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this meditation I want to share my thoughts
about Christianity's view on Rastafari. Over
the years that the Itations that you are
reading now are online, I've encountered
everything, from Rastafarians calling me a
"wolf in sheep's dreads" to
Christians warning me not to
"participate with idol worship". I
don't know which judgement I dislike most,
but this meditation is especially written
for my Brethren and Sistren in Christ, my
fellow Christians, who might consider me to
be on a straying path when it comes to my
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I get responses from concerned Christians,
sometimes even angry ones, about my
meditations. Basically it boils down to one
point, the person of Haile Selassie.
Apparently, some Christians go so far, that
even positive words, even attempts to
comprehend the spiritual significance of
Haile Selassie, become reasons to judge me.
These judgements can go very far. From my
side, I notice that many of these people
have taken the trouble to mail me, but not
to study my meditations. Is mentioning
ignorance in this matter just? For some it
seems like everything reasoned about
Selassie, other than "He's not
God" is reason to doubt my faith. Could
it be, because I strongly criticize
Christianity? I think that I have every
right to do so, being the Messian
(Christian) Dread that I am. I consider
myself part of Christianity. But it
sometimes seems like mainstream
Christianity's view on Rastafari is one of
total rejection: the Rastaman is portrayed
as an immoral drug addict, and after all,
who wants to listen to an immoral drug
addict? I know, I'm being sarcastic here,
but only to make my point. And to express my
dissatisfaction with the point of view. |
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me mention an example of what I mean: I have
heard of Christian people saying that the
"whole Afrikans in bondage in babylon
thing" is nothing but claiming
something that wasn't there, and also,
wasn't it written in scripture that when
there are those claiming to be Jews where
they were not Jews, this shouldn't be taken
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first of all: that scripture does not deal
with people directly because they claim to
be Jews, because then we could say this of
all Jews who do not accept Jah according to
the apostle Paulus. One could also argue,
that Christianity is in fact "fulfilled
Judaism". The scripture Rev 3:9 which
we saw earlier, deals with people who were
worshipping satan, that dragon formerly
known as lucifer. They gathered in the
"synagogue of satan". |
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is an article by an organization called
Watchman which I otherwise know to be a good
source for information when it comes to
cults and sects and groups. They have an
article about "Rastafarianism"
(sic) in which they claim Rastafari to be
racialist. Ignorance? How come, if so? When
it comes to Rastafari Christians become
strange. |
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for years mainstream Christianity has been
claiming the promises that Jah Jah gave the
Jews, because they were "spiritual
Israel". In spite of the fact that
Israel is moving back to the Holy Land known
as the Official State of Israel, until this
present day this is theology in many
denominations still. |
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bring in something else, too, before I come
back to this point. Stuff done in the name
of Christianity. Stuff that makes Rastafari
doubt the genuinity of Christianity. And it
would be so wise for Christians to consider
these things before they pass judgements on
the Rastaman. I am truly happy with the
particular movement within Christianity,
that is working towards reconciliation and
confessions of sins done in the Name of
Yeshua. What I'm about to show you, is in no
way a thing from mainstream Christianity
(anymore). Still it is done in the name of
the god of the slave master that has been
used so many times to keep slaves down. And
the god of the slavemaster has been given
the same Name as the Divine Saviour. Click
at the picture below, to see what so called
"good Christian folks" do with
black people. Your browser will open in a
new window and you will see the picture. IT
IS SHOCKING so do PLEASE not view this where
there are little children. |
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this is an old picture, "good white
Christian folks" are still killing
black people in this time, and they think it
is a good thing, a good Christian thing, to
do. It is within this context that the
movement of Rastafari came to existence, let
us never forget that. "Jesus" has
been portrayed by the babylonians as the god
of the system. "Jesus" has been
used, as justification for some of the most
terrible actions in modern history. And
although this is often wiped away as
history, the echo's go on until this day. I
strongly believe that if mainstream
Christianity had obeyed the teachings of
Yeshua, and had set the captives free
instead of enslaving them, there wouldn't
now be a movement believing Selassie to be
the returned Saviour. It is the result of
centuries of theological justified slavery
and discrimination. And all these things
should be considered. |
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am happy that the average Rastaman is
perfectly able to discern the wickedness
done in the Name of the Saviour from the
Most High Himself. This is what I have been
taught by Rastafarians: that black people
were taken to babylon for their own sins,
and that after 400 years the time has come
for the children of Africa to return to
their homeland |
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is it not so, that for those people who have
been in slavery and exile for so long, it is
obvious and overstandable to call Ethiopia
Zion? There are even scriptures which
compare Ethiopians (Black Afrikans) and the
children of Israel. This close relationship
is also symbolized in the marriage of Moses,
the first Israeli Leader, with an Afrikan
Princess. Is it not so, that in a country
where a descendant of David rules, as an
Icon of Christ, it is tempting to call that
Zion? Or Kingdom of God? |
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there is even something much more important
to be seen, when dealing with this subject.
There is a clear similarity to see between
the exile of the children of Israel and the
children of Ethiopia to babylon. They were
both in exile in babylon, in the babylon of
their times. The Jews were held captive in
what is now known as Iraq, the Afrikans are
hold in the Western World, modern day
babylon. And this babylon today is very
brutal. Ofcourse: it is the final babylon!
But it is also a babylon which in name is
"Christian". And that is a bigger
difference than the geographical location:
the religion of the ancient babylon was
polytheist, in name today babylon is
worshipping the Creator through Christ. The
good seed and the bad seed have been growing
up together, now there is not so much
difference to be seen at the surface.
Babylon has infiltrated Christianity, and
now a babylonian Christianity is ruling
babylon. |
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have always been protesting against the
idea, that "the western world" has
a Christian Culture. The western world is
babylon, and babylon is not a Christian
although many babylonians are. But true
Christians have always been persecuted from
the first day of their existence. Reading of
the Bible? Forbidden for centuries for the
average person. Materialism and atheism have
come into place of a corrupted caricature of
true Christianity in blinding the people,
and now, when people can speak their mind
and believe what they want, who needs a
Saviour? In a system that calls itself
"Christian", Christians are
considered a group of clowns! A thing to
consider for the Christian and the Rastaman. |
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may be true, that Ethiopia is not Zion in
the sense that it is not the home of the
Jews, and it is not Heaven, but it is also
not so, that Afrika is that heathen
continent of which you hear Christians
speaking. Christianity has been spread to
Afrika way before it was spread to Europe.
Afrika, Ethiopia has been a part of the land
of Eden. And what about Beta Israel? Is it
not significant that it is almost certain
that the Arc of the Covenant is present in
Ethiopia? And that a descendant of King
David was until recently still sitting upon
his throne, Haile Selassie there? I think
that Ethiopia is the keeper of the throne of
King David and the keeper of the Arc of the
Covenant, until the final days come, in
which the temple will be rebuild in
Jerusalem and the Armageddon starts to take
place. We already see in this times that we
are coming to a point in which the Lord
Iesous will return to another part of
Africa, Jerusalem. But before that,. before
He will take His place as rightful Ruler, on
the throne, there will be the last days of
babylon. |
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of us in babylon, whether we are Afrikan or
not, we have to deal with Christian babylon.
Babylon is here and her magic is enchanting
everybody. When you are conscious, when you
claim to follow Jah, let go the judging at
Rastafarians, or at Conscious Christians. We
need each other. The time will soon come in
which Jah Word cannot be spread freely
anymore, so let us fight babylon, satan and
wickedness in the Name of Yeshouah. |
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