Posted by Dan Ewert : 7/18/2002 10:47:00 PM (Archive Link)
I was flipping through the channels when I came to the public access station. The program on was from The Nation of Yahweh. I thought this was an interesting title so I decided to watch for a little bit. Apparently, the Nation of Yahweh is this group who consider some guy calling himself Yahweh ben Yahweh to be the Messiah. The group seems to be an odd mixture of Judaism, Christianity, and Nation of Islam. It’s an African American group and they say that when the Bible speaks of God’s people or of the Hebrew people, it’s really referring to black Americans. The real fun part of the program, though, was listening the logical proofs showing Mr. ben Yahweh is the son of God. I missed most of the last half of the show, but it appears ben Yahweh is in prison for some reason. So the host quotes Matthew 27:62,64 which portrays the Pharisees asking Pilate to keep Jesus’ tomb secure three days so his disciples can’t come along and swipe the body. Specifically, they ask Pilate to command such action. Ok… here goes… when “command” is looked up in a book called “The Synonym Finder,” (no, really!) you see that a synonym is “mandamus.” Then if you look it up in the dictionary, the definition involves issuing a request, etc., or a writ. “Writ” is defined as being a legal order by a government. So then it becomes clear that the request was a legal issue and the group of Pharisees were composed of judges, lawyers, and parole commission authorities. Please, stop snickering… they really did say parole commission authorities. Furthermore, this meant that Pilate represented the Supreme Court of which he was the judge and the three days was the group trying to keep Jesus locked up for the maximum time. I love it! Later, we also learn that the virgin was a term for an unconscious people (black Americans) who would give rise to the Messiah. I thought it was odd how they quoted the Old and New Testaments as proof of Yahweh ben Yahweh’s divine parentage but they never directly mentioned Jesus. It’s as if that whole aspect didn’t exist. Anyway, I really love reading about different cults just because their reasoning is so bizarre and the logic so poor that I find it fascinating and amusing that people buy into them. If you care to find out more about this particular cult, go here. You’ll discover that these people were actually very violent. It also mentions the very program I just saw! The show gave a website address, www.yahwehbenyahweh.com, but it doesn’t seem to exist.