That is something the I will have to decide. If something like that is about to start then it will be more than just a fighting thing. If the I finds the Iself in a situation where fighting is neccessary then fight, because that is the I's right as a man to defend the Iself.
If I were in that situation though, as a Rastaman, I wouldn't go seeking out a fight with babylon. I feel like I and I place as RastafarI people in anything like that is in support and guidence through Reasoning and caring for the wellbeing of the people. When something like that breaks out then I and I start dealing with all sorts of madness going on in the society, and as RastafarI I think I and I should always follow the example of His Majesty and work first with Love for the people, and that doesn't just mean defending them from physical attack. It means making sure the infants are cared for, sick nourished, aged protected. Making sure the people are fed and sheltered. That is how I see Iself though. Maybe a next Rasta might say that there is a right time to take the fight to babylon, but I would say that until the I can be sure of slaying the beast, it's best to keep building up.
I'll use an example of a Reasoning I had with a Sister who works with children. She texed I one night when I was holding a meditation frustrated with how the system was going, saying she wanted to tear everything down right there and then like she was going to explode. I replied to her and reminded her that unless she happened to have a crate of AK-47s and a whole heap of ammunition along with a few dozen determined, trained soldiers, I and I would have to be patient. Something like that needs organization and centralization and the resources to keep things going, as does anything I and I want to accomplish. I gave the example of His Majesty at Geneva after the Italian invasion, when His Majesty had fought against the Italians and been forced into exile. He stood in front of jeering Italian reporters and held His paitience and stood with dignity. Then when He opened His mouth to speak it was truly a double edged sword coming of His mouth. He spoke of how the Italians had used mustard gas dispersed from planes to rain death over over everything and how Ethiopia had been abandoned to Mussolini with no material aid to defend itself from blatant agression. People were fighting still in Ethiopia, and His Majesty supported them while in exile through organisations like the Ethiopian World Federation. He raised awareness of His people's struggle wherever He went and provided them with the resources He could while maintaining His dignity and royalty and guiding His people. No man who saw HIM ever doubted that He was still the Lion of Judah and that it was HIM who ruled Ethiopia, not Mussolini.
So whether or not I and I fight, just remember to hold that same Livity as the King and forward Righteously.
Blessed love
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