THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

“Greetings in the Most Precious & Divine Name of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ who has in this day revealed Himself to us in the Wonderful Personality of H.I.M. Haile Selassie I.

Greetings through the Orthodox Faith, not a faith of writs or rites, vows, nor laws, but an inward function of the heart, acquired through a Mystical Incorporation, or Unity in One, in plain words to be Born Again.

Greetings through the Twelve Tribes of Israel, which was once lost and scattered abroad, but has now been founded on the island of Jamaica since 1968 by Our Beloved Prophet, Brother Gad, and now functioning internationally!

Greetings also in the Ethiopian Royal House of David now being represented by Our Beloved Crown Prince Zere Yacob Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie I. We pray for the Restoration of the Monarchy! Selassie I!

This is the official Greeting of the Twelve Tribes of Israel...

What comes next is an introduction about the Twelve Tribes of Israel, with information gathered from different sources, that will grow in time as knowledge will expand.

ISTORY

The Twelve Tribes Of Israel, also known as (TTOI) was founded on February 25, 1968 by Doctor Vernon Carrington, also known ass Prophet Gad, who resided at Davis Lane in Trench Town, Jamaica. This Mansion emerged from his heart after being inspired by reading the Ible from Genesis to Revelation a chapter a day. This method of studying the Ible later became one of the pillars of the mansion.

Gad began keeping meetings in Trench Town seeking the first Twelve Brethren and Twelve Sistrens to become the executive Body of the Twelve Tribes Of Israel. Sister Vie or Sister Dinah, Prophet Gad's wife played a positive role in supporting him on this journey, and presently she still retains the post of Sis Dinah after more then forty years. Brother Dan 1st Chambers remains as an original Executive member. Prophet Gad also had overseers called “”shepherds” that watch over the Tribes when he was not present. There are 49 Executive Members who each hold a "seat on the bench." The 49 is comprised of 12 First Brethren and 12 Second Brethren, 12 First Sistren and 12 Second Sistren, and Sister Dinah, who represents Dinah, daughter of Jacob. Altogether, they split into Twelve Tribes, each one standing for a Tribe of Israel, a month, a color, a body part, and an apostle of Yahshua.

The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the most liberal of the Rastafari mansions, compared to the Nyahbinghi and Bobo Shanti Orders which have more principles to abide by in the Livity.
Prophet or Brother Gad, taught about the Iception of All for One and One for All, and that there can be no failure in operating in that manner. The TTOI hold the faith that salvation is for people of all races within Rastafari. Because of this we will find more people from different nationalities being a member of this group. Also there are more members from city areas whereas Nyahbinghi and Bobo Shanti are more country type of Rastafari living in nature. The Twelve tribes Israel are therefor very suitable for the modern city type of Rastafari.
Because the Twelve Tribes of Israel is Rooted in the Ethiopian Orthodox Faith, it could also be easier for people of the other Christian religions to identify with InI because of the similarities in faith.
Twelve Tribes of Israel are very civil to the Sisters giving them equal rights and high positions in the hierarchy of the Mansion living up to His Majesties teachings by giving the woman of Ethiopia more freedom and education and also expressing this by braking with Ethiopian tradition that the King and Queen were crowned separately, insisting that they would be crowned together, also having Her Majesty as a close adviser.
The Mansion is a good example of equal treatment of sexes, races and ages, and equality on the basis of faith or religion. The focus of worship can be in the church or within the homestead.

THE TRHEE STAPLES

These are three main staples in the faith of TTOI.
-We advocate for the realization of Emperor Haile Selassie I’s visions and teachings.
-Call on one and all to read the Bible one chapter a day,
- Work for the restoration of the Monarchy in Ethiopia and the Repatriation of the diasporans to Africa and forward to the New Yerusalem in Ethiopia.

Through the first staple, The Twelve Tribes of Israel find deep Raspect for Emperor Haile Selassie I try to live by the teachings of His Majesty. He gave clear guidelines to live by through His Speeches and Utterances and always taught to live by the teachings of the Ible and Yesus Kristos.
Because of this, aspects of this mansion resemble more to Ethiopian Orthodox Faith as this is the Church His Majesty belonged to.

The second staple gives InI more insight in to the Ible, as reading the Ible one chapter a day gives ones more time to reflect on what is actually being written. Instead of being in a rush to read it, reading past crucial details. The Ible teaches InI that Yes-us Christ is the only way to salvation and that the first thing we must do is realize that we are all sinners, and then we must realize that Yahshua sacrificed himself to save us from all of our sins: and that YAH ‘s plan for salvation is: We are a sinner. Therefore, unless we have faith in Yahshua, we wont reach Zion. If we believe in Yahshua as our crucified, buried, and risen Savior, we receive forgiveness for all of our sins and His gift of eternal salvation by adherence of faith.

The third staple of the Mansion is working towards the restoration of the ancient monarchy in Ethiopia. Twelve Tribes of Israel hold the faith that the direct descendants of King David are rightfully to be seated on the Throne of David. As stated in the Ible that the scepter or throne will never depart from David. In general TTOI don’t hold the faith that His Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I is the second coming of Christ as He is not sitting on the throne in this present time, without all the prophecies about the Christ being fulfilled. So therefore it must be for a future King of Ethiopia sitting on the restored Throne of King David in Ethiopia. For this to happen the monarchy must first be re installed, and is therefore one of the main missions for the Twelve Tribes of Israel, to work towards this restoration.

EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I’S DIVINTY

Emperor Haile Selassie I is commonly seen as a divinely anointed King in the lineage of King David and King Solomon. While he is seen as a type of representation of The Messiyah in his Kingly Character, He is not seen as Yahshua the Messiyah/Yesus Kristos himself, but a representative of the everlasting Davidic covenant, which is to be fulfilled by The Messiah Yahshua/ I-Yesus Kristos when he returns as The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Yahuda.

Another view point that sometimes accompanies the one mentioned above is that H.I.M. is the embodiment of (or is) "The Comforter" spoken of by Yahshua in John 14:26: "...the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
As stated, some believe Emperor Haile Selassie I was a physical, (symbolic) embodiment or manifestation of the Holy Spirit, or the one who will be "sent in my name" and "bring all things into remembrance." This is backed up by the fact that His Majesty was crowned as Haile Selassie (literally "Power of the Trinity), Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Yahuda, Defender of the (Christian Othodox) Faith, and came from the same Root as Christ (Root of David). Also, elsewhere in Scripture Yahshua says that the Comforter will "come in my Father's name" ('Power of the Trinity') and will "Glorify my name" (Emperor Haile Selassie I was obviously a devout Christian, and has done much to glorify Yahshua’s name).

as Twelve Tribe Members are to seek out the truth for Iself opinions differ about this and there are some TTOI who believe that Haile Selassie is YAH or Yahshua.
the Prophet's teachings are not forced on InI.

Gad himself held the faith that Christ will reincarnate again and again, as long as there is an Emperor who is a descendant of Emperor Haile Selassie I.

YSRAYL

Although opinions differ about this subject, it is acknowledged that there is certainly a bond with the house of Ysrayl through the unification of Queen Makeda of Ethiopia and King Solomon and that through this unification the Throne of David moved from Ysrayl to Ethiopia and because of this, the people of Ethiopia became a physical part of Ysrayl. Therefore naturally Ethiopians can see themselves as part of the original Twelve Tribes of Ysrayl.
But when it comes to the views as to who the ancient Ysraylites or Hebrews were physically before they came to Ethiopia is less clear as there are different opinions. The TTOI see being a part of Ysrayl more of a spiritual connection then a physical one, and therefore maybe have an open opinion about this.
Some Twelve Tribe members will say the Jews as they are known today were in fact the ancient Ysraylites, while others say that the ancient Ysraylites, the Priests, Prophets and Kings of the Bible were African to begin with.

DIFFERENCES WITH OTHER TIRIBES

The Twelve Tribes of Israel are somewhat different within the faith of Rastafari,
By having other view points then the other mansions of Rastafari namely Nyahbinghi and the Bobo Shanti, although there is more acceptance in these days, there has been some distance between the tribes because of this.

The Main Difference being the divinity of His Majesty and talking about being saved by Jesus Christ (Being the basic belief of the Christian religion). Regarding His Majesty a King with the Character inspired by Christ, exulted exceedingly, but not regarded as the Christ or YAH Himself. While the Other Mansions do have firm faith in this.
Also many Twelve Tribes Of Israel pray towards the north instead of the East like other Rastafari.
Prophet Gad said “whosoever wants, may come”, and rather then deal with race, he spoke of the whole humanity being the decedents of Noah’s three sons: Ham, Shem and Japheth. Therefore all are welcome and all are brethren, there is no racial discrimination. While the other mansions are more careful about letting ones into their midst.
Prophet Gad reminded other Rastafari that women stood next to man as equals and were therefore represented in that manner by giving them equal positions in the Mansion. Although there is a lot of mention about Mama Africa and Queen Omega, women are less involved in the rites of the other Mansions, or at least treated different then men in the traditional patriarchy of Rastafari. In Twelve Tribes, women had important roles and positions (in likeness of His Majesty who also gave more Importance to the role of woman).
Prophet Gad taught that faith was not of writs or rites, and therefore there was no doctrine of race, sex, food, hair, smoking or holidays... being saved by adherence of certain practices was optional. The other mansions have stricter principles that
Prophet Gad taught that marriage was good and important for raising families, and that traditional burials were not a problem because man is of the flesh. These are things that the other Mansions always avoided as this represented a way of life that was part of the babylon system.
Prophet Gad not having Dreadlocks was also something criticized by other Rastafari. As Gad argued, there is no place in the Ible that says that we must all dread our hair (only the ones who live by the Nazarene vow). When Dreadlocks is seen as having great importance for All Rastafari by the other Mansions.

These are some of the main differences between Twelve Tribes of Israel and the other mansions, and therefore are a bit apart from the other Mansions, making it a bit more difficult to find InIty with All Mansions.

There are reasons that Twelve Tribes members get Love by the other mansions. Namely because of adherence to to Ible, because within Rastafari All Mansions use the Ible as a book for reference. So Even though the Twelve Tribes of Israel regard Jesus Christ or Yahshua differently than other Mansions, there is a deep Istorical Bond.
Twelve Tribes of Israel also follow the teachings of His Majesty Haile Selassie I, and no Rastafari can wisely say something against that.
It is also recognized by the other mansions, that although there are different teachings from their own, people are still better of with a Rastafari version of Christianity, then with the other Christian religions.

That the TTOI was not fully accepted by the other Mansions, was clear to see in the fact that TTOI usually did not get invited to the gatherings that were organized by the other Rastafari Mansions. But latest reports indicate that Twelve Tribes of Israel are indeed being invited to these Gatherings now. So there is a growing acceptance between the mansions in this time.

From an interview with Gad himself:
Question: The Twelve Tribes of Israel is seen as closer to Christianity than other Rastafarian groups. Is there a basic difference in the doctrine?
"Yes there is a basic difference because we see Christ, and that he died and rose again, and that he died for our sins, we see Him as a person. So that is, you know, a different teaching, because there are not many that see this teaching, that Christ is a person."

PROPHET GAD

Vernon Carrington used to be a member of the Jamaican chapter of the Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. At some point he realized that he was the reincarnation of Gad, one of the original sons of Ysrayl, and that his duty was to reunite the lost Twelve Tribes.
He proceeded to read a chapter a day from of the Ible, Gad began to live his life in a different way, attracting attention from everyone around. When he was bothered about his new actions, he kept telling people to read a chapter of the Ible a day, and that they would see if what he was doing was right or wrong. He began to gain followers, but instead of declaring his way of life a new religion, he claimed to be just trying to bring all Rastafari together and prepare InI for repatriation.

Prophet Gad was influenced by a few religions, mainly Christianity, Christian Science, Theosophy, Unity, Judaism, and Rastafari. He left the EWF but organized the Twelve Tribes in similar terms, such as Executive Bench, collecting dues, "bodies" such as Sewing, Food, Music, etc.

One thing Vernon Carrington has said was that left was right and right was left, meaning the true meaning of things was twisted and reversed. In other words, what we know to be true is really a lie - good being evil and evil being good.

Prophet Gad is regarded by his faithfuls as the angel in Revelation 7:2. "And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four Angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea."

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head." - Deuteronomy 33:20

Some quotes from Prophet Gad:

"I was being converted in 1961 and I read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation twice. But I was being sent, I was called and sent, resurrected and sent to do this work and when I read the Bible I strongly see that there is a gap that is there to be filled and I believe that I am one of them that send to do it Do the work."

"Well, His Majesty won't be the final king, cause he is not here now, and we have other kings to come, right, so, as for me, I strongly believe, that the monarchy will establish, when, due time."

"We read in the Bible that out of one blood all nation, so it would be wrong for us to say only one race, we wouldn't survive that way, God make all of us, so, that is where I stand."

"There is not a hair doctrine. You see, by grace through Christ, so hair can't save you."

CALENDAR

This is a table that Gad Man made sometime after he realized that he was the incarnation of the Prophet Gad, he had a vision that led to the formation of this table. It resembles astrology, with people being assigned to different tribes and attributes depending on whichever month they were born. It is based on the Hebrew calendar. As such the year begins with April or the Tribe Reuben. The beginning of the year starts with the first moon and then to the next (ie. the next lunar month) is Simeon and so on. We have to look up the moons in the year we were born to find out which tribe ones are in. Sometimes we can be born in a certain month but through the lunar calendar turn out to be from a different tribe.

BRANCHES

The Mansion has twenty four houses in twenty two countries; Jamaica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Australia, New Zealand, England (Manchester & London), Barbados, Sweden, Suriname, Cayman Islands, USA (New York& California), St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Kenya, Germany and Guyana. There are about 700.000 members although this is not Ifirmed.

MEMBERSHIP

How does one become a member?
TTOI doesn't focus on getting bigger so much through social media, there is no official website where ones can apply. Sometimes we organize Reggae Showcases where people can get in touch with ini. We mainly focus on the community that we have formed in the different counties, aiming to become stronger and more organized.
The first step is acceptance by the Tribe members of the branch one is submitting to, because they have the authority to not allow people that might pose anything but a positive vibe to the community. People aren’t just allowed to join up. The house in your town must be in a time when they are accepting new members.
Once accepted into the house, the new member is assigned the astrological-type tribe to which one belongs depending upon what month one is born. Then one is required to "pay dues" and "do the work" The paying of the dues is simple and inexpensive. There is an entrance fee of $2 and 20cent is due each week. A separate get together is held weekly where refreshments are sold for fund-raising, but everyone has to put in their 20cent whether or not they buy the food and drinks. There is music and dancing, with Reggae artists who belong to the house providing entertainment.

Prominent members in the Twelve Tribes of Israel are, Members of the Ethiopian Royal Family, Bob Marley and other big Reggae artists like Israel Vibration, Dennis Brown, Ijahman Levi and many more.

GATHERINGS

Every week there is a gathering in which members can reason with each other, there are also other separate festival like gatherings organized.
The gatherings move locations, but are primarily held at what is called the "HQ," the place of centralization for the members of each house, they generally have a duration of 3-4 hours. Each one starts out with a prayer. Basically its the Apostle’s creed with a the calling on His Majesties name "YAH Rastafari!" at the end of it. Then we sing a few hymns. InI songbook is called "Redemption songs: 1,000 Hymns and Choruses". Next is a session of Ible readings by a few brethren, called the Devotion. We always start with the same Ible reading, chapter 37 from the book of Ezekiel. Then ones take turns Testifying, telling the assembly what they think about YAH, Ras Tafari, Yesus Kristos and other things within the livity. Then another song is sung as an introduction for the utterance about House Mail and Finances, which is to follow. At the closing of the gathering another Ible chapter is read, and "Blessed Be the Ties That Bind" is sung. Everyone faces North and says the closing prayer and sings the Ethiopian National Anthem. Together we Utter, "YAH Rastafari Haile Selassie I!" then once more which is then the Sealing of the Gathering.

REGGAE

Prophet Gad taught ones to spread the message of unity through music and so TTOI began to host stage shows and dances, and record Reggae artists. Reggae artists that are/were Twelve Tribes members or had an affiliation with them are:
Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Israel Vibration, Freddie McGregor, Judy Mowatt, Sister Carol, Mikey Dread, Fred Locks, Garnet Silk, Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser, Luciano, Junior Byles, Brigadier Jerry, Earl 'Bagga' Walker, Pablo Black, Junior Byles, Johnnie Osborne, Denroy Morgan, Morgan Heritage, Sugar Minott, Bob Andy, Ijahman Levi, Admiral Tibbet and more

Bob Marley was a prominent member of the Twelve Tribes, and their favourite performer. He was their "chief singer and player of music,"
Bob Marley came from the Tribe of Yowseph (Joseph), the eleventh of the biblical Ysrayl's twelve children (because he was born in February).
Bob Marley, by quoting a biblical passage about Yowseph (Joseph) on the album cover of Rastaman Vibration, was acknowledging his own support for the Mansion.

It must be said that Bob Marley Himself also felt being a part of the other the Mansions of Rastafari, as he also belonged to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and got many of his teachings from Nyahbinghi Elders.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Books besides the Scofield Reference Bible that are highly suggested to Twelve Tribes members are the King James Bible, The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, The Autobiography of His Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, to name a view.

PRINCIPLES

There is no fixed doctrine pushed upon the members, and are encouraged to find out things for themselves. Therefore it can be, that members within the Mansion have different opinions and faith than others.
Although Twelve Tribe of Israel Members are not directly really given a set of rules, we have some Guidelines or Principles that are Recommended.

-There is one strict Principle which is that We Must Love All Mankind.
The Prophet, Brother Gad, taught about the Iception of All for One and One for All, and that there can be no failure in operating in that manner.
-Prophet Gad says we have to find out if the things he says are correct by reading the Ible a chapter a day, as he did himself, and that we must follow Emperor Haile Selassie I, who has said that he was saved by the Blood of Christ, and not by his own character.
- A true Rastafari follows Rastafari.
-What one eats or not eats, is a matter of the heart, not of doctrine. The prophet practices the words of Yahshua, not to become like the Pharisees who say don't eat this, don't eat that.
-When Prophet Gad is asked about dreadlocks, and diet. He makes mention of the fact, that
scripture is not saying that we are saved by our hair, or by what we eat. We are saved
by grace alone, through the blood of Christ.
-Although Brother Gad does not wear dreadlocks himself, he does encourage that people do grow them. In this thing, he is following the Scriptural way. Having dreadlocks is wearing the mark of the Nazarene, ones who specially livicate their lives to YAH.
-Gad also encouraged ones to act as Princes and Princess and to carry themselves like Royalty.
- Besides these Guidelines we have the Ible which is filled with Guidance to abide by.

THEOLOGY

Although Twelve Tribe of Israel Members don’t have strict principles forced on InI we have a clear theology. What follows is a Theology from a Twelve Tribe Member so one can gain some more insight about how the Twelve Tribes Operate.

The Testimony of Bro Karl Naphtali Phillpotts:
What I Testify as My Understanding of the Growth and Development of the Theology and Faith of Rastafari and Followers of H.I.M Haile Selassie I. by Karl Phillpotts Naphtali.

1.We accept the Holy Bible, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22, as the inspired Word of The Most High, The Father of the Universe.

2.We accept that God is a Spirit, the Creative Word, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, for the Father seeketh such to Worship Him. (John4vs23-24)

3.We accept that man's body is the Temple of the living God, and therefore is His Chief instrument. (1Corinthians3v16, 6v19)

4.We accept and proclaim with all our heart, soul, mind and strength that Jesus, (known in our Hebrew tongue as Yeshua) who trod the earth 2000 years ago, is The Messiah, The Christ, The only begotten Son of The Father and The Saviour and Redeemer of Mankind. That He lived the perfect life and paid for our redemption from the curse of the Law, by His innocent blood (Hebrew 9 vs11-15, 22) And because no sin was found in Him, in that He was obedient to the Father even unto death, it was impossible to die, and the curse of the Law, to have dominion over Him. He therefore died for our sins and rose for our justification, laying down mortality and putting on immortality. And as such, being the first fruits of them that slept (Romans 5 v19) and restored to the original form that Adam was created, (i.e. immortal) it is Him Jesus who has fulfilled the seed that would come (Genesis 3 vs15) to bruise the head of the serpent, the devil, and will restore mankind to immortality and the Creation to perfection, in the Age to come. When he returns to overthrow the existing social, political, economic, and religious disorder and establish Gods Righteous Kingdom here on the earth (Daniel 2 vs44, Isiah 54 vs21-2). He will reign from the throne of David, from a New Jerusalem, and the resurrected Saints and the living Faithful will reign with Him as Kings and Priests upon the earth (Rev 5 vs10).

5. We accept that Until then, as the Scripture teaches, The Kingdom of God will remain in the hands of the Sons of David, (2nd Chronicles 13 vs5,8) to whom it was given by an everlasting Covenant, (Davidic Covenant, 2nd Samuel 7) as long as the Sun and Moon endure. This throne of God, established in the Royal House of David and King Solomon (2nd Chronicles 9 v 8) was transmitted to the Ethiopian Royal House via the Queen of Sheba who carried the Royal Seed from Solomon to Ethiopia.

6. The Kings of Ethiopia, descended from King David and King Solomon through Menelek 1 are therefore of Divine origin, meaning that their throne was established by The Eternal Himself, when the children of Israel asked for a King, mainly because with their `fleshy' minds they could not understand that the Eternal was their King. (1Samuel 8 vs1-9)(Psalms 10 vs16)(1Tim 1 v17)

7. We as Rastafari of the Twelve Tribes of Israel will never relinquish the Divinity of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie1. By this we mean that according to the anointing he has received, according to the Royal tradition, (1Samuel 16 vs12-13) the Spirit of The Most High rests upon H.I.M. and His Words are in his mouth and speaks by his tongue. (2ndSamuel 23 vs2-3) We accept His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I to be the 225th restorer of the Solomonic Dynasty. Therefore according to the Messianic Anointing he has received, His Imperial Majesty represents the Father and His Christ. We therefore hold that The Eternal Word, Manifested in Our Lord (Master) Jesus the Christ (Anointed) has been revealed to us the Rastafari brethren and sisters of the Twelve Tribes of Israel through the personality of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I.

We accept that God is a Spirit, and in the physical absence of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, that the throne, as promised, will continue in the hands of the sons of David UNTIL Shiloh comes. Let it be noted that as His Imperial Majesty has appointed Crown Prince Zere Yacob Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie I, (14th April1974) his successor to the throne of David, we accept that the throne is now in his hands. (See last two formal pronouncements of Emperor Haile Selassie I in Edward Ullendorff's Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol.22, 1977;pp209-210) And this Monarchy, wherever residing, will continue as a Light to the fact that the House of David will hold, preserve, and be custodians of this throne in the earth until Shiloh, comes.

9. We accept that the Scepter, that is, the Divine Authority to rule in God's stead or Custodianship of God's throne will not leave the House of Judah, Until Shiloh comes (Genesis 49 vs10). Kings from this House have come and have gone, but the one whose right it is (Shiloh) will be seated upon the throne from everlasting to everlasting, not temporarily or over a temporary dispensable Kingdom (St.Luke 1 vs31-32). This means that He that is to come will be the immortal King ruling eternally. He is the Lamb that was slain, (Rev 5vs 9-10) 2000 years ago in Jerusalem, and rose from the grave and He whom the Heavens must retain, ((Acts 3 vs 20-21) UNTIL the restoration of all things spoken of by the Prophets since the world began (Acts 3 vs 25-26). It is this same Jesus (Hebrew 13 vs8, Acts 1 vs11) the Lamb of God that was found worthy and is now seated at the right hand of the Father Until He Has put all enemies under His feet. It is He Jesus, the non-cohabited body of Christ who will inaugurate the Kingdom of God in the Age to come, the Millennium, the reign of Christ for a thousand years. His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I and the Royal House is the cohabited body of Christ who holds the throne until Shiloh comes.

10. We believe that what has been preached in the name of Christ and in the name of Christianity by most Churches, has too often been a doctrine about Jesus but not what Jesus taught. (Galatians 1 vs6-8). We believe that when the Roman and Greek mind took over the interpretation of the Scriptures, instead of the Hebrew mind, the world was deceived into believing in another Jesus, the image of a Greek god, rather than the historical Jesus, the Son of God. (Rev.12 vs9) Jesus was sent by His Father to proclaim or herald the Good News about the coming Kingdom of God to earth and that we were to repent and believe in this message for the Kingdom was at hand or near. (Luke 4 v43, Mark 1 vs14-15). When we accept this Word, this seed, this message, we conceive and new life, a new birth occurs in us, (born again) and `quickens' us towards immortality in the Age to come. It is in understanding and belief upon the Words that Jesus spoke that gives life, the seed of immortality. (Luke 8 vs11-12). And we must also accept that it is His blood that paid the ransom to open the gates of immortality once again as it was in the beginning before the fall of Man. So shall it be in the end, when all the Saints that sleep will be awakened, or resurrected with an immortal glorious body and the creation restored to its glorious state, as it was in the beginning (Philippians 3 vs20-21) (Acts 24 vs14-15, & 26 vs28-23)

11. Those who embrace this Faith that the Twelve Tribes of Israel waited earnestly for day and night, have the Faith of Abraham and all the prophets of God. Those are therefore the seed of Abraham and therefore inheritors of the promises made to Abraham. This is the Promise of a land - grant, not in the sky but right here on earth where the Meek shall inherit the land or earth. It is promised to the Faithful, IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, NATIONALITY, OR GENDER. These are the Israel of God, the New Israel. To them will be given the disputed land when Messiah returns. Those who have suffered for this faith in Messiah (Christ), in the regeneration, they will be given twelve thrones, Judging (administering) the 12 tribes of Israel. (Luke 22 v29-30)

12. Until then we believe that Ethiopia is our place of refuge, as Jacob took refuge in the tents of Ham. We accept the legitimate right of all African descendants to Repatriate to the land of our forefathers, Africa. The land given to us by our King in Shashamane should be developed to sustain ourselves during the Great tribulation. This is also part of the Holy Land.

13. We accept that as followers of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, (whose pre- coronation name was Ras Tafari) we MUST study and obey His teachings and follow his example and not the traditions, sayings of anyone which are contrary to his words or the Holy Bible. His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, Himself a follower of Jesus, and holding the title of Defender of the Faith and leader of the most ancient Christian Nation on earth, Ethiopia, has commanded us to: "arise with the spiritual zeal and earnestness which characterized the Apostles and early Christians and let us lead our brothers and sisters to Our Saviour Jesus, Who only gives life in its fullest sense". If we claim to love Him we should follow His example and Teachings.

14.We also declare the Prophet Gad as the Rastafari who pointed InI to the Holy Ible, The Historical Jesus, The identity of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, Jerusalem, Shashamanne Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Royal Family. Glory be to the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Blessed Love, Rastafari.