Many
in the Rastafari movement have been confused about Isus Christos
and the Bible. They have not only rejected the Bible and Isus
Christ, I and I Saviour from such time, but also separated
Christ from Emperor Haile Selassie I because European slave
masters used the Bible in nefarious ways to colonize and enslave
the world. Specifically, Europeans changed the image of Christ
to resemble a European to perpetuate white supremacy globally
and the Bible was used to pacify us while they stole our land
and brutalized us into slave labor.
Looking in homes and churches around the world, we can still
find the blond hair blue eyes white jesus fixed on the walls.
This global disception would have not been unmasked without
the coming of Emperor Haile Selassie I and to a lesser degree,
the Honorable Marcus Garvey . It was Garvey who first told
us to worship the Almighty through the spectacles of Ehtiopia
and to look for I and I Redeemer as a King from the East,
thus preparing I and I minds for transformation.
Both
Marcus Garvey and Emperor Haile Selassie I were devoted Christians,
fully accepting the message of the Bible and the Saviour of
human kind it spoke of. Haile Selassie I said, Christ lived
an exemplary life which men everywhere should do their best
to emulate. Furthermore, he uttered that the Bible contained
the solutions to man's problems on earth and we cannot hope
for salvation should we reject it. For my part, said His Majesty,
"I glory in the Bible."
Even if one had not known this, rejecting the Bible and Christ,
would mean rejecting the Divinity of His Majesty, who traces
his liineage back to King Solomon and Queen of Sheba of the
Bible. One would be rejecting the very book that proves Selassie
I's Divinity as King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Conquering
Lion of Judah. One also rejects the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
and nearly 2000 years of Ethiopia's Christian heritage which
was not imposed by Europe. Not only that, but rejecting the
Bible and Christ means rejecting the fact that the Ark of
the Covenant is located in unconquered Ethiopia, not
under the Temple Mount, a claim that no other nation on earth
can refute.
The simple fact is that there is no separation between the
Bible, Christ and His Majesty for Rasta. The Bible and the
Christ are manifested in HIM. He is the only statesman in
creation who promulgates the message of Christ and the Bible
throughout creation. He has never failed to visit a church
in any country he has set foot in. He alone has brought the
church together for the first time since 451 A.D. when the
churches split over the nature of Christ at the Council of
Chalcedon. This is why He was given the title "Defender
of the Faith," this is why so many called HIM the return
Christ and why I and I refer to HIM as Christ in His Kingly
Character.
The Bible is the constitution of the Rasta people and Haile
Selassie I is the Founding Father. Both are the foundation
laws and guide in this time to both live up with and trample
down Babylon's illusions. If I and I do not hold steadfastly
to it then what will we use to judge the heathen or how can
we ever? Lean not on your own understanding neither establish
your own righteousness. Live by the scriptures so that we
may be judges in righteousness. This is I and I power on earth
if we will just use it.
Ras Ishach
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