... 7). However, by 1936 there were 3,000 Rastas in Jamaica, still standing firm despite the arrests and convictions of their prominent leaders. They maintained the belief that Selassie was the Jesus of which Christianity speaks, and as Rasta leader Altamount Reid declared, looked to him for "the spiritual deliverance of the world, not only among colored races but white as well" (Lewis, 7). Although Reid called for ... other syncretism elements later on in the development of the religion. The Historical Connection of Judaism with Rastafarianism The story of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheb...

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... death. The Church changed this around to have the Gospel say Peter was what Jesus built his church on. In addition to being Jesus" wife, Mary Magdalene was of royal blood. The church made her out to be a poor whore to hide her royal ties. She was from the powerful House of Benjamin, while Jesus was from the House of David, which is a descendant of King Solomon. Their marriage brought together a very ... powerful political union, which could restore the line of kinds under Solomon. As the book states ... , but He was a father Mary Magdalene was the Holy Vessel. She was the chalice that b...

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... with emphasis on the Temple's importance in his adolescent life. The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus, which relates back to Abraham, the father of the Jews. Many of the individuals included in the genealogy are important figures in Jewish Scripture such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, King David, Solomon and others. At the end of the genealogy, in verse 16, an interesting problem presents itself: this ... took Mary as his wife and became the "adoptive father" of her son Jesus. The inclusion of Joseph's (Jesus") genealogy in Matthew makes an interesting statement: even thoug...

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