Yep - slavery has been part of mankind forever
Posted on: May 16, 2023 at 13:11:19 CT
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Many slaves in New Testament times were volunteer slaves. Meaning no social
security, Medicare; food stamps, etc back then. So you would voluntarily be in servitude to someone in exchange for their taking care of all your needs.
And the Bible doesn’t encourage slavery - but it’s written at a time when people who were indentured to others were reading the letters of Paul - and he was speaking to them where they were at.
I always differentiate between who it was written to at the time - and what the timeless message is for me today.