Biblical education and history has generally been dominated by European pattern of thinking for centuries. Our perception of Biblical characters and events is based on the pattern set forth by European thinkers and historians. Da Vinci made the painting of ‘The Last Supper’ and Jesus Christ was made to be a white man. Imagine a black artist painting Jesus black in his artwork! The church and the general public will scream heresy, just like they’ve done to Madonna. Yet, it’s the same thing; nobody has proved beyond reasonable doubt that Jesus was white. Today, every representation of Jesus conforms to the Da Vinci illustration of the messiah. Actors must be costumed to conform to this dogmatic picture if they want to act Jesus in movies. Jesus trod the surface of this earth more than 2000 year ago. So far, there has not been discovered, any picture, portrait, sculpture or statue of Jesus that has survived from his time. So nobody really knows what He looked like. He could have been olive skinned like a typical Jew; he could be fair skinned or colored like a black man. For convenience, people have generally come to accept the Da Vinci portrayal of Jesus Christ as the standard.
Nevertheless, historical evidences point to the appearance of the black race in the lineage of Jesus. Mathew chapter 1 lists the lineage of Jesus Christ. Note that when the Israelites were coming out of Egypt , a mixed multitude went out with them (exod 12:38). Now, inferring from the black heritage of Egypt , many Egyptians must have been part of the Israelites that went out. Joseph, who became the second highest ruler in Egypt , married an Egyptian woman (most probably a black woman). Joseph married Asenath, the daughter of Pharaoh. It was this same Joseph that became the father of two major tribes in Israel ; Ephraim and Manasseh. Moses, the Hebrew leader married Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, the Ethiopian Midianite. Now, the daughters of Reuel told their father that an Egyptian saved them. If Egyptians were majorly black people and Moses had resembled them, then most probably, Moses must have been a black.
Genealogically, Black Africans are called the sons of Cush . Cush is the Hebrew word for black; it is the Biblical name of Ethiopia . Can the Ethiopian change his skin? (Jer 13:23).
In second Samuel 18:21, during Absalom’s revolt against David, we come across Ha Cushie, who brought the news of Absalom’s death to David. In Hebrew, the etymological meaning of Cush is black. Zephaniah, one of the minor prophets in the old testament, was called the son of Cushie. Cushie means ‘the black one’ (Zeph 1:1). Also in the same Zephaniah chapter one, the Bible gives a short list of the family links. Here is the shocker; King Hezekiah was a grand uncle to Zephaniah. This was the same Hezekiah, who is a direct ancestor of Jesus Christ. We must understand that in Jewish tradition, unlike the Europeans, the name of a person is synonymous with his identity, e.g Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Therefore, we can logically infer that Cushie was a black man, and if so, Zephaniah was also a black man. Another case was that of Bathsheba, formerly, wife of Uriah, and later, wife of David and mother of Solomon. David and Solomon were two important figures in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. The Bible reports that Uriah was a Hittite. Today, historical evidences have made scholars to believe that Bathseba was also a Hittite. However, there is ongoing debate on whether she was a Hamitic or Semitic Hittite. (Hamitic here refers to the lineage of Ham, while Semitic is the lineage of Shem). The Hittites were a mixture of Semites and Hamites.
I could go on analyzing the various discrepancies in our historical heritage as regards the black man for the rest of this article. Yet, that would not be enough to correct the wrong nature and history that the black race has been branded with, for they have been embedded in deep ideological roots far beyond what the imprisoned intellect of the average Blackman could grasp. Even when he gets to be aware of the truth, the average Blackman of today is too complacent with his materialistic world and too concerned with the struggle for survival to reflect on the relevance of things as abstract as this. Yet, this is the basis of what we now know today as the inability of the Blackman to equal his other racial contemporaries in the ability to organize an orderly, sophisticated social order. Is any black nation a world power today?
It is now necessary for the Blackman to take it upon himself to know the truth about himself. So far, the research into the origin of the black man has been dominated by other races. A rapid ideological revolution is needed if the Black African nations are to achieve a sophisticated state of national development. It is not a sophisticated infrastructure that makes a civilized society, but a sophisticated ideology. If the people lack the right knowledge of their identity, infrastructure will fail. This is the case in most African countries of today. The origin of the Blackman’s identity is necessary in his quest for ideological development; for it is there that he find answers to fundamental questions plaguing him. He will be able to see the reasons why some things are how they are. He will be able to analyze the genesis of his current challenges and face them with the right knowledge. He will be able to learn that his people are not just timeless entities, contributing nothing to the history of civilization, but that they have had a glorious past, in which his ancestors flourished in civilization. Lastly, the Blackman will be able to define himself for himself and not be swallowed up in other people’s misconceptions about him. For our world to be a better place, historical truths must be acknowledged without racial sentiments. The purpose of history is to control the future by the past.
Ayodele Arowosegbe was born on june 1, 1986 in Ado Ekiti in Nigeria, he is currently studying Physics in Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
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YOUR PHILOSOPHY IS FLAWED ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE!! THE GENETIC LINE OF THE MOTHER OF EPHRAIM & MANASSEH (ASENATH), CANNOT PRODUCE TWO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NATIONS, (US & BRITAIN) PERIOD!! IF YOU HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO "ACTUALLY READ" (GENESIS 10: 6), GOD'S EXPLANATION OF THE GENETIC LINE OF EPHRAIM & MANASSEH, YOU WOULD SEE YOUR ERROR!
EPHRAIM & MANASSEH ARE NOT THE U.S. & BRITAIN!
THE BIBLE’S EXPLAINATION OF EPHRAIM & MANASSEH’S GENETIC LINE DOES NOT SUPPORT YOUR BELIEF BUT INVALIDATES IT!!
The Bible states that the mother of Ephraim & Manasseh (ASENATH), was an Egyptian (Because Her father was the Egyptian Priest “POTIPHERAH”: Genesis 41:45,50 & 46:20), and that The Egyptians were descended from Noah’s son Ham; HAM FATHERED THE FOLLOWING NATIONS “ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE”:(Genesis 10:6): CUSH (Ethiopians), MIZRAIM (Egyptians), PUTH (Libyans), and CANAAN (Canaanites)! See also (Psalms 78:51), which tells us that the Egyptians were the children of HAM!
In order for your Ephraim & Manasseh philosophy to be VALID Noah’s son HAM and His Wife had to have been members of the white race because He (HAM) fathered the Egyptian Mother of Ephraim & Manasseh (Aseneth)! If either of the parents of (Ephraim & Manasseh), were BLACK, BROWN, (NON-WHITE), your Ephraim & Manasseh story WOULD HAVE NO VALIDITY because it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get two predominantly white nations (U.S. & Britain) if EITHER parent (Mother or Father), of Ephraim & Manasseh were non-white because BLACK, BROWN (NON-WHITE) genetic traits are dominant to White genetic traits)! It is here The Biblical explanation of the Genetic line of Ephraim & Manasseh that Invalidates Your Ephraim & Manasseh story! Unless you can inspire GOD to have MOSES re-write Genesis (10:6), Hams genetic linage, your Ephraim & Manasseh story is a FALLACY!
The BIBLE tells us in (Genesis 10:6), that HAM fathered MIZRAIM (Egypt) and CUSH, (Ethiopians). The Ethiopians have ALWAYS been and will always be a BLACK race their history can be traced back over 3500 years, (THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GENETIC WHITE ETHIOPIAN, ALL ETHIOPIANS ARE BLACK)! Which means Ham had to have been BLACK in order to father BLACK Ethiopian children,” WHITE MEN CANNOT FATHER BLACK CHILDREN” and Hams other children EGYPT had to have been BLACK, BROWN (NON-WHITE), because they are the brothers of the Black Ethiopians and had the same (BLACK), Father HAM, (THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS LIKE IT OR NOT!) (GENESIS 10:6)! Which means ASENATH (the Egyptian mother of Ephraim & Manasseh), was BLACK, BROWN (NON-WHITE).
In case you haven’t figured it out yet Asenath’s Black, Brown, or Non-White Genetic traits would make it IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO GIVE BIRTH TO TWO WHITE SONS EPHRAIM & MANASSEH (U.S. & BRITAIN), NO MATTER WHAT COLOR HER HUSBAND (JOSEPH) WAS! I could end this controversy here since your philosophy (Ephraim & Manasseh), the U.S. & Britain is already invalidated by GENETICS, THE BIBLE and COMMON SENSE but lets go further, lets assume that Joseph was White (ALTHOUGH NOWHERE IN BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE DOES IT SAY THIS AND I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO TAKE ME TO THE BOOK, CHAPTER & VERSE THAT SAYS OTHERWISE), but as I have already shown, from Biblical scripture, ASENATH had to have been Non-White just as Her Grandfather HAM since He was the father of the Black Ethiopians! IT WOULD BE GENETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TWO PREDOMINATELY WHITE NATIONS (US & BRITAIN), FROM A WHITE FATHER AND BLACK or BROWN MOTHER!! NO EXCEPTIONS!! IT WOULD BE GENETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HAM TO FATHER BOTH BLACK & WHITE CHILDREN! Black Ethiopian children (Cush) and White Egyptian children (Mizraim); Contrary to popular belief, THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS HAD TO HAVE BEEN BLACK, BROWN (NON-WHITE), JUST AS THEIR BLACK ETHIOPIAN BROTHERS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THEY HAD THE SAME FATHER “HAM”. A WHITE MAN CANNOT FATHER BLACK CHILDREN! SINCE NOAH’S SON HAM FATHERED BLACK ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN COMMON SENSE TELLS US THAT HE WAS NOT WHITE AND HAD TO HAVE BEEN A BLACK MAN! YOUR NON-BIBLICAL EPHRAIM & MANASSEH STORY HAS THIS BLACK MAN “HAM” FATHERING EGYPTIAN CHILDREN THAT YOU CLAIM ARE WHITE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THEIR BROTHERS WERE BLACK ETHIOPIANS AND THEIR FATHER WAS THE BLACK MAN "HAM”! (GEN.10: 6) YOUR EPHRAIM & MANASSEH STORY IS CONTRARY TO COMMON SENSE GENETICS AND BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE! THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR BELIEF IS LIKE A HOUSE BUILT ON SAND AND NO MATTER WHAT OTHER SO-CALLED EVIDENCE YOU PRESENT TO PROVE YOUR POINT OR SO-CALLED EXPERTS THAT YOU QUOTE OR SO-CALLED GENETIC EXAMPLES THAT YOU PUT FORTH THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR BELIEF REPRESENTS A LIE ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE! IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE TRUTH WHEN YOU START WITH A LIE! Attempting to prove that the US & BRITIAN are Ephraim & Manasseh is CALLING GOD AND BIBLICAL SCHRIPTURE A LIE! THE BIBLES EXPLAINATION OF EPHRAIM & MANASSEH’S GENETIC LINE DOES NOT SUPPORT YOUR BELIEF! SO IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS THE MOTHER OF EPHRAIM & MANASSEH (ASENATH), WAS A BLACK, BROWN, (NON-WHITE) WOMAN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE THE MOTHER OF TWO PREDOMINATELY WHITE NATIONS (US & BRITAIN).
Note: the People that control Egypt today (who are actually the descendants of Mohammed’s Conquering Armies), that conquered all of Northern Africa and Southern Europe over 1300 years ago while SPREADING THEIR ISLAMIC DOCTRINE AND STILL CONTROL THIS AREA TODAY, “THEY ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS NOR THEIR DESCENDANTS” So what you see in Egypt today and what existed 3500 years ago cannot be compared! Most of The Black Africans that once inhabited this area Migrated to central and Southern Africa (to avoid being FORCED to convert to Islam or BE KILLED), over 1300 years ago!
For all who still doubt that the “ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS” were any color other Than BLACK, obtain a copy of THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, May 1923;(SEE ATTACHMENT AT END OF THIS ARTICLE), Read the article “At The Tomb Of Tutankhamen”, Written by MANARD OWEN WILLIAMS. Mr. Williams was the National Geographic Photographer that was allowed to photograph the opening of the most Famous Egyptian tomb ever discovered, that of KING TUT! On page 500 it shows two full sized likenesses of King Tut guarding the entrance to his tomb they represent how he looked while he was alive (FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THE FAKE EGYPTIANS CONTROLING EGYPT TODAY REFUSE TO ALLOW THESE TWO STATUES TO TRAVEL WORLD WIDE WITH THE REST OF THE KING TUT EXHIBIT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO EXPLAIN WHY KING TUT IS NOT THE SAME COLOR AS THEY), since these pictures pre-date color photography they are in Black and White but there is no question what color he was; for those who may have trouble finding this edition of National Geographic Magazine KING TUT is the CORRECT color anyone who is a descendant of HAM should be living in an area that has some of the Hottest temperatures on this planet! (See picture below), Keep in mind that that the “ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS” were the same color as King Tut who was on the throne of Egypt before the Israelite exodus, and remember the BIBLE told us (Genesis 10:6) that the Egyptians had a BLACK FATHER HAM (common sense deduction), and Black Ethiopian brothers which means They were Non-White (ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE), MAKING YOUR EPHRAIM & MANASSEH STORY A FALLACY!
Here is what some very famous Egyptologist from the passed century said about their discoveries while spending a great portion of their lives studying Egyptian antiquities (these were Anglo-Saxon White Egyptologist)! The testimonies of the ancients, the bible and many Egyptologist have confirmed that the Egyptians during biblical times were a BLACK- SKINNED PEOPLE! This is important to know because the BIBLE describes the ancient Hebrews as looking like the Egyptians. Gerald Massey, English writer and author of the book,” Egypt the Light of the World”. On pg. 251 wrote, "The dignity is so ancient that the insignia of the Pharaoh evidently belong to the time when Egyptians wore nothing but the girdle of the Negro."Sir Richard Francis Burton, a 19th century English explorer, writer and Linguist. In 1883 he wrote to Gerald Massey and said "You are quite right about the "AFRICAN" origin of the Egyptians I have a 100 human skulls to prove it." (A 100 HUMAN SKULLS THAT PROVED THAT THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS WERE A BLACK RACE OF PEOPLE)!! R. T. Pritchett, a scientist in his book “ Natural History of Man “ PG 124-125 said “ In their complex and many of their physical peculiarities the Egyptians were an “ AFRICAN “ race”. The Ancient Greek historian Herodotus who visited Egypt in the 5th century B.C.E. and saw the Egyptians” FACE TO FACE”. Said, “the Egyptians were Black-skinned and had woolly hair”. (ASENATH, the Mother of Ephraim & Manasseh descended from these “ORIGINAL” Egyptians)! Anthropologist Count Constatin de Volney (1727-1820). Spoke about the race of the Egyptians that produced the Pharaoh’s. He later paid tribute to Herodotus discovery when he said: "The ancient Egyptians were true Negroes of the same type as all native born Africans. That being so, we can see how their blood mixed for several centuries with that of the Romans and Greeks, must have lost the intensity of it's original color, while retaining none the less the imprint of it's original mold. We can even state as a general principle that the face (this is the sphinx) is a kind of monument able, in many cases, to attest or shed light on historical evidence on the origins of the people." The fact that the ancient Egyptians were black skinned made Volney say this: "What a subject for meditation just think that the race of black men today our slaves and the object of our scorn. Is the very race to which we owe our arts, science and even the use of our speech”!
ATTACHED TO THIS E-MAIL IS THE ACTUAL PICTURE OF KING TUT'S BUST AS IT IS BEING REMOVED FROM HIS TOMB IN 1922. KING TUT WOULD BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE COLOR OF THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS JUST IN CASE GOD DID NOT CONVINCE YOU IN (GENESIS 10:6),"THE GENETIC LINE OF THE EGYPTIANS"! THERE ARE 4 PICTURES; THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS IN BLACK & WHITE TAKEN IN 1922 AS THE KINGS BUST IS BEING REMOVED FROM HIS TOMB (NO COLOR PICTURES AT THAT TIME), THE TWO CENTER PICTURES ARE THE COLOR IMAGES OF THIS SAME BUST BUT TAKEN IN 2001.THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT WAS TAKEN IN 2006 AND APPEARED IN A CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE KING TUT TRAVELING EXIBIT THAT APPEARED AT CHICAGO’S FIELD MUSEUM THAT YEAR AND REPRESENTS WHAT EUROPEANS HAVE DONE WITH THE COLOR OF KING TUT IN A 90 YEAR SPAN OF TIME SINCE HIS TOMB WAS DISCOVERED IN ORDER TO "WHITE WASH" THE BIBLE AND ALTER THE COLOR OF THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIANS; THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH THIS BLATANT LIE IF THE 1922 PICTURE HADN'T APPEARED IN THE MAY 1923 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE ARTICLE:"AT THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN”, WRITTEN BY "MANARD OWEN WILLIAMS"! THE SECOND PICTURE IS FROM THAT SAME ARTICLE, IT SHOW TWO LIFE SIZED STATUES OF KING TUT GUARDING THE ENTRANCE TO HIS TOMB, THEY ARE MADE IN THE EXACT LIKENESS OF KING TUT, THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN HIS TOMB BEFORE THEY WERE REMOVED! PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO KING TUT'S COLOR, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT THE GENETIC LINE OF THE EGYPTIANS IN (GENESIS 10:6)!
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