Who Are The Black Hebrews? 3 Things To Know Since Spiritual Leader’s Death
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, died Saturday. He was 75 years old.
Ben-Israel died in Dimona, a southern Israeli town where he brought followers in 1969 -- three years after receiving a vision from the angel Gabriel telling him to return to Israel. He maintains the belief that some black Americans are descendants of the biblical tribe of Judah.
"While obviously deeply saddened at the loss of our Holy Father's physical presence, we are nevertheless emboldened in knowing that his spirit truly lives in each and every one of us,” Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda, a spokesman for the group, said. He added that Ben-Israel had been sick for a year but would not disclose his cause of death.
History
African Hebrew Israelites are a relatively modern faith group. They originated from a vision Ben-Israel received in 1966. He said the angel Gabriel told him and African-American descendants to return to Israel to establish a kingdom of heaven on earth. This is anchored in the belief that black Hebrews are descendants of the tribe of Judah, who were exiled from Israel after the Second Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70.
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Ben-Israel died in Dimona, a southern Israeli town where he brought followers in 1969 -- three years after receiving a vision from the angel Gabriel telling him to return to Israel. He maintains the belief that some black Americans are descendants of the biblical tribe of Judah.
"While obviously deeply saddened at the loss of our Holy Father's physical presence, we are nevertheless emboldened in knowing that his spirit truly lives in each and every one of us,” Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda, a spokesman for the group, said. He added that Ben-Israel had been sick for a year but would not disclose his cause of death.
History
African Hebrew Israelites are a relatively modern faith group. They originated from a vision Ben-Israel received in 1966. He said the angel Gabriel told him and African-American descendants to return to Israel to establish a kingdom of heaven on earth. This is anchored in the belief that black Hebrews are descendants of the tribe of Judah, who were exiled from Israel after the Second Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70.
READ NOW: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-are-black-hebre...
Who Are The Black Hebrews? 3 Things To Know Since Spiritual Leader’s Death
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ONE REAL FACT you should KNOW......
".....blackAmericans"------took NOTHING but RACIST NONSENSE to The State of Israel
'blackHebrewIsraelite""-----NEWS FLASH---Dead for a YEAR since 12/31/2014....2014.......
NEW YORK TIMES
DEC. 31, 2014
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel Dies at 75: Led Black Americans in Migration to Israel
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was a garbage man in Israel and yourEthiopian jews did not even give him any acknowledgement as nothing but a racistlyIgnorant RETARDANT of the History, Scholarship and Science of 4000 YEARS of Monotheistic Belief