Imperial Coat of Arms.
from 250 - c.980 Kingdom of Axum to 1975.
The
Ethiopian Empire (Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya) also known as
Abyssinia, covered a geographical area that the present-day northern half of Ethiopia and Eritrea covers. It existed from
approximately 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1975 when the monarchy
was overthrown in a coup d'etat.
Following
the British occupation of Egypt
in 1882, it was the only African nation together with Liberia to remain independent during the
Scramble for Africa by the European imperial
powers in the late 19th century.
Alongside
Rome , Persia ,
China and India , the Kingdom of Aksum
was one of the great world powers of the 3rd century and the first major empire
in the world to officially adopt Christianity as a state religion in the 4th
century
During
the Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia
was the only African country beside Liberia
that retained its sovereignty (political free will) as a recognized independent
country, and was one of only four African members of the League
of Nations .
Solomon
(Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה,
Modern Shlomo Tiberian Šəlōmō
ISO 259-3 Šlomo; Arabic: سليمان
Sulaymān, also colloquially: Silimān; Greek: Σολομών Solomōn), according to the
Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles, a King of Israel and according to the
Talmud one of the 48 prophets, is identified as the son of David (he who is well pleasing), also
called Jedidiah (Hebrew יְדִידְיָהּ)
in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy,
Menelik
I, first Solomonic Emperor of Ethiopia, is traditionally believed
to be
the son of King Solomon of ancient Israel and Makeda, ancient Queen of
Sheba. He is alleged to have
ruled Ethiopia around 950 BC, according to traditional sources
Menelik
I (called Bäynä Ləkḥəm in the Kəbrä
Nägäśt; also named
Ebna la-Hakim, Arabic: Ibn Al-Hakim, "Son of the Wise"), first
Solomonic Emperor of Ethiopia, is traditionally believed to be the son of King
Solomon of ancient Israel and Makeda, ancient Queen of Sheba (in modern
Ethiopia).
He is
alleged to have ruled around 950 BC, according to traditional sources.
Tradition credits him with bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia,
following a visit to Jerusalem to meet his father upon reaching adulthood.
According
to the Kebra Nagast, King Solomon had intended on sending one son of each of
his nobles and one son of each temple priest with Menelik upon his return to
his mother's kingdom. He is supposed to have had sent the Ark for them to take with them. Upon the
death of Queen Makeda, Menelik assumed the throne with the new title of Emperor
and King of Kings of Ethiopia.
According
to legend, he founded the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia
that ruled Ethiopia
with few interruptions for close to three thousand years (and 225 generations
later ended with the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974).
A
counterpoint to this legend is that kings of Ethiopia
are only attested in record from the 700's BC, when there was a kingdom named
D'mt located in Eritrea and
northern Ethiopia
that existed during the late 8th to 5th centuries BC. Few inscriptions by or
about this kingdom exist.
As a
result, it is not known whether Dmt ended as a civilization
before the Kingdom of Axum was established on the Red Sea coast in the 400's
BC, evolved into the Aksumite state, or was one of the smaller states united in the Aksumite
kingdom possibly around the beginning of the 1st century AD.
In
reality, the medieval incarnation of the Solomonic dynasty didn't come into
power until 1262 AD, claiming descent from the Kings of Aksûm. The dynasty, a
bastion of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, came to rule Ethiopia on 10 Nehasé 1262 AD EC[4]
(August 10, AD 1270) when Yekuno Amlak overthrew the last ruler of the Zagwe
dynasty.
Their
predecessors, the Zagwe dynasty, were said to not be of "the house of Israel "
(i.e. of Solomon and Menelik). The claims of descent of the Aksûmite Kings
preceding the Zagwe dynasty are uncertain, though early pagan inscription
denote the King as "son of the unconquerable [god] Mahrem"
(translated in Greek as Ares), while medieval Ethiopian sources ascribe them a
similar claim of descent.
This is
consistent with the earliest records that testify that one half of Ethiopians
followed the laws of Moses (he who draws out), while the other half worshipped pagan gods.
The
legendary founder of the Ethiopian empire, Menelik was the son of King Solomon
of Israel
and Makeda, the Queen of Sheba. The wise king already foresaw his birth at the
time of the queen's departure from his court, and as a farewell gift gave her a
ring which bore his seal. He also told her to send their child to him if it was
a son.
She did
bring forth a son, who was called Bayna-Lehkem, or son of the wise man. When he
was thirteen, his mother sent him to Jerusalem
to see his father. Everyone who saw him remarked how much he resembled King
Solomon, but the king himself said he was more like his own father, King David.
The son
of Solomon received gifts and blessings. His father begged him to stay, but he
had promised his mother that he would return. So instead, he was given the
title Emperor of Ethiopia and the name David II - he was called Menelik later,
when he was crowned in his own homeland. He left Israel along with several nobles,
one of them the son of Azariah, who could not bear to part with the Ark of the
Covenant. So they took it with them, believing that God would only let it
happen if he allowed it.
According
to local belief, the Ark is still kept in the
Mariam of Zion cathedral in Axum , and is still
very powerful. Whether the act is true or not, Judaism spread to Ethiopia , and the Falashas or black Jews kept
and practised a simple form of it which would later admit them to the new state
when Israel
(he who diplomatically conquers) is found in 2012. These Jews only had the
first five books of the Bible, the laws of Moses (he who draws out), because
all the other books were written down later.
Menelik
is considered a saint by the Ethiopian church. His son was Handadyo, and they
are both believed to have lived in the second century BC. In 1270, Emperor
Yekuno of Ethiopia
declared that he was lineally descended from Menelik. The following emperors
therefore all claimed the ancestry of King Solomon. The last emperor of this
line was Haile Selassie, who was given the ring of Solomon upon his coronation.
Legends
are wonderful things. This one is assembled from both Egyptian and Syrian text,
but mostly from the Kebra Negast, which is a royal chronicle of Abyssinia compiled in the 14th century.
Menelik's story
is also important and therefore evolving in the Rastafarian religion of today.
Solomonid
Dynasty
In 1270,
the Zagwe dynasty was overthrown by a king claiming lineage from the Aksumite
emperors and, hence, Solomon. The thusly named Solomonid Dynasty was founded
and ruled by the Habesha, from whom Abyssinia
gets its name.
The
Habesha reigned with only a few interruptions from 1270 until the late 20th
century. It was under this dynasty that most of Ethiopia 's modern history occurred.
During
this time, the empire conquered and incorporated virtually all the peoples within
modern Ethiopia and some
southern parts of Eritrea .
They successfully fought off Italian, Arab and Turkish armies and made fruitful
contacts with some European powers, especially the Portuguese, with whom they
allied in battle against the latter two invaders.
The Diplomatic Rapture is a term in Christian eschatology which refers to the "being
caught up" discussed in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, when the "politically dead
in Kristos - Christ" and "we who are alive and remain" will be
"diplomatically caught up in the clouds – fallen tewahedo Christian
peoples" to meet "the sovereign Lord (political master)" in the air (atmosphere).
The
Rapture is used in at least two senses in modern traditions of Christian
eschatology: in pre-tribulationist views, in which a Jesuit group of people
will be "left behind", and as a synonym for the final diplomatic resurrection
for all in general
Nəgusä Nägäst Menelik II
Emperor
Menelik II GCB, GCMG, (Ge'ez ምኒልክ) baptized as Sahle Maryam (17
August 1844 – 12 December 1913), was Negus (king) of Shewa (1866–89), then Nəgusä Nägäst (king of Kings) of Ethiopia
from 1889 to his death.
At the height of his internal power and external
prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state had
been completed by 1898.
Menelik
II is considered an African icon and one of the most powerful black persons in
history.
The
Order of Solomon’s Seal
The
Order of Solomon’s Seal (sometimes referred to as the “Order of King Solomon’s
Seal” or the “Order of the Seal of Solomon” or the “Order of the Crown of
Solomon”, and earlier — before the current collar Order of Solomon came into
being — just as the “Order of Solomon”) was founded by Emperor Yohannes IV (Emperor John IV) in
1874, as noted above [see The Order of Solomon].
The insignia comprised a badge
and star. The badge — a combination of a
cross and a star of David — is a pendant from an emerald green moiré sash. This
sash is the same as for the Order of Solomon, but with the different insignia
(badge) and star.
The star, badge and sash of Solomon’s Seal are below. Paris jeweller
Arthus-Bertrand has been the principal maker of the Order, although it was also
made by the Addis Ababa-based crown jeweller, B. A. Sevadjian, which, after
several generations of work on Imperial Orders and artefacts, was reportedly
taken over by the State during the current interregnum.
The Order of Solomon’s Seal was frequently worn by Ethiopian sovereigns. Originally it was reserved for members of the Imperial Family, heads of foreign states, and to individuals who had rendered particularly meritorious service to the Throne.
Among the foreign heads of state to receive the Order was King Paul of Greece, who was invested with it in 1959 during the visit of Emperor Haile Selassie to Greece. The Order was bestowed on princes of the dynasty and foreign princes. It was also always bestowed on the Abuna of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and very occasionally on international figures, including US President Dwight Eisenhower, of the United States , and Earl Mountbatten of Burma .
The Order was presented in its original form — that is, the design instituted by its founder, King of Kings Yohannes IV — to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom . The Order in its original form had also been bestowed upon Queen Victoria in 1897 for her Diamond Jubilee.
President
Eisenhower is shown at left wearing the Order of Solomon's Seal, and carrying a
traditional Ethiopian shield and spear. With him is the famous Ethiopian
statesman, Ras Imru, a cousin and close friend of the Emperor, who served as
Ambassador to India and the U.S. , and was
also a member of the Crown Council.
Grand Collar of the Grand Cross
Order of the Cross of Solomon
.
Emperor
Haile Selassie in 1930 instituted the collar to the order as the highest form
of honour in the Imperial pantheon. This
then became the separate Order of Solomon, as noted. Even so, there was often
confusion and, indeed, a lack of official clarity in the distinction between
the Order of Solomon and the Order of Solomon’s Seal even in the 1930s.
And
today, the Paris
jeweller, Arthus-Bertrand, refers to the Solomon’s Seal order as the “Crown of
Solomon”. In 1936, the two orders were listed together, with the order being in
a total of five grades: the Collar of Solomon (the Chain; now the Order of
Solomon); Grand Cordon (or Grand Cross) of Solomon with Plaque; Grand Officer
of (the Order of) Solomon; Commander of (the Order of) Solomon; and Knight or
Chevalier of (the Order of) Solomon. However, the Order today is awarded only
in the one grade: that of Knight Grand Cross.
Holders
of the Order may identify themselves with the use of the post-nominal initials
KSS (Knight of the Order of Solomon’s Seal) or DSS (Dame of the Order of
Solomon’s Seal).
The
Davidic line (also referred to as the House of David) (known in Hebrew as
Malkhut Beit David (מלכות בית דוד) —
"Royal House of David") refers to the tracing of lineage to the King
David referred to in the Hebrew Bible, as well as the New Testament.
In general, it is possible for anyone to claim
as a descendant from
King David because most of the tracings were lost. The term "House of
David" referring to the Davidic dynasty appears many time in the Bible.
Examples can be found in n numerous places in scriptures.
1 Kings
12:20 - 1 Kings 12:26 - 1 Kings 13:2 - 1 Kings 14:8 - 2 Kings 12:1-19 - 2 Kings 17:21 - 2
Samuel 3:1 - 1 Samuel 19:11 - 1 Samuel 20:16 - 2 Samuel 3:6 - Isaiah 7:2 - Jeremiah 21:12 - Zechariah 12:7 - Nehemiah 12:37 - Psalms 30:1 - Psalms 122:5 - 1 Chronicles 17:24 - 2 Chronicles 10:19,etc.
1 Kings 12:20
New International Version (NIV)
20 When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
1 Kings 12:26
New International Version (NIV)
26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David.
1 Kings 13:2
New International Version (NIV)
2 By the word of the sovereign Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’”
1 Kings 14:8
New International Version (NIV)
8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David (he who is well pleasing), who kept my human rights commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was human right in my eyes.
2 Kings 17:21
New International Version (NIV)
21 When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the sovereign Lord and caused them to commit a great commercial sin (transgression against Kings law).
Royal Imperial Grandmaster KSS
2 Samuel 3
New International Version (NIV)
3 The intellectual war between the house of Saul (Rome) and the house of David (Ethiopia) lasted a long time until the END of the Piscean Age. David grew stronger and stronger intellectually, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker commercially (insolvent).
1 Samuel 19:11
New International Version (NIV)
11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”
1 Samuel 20:16
New International Version (NIV)
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the sovereign Lord call David’s Jesuit (secret society of Jesus) enemies to account.”
2 Samuel 3:6
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Abner Goes Over to David
6 During the intellectual war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul.
Isaiah 7:2
New International Version (NIV)
2 Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with Ephraim”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.
Jeremiah 21:12
New International Version (NIV)
12 This is what the sovereign Lord says to you, house of David: “‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the IMF oppressor the one who has been robbed under global IMF Apostasy, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil Jesuits have done—burn with no one to quench it.
Zechariah 12:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 “The sovereign Lord will save the dwellings of Judah (children of law-giver) first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.
Nehemiah 12:37
New International Version (NIV)
37 At the Fountain Gate they continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the site of David’s palace to the Water Gate on the east.
This
church is called Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church,
the church
of King Menelek of Ethiopia , (Abyssinia),the son of the Queen of
Sheba and King Solomon of Jerusalem .
This
church was founded by St.Phillip at the time he baptised the Etiopian eunuch,
Phillip went,and there he found "a man of Ethiopia ,
an eunuch of great authority under Candace the Queen of Ethiopians, who had the
charge of all her treasure,and had come to Jerusalem for to worship."
Psalm 30:1
New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 30
A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple of David.
1 I will exalt you, sovereign Lord (political master), for you lifted me out of the depths in global commerce (trade) and did not let my IMF enemies gloat over me.
Psalm 122:5
New International Version (NIV)
5 There stand the thrones for universal human rights judgement, the thrones of the house of David (he who is well pleasing).
Thanks for the Sovereign Lord (political master)
His Imperial Majesty's mercy endures Forever!
1 Chronicles 17:24
New International Version (NIV)
24 so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The sovereign Lord Almighty Human Rights Law=giver, the Elect of God the Father over Israel, is Israel’s Elect of God the Son!’ And the house of your servant (ambassador) David will be established before you.
2 Chronicles 10:19
New International Version (NIV)
19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
The
Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia:
founded by Emperor Menelik II when
King of Showa in 1879, and transformed into an Ethiopian Order in 1889.
Intended as an order of merit for military and civil services, particularly in
literature, the arts, sciences, agriculture, commerce and industry. Awarded in
five classes (1. Grand Cordon - limited to fifty ordinary recipients, 2. Grand
Officer - limited to one hundred, 3. Commander - limited to one hundred and
fifty, 4. Officer - unlimited in number, and 5. Chevalier - unlimited).
Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia) - The Order of the Queen of Sheba was originally instituted as a ladies order in 1922 in the Ethiopian Empire by Empress Zawditu
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International Version
A ruin!
A ruin! I an I will make it (Empire of Ethiopia - House of David) a ruin! It will not be restored until he comes to whom
it rightfully belongs; to him I will give it.'
for he whose human rights it is, is the divine human manifestation by due process of international human rights law, to fulfil Ethiopian prophecy and ABOLISH global IMF Apostasy
Ethiopian Royal Dynasty
After the rise of Christianity in
Ethiopia in the fourth
century, the Jews who refused to convert were persecuted and withdrew to the
mountainous Gondar
region where they made their homes for more than 2000 years.
In the tenth
century, they rose against the Axum dynasty
led by Queen Judith who overthrew the "negus" (king) and sought to
eradicate Christianity throughout the country. She is not forgotten to this
day. Later, with the establishment of a new royal dynasty, the Jews of Ethiopia
enjoyed great influence for some 350 years often acting as the balance of power
between the Muslims and Christian forces.
The return to power of the
ancient Axum dynasty in 1270, marked the
beginning of 400 years of war and bloodshed which ended in the 17th century
with the final end of Jewish independence.
After the final battle when the
Jewish forces were finally defeated "Falasha men and women fought to the
death from the steep heights of their fortress...they threw themselves over the
precipice rather than be taken prisoner. (Christian
Ethiopian Chronicles)
The Jews now faced years of suffering, their lands were
confiscated, and for a period were forbidden the practice of their religion.
The wars, the bloodshed and the glory were over, but persecution in various
forms continued.
Messianic Symbol
A
Messianic Seal from the Christian church in ancient Jerusalem has been rediscovered after 2,000
years. This ancient symbol was found on Mount Zion .
It is believed to have been created and used by the Jewish believers who called
themselves Nazarenes in the first Messianic Church.
It
consists of three separate but integrated symbols: a menorah at the top, a star
of David in the middle, and a fish at the bottom. In each of the renditions of
the three-part symbol the star is created by interlacing the stand of the
menorah with the tail of the fish.
Christian
interpretations
The
Queen of Sheba is believed to be the Queen of the South referenced in Matthew
12:42 and Luke 11:31 in the New Testament, where Iyesus indicates that she (church)
and the Ninevites (repentant ones) will universally judge the generation of Iyesus'
contemporaries who rejected His Imperial Majesty’s Second Advent.
Christian
interpretations of the scriptures mentioning the Queen of Sheba in the Hebrew
Bible, the Old Testament, typically have emphasized both the historical and
metaphorical values in the story.
The
account of the Queen of Sheba is thereby interpreted by Christians as being
both a metaphor and an analogy: the Queen's visit to Solomon has been compared
to the metaphorical marriage of the Church to Kristos (Christ) where Solomon is
the anointed one or the messiah and Sheba represents a Gentile population
submitting to the (Ethiopian) messiah; the Queen of Sheba's chastity has also
been depicted as a foreshadowing of the Virgin Mariam; and the three gifts that
she brought (gold, spices, and stones) have been seen as analogous to the gifts
of the Magi (gold, frankincense, and myrrh).
The
latter is emphasized as being consistent with a passage from Isaiah 60:6; And
they from Sheba
shall come: they shall bring forth gold and incense; and they shall show forth
the praises of the Lord. This last connection is interpreted [who?] as relating
to the Magi, the learned astronomers of Sheba who saw a new star and set off on
a journey to find a new ruler connected to the new star, that led them to
Bethlehem (House of bread - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Faith.
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