According to the Kebra Negast; Upon the night which King Solomon knew Queen Makeda, he had a powerful dream which is extremely prophetic. I felt that the meaning of this dream speaks directly to the issue of why I wouldn't call mySelf an Israelite, spiritually, and also to the issue of why Zion is not in the land of Canaan. Here's the excerpt, and if One's want more context, it starts at chapter 30 "How Solomon swore to the Queen":
And after he slept there appeared unto King SOLOMON [in a dream] a brilliant sun, and it came down from heaven and shed exceedingly great splendour over ISRAEL. And when it had tarried there for a time it suddenly withdrew itself, and it flew away to the country of ETHIOPIA, and it shone there with exceedingly great brightness for ever, for it willed to dwell there. And [the King said], "I waited [to see] if it would come back to ISRAEL, but it did not return. And again while I waited a light rose up in the heavens, and a Sun came down from them in the country of JUDAH, and it sent forth light which was very much stronger than before." And1 ISRAEL, because of the flame of that Sun entreated that Sun evilly and would not walk in the light thereof. And that Sun paid no heed to ISRAEL, and the ISRAELITES hated Him, and it became impossible that peace should exist between them and the Sun. And they lifted up their hands against Him with staves and knives, and they wished to extinguish that Sun. And they cast darkness upon the whole world with earthquake and thick darkness, and they imagined that that Sun would never more rise upon them. And they destroyed His light and cast themselves upon Him and they set a guard over His tomb wherein they had cast Him. And He came forth where they did not look for Him, and illumined the whole world, more especially the First Sea and the Last Sea, ETHIOPIA and RÔM. And He paid no heed whatsoever to ISRAEL, and He ascended His former throne.
I think it would also be good to note that the word Zion had come to mean many different things to different people. If I recall correctly, the first biblical reference to the word Zion is in 2Samuel and it refers to David's kingdom of Jeruselam as Zion. So originally Zion would in fact be a city. That was however the city which contained the Ark and the Tabot therein. As we know, the Ark has been moved. So if One's looked at the word Zion in geographical context then they might say Aksum is Zion, and it is surely called Aksum Zion by Ethiopians today.
One may not look at Zion as a geographical locale, for it may be seen that the Ark is a symbol of the human body, and the law of God inside is a symbol of the union of God and man, which has manifested in both Israel as Christ and Ethiopia as His Majesty. Just a thought...
But anyways, the light that shone upon Israel, according to Solomon would go away to Ethoipia. That is the departure of Zion. The sun returned even more brightly in the time of Christ, but Israelites drove Him out. So Christ returned in Ethiopia as His Majesty Haile Selassie, to ascend His former throne, forIver. Now this is just my interpretation of the dream of Solomon.
SELAM
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