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Things are always interesting at the Vallejo Farmers Market. For the last few weeks a group of persons affiliated with the Israelite Church of God in Christ have been attending the market and delivering their message.
Black Hebrew Israelite Groups This Israelite church, like most others, believe that they base their purported Israelite identity on the Bible, history, and archaeology. According to some Black Hebrew Israelite Groups, the twelve tribes of Israel are Blacks only and the understanding of the tribes is unknown. Those groups teach that according to Amos 9:7 “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?” According to other groups, this means that all 12 tribes look like the Ethiopians which include children of the slave-trade including all Africans. This belief has led some to ask who were the Hamites, Egyptians Canaanites, Jebusites, Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Perizzites, and the Hivites who were originally in Africa in the days of Moses. This Hebrew Israelite Group and most others teach that some of the twelve tribes of Israel are made up of lighter non-Spaniard Latin Americans and Native American Indians conquered and enslaved years ago; they are the northern kingdom of Israel that migrated to the Americas during the reign of Cyrus the Persian King according to 2 Esdras 13:40-45 and Deuteronomy 33:17. Some have mixed themselves among their captors which explains the lighter complexion and hair texture difference according to Hosea 7:8 “Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.” The Blacks who were enslaved in 1619 are the southern kingdom of Judah according to Joel 3:1-7. The list below they base upon Genesis 49 & Deuteronomy 33. From Wikipedia:Israelite Church of God in Christ
Needless to say, they have not been well received. Vallejo is such a diverse city that everyone is uncertain of what to do about them. So, far everyone in the market has been tolerant and giving them an opportunity to speak. But, their message is a bit extreme and I worry that the good will of our citizens will run out at some point. So, my question to those that stop by this coffee hour is: What do we do with this group? As an individual? As a community?