According to the long and living Ethiopian Tradition, there are Seven Covenants, as enshrined in the Scriptures, that God made with humanity ever since Creation.

 

The first of these Covenants is signified and eternalized by the Holy Matrimony of Adam and Eve (Gen. 2/21-25, Mt. 19/4-6);

The second, by the Rainbow of Noah (Gen. 9/8-17);

The third, by the Bread and Wine Offering of Melchizedek (Gen. 14/18-20);

The fourth, by the Circumcision of Abraham (Gen. 17/1-14);

The fifth, by the Ark of Moses (Deut. 5);

The sixth, by the Throne of David (2Sam. 7/8-16);

The seventh and the last, by the Crucified Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary (Mt.26/26-29).

 

Covenants, as described above and each symbolized by real signs, are personified by humble individuals who pleased God with their true love for Him. These persons became unique and parties of their respective Covenants with God following their singular triumphs over great trials of various physical and spiritual dimensions. And these trials were meant to test the truthfulness of their love for God before each one of them actually won His favor to be chosen as a representative party for the specific Divine Covenant.

 

These Seven Holy Covenants constitute ETHIOPIA or THE ETHIOPIAN. In other words, Ethiopia or the Ethiopian is these Seven Covenants, and these Seven Covenants are Ethiopia or the Ethiopian. Devoid of them, or outside the context and realm of these Seven Covenants, there is no Ethiopia nor the Ethiopian.

 

As a matter of fact, the Biblical Testimony or the Truth of the Old and the New Testaments endorses and identifies Ethiopia conclusively as the True Israel, and the Ethiopians as the True Israelites. Hence, the existence of Ethiopia and the life of the Ethiopian are both based on and intertwined by these Seven Covenants. Not only do the religious, the cultural and the social fabrics of the Ethiopians’ lives, but also their educational, economic and political principles emanate from these Covenants. This is ETHIOPIANHOOD.

 

Ethiopia: The Kingdom Of God