He is), then what was race to bring to us?  What laws did we practice before its arrival that the presence of race now satisfies?  I guess I am asking ultimately, what does race do for us?  Really.  Where in the plan of God does race fit?  Why do we follow its commandments so closely, recite it’s stereotypes and prejudice  so often? What kingdom does race have for us and how will we enter it?   

Do not think that our loyalty to race will make us great in the kingdom of heaven as we often break the commandments of Christ to follow those of race.  Selah.  Our social salvation through race is not comparable to our spiritual salvation in Jesus Christ.  No, our righteousness must surpass that of race or we will never enter the kingdom of heaven.