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BeSeme Ab WeWeld

WeMenfes Qeddus Ahadu Amlak

Amin

In the beginning there was but one concept, and that is the concept of I.

Ras Tafari, erasing all evil conception and wicked emotion, is the name of the most crowned Emperor Qadamawi Haile Selassie, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion from the Tribe of Judah, Elect of the Lord and of HIMSelf, Light of the World.

He is the Shadow of Righteousness and the Light of Wisdom, He is the Beginning and the End. Being the Christ Eyesus (Jesus) returned according to prophecies, He is the rallying point of all mankind and of all Scriptures, of all religions and cultures, He is the Completion of the Speech and of the World, all the spirits recognize His sovereignity.

The King of all Kings labours for the sake of mankind to bring it back to the former and original state of Unity and Prosperity, when there was but one tongue and one Nation, a United Nation. The Time of Rastafari is the time of knowledge before vengeance, the time of Uni-Versity and a Time where wisdom and knowledge in men grow to a point where they are able to rule over nature and to govern its laws, in harmony with the peacefull plan of the Almighty Egziabhier. Education in modern knowledge and tech-nology founded upon the understanding of the Ancient Faith of the Ancestors is the only way through which men can come back to that status of kingship that was established by God in the beginning, when He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which is I- thiopia, to rule over all Creation, in the Fear of the Most High and in the Love and Cooperation of each other.

His Majesty is the precious trainer of our souls, He heightens the senses and widens the mind of man in order for him to welcome the ocean of sanctity which is the day to day reality of Regality: the Kingdom of JAH.

In contemplating the HIMage of Qadamawi Haile Selassie, our Ababa- Father, our eyes and mind are brought back to the REMEMBERANCE of our true origin, which is bright blackness, utmost holiness and coolness of the senses and of the heart. The rememberance of our true nature. Contemplating HIM means to contemplate ourselves into a mirror, becoming a reflection of His Light and of His Own HIMa-ge.

I and I herald an era of holiness, dignity and kingship FOR ALL, in the Image of JAH.

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Message to Chile Brethren, 23 July 2010 (after the Earthquake)

Be Seme Ab, wo Wold, wo Menfes Qeddus, Ahadu Amlak. Qadamawi Haile Selassie.

Qeddus Qeddus Qeddus, Egziabeher Tsebaoth Y Mas Gan

Greetings and Love in the Name of the King of Glory, the Only Begotten Son Iyasus Krestos who dwelt 5500 years after the creation of the world within the womb of Denghel Maryam, and returned in this 8th Millenium as Freedom Fighter and Rightful Judge over physical dominion, as Fulfill-ment and Crown of human exodus towards Salvation. He manifested Himself with the fullness of His Red Wrath to break our chains, He purified this Golden Earthly Globe through Fire, and the War he fought was not in vain.

Our respect and esteem is high for Your Community, passing through the great tribulation of this time, facing one of the plagues described in the Book of Revelation with exemplary spirit of broth-erhood and self-help. The pictures you kindly sent us are a good testimony of your excellent unity of spiritual vision, mutual love, organization and centralization: you are manifesting Divine Kingdom upon the Earth, and this dominion you established in Chile, around the Tabernacle, is a precious heritage for the whole Rastafari Nation. We remember that Egypt plagues were conceived not to hit the Israelites but wicked oppressors, to set the people free to return Motherland: after destruction and sorrow, you are honorably rebuilding your society upon strong foundations of african solidarity and spiritual life, for the benefit and pleasure of all brethren and sistren, world-wide.

Our spiritual and material support wants to be the acknowledgement of this shining example, and in the same time the beginning of a new era of cooperation and love between our two different tradi-tions, whose precious experiences should be shared and mutually harmonized, as far as we desire to improve the quality of our livity, regarding mystical vibe, doctrinal vision, moral tone and actual deeds of material service. Italy was the head of the rebellious nations against Jah and His Messiah, but what has been prophesied by David is now visibile before our eyes: “The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.” I&I can clearly testify He is Victorious, because He conquered our obedience, and we are now the Footstool of His feet. And this obedience we owe unto Him, we want to manifest serving and loving the members of our Impe-rial Ethiopian People, trodding forward to Unity, which is Our Only Strength.

The Trinity of Jah is the First Image of this Freedom in I-nity we seek. In this Holy Day, our voices of prayer and power are weaved with yours, and we hope this blessing could be everlasting, and bear noble fruits.

A Blessed Earthday for the Beloved Kingdom in Chile, in the Name of Qadamawi Haile Selassie, the Word Who shakes the Foundations of the I-niverse.

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Message to German Brethren, 2009

Greetings in the Name of Our Lord the Father Egziabeher, Who in ancient times spoke through the inspired tongue of the prophets; Greetings in the Name of Our Lord the Son, the Word Who made flesh and walked among I&I as a perfect man; Greetings in the Name of the Holy Spirit who fills in this day our bodily temple and sanctifies our meditation. We extend our deepest thanks-giving to Jah Almighty and to all the I-dren who made this blessed event possible through prayers and ef-forts. We give thanks, also, for the opportunity to send this message and to read it during your Hola Congregation, hoping it will be fruitful for our mutual love and brotherhood.

Blessings to those who are gathered under the Crown of the King of Kings; Blessings to those who recognize that Iyasus Chrestos, the Holy One Who suffered and died as a Lamb in His First Priestly Coming, aimed to redeem our sins, is now the Conquering Lion of Judah, the Biblical Sovereign of this Earth, come to break our political and physical chains and to es- tablish the Righteous Kingdom of Liberty and Freedom; Blessings to those who bring upon their foreheads His New and Precious Name, Qadamawi Haile Selassie, First Power of the Trin-ity, that is also the clear- est mark of these modern times, in which we are called to be a royal race, princes and princesses made in His Image, in order to keep and rule with equality and justice our divine heritage, i.e. this world and all its rich-ness, in accordance with the promises He gave to our fathers. We are called to be the Foot-stool of His feet and the shining guide-light of Mankind, we received the task to let the nations known that Love and Harmony are not a fleeting illusion, nor something belong- ing to Heaven alone, but the solid reality we con- template in the Holy Government of RasTafari. Following his teachings, refusing the devil totali- tarian and philosophic “isms” of Babylon, our hands are again strong, and we are able to sit with HIM upon a terrible and merciful Throne, and to give rest and peace to all the men and women of goodwill, of every creed, culture, race and color, practicing and defending the Law of Universal Human Rights and True African Democracy.

In order to move forward on the path set by His Imperial Majesty for the full and I-ternal Victory, we have to achieve I-nity, because it is the source of the Strength we need, to make our voices heard in the squares of Egypt, to leave captivity and walk towards the Promised Land of Ethiopia. This I-nity means, spiritually, to reach a unitary churchical vision of the Divine Truth under the Spirit of God, fulfilling the precept of the Scripture: “One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism” and defending the Orthodox Culture; also, I-nity has a material significant meaning, implying the Organization and Centralization of our movement in accordance with the social Law of the King, “to correct abuses, relieve oppression and carve for ourselves and our posterity, a destiny comparable with our idea of perfect manhood and God’s purpose in creating us; that we may not only save ourselves from annihilation, but carve for ourselves a place in the Sun”. We can move forward on this way only through honest and fair reasoning, listening in humbleness and without illegitimate pride the direct

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modern Word of His Majesty, starting from the basic common point that He is our Ras – Head, and we must think like He thinks, and work like He works. Also, tolerance is a fundamental value in this journey, because to forgive the sins of the others and be patient is the only way to make them tolerate ours and be patient with us. We know that you are totally conscious of this, and the exis-tence of RWA and its honorable service, that we highly esteem, is the testimony that we are walking now the same streets of glory.

Although we had and have brotherly relations with several members of your noble Community, and our two realities are bound by a sincere feeling of respect, we had not the opportunity to seri-ously work on the field of International Cooperation, which is a natural expression of I&I concept. In particular, our two nations come from a common tragic history against the Prince of Peace, so we also share a common historical ground of redemption and prophetical destiny in HIM. These two nations, invited to recognize in 1930 the Dignity of the Black King, and blessed by the visit of His Majesty, have an important role in the plan of Jah and their own peculiar spiritual and tem-poral wealth, that is good to put at disposal of our worthy brethren to gain a higher general level of knowledge and growth; moreover, they have the responsibility to achieve the continental and world citizenship preached by Jahnoy, and to be an example of livity that overcomes every petty prejudice. For this reason, we ask you to consider as an important matter, for our internal and ex-ternal wellbeing, the relations between our institutions, in order to fully create one thing from two: not imposing doctrines or interfering with the affairs of the other, but establishing a fair and just dialogue between equals, each one teach one. As a first step, it would be a joy for us to welcome a chosen and qualified delegation during our Coronation Gathering, and to discuss in that occasion the first questions.

Waiting trustfully for your response, we wish you a vibes-full Celebration in One Perfect Love, and we thank you again for your kindness and availability.

As was in the Beginning, so shall it be in the End: One Ethiopian King, One Ethiopian Kingdom.

Message to Swiss Brethren, 23 July 2010

Be Seme Ab, wo Wold, wo Menfes Qeddus, Ahadu Amlak. Qadamawi Haile Selassie.

Osanna Le Wolde Dawit, Osanna Be Aryam.

Greetings in the Name of our August Emperor Haile Selassie the First, Who received the Crown of the Earth after the Crown of the Heaven, Who is One in Person and Nature in His First and Second Coming as One are Knowledge and Power, Beginning and Fulfillment.

The cup of our mind and heart is full in this day, celebrating the time when the cup of history has been filled to its climax, the crown of the redemption path, announcing freedom to the Globe, from chains of physical and political slavery. The King of Kings was born in the year of Qeddus Yohannes, the young Apostle Who saw His Glory in vision and wrote Revelation, in order to give I images and prophecies to be recognized. This Apostle was the One who placed his ear upon the

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chest of Christ, and heard his mystical heart-beat, secrets which were hidden to his brethren. He heard the sound of two beats, one introducing, one fulfilling, a New Song he described in his own book. “Thy Kingdom Come” is said in amharic “Menghisteh Timtà”, and “Timtà”, “Timtà” he heard, foreseeing the glorious Majesty of Christ and the healing of the Earth, being also the H-earth of the I-niverse.

This Holy Kingdom that has been set, Menghest, is the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, Menfes, and His ultimate presence among men, within men, as unifying and santifying power under the guidance of Jah. Your Sacred Congregation, pervaded by the wisdom of the Lord and sense of Di-vine Triune I-nity, is the actualization of what has been stated by the mouth of Joel the Prophet:

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”

A direct vision now we have, able to know Egziabeher Tsebaoth in flesh, his mistical Face, His powerful hand, so that we can perfect faith by knowledge and science.We have a Royal Priesthood, we are a Kingly Israelitic Nation, a peculiar people who is destined to share the Imperial Dignity of the Emperor, to be members of His Royal Family and rule with Him, establishing here and now Equal Rights and Justice, guiding history towards his natural des-

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tination, higher and higher glory. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”, Iyasus Krestos spoke without deceit, and we have the privilege to live in this age, when we see the Land of Jahnoy that has been promised to our fathers, but they were not allowed to see. This is not a fleeting illusion to be pursued, no more: this is a living reality. What has once been called Utòpia, now reveals herself as Ethiopia, and repatriation is at hand, is a must, because no man can change what Their Majesties have said in the Beginning: “Ethiopian earth you are, and to Ethiopian Earth you shall return”.

The return to the Ethiopian Beginning is the return to Original Black Oness, when man lived in Edenic Africa with intact faith, vision, culture, and sensitivity, with pure language and physical vigour to rule the creation. Blackness we find in the highness of the sky and in the depth of our Mother, Medr, the Earth, and the adoration of Black God should be our Strong Foundation to be members of a New Race, to restore the original image of man, created in the likeness of Jah. Fleeing away from western emisphere white illusions, we can re-establish unity of mind and hand reigning in ancient times, before Babylon Tower confusion and artificial boundaries division, when we were scattered beyond the sea and far from the House of the Father, among impurity and wildness.

As it is written in chapter 30 of the Venerable Kebra Negast, Solomon saw the presence of Christ in the shape of the Sun, being fought in Jerusalem and then kingly shining over Ethiopia and over Rom and its old empire. It has been thus prophesied the spreading of salvation and redemption among the gentiles, the extension of a righteous New Empire over the past enemies and the I-nification of two peoples, black and fair, under Ethiopian Crown. Our faith, our coscience and our gatherings are testifying the Word of Trodition is True, and through this Spirit of I-nity we should move again and again, like a people undivided and endowed with freedom and equality before the Law, ready for the Exodus of I Lord.

Let we unite, in this deeep time, our voices and our desire, let we work to be free different members of One Body, guided by One Head Ras TafarI, I&I. There are false people, trying to spread false propaganda, being full of judgments against deeds and ideas, and in the same time full of ignorance and sin in themselves, who try to slow down the unavoidable course of History towards One, and the pure good-will of many to establish sound cooperation between our communities, and work for complete spiritual and material communion. As we well know, this is the only way for Strength, in Knowledge and Love.

We express our utmost esteem and respect for your efforts and the good fruits of your trees, and we pray this could be a solid basis for a further common sharing of human richness and clean

vibration. We ask in humbleness to gather, and face together these serious and mysterious times, when Universal Fatherhood of God and Equal Brotherhood of Man are so precious and I-tal. In

this day, we sing the same song unto the King of Kings:

Keep I&I away from your wrath,Lead I&I along the righteous path,

Feel our love, fill the cup of our heart,Make I One, without separated parts,

Be Seme Ab, wo Wold wo Menfes QeddusAhadu Amlak

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DOC TRINEThe same Name of His Majesty, Selassie-Trinity, is considered the First of the Five Pillars of the Ethio-pian Faith, whose knowledge is thus essential to have a complete vision of our fathers tradition and to gain the full mystic of the Role of RasTafarI, Who came to fulfill and not to abolish the Past Revelations and Prophets. We present here the first part of the Ethiopian “Prayer of the Faith” (ጸሎተ ፡ ሃይማኖት - Tzelote >Aymanot) also known as “Creed of Nicea-Constantinople”, which was elaborated during the first Christian Apostolic Councils and which is liturgically confessed in Ethiopia as a foundation of the orthodox theological culture. Beyond doctrine, we will offer a linguistic explanation of the content, because ge’ez ovastanding Constitutes another important side of the conception cleansing we desire to reach.

ነአምን፡ በአሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ገባሬ፡ ሰማያት፡ ወምድር፡ ዘያስተርኢ፡ ወዘኢያስተርኢ፤

ወነአምን፡ በአሐዱ፡ እግዚእ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ አብ፡ ዋሕድ፡ ዘህልው፡ ምስሌሁ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይትፈጠር፡ ዓለም፡

ብርሃን፡ ዘእምብርሃን፡ አምላክ፡ ዘአምላክ፡ ዘበአማን።

ዘተወልደ፡ ወአኮ፡ ዘተገብረ፡ ዘዕሩይ፡ ምስለ፡ አብ፡ በመለኮቱ።

ዘቦቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኮነ፡ ወዘእንበሌሁሰ፡ አልቦ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ወኢምንተኒ፡ ዘበሰማይኒ፡ ወዘበምድርኒ።

ዘበእንቲኣነ፡ ለሰብእ፡ ወበእንተ፡ መድኃኒትነ፡ ወረደ፡ እምሰማያት፡ ተሰብአ፡ ወተሰገወ፤

እመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወእማርያም፡ እምቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ኮነ፡ ብእሴ፡ ወተሰቅለ፡ በእንቲኣነ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ጲላጦስ፡ ጰንጤናዌ።

We believe in One God, Egziabhier the Father, Master of All, Maker of Heavens and Earth, all things visible and invisible.

And we believe in One Lord Iyesus Krestos, Unique Son of the Father who existed with Him before the World would be created.

Light from Light, God from God in Truth.

Begotten not made, which is identical to the Father in His Divinity Essence.

By whom all things were [made] and without Him was anything in the Heaven and Earth made.

Who for us man and for our salvation came down from the Heavens, was made man and was incarnated,

from the Menfes Qeddus and from Qeddest Denghel Maryam, He was man and was crucified for us in the days of Pontius Pilate.

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Neam(e)n BeA(h)adu Amlak We Believe - In (Be preposition) One - Jah

The verb related to “belief” has the same root of Truth (Aman) and it is well translated as “we confess as truth”. Though it is declinated as singular, Amlak word has a plural grammatical form, in a compressed way (academically called “broken plural”), thus expressing the Simple Unity of Jah, but where Three Persons existe

(E)gziab(h)ier Ab Jah - Father

Egziabhier is the Name of God in His Trinitarian explication, and its 7 letters thus compose three Elements: Egzio, meaning “Lord”, the royalty of the Son Messiah; Ab: the Father;

and B(h)ier, meaning Kingdom, Province, which is one of the Names of the Holy Spirit, sanctifying the spaces

Ahazie KweluMaster - of All

Gebarie Semayat we MedrMaker - of Heavens - and - Earth

ZeYasteri WeZeiyasteri Of (Ze preposition is connective, relational) - what is manifested - And (We) what is not (i - prefix as negation)

manifested

WeNeam(e)n BeA(h)adu (E)gzi(e) Iyesus Kr(e)stos And We Believe - In One - Lord - Jesus Christ

Welde Ab Wa(h)(e)d Ze>Alewe M(e)slie>u Son of (-e suffix) - the Father - Unique - Who (Ze) existed - With Him (->u suffix, Him). The Son is Unique, or Only Begotten, because He is the Only Person generated, born from the Father, like thinking generates word

(E)mQ(e)d(e)me Yt(e)fettr ‘Alem from (Em preposition) before - would be created - the World

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B(e)r>an Ze(E)mB(e)r>anLight - That (Ze) From (Em) Light

Amlak Ze(E)mAmlak Jah - That (Ze) From (Em) Jah. It means that this Generation is internal to the Divine Essence of the One, as His

Natural Explication and Development

ZeBeAman That (Ze) is In (Be) Truth

ZeTewelde WeAko ZeTegebre Who (Ze) is begotten - And Not (ako) - Who (Ze) is Made. Prefix Te- within verbs expresses the passive form,

or inverts the action sense of the meaning

Ze’(E)ruy M(e)sle Ab BeMelakotuWho (Ze) is Equal - With - the Father - In His (-u suffix) Divinity

ZeBotu Kwelu Kone Who (Ze) In Him (Botu) - All - Was

Here starts the literal quotation from the First chapter of the Gospel of John, verse 3. If nothing was created without Him, He could not be created, being the absolute Tool of Creation of the Father, His Word

WeZe(E)nbelie>use Albo ZeKone And Who Without Him (->u suffix) - There is not - What (Ze) Was

WeIm(e)nteni ZeBesemayni WeZeBeM(e)dr(e)niAnd Nothing - That (Ze) is In (Be) Heaven - And That (Ze) is in (Be) Earth. Suffix -ni marks the excluding

ripetition, and it means also the pronoun “me”, in order to highlight the created character of the confessing man.

ZeBe(E)ntiane Leseb(e)(e) Who (Ze) For Us (-ne suffix, “Us”) - for (Le) Men

WeBe(e)nte Medehanit(e)neAnd For - the Salvation of Us (-ne suffix)

Werede (E)mSemayat Came down - From (Em) the Heavens

Teseb(e)a WeTesegewe (E)mMenfes Q(e)dus Was Made Man - And Was Incarnated - From/By (Em) The Holy (Qedus) Spirit (Menfes). It is written Virgin Mary was “overshadowed” by the Holy Spirit and she felt down unconscious. It was a kind of sexual union,

but beyond any fleshical and human parameters. In this way, Holy Spirit impressed in Her Womb the paternal character of Jah, thus conceiving the Perfect Man

WeMaryam (E)mQ(e)dest Deng(e)l And Maryam - From (Em) the Holy - Virgin.

Kone B(e)(e)si WeTeseqele Be(e)ntianeHe Was - Man - And Was Crucified - For Us

BeMewa’ele Ppilattos PpenttienawiIn (Be) the Time of (-e suffix) - Pilate - Pontius. This verse reminds the misterious importance of Rome, Mistery Babylon, in the plan of salvation. According to ethiopian tradition, after washing his hands in the purifying

Blood of the Lamb, Pilate repented and converted to Christ Faith, and he is still honoured as Holy (Ethiopian Sinaxaryum, 25th Sene)

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ባቢሎንBefore the royal ritual began, the Archibishop, Abuna Qerillos, approached with a gospel bound in gold and asked Us to complete the following words of the oath: That we should strengthen the orthodox faith which had remained steadfast in Ethiopia from the days of the holy kings Abreha and Asbeha and that We should keep, without disturbance, the laws and ordinances which the orthodox Church has laid down. Autobiography of H.I.M. Vol. I Chap. 28

Ethiopia is a country with her own cultures and mores. These, our cultures and customs, more than being the legacy of our historical past, are characteristics of our Ethiopianness. We do not want our legacies and traditions to be lost.Selected Speeches, p. 34

In order to advance in our respective undertakings and set ourselves on the right path, we have to learn and draw abundantly from the great spiritual heritage which our fathers and forefathers have bequeathed to us. This can give us strength and a sense of continuity which are essential for prog-ress and development. Important Utterances, p. 271

During the past 50 years not only did We labour that Our people may lead a better life while on this earth but also did not spare Our energy and treasure to develop their spiritual heritage, the value of which no human mind can assess. Important Utterances, p. 488

From those times to this, various books of spiritual and material profit have periodically been com-piled and written in Ge’ez. We remember with deep gratitude those fathers of old who, as time and opportunity allowed, worked with much care and labour and have left us books for the preservation of the Faith and for the increase of learning and knowledge. Selected Speeches, p. 616 The Church which, through centuries of struggle and martyrdom, has pursued its task of evangelism and education, has Our continued support... Selected Speeches, p. 633

The history of our nation has always been closely related to the history of our Church, and the Church has been both the rallying point and the inspirer of our national unity. Selected Speeches p. 636

Holy Fathers, as the spiritual descendants of the Apostles of Christ you have an emi-nent responsibility...Selected Speeches p. 639

Holy Fathers, we have welcomed the title you have give Us, Defender of the Faith, with great honour. Selected Speeches p. 641

May God who helped the 318 Fathers of the council of Nicea enlighten and help us all. Selected Speeches p. 639

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In the beginning Humanity was created One, unified in faith, national culture and speech. Before the falling of Babylon Tower, the confusion of tongues and the creation of artificial boundar-ies over earth surface, whose fullness belongs to Jah, it is written “And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all” (Genesis 11, 1). This common natural way of communication was given by Jah to Adam in the beginning, thus it was not based on conventional rules and human inventions, but it was the natural expression of things and able to evoke their essence.

It is evident that Ethiopic, being the linguistical tradition of the most ancient nation of the world and the first dwelling of Man, and also the same language of Nimrod, who, according to the Bible, was world ruler at that time and son of Ethiopia, is the keeper of this extraordinary cultural wealth useful for the rightful ovastanding and administration of reality and social relations.

The word “ge’ez” means “free”, because it is not merely the historical fruit of human passions and pacts, like pagan speaking, but it comes from the absolute science of Jah and perfectly corre-sponds to all things, as sound and design of their substances. Otherwise, pagan languages, coming out Babylon sin, are full of confusion and illusion, double like the tongue of the dragon serpent, contradictory. The study and contemplation of this cultural aspect play an important role for the Earthical Liberation in RasTafari, as its main aim is to restore the primordial Global Inity and World Citizenship, removing the rule of Babylon. In this respect, we remind that article 125 of Ethiopian Imperial Constitution establish Amharic as official language of the Empire, remarking this element as a pillar of Our Empire. This fullfills the Prophecy of Zephaniah 3, 9: “For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the Name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent”.

Tongues

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Considering Ethiopic as perfect Divine language, we can trace several specific properties of com-munication which create a fullness of sense and reveal a system of orthodox thinking and values, giving unto the scholar the opportunity to redeem the mind and purify it from babylon miseduca-tion. Our language is composed by two different levels of message, the phonetic (thus related to sound and pronounciation) and the graphic (thus related to written signs), and uniquely as regards Ethiopic, this two plans are totally unified in the symbolic evocation of their meaning, manifesting in I-nity what pagan languages still keep, but in fragmentation and under confusion. Having in one the powers of all the languages of the earth, Ethiopic presents itself as the Original and Eldest Tongue of Adam and his sons.

A correct and meditated pronounciation of the signs1. is able to symbolically indi-cate the conceptual content of the meant thing. This is what is called “ideophonetic” function.

Pronunciation can simulate the natural sound of the meant thing.2. This is what is called “onomatopoeic” function.

Pronunciation can describe, through vibration, the “shape” of the meant thing.3. This is what is called “phono-graphic” function.

Meditation upon graphic symbols can expose the same pronunciation tech-4. nique. This is what is called “grapho-phonetic” function.

Written signs are able to symbolically indicate the conceptual content of the 5. meant thing. This function is called “ideographic”.

Signs present the natural design of the meant thing,6. and this function is called “pictographic”.

This speech is valid for the analysis of the single elements as well for the com-7. posed sound or scripture, not only within the context of the basic word, but even in more complex linguistic spaces, e.g. the entire vibe of a Biblical Chapter and Psalm. These latter functions are called “mono-phonic” and “mono-grammatic”.

According to these principles, we shall study here the ge’ez word ባቢሎን “Babylon”, which within the Ethiopian Tradition and Bible Version describes both the “Queendom” of corruption, in any spiritual of phisical meaning, and the cursed Tower of Babel (this name is a western adaptation to distinguish), the spiritual and historical cause of the linguistic and moral confusion. A deep and many-sided interpretation can show the extraordinary strength of the Holy Language, and at the same time to give I a better ovastanding of the wickedness we have to fight.

The first letters are two በ “B”. This sign graphically represents a door or an house (ቤት “Bèt”) and two of them suggest the idea of the city (many buildings) as well of a “building” attitude of the

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heathen, measuring the dignity of their life in carnal terms alone, situating material expansion as the priority (beginning of the word) and desperately repeating it. This symbol indicates also the inner side of man, an image which is related to the “house” (በ Be is “IN” preposition), and then the inner spiritual activity of thinking-language, emphasized by the

labial sound (ይቤ Ybie, “to say”), in order to describe the vain plans of Babylon builders and their confused communication, as it is written in Genesis 11:9 : “Therefore is the name of it called Babilon, because the Lord did there confound the languages of all the earth”.

The Letter ለ “L” is like an arrow towards the sky, and it communicates highness (for example, “The Most High” is ልዑል “Leul”). This element expresses the “skyscraper” trend of pagan cities, image of that ancient tower, and their will to reach the Heaven and challenge the Majesty of Jah. Through their carnal false science and technology they desire to take the place of Egziabhier, manipulating the Divine Natural Order.

The last letter is ነ “N”. It graphically represents a seat and a tremble, thus commu-nicating the idea of author-ity and judgement. In fact,

“N” composes the words ንጉሥ “Negus” (King)

and መንግሥት

“Menghest” (Kingdom) and

መኰንን “Makwon-nen” (Judge). Situated at the end of the word, as result of the previous energies, it means the terrible judgment of Jah ova this foolish work, and its disastrous falling towards the hell, as the same sign describes. Works of iniquity are really fragile.

Looking at the Monogram of the word babylon, obtained through the wise composition and positioning of all its let-ters, we can better visualize what we are talking about.

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Blackness was over the abyss (...) And the Spirit of Jah overshadowed the abyss. And Jah said, Let be light, and there was light. (Genesis, 1:2-3)Back to the Roots, to the Beginning, we find Black. Biblically, Blackness is said to exist before Bright.

And God divided between the Light and the Blackness. (Genesis 1:4)Light come out Blackness, like Woman come out the Man. Blackness is a symbol of the Father, Black comes First, Light comes Second. They are equal in dignity and sharing the same com-mon Origin, but with different roles. This is the Divine Natural Order of Black Supremacy we have to respect.

There was evening and there was morning, one day. (Genesis 1:5)This is the reason why we Ethiopians count the time starting from sunset. Even in Babilon, them count time starting from midnight, not from daylight. Jah established the rightful sym-bolic order within our time perception, in order to continuously remind I this mistery.

And Jah said, Let Us make man according to our Image and Likeness. (Genesis 1:26)Although He is a pure Spirit, Jah has an Eternal Human Image, colour and form. This is an im-portant and peculiar Ethiopian Orthodox traditional concept, also known among the western scholars as “ethiopian antropomorphism”.It is said about Christ, being the Visible Image of the Invisible God, that His feet are like “shining bronze” (Revelation 1:15), then respecting the Divine Order of Beauty manifested in Creation, Jah is Shining Blackness, Light Out His Black Substance, He is Black and Bright.

And Jah formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life... (Genesis 2:7)To create man, Egziabhier took the black dust of the black fertile Edom Ethiopian Earth, and moulded it. He created a Black Ethiopian Man, according to His Image and Likeness. Ethio-pian Trodition tells Adam and Hewan were naked, but covered with a garment of light. Black and Bright.Obviously, being Christ the new and perfect Adam, He would reveal Himself as Black Shining Ethiopian.

And a river proceeds out of Edom to water the Garden, thence it divides itself into four heads (...) the name of the second river is Ghion, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia. (Genesis, 2:10-13)According to Black Supremacy, Ethiopia is the first national Name of Edom (Eden), the Original Land of Man. Ethiopia is the First Nation, still visible in our modern Atlas, quoted in the Bible, and even Havilah, the first place quoted, is said to be son of Ethiopia (1 Chronicles 1:9).The Bible teaching about the african-ethiopian nature of Edenic Dwelling of Man has been scientifically proven, even the heathen declare the same. Thus Ethiopia is the first land of Rev-elation and Garden of Delight which has been promised to the rightful people.

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And Jah said, it is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help, according to him. (Genesis 2:18)The necessary complementary role of woman, and, within his maternal symbol, of the com-munity. This condition is even present, in more invisible and inner form, among monks and ascetics.However, man has been alone for a week, differently from woman, who formed the couple. From a moral point of view, this teaches the highest man autonomy and his specific charisma to be head of the family. Simbolically, man is figure of Spiritual Individuality, while woman is the Kingdom of Flesh.This is also a prophecy about the revelation of Christ God the Son, Who is not alone, but coupled with a Perfect Woman Who is Essential for the Complete Fulfillment of Human Re-demption.Jah took the earth of Edom (Eden), Etiopia: thus, we are all flesh of Ethiopia, our Mother. Egziabhier did not create man alone, from nothing, but through the Earth, the Mother. In the image of Egziabhier moulding the Earth, we see the King caressing the Queen, Who gener-ates sons and dawtas through love.

And they heard the voice of Jah walking in the Garden. (Genesis 3:8)Jah walked in Ethiopia, His First Dwelling, manifesting His proximity to the life of man, and the Holy I-nity Adam broke with his disobedience. Prophetically, Jah would return to walk in the Garden of His Ethiopian Palace - Gennete Leul, Garden of the Most High - to be near to man, again.

“For Earth you are and to Earth you shall return”. (Genesis 3:19)If man was made out of Edom Earth, and Edom is Ethiopia, this commandment of Jah is a description of redemption as repatriation, as return to the Land where we come from and the re-establishing of the Original Way of Life.Finally, this suggests I the circular vision of Divine Creation, Mirror of Divine Power. Beginning and End are the same, because going forward we find the first start again, like a perfect circle. Evening, then Morning, then Evening again. Black, then Light, then Black Again.

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It is good to reflect about that passage of Saint John Revelation, we all know, being the foundation of our faith in His Majesty as Returned Christ, i.e. the Chapter 5, Verse 5:

“The Lion of the Tribe of Judah hath prevailed”.

It is written before and after, immediately after that passage, that the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the One Who Prevailed, is the same Lamb Who was slain. Thus, in the same place of the Holy Scripture, Christ is called in two different ways, iden-tified with two different animals. These are the Lamb and the Lion, and they are two extremely dense symbols of Christical ministeries, in His First and Second Coming, their specific wealth and their mutual relation. We can learn much just meditating upon these two figures. What we can easely notice, which is really important from a theological point of view, is that the One mentioned as the King of King and Lord of Lords, the Lion of Judah, is also called “Slain Lamb”. In another place of the same Revelation, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords would be called “The Word of God”. He is called Word of God in reference to the Divinity of the Son, clearly described in the first chapter of the Gospel of John, so that we realize Qadamawi Haile Selassie has the same Divinity of the Son, made flesh within the womb of Virgin Mariam, the same Divinity of Iyasus Krestos. Similarly, it is called Sacrificed Lamb so that we realize He owns the same Humanity of Iyasus Krestos, because He is the same Lamb who died. Thus, he owns the Flesh that died and rose again. In this way, the Scripture tells I He has the Same Divinity and the Same Humanity of Iyasus Krestos. It is important to not divide what Jah united, and confess the fullness of the personal identity between the First and the Second Coming.Secondly, meditating about the figure of the Lamb and the Lion, we realize how the first, symbol of the First Coming, is a fundamental animal for liturgical and spiritual service. The Lamb is sacrificed to expiate the sins of men, according to the Law of Moses. While the Lion is a symbol of royalness, the animal which rules its peers with mistical ovastanding, commanding, being the image of command. The lamb is a sweet animal, which offers his own life without resistance: in this same manner, Iyasus Krestos offered his own life to us on the Cross, he surrendered as

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a silent sheep in the hands of those who crucified Him. The Lion is a predator, it is an animal that sheds the blood of other animals, that devours, that conquers: in this same way, the Lord Qadamawi Haile Selassie won the war against the anti-christ, he defeated in arms, in accordance with the prophecies of the Revelation, the power of the wicked. He physically, fleshically eradicated the evil progeny, and thanks to His conquest, his military victory, we are now free: he broke our material, physical and political chains.The lamb is not an adult animal, but young, while the Lion is an adult. In fact, the Lord Iyasus Krestos died at the age of 33 years, during his full youngness, while Qadamawi Haile Selassie is the symbol of his longevity. It is written: “He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever” (Psalm 21:4). God the Father gave to the Son a life without end because of His sacrifice on the cross, and this sacrifice was renouncing to a long life, breaking a young existence, who was repaid by an eternal resurrection. The Lamb does not couple, he is youthful and virgin, he does not reach the adult age to couple. In this same way, the Lord Iyasus Krestos, showing the exemplary character of priesthood and the highest ascetism, He was virgin in his spirit and in his body. Instead, the Lion is a coupling animal, he has a lioness, a family, sons and daughters. In this same way, the Lord Qadamawi Haile Selassie married our Most Holy Empress Menen, united His flesh to Her flesh, He generated with Her according to flesh, because this is the time when He has to establish man as His son physically, not only spiritually, He redeems man in flesh, uniting His perfect flesh to the creature’s.The Lamb is bright dressed. Lion is red-kakhi dressed. Lamb’s noise is a lamenta-tion, a cry, the Lion noise is a powerful roaring, but also a kind a glorious laugh. Even this one element is really important, and lets I meditate upon another part of that Revelation verse. It is ordered unto John: “do not cry”. Do no cry. The time of lamentation, plea and humbleness is concluded, and now starts that of majesty, glory, laugh and roaring. It is written: “Jah shall wipe away all tears from their eyes”. Tears are a symbol of Iyasus Baptism of water, the drying of tears is a symbol of the Fyah Baptism the King administers now. And now we contemplate the fullness of life, we see the Alpha and Omega, the Lord is all in all. It is written “all” referring to the Heaven, “in all” referring to the Earth.It is also written, also: “those who cry shall laugh”. What we are called to do, in this time, it to take the fruit of 2000 years of trials and tribulations, made by hea-then against true and original Christianity. Now original Christianity reaches the government, the glory. Now the Lord laughs, He has them in derision, as it is written in the Psalm: He laughs from Mount Zion.This is the time in which we find evil, yes, but Good is up. Good ova evil. Good is up, no more down. Now we ovastand. And it is mor-ally important to be conscious of this mistery. Often, we nurture a pessimistic vision of ex-istence and present condition, while we have the power to change what we do not like in

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this world, knowing it is ours, it belongs to us, not to them. It is written that righ-teous would inherit the Earth: this is the heritage the King left unto I, because the heritage of the Lion belongs to the son of the Lion.Take what is yours, this is the principle. Do not lament everyday. How has been said by our prophetical brother, Ras Berhane Selassie Robert Marley, “if you get down and you quarrel everyday, you say praises to the devil, I say”. We should ovastand this is not the time to cry, but to enjoy; this is not the time to suffer, but to conquer. Today, We have read this is also the time when “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb” and “the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them”. This passage, of course, indicates that Kingdom of cosmic, uni-versal, natural peace which the Lord Haile Selassie introduce us to. In this King-dom, the animals, too, shall be redeemed by our human redemption, if we work in accordance with the precept of the King and establish a Kingdom of Freedom, Peace and Justice, if we use our hands, again strong as it was in the beginning, because He made them strong – not only our mind is now strong, but our hands also - if we use the hands the Almighty made strong, we can really change every desert in Eden, Gennet Edom. In this Garden, also the animals, influenced by our righteousness, shall find their original serenity, what they lost because of our sin. Seeing His Majesty, His Garden, where dogs and lions co-existed, seeing the pic-ture of the King where the dove calmly dwells with the hound, we see the prom-ised riches, what the Lord leaves us to inherit. But the dwelling together of Wolf and Lamb, Lion and Calf, and by consequence of Lion and Lamb, signifies also the contemplation of the fullness of Qadamawi Haile Selassie, because He is the Being where Lamb and Lion cohabit. Now there is no more separation between Heaven and Earth: there never was separation, but now we find a perfect, total, absolute equality. Everything is reconciled, every sin has been removed, every curse erased. Jah Will is done in Heaven as on Earth. In Heaven as on Earth. The Lion and the Lamb dwell together, in HIM. He is the Ultimate Mediator, the Diplomatic, The One who brings I unto the Fullness of Alpha and Omega in One Being. In Him Priesthood and Kingdom co-exist, without division nor confusion. Without conflicts. This peace, the peace of all worlds, peace between our inner and our external world, peace between Church and Kingdom, peace between Heaven and Earth, cosmic, universal, total, we have received in heritage.This is the time when history repeats itself, as His Majesty teaches. History has re-peated itself with His Coming, has returned with Christ, with all her characters, as mirrored in the First Coming. The Second Coming is a Mirror of the First, and vice versa. This is a riddim, a wholistic riddim, like a Binghi, two beats of Binghi, an eternal Repeat. This repeat, this riddim, is also our redemption. Riddim, Redeem. This histori-cal repeating is the pacification of history, is the closing circle, is the fullness. This peace we must keep, we must realize this time, this blessing. We must be conscious of our priestly kindred, of our royal lineage: we can be perfect priests and kings, we can administer a Royal Priesthood, and a Priestly Kingdom.

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HospitalityHoly SpiritualityHosting Holy SpiritNo pity lies inHorn VibratingNo Thorns CrowningGold SorroundingSound Chant PoetryWax in IsesTax for Princes Therefore SystemHaile SelassieJah Press in PrintingOn I mind riddimTo redeem the gentilesTrue science to scientistCoscience to find HIMIshence up-spliftmentIncense from Wise MenKushite the AncientNow day a perfectTo protect the heritageGrowing Locks NazariteHair Roots Lace PowerHear Your Black VoicesMuse is the MisticMusic to listenMoon MenenLeavenHeaven

JAH name in I genome

BeginningDouble spiral

Chain twinInna Orit

see the origineI gene

To get wise you have to be fool in

HIS MAJESTYCorinthians one

look and you will find it in

Mystic is the key

to penetrate mystreryThe black part

of the lunar ringEclipse

The shadow of the light in HIMTeklil

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According to Kebra Negast (Chapter 26), the Queen of Sheba describes with

7 parables the wisdom of Salomon, be-ing the fullness of Prophecy in the coincidence of

a Priestly and Kingly Character.

A Lamp in the Darkness

Mah(e)tot BeW(e)ste Tz(e)lmet

ማኅቶት፡ በውስተ፡ ጽልምት።

Many shadows projected

around. Fire burning Kaly,

Creation through Destruction.

1A Pomegranate in the Garden

Roman BeW(e)ste Genet ሮማን፡ በውስተ፡ ገነት።

Purple Circle. If you open it, it is like a matriosk. Rome is

related.

A pearl within the SeaBa(h)(e)ry ZeW(e)ste Ba(h)(e)r ባሕርይ፡ ዘውስተ፡ ባሕር።

At the end of Black Abyss, a Bright point. Hidden and sor-rounded by Ostrich impurity.

3The Morning Star among the Stars

Kokebe Tz(e)ba(h) BeW(e)ste Kewak(e)b(e)t

ኮከበ፡ ጽባሕ፡ በውስተ፡ ከዋክብት።

“Lucipher”, when he was a

pure angel. Dog/Wolf constel-

lation. He has an hidden twin.

Venus is the flesh eros.

4Sirius question. Its government

was given in the forth day to the

Wicked one, in the beginning,

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If the Ethiopian Constitution stress above the descent of Haile Selassie from that union,

chanted by Salomon in His Biblical Song and achieved through His Strategy, This Wisdom is particularly important to meditate the wealth of

RasTafarI Time.

The Light of the Moon in the Mist

B(e)r>ane Werh(e) BeW(e)ste Ghimie

በርሃነ፡ ወርኅ፡ በውስተ፡ ጊሜ።

Misty Moon, many wolves mysti-

cally around to chant the glory.

5The Aurora of the Morning

Go(h)a Tz(e)ba(h)ጎሐ፡ ጽባሕ።

Iridiscence of the Sky, full of augures and signs.

6The Rising of the Sun in the Sky

Sher(e)qe Dse(h)ay BeW(e)ste Semayሠርቀ፡ ፀሐይ፡ በውስተ፡ ሰምይ።

Circular Movement and Gravi-tation of the Orb.

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from Tergwame Weddase Maryam translated in ‘The Mariology of Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia’

Getachew Haile, Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 1992

Concerning her conception (of Jesus, one source) says (that the annunciation took place) while she was fetching water; (another) says (it was) thile she was at Joseph’s house; (and a third) says (it was) while she was in the Temple. If one asks how is that, (the answer is that) all have happened.

(One day) she went to fetch water with the virgins of Israel. While returning with the water she had fetched, she met a thirsty dog. She gave it water to drink in her shoe. This is one (of her deeds) that earned her the appellation “tender-hearted”. The virgins said to her (mockingly), “Sister! Ah this much tender-heartedness! They say that in these days God will be born of a virgin. Could it be from you?” Immediately after that the angel came and said to her, “You shall conceive.” She proceeded ignoring (the voice). When she came home and put down the water, he said to her, “You shall conceive.” Saying (to herself), “This matter came to me repeatedly; let me go to the Temple and understand it,” she set out, taking with her the silk and gold which she was spinning., (her portion as) divided among the virgins of Israel. As she was sitting in the Temple spinning the silk and gold in combination, an angel came and said to her, “You shall conceive.” She said to him, “How will this happen to me, seeing that I know not a man?” It is not doubting that Our Lady said this. As (one source) says, “The Virgin said this because human thought did not ascend her heart. It is her (way of saying) , ‘How will this happen? Personally, I will never do this [knowing a man].’ “ Then, he said to her, “The Holy Spirit of God shall come upon you.” She said to him, “Let it be for me as you said to me.” Taking these words of hers as an incitement, the Only One, the Word of God, was engraved in her womb by the fingers of the Holy Spirit.

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Ras Kwintaseb Mihirete Selassie is an honorable elder living and working in Shashamane, Ethiopia, together with his Ethiopian wife and children. Musician and teacher of high experience and ability, he is known worldwide to be an important and wise figure of two remarkable mov-ies, ideated and directed by Ethiopian Film-maker, Tikher Teffera.

The first of these movies is called “Back to My Roots”, de-scribing the repatriation achievements of Ras Kwintaseb and his Ethiopian life, proposing many deep meditations from his mouth. The second work is “Man of the Millen-nium”: it is dedicated to the brilliant spiritual and historical

Personality of the King of Kings, with a particular reflection about the disaster brought by the Derg/Dragon Communist regime and the dramatic loss of strength and dignity by the Ethiopian people, after the so-called “deposition” of the Everlasting Sovereign.

In this latter, Ras Kwintaseb introduces himself and speaks about RastafarI faith and livity. We are persuaded that on this occasion he offers an important elderly teaching, which deserves to be transcribed here and carefully meditated. We deeply thank Ras Kwintaseb for this opportunity of collaboration.

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Ras Kwintasebs chants one of his most famous songs, Riding on Lions, telling about an important apparition of His Majesty, at Entoto Mariam, generally recognized by Ethio-

pian people.

It was in Entoto, before congregations of Orthodox people, as a matter of worth, who know that place of miracolous, so if this kind of sign would be reported out of Shasha-mani, people might of said I “they see what they want to see”.

Emperor Haile Selassie is not a Man Who is hidden from the world. In His own, He was acknowledged to be one of the most famous men in his own time. From my own experi-ence of His Majesty, as a small boy I first heard of Emperor Haile Selassie as the King of Africa and as the Winner of the World War. It was acknowledged that through HIM the concept of Africa really still existed, the OAU had just been put in the place by His Majesty. He had gone to the United Nations in New York and he deposited the Charter with them, He had been received with a standing ovation, He had the credits of Presi-dent Kennedy, the accolades of President Kennedy, who had said ‘There is no other hero like this for us at present’. We leaders of the world all grew in the shadow of this Man,

ELDERSRas Kwintaseb Mihirete Selassie

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Emperor Haile Selassie I.

It is a prophecy, coming from Bible times, it is a fulfillment of Revelation and it is a begin-ning of what is called “Judgment Time”, really the new world that must come, the new Earth and the new Heavens, it is a sign, that just before that time there would come one called the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Who the whole world would see, every eye would see Him. They would make war upon Him, the nations of the world, but He would establish His Kingdom having defeated them. He would send out the sign from the Mountain of Tzion, for the nations to gather.

That information is in the Holy Bible, it is in the Kebre Negast also, it is the book of Enoch, also. The book of Enoch is present in the Amharic Bible, but it is one of those books which is taken out of the western Bible. So the Book of Enoch tells us also that when the Lord in His Glory and His Goodness sits amongst the people as King, He would sit on High Mountains, it actually tells you of seven mountains and he says Jah would sit in the middle one.

I&I proclaim Him to the world as the Messiah...

They tell us to look for Him, to look for the Christ, so we find Him when we see and know Who Emperor Haile Selassie is as the Lion of Judah, the Will of that Divine Power. So that Divine Power is what I&I see, as I&I force bringing us home to Ethiopia, to Africa, that home of the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark of the Covenant is always been said to be in Ethiopia, no other nation claims it, as a matter of fact, for the last 3000 years. The scattered children of the earth, cause we are told from every tribe, every family, every tongue, every nation, the people will gather, in the Mount Zion.

So that is I&I Covenant with this King of Kings, when he comes.

So that is how we see His Majesty as that man that call us in.

So His Majesty is that Word, His Majesty is the Word in this time.

His Majesty said: “My glory is in the Bible”. The Bible tells us that the time would come when a King of Kings sits on the Throne of David, Who is acknowledged with this titles, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The flag of Ethiopia bears, the true flag, the Lion of Judah on it, because the prophecy is cleared by Ethiopia.This Throne of David and this Lion of Judah who represents the set, Christ. Christ didn’t write anything at all, it was those who had faith in Him who decided after a long time to really be able to get this information down somehow.

The title Neguse Negast, Gataoch Geta, Moa Anbesa Ze Menegede Yehouda, Seyoum Egziabhier, Berhane Alem, YeTzion Negus, you see? He is the King of Zion, that means the Holy Mountain that is prophecied in the Bible. At that time there was no Israel existing,

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this modern day state of Israel, there was none. So the governments of the Earth, the Euro-pean, England, Germany, Belgium, the Eastern, Japan, Australia, New Zeland, whomso-ever, China, Russia, The Western, the Americas, whomsoever. The African nations were not there because the were all colonized. So here was the whole Earth coming into the heart of darkest Africa were there was supposed to be no civilization or whatsoever, to give the bow down before the King on the Throne of David. So the message that His Majesty to them is “I am the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah”.

Question: Some people are saying in this time Haile Selassie is dead. What do you say about that?

Our concept is that the fullness of faith, and the love of the Almighty for humanity... We are told that some, we have examples of prophets and great spiritual figures who we are told - these things have been long time ago - but we are told they did not pass through death, or they conquered death. He said that they’re arresting in Ethiopia right now anyone who looks, anyone who resem-bles Emperor Haile Selassie, he’s been arrested. I have more details since I am coming in Addis about that time. The soldiers were looking for His Majesty, after He is supposed to be passed away, been killed, or died or executed, or in whatever way.

They didn’t try to prove to the people “look, this man is a dead old man mortal and we have cut off his head or whatever, here he is, he can’t help you anymore”. They didn’t make that move...

The pattern in the Bible is the same, when Christ was buried presupposedly in His tomb, he was found to be there is no body, they couldn’t find the body. The rulers said: “Oh

no, the people will say that He is Living, that he has conquered death. They knew what would happen because the man said He would do it an now we can’t prove he’s dead. So at that time they couldn’t prove. They said he’s buried in a secret place. In an untold grave, in an unmarked grave as a form of disgrace to His name.

And then there are other reports that came out too. As these things you cannot ever stiffle them. There is the report of His Majesty going into Estifanos church at Meskel Day to pray, after He has now been taken into like a house arrest by the Derg government. He went into Estifanos. In Estifanos He was allowed to go into a small place to pray by himself and He never came out of there. So that after a time the guards came to look for Him and He had disappeared...

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During the Royal Ministry of the Lord many important books, about the tradition and culture of the Holy Land, were printed, even in foreign languages. We recommend here

“The Ethiopian Orthodox Church”published in english by “The Ethiopian Orthodox Mission” in 1970, at Addis Ababa, with the approval of the “Holy Trinity Cathedral” Dean, Lique Siltanat Habte Mariam Workneh. This is a work officially produced by the Ethiopian Church in a time of full devotion towards the King, and it is very useful to ova-stand the Orthodox Faith. Beyond the doctrinal and theological information, we can find there many historical and political no-tions related to the Emperor, expressed from a churchical point of view. We report as following the pages 8-10 (Chapter One - Government of the Church - Some Historical Data).

His place was taken by Menelik II who succeeded in subduing the country and in freeing it from the anarchy into which it had fallen. In this he was assisted by the Italians who had by this time installed themselves in the colony of Eritrea on the shores of the Red Sea. The goodwill between Menelik and his Europeans patrons was not lasting. A war soon broke out between them. It ended in 1896 by a disaster to the Italian army at Adwa. Menelik united Ethiopia under one rule, built the new capital Addis Ababa, doubled the size of the Empire, conquered many Galla tribes, pushed the modernization of the Empire like Theodros did, played diplomacy to the best, made Europeans and America recognize Ethiopia as a great nation, equal to them and in some respects better, accepted foreign embassies, permitted Missionar-ies to preach the Gospel, pardoned the defeated Italians and allowed them to keep Eritrea as their colony, made treaties with France, Russia and Britain, built a railway from Djibuti to Addis, constructed roads, built schools and hospitals, introduced a postal system, hotels, sewing machines, shoes, a brick factory, cinema, printing press, bicycles, cars; established a mint, established a Bank of Ethiopia, reorganized the taxation system, and established the first cabinet of Ministers. Lidj Eyassu suc-ceeded Menelik and was succeeded by Princess Zawditu with Ras Tafari as Regent and heir to the throne.

The dyarchy of the Empress Zauditu and the young Regent was a difficult and delicate arrangement but it brought peace and prosperity to Ethiopia. Zauditu was conservative in her outlook, while Ras Tafari was forward-looking and progressive. As Regent and Emperor he has shown remarkable feeling for the pace of reform and progress at which the country could move without disturbance or upheaval.

In 1923 Ras Tafari succeeded in securing the admission of Ethiopia to the League of Nations and in the following year he visited Rome, Paris and London. In 1928 he assumed the title of Negus. When the Empress Zauditu died in 1930, Ras Tafari

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prevailed over all. He was crowned Emperor in St. George’s Church, Addis Ababa, in November and took the name of Haile Selassie (‘might of the Trinity’).

The late President John F. Kennedy of the United States hailed Emperor Haile Selassie as a man “whose place in history is already assured”. The progress that has been achieved in present-day Ethiopia under his leadership is astounding. Upon his enthronement the old-fashioned feudal structure was made to yield to one based on law. The country’s first written Constitution was granted, a bicameral parliament emerged. The country’s tax structure has been up-date and the judiciary stream-lined; corporation, banking and investment laws - there, and other activities that spring from modern constitutional reforms, mark the difference between the old and new Ethiopia. Particularly significant is the advance made in education. While the Emperor was carrying through the programme which he had initiated as Regent, the Fascist regime in Italy launched an unprovoked attack on Ethiopia. The period of occupation had upset all development plans. Immediately on his restoration the wise statesman plunged into the twin task, in the completion of which he has never relaxed his efforts.

Of great significance is the achievement of the auto-cephalous status which the Ethiopian Church now enjoys. From very early times the chief of the Ethiopian Church, the Abuna, was chosen by the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria. Ethiopia, therefore, had an expatriate primate who wielded supreme ecclesiastical power in an alien country with whose language, culture, and psychology he rarely became acquainted.

The Emperor led a strong movement to bring this situation to an end. From 1941 he conducted the negotiations that continued for ten years. In 1951 complete religious independence was proclaimed with Abuna Basileos as the Head of the Church.

The future of the country is bright when one watches the enthusiasm and pride with which the Ethiopians, led by a remarkable Emperor, are building their country and developing its resources. On the occasion of the return of the five Ethiopian bishops from Alexandria in 1948, when they were anointed and consacrated by the Patriarch of the Egyptian Coptic Church, His Imperial Majesty made this significant state-ment:

“It is necessary that the progress which Ethiopia accomplishes be harmonised with her Faith. Where there is no faith in a civilization but only power, that civilization is surrounded with doubt and fear and its power expresses itself in brutality.”

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እግዚእነ፡ አኃዜ፡ ዐውደ፡ ጊዜ።

Our Lord is the Ruler of the Circle of Time

Rounding Time.Four Elements.

Four Lunar Cycles, Four Seasons.

Four Corners, Four Directions.

Four Angels, Four Wheels.Four Doors.

Four the Branches of the Holy Cross by means of whom He triumphed over the Time of the death and saved us from the death of sins.

His Name be I-ternally Praised le-Aleme Alem. Amin we-Amin.

Beginning of Creation. Egziabher said: “Let there be Light!”. Starting point. Rhythm determination, First Circle of Time, First alternance of opposite and complementary temporal polarities: Black Night-Day Bright. First Day. Contrary and interrelated forces skilfully interlaced, interacting as One in a dynamic system. The Sun, Alpha Circle, rules over the Day. The Day reveals what was overshadowed. Brightness, hot, upward, expanding. The Moon, Omega Circle, rules over the Night. The Night overshadows what was revealed. Darkness, cold, downward, contracting. Fourth Day. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out up to the I-nfinitive.

Rounding, rolling like a wheel: Time.

Contacts

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Power of the Sword of our Holy Lord QHS (Qedamawi Hayle Sellasie)

Through the power of your Names, protect us from our enemyand save us from our sin, forIver Amien

Death of the snake by the power of wordscover’s translation

Editorial staff

Direction: Matyas Benyam

Layout: Semayawit Teru

Graphics andIllustrations: Sis Selam, Semayawit Teru, Ras Kebre Tzyon

Texts: Matyas Benyamin, Ras Tesfa Abbay (introduction), Ras Kebre Tzyon (poetry), Sis Selam