The Sun Lion King Part 2: the Zodiac and Throne of David-Solomon in Ethiopia

Give thanks for Life,

Though it has taken quite some time, I was able to summarize my writings on the Sun Lion King and the Messianic Throne of David some more, to include the zodiac meanings behind the titles and symbols....

One of the most important truths of RasTafari is the claim to His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Sellassie’s Ivinity; or His likeness or true representation of the Messiah King, the Kristos King, Son of God. For the true believer, His Majesty replaces the deities of Abrahamic religion, and is a Real Living Proof of the Godhood or God Head Trinity present in our world in flesh, Irator as Iration.

While most RasTafari expressions of Identity or theology come from the Abrahamic foundation Afrikans were given through slavery, there is a wealth of information showing that the Abrahamic Identity is itself a composite of more ancient Afrikan (embracing all Africa, Middle East and Asia) cultures. By seeing that the Abrahamic religions are composites of ancient religions, and in order to better overstand what they really are about through their origins; we gain more overstanding of exactly what the meaning of the Kristos King is, his purpose, identity and origin (in addition to reclaiming our ancestral root, Sankofa). 

It is better to know more about InI God and King in the heights of this hidden realm which has been buried under religious colonialism for ages. InI can see more dimension, truth and reality to His Majesty’s Ivinity, or His Cosmic birth by learning the secret cosmic meanings of all the Titles and Symbols attributed to the Throne of David-Solomon. These titles give a greater power of proof to the RasTafari stance that the Emperor is the Manifestation of JAH, the heavens, as above so below- the banner of red gold green black, The Lion of Judah, Kristos, the Messenger of Providence, Soldier of the Cross, Son of God, the Messiah of Humanity, a Beacon, a Star in Afrika to point us back to our origin that we may relearn these truths of our DNA. 

This knowledge empowers InI to be free, to be separated from ignorance and idolatry, to be champions of the Natural Right which is both cosmic and terrestrial, Iritual and earthly; that InI be no more slaves to Babylon but free minded, laboring for a higher livity and Wisemind redemption with a firm foundation, knowledgeable not doubting, accountable not slacking, loving not killing. Ultimately learning about the cosmic birth of His Majesty not only brings greater appreciation of HIM as the Messiah through His cosmic birth as Judah, but also more importantly on the day to day living, shows InI that we are all born under stars and signs, and we must pay attention to the months, days, numbers and names which mark our births to learn more about our personalities, strengths and weakness and our experiences, as there is great cosmic relevance in the lives of every man and woman.

(In terms of knowledge that will really help explain astrotheology, I recommend as I mentioned before, The Witness of the Stars by Bullinger and The Light of Egypt by Thomas Burgoyne, as well as watching all Santos Bonacci videos as he speaks on these works, the cosmos and how they are hidden in the Ible and all religion. These works may help ones to really overcome all slave mentalities that encourage us to think that any knowledge of nature is pagan or heretical.  But the REALITY is that nothing we think we know about gods and deities, namely Iyesus Kristos, is without its cosmic allegorical meaning. When it comes to Abrahamic faiths we are dealing with myths and allegories not historical facts.) 

As I mentioned, all the Judeo-Christian Messianic attributes taken from the Judaean House of David and applied to the Ethiopian Negus since the reign of Axumite King Ezana in the fourth century, are linked to cosmic prophecies and cosmic deities. Iyesus Kristos is a figure based on Heru and Osiris and they are sky deities, so we cannot ignore the cosmic history of today's gods and religion. What I am saying here was decoded from all the information  RasTafari already know about Haile Sellassie the First, all the Scriptures we use now to hail HIM Lord and King. The only difference is that I went beyond the church traditions of Jews and Christians back to the origins of religious dogma, the Nile Valley. So without the colonial lens when we view our history, it is clear that His majesty’s Throne was indeed one once crowned in the name of a more astrotheological tradition, so now InI must now take a look at the other side that is yet to be revealed.

The House of David in Ethiopia came from a marriage between fabled King Solomon of Jerusalem and Queen of Ethiopia and Yemen or Saba, Makeda. Their son Menyelek I became the first King of Judah to rule outside of Jerusalem given that his father sent him back to his mother to take her place on the throne, having been given coronation in Jerusalem with the princes of Israel’s twelve tribes. The Kebra Nagast and writings of Kaye Corbett which can be found online, speak more on this historical legend of Ethiopia, Arabia and Israel. Afrika and the Middle East have for a long time shared the Jewish Identity scattered across places like Harar, Timbuktu, Judaea and Saba. Now while the Kebra Nagast says this marriage is how Judaism came to Ethiopia on a state level, Christianity came to Ethiopia on a state level by Frumentius, to the House of Ezana. This was in the same century that the nature of Iyesus Kristos and his gospels were chosen by the Bishops and dispersed around the world. Frumentius was one such "missionary" for the Roman Church whose seat was in Alexandria, Egypt.

Although all kings were now being crowned as the House of Solomon, representing the Lion of Judah (Iyesus Kristos), bearing all the titles and symbols and regalia of the Illuminated King, I am sure that the Lion symbol was used way before Christianity came on the royal scene. It was these kinds of similarities that might have made it easier for Frumentius to convert a worshipper of Mars and other deities. 

Because ancient Kings like Ezana worshipped the cosmos or planets and had their festivities by the signs of the constellations; another similarity that Ezana might have enjoyed was the story of the Mother and Son, and the son’s future success as king.  I have found that Virgo and Leo more than others, are signs or constellations which contributed a lot to the Mother and Son relationships in the Abrahamic tradition, namely the Persona of the Messiah or Great Warrior King, or Son, or David-Solomon dynasty.

While the story is really about the man-child she has, the Mother is the source of his manifestation, the provider of nourishment and of love. Virgo is the Mother, “the Woman in travail to bring forth" in Scripture first depicted by Eve. Eve and her son were the first allegory to symbolize Virgo, as the serpent would bruise the heel of her young son Cain. This is the same Woman and Son of Revelation 12, Genesis 3:15, and  Isaiah 7:14. The Woman’s seed is cursed to battle against Satan, as depicted throughout the life of Israel the chosen seed or sons of Eve, like the Davidic Kings. In the cases of patriarchs like Moses, Samuel, John, Solomon and Iyesus, if you notice in Scripture there is deep bond, a relationship of love and respect between the patriarch-kings-priests-prophets and their mothers. In terms of Judah’s kings, a beloved mother may only be known by a name or a deed, but she was mentioned alongside her son. The most important verses for the Wombman Proverbs 31, carries a legend of being written by a mother for a son, to demonstrate how important the bond was to producing a fruitful kingdom.

Being named “Branch” ( Jer 33:15, Zechariah 3:8) “Servant” “King of Kings” Lion of Judah” “Son” or “Man Child” or “Son of Man” (Genesis revelation 12, 14:14, Isaiah 9:6-7) are instances where David is being linked to the Son that sits upon the Virgin’s or Young Woman’s knee. In the heavenly Virgo the child is a star called COMA. The word Branch is actually a star in Virgo, so the link is not just one that is assumed, David is Virgo’s Son because of the word Branch. He is the Branch of Righteousness.

This bond of mother-son, the Madonna of Christianity, signifies the immaculate conception of the cosmos and earth, the fertility that the month and sign Virgo represents as well, as she is depicted with ears of corn/wheat in her hand; for the harvest is ready to be reaped. Virgo is fertility, the birth of life. Virgo is the Tribe of Asher, who shall “yield royal dainties” in Genesis 49;20. The reaping of what was sown or birthed from her womb is signified by the stars BOOTES or the man who reaps the earth with his sickle in Revelation 14:14-16,18. He is the Coming One, likened to the Branch, the awaited one to judge the earth (ps 96:13) 

Alongside Bootes is Centaurus or Cheiron or the Two Natured one. He is the sufferer, the despised to be wounded by Satan. Here lies the Ivine and Human duality of the Kristos King Iyesus as the Son of David. The two-natured one in this constellation is the sufferer who is sacrificed, being pierced. He is humiliated and then exalted. (Isaiah 53:3) so Virgo as a constellation depicts the life, nature and struggles of the Messiah.

 

Woman with Child, the Madonna, Virgo. Note the nimbus or halo on their heads depicting the Sun deity.

While Virgo deals with the coming prince, his humiliation, suffering at the hand of the serpent who bites; the tribulations of David and his sons; The king (which is really the Sun) is expected to gain the final victory eventually, and this comes from his rising in the sign of Leo, the House of the Sun. Leo is the fierce warrior, the active agent of creation bringing strength, courage and fire. Physically there is abundance and bright flourishing in the earth. All things are ripened by its corona of rays and growing to full maturity. David is a Lion King because he was born of the tribe of Judah which in the Ible was the warrior tribe, the lion tribe of the twelve sons or constellations. Judah became known by David and David by Jesus, being the Righteous Branch, Root and Conquering Lion. The number of the messiah is 5. Leo also is represented by 5 and July 23 is 5.

Leo constellation has four main star groups that give the story of the champion lion. First we have the Lion of Judah himself, rending, angry and reading to tear the head or trample the head of the hydra. Revelation 5:5, Genesis 49:8-10  (His Majesty as King, leader of the Army of Lion warriors)

The Hydra is the second, meaning the “abhorred,” despised enemy of the king that is bound in Revelation 20:2. The hydra is the serpent and the dragon as well, or Satan or winter or cold and the infertility of the earth in these months.  (the Serpent or Hydra or Satan is Mussolini, Rome, Babylon in Revelation prophecy, see the Book National Sunday Law. The war with Italy started and the king had to be exiled as He was bitten and temporarily  wounded by the serpent, this corresponds to Libra-Scorpio. But now in Leo the serpent is to be dealt with the by the Lion, as in the return from exile in 1941.)

The third group of stars is Crater or the cup of pouring out, the wrath, the fire and brimstone. It is also called a bowl Psalm 23, 75:8 and 11:6, Revelation 14:10, 16:9 and 19:20. (The Italian Ethiopian war, the road back to the throne by the Emperor)

Finally is Corvus or the raven, whose natural enemy is the snake. The raven breaks up the hydra, pecks at it – just as in Revelation 19 :17 when the angel calls the birds to the feast after the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings has defeated the enemy. (After the war, and the lion's allies take care of the Serpent's threats, Mussolini's dead body is left for the birds to feast upon. In Italy the people were the ravens, as they came and beat his body for all the bad he had done.)

By knowing the true story behind the constellation of Virgo and Leo especially it is clear that His Majesty's life was indeed like an epic story of Hercules. His entire life was "caught up to the throne of God" the Sun-Lion-King.

For further reading in Scripture focus on the Books of 2 Esdras, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Psalms and Revelation which speak much on this Virgo-Leo identity of David’s lineage.

Overall it cannot be denied that the Ethiopian Throne of David, installed by Emperor Menelik II and Glorified by Haile Sellassie I, manifests true order and power “as above so below”. Two of its most important symbols show this power, the tricolor flag with the lion symbol, and even trinity star symbol; as well as the coat of arms which is covered in symbols that point Leo and Virgo: branches, lions, swords. In addition to the scakes of Libra. In ancint days Libra and Scorpio were part if Virgo. Then  they were separated making twelve constellations. Virgo Leo also corresponds to the Sphinx which speaks on the virgin purity rising from animal nature.

 the Ethiopian Coat of Arms

 

 All these cosmic titles and thrones in the earth are based on the great Cosmic heavens, the Kingdom of God, the vast domain of the Light and Eternal Life – this is the everliving throne of the world that JAH RasTafari sits upon. All humans look to the heavens for Ivine connection and it cannot be denied that to truly overstand religion is to truly overstand cosmic science and its true preoccupation in man’s mind as it is the path to immortality. To Know JAH is to know what is happening all around InI, to overstand why Greco-Roman Babylon is so interested in the heavens and wants us to stay away from such under the threat of paganism and heresy. The Zodiac and the path of the Sun through it, is natural, it is knowing our earth and seasons fully, and seeing this as the blueprint of Jah’s handiwork. Psalm 147:4 and Psalm 89, Isaiah 40:26, Job 9:9, 38:31-2.

Kemet knew the truth and didn’t want Japheth to have it, so they coded it and this code was corrupted and maligned for allthe human race by Greco Roman religious colonization. Now is the time to truly know and see the Most High Livity Law and Light, and to overstand as I said that His Majesty’s cosmic birth is a mirror of all our cosmic births. InI are all Ivine Beings as humans are indeed made of star dust. The cosmos knows itself because of our manifestations, and our patterns under the twelve signs/constellation. And when InI accept our zodiacal balance as part of the key to “know thyself” then InI can see how our destiny is to return to it in purity and to heal all the oppressing ways of flesh, that our physical plane may align and reflect a greater cosmic order.

Love,

Sista Ila

An Introduction to Astrotheology

Greetings Brothers and Sisters,

Give thanks for the Afrikan Liberation Selahbration timing! Give thanks for the Messiah, the Anointed King and His victory over evil. Without His Imperial Majesty the Birthplace of InI would have been lost forever and destroyed. Give thanks to have witnessed the Coming of the true Son of God (OneAnointed with WiseMind and Power of the Trinity) in His Kingly Character, to deliver justice to Afrika!

The more I study the origins of the texts of the Bible - that is, not where or who wrote it but what ideas and documents the many authors used - I become aware of the glaringly obvious fact that the Bible is an astrotheological book - a book that tells the knowledge of JAH through the heavenly bodies - the stars including the sun, and the planets.  I dare you to count how many times you see a cosmic reference in the Book of Revelation  or Enoch - again, it's so "in your face." When I say the knowledge of JAH, I am talking about the most ancient principle of overstanding:

 that JAH or the Creator, or God, is revealed or made known to man and wombman through Nature: "JAH in and as Creation" "as above so below, " the seasons, the cycles, the timing, the ebb and flow, the sunlight and bursting of new life and the wrathful natural disasters. It's all revealing "JAH" at every moment, and because of this basic principle the Kemetians developed a sacred language of JAH to record the sparks of knowledge they learned from observing the NeTeR - this is why they used animals and plants and humans to depict their Gods, because they acknowledge that we are all part of what is God, that Creation is in constant motion and existence in everything. Animals and plants were used as symbols of JAH because they were found to display certain unique characteristics of intelligence, of JAH's Design for Life. (it was not animal worship, but honouring the blueprint and design and wisemind found in each organism in earth).
 The truth is that the Bible was written like a cube - it's got many sides that make up the whole - and the whole is not literally about a big kingdom of Israel but about knowing and abiding in the Natural Law of JAH - the entire collection of Scriptures (Apocrypha, Old and New Testament, Enoch etc) can be interpreted from a governmental, political, cultural, proverbial or philosphical, theological, and most of all astronomical/astrological/botanical/scientific stand-point.

The second thing is that as above in the cosmos, so below on earth. all life on Earth shares its life force, its elements, energies and cycles with the planetary bodies and luminaries. Melanin for example, is part of space and part of our bodies - the ancients actually revered the Sun as an emblem of the Creator for it brought the seeds of life into fruition, and because they believed that it was a living organism and we as human reflect its intellect.

This also ties into the zodiac, for the zodiac not only interacted with the sun, told time and the change of seasons according to the four cardinal points and elements, but it was found to determine the attributes of people, to affect their psyche. part of knowing who you were was to know what to expect from your sign - similar to how Twelve Tribes uses the Tribes - and yes the Tribes of ISrael are infact the zodiac as are the disciples in the NT who replace the children of Jacob.

It was known that because we are essentially heavenly beings, that being in flesh on earth is hell, and that it was our duty to follow the righteous steps of MAAT and make our way back to the cosmos. Every pharaoh was to reach Orion's Belt and join Osiris for eternity when he died. He was embalmed for the process as the Sahu had to be initiated and protected and sent off in ceremony to ensure his success. they timed this journey with the heavens as well.

 our ancestors all over the world of different cultures believes that JAH is One that can be seen in every little detail and aspect and cycle of Nature. it is up to us as humans to harmonize ourselves to the cycles of the earth as it is our animal fleshly nature, so that we may know our Iritual nature. it is up to us to know ourselves as beings of Iration which is to say as children of Natural Law. For ensample, InI must overstand the phases of the Sun and Moon not just to plant and harvest, but so that we can overstand our emotions and the how the atmosphere changes. for this is not paganism, or occultism or heresy - this is simply knowing ourselves as First Creation Birth before made-made (mosaic) laws had to be installed to save corrupted and vulgar men from themselves. how do you think the ancients before religion existed? they knew their environment by using their internal instincts, not by relying on text books or preachers!

The ancients also believed in reincarnation in flesh until we have purified (all the ego and bullshit nature is silenced) our souls enough to become stars - "go back to the Light" how many times does Hollywood tell us about going toward the Light in death? Hollywood itself is filled with all this ancient knowledge but we through slavery have been killed mentally and do not even recognize our own stories and philosophies outside of the obvious images and names.

Every man and woman when they gain knowledge of the right from the wrong will eventually stumble onto Natural Law. It is the greatest part of our purification, enlightenment and resurrection to new life because it involves Ital living, positive vibrations, harmony, quiet, learning, humbling, surrendering, affirming, blessing - think about it, the Lamb brought  to Slaughter is the Lion's Victory! We jsut need to get past the myths that have been thrown in our faces to keep us from actually gaining true vision and determination that there is no other way to live!

The ancients believed that this process of ascension to the Solar or Soular Man, was linked to the Sun - which as told by the Zodiac's layout - goes through a similar process represented by the four seasons. Nothing that we feel and do therefore, on earth, is without its cosmic mirror. and I know that those RasTafari who have the chance to be in Nature often, and who wash in the river and eat fruits from their own garden know the positive electricity and magnetism they receive from that, can see what I am saying. For That is JAH, That is NETER. the things we take for granted: the rising and setting, the changes of seasons, are the exact things we shouldnt ignore for they are part of our being and we are part of theirs. Every full moon is the ripening of the earth, the seeding of the womb of Earth by the cosmos, what makes us think that we dont emit our own seeding of the heavens too?

what I am trying to say again, as I said before, Natural Law is not pagan or occult or taboo or disgusting or heresy or diving or simply "nature worship" as only the most intelligent of minds ever knew the Ancient Mysteries of the True Living Creator (Abba-Amma, Alpha-Omega). only the intelligent minds of today who feel the immortal spark of divinity within them know that there is only good to be had from overstanding who and what the true god is, and how to worship HIM and HER. yoga is popular now but how many will overstand the true principle of yoga and chakras? how many will see that the human body has an upsided down rainbow that mirrors the heavenly rainbow - as above so below? and that yoga and the purifying of the kundalini will open that cosmic connection to bring ascension to the soul? the science of Nature or the Life of Kristos is the language of Creator in Creation. everything that Kristos or Christ represents, is that awakening to true self within, so that one can create a better without.

And if you are still not seeing what I am saying, and believe that CHristianity is anything different than a HUGE CORRUPTION of KEMET FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSLAVING THE WORLD, then I beg you to look at all their icons and symbols, their strong use of angels (elements), stars and suns in all artwork. Even Orthodoxy paintings.

The biggest lesson Ive learned is that CHristianity is based on the truth but it does not practice or preach it, and it is up to us as Rastafari to overstand that InI are closer to the truth than most, and we owe it to ourselves to keep goingback to First Creation Birth and Ital Living in the Mountains, so that InI can really connect to the Father-Mother and find Zion within. It is through Nature that love and peace and compassion arise. it is through feeling blessed by JAH that ones feel compelled to bless others and do good work - self accountability is the highest revelation, to know self as a creator being, a sun that has bring life to all it touches. to take your life into your own hands and live it to fullest in full awareness of all that this amazing world has to offer all its inhabitants. doesnt that sound better and more real than religion?

 For Iyesus even says all I say here: the kingdom of heaven is within you! you are cosmic too and it is the whole point of his movement to unlock that spark of divinity within. True divinity to the ancients was linked to the cosmos, and being of the Akasha or Ethereal.  "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" "You know the Father through Me" Iyesus was patterned after  Osiris, Heru, Dionysus, Bacchus, Mithras and other Archetypes of the Solar Man created over the centuries to keep the hidden knowledge of self-realization - birth, enlightenment, purification, resurrection. our point is not to "pray in Jesus name" but to find our owin Kristos or JAH within through Natural Law. Mosaic Law only puffs up an ego and increases a hopelessness in sin, if it is not balanced with love and overstanding of the true highest law which says "do good"



and likewise I want to show that His Majesty Emperor Haile Sellassie I serves this purpose, to inspire InI to know ourselves, to do good, to live right and not bow to wickedness and lies. to be accountable for self and always be willing to work hard for what is right and truth to balance male n female. It is not a contradiction to the King for I to bunn out religion for Natural Law,for He certainly abided in Natural law.  His Majesty fulfills all the requirements of not only a Messianic King or Son of David in the literal interpretation (which has no real historical backing but Ethiopia) but cosmically as well since the Davidic king is the Sun or Son of. His Majesty's prophetical fulfilments in the Hebrew Scriptures still tell the truth of His Divinity even  though His ancestors ideally are Iritual concepts rather than real people which proves even more that it is the WORD which lives on, the WISE MIND which creates the world and its operation. His Majesty, a real man and not myth, even aligns with the cosmic deities of mythos/religion. His birth, it's timing and circumstances, His character, His life's work and achievements, His Personality; all line up to Natural Law as personified in Iyesus Kristos and make it quite sound to identify HIM as the True and only Messiah. (all Gods are personified natural law so it is wrong to say gods arent men and women for they are, the Creator they represent is not, and therefore has to be personified to be understood)

Rastafari can only see these facts if we can put aside all the religious distractions and let the truth and history speak for themselves.
We have got to listen to Sankofa - return and get what was ours for our own sakes!

InI need to stop with the religion in Rastafari and focus on First Creation Birth - InI need to return to the past and relearn our own movement and Afrikan origins and overstand once again the true ancestral heritage we have reawakened in our own culture with Ital, dreadlocks, yoga, cleanliness, purification cycles, and our use of symbols like on the banners [black star, the colours of the rainbow (red gold green) and space/melanin], the star of david (As above so below!), the ankh - resurrection, birth, procreation, male n female natural law. All in all everything RasTafari do and adopt are rooted in Natural Law and it is time that InI get back to the root and grow new stronger branches that will produce much happier RasTafari people who are actually free from mental slavery and not fooling themselves with this "most holy" act.
I have learned my lesson and I am so grateful that JAH stopped the selfrighteous lies and misconceptions of monotheism before it was too late lol

what ive summarized you cand find in abundance online.

I have been reading a lot but also watching lectures on youtube -I encourage you to start as well! but I will post here videos which I think give an excellent summary to the points I am trying to make. please watch everything you can find from these two men as they share an incredible wealth of knowledge you may not want to read in the books I keep mentioning.
 Santos Bonnaci and Ray Haggins.

    

       

 

it is time to stop think know n feel what is right instead  of blind faith

Sis Ila

Sighting and Sensing RasTafari

Greetings and Heartical Sabbathical Greetings,

I wish to send a Sabbathical Blessing - Buruk Senbet Selam - to  all RasTafari. I am inspired today to just give Ises to the King by calling remembrance to His Name and the Covenant of RasTafari in hopes of reinvigorating ones to never give up the trod of Black Righteousness for the salvation of Afrika's creators.

How often do you think about your revelations of the King? How often does your Irit carry the principles of JAH being Ivinely awakened and inspired by HIM in everyday Livity and Life?
The Truth  is that the more RasTafari are entrenched in Babylon - or are bound by obligations to Babylon, the farther do they walk away from JAH and their true Ivine Covenant with HIM.
This post is just a little Sabbathical reasoning and reminder to all on why I and I Live Rastafari, how I and I arrived at RasTafari, how I and I achieve and carry on RasTafari.
How can you get back to JAH when you have strayed? How do you make your reality in RasTafari stronger and greater?

The answer is in Sighting and Sensing the Irit of JAH RasTafari...
Through the overstanding of prophecy, the pursuit of knowledge and the cultivation of faith and morale.

Calling oneself by the Mighty Name RasTafari ultimately means that one as an individual seeking salvation from hell on earth, has adopted a new sense of lifestyle and principle which changes one for the better. It means that through the personality, goals and works of the Man whose name is RasTafari or Ras Teferi Makonnen or Emperor Haile Sellassie; one sees, senses, knows and accepts JAH, or the Almighty God and Kristos. Through HIM, one has been enlightened and fiercely inspired to find a sense of self-worth, value for life, raspect and concern for others and ultimate fulfillment in all things and situations. This in itself is not an alien event. It is something that all people experience no matter what name they choose to hail when they wish to find God (be it Heru, Krishna, Buddha or Jesus) or what church or faith they adopt to attain a sense of belonging.

In order to call oneself RasTafari, or in order to be inspired by JAH, one has to know HIM and have a deep knowledge and overstanding of HIM. The first step that guides one to hailing JAH RasTafari is to know Who the King is and what the Emperor fought for and achieved in His lifetime. Those who truly live RasTafari all their lives know that the only way to see longevity in the Livity is to have a real Iritual Connection, Communication and Ivine Fellowship with HIM through this knowledge and overstanding of the King’s morality and faith. This knowledge is also paramount to sighting the fulfillment of Biblical and other Hebrew Scriptures, whereby RasTafari Identify HIM as the Kristos King Returned, Root of David.

This knowledge as code and key to the Ible and Sighting RasTafari, comes from reading books and watching films on His Majesty and RasTafari in general, in addition to researching Ethiopian and world history from the reign of Menelik II to Emperor Haile Sellassie I. Such helps to identify the players of prophecy, and to clarify the environment, atmosphere and background that led HIM to be Who He is, and act as He did as a Child of that prophecy. The Emperor’s own autobiography sheds more light on His personal feelings and experiences from childhood to old age giving one an overstanding of His Krist-like rearing, nature and attitude. There are also the many collections of His Majesty’s speeches which outline His opinions on state, welfare, equality and the goals of the Black Nation, giving I and I a moral compass to build New Jerusalem upon.

From such written works RasTafari make great summaries and opinions on the life and character of the King, and revere His righteousness and power. Through knowledge reasoning and faith, I and I RasTafari people find a sense of direction, capability, honour, power, wisemind and kinship that allows each and every one of I, as said, to have better lives and affect the lives of others positively. RasTafari take from HIM a sense of selfless motivation, following in His footsteps to see New Jerusalem blossom and flourish in every heart - hence the immortality of the King and His Kingdom. Therefore, sighting RasTafari truly comes about by love and trust in JAH’s ultimate righteous authority, self-education, self-Iditation and self-motivation to achieve and do better in life. I and I do not honour and praise the King and Queen blindly, but with the supreme intentions to adapt Their Righteousness in ourselves and families. JAH is there to learn from and to emulate, and JAH will shine through each individual talent that I and I have each been given.

Sighting and Sensing RasTafari can therefore only resonate by the individual “going within,” seeking what feels Right for one’s self, and working hard to Womb-Man-I-fest such through the Guiding Irit of JAH.

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS. 

(Revelation 19:11-16)

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.
You have multiplied the nation and increased its joy;
They rejoice before You according to the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For You have broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder,
The rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, and garments rolled in blood,
Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
For unto us a Child is born, unto I and I a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called:
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. (Isaiah 9:2-11)

 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
The Irit of the Lord Jahovah shall rest upon Him,
The Irit of wisdom and overstanding,
The Irit of counsel and might,
The Irit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips
He shall slay the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.
“ The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.
“And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;
Together they shall plunder the people of the East;
They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
The Lord will utterly destroy[ the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River,
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over dryshod.
There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who will be left from Assyria,
As it was for Isra’el
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

(Isaiah 11)

You saw the angry lion come roaring out of the forest, and you heard it speak to the eagle and rebuke it for all the evil that it had done and for all that it had said. 

The lion represents the Messiah, whom God Most High has held back until the end. 

He will be a descendant of David and will come and speak to the rulers. 

He will rebuke them for their wickedness, their sinfulness, and their contempt for God’s ways. While they are still living, he will bring them to judgment, condemn them for their sin, and destroy them. But he will have mercy on the rest of my people, those who are left in my land: he will set them free and make them happy until the end comes, the Judgment Day… 

(2 Esdras 12:31-34)

Hola King Selah, Holy Menen I JAH RasTafari!

Sis. Ila

Taking Up the Cross of Kristos

Greetings Dawtas of Ithiopia,

I just want to give a little strength and encouragement for the daily trod. I know sometimes it can be hard to just be RasTafari, even though you already know and live RasTafari. Sometimes external forces rise up and try to shake your hola foundation. These are tests of faith that must be met with diligence, truth and love for JAH and right. They are part of taking up the Cross of JAH RasTafari, to live and walk as Kristos lived and walked.

Sighting RasTafari is not an easy trod, it is filled with ups and down, round-abouts, doubts and uneasiness. But one thing that cannot be compromised in all those ups and downs, is the truth and the mission of I and I. No matter what each individual Ras experiences, JAH RasTafari remains the same. Because of that, only the Lioness-hearted can serve the reality of RasTafari livity as it comes with its knocks and prejudices, only true faith in JAH can see a Dawta through.

Not only is it hard just to accept JAH and Kristos in flesh and to change one’s life to reflect that awakening in the Word or Law; but it is hard to maintain old relationships that do not support the new change of mind and heart – the learned wisdom and overstanding of JAH. Wisdom requires one to act justly and correctly, to shun abomination and evil. The reality is that in Sighting up, every Ras develops new thoughts, new viewpoints, a new way of carrying on and living – the Personality of JAH is consciously received and reflected. That means that who you used to be in your Babylonian life is old and dead, and therefore the kind of relationship you had with others change also.

It ends up that in trodding Fari the biggest fight comes from those closest to you who showcase more resentment than the average curiosity of strangers. Most times it is just their own ignorance of the truth and their inability to see the benefits in shunning certain traditions for better ones – the list goes on. Their resentment stems from the fact that your new principles mean that you refuse them things you never did before – the change from their side of things is therefore unwelcomed. They want things to be how they were, for you to remain how you always have been. They don’t want to hear the better way to do it, or the better way to live, or think. The life they live has worked thus far and they have no intentions to change it unless it’s to gain more money to achieve more Babylonian things of course. Your not wanting to live how you were raised becomes an insult to them. Some Rases are thrown out of their home because they refuse to honour their family’s way of life.

But of course it is not to discount that there are those true loved ones that through their own spirituality will see the benefits and welcome the changes of righteousness. Educating yourself on JAH and knowing the Word will keep you strong and able to defend yourself against the ignorance and hate of others. People can raspect you even if they don't agree or like what you say. RasTafari involves learning the art of tact, and to be diplomatic with Wisdom and JAH is as King of Kings and Empress. Every Ras should try to overstand that many people don’t overstand JAH, Krist or the ways of Krist even if they claim a religion. They put themselves and their traditions above truth and right. They are really not concerned with who or how JAH is, because the idea of JAH is an “after-death” revelation and occasion. Hearing the Order Rastafari brings is an offence because they prefer the pleasures of ignorance. But because it’s tradition doesn’t make it right.

So it is not your job as Fari to worry about the knick-pickers too much – it is your job to study your own personal righteousness and trod. It is up to them also, to do what is right or not. Once you yourself learn right however, to go back on it would only make you yourself the fool. It is your job to maintain positivity and love in spite of the new differences that develop between you – to think “What Would JAH Do?” It is simpler to reach a cordial impasse with the more difficult personalities, than to give up on your Calling because of others. Though we love our family and friends, they cannot live our lives for us, every individual is responsible for their own internal state of consciousness, their own salvation from tribulation, sin and evil. And at the day of transition or “judgment”, no one can stand up and account for your deeds and misdeeds but yourself. No one can argue on behalf of your heart and motives, your choices but you. Sometimes it is even better to ask yourself who really would sacrifice their own soul for you? It is simpler to leave them to their own devices and to focus on doing better yourself. It is wiser to share love with them in spite of their bad attitudes, and hope that they too will have a change of heart.

Yesus Kristos was one that said that being Nazirene, or hola, meant not going back to the old ways, to live a life that is different from the life you had before. New Jerusalem couldn’t be like the old Jerusalem, could it? He said it was necessary for all followers to lose their current identities, their livelihoods, their families, their former occupations, so that they could truly gain Life. They had to do better works than before, that they could gain all the fruits of the Irit. What the Nazirene would receive for dying and being reborn in baptism or Iritual resurrection would be tenfold over what was lost.

Do you feel me? RasTafari is all about giving up the old robe, the old body, the old brainwashed mind for the Ithiopian New Jahrusalem. The Dread symbolizes renewal and movement out of the wrong into the right. Bob Marley’s Exodus is one of my favourites because He is giving I and I this same message, check the verses:

Many people will fight ya down
When ya see Jah light.
Let me tell you if you're not wrong; Everything is all right.
So we gonna walk - all right! - through de roads of creation:
We the generation trod through great tribulation.

Open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
We know where we're going, uh!
We know where we're from.
We're leaving Babylon,
We're going to our Father land.

Jah come to break downpression,
Rule equality,
Wipe away transgression,
Set the captives free.

Taking up the cross of RasTafari therefore means taking up the Cross of Kristos, of JAH, to suffer as He suffered, to love as He loved perfectly, to do justice as He does. That means to leave off:

Ignorance for truth

Hate for love

War and hate for peace

Vanity for goodwill

Sin for righteousness

Injustice for justice

Babylon for Zion

The past life for new life in Kristos

The old habits for Ivine Livity -way of life


JAH gives I and I Rastafari many blessings in our Livity: healthy bodies, children, loving relationships with man and nature, a deep fulfilling creative talent, contentment in I-Self and Identity. Let no one extinguish the Light of JAH within beloved Sistren.

Blessed Love

Sis. Ila