I've been researching the lyrics of the song, and haven't come up with any sources explaining or saying that it was Ethiopians who built Jerusalem. Very interested to know the details. Please share with me what you know and where I can find more information. Give thanks
Yes I&I, "Blessed are they who thirst" Let's try to give an answer to this highly interesting question. If you did not find any source "explaining or saying that it was Ethiopians who built Jerusalem.", don't worry... Actually, if you had found this statement clearly exposed in a book, this song would not be as interesting as it is. Vaughn gives I&I the method to check it; "Go ask Pline, ask Herodotus, ask Plato..." The whole a dem greek men of Knowledge wrote about middle east and "Africa", they wrote about the old presence of the Black man in those areas. They knew, as many of dem were initiated in Egypt/Kem (for instance: Plato remained 13 years in Heliopolis), that the origin of their Knowledge, in science&technology as much as in spirituality&creeds, comes from "Ethiopia". All of dem show respect and admiration for that remote and secretive source of their own learnings. - The word "Ethiopia" comes from the greek "aethiopia", created from "aethiops", which means burned face; black face. You might find other etymology in other sources, including masonic publications, which claim 'Ethi' refers to ethic, and 'Opia' to the sight ability, and understand the word "ethiopian"; as "he who has an ethic (righteous) vision". Any black african is an ethiopian, this is the first thing we need to realize in order to overstand the statement. -Jerusalem was called Jebus before King David's conquest. Jebus is the son of Canaan, son of Ham: then the bible itself says they come from black lineage. - Otherwise, Jerusalem could refer to the temple, or to the whole city from the time the temple was "built", fulfilling what Jah had said to King David. I&I know about the lineage of David and Solomon... Ethiopia again. King Solomon, the son of David, had the temple built by the architects of Hiram Abiff, king of Tyre. Tyre has often been unified with Sidon throughout ancient history. The two cities' populations have one common origin; Sidon is the first son of Canaan, son of Ham: Sidon and Tyre are black cities... Bible shows! Even leaving the bible and looking from a secular point of view; Tyre has been developped as a strategical harbour by the egyptians, under Thotmosis II and Ramses III... 18th and 19th dynasty (later on, the 25th dynasty is unequivocally known as the Black Pharaoh's period) At that time "Jerusalem" and Tyre were still part of Egypt, and the local population was made of "Egyptians". Well, egyptians did not call themselves egyptians. They used the word KeMeT, or KeM, which refers to the color of both their skin and their soil. This color, we call it black. "Kem" =";Kam" = "Ham"... ="aethiops"= Black. Black man was occupying the land for a very long time when Jebus became Jerusalem, and David, comin from the south, was a member of this same black population. Those are elements, dots, that I&I must connect to overstand that "black man built jerusalem", "Ethiopians built Jerusalem", wether we talk about the Jebusites, the Israelites, the architects from Tyre, the original and ab-original people who was living there first... But to I man I, this song is not about this specific issue. The"oppresion" mentioned in the lyrics is perpetrated in present days by people who claim the name of Israel for themselves, who claim being the chosen people, and oppress the local population, "locking dem up" between walls, "coveting the fields" and taking it by violence... They who associate -ism with Zion ! "Beta Israel" means "house of Israel" in hebrew, but here we may overstand that Vaughn is calling for a "better Israel", skilfully playing with word sound power... - Psalm 87, says on verse 4; "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there." Philistia = Palestine, and Tyre, with Ethiopia! "The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob." Vaughn refers to that psalm in the lyrics. Bredda Vaughn, as a Rastaman, states that the knowledge, the science, and the workforce used to build the Holy City come from Ithiopia, through Egypt and Tyre, but the main point he's making is that modern day "Israel" is a fraud, a rebellion against JAH, YHWH ; "neither do they regard the God of their fathers". Every serious follower of jewish religion knows that, every orthodox rabbi knows about that, look "Neturei Karta", and you will see! Vaughn exposes the whole picture wisely, beautifuly connecting the dots, but when I&I look up, we don't find the same picture, we only find the dots...This is one big reason for I&I to Love and Respect Midnite ! Hope you find some things to dig in this humble and quick patchwork ! Germawi qademawi Haile Selassie I JAH RASTAFARI, liveth and guide I&I all. May HIM give I&I the vision and help us connect what needs to be connected! One Blessed Love
Give thanks Jah Seen for such reasoning and articulate response to the question that was posted. A next small reference i would mention is Lalibela , significance of how the priest them tell of how the rock church was constructed, by Jah hand as well as his Angels. Sealing with an utterance of His Majesty King Selassie "A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it."
I've been researching the lyrics of the song, and haven't come up with any sources explaining or saying that it was Ethiopians who built Jerusalem. Very interested to know the details. Please share with me what you know and where I can find more information. Give thanks
Yes I&I, "Blessed are they who thirst" Let's try to give an answer to this highly interesting question. If you did not find any source "explaining or saying that it was Ethiopians who built Jerusalem.", don't worry... Actually, if you had found this statement clearly exposed in a book, this song would not be as interesting as it is. Vaughn gives I&I the method to check it; "Go ask Pline, ask Herodotus, ask Plato..." The whole a dem greek men of Knowledge wrote about middle east and "Africa", they wrote about the old presence of the Black man in those areas. They knew, as many of dem were initiated in Egypt/Kem (for instance: Plato remained 13 years in Heliopolis), that the origin of their Knowledge, in science&technology as much as in spirituality&creeds, comes from "Ethiopia". All of dem show respect and admiration for that remote and secretive source of their own learnings. - The word "Ethiopia" comes from the greek "aethiopia", created from "aethiops", which means burned face; black face. You might find other etymology in other sources, including masonic publications, which claim 'Ethi' refers to ethic, and 'Opia' to the sight ability, and understand the word "ethiopian"; as "he who has an ethic (righteous) vision". Any black african is an ethiopian, this is the first thing we need to realize in order to overstand the statement. -Jerusalem was called Jebus before King David's conquest. Jebus is the son of Canaan, son of Ham: then the bible itself says they come from black lineage. - Otherwise, Jerusalem could refer to the temple, or to the whole city from the time the temple was "built", fulfilling what Jah had said to King David. I&I know about the lineage of David and Solomon... Ethiopia again. King Solomon, the son of David, had the temple built by the architects of Hiram Abiff, king of Tyre. Tyre has often been unified with Sidon throughout ancient history. The two cities' populations have one common origin; Sidon is the first son of Canaan, son of Ham: Sidon and Tyre are black cities... Bible shows! Even leaving the bible and looking from a secular point of view; Tyre has been developped as a strategical harbour by the egyptians, under Thotmosis II and Ramses III... 18th and 19th dynasty (later on, the 25th dynasty is unequivocally known as the Black Pharaoh's period) At that time "Jerusalem" and Tyre were still part of Egypt, and the local population was made of "Egyptians". Well, egyptians did not call themselves egyptians. They used the word KeMeT, or KeM, which refers to the color of both their skin and their soil. This color, we call it black. "Kem" =";Kam" = "Ham"... ="aethiops"= Black. Black man was occupying the land for a very long time when Jebus became Jerusalem, and David, comin from the south, was a member of this same black population. Those are elements, dots, that I&I must connect to overstand that "black man built jerusalem", "Ethiopians built Jerusalem", wether we talk about the Jebusites, the Israelites, the architects from Tyre, the original and ab-original people who was living there first... But to I man I, this song is not about this specific issue. The"oppresion" mentioned in the lyrics is perpetrated in present days by people who claim the name of Israel for themselves, who claim being the chosen people, and oppress the local population, "locking dem up" between walls, "coveting the fields" and taking it by violence... They who associate -ism with Zion ! "Beta Israel" means "house of Israel" in hebrew, but here we may overstand that Vaughn is calling for a "better Israel", skilfully playing with word sound power... - Psalm 87, says on verse 4; "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there." Philistia = Palestine, and Tyre, with Ethiopia! "The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob." Vaughn refers to that psalm in the lyrics. Bredda Vaughn, as a Rastaman, states that the knowledge, the science, and the workforce used to build the Holy City come from Ithiopia, through Egypt and Tyre, but the main point he's making is that modern day "Israel" is a fraud, a rebellion against JAH, YHWH ; "neither do they regard the God of their fathers". Every serious follower of jewish religion knows that, every orthodox rabbi knows about that, look "Neturei Karta", and you will see! Vaughn exposes the whole picture wisely, beautifuly connecting the dots, but when I&I look up, we don't find the same picture, we only find the dots...This is one big reason for I&I to Love and Respect Midnite ! Hope you find some things to dig in this humble and quick patchwork ! Germawi qademawi Haile Selassie I JAH RASTAFARI, liveth and guide I&I all. May HIM give I&I the vision and help us connect what needs to be connected! One Blessed Love
Give thanks Jah Seen for such reasoning and articulate response to the question that was posted. A next small reference i would mention is Lalibela , significance of how the priest them tell of how the rock church was constructed, by Jah hand as well as his Angels. Sealing with an utterance of His Majesty King Selassie "A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it."