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The Black Heritage Bible
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“The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
(Psalm 87:2)
It is imperative for African-Americans to understand Zion, its origin and
its final establishment. This is necessary because Zion was originally black
men’s territory, specifically belonging to the sons of Ham. Let us therefore
take a historical look at Zion and God’s feelings toward Zion.
ZION
The first thing that needs to be noted is that Zion and Jerusalem refer to
the same city. In the time of Abraham this city was known as Salem. Salem
was the city of a Hametic King Priest called Melchizedek. The reader will
discover later in this book the evidence that Ham was the father of the
Black race, and his descendants were black, Melchizedek being one of these
descendants.
Melchizedek was representative of Jesus Christ on
earth before the Hebrew Levitical System was organized. This we can assume
for the following reasons: 1. He is called a Priest of the most High God,
before the Priesthood is organized. (Hebrews 7:1) 2. Jesus is made a Priest
like unto him, in the New Testament, and not unto Levite. (Hebrews 5:10)
These facts will be discussed later.
Zion was first called Jerusalem by the Canaanites.
The Canaanites were decedents of Canaan. Canaan was the Black son of Ham. It
was Canaan’s descendants along with those of his brothers that dominated
Palestine, Syria and Africa. Later, during the time of Samson and the
Judges, Zion was known as Jebus, home of the black race called the
Jebusites. It was from the Jebusites that David king of Israel later took
the city. The Prophet Samuel writes:
“6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take
away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David
cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion: the
same is the city of David.” (2 Samuel 2:6 & 7)
The Jebusites remained in the city after the conquest of David. They
intermarried with the Children of Israel and were quite at home with the
Kings of African descent that sat on the throne of David. This Black lineage
began with Saul who was of the tribe of Benjamin, and continued with David
himself. In fact according to the following verses, the taking of Black
Canaanite wives was very popular among “The Chosen People of God.”
“Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for
their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of
those lands.”
“Judges 3:5 5 And the children of Israel dwelt among
the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites: 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their God’s.”
Zion was the resting place for the Ark of Covenant,
and its name was immortalized when the name was applied to the city of the
Redeemed.
God was jealous for this predominantly Black city. He desired that Children
dance in the streets and that people of all races be represented there. He
loved Zion more than all other cities, not because God was partial, but
because God had ordained that from Zion, all men would come to know Him.
Zion was to send missionaries to the world at large,
pointing men to the true way of Yahweh, God of the universe. Zion was to be
the capital of the world, it was ordained to be the city of all men and all
races.
The prophets wrote the following concerning Zion.
“Psalms 76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in
Zion.”
“Psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the
whole earth, is mount Zion.”.
“Jeremiah 3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem
the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to
the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after
the imagination of their evil heart.”(KJV)
“2 King 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save
it, for mine own sake,”
Thus we see from the above quotations, that Zion is special to God, not
because David had established it, but Zion is God’s city. It was God’s city
during the time of Abraham when Melchizedek, the great Black Priest King
ruled there.
MELCHIZEDEK
According to the Bible, Melchizedek was a monarch who
had no beginning or end, no mother or father. This king was a representative
of God on earth. It was to Melchizedek that Abraham, Father of the Jews
brought his tithe and his offering. Melchizedek was regarded as an
anti-typical Jesus, and some scholars suggest that Melchizedek was Christ
Himself.
The Jews look with glee upon the Priesthood of Aaron.
It is with fond memories that they reflect upon the one through whom along
with his descendants God had ordained a system for salvation. This system
was imperfect but powerful, whereby the sinner, who strayed from God, could
find himself in right relationship with God. It was a system that came
revered the world over, and the whole nation was organized around this
Levitical system.
The system demanded that the sick or diseased before
they could be declared clean, must present themselves to the priest. The
king if he would be chosen must be anointed by the priest. The nation dared
not go to war, unless directed by God through the priest. This Levitical
Priesthood was indeed powerful, yet with all its power, it could not compare
to the Priesthood of the black king Melchizedek.
Melchizedek was an Amorite king. (Genesis 10) It was
he who ruled over the city of Salem. Salem of course, later became known as
Jerusalem, city of David. It appears that long before Salem became the City
of Jerusalem, it was the city of God. It may have been the city of God for
thousands of years before we first encounter it, because even though we have
no record of God choosing Jerusalem before the coming of the Israelites,
when the father of the Israelite’s was introduced to us in the book of
Genesis, he is presented as bowing before Melchizedek king of Salem, and
presenting to him his tithe.
This suggests that Melchizedek was far more powerful than Abraham. Yet, the
real power of the Priesthood of Melchizedek is not best represented in
Abraham bowing before him. The real power is demonstrated in the fact that
God ordains Jesus a Priest not after the order of the Jewish Priesthood, but
after the Hametic Priesthood of Melchizedek. These Black Amorites were
worshipers of the true God, because Melchizedek their king and Priest was
“Priest of the most High God,” Yahweh himself. Read what the Apostle Paul
states in his letter to the Hebrews:
“Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high
God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed
him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by
interpretation king of righteousness, and after that also king of Salem,
which is, king of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the
Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom
even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
Christ when he was on earth, made clear His feelings for Zion. He was fully
aware that the people of Zion would put Him to death, yet that did not
change His feelings towards this city.
Listen to the words of Jesus:
“MAT 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and
ye would not”
During those times when God was forced to bring
judgment upon Zion because its citizens refused to be the example God
required, God’s feelings never changed towards this predominantly Black
city.
The Prophet Zechariah wrote:
Zechariah 8:1 “Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 2
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,
and I was jealous for her with great fury.”
Furthermore, God’s plan was to return to Zion when His people came to their
senses. Consider the following passage:
Zechariah 8:3 “Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell
in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.”
Zion itself was originally given to the tribe of Benjamin when the land was
divided among the twelve tribes . It later passed to the tribe of Judah that
began as a tribe of Black descent through Judah and his Canaanite daughter
in law. This heritage continued through the numerous Canaanites and
Egyptians who married into the tribe and became the lineage through whom
King David and then Christ the Messiah eventually came.
It is important to note that all of Palestine at the
time of the Israelite conquest was Hametic and thus of black descent. It
stands to reason therefore, that wherever the Children of Israel settled and
did not drive out the inhabitants, as is indicated in the following passage,
the people and Israel became one.
Judges 1:21 “And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites
that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.”
Thus Benjamin co-habited with the Black race that dwelled in Salem. This is
fascinating when one considers that according to the ridiculous prophecy of
Noah, which is commonly taught by popular religious scholars today, the
Canaanites, unlike the other sons of Ham, were cursed. Yet these cursed sons
of Ham were the ones who ultimately became ancestor of Jesus Christ because
of their intermarriage with the Jewish people.
If one is to take the book of Judges seriously, it
may very well mean that by the time Christ was born, the Jews might have
lost totally their Shemite features, and looked more like the Canaanites,
and were considered Ethiopians as Homer and Herodotus were to write.
Consider the following passages from Judges 1 and 3.
“27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her
towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo
and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came
to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute,
and did not utterly drive them out.
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the
Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the
inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites
dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
Rehob: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of
the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she’mesh, nor the
inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-she’mesh and of Bethanath
became tributaries unto them. “
“Judges 3:1 1 Now these are the nations which the
LORD left, to prove Israel by them, 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines,
and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in
mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.”
  
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