As I travel, I'm reminded that each of us has visited and walked on lands where our ancestors were enslaved, whether in this country or in Caribbean lands like Barbados or Jamaica.
I've often wondered, what happened to the unpaid wages (with compound interest) that is due our ancestors for their slave labor? On a basic level, we know that this unearned wealth enabled countries like America and Great Britain to become wealthy beyond their wildest dreams and expectations.
Note: the most conservative estimates places the present value of these compounded unpaid wages at $5 - $10 trillion (not incl. the costs of Jim Crow evils nor the costs of present day discrimination.)
http://cas.umkc.edu/econ/economics/faculty/Forstater/688/Reading/Black%20Political%20Economy/EconomicsReparations.pdf
We also know that the God we serve Who is all-knowing, all-seeing and absolutely just, laid down His laws about sowing and reaping, and they apply to all countries and people on earth.
So every cent of unpaid wages (with interest) due our ancestors, has been, is being, and will continue to flow to us and our descendants forever, or until paid. Our paychecks. retirement checks, self-employed earnings etc., are actually coming from these unpaid wages. (without our ancestors, we wouldn't be here to be educated, earn a paycheck and be able to retire)
On a macro level, these wages are deposited by our Creator God in virtual (karma) escrow accounts on behalf of each of our enslaved ancestors....every cent of their unpaid wages will be deposited and paid to their descendants, and each drop of blood shed by them and every indignity endured by them, will be avenged.
This is the bigger picture that we seldom think about, but we need to be comforted by....
".and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just." Prov. 13:22.
"...for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" Rom. 12:19
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