Reflections and challenges to 90 years of the Coronation

Unity is Strength

By Ras Francisco Simeón*

Greetings in the Divine Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who on this day has revealed himself to us in the Wonderful Personality of H.M.I. Haile Selassie I.

Greetings through the Orthodox faith, which is not a faith of writings or rites, votes or laws, but an internal function of the heart, acquired through a mystical incorporation, or unit in one, in simple words to be born again.

Greetings through the Twelve Tribes of Israel, once lost and scattered abroad, but it was founded on the island of Jamaica from 1968 By Our Beloved Prophet Brother Gad, and now it works internationally.

Greetings also through the Ethiopian Royal House of David which is now represented by Our Beloved Crown Prince Zere Yacob Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie I. We pray for the Restoration of the Crown of Jah's anointed.

The day 2 November 1930 at St. George's Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia fulfills biblical prophecies where God promises through Jacob (Israel) in genesis 49:10

“The scepter of Judah will not be taken away,
Nor the legislator between his feet,
Until Siloh comes;
And to him the peoples will be gathered. "

Thus the descendant number 225 of the first Ethiopian Emperor Menelik I -Son of King Solomon of Israel with Empress Makeda of Saba (Ethiopia)-, is crowned at this time fulfilling the unalterable word of the most high. further, as a great example for the new generations, the Emperor demands to be crowned together with Empress Menen Asfaw giving a sign of perfect balance in human creation.

Many were the works and contributions of the Reign of Haile Selassie both in the political sphere, when creating the first constitution of the Empire, as in education, technology, industry, roadworks, etc, to take Ethiopia to a new level of development. He was also a founding member of the League of Nations (actual ONU) and the Organization for African Unity.

In these difficult times is when We must learn more diligently and cautiously what His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I taught us in his great example of fighting to Unify Africa, to achieve - like Rastafari in Latin America and the world- build a United congregation that allows us to build and develop a Rastafari Nation with strong foundations and autonomy at the local and global level. All under the precepts, principles and values ​​that Their Majesties as anointed Kings of God show us, leaving behind, or rather give us the time and space to understand and respect our dogmatic differences that each mansion defends, being precisely this point the one that gives us the diversity and freedom in our beautiful nation.

Facing the next centenary in the next decade, we have the great challenge of the Unit, where we can even use the means that this pandemic has given us to be better intercommunicated between all Rastafarian houses and associations., meetings that have already been held with a large audience and with very positive results, create support networks between the different houses within Latin America, maintaining contact with the headquarters in Jamaica but developing the work from the reality and the perspective that each place has, be it geographical, culturally or socially.

Education, como S.M.I. always highlighted, is a key issue in these times of confusion. Generate spaces, Projects, libraries, programs that allow openly and transparently to deliver the necessary tools to build those solid foundations of Rastafari faith and livity, both in the studies of the teachings of S.M.I. Haile Selassie and Empress Woizero Menen found in their selected speeches, autobiographies, etc. As well as the valuable testimony of our elders elders Of all the mansions that preserve the original wisdom and faith, as well as the Biblical Sabbath studies that both H.M.I. Haile Selassie I as Marcus Garvey always promoted to find the truth for ourselves.

It is then brothers and sisters of Chile, Latin America and the world, the moment to fight for our Unity and mutual support in what we have in common, Rastafari.

“The temple of the Highest begins in the human body, which houses our life, essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through Religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors.. We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of principles, human-created rules and rituals that are supposed to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, politics, divide and a tool for the struggle for power. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It's just a way of life, pure and original as given by the Highest. Spirituality is a connection that unites us to the Highest, to the universe and to each one. How the essence of our existence includes our culture, True identity, nationality and destination. A people without a nation of their own can really be called a person without a soul.. Africa is our nation and it is in spiritual and physical slavery because its leaders are turning outside of themselves for solutions to African problems when all that Africa needs is within it.. When virtuous African people unite, the whole world will unite. This is our divine destiny” – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia.

And Yes, One Purpose and One Destiny.
A Perfect Love for everyone

*Supervisor of the Remnant of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in Chile.