80 Reasons Why the Book of Mormon Is an African Bible

By Embaye Melekin

In this book, I have presented eighty reasons to prove that the Book of Mormon is that of the history of Eritrea and Ethiopia, and its prophecies encompass the entire continent of Africa and the black race in general. I have also successfully identified who the authentic Israelites are in the world.

The Book of Mormon contains the ultimate revelations the world has been waiting for many centuries. Its prophecies are incredibly very accurate and reveal the ultimate truths that were hidden from mankind for many centuries. When the Book of Mormon’s true messages are finally made known to mankind, as I am doing now, the world would marvel at the contents of its records. The perceptions of the white and black races especially would change dramatically. They shall view their relationships with each other from different perspectives when they come to the full knowledge and understanding of the truth contained in the Book of Mormon.

The prophet Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon very accurately from its Sa’bean script. However, the Mormon Church was not expected to know the truth about the valuable contents of the Book of Mormon until God’s own appointed time and did not do so for many decades. I am prophesied in the records of the Book of Mormon to reveal the final truth contained in the book at God’s appointed time, which is now. I am therefore doing the work the Lord designated me for, as prophesied in the Book of Mormon, and I am bringing to revelation the ultimate truths of the records of the book to the African people and our descendants all over the world. The African people and the black race especially are the primary beneficiaries and heirs to the records of the Book of Mormon. However, the truth contained in the Book of Mormon will not only benefit Africans but also the entire human race and especially the Gentiles or the white race.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Oct 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543487749

Embaye Melekin

I am an Eritrean by origin residing in Toronto as a citizen of Canada. Conversation with God is my seventh book and probably my last. I am a Catholic by religion but have various religious affiliations in my family. I learnt how to communicate with God since my childhood but only recently did I become so committed and knew the benefits of his guidance. I was always ostracized and condemned and even admitted to a mental hospital for merely saying that I spoke to God. I am a divorced father of three, two of whom are autistic kids and wonderful children. I came to Canada from Nigeria where I resided as a refugee for a total of fifteen years. I left Eritrea in 1975 to avoid the escalating war at the time and have never returned since then because of the brutal regime that controls the country.

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CONTENTS

Preface

African Bible

Important

Some relevant verses in the book

PART I

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Epilogue

Negro, Nigger, Eritrea

PREFACE

In this book, I have done a marvelous job of presenting the Book of Mormon in its entirety to the knowledge of its true custodians, the African people and the black race in general. I have revealed the content of the Book of Mormon to be the authentic record of the African people and is therefore an African Bible.

The history contained in the Book of Mormon all agree with the local histories of especially Eritrea and Ethiopia in the continent of Africa. I have gone to a great length to quote various sections of the Book of Mormon and relate and compare them with the local histories of Eritrea and Ethiopia. As was apparent, all the different events recorded in the Book of Mormon have corresponding resemblance to those that took place in both the Eritrean and Ethiopian regions. I have analyzed the Book of Mormon, from the beginning to the end, and verified all the various recorded events in the book as having happened in Eritrean and Ethiopian parts of the continent of Africa.

The Book of Mormon had many prophetic predictions in its entire records. These prophecies are what make the Book of Mormon as the most essential book in our today’s world. The fact that almost all the prophecies in the Book of Mormon have already taken place accurately is a testimony that God truly exists and his works and words are manifested in mankind. The final unsealing of the true records of the Book of Mormon is bound to change the entire world and the way they perceive the powers of the Lord. The revelations are staggering and would change even the hardest minds to turn into the path of God.

I am bestowed to unseal the hidden messages of the Book of Mormon and that is what I have done in this book. As accurately prophesied in the Book of Mormon the true messages of the book were to be hidden from the knowledge of the African people and the world until the appointed and predetermined time of the Lord. Eventually, I am blessed to unravel the truth contained in the Book of Mormon that has been concealed for many centuries. And that is what I have done in this book.

In this book, I am going to discuss a very relevant topic that will probably change the way we perceive the world forever. I am going to discuss a very important issue that will most certainly change our relationships as blacks, whites, Asians etc. in this world and I am going to use the Book of Mormon as my pedestal to prove certain issue that have been lingering in the minds of millions of people all over the world. It is a common knowledge that Christians all over the world read the Holy Bible faithfully and interpret it is their various ways and according to their varied understandings. Now, I am going to interpret and present a more accurate version of the Holy Bible and I am going to do so using the Book of Mormon, a book and record which is exclusively used and preached by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or as popularly known as the Mormon Church.

The Book of Mormon is assumed to be the records of the Native Indians a belief that is ardently upheld by the Mormon Church. The Book of Mormon was interpreted into English by the prophet Joseph Smith from an unknown language and script and the Mormon Church uses the book in all its church sermons and to spread its teachings all over the world. So far, no credible link has been established between the records of the Book of Mormon and the Native Indians in the Americas. To the credit of the Mormon Church, other venues and regions have also been explored to determine the exact sources of the records of the Book of Mormon and to accurately trace the affected and the people that recorded the contents of the Book of Mormon. So far, they have not been able to link the Book of Mormon to any other people in the world and hence, still maintain the false belief that it is the record of the Native Indians in the Americas.

In this book, I am going to prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the Book of Mormon is the record of especially the Eritrean and Ethiopian people and even the record of the African people and the black race in general. I am going to identify, quote and explain from the Book of Mormon and the Holy Bible to make my valid points. I am cognizant of the fact that if I am to authenticate the Book of Mormon as an African Bible I have to prove it in its entirety to be the accurate record of the African people. Quoting the Book of Mormon here and there will not do the job. If I am to have any credibility I have to prove the Book of Mormon in its entirety and beyond the shadow of a doubt that it is indeed the record of the Eritrean, Ethiopians and the black race and thus is the record of the of the African people. At the end of my explanation there should not be even a single doubt in the mind of anybody to accept and endorse the Book of Mormon as the history of the Israelites who first migrated into Eritrea and its environs in around 600 BC. Also, there should be no doubt that Eritreans and other Africans are the authentic descendants of Manasseh and thus genuine Israelites.

In this presentation, I shall provide 80 reasons why I believe the Book of Mormon to be the record of the African people and was that it was written and recorded specifically in Eritrea and its environs. I have no doubt that anybody that would critically analyze and decipher the facts I shall present would undoubtedly accept the Book of Mormon as an African Bible and especially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) or as commonly known as the Mormon Church.

I shall start narrating from the first page of the Book of Mormon and shall continue my explanations to the last page of the book and link all the records and events especially to Eritrea and its immediate environs. I shall provide the 80 reasons why I strongly believe the Book of Mormon to be an authentic record of the African people with more emphasis on Eritrea and its immediate surroundings in Ethiopia. All my proofs should not have any invalid and contradictory assertions that cannot be substantiated locally and in the history of Africa and the black race. Even more the Book of Mormon should be valid to be the history of Eritrea, Ethiopia and the black race in its entirety, not only a portion or some segment of the records. It should also comply and correspond accurately with the past and contemporary histories of the Gentiles, the white race, and the Jews also and even the rest of the world as applicable from its records.

AFRICAN BIBLE

The records enshrined in the African Bible are those of the history of the ancestors of the African people. The African Bible was primarily written in Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa.

Today, the Mensas in Eritrea are probably the only tribe in Africa that directly trace their ancestry to the African Bible with credible authentication. However, nearly all black Africans are descendants of the Mensa tribe. In their hay days, the Mensa tribe settled their clans in the various locations where many of the African tribes in the continent of Africa are located today. The Mensa tribe are the direct descendants of Moroni, the last Naphite to survive the final onslaught that brought them to extinction.

Deqi Yared or Yaredites are known as T’intawian (ancient people) in Eritrea. The original settlers of Africa were certainly the Yaredites who settled in the continent after the fall of the Tower of Babel and when the Lord confounded the languages of the inhabitants.

Today, all the tribes mentioned in the African Bible are still thriving in Eritrea. Deqi Yacob or Addi Yacob (Jacobites), Deqi Yoseph (Josephites) Deqi Naphi (Nephites), Deqi Zorom (Zoromites) are well known in Eritrea. The least known of the tribes mentioned in the African Bible are Deqi Yoseph (Josephites) and could be found in Falalebba region, in the Senhit region of Eritrea. They are much fewer in number but they still maintain their identity as Deqi Yoseph (Josephites.). My father’s mother, Medhanit Dar, is from the tribe of Deqi Yoseph (Josephites.) Also Deqi Sem (the children of Sam) are little known in Eritrea but still exist as the components of Eritrea.

The descendants of Alma, the Alma-da or Alma messages still exist in Eritrea also. They could be found settled all over the country and many are still involved with the church, as their forefather, Alma, did. Today, some of them have converted to Islam and are Moslems. Alma-da’ means Alma-message or Alma-news in Tigre, which is Hebrew, the original language of the ancient Israelites.

The descendants of Lama (Lamanites) are exclusively present only in Ethiopia. Deqi Lama or Lamanites are known as Amhara (Forgiveness). It is stated in the African Bible that our forefather, Leyi, blessed Lama and Lemuel that their descendants shall not perish ever even if they deviated from the path of God and that their sins would be answerable upon their fathers instead. We are told in the African Bible that the Lord put a curse upon them, however, and that they were to be a scourge upon the descendants of Naphi.

We Eritreans still call Deqi Lama, the Lamanites, Amhara (Forgiven or Forgiveness) because our forefather Leyi blessed the children of Deqi Lama, not to be destroyed even if they dwindled in unbelief and their sins was to be on the heads of their fathers instead as stated above. As a result, the children of Deqi Lama, Lamanites, have been the enemies of those tribes in Bahri Negassi, Eritrea, for many centuries. Even today, the enmity still persists and Eritrea is at war with Ethiopia and the threat from the Amharas is very real and imminent.

Moroni was the only man from Deqi Naphi’ (Nephites) to survive the onslaught of King Ezana of Axum (in present-day Ethiopia.) Mensa history tells us that Prince Moroni sought sanctuary with a Kentiba, traditional ruler, in present-day Mensaland in Eritrea when the war was raging in his region. Eventually, the history of Mensa tells us that while Moroni was in hiding he married the Kentiba’s daughter, Haighet, and had twin sons. The names of his sons were Maryu and Manshu. They would ultimately become the ancestors of the Marya and Mensa tribes in Eritrea respectively. However, Prince Moroni left his wife and children and went in search of his original family, after the war between Deqi Naphi’ (Nephites) and Deqi Lama, (Lamanites) was over. He was never seen and was never heard of again. His twin sons grew up without the tutelage of their father, Moroni.

The Mensa tribes know their forefather, Prince Moroni, to have been a fair colored person and a semite. But their foremother, Haighet, we know to have been a black woman. Mensas know that our forefather, Prince Moroni, deserted us and went to his region where we believe his father ruled as a king. As a result, Mensas never ever call themselves as the children of Prince Moroni, even if we know that he was our ancestor. Mensas are known, till date, as Deqi Haighet, or the descendants of Haighet, probably the only tribe in Eritrea that are named by their foremother.

To verify that the African Bible is an African Bible is very easily done and is very simple to ascertain. One only has to authenticate that all the tribes mentioned in the African Bible still exist in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is also easy to verify that the descendants of Moroni, the Mensa tribe, trace their ancestry to Prince Moroni. Hence, it could be claimed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the Book of Mormon is an African Bible.

The Mensas became the dominant force in Eritrea and their Kentibas ruled their tribe for many centuries. It could also be authenticated that numerous Mensa clans were resettled in the present black regions of Africa for many centuries and they are the ancestors of the numerous tribes in the continent of Africa. Many of the various tribes in Africa trace their ancestry to the Mensa tribe and hence, are the descendants of Prince Moroni and therefore mixtures of the Nephites.

The Mensas fought wars with Deqi Yared, Jaredites, that had control over Africa and confiscated their lands and settled their own Mensa people in their stead. The Yaredites spoke numerous languages in Africa emanating from the time the Lord confounded their languages at the time of the fall of the Tower of Babel documented in the Bible and the African Bible, the Book of Mormon. The Mensas usually killed the Yaredite men who warred with them and kept their women as concubines and wives and hence, their children spoke the languages of their mothers. That is why Africa has more than three thousand languages and dialects and tribes.

The Lord Jesus appointed twelve apostles when he appeared to our ancestors after his resurrection. The nine disciples were blessed by Jesus to live a long life before they would eventually die. The paintings of the nine disciples are found in many churches and monasteries in Eritrea and Ethiopia until today. Similarly, the graves of the nine disciples are still preserved and revered till date in the region of Axum further solidifying the bare fact that the Book of Mormon is indeed the African Bible.

The remaining three of the twelve disciples, however, requested Jesus to enable them not to taste any death and to enable them to live as spirits forever. Their requests were granted by Jesus. The three disciples have been appearing in spirit to Eritreans in particular ever since. Many Eritreans still see the three disciples, till date, in the rural areas exclusively in Eritrea. Eritreans call them Deqi Hidirtinna or the the descendants of our covenanted or descendants of our entrusters. Many also call them Ahwatnna or our brethren.

The African Bible prophecies were also fully fulfilled upon the black race. Slavery was long prophesied by our forefathers and took place in the exact manner as predicted in the African Bible, the Book of Mormon. Blacks were taken to the Promise Land, the Americas, as slaves, to inherit the land. Even though slavery was a heinous, atrocious and evil act, and the enormous tragic, disastrous and appalling sufferings of the black race should not be condoned or forgotten, but regardless it was prophesied to take place and was known to our forefathers many centuries earlier.

The above stated reasons and more facts make the Book of Mormon to be the authentic documentation and history of the African people and the black race worldwide and is therefore an African Bible. The African Bible was exclusively documented by the Sa’beans (Nephites) but most of the prophecies were to be fulfilled upon the black and mixture races of Africa, since the Nephites were all semites in complexion and all of them were finally exterminated in Eritrea. From the murals drawn by the Sa’beans (Nephites) in Eritrea and Ethiopia we could easily ascertain that the Book of Mormon is an African Bible. Virtually all the different milestones in the African Bible are painted and preserved in the murals of the various churches and monasteries in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

IMPORTANT

Many Africans and our black descendants all over the world may not identify themselves with the African Bible. They may see the African Bible as that of the history of Eritrea and also Ethiopia only. They may discard it and probably would not see themselves or their ancestry represented in the African Bible.

It is a fact that most black African tribes trace their origin to Eritrea and Ethiopia. Even though they could not substantiate it most black Africans have been adamant and always proclaimed that they originated from Eritrea and Ethiopia. All African tribes and clans call Eritrea and Ethiopia the motherland and they all emanated and migrated from this region.

Most of the African tribes trace their origin to a particular ancestor who settled on the land they presently occupy. For example, the numerous Yoruba tribe in Nigeria trace their origin to a single man and his family who settled in their present habitation in Africa. Oduduwa is the forefather and ancestor of the Yorubas and migrated from Ease Africa. Yo-ruba literally means of the -rivers in Tigre or Hebrew denoting of the rivers that exist in Yorubaland. Also the name of their ancestor, Oduduwa, has Tigre meaning. Odu-duwa literally means his tree-medicine denoting the fact that the Yoruba people are known for their traditional herbal medicines. They must have acquired it from their forefather. Also the tribe name Ibo has Tigre or Hebrew meaning. Ibo or I’bbo means Proud or Arrogant. Igbo or I’gbo means Belief or Submission as in God. Jukun or Chukun means Ruthless probably because of their highly aggressive nature. Etc.

Similarly, the vast Hausa tribes trace their ancestry to a single man also. The forefather and ancestor of the Hausa tribe is known as Bayajida. Historians and scholars of the Hausa tribe are adamant, resolute and steadfast in their claim that they migrated from East Africa. As predominantly Moslems, the Hausa tribes tend to believe that they migrated from the Sudan, however, the fact remains that they trace their origin from the regions of Eritrea. Hausa means Integration in Tigre or Hebrew. Their various cities also have Tigre origin. Maiduguri (mai-dugri means water-husky or muddy water because of Lake Chad), Sokoto (Sok’ot’o means oppressed or he defeated) Katsina (Ketsina means we disciplined,) Zaria (Zeria means she scattered, reference to the ruthless Queen Amina,) Kano (Keno’ means he succeeded,) Kaduna (Kedu’na means they betrayed us.) and even I’badan means craziness etc.

As a Mensa, I could speak of my tribe adequately. The Mensa tribe had overpopulation problem in their early days. Hence, they devised a method to address the landlessness of their citizens. Every year, two or three hundred of their male citizens were led and resettled them elsewhere in Africa surrounding their region. They did so by conquering the Yaredites who were the original inhabitants of Africa. They mostly eliminated the male Yaredites and kept their women and betrothed them as their wives and occupied their lands. The Yaredites (Jaredites) spoke numerous languages when they were confounded by the Lord after the fall of the Tower of Babel as documented in the Bible. Even though all the Mensas spoke Tigre but their children in their resettled lands spoke the languages of their mothers, the Yaredite women, and that is why there are still more than three thousand languages and dialects in Africa.

Mensa history claims that more than seventy clans were resettled elsewhere in the continent of Africa over a period of nearly four hundred years. The resettled Mensa tribes also expanded their territories in a similar manner. When they grew up in numbers they also conquered Yaredite regions and occupied their lands and married their women. In the process, the descendants of the Mensa tribe eventually encompassed the whole continent of Africa. Hence, most of the tribes in the continent of black Africa could conveniently be said to be descendants of the Mensa tribe in Eritrea. And since the Mensa tribe are descendants of Moroni, the only Nephite man to survive the eventual slaughter they suffered, the other black African tribes could also conveniently claim to be his descendants.

In this book I have included my explanations to the various verses that I felt to be pertinent to the full understanding of the African Bible to be the records of Eritreans, Ethiopians and the rest of the black race in the continent of Africa and elsewhere. I hope the reader finds them useful for the thorough understanding of the valuable messages conveyed in the African Bible.

SOME RELEVANT

VERSES IN THE BOOK

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11] Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten. (1 Naphi 1:11)

A promise of God was also given unto our forefather that if we Africans deviated from the path of God, other nations shall come to our land and we shall be scattered and smitten by them. Obviously, by the time the Gentiles, the white race, came to slave us, we had deviated so much and had gone into idol worshipping and witchcraft. And we reaped the consequences of our iniquities. We were visited by the Gentiles and slaved, ravaged, plundered and scattered and smitten by them severely.

(2)

[8] And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance. (2 Nephi 1:8)

As promised by the Lord, Africa shall be overrun by many invaders but shall not stay long and occupy it permanently. The history of Africa shows just that. The entire continent of Africa was colonized by the Gentiles but very few of them settled permanently, as prophesied. Until the white race invaded Africa it was hidden from the world and the black race expanded to all the continent of Africa and lived in absolute liberty and freedom and unmolested.

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[6] And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and delightsome people. (2 Naphi 30: 6)

This is the greatest miracle that will happen to the black race in particular. When Africans authenticate their origin as Israelites, from the records of the African Bible, they shall become righteous people. Africans and the black race shall come to the fold of the Savior of mankind, they shall be delightsome people and their eyes shall be opened from the darkness they have been immersed in. They shall rejoice greatly and within a short period of time the black race in particular shall become great believers in Jesus Christ and become very delightsome and righteous people.

(4)

3] And Aminadi was a descendant of Naphi, who was the son of Leyi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Yoseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren. (Alma 10:3)

Amulek was confirming the fact that Africans are indeed, the descendants of Manasseh, son of Yoseph and Son of Yacob (Israel.) This fact has been known among the African people, and especially Eritreans and Ethiopians, for centuries. Eritreans and Ethiopians have always believed for many centuries that they are the authentic children of Israel even though no one believed them. This is a confirmation that Africans are indeed Israelites.

(5)

9] And because of the mercies of the Father unto the Gentiles, and also the judgments of the Father upon my people who are of the house of Israel, verily, verily, I say unto you, that after all this, and I have caused my people who are of the house of Israel to be smitten, and to be afflicted, and to be slain, and to be cast out from among them, and to become hated by them, and to become a hiss and a byword among them –(3 Nephi 16:9)

Among the believing and righteous Gentiles shall trample upon the remnants of the house of Israel. This reference is to the plight of the black slaves in the Americas and elsewhere, including the continent of Africa where blacks were treated as subhumans. The Gentiles, Europeans, were prophesied by the Lord to colonize and slave the African people. And this emanated from our unfaithfulness and because of our iniquities and because we rejected the righteous path of God.]

(6)

[15] But if they (Gentiles) will not turn unto me, and listen unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be as salt that has lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel. (3 Nephi 16:15)

But if the Gentiles, the white race, don’t change their evil ways, God will not have mercy upon them. They shall be trampled upon by blacks and the remnants of the house of Israel. Their punishments will be too great. The spirit of the Lord shall depart from them. They shall be like a salt that has lost it savor. In other words, they shall be trodden upon as if they were not once the most precious people of God.

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14] And the Father has commanded me that I should give unto you this land, for your inheritance. 15] And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people – [16] Then shall you, who are a remnant of the house of Yacob, go forth among them; and you shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and you shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (3 Nephi 16: 14-16)

And after the time of the Gentiles or white people is fulfilled, if the Gentiles persist in their evil ways, the African people and the black race shall go forth among them and trample upon them. Even though the Gentiles, white race, shall outnumber blacks in the Americas yet, they shall subjugate them and trample upon the white people if they continue to depart from the path of God. The Gentiles, Europeans, should know that their sanctuary and strength lay in their faith to the Lord and his blessed Son, Jesus Christ. As long as they remain faithful to the Savior of mankind, Jesus Christ, the Gentiles shall remain blessed and shall continue to be the precious people of God. This is a stern warning to the Gentiles or the white race. Their adherence to the path of God is very essential if they are to remain as the precious people of God. If they don’t do so and if they choose to deviate from the path of God then the consequences of such departures are grave. They shall be reduced to nothingness and shall be victims of their own making and shall be trampled upon and this prophecy was predicted by the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

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12] And my people who are a remnant of Yacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. [13] Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off. (3 Nephi 21: 11-12)

The remnants of the house of Israel, the black race, shall be among the Gentiles, the white race, like lions and all their enemies shall be cut off. Soon, the black race shall be a force to reckon with and shall not allow themselves to no more be trampled upon again by the Gentiles ever again. The black race shall rise in the name of Jesus Christ.

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23] Know you (Gentiles) not that you are in the hands of God? Know you not that he has all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll? [24] Therefore, repent you, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall come out in justice against you – lest a remnant of the seed of Yacob shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver. (Mormon 5: 23-24)

And then, a time shall come when the Gentiles or the white people don’t return unto the righteous path of God, then the black race that would be among them shall trample upon them and tear them into pieces where no one can save them. Hard as it may sound, it shall come to pass. After all, everything else has been fulfilled in the past. So will this one too. The key is that the Gentiles, white people, should not abandon their faith in God if they are to remain the precious people of God. If they deviate from the path of God the consequences are not pleasant for them.

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[27] And my heart did sorrow because of this the great calamity of my people, because of their wickedness and their abominations. But behold, we did go forth against the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton, until we had again taken possession of the lands of our inheritance. [28] And the three hundred and forty and ninth year had passed away. And in the three hundred and fiftieth year we made a treaty with the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton, in which we did get the lands of our inheritance divided. [29] And the Lamanites did give unto us the land northward, yea, even. (Mormon 2:27-29)

The Nephites had to contend with the black Lamanites and also the Gadianton robbers or Agame’. The Lamanites were known as Amhara because our ancestor, Leyi, forgave them when he blessed Lama and Lemuel his oldest sons and that they would never perish even if they deviated from the path of God. Amhara means Forgiven in Tigre which is the contemporary Hebrew or zitemahru. But that forgiveness was not accorded to the Nephites.]

This is relevant and a proof that the Book of Mormon is an African Bible. Today the descendants of the Gadianton robbers are still in existence in the region. They are predominantly found in northern Ethiopia in the province of Tigray. They are called Agame’ which means Splintered (Zitegemu.) They occupy lands like Mekele which means Divided or Splintered also and their major town of Ad-I’grat which means Land-of robbers. The Agame’ are known in Eritrea as Deqi-Keterti or the descendants of bandits.

The Agame’ were a major problem to the Sa’beans, Nephites, in their battles with the Habeshas, Lamanites. Even after the Sa’beans were exterminated the Agame’ region would be beleaguered by shiftas or bandits for many centuries. Throughout their history the Agame’ were ruled by warlords who fought among themselves for centuries and until recently when Menelik II united them under their ruler, Emperor Yohannis.

The fact that the descendants of the Gadianton robbers, the Agame’, still exist and are located between the Sabeans (Eritreans) and the Habeshas (Amharas) is a clear testimony that the Book of Mormon is the African Bible.

On the contrary, Bahri Negassi, Eritrea, saw peace and tranquility throughout our history and for many centuries. Eritreans were ruled by Higi Indaba (laws of our fathers) and there was justice and lawful administrations in the various regions of Bahri Negassi, Eritrea.

When Bahri Negassi, Eritrea, was threatened by the Agame’ bandits or warlords or even any invading forces they collectively rose together and defeated their enemies mercilessly. That era is known in Eritrea as Zemen Kittet, reference to the collective war cries that prevailed in all the regions that is today called Eritrea. Such a trend was copied from their Sa’bean ancestors who collectively fought their enemies throughout their histories.

The first Israelites that landed in Africa, in present-day Eritrea, around 600 BC were known as Abyssinians. And the original church in the continent was known as Abyssinian Church of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, the Sa’bean and Habesha will form a union and the church will be known as Tewahdo Church. Tewahdo means Union in Tigre and Tigrigna or Hebrew. Similarly, the name Abyssinia or Ab-yissinia means Father-accompanied or God-its guide or even God-its ruler or God-its king.

PART I

REASON # 1

In the earliest text of the Book of Mormon edited by Royal Skousen states a very relevant information. What the Prophet Joseph Smith translated was just a portion of the original Book of Mormon, the African Bible. However, a vast segment of the Book of Mormon could be found in the monasteries of Eritrea and Ethiopia if adequate search is made. The records kept in Saint Mary’s church at Axum could substantiate and authenticate that the Book of Mormon is an African Bible.

"…Over time, I have come to realize that because only 28 percent of the original manuscript is extant, we will never be able to fully recover the original text of the Book of Mormon