'Don't think I'm black; The canopy is over me; My mother's sons were angry with me and made me keeper of the vineyards; I did not keep my own vineyard.”

This verse is a continuation and explanation of your verse 1:5. The church saved from the heathen is saying, we are heathen, we are black, do not consider us strangers, for once we were not strangers, we also belonged to the garden.

 That is, we can see this with three examples.

1) We know that Cain and Abel were the children of Adam and Eve created by God. First, these are the owners of the garden: but after Cain kills Abel, he is cast out of the civilized place in Eden. In proof of this, today you drive me out of this land; I will hide from your presence, and be a restless wanderer on the earth; (Genesis 4 : 14) And it is said, 'Thus Cain departed from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Noth, east of Eden.' (Genesis 4 : 16). They become strangers, leaving the presence of God, they lose the holiness and the presence of God.

The punishment that God gives to Cain is not only to leave Eden, but the Lord gives these two punishments: "You will be cursed" (Gen. 4:11) and "You will be a wanderer on the earth" (Gen. 4:12). Cain, who understands these two, says, 'He shall be a wanderer on the earth (Genesis 4:14). Thus the sun shines on those who wander. This is what is said, 'The sun is upon me.' It means that we are black because we are out of God's presence and we are seen black.

'My mother's children are angry with me' means that Adam's other children will be angry when they hear about what Cain did to Abel. 'They put me in charge of the vineyards; I did not even guard my own vineyard.” Once upon a time, Cain was the man who tilled the land in Eden. He says that is why they put me in charge of the gardens there. But he says that I did not protect even that garden when I killed Abel. We see that because he killed Abel in that garden, because he lost a person in it, he did not protect that garden, and because he did not protect his mind as a garden, he gave way to anger and irritation and fell into the sin of killing Abel.

2) When "man's iniquity abounded in the earth" (Gen. 6:5), "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." (Genesis 6:8) When we see who was made a stranger, the first was Noah's son, who was cursed, and his descendants became slaves and Gentiles. Cursed" (Genesis 9 : 25) and 'Canaan ... shall be a slave to Shem and Japheth'" (Genesis 9 : 26-27). Thus, the descendants of Kam become not only Gentiles but also slaves. Here he also curses, "He shall be a slave to his brother" (Genesis 9:25). He says that not only slaves but slaves are slaves. Ham's mistake is punished by making his descendants slaves to slaves. The truth and one of the greatest lessons we should learn from this is that we must be careful that our actions are not cursed by our posterity.

Ham, like Shem and Japheth, was the first owner of Noah's garden on an equal footing. But because he does not guard his actions, his son and his offspring are cursed even though Kama is not cursed. We see that equity being lost. Therefore, his descendants are strangers and those who did not protect their own garden.

3) When God called Abraham, the people said: Come, build us a city and a tower with a peak that reaches the sky, so that we will not be scattered on the face of the earth, and make us a name" (Genesis 11: 4). 6) For people to think like that, we see that "God scattered them all over the earth" (Genesis 11: 8). Then Abraham (Genesis 12: 1-5) and the 12 tribes of Israel became Gentiles except them.

This verse prophesies that the Gentiles come from this seed, meaning that our ancestors were once Gentiles, not children of God's garden. Because their ancestors failed to protect their estate, all their descendants became heathens. Because of becoming a Gentile, we see many Gentiles in this world today. We are such Gentiles. That means we have lost the right to own garden. Earlier we were living a desert life. But today by the grace of Jesus Christ and His shed blood we are saved and drawn into the presence of God. The church joyfully says that we have been made beautiful and saved by Him, whether black or heathen.

Are you keeping the salvation you received from Jesus Christ in your life?

Reference Scriptures: Ruth 1:19-21, Matt 18:10, Job 30:30, Jeremiah 8:20-21, Lamentations 4:8