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Color of Skin Vs. Color of Sin THE NAME EVE
Why Was Black History Stolen?
How Did Black Later Become White
The Falsha
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Corrective Measures Why God Made Me Black Covenant How Did Black Later Become White
“Remember: AWARENESS OF WHO YOU ARE, CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE AND DIRECTION IN LIFE AND IT GIVES PURPOSE TO YOUR LIFE” 1
Editors Notes This Issue is dubbed just information for you to go research and decided what you believe. I believe what is truth and I have found a great deal of information through these various writers. I agree the word of God is not about color race or creed . I do believe I am included in His-tory. You will not find complete articles but links are provided for your reading.
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This hidden identity explains the reason behind the many problems black people face around the world. However, the good news is, when black people discover their true identity they can do what is necessary to reverse the negatives affecting them. Much of African-American history is not taught in school, and in many cases is being deliberately omitted or sanitized because of the cruelty of slavery. I’m reminded of a powerful quote attributed to George Santayana which says, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. Far too often those of us from African descent also failed to share our history, because of the self-imposed shame we have from slavery. Unfortunately, when you relegate your story for someone else to tell, too often the story becomes distorted.
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Not knowing your history is like a tree without roots. You lose much of who you are. The value of knowing your true identity is that it gives purpose to your life. In addition, Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as from a lack of bread. Therefore, just as starving from lack of bread can kill you, likewise a people/ nation forgets its past does so at its own peril, because they are bound to repeat disastrous mistakes of the past. Dr. John Henrik Clarke
Lack of knowledge of our history causes us and our children causes us to copy and follow other people and their life style. Truth the only example we need to follow is the one God set before u in the beginning
Teach Your Children Their Black African-History. It Helps Shape Behavior! Consider the following points about the benefits of knowing one's history: 01 Helps deal with racism. Because knowing your black history FREES you from other's opinion of YOU. 02 Discover the outstanding ancestors you come from whose heritage you share. Such knowledge breaks down any feelings of insecurity and inferiority and rather skyrockets your self-value and confidence/self-esteem. 03 As black parents the stories we tell about our heritage offer the basis for developing our communities and transmitting values for the next generation. . 4
Lack of knowledge of our black-history causes us and our children to copy and follow other people’s lifestyles. What we forget is; those we copy and follow blindly, are who they are, because of knowing or being aware of their history and culture. Not knowing our own history means we unwittingly adopt these other cultures. This creates the ugly duckling situation, whereby as black people, we don't fit anywhere in life. We are always wanting others to accept us. The ugly duckling story aptly describes a person who does not know his history and thus, even though he thinks he does, truly doesn't know himself.
The Ugly Duckling is a story of a duck that throughout its life did not fit among other ducks. Han Christian Andersen wrote the story. The tale begins with a mother duck's eggs hatch, but the largest egg takes longer than all the other's to hatch. Neighbor's think that the egg may be a turkey's egg. When the egg eventually hatch-es, the duckling is ugly, large and just plain different. Mother Duck is however, relieved to see that her latest son swims - he cannot be a turkey but as ducklings go, he is not quite very good looking. Therefore, he becomes the UG-LY DUCKLING. The ugly duckling lives an unpleasant existence in the "duckyard" of the farm on which his family members lives. With the notable exception of his mother, he is not only disparaged for his appearance, he is frequently bullied and brutalized. Consequently, his self-image nosedives and his self-esteem suffers terribly. Unwanted and unloved, he flees, away from the farm into the wild. At some point he seeks refuge in an old woman's hut, but the woman's pets - a cat and a chicken make daily life unpleasant for him. So he heads back again into the wide, wild world and finds himself alone on the brink of the winter season. The chilly temperatures almost kills him, but as spring arrives, he finds himself feeling much better and flies to a lovely location with a collection of regal swans. The ugly duckling has by now given up on life and contemplates suicide. He intends to enter amongst the swans and expects them to basically kill him. Instead of turning on him as he expected, rather, the swans recognized him as one of their own. Looking at his own reflection in the water, he sees that indeed he is! The young children who visit the park see him as the most beautiful swan of all. The moral of the story is; you can suffer a great deal in life if you don't really know your true identity and where to fit in. For a time the ugly duckling thought he was a duck. Likewise many black people who don't know their history assume they are the same as those they mix with. They com-plain about racism and what not when those they mix with discriminate against them. Thus, just as the ugly ducking, lack of our history is making us suffer needlessly
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The Bible is the Black history book Written by Mawuli
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BLACK HISTORY IN THE BIBLE Asenath was a native of Africa The wife of Joseph, Asenath (Hebrew Asnat) Genesis 41:45, 50
For over 400 years black people have suffered at the hands of wicked oppressors. How did this happen, what event in our ancient past allowed this to take place? Did you know, the majority of the people mention in the bible were black people? The scriptures says the Children of Israel look like the ancient Egyptians & Ethiopians in Physical Appearance, both the Egyptians and Ethiopians were black people.
28:68) HIGH PRISON POPULATION (Isaiah 42:22) A SICK AND DISEASE STRICKEN PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 28: 59 -61) SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS BECAUSE OF HOW WE ARE TREATED (Deuteronomy 28:28,34) CHILDREN BEING TAKEN AWAY AND GIVEN TO OTHER PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 28:32) EVERY RACIAL GROUP COME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, RUN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSKing David, all the Prophets, ES Apostles, Messiah and Israelites (Deut 28:43-44) were dark skinned people. Afri- NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND can Americans are direct deAGAINST OUR ENEscendants of the biblical perMIES (Leviticus 26:37-38, Deutersons the bible proves this. onomy 28:25) Did you know that the bible fore- OUR SONS STAND ON THE told of our entire history in this CORNERS GOING BUCK country thousands of years be- WILD (Isaiah 51:20) fore we made it here? HAVING MANY PLACES OF Prophecies such as: WORSHIP (Churches) ON EVERY STREET (Ezekiel 16:24-25) THE TRANS ATLANTIC SLAVE LYNCHING, BEING BURNED TRADE-BROUGHT INTO SLAVALIVE BY OUR ENEERY IN SHIPS (Deuteronomy MIES, (Deuteronomy 28:22)
TEENAGE GANGS RUNNING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, & NONE EFFECTIVE LEADERS (Isaiah 3:12) Have you ever wondered why, we are the only people who were forbidden to practice our original culture upon our arrival to this land? Have you ever wondered why, they made it against the law for us to sing "Negro spiritual songs" that talked about the old testament? Have you ever wondered why, they changed our names. Have you ever wondered why, they didn't want us to read the bible? Your true history, and heritage has been taken away and hidden from you. Now is the time to reclaim your identity and return back to the Most High. Black Men and Women you are the true Israelites spoken of in scripture. The bible is our true history
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they were kings. A half million strong, they matched their faith with fervor and out-matched the Moslem and Christian tribesmen around them to rule the mountain highlands around Lake Tana. They called themselves Beta Israel—the house of Israel—and used the Torah to guide their prayers and memories of the heights of Jerusalem as they lived in their thatched huts in Ethiopia. But their neighbors called them Falashas—the alien ones, the invaders. And even three hundred years of rule, even the black features that matched those of all the people around them did not make the Jews of Ethiopia secure governors of their destiny in Africa” (“Falashas: The Forgotten Jews,” Baltimore Jewish Times, 9 November 1979). For centuries, the world Jewish community was not even aware of the existence of the Jewish community of Ethiopia in the northern province of Gondar. The miracle of Operation Solomon is only now being fully understood; an ancient Jewish community has been brought back from the edge of government-imposed exile and starvation. But once they were kings. . .
History Christianity spread through the Axum dynasty of Ethiopia in the 4th century CE. By the 7th century, however, Islam had surpassed Christianity and had separated Ethiopia from its Christian African neighbors. Prior to this, the Beta Israel had enjoyed relative independence through the Middle Ages. Their reign was threatened in the 13th century CE under the Solomonic Empire, and intermittent fighting continuing for the next three centuries with other tribes.
In 1624, the Beta Israel fought what would be their last battle for independent autonomy against Portuguese-backed Ethiopians. A graphic eyewitness account described the battle: “Falasha men and women fought to the death from the steep heights of their fortress... they threw themselves over the precipice or cut each other's throats rather than be taken prisoner—it was a Falasha Masada. [The rebel leaders] burned all of the Falasha's written history and all of their religious books, it was an attempt to eradicate forever the Judaic memory of Ethiopia” (Righteous Jews Honored by Falasha Supporters, AAEJ Press Release, 1981). Those Jews captured alive were sold into slavery, forced to be baptized, and denied the right to own land. The independence of the Beta Israel was torn from them just as it was from their Israeli brethren at Masada centuries before. 11
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almost two-thirds of the Beta Israel remained in Ethiopia. They were comprised The first modern contact with the now oppressed commu- almost entirely of women, young children, nity came in 1769, when Scottish explorer James Bruce and the sick, since only the strongest memstumbled upon them while searching for the source of the bers of the community were encouraged to Nile River. His estimates at the time placed the Beta Israel make the harrowing trek to Sudan where population at 100,000, already greatly decreased from an the airlift would actually occur. In addition, estimate from centuries before of a half-million. many young boys were encouraged to make the dangerous trek to freedom due to the low age of Little additional contact was made with the community, but conscription, often as young as age twelve. in 1935 their stability was greatly threatened as the Italian army marched into Ethiopia. Ethiopia's ruler, Emperor As Babu Yakov, a Beta Israel leader, summed up, “Those Haile Selassie fled his country and actually took refuge in who could not flee are elderly, sick, and infants. Those Jerusalem for a short time. Selassie returned to power in least capable of defending themselves are now facing their 1941, but the situation for the Beta Israel improved little. enemies alone.� In 1947, Ethiopia abstained on the United Nations Partition Plan for the British Mandate of Palestine, which reestablished the State of Israel. By 1955, the non-governmental Jewish Agency of Israel had already begun construction of schools and a teacher's seminary for the Beta Israel in Ethiopia. In 1956, Ethiopia and Israel established consular relations, which were improved in 1961 when the two countries established full diplomatic ties. Positive relations between Israel and Ethiopia existed until 1973, when, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, Ethiopia (and 28 African nations) broke diplomatic relations with Israel under the threat of an Arab oil embargo.
Operations Moses and Joshua Under a news blackout for security reasons, Operation Moses began on November 18, 1984, and ended six weeks later on January 5, 1985. In that time, just over 7,000 Jews were rescued and brought to Israel.
In 1985, then Vice President George Bush arranged a CIA -sponsored follow-up mission to Operation Moses. Operation Joshua brought an additional 500 Beta Israel from Sudan to Israel. But in the following five years, a virtual stalemate occurred in the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry. All efforts on behalf of the Beta Israel fell on the closed ears of the Mariam dictatorship. Meanwhile, those Jews who did escape during Operation Moses were separated from their loved ones while attempting to adjust to Israeli society. The new arrivals spent between six months and two years in absorption centers learning Hebrew, being retrained for Israel's industrial society, and learning how to live in a modern society (most Ethiopian villages had no running water or electricity). Suicide, all but unheard of in their tukuls in Ethiopia, even claimed a few of the new arrivals due to the anxiety of separation and departure.
But the mission was not without problems. Because of news leaks (blamed primarily on a December 6 article in the Washington Jewish Week and full page advertisements placed by the United Jewish Appeal), the mission ended prematurely as Arab nations pressured the Sudanese government to prevent any more Jews from using Sudan to go to Israel. Almost 15,000 Jews were left behind in Ethiopia. Thus, by the end of Operation Moses in January 1985, 12
Over 1,600 “orphans of circumstance” lived day to day separated from their families, not knowing the fate of their parents, brothers, sisters, and loved ones.
Operation Solomon - The Fulfillment of a Dream The grim prospect of thousands of Jewish children growing up separated from their parents in Israel almost became a reality. Little could be done to persuade the Mariam government to increase the trickle of Jews leaving Ethiopia in the years between Operations Joshua and Solomon. But in November 1990, Ethiopia and Israel reached an agreement that would allow Ethiopian Jews to move to Israel under the context of family reunification. It soon became clear, however, that Mengistu was willing to allow Ethiopian Jews to leave outside of the guise of reunification. November and December, 1990, showed increased numbers of Ethiopians leaving for Israel. The Ethiopian Jews were finally ready to come home.
Jewish Sabbath. On Friday, May 24, and continuing non-stop for 36 hours, a total of 34 El Al jumbo jets and Hercules Authentic Jews C-130s—seats removed to accommoBecause much of the Beta Israel's histodate the maximum number of Ethiopiry is passed orally from generation to ans—began a new chapter in the struggeneration, we may never truly know gle for the freedom of Ethiopian Jewry. their origins. Four main theories exist Operation Solomon, named for the king concerning the beginnings of the Beta from whom one of the theories suggest Israel community: that the Beta Israel draw their lineage, 1) The Beta Israel may be the lost Israended almost as quickly as it began. elite tribe of Dan. Timing was crucial, since any delay by 2) They may be descendants of Menelik Israel could have allowed the rebels to I, son of King Solomon and Queen Shehold the Jews as bargaining chips with ba. Israel or the United States. A total of 3) They may be descendants of Ethiopi14,324 Ethiopian Jews were rescued an Christians and pagans who convertand resettled in Israel, a modern exodus ed to Judaism centuries ago. of the grandest design. Operation Solo4) They may be descendants of Jews mon rescued nearly double the number who fled Israel for Egypt after the deof Jews as were saved during Operastruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE tion Moses and Joshua, and it did so in and settled in Ethiopia. a mere fraction of the time.
More than 36,000 Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel and despite both economic and social hardships, their community has an integral part in Israeli society. In 1999, Avraham Yitzhak became the first In early 1991, Eritrean and Tigrean re- Ethiopian immigrant to earn an MD debels began a concerted attack on Men- gree from an Israeli medical school. In 2011, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Afgistu forces, meeting with surprising fairs appointed Rachamim Elazar as success for the first time since the civil Israel's Ambassador to Ethiopia, making war began in 1975. With the rebel arhim the first Israeli of Ethiopian descent mies advancing each day, Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam fled his country to ever serve as an ambassador for the in early May. Rebels claimed control of State of Israel. There are still many the capital Addis Ababa shortly thereaf- problems within the Ethiopian community in Israel - poverty, lack of education, ter, and the situation of the Beta Israel took top priority in Israel. The Likud gov- etc - but large strides are being made ernment of Yitzhak Shamir authorized a every day. special permit for the Israeli airline, El Al, to fly on the
Without regard as to which theory may actually be correct (and each theory has its support), the authenticity of the “Jewishness” of the community became an issue.
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In December 2010, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to bring to the Jewish State the few thousands Jews remaining in the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia. Nicknamed Operation Dove's Wings, the plan sought to fly a few hundred each month to Israel. The first flight brough 240 new Ethiopian immigrants. In July 2012, the government decided to increase the rate of aliyah from Ethiopia to 160 per month over the proceeding 10 months. In August 2013, the final two flights of Operation Dove's Wings arrived in Israel with 450 immigrants. In a ceremony held at Ben-Gurion Airport, Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said: "We are closing a 3,000-year-old circle." To mark the occasion, Prime Minister Netanyahu released a statement saying, "I am proud that as Prime Minister, beginning in my first term, I upheld the Zionist and Jewish imperative of bringing to Israel our brothers and sisters from Ethiopia. I see this as a moral obligation." More than 135,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, 92,000 of whom have been brought into the country. Recent Developments The Israeli government approved the entry of the “last group” of Ethiopian Jews in November 2015, aiming to finish what was started by Operation Moses 30 years prior. This announcement comes two years after Israeli government officials claimed that no Jews remained in Ethiopia. There have been several supposedly “last” groups of Ethiopian Jews that have made aliyah to Israel, with the most recent group of 450 arriving in Israel in 2013. It is estimated that this proposal approved the entry into Israel of approximately 9,100 Ethiopian Jews, most of whom were at the time living in refugee camps in Adis Ababa and Gondar. Sources: Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews (IAEJ). Written by the staff of PRIMER - Promoting Research in the Middle East Region; Israel Hayom (August 29, 2013); Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; “Israel approves 'last' round of Ethiopian immigration,” Al Arabiya (November 15, 2015)
Remember when God said they will return home!!!!!!!
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ne of the most amazing things I’ve found in bible study, was how one person made such a difference in a whole nation, groups of nations or an entire people. It seems that none of the methods we have become so familiar with and adjusted to were employed in that happening. No public relation firms were hired to give the geographic economic persuasions, not even the science, physics or social implications that might trigger a trend. All the things that politicians gather before they would consider a bid for office, not to mention the deep pockets that can afford to buy an office. Let’s not forget the division of people groups, that are often created by these same opinion-poll propagandists propagandists who must maintain their necessity by lending importance to telling us what we really think. Yet one person in bible driven by an obsessive impulse, who forgot about dying or offending the king or a thing, what looked like a death wish to everybody else, did phenomenal things. Persistence that was so transfixed it seemed other worldly, that is because it was! Imagine somebody speaking to and guiding you, who could stand in the presence of your Let’s throw in while you were in the “WOMB” And He could also make you a “designer’s edition” of a model for changing a people or the world, but He didn’t tell anyone else He was going to do it. So, of course, everyone else thinks you’re insane, yet bible champions did it. It is what I call ” thinking. It is the speaking to a situation in the now, from an eternal perspective. Jesus was very much an He was in point of fact, the King of that citizenry. Ever wonder why when Jesus was asked a question, He would often give an answer, that not only didn’t seem to answer the question, it didn’t seem to have anything to do with the situation. Because His answer came from , where the law or principles governing is everlasting, timeless and forever. Why give an answer from a realm or perspective that is terminal and has an expira-
tion date on its existence and soon to end, indicating this is not the real world. A citizen of that realm does not live and think as though what he sees is finality, he waits on the ruling from a higher court. When that individual decides to use somebody to carry out His wishes, He equips them with the same qualities He has and the substance of His domain. It in affect, gives this entity authority to stand in His stead and do His bidding.
none of us can handle the ‘GLORY’ that’s why God said He would not share His ‘GLORY’ with anyone. Learning to think, act and feel just as the one who gave them the commission, their whole existence must become one with the one commissioning them. All this would be in total conflict with anyone chosen for this task, then vacillates back and forth from this terminal world’s standards to a “ETERNITY NOW PERSPECTIVE.” It is what’s behind some of It also means the situations and the prayers we pray, from picking circumstances in that person’s life up infections (spiritually) and blamare arranging that unusual purpose ing it on the devil, when often it in them. What we often call trials was contamination from being “at are situations designed to prepare one” with this world’s perspective us for the glory of standing in or value system. God’s stead carrying out purpose that is beyond us and our ability to BHD comprehend. The real concern in many instances is not about success in the endeavor, but the glory upon arrival and throughout the journey after getting there. Truth is,
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the family, because his purpose was there, it became the order and nature of his attacks by satan.
he irony of corrective measures for black people, is in the incongruity of Ham’s original error, where the proof is in the fruit. You know a tree by the fruit it bears, (Mt. 12:33). It was the third trimester where the real fruit of Ham’s tree yield the fruit of its nature, normal in child birth, the third trimester is where the baby is born. God made covenant promise to Abraham, but the beginning of that fulfillment wasn’t until Jacob, the third generation or the third trimester. In Jacob Israel was born through the 12 sons he had, this was the embryonic nation of Israel. In Ham there was his son Cush, then Nimrod the third generation or third trimester, there manifested in Nimrod was the seed of what was in Ham. Just as Eve, who is criticized for the original sin, but Eve was taken from within Adam, therefore Eve is a revelation of what was in Adam all the time before he knew it.
No vote of confidence in the ability of other black people to perform on a level of integrity, honesty and compassion. The lack of identity and purpose in black people is missing as a member of the human family, that has nothing to do with personal or individual achievement. The mere fact, that this is always the answer or consideration when this issue is raised, is proof of the “Hamitic trait,” individual accomplishment before “my brothers” and the right to brag. These and much, much more are black people very familiar with, however, the point here is to identify the origin and acknowledge the fact nobody made Ham do what he did and at the time, “EVERYBODY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WAS BLACK!” Black folk worse time is not what we’ve been through, it is to miss the time of your visitation, the portal of opportunity we have before us now! It will take a spiritual work of grace, miraculous in nature to change what has been sown in our spirit.
There are many men who complain about their wives, but women are receivers, we make a deposit in them, they give us a baby, if we sow into them hatred, mistrust, abuse, anguish or exposure from abandonment, we get that back in many different forms. The trials of black people are not all because of racism, some of it is because of the seed sown in our beginning. There was a seed in Ham that needed purging; just like Joseph had a dream that God gave, but also needed purging the reason for the 13 years in prison. There are some things black people are experiencing that is the inordinate progression of the Hamitic seed, the revelation of “cause and effect” is in the origin. All Abraham’s trials were in and about
The sun the great source of light and heat was worshipped under the name of baal. The symbol was a disk with a serpent wrapped around it as the sun was the great enlightener of the physical world, so was the serpent held to be the great enlightener of the spiritual world. It was credited with giving mankind the knowledge of good and evil, the worship of the serpent began side by side with the worship of fire and the sun. Hence the reason God sent the fiery serpents that bit the Israelites in the wilderness (Num.21:6). Because it was a symbol of worship in Egypt where they longed to get back to not appreciating the deliverance God had given them.
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As can be seen this has nothing to do with color or racism, which says the real problem at its origin is spiritual and satanic. It is this turning aside that is at the root of what black people must explore, in that original intent and purpose was never done. Through the serpent called the enlightener, the giver of knowledge the prophetic channel, satan stole the identity of Hamitic people, black people. This is at the root of every hindrance of black people, what God’s original intent for them is all about and it is all satanic. It is Hamitic people who knew by nature, the instinct and/or psychical natural aptitude or non-taught biological capabilities for navigating points of intimacy or matters of the heart. The sensitivity to otherworldly phenomenon in right order submitted to and control by God in the Hamitic was invaluable and was to play this role in the developing human family. The true model of the three aspects of it in Noah’s three sons was demonstrated in Christ who was “Prophet, Priest and King.” Three is necessary to form a solid plane figure, it stands for that which is solid, substantial, real, complete, entire, as God is. God’s attributes are three, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent which comprise Divine Perfection. It complete all the divisions of time: PastPresent-Future, His Person is made up in FATHER-SON-HOLY SPIRIT. The complete sum of capacity is in Thought-Word-Deed Largely an inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason and above the conscious level. This forte’ was Hamitic and the reason Noah named his son Ham which is the suffix of Elohim the name for God, because the “I” is interchangeable with “A” and is a sign of covenant. Wherever “Elohim” is used in bible it is in conjunction with covenant, God applied it to Abram to make his name “AbraHam” (Abraham) when He (God) established a covenant of the heart with him. The good news is for Hamitic people, it is unalterable and inimitable in other words unchangeable, which is why a serious sense of strict governance and regulation controls the principles of the covenant. Like God’s covenant with Israel it is everlasting and no one can change it, either Hamitic people embrace it or suffer the consequences for disobedience or neglect in its discovery. It’s ultimate goal was to prepare the way for the Messiah, but also was meant to bring intimacy into worship. The office of the “Prophetic” and prophecy pointed to the inevitable arrival of the redemption God promised the world. Now we understand why deviating from this assignment was under such penalty, but the difficulty upon Hamitic people was to provoke them toward discovery of purpose. Pulling away from the electrifying emotional hysteria of religious worship, which would do no more than that and the dead legalistic estrangement from the participation of the heart. This was inherent in black people and intrinsic to their constitutional make-up, it is the real reason behind the vehement attacks on their person. The indignities black people suffered goes to the heart of their creation and is a divine violation and desecration of the image of God in them. The virulent hatred toward black people is beyond an assailant towards a victim, it defies human emotion and sympathy, it is beyond the boundaries of decency redefining the rules of normalcy necessary to satisfy a thirst for blood.
Because blood is not the goal, if it was only blood thirst it was quenched centuries ago with the first few millions. It is that voice of God inherent in black people which carries a strength of clarity and spiritual consanguinity with God that is ad rem and pertinent. The intimacy connects with the hands that form its original shape. He created the earth that means “out of nothing” which is before the mention in Genesis (1) and man was made out of that substance which speaks to how marvelous we are made. The earth in its pre-dated existence, before Genesis, before the previous world, earth’s beginning, it was spoken into existence, it is from that substance man was made! Black people were always a threat to satan’s purpose, not from a religious point of view, but the capability of by nature able to go beyond a level of consciousness. One of the greatest hindrances to discovery is because black people always feel they must declare” what and where” then are white people in this “ridiculous” scenario suggesting black people have something of this magnitude who were always portrayed as worthless. The imitator cannot go above its model and therefore doom himself hopelessly to mediocrity,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Because the world may have thought so, doesn’t mean God does.
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The Carthaginians were the decendants of the Phoenicians, a Negroid people, who were great merchants. They traded with India, the peoples of the Mediterranean, and the Scilly Isles. The Hamitic Phoenicians called “Eden, Jeden, aHaden, Aden, and Ahden. In Southeast Ethiopia, there is the district of Ogaden (Og) upper (Aden) Eden.
All arabs are crossbreeds between Jews and negro blood.. Believe it or not Cleopatra was fat and black‌.Ripleys believe it or not, (1934) Jesus is black, following his death, before the rise of white supremacy, people of all continents drew, paint-ed and Sculptured Him and His mother in dark colors with Negro features, The original Jews are black. Se-pia Magazine (4May 1975) 32: (Dec 1980)10-17
Melchizedek was the Prophet King of Righteousness, the first High Priest of the Order of Yahweh El-Elyon, the Most High Power of Powers, in the Pious Age when mankind walked upright.
Known fact : the Suez Canal is man made it separates the land of Israel from Africa it was actually one whole continent before the man made continent . Moses and the children of Israel and even Joseph and his brothers, and Mary and Joseph with Jesus walked to Egypt before the land was parted. There was no such thing as the middle east or near east before this man made division
The Word of God and Neither does the Spirit of Truth lie, I knew he revealed the truth to me, below is a Wikepedia confirmation blacks are in fact Hebrews decendants of Shem and Father Abraham . My question is did the church know this ? I can see already that this is a very unpopular subject but If the truth is not uncov-ered with us, God will uncover the truth and many are not going to like it. This is sure not about pride or arro-gance since the slave trade is a dark part of history that many should be ashamed of, nor is it about racial su-periority. These are facts. I thought this was a good post to put up since blacks do not know their heritage in this country when other nationalities do. We all learn something new each day so I am happy that we have the opportunity to share it enjoy.
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Ham was one of the sons of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan, who are interpreted as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egyptas "the land of Ham" in Psalms 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22; 1Ch 4:40. Since the 17th century a number of suggestions have been made that relate the name Ham to a Hebrew word for burnt, black or hot, to an Egyptian word for servant or the Egyptian word Kmt for Egypt.
ATS Bible Dictionary Ham 1. Burnt, swarthy, black, A son of Noah, Genesis 5:32 7:13 9:18 10:1. The impiety revealed in his conduct towards his father, drew upon him, or rather, according to the Bible statement, on his son Canaan, a prophetic malediction, Genesis 9:20-27. Ham was the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan, that is, the ancestor of the Canaanites, Southern Arabians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, and the Africans in general, Genesis 10:6-20.
In the Torah, Noah had three sons, Shem (Hebrew for name), Ham(meaning hot or brown), and Yefet (beautiful). These words still have this meaning in Hebrew. Shem is from Asia, Ham is Africa, and Yefet(h) is most of Europe.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia HAM (1) ham (cham; Cham): 1. The Youngest Son of Noah: The youngest son of Noah, from whom sprang the western and southwestern nations known to the Hebrews. His name first occurs in Genesis 5:32, where, as in 6:10 and elsewhere, it occupies the second place. In Genesis 9:18 Ham is described as "the father of Canaan," to
prepare the reader for 9:25-27, where Noah, cursing Ham for having told Shem and Japheth of his nakedness, refers to him as Canaan. On account of this, it has been suggested that "Canaan" stood originally in all the passages where the three brothers are spoken of, and that this was later changed to "Ham," except in the verses containing the curse. It seems more likely, however, that the name "Canaan" is inserted prophetically, as Noah would not desire to curse his son, but only one branch of that son's descendants, who were later the principal adversaries of the Hebrews.
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The name given, in Psalm 105:23, 17; Psalm 106:22 (compare 78:51), to Egypt as a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. As Shem means "dusky," or the like, and Japheth "fair," it has been supposed that Ham meant, as is not improbable, "black." This is supported by the evidence of Hebrew and Arabic, in which the word chamam means "to be hot" and "to be black," the latter signification being derived from the former. 3. Meaning of the Word: That Ham is connected with the native name of Egypt, Kem, or, in full pa ta' en Kem, "the land of Egypt," in Bashmurian Coptic Kheme, is unlikely, as this form is probably of a much later date than the composition of Genesis, and, moreover, as the Arabic shows, the guttural is not a true kh, but the hard breathing h, which are both represented by the Hebrew cheth. 4. The Nations Descending from Ham: Of the nationalities regarded as descending from Ham, none can be described as really black. First on the list, as being the darkest, is Cush or Ethiopia (Genesis 10:6), after which comes Mitsrayim, or Egypt, then PuT or Libyia, and Canaan last. The sons or descendants of each of these are then taken in turn, and it is noteworthy that some of them, like the Ethiopians and the Canaanites, spoke Semitic, and not Hamitic, languages-Seba (if connected with the Sabeans), Havilah (Yemen), and Sheba, whose queen visited Solomon. Professor Sayce, moreover, has pointed out that Caphtor is the original home of the Phoenicians, who spoke a Semitic language. The explanation of this probably is that other tongues were forced upon these nationalities in consequence of their migrations, or because they fell under the dominion of nationalities alien to
them. The non-Sem Babylonians, described as descendants of Nimrod (Merodach), as is welI known, spoke Sumerian, and adopted Semitic Babylonian only on account of mingling with the Semites whom they found there. Another explana-tion is that the nationalities described as Hamitic-a parallel to those of the Semitic sectionwere so called because they fell under Egyptian dominion. This would make the original Hamitic race to have been Egyptian and account for Ham as a (poetical) designation of that nationality. Professor F. L. Griffith has pointed out that the Egyptian Priapic god of Panopolis (Akhmim), sometimes called Menu, but also apparently known as Khem, may have been identified with the ancestor of the Hamitic race-he was worshipped from the coast of the Red Sea to Coptos, and must have been well known to Egypt's eastern neighbors. He regards the characteristics of Menu as being in accord with the shamelessness of Ham as recorded in Genesis 9:20. Let me speak briefly about Ham. Ham is given the role of a servant in relation to both of these other families of earth. But, notice carefully, not a servant in the sense of enslavement. That role was limited to the descendants of Canaan. "A slave of slaves," is the Hebrew way of emphasizing, of intensifying a statement. Canaan was to be that, but not the rest of the sons of Ham. However, they were to fulfill a servant relationship, not in the sense of enslavement, but as the practical technicians of humanity.
If you study ancient history and technological achievements which were in many ways the equal of, or superior of, much that we have today, were founded and carried to a high technological proficiency by Hamitic people. This is the role in history given by God to the descendants of Ham. The Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, all were Hamitic people. They were the great inventors of mankind. It may come as a shock to some, who boast in Aryan superiority, and think of Americans as the most inventive people on the earth, to know that almost every basic invention can be traced to the Hamites, rather than to the Japhethites. Japhetic people do is to develop the philosophy of science and apply technology, but the discovery of these are largely traceable to the Hamitic peoples of the earth.
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Like its neighbor Egypt, the Kingdom of Kush developed along the Nile River. Because of its location in northeastern Africa, Kush became the most important trade route between Africa and the world to the north. Kush's capital city of Mer-oë was located along the Nile River, south ofEgypt. The Kushites are the Nilo-Saharan peoples who contributed their binary worldview to the ancient Afro-Asiatic world. They include red, black and brown Nubians, pre-dynastic lower Nilotes, and the Ainu/Annu. Among them were Abraham's Horites ancestors who descended from Kush, the grandson of the great Proto-Saharan ruler Noah. The Horites were a caste of ruler-priests who were devotees of Hor/Horus. Jews call their ancestors Horim which is "Horite" in the English Bibles. Some Jews have Horite blood and some Arabs have Horite blood. Abraham is a descendant of the Proto-Saharan rulers Ham and Shem as the lines of Ham and Shem intermarried (endogamy). Endogamy is a trait of castes and ruling families. Abraham ruled in Edom, though his father ruled in the TigrisEuphrates Valley. The Kushite marriage and ascendancy structure speaks of the promised Son to whom God the Father will deliver the eternal kingdom. The Kushites traded with many surrounding people and kingdoms. There is evidence that the clans herded cattle from the grasslands to a communal gathering place at the Nile each year. (In 1986, cattle burials were found at Qustul, south of Abul Simbel, in the heart of Kush.) During the Chalcolithic Period, Kushites settled on the edges of the Beersheba Valley where they lived in subterranean dwellings carved out of the limestone with metal tools. An ivory workshop was discovered in one of these houses at Bir es-Safadi. The Bible refers to these cave-dwellers as Dedanites. Dedan, Tema and Buz comprized a Horite confederation. The oldest Arabic texts have been found around the North Arabian oases of Tema and Dedan. Tema, known by Arabs as Taima, lies about 70 miles north-east of Dedan. Tema, Dedan and Dumah were caravan stops along the trade route from Babylon to Sheba. The term "Horite" can't be taken anachronistically when speaking of Abraham's ancestors, who were devotees of Horus, who they regarded as the “Son of God.” This is the origin of Messianic expectation, and some of Abraham's Jewish de-scendants recognized Jesus as the fulfillment of the prophetic pattern articulated by their Horite ancestors from Kush. This was apparently true of Nicodemus and Joseph of Har-Mathea, both disciples of Jesus and men in the priestly lines. Cush was the firstborn of Ham: his sons were Havilah, Seba, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabtechah and Nimrod. Cush is called the father of Cushi, meaning Ethiopia. The ancient land was ruled by many kings and queens. There were two types of Ethopians, who differed physically only in hair texture. The northern Ethiopians had woolly hair while those dwelling in the south had straight hair. 24
(1) Cush was the name of an ancient kingdom in N.E. Africa. The portion of the Nile Valley between the First and Sixth Cataracts was called Cush by the pharaonic Egyptians, though western nations preferred the Greek appellation Nubia. One of the earliest mentions of the name Cush is found on an inscrip-tion of the early Middle Kingdom (c. 1970 B.C.E.). During the second millen-nium B.C.E. Cush was absorbed into the Egyptian empire, first as far as the Second Cataract under the Middle Kingdom rulers and then as far as the Sixth by the New Kingdom pharaohs. When the New Kingdom disintegrated (c. 1050 B.C.E.), Cush, which had been thoroughly Egyptianized, gained its independence under a line of native kings. It was probably the Cushite king Shabako (c. 707–696) who encouraged *Hezekiah of Judah to resist the Assyrians under Sennacherib and sent the relief army that the Assyrians crushed at the battle of Eletekh in 701 B.C.E., since Taharka ( *Tirhakah), men-tioned in II Kings 19:9 and Isaiah 37:9, had not yet come to the throne. In fact, the biblical account is believed by some scholars to be a conflation of two campaigns. After the Assyrian conquest of Egypt in 666B.C.E., Taharka's successor Tanwentamani at first succeeded in freeing Upper Egypt as far as Memphis from the Assyrians in about 663–662 B.C.E., but he was driven out by the avenging armies of Ashurbanipal. The ancient capital of Thebes was so savagely plundered that 50 years later it served the proph-et Nahum as an example for the forthcoming destruction of Nineveh (Nah. 3:8, 10). From this time on, Cush ceased to intervene in the affairs of Egypt. (2) According to the Bible, Cush was the son of Ham (Gen. 2:13; 10:6–8; Ezek. 38:5; I Chron. 1:8–10) and the eponym of the N.E. African people. In several verses the name refers to other peoples; the distinction is not clear in every single case (Num. 12:1; II Chron. 14:8; 21:16). In the Septuagint the name appears in two forms: in those verses in which it desig-nates the son of Ham it appears in the form Χονς while in other cases it is Αιθιοπια, i.e., Ethiopia. Most modern translations follow the Septuagint. The whole of East Africa was called Cush by the Greeks, and in modern times "Cushi" is a Hebrew term for a black person.
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POETRY - (Author unknown) Why Did You Make Me Black Lord ....
Lord .... Why did you make me black? Why did you make someone the world would hold back? Black is the color of dirty clothes, of grimy hands and feet... Black is the color of darkness, of tired beaten streets... Why did you give me thick lips, a broad nose and kinky hair? Why did you create someone who receives the hated stare? Black is the color of the bruised eye when someone gets hurt...
Black is the color of darkness, black is the color of dirt. Why is my bone structure so thick, my hips and cheeks so high? Why are my eyes brown, and not the color of the sky? Why do people think I'm useless? How come I feel so used? Why do people see my skin and think I should be abused? Lord, I just don't understand...What is it about my skin? Why is it some people want to hate me and not know the person within?
Black is what people are 'Labeled' when others want to keep them away... Black is the color of shadows cast...Black is the end of the day. Lord you know my own people mistreat me, and you know this just ain't right... They don't like my hair, they don't like my skin, as they say I'm too dark or too light! Lord, don't you think it's time to make a change? Why don't you redo creation and make everyone the same? 26
Why did I make you black? Why did I make you black? I made you in the color of coal from which beautiful diamonds are formed... I made you in the color of oil, the black gold which keeps people warm. Your color is the same as the rich dark soil that grows the food you need... Your color is the same as the black stallion and panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed! All colors of the heavenly rainbow can be found throughout every nation... When all these colors are blended, you become my greatest creation! Your hair is the texture of lamb's wool, such a beautiful creature is he... I am the shepherd who watches them, I will ALWAYS watch over thee! You are the color of the midnight sky, I put star glitter in your eyes... There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain‌ That's why your cheeks are so high! You are the color of dark clouds from the hurricanes I create in September... I made your lips so full and thick, so when you kiss...they will remember! Your stature is strong, your bone structure thick to withstand the burden of time... The reflection you see in the mirror, that image that looks back,..that is MINE! So get off your knees, look in the mirror and tell me what you see? I didn't make you in the image of darkness‌
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A son of Ham, and father of various African races, Genesis 10:6, but particularly of the Egyptians, to whom his name was given. Mizraim is also the Hebrew word for Egypt in the Bible, and this country is still called Misr in Arabic. During the desertion of Babel, Mizraim followed hi two brothers Cush and Put To Africa. There he dwelt, populating the area known as lower Egypt. Mizraim is still the alternate name for Egypt and is revelead seeral times in the land of Ham in Ps. 78:51; 105:23-27, 106: 19-23. "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." -- Hosea, Mizraim or Egypt was the second son of Ham, as noted in the list of nations in Genesis 10 and 1Chroni-cles 1. He was also known as Menes or Min, the first king of the Egyptians who reigned for about 60 years, according to the historians Manetho and Herodotus. Mizraim is derived from a Hebrew term, and is a plural word with the meaning double straits (SHD 4714, mitsrayim - dual of matsor (4693)). This duality may refer to the distinction between the original kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt. The Egyptians referred to their land as Kmt in the hieroglyphs. In Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions Egypt was known as Musur and Musri, probably from the word Misr meaning simply, land. The Ugaritic inscriptions refer to Egypt asMsrm, while in the Amarna tablets it is called Misri. The term Misr is still seen in the modern Arabic name for the nation, Jumhuriyah Misr al-'Arabiyah (the Arabic Republic of Egypt). Our term Egypt comes from the Greek Aiguptos. In Antiquities of the Jews, the historian Josephus records: The memory also of the Mesraites is preserved in their name; for all we who inhabit this country [of Judea] called Egypt Mestre, and the Egyptians Mestreans. Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt, though it retained the name of one only, the Philistim; for the Greeks call part of that country Palestine. As for the rest, Ludieim, and Enemim, and Labim, who alone inhabited in Libya, and called the country from himself, Nedim, and Phethrosim, and Chesloim, and Cephthorim, we know nothing of them besides their names; for the Ethiopic war (17) which we shall describe hereafter, was the cause that those cities were overthrown.
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The Septuagint uses essentially the same term, Mesrain. Egypt/Mizraim was often known as the land of Ham (Ps. 105:23,27), much as Canaan came to be called the land of the Philistines (Zeph. 2:5) after its most illustrious inhabitants. Psalm 105:23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. (RSV) Emblematically, Egypt was also referred to as Rahab (blusterer or arrogant: SHD 7294), as we see in Psalms 87:4 and 89:10. Sons of Mizraim In Genesis 10:13-14 and 1Chronicles 1:11-12, Mizraim’s “sons” are listed as tribal groups rather than individuals: the Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim(forefathers of the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 1Chronicles 1:11-12 Egypt was the father of Ludim, An'amim, Le'habim, Naph-tu'him, 12 Pathru'sim, Caslu'him (whence came the Philis'tines), and Caph'torim. (RSV) The Book of Jasher (ch. 10) provides extra-biblical details on these sons. And the children of Mitzraim are the Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuchim, Pathrusim, Casluchim and Caphturim, seven families. 22 All these dwell by the river Sihor, that is the brook of Egypt, and they built themselves cities and called them after their own names. 23 And the children of Pathros and Casloch intermarried together, and from them went forth the Pelishtim, the Azathim, and the Gerarim, the Githim and the Ekronim, in all five families; these also built themselves cities, and they called their cities after the names of their fathers unto this day. Here I encourage to research al of Mizraim children and see where they are today. At the Well ... "The faithful of Israel have been summoned thither from the remotenesses of Mizraim.". ... "The evilest tie and the strongest between Israel and Mizraim!". ... Choosing the Tens ... Deborah. The prophetess went on: "Israel hath been a green tree, carried hither in seed and grown in the wheat-fields of Mizraim. The ... The Margin of the Nile ... "Aye!" she exclaimed, "and thou hast given tongue to the same estimate of Israel, which hath wrought consternation among the powers of Mizraim. ... //christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/ chapter xiv the margin of.htm Chapter x ... (See figure 363). 6. And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. ... The Tell-elAmarna Tablets call the land Kashi. "Mizraim" definitely is Egypt. ...
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Founder of Phoenicia Home of the Seafaring People Phut was Ham’s third son who struck out on his own and founded the nation of Libya on the Mediterranean coast of the African continent where Zidonian-Canaanites migrated after leaving their servitude in Lebanon. (1 Kings 9:26) At that time the land of Phut was called Phoenicia and it was occupied by these black people before Abraham’s Arabian descendants invaded North Africa. These Canaanites were slaves in Lebanon where they were known as Zidonians, named after Canaan’s son Zidon. (Fig. 8) These Canaanites in particular performed remarkable craftsmanship with the famed cedars trees of Lebanon of which the Scriptures speak. These black men were so skillful in wood that their reputation attracted the attention of the wisest man in the world. “Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Behold I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God. Now command that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shall appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like the Sidonians [Zidonians I Kings 5:1-15 Eighty thousand black men were commissioned to build the great temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. (1 King 9:27) These black laborers were skilled with such precision that the Scriptures boast they erected Solomon’s Temple without making noise. “And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. (1 King 6:7) The temple these black craftsmen built for King Solomon was so magnificent that when it was destroyed and later rebuilt by King Zerub-babel’s Jews, the elders of Israel cried because the new temple could not approach the grandeur they witnessed in Solomon’s black-built temple. (Ezra 3:12, Haggai 2:3)
King Hiram sent these Zidonian-Canaanite craftsmen from Lebanon who were not only skilled at building magnificent structures on land, but were excellent ship builders and navigators of the sea. “Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.” (1 Kings 9:27) Solomon took advantage of the knowledge of this black labor force. “And king Solomon made a navy of ships… on the shore of the Red Sea.” (1 King 9:26)
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The news that Solomon was building his royal “navy” by the hands of these skillful black men caught the attention of Sheba’s Queen. (1 Kings 9:26-10:1) According to the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, the Queen of Sheba was Queen of the Ethiopians and her inquis-itive nature lured her to go see for herself the fame of Solomon’s beautiful temple, his navy, and to hear his wisdom. (1 Kings 10:1) The Zidionian-Canaanites became legendary mariners prior to the Nordic Vikings of Europe and were well known for their seafaring abilities. The land these Canaanites later occupied was the land of Phut, it was next to the Moors of Morocco in North Afri-ca. These Canaanites merchants traversed the Mediterranean as traders with the Greek isles, Rome, Spain and the whole of Eu-rope. Much later in the land of Phut off its Phoenician shores, a child was born and given a Canaanite name that honored Baal, a Canaanite god. His name was Hannibal of Carthage. Hannibal’s name means “Joy of Baal.” Hannibal was a sworn enemy of Rome, and invaded Italy with his black African swordsmen after trekking over the Alps with a number of African elephants. These Africans in the land of Phut were skilled with the bow and shield. (Jer. 46:9) It is rumored that because of Hannibal’s invasion of Italy, there are few Italians with blue eyes and blonde hair today. The Complete Works of Blacks in the Bible is the most accurate compilation of Bibli-cal Black History ever. It is Bible based with the embellishments of man. Order it today while supplies last at WWW.BLACKSINTHEBIBLE.NET for your biblical black art needs see www.blacksinthebible.com Phut, Put (a bow ) the third name in the list of the sons of Ham ( Genesis 10:6 ; 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) elsewhere applied to an African country or peo-ple. The few mentions of Phut in the Bible clearly indicate a country or people of Africa, and, it must be added, probably not far from Egypt. ( Isaiah 66:19 ; Jeremiah 46:9 ; Ezekiel 27:10 ; 30:5 ; 38:5 ; Nahum 3:9 ) Some identify it with Libya, in the northern part Africa near the Mediterranean Sea; others, as Mr. Poole, with Nubia, south of Egypt. Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) One of the sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6). (2.) A land or people from among whom came a portion of the mercenary troops of Egypt, Jeremiah 46:9 (A.V., "Libyans, " but correctly, R.V., "Put"); Ezek. 27:10;30:5 (A.V., "Libya;" R.V., "Put"); 38:5; Nahum 3:9. Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Genesis 10:6, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (Jeremiah 46:9; Ezek. 30:5; 27:10). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his inva-sion of Egypt, reference is made to "Phut of the Ionians."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia PHUT fut (puT). See PUT. Strong's Hebrew 6316. Put -- a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land ... Phut, Put. Of foreign origin; Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe -
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NIMROD Nimrod in the Bible was the son of Cush, the great-grandson of Noah through the line of Ham, Nimrod is described as the first of the “mighty men” to appear on the earth after the great flood. Previous to the flood, there had been giants and mighty men on the earth, and “also afterward” (Genesis 6:4). From examination of the biblical texts and other ancient documents, it is clear that Nimrod was one of these mighty men, and there is also evidence that he was much larger than the average man—a giant, so to speak. Many call someone whom they deem as uncouth or silly a Nimrod, and, therefore, they show a severe lack of knowledge of Scripture. Nimrod was Ham’s (the father of the Black races) grandson, and he was the first ruler of human government, according to the Scripture. The Bible indicates Nimrod was the first king in human history and he ruled man-kind from the tower of Babel, after the flood of Noah (Genesis 10:10). The world leaned on his hunting prowess for food after the deluge when animals be-gan migrating back to their natural habitats. Nimrod the Great became a mighty hunter before the Lord. Nimrod established a great kingdom that included “Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar” (Genesis 10:9–10). He later extended his kingdom into Assyria, where he built the cities of “Ninevah, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen” (verses 11–12). Nimrod was obviously a skilled man and an ambitious leader. Besides being the founder of the infamous Babel and many other cities, Nimrod was a mighty man with great physical strength and great strength of will. If he was also of giant stature, then that would be another reason why the people of his time would follow him—and why so many legends would spring up around him. As the leader of the kingdom of Babel, Nimrod is also connected with the Tower of Babel (Genesis 6). According to the historian Josephus, Nimrod “said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to reach. And that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers” (Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1, Chapter 4). The motive, according to Josephus, for building the Tower of Babel was to protect humanity against another flood. But the reason for the first flood was humanity’s wickedness and rebellion (Genesis 6:5–6), from which humanity refused to repent. Nimrod was rebellious against God, just like his antediluvian forebears, and, according to Josephus, he “persuaded [his subjects] not to ascribe [their strength] to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness” (op. cit.). Construction of the Tower of Babel ended with a show of God’s power: the Lord confused the languages of the people, making it impossible for them to communicate effectively enough to finish the construction of the tower. So, Nimrod was proved wrong—all of man’s strength and ability, even the strength of the mightiest of men, is a gift from God that He can choose to revoke at any time.
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Judah (Jews)/Jesus Christ/Hebrews were later to become the descendants of Ham, the black man. The question is not whether ancient Hebrews and biblical characters were blacks, it’s not even up for debate because there’s overwhelming evidence for that, both in science and the bible itself. The question we should be asking is; why was black history stolen?. Who stole black history?. Why was black history stolen?. You would expect black people to be asking the above questions. But, no, we don’t ask such questions. Instead, you’ll hear blacks asking questions like; does it matter if Adam and Eve were blacks?. Others will ask; does it matter if Jesus was black?.
The brainwashing and subduing of black people began the moment our history was stolen by Rome. It was from then on that blacks were brainwashed to believe the white supremacist mindset that have got us thinking whites are the "be all and end all". From then on white supremacists and brainwashing Euro-centric education started coining new worlds to make us hate ourselves. Words and phrases that were coined and still being coined to humiliate the black race includes; black day, blackguard, black sheep, black mood, black widow, blackmail, black money, blacklist, black Thursday, black marketeer, blackhead, blackball, black market, black out, black death, black maria, black knight, black Monday, black spot, black economy, black ice, black look, black magic, black mark, black ops, blackout, blackjack, black hole, blackleg, black Wednesday, blackboard jungle, black eye, black mass. Basically, everything bad was to be associated with blackman/satan. While words like; White lie, white magic, white list, e.t.c were associated with goodness/whiteman. You see, the hatred against the black race is DEEP rooted in their gene and consciousness!.
Black people have no idea the history of a people will determine whether their present would be that of confidence or subdued. For example; if you’re not too bright of your history, it’ll also make you feel subdued in the present. It therefore, follows that if you’re proud of your history, it’ll also make you confident and proud of your present. Are you proud of Martin Luther King?. YES. Are you proud of slavery?. NO. Most magnificent black history was deleted from the history books within the 14th century in the renaissance period in Europe. And, by erasing proud black history from the history books, Rome for example assumed the custodians of Christ’s legacy ever since, when in fact the Roman empire was an enemy of Jesus Christ during his time on earth. Herod was a Roman king of Jerusalem and Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor during Jesus's days. They both sentenced Jesus to death. As you can see, Rome have no right of credit to Christ’s legacy!. They had a hand in his death!. How could your enemy become your best friend after you die?. Yet, this’s exactly what happened in the case of Jesus Christ and the roman empire!!!.
Slavery wasn't just physical. Slavery was also mental and in order to achieve mental slavery, one of the mischievous thing white people did was that they made sure historical characters associated with greatness were renamed to white people. When the Napoleon army conquered Egypt in 1789 AD, he went as far as destroying artifacts and structures suggesting black civilization in Egypt. Even till today, historical black characters are still being cast in Hollywood movies as white people. Till today, historical blacks are still being presented in books and magazines as white people. Despite, Pythagoras studying mathematics in Africa many centuries before Isaac Newton, Blackman gets no credit for the invention and development of mathematics. Instead, western scholars treat Pythagoras as a myth, simply because he said he studied mathematics in Africa. Despite, both the science of genetics and archaeology proving conclusively that human life began in Africa, western establishments continue to present Adam and Eve as white people. Example; Jehovah's witness continue to draw Adam and Eve as whites on their international watchtower and Awake magazine. Hollywood also continues to cast them as whites.
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What this means is that blacks have been on everywhere on this planet long before the emergence of any other race Both the Torah and Bible said Noah had 3 sons, namely; Ham, Shem, Japheth. Genesis 9: 20-27.
You see, history is full of blunders against the black race, and education, movies, books, continue to be used as instruments of mental slavery. Blackman has been schemed out of his own history!. As a result, white man subconsciously considers blackman as an inferior race that contributed nothing or lacks the capability to contribute to the world's development, when in reality blackman created the world. Blackman on the other hand subconsciously accepts the reality history has placed upon him. The effect becomes inferiority complex on the part of blackman, and superiority complex for whiteman. This is what is fueling racism!.
Black people must reclaim our position on this earth, cause the truth is blackman created the world!. If we do not take action, one million years in future, someone is going to teach our children in school that Martin Luther King was a whiteman!. If we do nothing now, someone is going to teach our descendants that Nelson Mandela was a whiteman!. You might find this funny, but it's not funny at all. Rather, it's something to be sober about. . Jesus Christ is already successfully presented as a white man.
Bill Gates is already successfully presented as the richest man ever lived, when Mansa Musa of Mali is the wealthiest man ever lived. . Sumerians has already successfully been presented as inventors of mathematics, when in fact their ancestors studied mathematics in Africa. Hannibal is already being successfully presented as white king. Adam and Eve is already successfully presented as whites. . Europe is already being successfully presented as origin of education when in fact the first university on earth was in Mali, Africa.
. Credit has already been successfully given to Europe for sciences, when in fact it took deep knowledge of Physics, geometry, and mathematics, to build the Egyptian pyramids. . Credit has already been given to a Mungo Park as the discoverer of the river Niger, when in fact Mungo Park employed the services of Africans to shows him the routes to the river Niger. The list is endless.
Modern man (homo sapiens) migrated or exodused out of Africa about 60,000 to Arabia, Eurasia, Australia, Brazil and the Americas, e.t.c. Science confirms a massive exodus of people out of Africa. The bible also stated the same!. The bible stated in the whole book of Exodus that there was indeed a massive exodus of people in and out of Africa up till the end of the ice age. The bible characters remains the same people that exodused out of Africa, and their descendants!. The so called Jews were Africans migrating in mass in and out of Africa due to climate change!. Please see research on African migration "out". See another research on African migration "in". It kept happening that way for a long time, until the world climate stabilized and people were able to live in a permanent location and was able to begin farming during the neolithic period. There were severe and erratic climatic change happening then, such that sometimes it would rain a whole month non-stop and people would be terrified as it seems the whole earth was inundated with water, as recorded in the story of Noah, only to give way to severe drought and famine as recorded in the story of mosses and the children of Israel (Africans). All these recorded in the bible. If not for the innate humble attitude of the black race, we could have as well broadcasted ourselves as God as we populate the world. Had we done this the issue of racism against the Blackman wouldn't be here today.
The real reason a white police man will shoot an unarmed blackman is because he thinks we're not as human as he is. We can change all these by reengineering the minds of the black race with raw facts of science and history showing that we actually created the world!. I've already started this project by recording these two songs. Unfortunately, I do not have the resources to get the song heard worldwide, cause I'm an independent recording artiste not with a record label. Neither, am I in the radio or media where I could get it heard. Check iTunes or Amazon MP3 for (1) the lost history (2) Jesus Christ was a blackman. I sang about these things. Artiste name: Africason. Should you know anybody in the media passionate about black issues, have them get this song heard worldwide. https://youtu.be/NX0DtMiYxEM Whited-Out: The Erased History of Black people. Written by Africason. Africason is a musician and a die-hard believer in Africa. Twitter: @African_School eSchool: www.AfricanS chool.org Facebook: facebook.com/ African School 35
HAMITIC THE PROPHETIC
It is the “conative utterances” of the prophetic in the Hamitic that will also initialize the restorative work of black men, as it inaugurate a nation being called back to holiness. Health, wholeness and holiness and the number three (3) also have the same root,
the reunification, preservation and restoration of the black family and the nation has its roots in the same
The families of Ham and Shem intermingled. Remember “The Cushite's (descendants of Cush settled in south Arabia, and in present day-day southern Egypt, Sudan, and northern Ethiopia
origination. Which is why satan needed the office of the prophetic to advance his cause, the prophetic in bible is “light, illumination, understanding.”
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Evidence In The Bible! The overall and surely indisputable message is that God has created us all in his image and has included all The stories of the Bible took place in and around what we now call the Middle East, and people moved on and off its stage based on their relationship with the nations of ancient Israel and Judah. Con-sequently the vast majority of the world’s ethnic and racial groups are not specifically identified. But some of those who are identified were black. There is a strong tradition that some of the descendants of Noah through his son Ham were black. Ham had a son named Cush, which means "black" in Hebrew. Cush is the most common term designating color in reference to persons, people or lands used in the Bible. It’s used 58 times in the King James Version. The Greek and Latin word is Ethiopia. In classical literature, Greek and Roman authors describe Ethiopians as black. Archaeology has found these people to be black. In the book of Jeremiah, the question is asked, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin?"
members of the human race in the saving work of his Son. Nowhere does the Bible give any indications that black people, or any people, whether "of color" or not, are outside the embrace of his love.
Genesis 10:6-20 describes the descendants of Ham as being located in North Africa, Central Africa and in parts of southern Asia. Psalm 105:23 mentions the "land of Ham" in Egypt, and Psalm 78:51 connects the "tents of Ham" with Egypt.
Other Old Testament evidence In Genesis 10, Nimrod, son of Cush (whose name means "black"), founded a civilization in Mesopotamia. In Genesis 11, Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldees, a land whose earliest inhabitants included blacks.
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The people of the region where Abraham came from can be prov -en historically and archaeologically to have been intermixed racially. So it is possible that Abraham and those who traveled with him could have been racially mixed.
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tains ample evidence of a black pres-ence. Acts 8 tells the story of the Ethiopian eunuch, one of the first Gentiles to be baptized. He came from a black region, so he may have been black. In Acts 13 we read of Simeon, called Niger, the Latin term for black. There is also Lucias from CyreGenesis 14 tells how Abraham’s ne, a geograph-ical location of experiences in Canaan and black people. Egypt brought him and his family into ar-eas inhabited by peoples Do these references give us abwho were very likely black. Both so-lute proof? No. But the weight ar-chaeological evidence and of evidence indicates that blacks the ac-count in 1 Chronicles 4 were not excluded from "Bible ac tell us that the land of Canaan -tion." Modern scholarly opinion was inhabited by the descendrefutes the theologians who arants of Ham. gued against a black presence in the Bible. But sadly, the past EuFurther black presence can be ro-centrist interpretation of the found in the accounts of Hagar Bible, which did recognize a the Egyptian, Ishmael and his black pres-ence in the Bible, was Egyp-tian wife, and Ishmael’s deliberately used by some in the sons, es-pecially Kedar. The past to justify the subjugation Kedarites are mentioned many and enslavement of peoples of times in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezeki- color. el and Nehemiah, and the word kedar means "blackness." I believe it can be argued that there is a black presence in the Still further evidence of black Old and New Testaments. But ei pres-ence in the patriarchal peri- -ther way, what is certain is that od ap-pears with Joseph’s expe- the Bible teaches that God has riences in Egypt. Joseph married made all people of one ancestry. an Egyp-tian woman, Asenath, All hu-mans — male, female, who was descended from Mizblack, white, red, yellow and raim, which made her Hamitic. brown, are God’s children. They Thus there is a strong possibility are all made in the image of God that Asenath was black. She for salvation through Jesus was the mother of Ephraim and Christ. Manasseh. The New Testament also con-
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Genesis 9:20-27 verse inclusive, that Noah did not, for he could not cruse Ham, although he did in a fit of intoxication pronounce a cruse in Canaan the son of Ham. In passing, I might mention that Canaan was never inconvenienced by the ruse of Noah because he was the father of seven prosperous nations, foremost among hem were the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Sidonians.
THE BLACK MAN FATHER OF CIVILIZATION The Bible gives the first and only true account of the origin of mankind. It is the only book containing an accurate record of the progress of man toward civili-zation, and it is the indispensable reference of all searchers after the real facts of the birth of humanity and its progress toward the civilization of today; beginning with his creation, it is the only authentic record of man; authentic because it is first hand, not a copy of something else or a scientific or literary review, but a dispas-sionate record of man’s creation and progress, untrimmed, unshaped and unvar-nished, to suit prejudice. It would not be a complete record if it did not show with the rest of them the origin of the black man and “Woe for all these pinnacle thieves”—it shows that he, the “black man” is the “father of civilization.”
The Sidonians sprang from Sidon, who was the first son of Canaan, according to Genesis 10th Chapter 15th verse. These same Sidonians are the men “descended from black men” whom Solomon ordered Hiram of Tyre to engage to do the skilled hewing and designing of the timber work on Solomon’s temple—Solomon declaring that these Sidonians, “black men” were the only men possessed with anywhere near sufficient skill to take charge of and successfully complete the artistic timber work on “His” Solomon’s temple.
The black man has been misrepresented by prejudiced historian and lectures. It has been and is now quoted that Ham, the father of the black man, was cursed by his father Noah. Now in regard to this incident let us take the Bublical record for it and anyone not totally blind with prejudice will be convinced by reading in the boolk 42
Solomon declaring that these Sidonians, “black men” were the only men possessed with anywhere near sufficient skill to take charge of and successfully complete the artistic timber work on “His” Solomon’s temple. First Kings 5th Chapter 6th verse speaks very plainly of this fact. Solomon knew the black race was a superior, not an inferior race. He married Pharoah’s daughter—see 1st Kings, 3rd[Pg 7] Chapter 1st verse; 7th Chapter 8th verse, also the 9th Chapter and 16th verse. Solomon’s wife might have been of as dark skin or even as black as he was, for history shows that Egypt had two full blooded Ethiopian Pharoahs just before and during the reign of Solomon, according to Herodotus, the names of these two Ethiopians were Sabaco or “Sebichos” and Sethos, so Solomon surely got an Ethiopian “Negro or black” woman for a wife.
This naturally increased the proportion of Negro blood in the veins of the future King of the Jews. Viewing the progress of the immediate descendants of Ham we learn that a curse laid upon one by a mortal of that day was as foolish and ineffective as it is in this, the story about this curse, also the story of the black man who contended that a black skin and woolly hair is a disgrace, has, according to the Bible, no foundation. Speaking of black skin, the greatest brain work and wisdom ever given to this world was given by men of black skins, or at least in whose veins the greatest portion of blood was Ethiopian or Negro blood. As to this assertion and King Solomon, see “Songs of Solomon 1st Chapter 6th verse.” Solomon’s dark skin should cause no surprise, because his mother, Hittite, was also the[Pg 8] widow of Uriah (see 2nd Samuels 12th Chapter 9th and 10th verses). The Hittites are the descendants of Heth and Heth was the second son of Canaan (see Genesis 10th Chapter 15th verse). As to the woolly hair, Jesus, the Blessed Saviour of Man-kind, will have His head cov-ered with woolly hair when he comes to judge the world, (Daniel 7th Chapter 9th and 10th verses). Now, if Daniel’s prophecy is true that when Christ left this earth he had woolly hair, he naturally will return with woolly hair, and the pictures of Him today are an erroneous conception of Him, by the artists This grand old book the Bible, does not show that God ever turned a man black to disgrace him for his sins, or anything else, but this same Bible does show that God’s power did turn a man white to disgrace him because of his sins, and said that his seed would be likewise forever. Facts are stubborn things and often very disagreeable, sometimes even sickening, and by reading carefully the 5th Chapter of the 2nd Kings, 25th, 26th and 27th verses, many of our highly civilized brethren “whose ancient an-cestors disgraced them” will suffer an alarming fit of nau-sea. Among the many low cowardly things that[Pg 9] have been said and done against the Negro during this Christian era, one poor benighted individual published a “joke” in book form, in which he claims that, the Negro is a beast, the poor fellow tries to be serious, and no doubt thinks he is offering at least some proof of his assertion.
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The poor fellow of course, receives some sympathy, and would no doubt receive as much as any of the rest of his class, were it not for the fact that he holds a Professorship in one of our leading American Christian Universities.
Of course the disgust, if any, is felt for those responsible for placing the poor devil in such a position, and the real and well placed sympathy is for the student, who must suffer because of this fellow. The fact remains, however, that regardless of what has been said and done against the Negro and of whatever might be said or done against him in future, he is the ONLY man who can trace himself back through the ages to his origin, and find monumental evidence of his unequaled greatness, his prowess, the laurels and great honors he won, the things he created and perfected which have a direct influence on our civilization of today. The “black man” I boldly assert “was the Father of civilization,” born in the land of Egypt, and the different branches of Science and Art were simply transmitted to other races, which, as the ages have rolled by have only been enlarged and to some extent improved upon. Even the modern American Negro has proven that he is original, for instance—as a Tonsorial Artist he has no superiors and no Negro was ever known to enter a “Barber College” to learn the trade. Negroes inherit the sweetest, most musical voices, and if you have not heard a Negro quartette or chorus after they have arranged the harmony of a piece they are to sing, you have not heard what is best and sweetest in vocal music. As instrumentalists “not forgetting the many others” I simply mention Blind Tom, and Blind Boone, the fame of these two men needs no comment. They only displayed that talent handed down to them through centuries by their black ancestors. As for the Negro being original, why the Negro has given great America the only claim she ever did or ever will have to a National music. God honored the black man by allowing some of his Ethiopian blood to flow in the veins of His only Son Jesus Christ, and I unhesitatingly assert that Jesus would in America be classed a NEGRO. I make this assertion only on the authority of the Bible, according to which Jesus was born out of the tribe of Judah. Judah had only five
children and they were males, (1st Chron. 2nd ch. and 4th v.), three by his first wife and two by his second wife (1st Chron. 2nd ch. 3rd and 4th vs.), and both of his wives were descendants of Canaan, a black man who was the son of Ham (Genesis 10th ch. 6th v.). Tamar, Judah’s second wife, bore him two of these sons whose names were Phares and Zarah (1st Chron. 2nd ch. and 4th v.), these two names appear in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Book of Matthew (1st Chapter 3rd verse), so it is no trouble to see that Judah of whom Christ was to come, started out by presenting to the world children of Canaanite women who were Hamite descendants. Now, Virgin Mary, of whom Christ was born was beyond all doubt a woman out of the tribe of Judah, and every Bible reference proclaims that Jesus was to spring from this tribe of Judah (Genesis 49-10, Heb. 7-14, Rev. 5-5th). Our beloved St. Paul tells us in (Romans 1-3) that Jesus was of the seed of David according to the flesh. David is the 10th man named from Judah in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1st Chapter, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th verses). Added to this David’s great, great grandfather “Booz” was born of the woman Rahab, who was a direct descendant of Ham (Matthew 1st Chapter 5th verse). This also shows that David, one of God’s greatest soldiers, was one who most successfully led his people and one who had Negro blood in his veins. Bible history is full of honors for the Black Man, Jethro the Ethiopian or Negro father-in-law of Moses, who was the author who first employed that, which is today, our judicial system, considerably twisted and revised to meet the changing conditions of civilization (Exodus 18th Chapter).
BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE BIBLE Queen of Sheba The first use in the Bible of the word “queen” refers to a Black woman (1 Kings 10:1). Her name is alleged to be Makeda, but the Scriptures refer to her as the Queen of Sheba or the Queen of the South. Her fame was such that 2,000 years after her death, according to blacksinthebible.net, Jesus Christ mentioned her long trip and referred to her challenge of Solomon’s wisZipporah Moses, who wrote the first five books of the Bible, married an Ethiopian woman, Zipporah, and was persecuted for it, says blacksinthescriptures.com. He and his family almost lost their lives because she was African and because of her Ethiopic religious roots. “God, Himself, brought judgment time and again because of this African woman,” says blacksinthebible.org. “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” (Numbers 12:1)
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IN THE BEGINNING. I was shocked to discover that the term 'race' is a human construction intended to distinguish between humanity and to confer superiority and inferiority on different categories of humans based on such distinctions. So in essence, in the truest sense of it there's only ONE human race. The distinction based on skin colour is a fraud and a grand deception by ill-intending forces and individuals for selfish intents and purposes. "The Human Genome Project (HGP) has determined unequivocally that there is the same amount of genetic variation among individuals within a so called racial group as there is between individuals in different racial groups. What that means is that there is no real genetic difference between blacks and whites or between whites and Asians or between any of the so called races." So genetically, all humans are same. No blacks, no whites, just humans. But if humans, then what colour? Humans originally were ALL blacks. " Archaeological data places the origin of genetically modern humans in sub-Saharan Africa approximately 140,000 years ago. Humans then began migrating out of Africa in successive waves, starting approximately 100,000 years or 5000 generations ago. Now that scientists have mapped the human genome, they are homing in on when each wave began their outward bound journey and where they migrated to. So far they have confirmed that everyone on the entire planet, even the 1.3 billion Chinese, have a common ancestor back in Africa. For example, the first wave appears to have been a migration to the Middle East and then eastward and northward from there. Some geneticists studying the human genome map believe that in a later north moving wave, which occurred about 60,000 years ago, a mere 50 people inbred together across successive generations to create all the people who now occupy Europe (excluding recent immigrants, of course)".
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How did black later become white? First it is necessary to clarify that the description of skin colours as black and white is an anomaly - when compared to a colour chart, no skin is white or even black what we have are different shades of brown. Amongst the 'Blacks' there are different hues ranging from very deep brown(ebony) to very light brown(pale) and amongst the 'Whites' there are darker hues and very light versions of the same pale colour. The main key to the 'whitening' of black skin lies in the level of UV rays emitted by the sun. Different geo areas are exposed to different levels of the UV rays. "Lower UV levels in the sunlight of the more northern latitudes meant a dark skinned individual's body could not produce enough Vitamin D". Defficiency in Vitamin D with its associated health problems necessitated adaptation through gene mutation. So lighter skin, and more absorption of Vitamin D at higher latitudes would be an adaptive genetic advantage. Over a long period of time and with the natural adaptability of the human body, the 'white' skin evolved. This explains the presence of black indigenous peoples all across the world Asian blacks, Australian aborigines, Amazonians, American red Indians, etc. - in areas with high levels of UV rays similar to the region of present day Africa. The 'Whites' are more concentrated in areas with lower UV rays. So UV rays and gene mutation is primarily responsible for different skin colours.
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Author Gerald Head, Adjunct Professor at Cuyahoga Community College
Philip And The Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8:26 - 40. The testimony of Paul sharing Christ with black man! After ministering to him, the Enunuch requested to be baptized and accepting Christ. Awesome story! Acts 8:26-40English Standard Version (ESV) Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” 34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”[b] 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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1Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai
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3And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
THIS BLACK WOMAN:HAGAR Hager This Black woman from Africa /Ethiopia is reported in Scripture as the first enslaved sex victim, namely to Abraham, father of the Arab and Jewish people. Abraham impregnated his wife’s African enslaved worker, who she obtained from Pharaoh, the greatest king in Africa. God never acknowledged the child as Abraham’s heir. He would refer to him as “the lad,” the son of the “bond (bondage) woman.” My opinion of this book of the Bible " Genesis 16" relates to black women in the days of slavery or even nowadays Sex Slaves...young girls being stolen and sold for sex...in the bible days dark skinned women and men were treated different..not much of a change today. But, like Hagar in the Bible, God hears their cries. Hagar lived at around 2000 BC, working in a foreign land as a domestic servant for a rich man called Abraham and his wife, HAGAR (Heb. haghar, emigration, flight). An Egyptian handmaid who, following the marital customs of the times, was given by Sarai to Abram (Gen 16:116). When Hagar saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress, causing trouble in the household. Hagar was driven out, but the angel of the Lord appeared and sent her back to her mistress (16:7-14). At a great feast held in connection with Isaac's weaning, Ishmael scoffed at the proceedings (21:9), so Sarah insisted that Hagar and her son be cast out, and Abraham unwillingly complied. God told Abraham that Ishmael's descendants would become a nation. Hagar is last seen taking a wife for her son out of Egypt, her own land (21:1-21). Paul made Hagar's experience an allegory of the difference between law and grace (Gal 4:21-5:1). 49
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ABOUT THAT Mix Marriages. Mix marriages dates back book of Genesis. Abraham's wives Hagar (black Egyptian) and Keturah (black Canaanite). Joseph's children, Manasseh and Ephraim mother black Egyptian. Moses' Version and Elierzer mother was Zipporah (Ethiopian). Ham the darkest of Noah's sons is credited for producing our world's black nations. Adam, the first man. "Red man" color of dirt he was taken from. Cush, a father of a black nation. Nimrod, first to build a metropolitan city. The Shulammite Bride "Song of Solomon. Abishag, black woman who saved King David's life. Jethro, the wise Priest. Rahab, Canaanite woman. Simon of Cyrene, carried Jesus cross. Jesus, a man of color. You decide. In God's Word, the black race is credit for many achievements. 50
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES From Traveler Weeklly.
Black History is American History The word history means an account of what has happened in the life of a people, a country, or whatever. History is a known or recorded past. History is important and it’s important to know that African-American history is part of the fabric of American History.
Christopher Columbus arrived to these shores in 1492. However, Indigenous people lived in what is now called the United States thousands of years before his arrival. European colonist arrived here around 1600 and in 1776 the 13 English colonies declared their independence from England and called themselves the United States of America. In 1526 the Portuguese completed the first transatlantic slave voyage from Africa to the America’s. An estimated 12 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantics from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Much of African-American history is not taught in school, and in many cases is being deliberately omitted or sanitized because of the cruelty of slavery. I’m reminded of a powerful quote attributed to George Santayana which says, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. Far too often those of us from African descent also failed to share our history, because of the self-imposed shame we have from slavery. Unfortunately, when you relegate your story for someone else to tell, too often the story becomes distorted. I would like to start with where our history truly began. Genesis 1 is the account of creation, beginning with God creating Heaven and Earth and finishing with God proclaiming in verse 26,
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let us make people, in our own image, to be like ourselves. This is our history, all of our history, whether you’re Black, White, Brown, Native American, Asian, or Latino . The history written in the bible tells of the people used by God i.e. Joseph, David, Esther and even Mary, the mother of Jesus. All of them were ordinary people, chosen by God to do extra-ordinary things. None of them were equipped to do any of the things they did, but for their faith and trust in God. And this was the same requirement needed for all those ordinary people, who did extra-ordinary things through slavery, the Jim Crow Era and even today as people of African descent continue to make history, up to and including President Barack Obama.
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You don’t have to go looking to make history; most of the time history finds you. Take the case of 14 year old Emmett Till. Who on August 28, 1955 was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman? Emmett was from Chicago, IL and was visiting his grandparents in Money, MS. He was beaten, one of his eyes gouged out, shot in the head and thrown in the river tied to a 75 pound motor from a cotton gin. Because of the color of his skin and the extreme racism at that time in this country, Emmett’s murderers were found not guilty by an all-white jury after only one hour of deliberation. However, Emmett’s death led to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This was the first civil rights law passed in 82 years. So even though there was extreme racial discrimination in the country, good people with a sense of right existed and made changes on an unjust system. During the Jim Crow Era, many children left their classrooms by the thousands and marched on downtown Birmingham, Alabama, which was known as one of the most racist cities in the south. These children didn’t choose this course of action, because they were trying to make history. It was forced upon them out of necessity. There were not enough Black adults prepared to be arrested, or willing to lose their job, if their employer discovered their involvement in any civil disobedience action. It is recorded that Dr. King told those young people back then in 1963, “What you do this day, will have impact on lives of children yet unborn”. During these civil disobedience marches, Police Commissioner Bull Connor, brought fire hoses and attack dogs and turned them on the children. It caused headlines across the nation and the world. This Children’s Crusade turned the tide of the Civil Rights Movement. Had it not been for those young people going out in the streets of Birmingham, not just one time, but over and over again, being beaten, hosed with powerful fire department water hoses, thrown into jail, the Civil Rights Movement may have had a very different conclusion.
On a Sunday morning, September 15, 1963 the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed. Over 200 members were in the building attending Sunday school. Although most of the congregation managed to get out, 5 young girls in a basement bathroom were not so fortunate. 14 years old Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson along with 11 years old Denise McNair were killed, and ten year old Sarah Collins lost her right eye that day. These girls were not looking to make history, history found them! Outrage over the death of the four innocent girls helped build support behind the struggle to end segregation. That support led to passing both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These laws gave people of color the ability to work in places they couldn’t before, eat in restaurants they were not allowed to sit in before, go to public parks they were not able to play in before, and vote in elections in city, state and federal elections, they were denied the right to before. Then there was the case of little Ruby Bridges, born Sept 8, 1954 and the first Black child to attend an all-white public school in the American south. Ruby was born the year the Supreme Court passed the law desegregating all public schools in the country. Since 1896 states legally could keep Black and White children from attending the same schools. While in kindergarten, Ruby was one of many AfricanAmerican students in New Orleans, who was chosen to take a test to determine whether or not she could attend a white school. It is said that the test was written to be especially difficult so that students would have a hard time passing it. The idea was, if all the African-American children failed the test, the New Orleans schools might be able to stay segregated for a while longer. Ruby was one of six children to pass the test. However, she was the only student to attend the William Frantz Elementary School near her home.
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she was unable to start school in September with the rest of the children, because the state of Louisiana fought against the federal court to integrate their schools. On November 14, 1960, at the age of 6, Ruby was escorted by 4 Federal Marshalls with her mother to the school. She spent the first day of school in the principal office, because all the parents of the white students had kept their children home, and no classes were held. The second day the same thing happened. Eventually, only one teacher in the school, a lady by the name of Barbara Henry agreed to teach Ruby. For a full year Ruby was Mrs. Henry’s only student. She was not allowed to go to the cafeteria or recess. Ruby sent the entire day, every day in Mrs. Henry’s classroom. Charles Burke, one of the Federal Marshall’s that escorted Ruby, said she showed enormous courage, never cried but every day just marched along like a little soldier. While some children became involved in the Civil Rights Movement because their parents were involved, others had to make a hard break and even sever family ties in order to do so. Many of the young people active in the Civil Rights Movement were young white college students unable to reconcile the hypocrisy of the segregated churches, where they learned songs such as Jesus loves the little children, red, yellow, black or white-with the harsh reality of the segregated south. Many of these college students actually sacrificed or postponed their formal education. What they gained was invaluable skills that shaped their worldview and future careers. Today they are the lawyers, professors, politicians, and community leaders still leading social justice movements. Many of you reading this piece will have your life events recorded in history. Some, your path has already been ordained by God to do extra-ordinary things, for some the circumstances of life will hurl you into the history book, or others, you’ll just get sick and tired of some type of injustice and take a stand for right. Who knows what lies ahead for any of us? But what I do know is everyone has the potential to do great and marvelous things and have your story recorded in history forever!
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WHY BLACK HISTORY MATTERS the information helps lift black people's selfesteem. The knowledge shared here stops black people thinking less of themselves given the fact, our ancestors were the architects of the planet's civilization. Does that information not make you feel GOOD about yourself as a black person and aspire you to greater achievements? Yes, it should! Indeed, we have a lot to be proud of as black people. “
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