Re: The Jerusalem Connection between Judah & Israel
I found the modern connection of the two Jerusalems in this news piece that is running as we speak or as I type this so to say!
So! This is not a myth but a reality we have to face! What an interesting coincidence?
Please read on and share your perspectives!
Thank you.
Ethiopian Consulate and Church
By ESTI KELLER
The former Ethiopian Consulate is one of the more memorable buildings on Rehov Hanevi'im. Its elegantly designed exterior features picturesque window settings and porcelain decorations, the most striking of which is the symbol of the Ethiopian royal family, a lion bearing a cross alongside an inscription in Ge'ez (the ancient Semitic dialect in which Ethiopian Christians pray) proclaiming "The Lion of Judah is victorious."
The impressive 90-room structure was erected on a plot of land purchased by the Ethiopian dynasty in the 1920s, at the suggestion of one of the country's noblewomen, who had recently returned from a visit to the Holy City. ( I think it was Impress Menen Haile Sellassie I)
However, the Ethiopian presence in Jerusalem dates back long before this, according to some sources to as early as the Byzantine period.
The city holds a special significance in Ethiopian tradition, which holds that the Queen of Sheba conceived a son with King Solomon upon visiting him in Jerusalem, who was called Menelik and became the founder of the Ethiopian royal dynasty.
According to this tradition, King Solomon presented the Queen of Sheba with the banner of Judah during her visit, thus establishing it as the symbol of the Ethiopian royal family.
In 1882, thanks to the generous investments of then Ethiopian Emperor Johannes IV, the Ethiopian community was able to construct the Kadne-Maharet (Covenant of Mercy) Church on what is now known as Ethiopia Street, right off Hanevi'im.
Today the church, along with the former consulate, are the landmarks by which the tiny Christian Ethiopian community, which inhabits the area between them, is identified.
Ethiopia was occupied by Italy from 1936-1941 and although the Italians attempted to gain ownership of Ethiopian property abroad, the building remained in Ethiopian possession. (Sign our soverignity is the New Jerusalem!)
It served as the Ethiopian Consulate from the establishment of the State of Israel until 1974, when Ethiopia severed diplomatic ties with Israel after a Marxist military coup took control of the country, deposing the last Ethiopian king, Haile Selassie I.
Although Ethiopian-Israeli diplomatic relations resumed in 1989, today the structure is divided into apartments and rented out. (We have to ask who is renting it? Remeber the fiasco in Addis where the tenants became fixtues?)
Belai FM Habte-Jesus
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:57:30 -0800 (PST)From: Belai FM Habte-Jesus
Dear Asrat and Dr Abebe Kebede and citizens of the New Jerusalem in the new Millennium!
Peace be upon you and peace and proserity for the Real Jerusalem- our beloved blessed Ethiopia!
Greetings and best wishes for all! May the New Millennium bring new future for all!
Thank you for your kind and inspiring message. Remember: Jerusalem is a consciousness and a construct of home for all of us!
For me, both the Jerusalem in the Miditerranean and the one at the mouth of the Red Sea our one and the same.
Perhaps, the one at the Red Sea Coast has and continues to be closer to the Spirit and Purpose of the real Jerusalem as our ancestor's dream of the spiritual and material home of Gods Kingdom on Earth.
Remember: the statement in the Scriptures; "Are you Israelis not as dear to me as my beloved Ethioiopians?" Imagine God saying this to the Jews and He did! will they get it?
So, Jerusalem is really all of us, with out pains and with our hopes for a greater people with destiny!
What ever is happening to Jerusalem in the Miditerranean, the One at the mouth of the Red Sea is what matters to me most, as it is the one that kept the promise!
Oh! My Jerusalem! Oh ! My people, come back to your senses to where you belong the home of the Lord, is what the Lord says to all of us in different parts of the Globe. I believe the New Millennium is a new opportunity to do that regardless of our dreams and expectations.
So, I say the New Millennium is time to revitilize that great hope and dream of the New Jerusalem that is our beloved and blessed Ethiopia.
With love and respect to all:
Here is my dream for my New Jerusalem that was written in January 2005 before the contentious elections, to share with all. I believe the message has a purpose as we are now exploring what is termed as "the Developmenal state". We cannot ignore this new elephant, we need to discuss it to death so that we do not have another failed experiment like the one called "revolution" that consumed every thing that was good about us as people and nation.
Now is the time to think, to dream and to year for the new Jerusalem!
Chairperson of Partners for Peace and Proseprity!
Our Passion is to succeed in creating win-win Partnership for Peace and Prosperity for All!
********************************************
1.Vision for a Prosperous Ethiopia; the New Jerusalem!
An Alternative Agenda for May 2005 Elections
By Belai Habte-Jesus
Objective: To design an alternative paradigm for a prosperous Ethiopia based on private ownership, transparency, accountability and good governance. To change the election paradigm towards real choice of direction for change.
Approach: Setting the agenda for 2005 elections by focusing on investment, ownership to eradicate poverty via change in policy and electoral system. The elections should be about choice.
Choosing change in direction. The elections should be about choice in direction. The current series of political arrangement be it fronts or coalitions both in government and opposition are leftovers of the Marxist Leninist left who do not have alternative vision from disaggregating the nations resources into ethnic, racial and linguistic differentiations that lead into poverty and dictatorship. The choice is between investment and poverty. This paper advocates for private ownership, rule of law, transparency, accountability and good governance as an alternative to the current scenario of all of the same old Marxism, Terror and Poverty all over again. Change is what is needed and all competition should about offering change.
Expected outcome: Vigorous discussion at intellectual, policy and political campaign towards rejecting poverty for ownership and investment. Challenging the current poverty ridden ideology and policy that does not trust nor respect its own citizens. Take back what are your land, property and citizenship into your hands for prosperity and good governance. Change from poverty, aid and hopelessness towards productivity, business and enterprises that attracts local and foreign investment.
Discussion: The left ideology of distributing poverty has reached its zenith of incompetence and need to be challenged once for all by productivity and competency. The political elites and cadres of the past 30 years have focused on ethnic based geographical localization that reminds one of the Apartheid eras of homelands of genocide and poverty.
Empowerment of the people. The current trend of dictatorship and outright terror of the fabric of our society has crippled the economy as well as the fabric of society towards hopelessness, crime and terror under the guise of liberation fronts of all sorts. All resources continue to be in the hands of few people in authority who do not know how to use the resources themselves nor allow others to utilize it. Instead, they continue to beg for IMF, World Bank and Bilateral donations while impoverishing their own citizens. Once land and resources are returned back to the people and are transacted with clear-cut legal process, the citizens can put them forward as collaterals for investment and development purposes.
Government and Business should be separated. The current conflict of interest where a party owns the whole country and behaves, as the landlord and tenant at the same time, denying citizens from productivity or legal competition will be changed as the good governance will demand transparency and accountability at all levels. The current poverty among plenty due to incompetent leadership will change as even the role of governance will be challenged and competent people will compete for every position in the country.
Conclusion
This paper looks at age-old patriotism, enterprise, productivity based competitiveness under the rule of law as the only option for a vision of prosperous Ethiopia. The notion that the farmer will sell all the land and migrate to the cities is a myth created to blunder the wealth of the nation towards both material and spiritual poverty. Who is really selling Badme and Ethiopian Red Sea Coast, the farmer or misguided communists?
Empowering the youth and our future. The youth who are not educated cannot be productively engaged. The fountain of the future are kept prisoners in their own homes and made criminals by a shortsighted philosophy of poverty. One can only get rid of poverty by productivity and investment. Land ownership and the ability to use it as collateral for business enterprises is the only solution of the current crisis. The May 2005 election should be about choice, poverty or prosperity, ownership or tenancy that leads to economic slavery.
The real question is are we prepared to charter a new paradigm for all of us! We cannot afford to let this generation pass withoug any contribution that is worth while.
My choice is to charter a 'Win-win synergestic partnership for sucess! Now! I trust readers will take the time to critically think and suggest some new approaches and that creates new opportunities. Is the New Developmental State part of a win-win synergestic partnership or the same old demonic revolution coming back with a new guise masquerading as a new vision. That is the challenge we have to face now!
With the advent of the New Millennium, we have another chance to charter a series of enterprises for a new beginning!
Thank you
Belai FM Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH
15 January 2005
gutaye@ncat.edu wrote:
Dear Asrat
I am not sure about the meaning of the email. But the subject line says it all.
Eventhough you sent an empty mail, I enjoyed reading Ethiopian names. I kow professor Isacc, I know Dr. Basliel, I know Banchi (my favorite of all), I know Dr. Balai, I know Wendim, interesting, what a small world.
You live in Telaviv. I want to know how my people are doing. Can you write something on our Alumni network ?
We Ethiopians are so much spread and we are growing up separately. We must create the platform for greater society of ethiopians. Whereever we are whatever we whatever we are made to believe about ourselves, the blessing (for some of us) or the curse (for others )of Ethiopia will always follow.
There is no way out. We might as well make the best of it.
Wondimh, Abebe, The bihre Chilalo Awraja, Kamerican
At 2:34 PM +0000 2/9/07, asrat begashaw wrote:
Asrat Begashaw Kirro
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Abebe KebedeAssociate Professor of PhysicsNC A&T State Universityhttp://hoth.ncat.edu/~michael/Tel: 336-256-2039Fax: 336-256-0815
Belai Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH
Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc; e-mail:globalbelai@yahoo.com; Telephone: 703 933 8737
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message, including any attachment(s), is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. .
Belai FM Habte-Jesus
Dear Asrat and Dr Abebe Kebede and citizens of the New Jerusalem in the new Millennium!
Peace be upon you and peace and proserity for the Real Jerusalem- our beloved blessed Ethiopia!
Greetings and best wishes for all! May the New Millennium bring new future for all!
Thank you for your kind and inspiring message. Remember: Jerusalem is a consciousness and a construct of home for all of us!
For me, both the Jerusalem in the Miditerranean and the one at the mouth of the Red Sea our one and the same.
Perhaps, the one at the Red Sea Coast has and continues to be closer to the Spirit and Purpose of the real Jerusalem as our ancestor's dream of the spiritual and material home of Gods Kingdom on Earth.
Remember: the statement in the Scriptures; "Are you Israelis not as dear to me as my beloved Ethioiopians?" Imagine God saying this to the Jews and He did! will they get it?
So, Jerusalem is really all of us, with out pains and with our hopes for a greater people with destiny!
What ever is happening to Jerusalem in the Miditerranean, the One at the mouth of the Red Sea is what matters to me most, as it is the one that kept the promise!
Oh! My Jerusalem! Oh ! My people, come back to your senses to where you belong the home of the Lord, is what the Lord says to all of us in different parts of the Globe. I believe the New Millennium is a new opportunity to do that regardless of our dreams and expectations.
So, I say the New Millennium is time to revitilize that great hope and dream of the New Jerusalem that is our beloved and blessed Ethiopia.
With love and respect to all:
Here is my dream for my New Jerusalem that was written in January 2005 before the contentious elections, to share with all. I believe the message has a purpose as we are now exploring what is termed as "the Developmenal state". We cannot ignore this new elephant, we need to discuss it to death so that we do not have another failed experiment like the one called "revolution" that consumed every thing that was good about us as people and nation.
Now is the time to think, to dream and to year for the new Jerusalem!
Chairperson of Partners for Peace and Proseprity!
Our Passion is to succeed in creating win-win Partnership for Peace and Prosperity for All!
********************************************
1.Vision for a Prosperous Ethiopia; the New Jerusalem!
An Alternative Agenda for May 2005 Elections
By Belai Habte-Jesus
Objective: To design an alternative paradigm for a prosperous Ethiopia based on private ownership, transparency, accountability and good governance. To change the election paradigm towards real choice of direction for change.
Approach: Setting the agenda for 2005 elections by focusing on investment, ownership to eradicate poverty via change in policy and electoral system. The elections should be about choice.
Choosing change in direction. The elections should be about choice in direction. The current series of political arrangement be it fronts or coalitions both in government and opposition are leftovers of the Marxist Leninist left who do not have alternative vision from disaggregating the nations resources into ethnic, racial and linguistic differentiations that lead into poverty and dictatorship. The choice is between investment and poverty. This paper advocates for private ownership, rule of law, transparency, accountability and good governance as an alternative to the current scenario of all of the same old Marxism, Terror and Poverty all over again. Change is what is needed and all competition should about offering change.
Expected outcome: Vigorous discussion at intellectual, policy and political campaign towards rejecting poverty for ownership and investment. Challenging the current poverty ridden ideology and policy that does not trust nor respect its own citizens. Take back what are your land, property and citizenship into your hands for prosperity and good governance. Change from poverty, aid and hopelessness towards productivity, business and enterprises that attracts local and foreign investment.
Discussion: The left ideology of distributing poverty has reached its zenith of incompetence and need to be challenged once for all by productivity and competency. The political elites and cadres of the past 30 years have focused on ethnic based geographical localization that reminds one of the Apartheid eras of homelands of genocide and poverty.
Empowerment of the people. The current trend of dictatorship and outright terror of the fabric of our society has crippled the economy as well as the fabric of society towards hopelessness, crime and terror under the guise of liberation fronts of all sorts. All resources continue to be in the hands of few people in authority who do not know how to use the resources themselves nor allow others to utilize it. Instead, they continue to beg for IMF, World Bank and Bilateral donations while impoverishing their own citizens. Once land and resources are returned back to the people and are transacted with clear-cut legal process, the citizens can put them forward as collaterals for investment and development purposes.
Government and Business should be separated. The current conflict of interest where a party owns the whole country and behaves, as the landlord and tenant at the same time, denying citizens from productivity or legal competition will be changed as the good governance will demand transparency and accountability at all levels. The current poverty among plenty due to incompetent leadership will change as even the role of governance will be challenged and competent people will compete for every position in the country.
Conclusion
This paper looks at age-old patriotism, enterprise, productivity based competitiveness under the rule of law as the only option for a vision of prosperous Ethiopia. The notion that the farmer will sell all the land and migrate to the cities is a myth created to blunder the wealth of the nation towards both material and spiritual poverty. Who is really selling Badme and Ethiopian Red Sea Coast, the farmer or misguided communists?
Empowering the youth and our future. The youth who are not educated cannot be productively engaged. The fountain of the future are kept prisoners in their own homes and made criminals by a shortsighted philosophy of poverty. One can only get rid of poverty by productivity and investment. Land ownership and the ability to use it as collateral for business enterprises is the only solution of the current crisis. The May 2005 election should be about choice, poverty or prosperity, ownership or tenancy that leads to economic slavery.
The real question is are we prepared to charter a new paradigm for all of us! We cannot afford to let this generation pass withoug any contribution that is worth while.
My choice is to charter a 'Win-win synergestic partnership for sucess! Now! I trust readers will take the time to critically think and suggest some new approaches and that creates new opportunities. Is the New Developmental State part of a win-win synergestic partnership or the same old demonic revolution coming back with a new guise masquerading as a new vision. That is the challenge we have to face now!
With the advent of the New Millennium, we have another chance to charter a series of enterprises for a new beginning!
Thank you
Belai FM Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH
15 January 2005
gutaye@ncat.edu wrote:
Dear Asrat
I am not sure about the meaning of the email. But the subject line says it all.
Eventhough you sent an empty mail, I enjoyed reading Ethiopian names. I kow professor Isacc, I know Dr. Basliel, I know Banchi (my favorite of all), I know Dr. Balai, I know Wendim, interesting, what a small world.
You live in Telaviv. I want to know how my people are doing. Can you write something on our Alumni network ?
We Ethiopians are so much spread and we are growing up separately. We must create the platform for greater society of ethiopians. Whereever we are whatever we whatever we are made to believe about ourselves, the blessing (for some of us) or the curse (for others )of Ethiopia will always follow.
There is no way out. We might as well make the best of it.
Wondimh, Abebe, The bihre Chilalo Awraja, Kamerican
At 2:34 PM +0000 2/9/07, asrat begashaw wrote:
Asrat Begashaw Kirro
1.
office tel +972-3-975-4096Fax +972-3-975-4097Mobile +972526651555Tel-AvivIsrael
New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes.
--
Abebe KebedeAssociate Professor of PhysicsNC A&T State Universityhttp://hoth.ncat.edu/~michael/Tel: 336-256-2039Fax: 336-256-0815
Belai Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH
Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc; e-mail:globalbelai@yahoo.com; Telephone: 703 933 8737
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message, including any attachment(s), is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. .
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Belai Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH
Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc; e-mail:globalbelai@yahoo.com; Telephone: 703 933 8737
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message, including any attachment(s), is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. .
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