VOLUME I

PRELIMINARIES ARE THE ABCs OF THE BIBLE:

WE ARE ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE

Fourth Edition
Revised and Expanded
Additional Maps and Figures
Updated Supplemental Questions
For Each Chapter, At The End Of The Book

Forward by Dr. Cain Hope Felder,
Professor at Howard University,
Director of Biblical Institute for Social Change (BISC),
Editor of The Original African Heritage Study Bible

Publishers: The Faith of Jesus Center and The People of Color Training and Research Institute

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Second printing by Book Crafters (Sheridan Books) in 1993.
Third printing in 2008 by Express Printing.

10 digits ISBN 0-9640-3660-6
Updated 13 digits ISBN 978-0-9640366-0-4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION…………………………………………………………………1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……………………………………………………………………………..5
FORWARD ……………………………………………………………………………………………..8
PREFACE ……………………………………………………………………………………………….9
List of Figures …………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
List of Maps …………………………………………………………………………………………….14
INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………………….15
CHAPTER 1: ADAM AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN …………………………………………..20
INTRODUCTION TO THE FOUR RIVERS ………………………………………………………..21
THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS …………………………………………………………………………. 21
THE FOUR RIVERS ……………………………………………………………………………………24
THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE FLOOD WERE GIANTS ………………………………………….29
WHO ARE THE SONS OF EL-O-HIM (GOD)? …………………………………………………31
WILL EL-O-HIM (GOD) HAVE A PERFECTED PEOPLE? ……………………………………31
WHO ARE THE 144,000? ………………………………………………………………………….33
THE FULLNESS TIME…………………………………………………………………………………35
COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE ………………………………………………………………. 34
HOW HAS YHWH BEEN TESTING HIS PEOPLE? ………………………………………….. 36
YHWH’S LIVE RAW FOOD AND ITS EFFECT ON HIS PEOPLE …………………………. 36
CHAPTER 2: GENEALOGY OF HAM ……………………………………………………………37
THE LAND OF HAM / BLACKS / KMT ……………………………………………………….. 38
THE SONS OF NOAH …………………………………………………………………………….. 39
THE SONS OF HAM ………………………………………………………………………………. 42
MIZRAIM ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 42
THE PHILISTINES …………………………………………………………………………………. 45
WHERE DID THE LAW OF MOSES COME FROM? ……………………………………….46
PHUT (PUT) ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 47
CHAPTER 3: GENEALOGY OF CUSH ……………………………………………………….. 50
AN ETHIOPIAN SAVES JEREMIAH THE PROPHET …………………………………….. 52
ETHIOPIA, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN NATION ……………………………………………… 54
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA ……………………………………………………………………….. 55
SHINAR (SUMER), THE FIRST POST FLOOD KINGDOM …………………………… 59
NEW WORLD ORDER …………………………………………………………………………61
CLASSICAL AFRICAN EMPIRES …………………………………………………………….63
ONE WORLD ECONOMY ……………………………………………………………………67
NINEVEH ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
SOME KINGS OF BABYLON RESPECTED THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH……………… 70
CHAPTER 4: GENEALOGY OF CANAAN …………………………………………………71
HEBREW, A LANGUAGE OR A CANAANITE DIALECT? ……………………………. 73
THE SIDONIANS OF TYRE BUILT THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON ………………… .74
A ZIDONIAN BELIEVER HELPS ELIJAH …………………………………………………. 76
THE GREAT DEBATE ON THE HEBREW DIALECT …………………………………. ..77
THE HITTITES …………………………………………………………………………………. 78
THE CURSE OF CANAAN IS REALLY A BLESSING …………………………………… 79
THE SAMARITANS …………………………………………………………………………… 81
THE FIRST WOMAN EVANGELIST ……………………………………………………… 83
THE GOOD SAMARITAN ………………………………………………………………….. 85
THE MESSIAH TELLS HIS DISCIPLES TO PREACH IN JUDAH AND
SAMARIA FIRST …………………………………………………………………………….. 86
CHAPTER 5: THE ISRAELITES MARRY CLASSICAL AFRICANS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR …………………………………………………………………. 87
THE MARRIAGE OF ISRAELITES TO BLACK AFRICAN
EGYPTIAN SLAVES …………………………………………………………………………. 89
A SON IS BORN TO ABRAHAM BY A BLACK AFRICAN EGYPTIAN MAID….. 90
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEBREWS
AND ARABS? ……………………………………………………………………………….. 91
THE TWO SONS OF ISAAC, ESAU AND JACOB, BOTH MARRIED BLACK
CLASSICAL AFRICANS ……………………………………………………………………. 91
JACOB FATHERED FOUR TRIBES BY TWO BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICAN
MAIDS ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 93
THE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH TO A BLACK AFRICAN EGYPTIAN, PRIEST’S
DAUGHTER …………………………………………………………………………………. 95
JOSEPH’S TWO AFRICAN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN BECAME
TWO TRIBES ………………………………………………………………………………. 96
JUDAH’S MARRIAGE TO A BLACK CLASSICAL
AFRICAN CANAANITE …………………………………………………………………. 99
THE TRIBE OF JUDAH MARRY MANY BLACK
CLASSICAL AFRICANS …………………………………………………………………. 100
DAVID WAS REDDISH BROWN (RUDDY) IN COMPLEXI…………………….. 102
SOLOMON, THE SON OF DAVID …………………………………………………… 102
SOLOMON’S MARRIAGE TO MANY BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICANS………. 103
LEVI AND SIMEON CAPTURED BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICAN
CANAANITE WOMEN …………………………………………………………………. 104
THE MARRIAGE OF SIMEON TO A BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICAN …………. 104
THE LEVITES MARRIED BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICANS ………………………. 104
THE MARRIAGE OF MOSES TO A BLACK AFRICAN ETHIOPIAN PRIEST’S
DAUGHTER ……………………………………………………………………………….. 106
THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN MARRIED BLACK CLASSICAL AFRICANS ………107
THE HEBREWS ALWAYS FLED TO AFRICA ………………………………………. 110
JEREMIAH AND THE ISRAELITES FLED TO AFRICA …………………………… 110
CHAPTER 6: THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS ………………………………. 112
THE CYRENIANS ARE BLACK AFRICANS …………………………………………. 113
DID AFRICAN PROPHETS AND TEACHERS ORDAIN PAUL? ………………… 114
THE PEOPLE OF TYRE AND SIDON ………………………………………………… 114
THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL WAS CALLED A BLACK AFRICAN …………….. 115
JESUS (YESHUA), THE SON OF EL-O-HIM (GOD) …………………………….. 116
MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS (YESHUA) …………………………………….. 117
THE VIRGIN MARY AND HER SON JESUS (YESHUA) ……………………….. 118
CONFESSIONS FROM THE WHITE SOCIETY OF
BIBLICAL LITERATURE ……………………………………………………………….. 118
CHAPTER 7: HOW DOES GOD REACH PEOPLE OF COLOR? ……………… 120
CHRISTIANITY IN BLACK AFRICA …………………………………………………. 122
SLAVERY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ………………………………………… 123
CAN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS LEAD US TO THE MARK OF THE
BEAST? ……………………………………………………………………………………. 124
PERFECTING THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER THROUGH TRIALS ………….. 125
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………….. 129
Glossary ……………………………………………………………………………………135
Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………………136
Supplemental Questions (181 Questions) ……………………………………..138
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ……………………………………………………………….144
INDEX ……………………………………………………………………………………….152