Second Coming Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Rastafari== In the early developments of the [[Rastafari]] religion, [[Haile Selassie]] (the Ethiopian Emperor) was regarded as a member of the [[Davidic line|House of David]], is worshipped as God [[incarnate]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/beliefs/beliefs_1.shtml |title= Rastafarian beliefs |publisher=BBC |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref> and is thought to be the "black Jesus" and "black messiah" β the second coming of Christ.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RcBkDlJ7qjwC|title=Encyclopedia of Black Studies|isbn=9780761927624|last1=Asante|first1=Molefi Kete|last2=Mazama|first2=Ama|year=2005}}</ref> It was claimed that [[Marcus Garvey]] preached the coming of the black messiah on the eve of Selassie's coronation. Due to this prophecy, Selassie was the source of inspiration of the poor and uneducated Christian populations of [[Jamaica]], who believed that the Emperor would liberate the black people from the subjugation of European colonists.<ref>Charet, M. (2010). Root of David: The Symbolic Origins of Rastafari (No. 2). ISPCK.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page