Thursday, April 17, 2025

“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”

 Aramaic is believed to have been the language recorded at Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 when #BlackJesus cried out, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”   Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. 

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, and Stephanie A. Walker Stradford

April 18, 2025 – In the midst of chaos and confusion over the future of the American family, there is good news from Mother Africa. Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

Good Friday ends the Lenten Season for 2.4 billion heirs of salvation. Each year, Jesus’ True Family celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion (DEIty) over a period starting Ash Wednesday and lasting for 40 days (excluding Sundays).

Select factions within The Black Church of Jesus The Christ have invested wisely in things hoped for, while others frantically react to perceived threats on their temporal existence.  Meanwhile, the Black Family has been asked to believe “trouble don’t last always” by religious leaders and government officials who deny #BlackJesus as undisputable evidence of things not seen. 

In the biblical context, “signs, wonders and miracles” refer to divine indicators of God's power and presence.  Approximately 37 phenomena are recorded in the four Gospels of Jesus The Christ.  These reports of “miracles” justify one’s own belief of God's intervention in human affairs.

The Gospel of Mark, captured faithfully by John Mark acting as Peter's scribe, records 18 miracles of Jesus. They include calming a storm, feeding 5,000 plus women and children, walking on water, and cursing a fig tree. 

While Mark did understand Jesus as the Son of God, he typically made sure that people understood his humanity as being a part of the unique personhood of Jesus. “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then Jesus looked at those sitting around him. He said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!  My true brother and sister and mother are those who do the things God wants.”  Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

Mark’s report on Family, included in the fourth of seven last words of #BlackJesus, comforts the world’s historically disadvantaged.  In this Word of Abandonment,  'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' -- which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Jesus was fully God and fully human at the same time.  He was not some less powerful demigod as the Romans or Greeks would have understood. He had and has the attributes of God and humanity fully expressed and fully powered. 

Mark was believed to have been born in or around 5 AD in Cyrene. Perhaps by coincidence, or family relation, Mark records at 15:21, the role of another brother from Cyrene. 


“There was a man from Cyrene coming from the fields to the city. The man was Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.”  According to the Coptic tradition, Cyrene is a city in the Pentapolis of North Africa, which is now Libya. Aristopolus was believed to be his father, and his mother’s home was believed to be in Jerusalem, which served as a center for Christian life.  


Aramaic is believed to have been the Afroasiatic language recorded at Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 when #BlackJesus cried out, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”   Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, and numerous other ancient and modern languages. These languages are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. Semitic languages are divided into three major branches: East Semitic, West Semitic, and South Semitic.


The Semitic languages of Ethiopia are believed to have been influenced by a range of Cushitic languages, and vice versa. 

While the Chadic and Cushitic languages are diverse and poorly studied, the Semitic languages have a more well-studied history and are part of a wider linguistic family called Hamito-Semitic.

To understand the languages Jesus might have used on the cross, it’s crucial to picture the linguistic melting pot that was first-century Judea within a broader dynamic of “family migration” by Noah’s sons Shem, Ham and Japeth.


The primary languages in the region studied as Judea were:

Aramaic: This was the vernacular language, the language of the people. It was the everyday tongue spoken in Galilee, where Jesus grew up, and likely the language he used most often in his daily life.

Hebrew: While no longer the primary spoken language, Hebrew remained the language of religious scholarship, the synagogue, and the sacred scriptures. Educated individuals, especially those involved in religious life, would have been familiar with it.

Greek: Following Alexander the Great’s conquests, Greek had become the lingua franca of the eastern Mediterranean, the language of commerce, administration, and higher education. Many people in Judea, particularly those in urban areas, would have been able to understand and speak Greek.

Latin: While less common, Latin was the language of the Roman administration and the military. It’s plausible that some individuals, particularly those who interacted with Roman officials, would have had some knowledge of Latin.

Followers might note here, the number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000.  In every generation, the Free African must reclaim his or her own value. 

Ka TUMELO re lelapa: By faith, we are family.

A kingdom that fights against itself cannot continue. And a family that is divided cannot continue.  And if Satan is against himself and fights against his own people, then he cannot continue. And that is the end of Satan.


Friday, December 20, 2024

#BlackJesus a Christmas Story


By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

@YourBlackSmithShop promotes 21st Century reform of the historical Black Church.  It invites any of 2.4 billion followers of Jesus The Christ to engage as heirs of salvation in an unprecedented recovery of Stolen Peoples Equity.  The network promotes the common value, “ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE,”   within a sustainable framework for global repair and reconciliation.

The social action supports inclusion in United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1, #NoPoverty2030 with under-valued assets of the planet’s historically marginalized.

The Truth About #BlackJesus  - A Letter To The Church At Philadelphia

In Conflict Resolution, truth is assessed through informed opinions based on facts and findings.  The Gospel of Jesus The Christ is an established narrative based on reports by Jewish authors starting somewhere between 400 BCE and 4 CE.  These four centuries are summarized through linear evidence in Matthew and circular evidence in John.

Sixteen prophets—Isaiah to Malachi—whose writings have come down to us lived during four centuries, from about 800 to 400 B.C. Most of them left chronological data by which the duration of their ministry can be determined, at least approximately.  The intertestamental period covers roughly four hundred years, from the last Old Testament prophesy Malachi 4 (c. 420 BC/BCE) to the New Testament appearance of John the Baptist in the early 1st century AD/CE.  The period is known by some accounts as the "400 Silent Years" because it was a span where no new prophets were raised, and God revealed nothing new to the Jewish people.

Findings about #BlackJesus are derived from three chronological timelines dating back to Noah’s sons Ham, Shem and Japheth. Individual belief in #BlackJesus bridges findings to facts.

The Shem version depicts #BlackJesus as a “Jew, called out of Africa.”    This version of truth includes chronological narratives in Matthew and Luke and faith-based perspectives in John and Revelation. 

The Japeth version reveals an enduring history of conflict seeking resolution.  Over time, they clashed with kin-folk and some landed in servitude to others.

Slavery has long been part of the human experience. For instance, the Israelites (Shem) were slaves in Egypt (Ham) for a time. The Israelites (Shem) then conquered the Canaanites (Ham). Later, the Babylonians (Ham) conquered the Israelites (Shem) only to subsequently be conquered by the Persians (Japheth). Noah's curse should not be used as an excuse for treating any people group more poorly than another.

Conversely, the fact that "the people of the whole earth" descend from this one family should encourage readers to view all people as fellow brothers and sisters in this one family of humankind.  Atonement for racism, poverty and war might be achieved through the reconciliation of God and humankind. 

The Ham

Ham’s narrative picks up after the deployment of Noah’s sons to populate three regions.  Ham’s assignment was to northern Africa in the region corresponding to modern-day Sudan. The larger region around Kush (later referred to as Nubia) was inhabited c. 8,000 BCE but the Kingdom of Kush rose much later. The Kerma Culture, so named after the city of Kerma in the region, is attested as early as 2500 BCE and archaeological evidence from Sudan and Egypt show that Egyptians and the people of Kush region were in contact from the Early Dynastic Period in Egypt (c. 3150 - c. 2613 BCE) onwards to about 350 BCE just after the end of the Malachi 4 in the Shem narrative.

Historically, The Bible leads one to believe that Noah built the ark in 2,348 BC. The Bible does not give the exact date when Noah built the ark. However, from the generational timelines in the book of Genesis 5 and 11, the ark may have been built 1,656 years from creation, which perhaps occurred in 4004 BC. Therefore, Noah could have built the ark in 2,348 BC.

Christmas 2024 A.D.

The Free African Society for the 21st Century (FAS2) is an emerging youth-led enterprise.  It originated as a social action of the Lay Ministry at Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, Fort Washington, MD, USA.  Developing Consultants for the start-up FAS2 brand, advised church leaders at the 1999 Lay Biennial, Syracuse, NY; AMECONVO VI, Philadelphia, PA and the historic 2000 AMEC General Conference, Cincinnati, OH.  Agreement to partner with Generation Alpha Heirs of Salvation may offer one last chance for the Christian Church to be or not to be.

The Free African Society (FAS), founded in 1787, was a benevolent organization that held religious services and provided mutual aid for "free Africans and their descendants" in Philadelphia. The Society was founded by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. It was the first Black religious institution in the city and led to the establishment of the first independent Black churches in the United States.

The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas

Originally established as the African Church, The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 by and for persons of African descent to foster personal and religious freedoms and self-determination. The original African Church was an outgrowth of the Free African Society, a mutual aid organization established in 1787 by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen and others, to assist the Black population in Philadelphia.

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA

The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972. The congregation, founded in 1794, is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the nation. 

The historic church building is located at 419 South 6th Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The  current structure, completed in 1890, is the oldest church property in the United States to be continuously owned by African Americans.. 

The church was proposed in 1791 by members of the Free African Society of Philadelphia, including Absalom Jones, out of a desire to create a space for autonomous African-American worship and community in the city.

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD

The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation is the oldest independent black institution in Baltimore. Its origins date back to the late 18th century, when blacks withdrew from the parent Methodist Church in protest against racially segregated seating and lack of representation in church hierarchy.

To exercise control over their own spiritual affairs, the dissenting blacks formed a "Free African Society," congregating for prayers and meetings in private homes. They soon adopted the name "Bethel," (a Hebrew word meaning house of God), and in 1817, acquired their first church building, the old German Lutheran Church on Fish Street (now Saratoga).

The African Methodist Episcopal Church

In 1816 an organizing conference in Philadelphia formally established the national independent The African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Daniel Coker, an eminent orator and educator who later became the first recognized missionary of the Church, joined the colonization party that went to Liberia in 1820. Coker hosted the 1st Quadrennial Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church where he was elected the new denomination’s first bishop.  He declined the post, however, and Richard Allen was appointed the following day.

The historic denomination grew out of the Free African Society (FAS) which Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1787. When officials at St. George’s MEC pulled blacks off their knees while praying, FAS members discovered just how far American Methodists would go to enforce racial discrimination against African Americans. Hence, these members of St. George’s made plans to transform their mutual aid society into an African congregation.

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or the AME Zion Church (AMEZ) is a historically African-American Christian denomination based in the United States. It was officially formed in 1821 in New York City, but operated for a number of years before then. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology.

 

Monday, November 25, 2024

Manifesto of The Faithless Elector


 By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS, November 25, 2024, Atlanta -- I BELIEVE is the single most powerful statement of faith for trustees in a faith-based economy.  I BELIEVE there are at least 2.4 billion @followers of Jesus The Christ.  The Creator grants each believer 24 hours each day.  I can choose to make each day count.

Each year on November 22nd, I invite friends, kin, followers and foes to believe anything is possible.  I am the youngest of five sons born to The Reverend James Milton and Alma Catherine Stradford.  Today, I awakened to a believer’s perception of reality.

It is the first day in the remainder of my temporal economy.   I woke up.

That may not be my reality once some folks hear what I have risen to declare in the name of #BlackJesus, Amen.   Our task is to declare but not necessarily decree #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.

Declaration and decree are powerful concepts. They involve speaking forth (articulating a perception of) God’s truth and declaring His promises with confidence and authority.  When decreeing, the onus is on us to cause it to happen, whereas asking (seeking God’s approval) respects God’s power to bring it to pass.

§  a declaration states something that already exists.

§  a decree calls things that are not as they are.

DECLARATION OR DECREE?  FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE

Faith means being sure of the things we hope for. And faith means knowing that something is real even if we do not see it.  Most of my 3000 Facebook Friends believe they have faith. This means that what we see was made by something that cannot be seen.  

300 of my 3000 Facebook Friends thought it not robbery to wish me a happy birthday.  Within that ten percent subset of friends-n-kin are some hard-core believers I value as winners.   By faith winners understand that the whole world was made by God.  Our small, but highly favored group has not set out to become famous, just faithful.

People who lived in the past became famous because of faith. Depending on the narrative one chooses to believe, Noah was, reportedly, a man who pleased God.  No evidence in the Hebrew narrative suggests he cheated on his wife, sexually assaulted women or tried to steal an election.  According to published reports, he walked with God.

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.  A hundred years later, the family was forced to evacuate due to a devastating forecast of a 150-day flood.   

After the flood, Noah’s three sons set out to repopulate the Earth.  Scholars of history, geography and religion have since intwined their findings into enduring conflicts of racism, poverty and war.

DECREE OR DECLARATION? Faithless Elector

According to published news reports, Convicted Felon Donald Trump won the 2024 election for President of the United States of America. These reports are premature since the Electoral College has not yet voted for 47th President of the United States. 

Framers of the United States Constitution such as Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and Hamilton incorporated their individual beliefs into an evolving model for faith-based governance. The United States Constitution articulates common vision for diverse, religious influences by codifying diverse beliefs as “WE THE PEOPLE.”

FACTS: TIME IS MONEY!!!

Every four years, Americans rediscover the 538-member mechanism that the Constitution (Article II, section 1 and Amendment XII ), federal statutes, and state laws prescribe for selecting the president. Electors rarely appear on ballots, but when voters pull the lever for president and vice president, they are actually voting to authorize competing slates of electors who will cast the official votes at a later date. The founders envisioned electors as free agents, selected by the voters to be what Alexander Hamilton described in Federalist 68 as “men most capable of analyzing” presidential candidates. Over the years most have forgotten that electors are actual people, and the Founders’ vision has morphed almost uniformly into 538 party-selected, faceless robots.

The influence of Artificial Intelligence on the outcome of the 2024 General Election raises cause for investigation into laws governing the common values of the American people.  


DECREE OR DECLARATION? Full Faith and Credit Clause

There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States. 

§  Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, known as the “Full Faith and Credit Clause,” requires each state to recognize the laws, judicial decisions, and public records of the other states. This section helps ensure that court decisions made in one state will be recognized and honored in every other state. One purpose for this is that it prevents someone from moving to another state to avoid a court judgment, or to file a new lawsuit in an attempt to obtain a more favorable outcome on a matter that has already been decided. To explore this concept, consider the following Full Faith and Credit definition.

§  Article IV, Section 2 -- A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

ALLEGED FACTS in this congressional inquiry are as follows:

Alleged January 6th sympathizer Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly defeated Black Farmer and Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Shawn A. Harris to represent Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. 

The 14th district was established January 3, 2013, from portions of the old 9th and 11th districts following the 112th Congress, based on the 2010 census.

·        Barack Obama (D) was President of the United States.  

·        Joe Biden (D) was President of the United States Senate. 

·        John Boehner (R) was Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. 

The total number of days between today November 25, 2024 and January 6, 2025 is 267 days.  In 267 days, a majority 270 of 538 electors of the Electoral College will vote to elect the 47th President of the United States.

The United Nations has asked Retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Shawn A. Harris (Shawn), me and 2.4 billion believers for help on 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.  I BELIEVE All Things are Possible.  I invite any beneficiary of the world’s stolen people to put collective faith to make #MissionPossible.

UNSDG 1 of 17 -  #NoPoverty2030

Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired:  On #GivingTuesday 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027. 2028, 2029 and 2030, I am supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 of 17 through an unprecedented demonstration of debt forgiveness. As one in 2.4 billion @followers of the greatest influencer of all times, I’m believing #BlackJesus will bless your giving one way or another.  

Stephanie A. Walker Stradford: On #GivingTuesday 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027. 2028, 2029 and 2030, I am supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 17 of 17, Partnerships to address #NoPoverty2030, as a Boomer Generation Trustor for a replicable reparations trust.

Emmanuella Ingrid Kacou On #GivingTuesday, I am supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 17 of 17, Partnerships to address #NoPoverty2030, as one of twenty Generation Z Interns building a replicable World Bank trust with Youth Achievers USA.   I am collecting and managing data on Generation Z .

Moruti Maselemeng Molupe -- On #GivingTuesday, I am supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 of 17 as a Generation Y Trustor for the FAS2 TUMELO FAMILY TRUST.  I am believing two or more Generation Alpha beneficiaries will inherit assets of a World Bank Umbrella 2.0 Trust. I will help them help other Generation Alpha beneficiaries grow up believing that #NoPoverty2030 is #MissionPossible. I believe these Generation Alpha beneficiaries will inherit an inclusive, economically sustainable vision for the Twin Churches: Holy Trinity and Theresa James AME Church, Maseru, Lesotho, in partnership with the World Council of Churches and the United States Africa Command.

Maguy Konan On #GivingTuesday, I am supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 of 17 as a Generation Y Trustor for the FAS2 SOULAFILAI FAMILY TRUST.  I am believing two or more Generation Alpha beneficiaries will inherit assets of a World Bank Umbrella 2.0 Trust. I will help them help other Generation Alpha beneficiaries grow up believing that #NoPoverty2030 is #MissionPossible. I believe these Generation Alpha beneficiaries will inherit an inclusive, economically sustainable vision for the Centre évangélique prière et Mission Côte d'Ivoire in partnership with the AME Church, the World Council of Churches and the United States Africa Command.

Bishop Jeffrey Cooper

Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell

Vice President Kamala Harris

President Joe Biden

UNSDG 2 of 17 -  #NoHunger2030

Brigadier General Shawn Harris, U.S. Army, Retired “I would strongly encourage every veteran to get involved in some form of agriculture. New mission… Feed America and the World. Farming will keep you busy, give you purpose and help you focused on achieving your goals. Yes, raising cattle is difficult but very rewarding. My message to all my fellow veterans is to stay focused and keep running. If you need help or advice, reach out.” #veteranstofarmers #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.

In the United States Electoral College, a faithless elector is generally a party representative who does not have faith in the election result within their region and instead votes for another person for one or both offices, or abstains from voting.

FINDINGS from this congressional inquiry support an unprecedented grassroots, national security action to ensure the peaceful transfer of political power.  Voluntary resignation by Ms. Marjorie Taylor Greene would save taxpayers the cost of investigating Greene and fellow insurrection sympathizers perceived to have been elected to the 119th U.S. Congress.

 

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Are you part of the problem or the solution?


In One Nation Under God, there is a right time for everything. Everything on earth has its special season.  

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS, October 16, 2024, Atlanta – How do you quell an insurrection?

In a nutshell, you vote.  Yesterday, the first day of early voting in Georgia, 252,000 citizens showed up by 4:00 p.m. with #GeorgiaOnMyMind.  By the end of the day, there was a record of more than 365,006 total ballots from early voters in person and absentee ballots.  

Today, Stephanie A. Walker Stradford increased that number by one.    Over the next 20 days, she, and 8,240,874 fellow Georgians can save billions in tax dollars by simply showing up and voting out remnant factions of the worst domestic terrorist threat to the United States since the U.S. Civil War.

How much WinRed or ActBlue division do you need to learn that a house divided cannot stand?  Over the next 20 days any two of 210 million @followers of the greatest influencer of all times can move one nation under God closer than ever to a more perfect union.   “It's a sin not to be happy and appreciate beauty. It "pisses God off if you walk by #TheColorPurple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

 “What can happen in a Divided States of America?”

On January 6, 2021, The President of the United States failed to protect and defend the constitutional right to vote.  Members of The United States Congress impeached but could not convict an “enemy from within” the government’s executive and, perhaps, legislative branches.  The Government Accountability Office estimates the attack -- carried out by supporters of former President Donald Trump who were dissatisfied with the 2020 election results -- caused about $2.7 billion in estimated costs. 

The FBI estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people entered the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, with some vandalizing and looting offices of U.S. Congress members.  

The U.S. Congress impeached the President of the United States for his actions or the lack thereof through a constitutionally sanctioned process.   

The Electoral College, represented by 535 electors from the 50 states, convened as required by the U.S. Constitution.

American voters should know that when you cast a vote for a presidential candidate, you’re not actually voting for the president; you’re voting for a group of people called “electors.” Electors are the individuals who form the Electoral College. Each elector represents one electoral vote. A total of 538 electors forms the Electoral College. Each state has its own number of electors.

In Georgia, 47 other states and the District of Columbia, electors vote according to who wins the total popular vote. So, if the Republican candidate wins the state’s popular vote, that party’s electors vote for their candidate to become president of the United States. If the Democrat candidate wins the state’s popular vote, Georgia’s 16 electors nominated by the Democratic Party will be sent to the Electoral College to elect their candidate.

 

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Open Letter To The President of the United States

 How to do right by the world’s poor?

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS, October 1, 2024, Atlanta – According to the United Nations, nearly half of the world’s population lives in poverty, with over 800 million people in extreme poverty.  Extreme poverty is defined as surviving on less than $1.25 a day.  The goal of the U.N. and its partners is to eradicate poverty everywhere by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The United States of America is one of 193 member states of the U.N. today.

Howard Buffett, 69 is Warren Buffett’s son.  According to Fortune Magazine, Howard will be trusted with his dad’s $144 billion fortune.   He says its ‘not so easy to give away money’ if you want to do it right.  Original trustees for Buffet’s 68 billion trust might agree.   I believe Howard is wrong.  On any given day, any two of 2.4 billion followers might simply draw on the endowment, “all things are possible.”  I am one of them.

Community Reinvestment is as easy as declaring #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible in the name of #BlackJesus if y’all ain’t scared.  It requires believing in the mission, speaking (or writing the vision) and putting a plan in action.  In other words, what are you going to do about it?  So, what is it that frightens Warren, Donald, Diddy, and the top two-percent account holders of the world’s Money-n-the-Bank?  Debt Forgiveness!

As Americans count the days to vote for the next U.S. president, the current president, is also one of 2.4 billion followers of Jesus The Christ through whom ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.  President Joe Biden is pressed to make good on a campaign promise for Healing The Soul of America.  On October 13-15, President Biden was to meet with President João Lourenço of Angola.  The rescheduled mission, now set for after the U.S. elections has no clear agenda other than signaling a shift in succession as usual. If it happens, it will be the 46th president’s first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa since taking office. 

Candidate Donald Trump did not travel to Africa.  Vice President Kamala Harris has already visited Sub-Saharan Africa and pledged $100 million during a week-long three nation tour.

An Invitation to One Nation Under God

Generation Alpha is the term used to describe the generation of people born (or who will be born) between 2010 and 2025. They are the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. They are the first generation born entirely in the 21st century and the third millennium.

Their parents are mostly Millennials, and their older siblings are Gen Zs. These tech-savvy digital natives and are already proving themselves worthy of global investment.  They are the bridge between dreaming the impossible and getting things done.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, two or more Generation Alpha believers are on a mission to engage 2.4 billion followers in declaring UNSDG Goal 1 of 17, #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.  The United Nations believes $3.3-4.5 trillion USD per year is needed to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  A bottoms-up needs assessment might support the belief, "Ending poverty is not a gesture of charity, but an act of justice."

The President of the United States is Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.  On his way to Africa, President Biden is invited to partner with Generation Alpha Secret Millionaires.  As such, a sole source defense contract through AFRICOM might signal immediate support for declaring #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.

Mr. Buffett or any responsible citizen might simply invest $1 to $144 billion in the established crowd-funding campaign.

An Invitation To #InGodWeTrust

#BlackJesus is a faith-based spiritual value common to a family of Free Africans. The spirit of the original Free African Society, an American Value or (Common Vision), is undervalued in the U.S. Federal Debt as Stolen Peoples’ Equity.   

The number of Christians around the world has nearly quadrupled in the last 100 years, from about 600 million in 1910 to more than 2 billion in 2010. But the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly, from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in 2010. As a result, Christians make up about the same portion of the world’s population today (32%) as they did a century ago (35%).  Debt-forgiveness and caring for the poor are among the key deliverables in a single command to “love one another.”  

534 million of the 1.1 billion poor people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. In contrast to the Middle East, religion is not so much a source of conflict as a source of hope. Religious leaders and movements are a major force in civil society and a key provider of relief and development for the needy, particularly given the widespread reality of failed states and collapsing government services. The number of Muslims living between the Sahara Desert and the Cape of Good Hope has increased more than 20-fold, rising from an estimated 11 million in 1900 to approximately 234 million in 2010. The number of Christians has grown even faster, soaring almost 70-fold from about 7 million to 470 million. Sub-Saharan Africa now is home to about one-in-five of all the Christians in the world (21%) and more than one-in-seven of the world’s Muslims (15%).  Depending on an institution’s religious doctrine, a vast majority of Free Africans, be they Christian or Muslim, relate or are related to God living within them.  Translation of the word FAITH to some 2100 indigenous languages begins to measure the loss due to European colonization.

But, if there is a will, there is a way.

World Bank Trust Funds

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

Healing The Soul of America – The Biden Administration negotiated a strategy with the U.S. Congress concerning an increase in the U.S. debt ceiling.  The two branches agreed to decide later. This action demonstrates the aphorism, Time is Money as an historic American value.

United States Africa Command (africom.mil)  General Langley briefs U.S. Congress on Whole of Government Security.  The concept is perhaps more realistic from an African perspective rather than American.  General Langley’s “Learning Journey  may have revealed a path toward healing America’s soul and securing world peace.

Veterans | TheEnterpriZe – TheEnterpriZe LLC is an SBA Certified Veteran-owned Small Business It seeks to sustain a 1985-day mission (January 1, 2025-June 9, 2030) to engage faith and government partners in declaring #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible.

Youth Achievers USA Institute (youthusa.net) – Qualifies Gen Alpha “believers” as Secret Millionaires committed to “Cheerful Giving” to achieve #NoPoverty2030.  

Free African Society (FAS2) – The YouthUSA grant-making strategy develops FAITH FAMILY TRUSTS as the sustaining foundation for a youth-led joint venture.



Since World War II, the US has provided more foreign aid to Israel than to any other country. Israel received the second-largest amount of US aid in 2022 after Ukraine, where the US committed $12.4 billion. The two countries received 4.8% and 18.1%, respectively, of all foreign aid granted that year.

A $1 billion commitment to Ubuntu development would signal a shift in America’s foreign policy priorities from war to peace.  Components for a replicable 5-year $100-m Whole of Government Security demonstration begins with a sole-source federal contract to a U.S. SBA certified veteran-owned small business for small trust development.

A total of 10 FAITH FAMILY TRUSTS over a 5-year timeline models intergenerational capacity building across Sub-Saharan Africa.  Each of 10 FAITH FAMILY TRUST translates the word FAITH into an indigenous African language.

IMMEDIATE ACTION: President Joe Biden’s Staff for Africa Mission – Declare #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible in the name of #BlackJesus.

Timeline:  #ThePentecostProject Countdown to #NoPoverty2030 TODAY –  Pentecost Sunday June 9, 2030

·         Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires

·         Remnant of the Historic Black Church in America (HBCUs)

·         World Bank Black Jesus Card or Charity Charge

·         World Bank Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

·         General Michael Langley, AFRICOM

·         Lesotho FAITH FAMILY TRUST (Sesotho - Tumelo)  

·         Cote D’Ivoire FAITH FAMILY TRUST (Baoule - Soulafilai)

·         Angola FAITH FAMILY TRUST

·         Ghana FAITH FAMILY TRUST

 Managing Unit: GGEVP

VPU: GGEVP

Program Type: Umbrella

Umbrella Program Manager: Tutnjevic, Igor

CGAP is a global partnership of more than 30 leading development organizations that works to advance the lives of the poor, especially women, through financial inclusion. Using action-oriented research, CGAP tests and shares knowledge to help build inclusive and responsible financial systems. These will enable the poor to access economic opportunities and essential services. It will help them build resilience, including in the context of climate change.

CGAP researches and experiments to establish proofs of concept and extract actionable insights that help partners implement solutions in the marketplace and take them to scale. By doing so, CGAP hopes to advance broader development goals and contribute to more prosperous, equal, resilient, sustainable economies and societies.

Monday, July 15, 2024

The Presidents’ Call on #BlackJesus

 “Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.” 

President George Washington

Vice President Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters when a pipe bomb was found outside the building on January 6, 2021, the same day Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.  According to NBC News, people familiar with the matter confirmed the news about Harris' experience on January 6, claiming that the vice president was then evacuated. Source: Latin Post

By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired

AMWS July 11, 2024 – The United States Senate, including at least one follower of #BlackJesus, is leveraging its influence over the 2024 United States presidential election. 

President Joe Biden said only one thing could persuade him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. "Look, I mean, if the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get outta the race,’ I’d get outta the race,” he said, adding, “The Lord Almighty’s not comin’ down.”  

Two days after this nationally significant anniversary of July 11, 1798, the president's political opponent, predecessor, convicted felon, alleged insurrectionist, and now miraculous survivor of a botched assassination attempt confessed, “I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.”   A “Whole of Government” investigation and security review into "God's grace on thee" may never solve the “where are my shoes?” mystery. But proven prosecutorial proficiency and transparent fact-finding into competitive two-party politics will perhaps get We The People to ask relevant questions.  

According to the U.S. Constitution, and not the Constitution of the Confederate States, Vice President Kamela Harris pulls double duty as President of the United States Senate.  On any given day, she is unofficially the co-president with Joe Biden as well as a running mate for the Democratic Party. Harris is potentially the country’s greatest influencer when POTUS runs amuck. 

Her predecessor, Mike Pence might have saved time, money, even American lives by examining his own faith along with the history of the office.   "I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution," Pence wrote. He said the XXV amendment is "not a means of punishment or usurpation," and that invoking it would "set a terrible precedent."

But the “terrible precedent “was set long before Pence survived domestic terror on January 6, 2021.   And, based on the latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, the co-president now shares an executive responsibility to “lower the temperature in our politics” once and for all.   Kamela Harris, together with Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia might partner on the possibility that “God Almighty” has sovereign authority over One Nation Under God. 

Like a “Fresh Wind,” an unprecedented intervention can, in the interest of national security, HEAL THE SOUL OF AMERICA.  On this date, 226 years ago, The United States of America put collective faith to work through the establishment of a unique force in readiness. 

11 July 1798

SEC 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the present military establishment, there shall be raised and organized a corps of marines, which shall consist of one major, four captains, sixteen first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, forty-eight sergeants, forty-eight corporals, thirty-two drums and fifes, and seven hundred and twenty privates, including the marines who have been enlisted, or are authorized to be raised, for the naval armament, and the said corps may be formed into as many companies, or detachments, as the President of the United States shall direct, with a proper distribution of the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians to each company or detachment.

The Founding Fathers, most of whom were of English descent, include those who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution and others. Seven figures are distinguished among key founders, based on the "triple tests" of leadership, longevity, and statesmanship: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

In every generation since, seven stars of democracy have compromised on the America value, “all men are created equal.” As such, compromise stands as the enduring threat known as The Triple Evils.   In his farewell address on September 19, 1796, President George Washington articulated a future for divisive politics based bad habits forming during his own temporal reality. 

After defeating the British in the American Revolutionary War, Washington stepped in to lead 13 colonies to form a more perfect union. Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787.

Friction between them increased as attention shifted from the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful that federal government would be.

The Federalists, led by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists, led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, advocated states’ rights instead of centralized power.  Federalists coalesced around the commercial sector of the country while their opponents drew their strength from those favoring an “agrarian” society. The ensuing partisan battles led George Washington to warn of “the baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his Farewell Address as president of United States.

“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.”

The same political dog-whistles of George Washington’s era call on the next president of the United States to either pay attention to a word from God, or anticipate a thump upside the head from one of His fingers.

Whether Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, or even Jesse Jackson, Jr. is the next Commander-in-Chief, dogs of war respond to authority.  According to military training sources, “Command voice refers to the way a command is given to affect the way the movement is executed.” A correctly delivered command is loud and distinct enough for everyone in the element to hear. It is given in a tone, cadence, and snap that demand a willing, correct, and immediate response.”

Depending on one’s narrative, Biblical Moses lead Israelites out of Africa.  Like #BlackJesus, Moses was reportedly an African prince, perhaps born to sensitize the slave master to the needs of the enslaved.  After 40 years at the Egyptian court, Moses learned that he was special. He spent the next 40 years in the desert of Midian learning that God is special. Moses had to learn not to have himself and his position as the focus. He had to learn how to care for sheep in order to be a shepherd of God to the people.

God’s plan is not likely to be found in the political party platforms of either the Democratics or the Republicans.  Historically, His plan has called on leadership to do His will.  Out of seven founding fathers from U.S. History, one ended up getting shot by the Vice President of the United States. 

The latest ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court theoretically supports Affirmative Engagement for eliminating a threat to American lives.  If Barack Obama could deploy U.S. Special Forces to take out Osama Bin Laden, why would Joe Biden debate a convicted felon over his perceived right to govern? “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence, for any violence, ever. Period. No exceptions,” said President Biden.   “We can’t allow this violence to be normalized,” Biden said during his remarks.

Pew Research:  A reckoning over racial inequality

Racial tensions were a constant undercurrent during Trump’s presidency, often intensified by the public statements he made in response to high-profile incidents.

The death of George Floyd, in particular, brought race to the surface in a way that few other recent events have. The videotaped killing of the unarmed, 46-year-old Black man by a White police officer in Minneapolis was among several police killings that sparked national and international protests in 2020 and led to an outpouring of public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, including from corporations, universities and other institutions. In a survey shortly after Floyd’s death in May, two-thirds of U.S. adults – including majorities across all major racial and ethnic groups – voiced support for the movement, and use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag surged to a record high on Twitter.

Attitudes began to change as the protests wore on and sometimes turned violent, drawing sharp condemnation from Trump. By September, support for the Black Lives Matter movement had slipped to 55% – largely due to decreases among White adults – and many Americans questioned whether the nation’s renewed focus on race would lead to changes to address racial inequality or improve the lives of Black people.

Race-related tensions erupted into public view earlier in Trump’s tenure, too. In 2017, White nationalists rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the removal of a Confederate statue amid a broader push to eliminate such memorials from public spaces across the country. The rally led to violent clashes in the city’s streets and the death of a 32-year-old woman when a White nationalist deliberately drove a car into a crowd of people. Tensions also arose in the National Football League as some players protested racial injustices in the U.S. by kneeling during the national anthem. The display prompted a backlash among some who saw it as disrespectful to the American flag.

In all of these controversies and others, Trump weighed in from the White House, but typically not in a way that most Americans saw as helpful. In a summer 2020 survey, for example, six-in-ten U.S. adults said Trump had delivered the wrong message in response to the protests over Floyd’s killing. That included around four-in-ten adults (39%) who said Trump had delivered the completely wrong message.

More broadly, Americans viewed Trump’s impact on race relations as far more negative than positive. In an early 2019 poll, 56% of adults said Trump had made race relations worse since taking office, compared with only 15% who said he had made progress toward improving relations. In the same survey, around two-thirds of adults (65%) said it had become more common for people in the U.S. to express racist or racially insensitive views since his election.