Give I the Teachings of His
Majesty
I see many ones coming with so
many diverse doctrines and diverse ideas about what Ras Tafari is and it saddens
I to see so much disunity of doctrine leading to tribalism and mansionism and
all kinds of isms and schisms. I do not come saying that I am right and everyone
else is wrong. I know that all of InI are on an Iritical journey and that everyone's
opinions change as they grow wiser and learn more. My question is if InI do not
follow the teachings of His Majesty as concerns, life, the Bible, Irituality etc
then how can InI say He is God, how can InI say he is King?
I have read many posts on
Rastafari boards online seeking to discredit the Bible and Yesus Christ even
though this is contrary to His teachings. I am not pointing fingers......... who
the cap fits..
I have read many books that
expound various theories about certain things especially the nature of the Yesus
Christ and what “really” happened 2000 years ago. For example where he
lived, how he was raised, what he preached, whether he was married, whether he
had children etc etc etc. Even some
ones have said that He never existed, that it is just a fable stolen from Kemet.
Some say that His story is the same as that of Horus, Krisna etc......... even
if this is so, does it mean it is not true?
From all these readings I
have formed the following opinions
1.
No one will ever know exactly what happened unless someone invents a
time-machine
2. If you have a theory and you look hard enough
you will find the evidence to prove it. “Seek and ye shall find”
3. Once you have gathered this evidence, it is
easy to write a book which will convince those who have no time (or desire) to
do their own research. Even if you say it is fiction people will believe it e.g.
Dan Brown's book the Da Vinci Code.
4. It is easy to convince anyone of anything using
a variety of quotes taken out of context from different sources or even the same
source. Isn't this what certain preachers have always done with the Bible, the
Koran and other religious texts.
Why is it that some people
are so ready to believe anything they read that condemns the Bible? Maybe
because they are secretly scared that the Bible contains the truth. I
am not saying that we shouldn’t read books that expound these theories, still
we should read them bearing the above points in mind + the following
1.
Most of the events discussed occurred in Incient History.
2.
Most were not written down at the time
3.
Those that were have been written from the cultural perspective of the
time and using writing styles that might be totally different from our own
To explain my point –
talk to someone from a different culture about their family & social
structures and reasons for behaving in certain ways. It is very hard to
comprehend because you are coming from a different mindset. Remember how the
Europeans easily stole North America off a people who had no concept of land
ownership. InI are all products of our upbringing and the values of the society
around us. Things that seem as nothing to us are a deep shame in other cultures
and vice versa.
Now imagine life 100 years
ago even here in the the UK life and values were totally different. Most women
were housewives, most people had never left the UK, and the way people were
dealt with was totally different. Certain people had no rights, women were not
even allowed to vote and, for example, unmarried mothers were put in mental
asylums along many others not considered mad today:
“1913
The Mental Deficiency Act 1913
......
Moral Defectives ~ criminal or
vicious personalities. Unmarried Mothers also became absorbed into this category!”
Taken from http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/imbeciles.htm
- my emphasis.
Now put both the above
together and imagine how different life in a different culture was 100 years
ago!
Now go one step further and
imagine how different life in another country would have been 2000 years ago. I
try to visualise how the people then would have seen the world and life and find
even this very difficult if not impossible – no matter how many books I read
on the subject.
The Bible as we know it,
just records events. It does not deal with emotions, culture or the lives of
ordinary people. We do not know how Abraham felt when God appeared to him, we
can only guess at the upbringing that Moses had in the courts of the Pharaoh and
how this affected his later dealings with the Children of Israel. The films that
Hollyweird makes puts USA culture and feelings into the main Bible
characters…… anyone can see that it is total nonsense.
Anyway I am straying from
the point of this article which is this – all we know for sure is what His
Majesty taught us:
Here are some examples of His Majesty's teachings.
1.
"When Jesus Christ was born from Virgin Mary, from that time on He
lived an exemplary life, a life which men everywhere must emulate. This Life and
the Faith that He taught us assures us of salvation, assures us also of harmony
and a good life upon Earth. Because of the exemplary character of the life of
Jesus Christ it is necessary that all men do their maximum in their human
efforts to see to it that they approximate as much as they can the good example
that has been set by Him.” Full
speech here
2.
"Today man sees all his
hopes and aspirations crumbling before him. He is perplexed and knows not
whither he is drifting. But he must realize that the Bible is his refuge and the
rallying point for all humanity. In it man will find the solution to his present
difficulties and guidance for this future action, and unless he accepts with
clear conscience the Bible and its great message, he cannot hope for salvation.
For my part I glory in the Bible." More
3.
"It is our conviction that
all the activities of the children of men, which are not guided by the Spirit
and council of God will bear no lasting fruits; they will not be acceptable in
the sight of God. It will therefore come to naught as the tower of Babel came to
naught. The grace of God is Eternal. Angels in Heaven and the Creation on Earth
sing His Praise. We thank the Master of the world Almighty God. Power belongs to
God. May God Our Creator, the Helper and Guiding Light of us all grant you His
Wisdom that you may bear fruits for His Glory.” More
4.
“The problems that confront us
today are, equally, unprecedented. They have no counterparts in human
experience. Men search the pages of history for solutions, for precedents, but
there are none. This, then, is the ultimate challenge. Where are we to look for
our survival, for the answers to the questions which have never before been
posed? We must look, first, to Almighty God, Who has raised man above the
animals and endowed him with intelligence and reason. We must put our faith in
Him, that He will not desert us or permit us to destroy humanity, which He
created in His image. And we must look into ourselves, into the depth of our
souls. We must become something we have never been and for which our education
and experience and environment have ill-prepared us. We must become bigger than
we have been, more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must
become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate
allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human
community." From
the “War” speech
For
more read the Speeches
section and the various books of speeches that are available and the
autobiographies. These are available through the Ites
Store Amazon links
Guidance
and love
Sista Mary Dread
