I began writing this essay in
response a young woman who said to me that Black folks were blessed to come to
My final straw was her comments
and I decided to dedicate this essay to her and all of our people who have not
come out of the glare of blinding ignorance.
“We have been educated to be ignorant”
Ekowa Kenyatta
Slave ships of 1905
Yes, after the law prohibiting slavery!!!!
A men-stealers/kidnappers reward
is cited in Exodus 21:16
"Anyone
who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must
be put to death.”
And to all those who considered
themselves Jews in America and their ancestors bought, sold, transported, held
or profited in slaves violated Torah. All whos ancestors considered themselves
Christians and believed in ‘Replacement Theology’ or a messianic hope in
Jesus by way of Israel and that they are the New Israelites under the covenant
of Jesus because the Jew lost his
Biblical position in the Kingdom, and stood by to watch, participate, transport,
keep silent, own slave Africans are also in violation of the bible and deserve
death.
Deuteronomy 24:7
“If
a man is caught kidnapping one of his brother Israelites and treats him as a
slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from
among you.”
That should have put an end to the
discussion, but it hasn’t because most black folks do not believe they are
part of the biblical landscape and most European Christians and Jews don’t
believe a black man was included in their sacred books. For
all e Bible believer [for you Moslems I have another essay] that can not
understand all roads of religion lead to
Quote:
"In conclusion, color prejudice seems to have developed in the first century A. D. as a phase of the struggle among Christianity, Judaism, and Paganism. Furthermore, the French anthropologist, Topinard believes the Rabbis of the fifth century were the first to stress differences of race and color. The historical record asserts that he is correct.
Topinard states, "In the first century when Christianity was beginning to establish itself in Rome the doctrine of a separate creation for whites and Africans was defended by the Babylonian Rabbis and later by Emperor Julian. In 415 A. D. when one council was debating whether the Ethiopians/Africans were descended from Adam and the theory they were not was making considerable progress, St. Augustine in his "City of God" interjected and declared that no true Christian would doubt that all men, of no matter what form, color, or height were of the same protoplasmic origin." Before Color Prejudice, By Frank M. Snowden (Cambridge University Press, 1984)
Praise Ye the Lord!
We give you Praise
Let us look at the beginning of
the Hebrew story.
“And
a river went out of
This as we know is the basic
location of the area called
The location of
Let’s look at the scripture
again:
“And
a River went out of
What were the four
heads of this great River?
“A
river rises in
The first river is the Pison: that is it which compasses the whole
Who was Havilah?
“Saba
(A.V.,
Scholars say the Pison is the
Ganges of India. If that is true the Pison region was still in geographical
Leopold Sedar Sengkor (President
of Senegal) (Lecture delivered in Madras under the auspices of the International
Institute of Tamil Studies on the 23rd May, 1974)
“Southern
India is in the same latitude as
During
my last visit to
Notes:
(Loga). In Tamil there is a term ‘maRavar, maaRan’ etc a name of a group of
Tamils especially in Pandiya country. It is interesting that the root ‘maRu’
also means black ). http://arutkural.tripod.com/tolcampus/drav-african.htm
Example: If you
had a sister that moved to
Here is an excerpt of the Indian
holy book about the Genesis account.
“At
last, after crossing that wide river the Pison, he came to the Brahmans.”
What are Brahmins and where do
they reside?
“The
priests of Hindu temples are also from this caste.
In
“The
term arose from assumptions by nineteenth century Western scholars that
Dravidian speakers were earlier inhabitants of
According to Herodotus and Homer,
ancient historians:
“Herodotus,
Homer and other Greek authors called the Dravidians the Eastern Ethiopians or
Eastern Ethiopians. Greek writers sometimes identified the Ethiopians of Egypt
with the Eastern Ethiopians. Also the Egyptian and Indian geography were
sometimes compared or identified with one another.”
Herodotus wrote about the
Dravidians:
“They
differed in nothing from the other Ethiopians, save in their language, and
the character of their hair. For the Eastern Ethiopians have straight hair,
while they of
Again, here is another account of
the story:
“During
my last visit to
Remember, the famous New Testament
duo Pricilla and
And
finding a certain Jew, named Aquila [black], born in
The term Aquilus was another name
for swarthy or black. William
Shakespeare in his play the merchant of
"The Moors were,"
according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "commonly supposed to be mostly
black or very swarthy, and hence the word is often used for Negro."
Swarthy
- KEIR: Gaelic name meaning "dark-skinned, swarthy."
Priscilla is also an interesting
her name was a derivative of Quinta, Secunda, Livia and Drusa.
Additional Roman terms were:
Additional Greco-Roman ethnonyms of Blacks: Afer (African), Indus/Indi (
Just as the term colored, black,
and now African-American is currently used to label those of us of African
extraction that reside in
“The
distinction between the black-skinned Sudroid [Sudanese] races of southern
The
ancient Greeks considered the Africans and Sudras (modern Dalits and Dravidians)
as belonging to the same `Ethiopian' stock. `Ethiopian' was the Greek word for
`Negro', and Greek authors referred to the African Negroes as `Western
Ethiopians' and to the Sudroids as `Eastern Ethiopians' (ie. Eastern Negroes) [
cf. Herodotus.VI.70 ].
Remember, before the separation of
the land masses
There were eight different
Biblical terms for black: Eight different words have been translated
"black." They indicate various meanings such as "dusky like the
early dawn," "ashen," "swarthy," "moved with
passion". The Hebrew word
meaning "sunburnt" or "swarthy" is translated
"black" in the Revised Version of the American and British Bibles.
O we see the first river is where
Africans have always lived. Now for all you biblical scholars that believe that
there were not people living in and around
The second river:
“And
the name of the second river is Gihon
[Nile] the same that encompasses the whole
That needs no explanation, but
just in case, we see that the Hebrew word for the Nile was the Gihon and the
“The
Egyptians believed their gods [neteru] came from the mountainous country to the
south, and they called it Punt or the Land of the Gods. The Greeks named it
The third river is the Hiddekel; that is which goes toward [not
in Assyria, but toward] the east of
“Geographically, Assyria
occupies the northern and middle part of Mesopotamia, situated between the
rivers Euphrates and Tigris; while the southern half, extending as far south as
the Persian Gulf, constitutes the countries of Babylonia and
What and where is
Example: The man is
pointing toward the sea. The man is
not in the sea he is on the land or a place away from what he is pointing to.
“In
the Bible and in later legends, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew נִמְרוֹד Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew נִמְרֹד Nimrōḏ), son of
Keep reading and pray because some
of this may be foreign to your ears!
Let us release ourselves from mental and spiritual slavery!
Later interpretations
made Nimrod the builder of the
The
“And
the fourth is the
Why didn’t they mention the
The
“MESO-potamia
- is certainly not an ancient word it means the middle of the two Rivers '
Tigris and
Now here is the kicker:
“Another
word is used that the 'Concordance people' overlooked, but related to the same
word is Nahar (#5204) from the same root of # 5202 - a stream (including the
SEA); especially the NILE, (or) Euphrates, etc): figuratively -
prosperity - Flood River.”
Is the deletion of the Tigris in
the Biblical account actually speaking of ONE large river in another place than
The great Rivers and its four
heads was and is in
Ask yourself: Would God set a people without a high degree of melanin in this
land? In other words, would people
with light skin be placed in a land or garden without the protection they need
to survive?
Here is an excerpt from and
article by the Cancer Association:
“Those
with blond hair or light skin types have less melanin than darker
individuals and thus burn more easily - and have a much higher risk of skin
damage and cancer. Blacks have a lot
of melanin, are therefore dark-skinned, and their risk of getting skin cancers
are much less than Whites.”
God in all of his wisdom did not
put a light-skinned Adam in a climate that would cause him harm.
Recreation of bones of Ancient Israelite Eve
She looks like your Granny...huh!
The Importance of Melanin:
“Melanin is a molecule, but a very large complicated and complex living molecule. It has a very high molecular weight of over 200, meaning that one molecule of melanin is composed of a three dimensional configuration of over 200 individual atoms. It is a living molecule, a life chemical, and it is charged like a battery. In fact, it operates like a battery or super-conductor, yet it is heat-resistant and is characterized by a nice, sweet fragrance.
What and where is this compound
found?
“This
is because Melanin is found not only in the skin, hair, and eyes, but it is also
contained in many other vital organs of the body as well. It is in the nervous
system, the spinal cord, the glands, the brain, the DNA, the muscles,
intestines, heart and liver. Its presence can be found throughout nature and is
also found in many of our foods – plants, seeds, fruits, and vegetables. It is
also found in animals, in the soil, in the bark of trees, rivers,
streams, and seas.”
Wow, melanin is found in the soil
– the earth, the dust of the ground?
Let’s think about this for a moment.
The Hebrew speaks of four ways to
interpret the scriptures called PaDReS and acronym for:
Pshat:
simple, plain, intended meaning (the opposite of Drash).
Remez:
alluded meaning (reading between the lines). Remez in modern Hebrew means hint.
Drash:
drawn out meaning. Homiletical or interpretative meaning. Not Pshat.
Sod: (lit.
secret). The mystical [mystery] or esoteric meaning.
Here in the second chapter of
Genesis we should look at the literal meaning or Pshat in locating
To further enhance this point, we
need to go to the Hebrew language itself.
“So,
we can say and understand that from the blood of the earth God
formed the first man. Or,
from the Dam of the Adamah God formed Adam.”
Then to widen our understanding,
the melanin man formed the melanin rich earth was formed by God
and he breathed life into him and placed him back on the African soil.
It is not a fraud - it was just
interpreted, translated and transliterated leaving the truth of the African and
Ramses and the modern Watusi of Rwanda
The curls on the carving symbolizes our nappy hair!
God in all of His wisdom has given
us a brain.
That brain functions at its highest level when given information that is
compatible with the truth. Given
information interpreted correctly and to His glory, we will flesh out the
Biblical narratives He has given to us. When
we fact an obstacle the brain, the truth can never be hidden under a basket; the
light will shine in darkness.
When you tell the story of your
life, it would be necessary to inform the readers where you were born.
This is usually done somewhere in the opening paragraphs of your
narrative. Here are some Biblical
examples of interpretation:
“And
a River went out of
“A
river rises in
“And
a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from
thence is divided into four heads.”
The second chapter of Genesis
gives us the location for the introduction and addition of man into the scene.
In the case of the New Testament
accounts of the life and lineage of Jesus is the first point. Why, because the
location and people were already established in the Old Testament. We
see they refer back to the Old Testament knowledge by naming Abraham.
By adding Abraham, it not only gives us a point of location [
The writers of Genesis did not
just put these genealogical names in the Bible for us to over-look [which we
have] he wanted us to know who the
people were and were they came from based upon his entire word from Genesis to
Revelations. The precedent was set in Genesis 2.
Nubian Woman from the line of Jesus
Also from the poeple that
birthed Anwar Sadat.
It is interesting that the
narrative in Matthew is started with Jesus being the son of David and then
Abraham. It gives us a clue to
look at the genealogy of David and of Abraham. Son can be used in man ways, as
humanity or mankind or even a initiation title.
“
The book of the generation of Jesus the Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matt 1:1.
We can also as an example, look at
a modern take on this theme.
“…I
was born in the Southside of Chicago, my mother and father was sharecroppers
from
Each account gives you a general
historical account so you will not have to guess at the location or the peoples.
“Although
blacks outnumbered whites, the sharecropping system that replaced slavery helped
ensure they remained poor and virtually locked out of any opportunity for land
ownership or basic human rights. The system grew from the struggle between
planters and ex-slaves on how to organize production. Planters wanted gang
labor, as they had used under slavery, to
What we know from history:
"We'd
get $12 per bale and we had to pick hard in order to have money to buy food
during that season," said Mississippi State Senator David Jordan, whose
parents were sharecroppers. "If we had a rainy week where we couldn't pick
at all, then we would have no money. We would have to go get food and substances
on credit."
At
the end of the year, sharecroppers settled accounts by paying what they owed
from any earnings made in the field. Since the plantation owners kept track
of the calculations, rarely would sharecroppers see a profit.
"Some
came out in the hole five or six times and they never did get out of the
hole,"
Northern Migration:
Between
1910 and 1970, six and a half million blacks went North, leaving the South, the
cotton fields, and sharecropping behind.
By the end of World War II, much of cotton farming had been mechanized, and
sharecroppers were thrown off the land. Some five million blacks left after
1940, creating the second great migration to the North. In
We can then deduce that the writer
of this story was born after slavery, his mother and father were workers on a
farm that used to be a plantation, and those who use to be their masters kept
them in continual poverty.
[Black sharecroppers are shown here picking cotton under the
watchful eye of a white man on a horse, perhaps their former owner.]
So from the simple line:
“…I was born in the Southside of Chicago, my mother and father
was sharecroppers from
You can understand the whole
history of not only the writer but of the nation in chaos. The same with the
pages of the Bible…is why we are implored to “Study to show ourselves
approved…a workman needing not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.” That division is a
dissecting the word so we may be able to put flesh on what we read.
The name great River in question
was probably known to the first writer of the Testament but somehow through time
that name was deleted When faced
with a problem about culture they would then refer back to the location
information that was supplied to them in order to have a greater contextual
understand.
For example: If you
were from New Orleans, I would then understand your loving
references to Shrimp and Grits, Gumbo or your emotional response when discussing
about Hurricane Katrina and its affect on the 9th Ward.
I would assume you are African-American, Creole, Cajun or possibly Latino
[which includes those of African descent] based upon the demographics of
So what was the genealogy of King
David?
He was the seventh son of Jesse.
He was a sheepherder and looked down upon by his brothers.
He did not have the same mother as his older brothers.
The Bible does not give the name of David’s mother but extra-Biblical
evidence say she was African.
Black Power
It is important to discuss power
and how it was [and is] used in history. Power
exerted on the pages of history can make a lie into the truth and that
same power can write you in or out of the pages of history.
The Bible puts it best in Luke
20:46-47:
“Beware
of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in
the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at
feasts; who devour widows' houses, and for a
pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
Proverbs 6:16-19 says:
“These
six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud
look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth
wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false
witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
That refers to a scribe of those
who would chronicle history. They
lie to their generations and generations to come. How can a lie be told that
others generations will believe as the truth?
Never told a lie?
Well, let us look at George
Washington the so-called Father of this Nation.
He was said to be an upright man – and not lie was found in his mouth.
We learned the story as a child he cut down a cherry tree and when asked by his
parents who did the deed. He was
said to have been honest and confessed immediately to the crime.
His truthful reputation precedes any story about the first president of
the
“Note and quote:
“As far as we know, no. In fact,
Another example is Honest Abraham
Lincoln who made it possible that the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed
the slaves in
Notes and quotes:
In the debate at
"Judge
Douglas has said to you that he has not been able to get from me an answer to
the question whether I am in favor of Negro citizenship. . . . I tell him very
frankly that I am not in favor of Negro citizenship" (p. 305).
Abe Lincoln and other in power did
not balk when slave ships still delivered African slaves to the shores of the
Carolinas and
“Again,
during the Douglas debates, Lincoln famously remarked: "There is a physical
difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever
forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be
the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in
favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race" (p. 208).
When we heard the name or saw the
image of George Washington or Abe Lincoln, we naturally believed what we were
told. We did not question the myth
that was attached to them. We saw it
in black and white, we heard the stories all our lives and we accepted them
without question.
Proverbs 11:1 says:
“A
false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”
Proverbs 20:23
says the same:
“The
LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.”
On study and examination here the
writer or Proverbs. The unjust
weight or differing weights and scales is a symbol of the word of God
itself. This Proverb is repeated
twice first in Proverbs 11:1 and then in Proverbs 20:23. We must always head
God when he repeats himself!
An unjust weight undermines the
dependence and reliability of the word [scale] by the people - not only for this
generation and for generations to come if it is not CORRECTED. Just
as the unjust or lying scribe who is given the duty to record the scriptures
correctly and interpret them correctly to the people. Why is their honestly so
important? Because after a few generations in using the unjust measurement will
carry more weight than t the original truth and the whole
generation will behave in a corrupt commerce.
What did Jesus say to the scribe
in a positive manner?
“And
the scribe said to him ‘Well Master, thou has said the truth: for there is one
God: ‘and there is no other but he; and when Jesus saw that he [the scribe]
answered discreetly [prudent, tactful, subtle], he said to him “Thou are not
far from the
What did he say to those scribes
who were false speakers and lead the people astray with a false scale?
“O
ye serpents [who used subtle changes]
and generation of vipers how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Where fore I
sent you prophets and wise men and scribes [his truth-tellers] and some of them
you shall kill and crucify…” Matt 23: 33-34.
The power the Scribes had been
incredible. This power was
transferred to those who later translated, transliterated and revised the
scriptures over the course of 2500 years.
That is power!
To create a reality that is contrary to the truth and make everyone believe it
is true. The dictionary definition
of Power is authority, control, influence, supremacy, rule, command, sway,
muscle, dominance and strength.
“True
Power is the ability to impose your reality on others and make them accept it
without question.”
Although God is the source of all
power – there are principalities and power ruler of darkness in high and lofty
places that are constantly at work to change the fabric of the world, to change
the original into a counterfeit. He
has left us our brains to figure out what is true.
He has given his commandments and the Holy Spirit to discern good from
evil, but we do not use the greatest computer in the world – our brain.
We just accept the story without question. We submit to error and this is
the Spirit of Anti-Christ.
The Devil and the Anti-Christ
In a deep study, we see the term
‘Anti-Christ’ is not just someone that opposed
How did this falsehood start? With
the one who always makes subtle
changes in our lives.
“And
the serpent was more subtle
than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” Gen. 3:1.
What is the definition of subtle?
ü
So slight as to be difficult to
detect or describe; elusive.
ü
Difficult to understand; like a
subtle point.
ü
Characterized by skill or
ingenuity; clever.
ü
Crafty or sly; devious.
ü
Operating in a hidden, usually
injurious way; insidious: a subtle poison.
The adversary was adept at making small
adjustments in the minds of Adam and Eve.
Those subtle lies have caused us
to read the Bible based in another culture and vision. Without careful study
our answers, analysis and commentaries are not approved unto God.
In eternity, we will stand before him ashamed because of our inability to
rightly divide the word of truth. If
we miss such a simple thing in Genesis 2, then what else will we miss? If
this information was subtly changed then what else was changed and why?
Was it to eliminate the son and daughters of God and to change the truth
into a lie?
How does this subtle change
start? Simply, as the Bible
says:
"Take
us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender
grapes.” Song of Solomon 2:15.
A small deed can render a tremendous
consequence over time. The tactic of the Devil is simple, he confuses the
information that we have received from God and call in question the evidence
placed before us.
Let us read Genesis again this
time armed with the Biblical information necessary to understand the location of
“And
a river went out of
Using these coordinates you see that
Let the Rocks Cry Out…
Archeology and history has proven
that the first people who walked the earth were African. Bones, paintings,
objects and artifacts are unearthed every day and the conclusion is the same,
Mankind sprang from
“And
"He
was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the
mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was
The region that was inhabited by
Shem was what was what is now known as
As we have concluded, in order the
study the Bible, you must first understand the location, culture and language in
which it was originally written, not
the culture and language in which it was copied.
To study a heavily copied material is like trying to find out who my grandmother is by asking the grocer in her neighborhood. You may glean some useful information about her from him but - it is not first hand information. It may have a form of truth, but the grocer has only related to your grandmother in a particular way he could not give a complete assessment of her personality or specific description. By speaking to him, a person who only saw her occasionally, and one who did not love her or have the same blood as she did, you would get a strangers view of your Grandmother.
Later generations who did not know
here and who only had the grocers account would have a limited understanding of
this great lady. A copied copy is
vague in its information. You have to go back in order to understand it essence.
A copied copy will only give you the outline of the truth.
Watch what happens in just two
generations
The copy
The copy of the copy
It has been 2000 years since the
actions of the New Testament and 3500 years since the actions of the Old
Testament. There are copies after copies after copies made in at least 25
languages before King James commissioned his workers to translate and
transliterate the word into his own VERSION. As
we can see, the truth can be whitewashed.
Power
is the ability to make your own reality, then impose it on others, and have them
accept it as the truth or standard.
A
Change in Mindset
Hu are You?
We have been convinced over the
years that the only way the black man knew, understood salvation or inherited
was through European colonization and slavery.
We accepted that mind-set by those exerted power over us.
We were given a new reality, and the paradigm was changed.
“Colonialism
is a system in which a state
[land or people] claims sovereignty over territory and people outside its own
boundaries, often to facilitate economic domination over their resources, labor,
and often markets. The term also refers to a set of beliefs used to
legitimize or promote this system, especially the belief that the mores
of the colonizer are superior to those of the colonized.” Encyclopedia
Britannica 1993.
Colonialism meant the control of
our native lands and culture for the exploitation of the natural resources,
history and people. It was
established to make us believe they or colonizers were superior. The
first emissary of Colonialism was the explorer and then the missionary. Although
some missionaries and religious leaders of Europe American were abolitionist,
many were also being used to make inroads to
In the book the Heart of Darkness:
“Heart
of Darkness is also a multilayered postcolonial parable. And it is a story in
which racism presents itself so blatantly that, for many, the dilemma of race
must be tackled before anything else in the book may be dealt with. Conrad's
liberal use of derogatory, outdated and offensive terminology and the flagrant
devaluation of people of color as savages, niggers and cannibals -- this use of
language by Conrad darken and disturb many a contemporary, 1996 mind.”
Early
slave trade-- European aristocrats used African slaves as a symbol of status.
Blacks were seen as a mere curiosity. But
doctrines concerning how human physiological differences emerged in regards to
Adam and Eve. Since Europeans
believed that Adam and Eve were "white", they began formulating why
the appearance of blacks was so different. Monogenists believed that the races
arose as a result of the degeneration of human beings since creation.
“Most [Christian] missionaries
were rather naive and idealistic, and really wanted to help the Africans,
although they were very paternalistic and condescending about it. But
tales of their adventures, and those of explorers like Dr. Stanley Livingston,
helped spark a general Western fascination with Africa, and after 1880s, and
this translated into first economic and then political domination. Dr.
Livingston was a missionary for hire – who worked to map
“The map of