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Ethiopian People Research Paper

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“ETHIOPIANS THE FIRST CHOSEN PEOPLE”
After the creation, the Ethiopians became the first chosen people of God before Abraham and his offspring were chosen. The Lord compared the children of Israel with the Ethiopians “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? Said the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?”(Amos 9:7). In these scripture verses, God compared the children of Israel with the children of the Ethiopians having the same equality. The English word used here is “as” which is the same word to be like, in the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, similarity or resemblance. According to Ethiopian Amharic bible, God comparing the children of Israel with the Ethiopians means …show more content…

According to the archaeological evidence it shows that the people of Ethiopia are dark skinned individuals who live in East Africa. The land of Ethiopia had been existing since the creation of the earth, as I have said earlier, Ethiopia was first mentioned in “Genesis 2:13” as the first home of human ancestor. The Ethiopian river is the longest river in the world, and was once famous for sea trades. The Ethiopian river have been used to send envoys “ambassadors/diplomats” by sea in Papyrus boats over the water in ancient world (Isaiah 18:1-2; Zephaniah 3:10). The nation of Ethiopia was also famous in ancient world trade. They exported golds, ivory, and spices (Hansen, Curtis, Isaiah 45:14; 60:6; Psalm 72:15). From creation, the land of Ethiopia, and the land of Havilah the son of Ethiopia-Cush were blessed by God with abundance of gold and precious stones, of which the bible talked about the topaz of Ethiopia and also said that the gold of the land of Ethiopian Havilah is good, and in the land was bdellium and the onyx stone (Job 28:19; Genesis 2:11-12). Topaz and onyx are beautiful precious stones, of which Lucifer was once covered with them in the Eden before iniquity was found in him (Ezekiel 28:12-15). And the bible also said in “Genesis chapter 2:11” that there is bdellium in the land of Havilah. Bdellium

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