“There appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.”
“And he laid hold on the ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”
– Revelation 12:3-5, 20:2-3
“As St. George who killed the dragon is the Patron Saint of our army as well as of our allies, let us unite with our allies in everlasting friendship and amity in order to be able to stand against the godless and cruel ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง which has newly risen and which is oppressing mankind.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1941; Selected Speeches, pages 338f.
“Scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐.
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord.”
– Psalm 68:30-32
“๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ in joy and thankfulness and revealing her happiness to her children.
This day, on which the people of Ethiopia are freed from oppressive foreign yoke and eternal servitude and on which I am enabled to rejoin my people, whom I love and have longed for, will be honoured as a holiday to be commemorated annually as a Great Ethiopian Anniversary.
On this day we shall remember those heroic warriors who, determined not to surrender the great charge passed on to them by their Father, became sacrifices, shedding their blood and breaking their bones for the freedom of the land they loved and for the honour of their Emperor and their flag.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1941; Selected Speeches, page 337.
“๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง, but only the Father.”
– Mark 13:32
“No human lips can express the thankfulness which I feel to the merciful God who has enabled me to stand in your midst ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1941; Selected Speeches, page 332.
“And ye shall hear of ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
– Matthew 24:6-8
“๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ are occupying the attention of governments and peoples, but the world is thirsting more than ever for peace and justice.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, Wise Mind 1:25.
“These are crucial times when ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
Tensions increase, and disaster is possible at any moment. Distances are shrinking; peace and life are threatened by misunderstanding and conflict.
Now is the time when the sincere belief in manโs kinship to God must be the foundation for all of manโs efforts for enlightenment and learning โ the basis for all understanding, co-operation and peace.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1961; Selected Speeches, page 22.
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง.”
– Revelation 16:13-16
“Today, Africa has emerged from this dark passage. Our ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง is past. Africa has been reborn as a free continent and Africans have been reborn as free men.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1963; Selected Speeches, page 243.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ, and their spears into pruninghooks: ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐.”
– Isaiah 2:2-4
“Let us vow to be strong today only that we may in our strength advance the time when it will be possible to ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Let us pledge together that this time will not be long. Let us work for trust among men, for disarmament, for peace.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1966; Selected Speeches, page 353.
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”
– Revelation 18:1-5
“In these modern days, there are a multitude of things published in print and broadcast by radio which captivate the human mind and spirit; many new ideas are disseminated by the learned. Many wonderful appliances are produced to make life more and more comfortable. The rich powers have passed on from exploring and exploiting this earth and are vying with each other to explore and conquer the moon and the planets. Knowledge is increasing in a bewildering manner. All this is good, wonderful and praiseworthy. But what will be the end of it all? It is Our firm belief that only what the Lord wills will be done.
We should be careful that the results thus achieved by mankind should not meet with the fate of the Tower of ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ, the handwork of those people of old which came to pieces in their hands. The Apostle Paul says: ‘The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God’ and ‘The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise and they are vain.’ The reason for this is because generally speaking man makes himself and his wisdom the beginning and the end of his aim in life, and we are convinced that the end of this is destruction and death.
Our Lord Jesus Christ says: ‘What has a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?’ Why did the effort of those who tried to build the Tower of Babel come to nothing? Was it not because they tried to live apart from their Creator, and because, vaunting themselves in their wisdom, they tried to build a tower whose top was to reach unto heaven and thus make a name for themselves? It is Our conviction that all the activities of the children of men which are not guided by the Spirit and counsel of God will bear no lasting fruit, they will not be acceptable in the sight of the Lord and will therefore come to nought as the Tower of Babel came to nought.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1966; Important Utterances, pages 489f.
“No greater victory can be won by the nations of today than the conquest of ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ mankind โ poverty, disease and ignorance.”
– HIM Haile Selassie I Ras Tafari, 1967; Selected Speeches, page 156.