On earth, because that is where we are, and more importantly because (glory be to JAH) that is where He is too: "Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? - that is, to bring Christ down from above - or, Who shall descend into the deep - that is, to bring up Christ from the dead - but rather, the word is nigh thee." God will excuse my little transgressions, won't he? We'll all be in heaven by and by, right?īut if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth: Note the assumption - which is indeed how MOST PEOPLE THINK! - that they are safe from the Great Judgement. The Orthodox teaching however is that there is "tewahido", a complete oneness, in the universe: "Thou art everywhere and fillest all things." God is more real than the universe itself and he is not far away, but here he will make all things new, not TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING. It hardly matters whether the implication is that only matter exists or that matter is an illusion either way God is exiled to a shadowy ghost-world far from ours. The evil one always claims that God is uninvolved with matter, interested only in the spirit. What use is a mythical, non-existent god unconnected to creation? Slaves think what their masters want slave-masters (including the invisible non-human slave-masters who kept the plantation-owners themselves as slaves) have always promoted religion as the "opium of the people", a drug to prevent both political and spiritual awakening. The error is not the statement of fact GREAT GOD WILL COME FROM THE SKY but in the way MOST PEOPLE THINK. Well, are they wrong? This was, after all, proclaimed in almost exactly those words by the Ethiopian Church Council of Negus Joshua, and no Rastafari Bredren doubts that the End will come, JAH will be revealed in glory, the Black Star Liner will sail. Most people think great god will come from the sky It denotes perfect conformity with the Love of God: as Marley sings in another song, "They sold Marcus Garvey for rights". The word "rights" here means not only political and economic rights (although they are included) "rights" translates the word "zedek", common (in some spelling) to Hebrew, Amharic, and Ge'ez. Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights Thus, many Orthodox believers are particularly fond of Bob Marley's song "Stand Up for Your Rights", a song so Christian, and therefore so shockingly anti-religious, that attempts have been made by some to portray it as satanic when the very opposite is true! But if that is all they are, Hudade has completely failed in its purpose, which is to liberate man and woman from every idol, including "religion", and put them in touch with the Living JAH. In Ethiopia the pre-Easter "Lent" - Hudade Tsome - is observed with abstinence from certain foods, confession of faults, the performance of long church services using special music in a special mode heard only at this time of year. Bmw from Pon Dis EarthI-tation by Norman H.Jenny from Salem, Orwhat was the record label for this song.and when was it released?.Gene from San Diego, CaDefinitely hear the religious and social issues being addressed.Blessed Woman Of God from London EnglandNow more than ever in this Corona Virus Pandemic, the murder/s! We need to as the late great Bob Marley sang " GET UP! STAND UP! STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!" DONT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! In Jesus name!.
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