Haile Selassie (Jesus, Messiah, funeral, Isaiah, America)

[SB Habakuk]

Is he a God, or is his name THe Power of the Trinity just a sham
Who is this MAN/GOD

Among Rastafarian faith he is called negus Negast- king of Kings
What is his role in the affairs of man??

[Hema]

I think that Rastafarians call God - Jah....I think.

[SB Habakuk]

Some Rastas say Jah but this is not the root truth'
Some call Selahsie God- others say he is unnameable since no one existed befor him to name him
to this i attest

[*Paul*]

He claimed to be the lion of the tribe of Judah, but Jesus said:
Mt 24v4-5: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

One in a long line of decievers.

[SB Habakuk]

Selasie 1 in his own word said -I am a Christian so there - he accepted Christ and was fervent about Christ
However he is the prophet of the Black People and the last TZEZADOK
his time is 167 yrs 1844-rfall of slavery in the west -to 2012

[Mestemia]

Here is what I have found:

Haile Selassie was born Tafari Makonnen in Ethiopia in 1892. He married Wayzaro Menen in 1911, daughter of Emperor Menelik II. By becoming prince (Ras), Tafari became the focus of the Christian majority's approval over Menelik's grandson, Lij Yasu, because of his progressive nature and the latter's unreliable politics. He was named regent and heir to the throne in 1917, but had to wait until the death of the Empress Zauditu to assume full kingship. During the years of 1917-1928, Tafari traveled to such cities as Rome, Paris, and London to become the first Ethiopian ruler to ever go abroad. In November of 1930, Zaubitu died and Tafari was crowned emperor, the 111th emperor in the succession of King Solomon. Upon this occasion he took the name Haile Selassie, meaning "Might of the Trinity." This paper will focus on Selassie's progressive politics and attempts to modernize Ethiopia through technological advances and membership in the world community. Relevant to these topics is Ethiopia's struggle with Italy in World War II, Selassie's embracing of the League of Nations, and his popularity and attention worldwide because of his efforts towards humanitarianism and Ethiopian sovereignty.

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The facts of his life are well known. Haile Selassie's influence on the world is his most enduring legacy. Born Tafari Makonnen in 1891, Haile Selassie came to be identified inextricably with Ethiopia. Only rarely in the modern world does the story of a man become so closely linked to the story of a nation. It is said that great events beget great men, but they beget failures as well, and the boundary between the two is often defined by singular acts of courage. These the Ethiopian Emperor did not lack. Not surprisingly, the fortitude of the man sometimes referred to as "The Lion" inspired Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and even Malcom X, each of whom corresponded with Haile Selassie --who advocated civil disobedience when it was necessary to remedy fundamental social injustice or restore freedom to the oppressed. The Emperor's presence at President Kennedy's funeral is still remembered. It seems somehow appropriate that the motion picture Born Free was filmed in Ethiopia during Haile Selassie's reign.
One speaks of leaders of men as though their public lives were completely divorced from their private ones. For a hereditary monarch, this should not be the case. What his children think of him is as important as what everybody else thinks. Haile Selassie was a devoted husband and father. His wife, Empress Menen, died in 1962. His sons, Sahle Selassie, Makonnen, and Asfa Wossen, had a great sense of duty to their father and to their people. Of his daughters, Princess Tenagne, in particular, excercised various official duties.
Haile Selassie ascended the throne in the era of polar exploration and slow communication. Africa's oldest nation was little more than a footnote to the great stories of the day --something that Americans and Brits read about in the pages of the National Geographic. Some people still called the country Abyssinia. In certain countries far beyond Ethiopia's borders, segregation and apartheid were long established and little questioned. Most other African "nations" were colonies. Even at home, slavery was technically still legal.

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[SB Habakuk]

Selassie 1- is the Last High Zadok of the age- His time started in !833 when Sabbath Keepers sought the COming Messiah-
Being the Black Messiah his reign as High Zadok coincides with the end of the Slave trade-
And concerning what Scripture says, "In this year of Jubilee you shall return, everyone f you, to your property" (Lev. 25;13) And what is also written; "And this is the manner of the remission; every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbor, not exacting it of a neighbor who is a member of the community, because God's remission has been proclaimed" (Deut.15;2) the interpretation is that it applies to the Last Days and concerns the captives, just as Isaiah said: "To proclaim the Jubilee to the captives" (Isa. 61;1) (...) just as (...) and from the inheritance of Melchizedek, for (... Melchizedek) , who will return them to what is rightfully theirs.
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[ChrisP]

I was under the impression Haile was an AFRICAN king who lived in Africa before people moved to the Carribean? The original Haile of legend that is.

[SB Habakuk]

Well come from under that impression , come to the truth
Daniel Said an Anointed One (An Elect) will be cut off in the middle of his week (reign)

[Mister Emu]

Haile Selassie from what I understand was a Christian Empreror of Ethiopia, he never claimed to be God or Jesus as I understand it...