Cast Away Caste Divisions

By Patricia Backora
Recently I read material which surprised and even shocked me: The
caste system continues to be enforced in India, despite alleged
advancements in human rights. Thats not the shocking part,
though. You EXPECT sinners to act like sinners. Sinners will always
find loopholes in the law, and human rights abuses will go on under
the noses of sinful officials who look the other way rather than
offend the finer sensibilities of the aristocracy.
The real paradox is this: A great many churches, especially Roman
Catholic Churches, condone the Caste system in India, or at least
take a passive view of it. People at the bottom of societys heap,
the Dalits, or so-called Untouchables, find no REAL change in status
when they accept Christianity through the ministry of churches
which raise no voice of opposition to the evil caste system of India.
Many Dalit Christians continue to live separate lives, forbidden to
associate on equal terms with their Higher Caste brothers and
sisters. The Hindu caste system is predicated upon the belief in
many incarnations (rebirths) of all living things. The lowly worm
you see may be a reincarnation of someones grandmother who is
being punished for past misbehavior in her previous life. That silly
monkey doing cartwheels in the zoo could be your great grandpa
who pulled mean practical jokes on people and now the Law of
Karma (you reap what you sow) has pulled a mean one on him to
teach him a lesson. Animals walking down the street could be
housing wayward human spirits. Thats why so many Indians are
vegetarian.
According to the Hindu caste system, Dalits are the lowest form of
human life (if theyre considered human at all). They must have
sinned terribly in their previous life to be reborn as social lepers
condemned to a lifetime of hauling garbage and cleaning out the
septic tanks of respectable caste families. According to the doctrine
of Karma, Dalits must be paying for sins in some forgotten past life.
That poor ragged guy must have been Billy the Kid in a past
incarnation, so now hes making amends by shoveling horse dung at
the Gungha Dinn Ranch. That Untouchable man cooking his dinner
in a garbage dump just might be the reincarnation of a mean
landlord who kicked families out of their apartment in the days of
Julius Caesar.
No pain, no gain. Spare the rod, spoil your evil ancestor. So it
follows that you really do Dalits no favor by being kind to them or
lifting them out of their degradation. Dalit girls are routinely
attacked by clean caste boys without fear of retribution. I guess

the girls assailants are proud of themselves for helping their Karma
god get his vengeance on defenseless girls who were horse thieves
in Arizona 200 years ago.
The rationale behind the Karma doctrine is similar to the Catholic
doctrine of Purgatory, which is very unscriptural and denies the
sufficiency of the sufferings of Christ to atone for sinners! You dont
re-incarnate in Catholicism. You simply go to HELL LITE to be
barbequed for your sins a few hundred years or so, till God is
satisfied that youve covered that part of your sin bill the crucified
Christ failed to finish paying 2000 years ago.
Instead of being
jabbed in the backside with a devils pitchfork until the year 2500, a
Hindu who sows hatred and cruelty expects to reap a rebirth as a
cockroach other people step on. I wonder how bad you have to sin
to be reborn in the year 2100 as a Dalit sewer technician?
Without delving into the complex subdivisions of the Hindu Caste
System, here are the main categories:
Brahmins-Priestly class-the privileged aristocracy
Kshatriyas-Warrior
Caste-high
positions
in
military
and
government
Vaisyas-farmers, artisans and merchants
Sudras-Unskilled manual laborers-ditch diggers, domestic servants,
etc.
Untouchables (unclean outcasts from society)-work as trash
collectors, sewer cleaners, street sweepers, garbage scavengers,
etc.
Last and definitely least, the Dalits,
better known as
UNTOUCHABLES! They arent even classed as a caste because
theyre OUT-CASTES! Dalits serve as a test of love for every
professing Christian in India. Fail this test and youve made an F in
Jesus most basic commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS
YOURSELF, even going so far as to love your enemies. The only sin
the Dalits have committed to merit the hatred theyve received is
being born into a bigoted environment and being assigned to the
bottom of the heap by people more powerful than themselves. In
order for YOU to be on top of the heap, there has to be a BOTTOM
of the heap, and certain people must take their place there so you
dont have to!
I read about a poor little Dalit girl who did all the dirty work for an
upper caste family. She accidentally touched a cooking pot. The
mistress of the house beat the child to death for contaminating
their meal.
This poor little girl must have been immediately
ushered into heaven as an innocent who never reached the age of

accountability. Like the story of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke
16, the tables will surely be turned in eternity if the little girls
murderer doesnt repent. The poor rejected child will be comforted
in a place of love while the high caste woman who killed her will
be rejected by God and consigned to the torments of hell, where
ALL murderers have their portion (Rev.21:8).
Satan has his counterfeits for every Biblical doctrine. Hinduism
teaches being born again physically via many incarnations. Jesus
teaches resurrection of the SAME person after death, but only a
SPIRITUAL rebirth. That is the only rebirth which sets man free
from the penalty of sin and brings him into a new relationship with
God the Father (John 3:3,7; I Pet.1:23). Hindus teach physical
rebirth into yet another sinful human identity. In order for people to
be born again spiritually as sons and daughters of God, they must
first admit to Christ that they are an unclean sinner in need of His
forgiving grace. It is a huge step of humility for a clean caste
Hindu or any other proud individual to admit to God they are in
need of His mercy and washing in the precious Blood of Christ.
I remember riding to church with friends as a young girl. When the
driver got out of the car to go speak to someone, I sat in the car
alone with this elderly woman who shared a prayer request with
me: Pat, please pray the Lord wont let any n-----s move into my
neighborhood. Im really worried about that. Being so much
younger than her, I didnt want to rebuke her, I just tried to change
the subject. How unwilling so many professing believers are to walk
a mile in someone elses shoes and imagine how horrible it must be
to be on the receiving end of racism for a whole lifetime! Within the
heart of sinful man is the yearning to be on the top of the pile and
to look down on others. Racial or cultural oppression is particularly
loathsome to God when people justify it for religious reasons.
Here are just a few ways condoning the caste system contradicts
Gods Word to Christian believers:
1. The Caste System denies Gods Good News that if ANY MAN
(regardless of social position) be in Christ he is a New Creature.
Old things have passed away and ALL THINGS have become new (2
Cor.5:17).
2. The Caste System teaches gradual perfection over many
incarnations until we reach Nirvana, and those caught up in a bad
Karma incarnation must suffer to earn advancement. It denies I
John 3:2: Beloved, NOW are we the sons of God.

3. The Caste System denies Gods Word which states that we should
NOT call any man common or unclean (Acts 10:28).
4. The Caste System clashes with James chapter 2, which preaches
against class divisions in Gods churches.
5. The Caste System violates Proverbs 14:21 which warns that
whoever despises (looks down on as inferior) his neighbor sins
against God.
6. The Caste System is hostile to the spirit of Christ Who touched
even unclean lepers and made them whole (Matt.8:2-4).
7. The Caste System denies that Christ has broken down the
dividing wall separating people in order to create one Body unified
in Him (Eph.2:14).
8. The Caste System denies that Christian Dalits are clean enough
to be the Temple of the Holy Ghost, just like any other Christian
believer (I Cor.6:19).
9. The Caste System denies the sufficiency of the blood of Christ to
make people clean in the sight of God (Rev.1:5; 7:14). Instead, it
emphasizes self-effort and EARNING self-betterment through
patient suffering through many miserable incarnations.
10. The Caste System denies the priesthood of ALL believers in
Christ (I Pet.2:5,9). Indian Christians who tolerate caste
discrimination in their churches and insist only Brahmins can be
priests are denying the Word of God and mixing heathen doctrine
with church practices.
God said Learn NOT the way of the
heathen (Jere.10:2).
11. The Caste System denies that ALL believers in Christ are made
one Spirit with Him (I Cor.6:17). If any believer is joined to Christ
as one Spirit, then it follows that whatever you do to that believer
you also treat Christ the same way. The Hindu Caste System is an
abomination in the sight of God and He will not count any believer
as blameless who clings to it or supports it in any way.
12. The Caste System is one of the most sinful manifestations of
human pride. God is able to abase those who walk in pride
(Dan.4:37).
Other Scriptures Which Touch on Untouchable and Caste
Issues (comments added).

Matt.8:11: And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east
and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in
the kingdom of heaven.
Verse 12: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.* *
*Those who consider themselves spiritually superior now just might
be rejected then!
Matt.19:30: But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall
be first.
Matt.22:9: Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye
shall find, bid to the marriage.* * *Jesus didnt say to invite only
upper-crust people.
Verse 10: So those servants went out into the highways, and
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good:
and the wedding was furnished with guests.* * *No preferential
treatment is given to good guests.
Matt.23:8:But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Verse 9:And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
Verse 10: Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.
Verse 11: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Verse 12: And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and
he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Matt.25:40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I
say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the LEAST
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Mark 9:35: And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto
them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and
servant of all (even the social rejects in the congregation).
Luke 14:10: But when thou art bidden (invited to a feast), go and
sit down in the lowest room (humblest seat); that when he that
bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher:
then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at
meat with thee.
Verse 11: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

John 9:1: And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind
from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man,
or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents:
but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 15:3: Now ye are CLEAN through the word which I have
spoken unto you.* * * It is the Word which cleanses, not suffering
a bad incarnation to make amends for mythical past lives.
Acts 15:8-9: And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them
witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Verse 9: And put NO DIFFERENCE between us and them, purifying
their hearts by faith.* * *The Caste System insists that Christs
work on the Cross makes no difference and there ARE differences.
Caste adherents calls some dirty on the basis of birth into a
rejected group of society.
Eph.2:13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.* * *The Caste System denies
the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse souls and reconcile
former enemies.
Col.3:11: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all,
and in all. * * *The Caste System denies this is true of
untouchable Christians.
2 Cor.8:13: For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye
burdened:
Verse 14: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance
may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a
supply for your want: that there may be equality:* * * Paul taught
EQUALITY of well-being in the body of Christ.
I Pet.5:5: Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
humble.
I John 3:15: Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye
know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment (Heb.9:27).

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment
for the fathers iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for
the sons iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon
himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself
(Ezek 18:20).
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God
hath cleansed, that call not thou common (ritually unclean) (Acts
10:15).
And hath raised us up together, and made us (ALL Christian
believers) sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Eph.2:6).
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor
in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the
kingdom he promised those who love him? (James 2:5)* * *The
world chooses the rich and powerful and exalts them as kings. God
chooses the lowly of the earth to represent Him.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to
associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited
(Rom.12:16).
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the
wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty (I Cor.1:27).* * *God isnt
impressed with social rank and fleshly strength or wealth. He
delights in choosing empty vessels He can fill with more of Himself.
What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the
surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose
sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain
Christ (Phil.3:8). * * *You must be willing to THROW AWAY your
most cherished false traditions in order to gain Christ.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too;
you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of
demons (I Cor.10:21).* * *Elements of other religions, including the
caste system are not of God and dont belong in His House.
Christians cant partake of the doctrine of demons and of Christ at
the same time!
The ground is LEVEL at the foot of the cross. This doesnt pander to
some peoples pride, though. Any Christian who clings to the old
ways of Hinduism is contradicting the Word of God and the Gospel
taught by the early apostles. He is saying that the body of a

Christian Dalit is NOT the Temple of the Holy Ghost because it is an

unclean, untouchable thing.
The caste system caters to mankinds sinful pride. It denies that
ALL unsaved men, even unsaved Brahmins, are unclean in the sight
of God (Isa.64:6). The REAL God and Creator of all men HATES
pride and arrogance (Prov.8:13). Those who take pride in their high
caste and despise others lower on the totem pole are an
abomination to God and will suffer punishment for their pride
(Prov.16:5).
Proclaim liberty to the captives (Isa.61:1).
PROPHETIC WORD:
The Lord of Heaven would ask His prejudiced people: Were not each
and every one of you filthy, unwashed BEGGARS when you first
came to Me? I could have shut the door on you and left you to
wallow like hogs in your sins and uncleannesses. Instead, I washed
you in the Fountain of My own precious blood, clothed you in My
own spotless white righteousness and made you a New Creature in
Christ Jesus. I made you royalty! My very own beloved son and
daughter! Why then will ye deny that very same mercy to your
brother or sister who appears in humble guise? Why do you plead
with Me to overlook YOUR transgressions and see YOU only through
the blood of My Son, only to deny that same mercy to the
untouchable who has repented and received Christ as Savior?
Why do you rejoice in YOUR New Beginning in Christ and yet deny
that the so-called Dalit has the same right to his/her own New Life
in Christ as a blessed son or daughter of God Almighty? This is the
basest form of hypocrisy and wickedness! I will withhold the
refreshing rain of My tender mercy and wonder-working power from
congregations which indulge in the devil craft of caste to afflict their
brother or sister in Christ.
Do ye now know that it is the grossest WICKEDNESS to turn a blind
eye to the murder and rape of the underprivileged among you, and
to justify it on the basis of that devils doctrine of
Karma/reincarnation? Why will ye risk My wrath by breaking the
bond of the fellowship of the Spirit of peace? Where is your
COMPASSION, O My people? Know ye not that you treat the Spirit
of Christ disgracefully when you reject your lower caste brother or
sister? This applies EQUALLY to so-called aristocrats in Western
nations rejecting believers from the working class or unemployed
poor people. Dont turn up your nose at that precious one whom I
have redeemed and washed in My own precious blood.

How easy, how convenient, to excuse and perpetuate class divisions

in your churches just because its always been done that way. Im
speaking not only to those ensnared in the wicked caste system of
India, but to Westernized churches where the rich and privileged
turn up their nose at the burger flipper or house cleaner. Many
neglected saints go the extra mile to struggle to be accepted in big,
rich churches, even joining the prestigious choir or volunteering for
extra duties around the church building. The pastor is thrilled to
enjoy the free landscaping and cleaning offered by the social
outcast. The choir director will GRUDGINGLY accept the trailer
trash singer as a choir member because of the fine voice he hears,
knowing its hard to find anybody who consistently sings in tune.
But after a while, the poor choir member who lives on the other side
of town discovers he/she never truly can be part of that affluent
churchs rich/upper-middle-class world. No one is eager to socialize
or be friends with them. Whenever they must be off sick from the
choir or go someplace, they return to find that they werent really
missed or even needed. And when they sit in the pew they usually
sit alone, unless the church is already so packed theres no other
seating space left but their pew. This rich privileged church is NOT
THEIR WORLD. And thats just what class division is,
WORLDLINESS!
Refusal to allow My Love to flow freely to refresh ALL parts of My
Body has forced so many sheep back into the world, out of the
nominal church system which really is a part of the world. An
assembly can get so corrupted by worldliness and rebellion against
My Word and My Lordship that I must leave it alone to go its own
way and reap the awful fruits of the rebellion, in hopes that some
might be saved OUT of that wretched, incorrigible church to return
to Me with their whole heart.
Corrupted apostate, world-embracing churches are loathsome
adulteresses in My sight, not part of My Bride. Rejected, lonely
souls who flee such worldly religious clubs go look for acceptance in
the world outside the church walls. Religious institutions which
continually turn a deaf ear to My Voice which commands love to ALL
the saints, that place shall have its candlestick removed from its
place at My heavenly altar (Rev.2:4-5). No longer shall I recognize
it as a local expression of My Body on earth, and it shall be no more
precious in My sight than a local chapter of the rich ladys Garden
Society.
How convenient, to fall into line with the way society thinks. In
India, some Christians use the excuse that the Caste System is so
very deeply entrenched in the fabric of their society that they just

cant ignore its existence and must pay homage to it. What an easy
cop-out from your responsibility to love one another as I have loved
you! Many ask themselves: What would the neighbors think if OUR
church took such a radical step as to oust the Caste System from
OUR church? Well, what difference is there between a church
which practices Caste and the rest of Indian society?
None
whatsoever. In stripping Me and My Word of authority to govern
their lives, caste-conscious Christians have reduced Me to being a
dead mascot with no voice, a gagged god who can teach them
nothing unless they want to hear it. In effect, theyve refashioned
unto themselves a Christian god with the attributes (or lack of
them) that THEY want. A god who keeps his nose out of their
business of following THEIR cherished traditions. A god who wimps
out when its time to get tough with the caste devil who destroys so
many innocent lives.
A god who nods and winks at their
wickedness. A god who will still save their souls from hell fire
without any need on their part to walk in holiness and obedience to
the heart of My law of love: Do unto others only what youd have
them do unto you. So what difference is there between their
christian wimp god and all the smiling idols of India?
Tree fungus, like the caste system, can get so deeply entrenched
that its difficult if not impossible to remove. It sucks the life out of
the tree, robbing it of vitality, eventually rotting away its branches
and killing it. Deeply entrenched Traditions of Men rob My people of
life and love. I railed against the false traditions of the Pharisees
which nullified Gods commandments of love. Any wise surgeon
wont respect a cancers right to remain part of his patients body
just because its been there a long time. Hell ruthlessly remove it
to save the patient from dying. The Caste System is rotten cancer
flesh putrefying the healthy tissue of Indian churches, so I must cut
it out completely. Any churches worldwide which wont allow Me to
excise the cancer of social class out of their consciousness and
custom will soon find that My Spirit has departed from them
completely. My Spirit of Love in Christ can never coexist peacefully
with snobbery and class divisions in Christian congregations. I often
feel upstaged by human leadership which calls the shots and
insists on teaching their people worldliness. Instead of being the
Captain of their Ship, I shall cast such rebellious apostate believers
adrift as being mutineers against My authority.
Many Indian Christians allow FEAR OF MEN to persuade them to
enforce caste in their churches. Christians are already persecuted in
India. Therefore, caste is strictly observed in these churches in
hopes the persecution will be less severe. Instead of diligently
seeking My counsel, weak churches fall into line with the Way of the
Heathen. The fear of man brings a snare (Prov. 29:25). I have

promised that those who put their trust in ME shall be safe. Let all
those who feel intimidated into doing what is wrong plead with Me
to send forth warrior angels to fight on their behalf, and ask Me for
the courage to do what is right. For if salt loses its savor, it is good
for nothing (Mark 9:50). If you smell and taste just like all others
around you, what good are you to My Kingdom? What do you have
to offer others except a modified form of adulterous idolatry, in
presenting to them a god of your own making, and a bible robbed of
its power and authority?
Dont you dare strip lower-class and Dalit believers of their New
Identity in Christ as being members of My very own flesh and
bones. Beat your fellow servants and I shall tear you asunder as
HYPOCRITES when I return! Think of cruel King Nebuchadnezzar
who boasted of his somebody-ness and how all other kings were
worms. Remember how I humbled even this mighty monarch and
gave him the mind of a grass-eating beast to teach him humility till
he acknowledged that only GOD deserved to be exalted. I didnt
need to reincarnate this fellow as a frog to teach him a lesson!
Thats a doctrine of devils, just like the wicked caste system which
oppresses the Dalit people.
Nebuchadnezzar suffered his chastisement and reformation all in
the very same life! I am able to transform people into new
creatures and make them clean without physical rebirth.
Reincarnation is a lie of SATAN! Satan counterfeits everything I do,
in order to deceive baby Christians or older believers who have
grown careless. Spiritual rebirth into the family of Christ, through
the cleansing of His blood and the power of the Holy Ghost, is all I
require. Class-conscious believers DENY the truth of the New Birth
in others. Believers who persecute lower-class believers and call
them unclean strip the Christ in them naked of dignity and honor.
They put Christ to an open shame, crucifying Him afresh.
I have ripped down the walls dividing My people, and woe unto that
man or woman who rebuilds them to pander to their own stinking
human pride! A humbling, a mighty humbling falls soon from the
Hand of the Lord to spank rebellious children who rub dirt in the
faces of their own precious brothers and sisters. Fear Me, saith the
Lord and repent of this gross wickedness NOW, if it be found among
your people, that ye be spared the rod of chastisement which shall
descend upon the proud souls of arrogant semi-believers who are
on their way out the door of My House, back into the world from
whence they came. Embrace the ways of hell and ye shall not be
found fit for heaven on the Day of Judgment. Walk before Me in fear
and trembling. Be very afraid if you dare to reject and despise any
of My Word to My Latter-Day church regarding loving your neighbor

as yourself. Thus saith the Lord unto His Indian caste-conscious

Christians in particular, and unto all snobbish, uppity believers
proud of their position in the natural order of things.