Ras Tafari Renaissance

Greetings in the name of His & Her Imperial Majesties Qedamawi Haile Sellassie I & Itege Menen Asfaw,

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So, with this Hebrew Shabbot(or Sabbath day) if those who actually open up their Bibles to read in a Jewish/Hebrew cycle of readings, & thoroughly discern, nonetheless studied either the Torah portion of W(V)ayeileḥ-וַיֵּלֶךְ , from the Jewish or Hebraic Calendar in the year 5776 year, this Sabbath day, (as the Hebraic year comes to a close) would probably be accounted for as the 5th-ה, & the 6th-ו, day of the Hebrew month of the month of Tisreïתִּשְׁרִי.  (the Hebrew Calendar corresponds to a Lunar cycle of the Moon) From an Ethiopic-Christian perspective and calculation these readings from the Scriptures would align to what is known also as, Musæy’m Hæydo-ሙሴም ሄዶ.  This would calculate as the 7th-፯, & the 8th-፰, of the month of Mäskäräm-መስከረምThe Ethiopic calendar is solar (with its correspondence to the Sun) aligns to this Sabbath (or Senbet-ሰንበት) in the Ethiopian language of Amharic, which is currently one of the languages of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church(the other language being Ge’ez-(ግእዝ).

Readings:

Deuteronomy 31: 1-30

Isaiah 55:6 – 56:8

Romans 10: 14-18

In this added installation of the Sabbath readings for this week; Moses prepared the children of Israel to go into the Land of Promise.  Moses, being an hundred and twenty years old, knew that the time had come when God said that he would not cross the Jordan(river).  Because, he did not sanctify God, at the waters of Meribah, he would go to sleep with his fathers, instead of enter into the Promised Land.  Moses is instructed to charge Joshua ben-Nun(the son of Nun) to lead the people in the ways God had commanded them.

[Deut. 31: 1-8]

The Three Faces of Moses _ [painting done by Yitzchak Yehudah (1969)]
The Three Faces of Moses _ [painting done by Yitzchak Yehudah (1969)]

Moses then, wrote the words of the Law, and had them placed into the Ark of the Covenant by the priests(ie. the Levites) and all the elders of Israel.

[Deut. 31: 9]

"Ark of the Covenant" _ relief at the Cathedral of Auch; in France
“Ark of the Covenant” _ relief at the Cathedral of Auch; in France

{the words of the LAWTorah, were placed inside the Ark of the Covenant, along with the “Budded” Staff of High Priest Aaron(Moses’ brother), and the manna, which the God of the Hebrew people-El Elohe Israel, gave to the children of Israel in the wilderness}

wayelech - parsha [ark of the covenant]

He also instructed the children of Israel to set apart the Seventh Year as the “Year of Release”(or the Shemittah-שמיטה), during the time of the Feast of Tabernacles/Booths/Ingathering(ie. Sukkot-סֻכּוֹת), all of Israel should come to hear the Law, to call it to their remembrance for their following generations to know and obey.

[Deut. 31: 10-13]

Sukkot's Four Species _ art attributed to the works of hebrew4christians.com
Sukkot’s Four Species _ art attributed to the works of hebrew4christians.com

Moses brought Joshua in the presence of all Israel to bless him, give him his charge, where God was present with them.  For God knew that the children of Israel would turn away from the ways that they were taught.

[Deut. 31: 14-30]

Moses Charges Joshua to Lead Israel Over Jordan _ painting by James J. Tissot
Moses Charges Joshua to Lead Israel Over Jordan _ painting by James J. Tissot

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