This morning, NPR was blaring nothing but politics. I went channel surfing and landed on some authentic Rastafarian Reggae. They were singing about how Haile Selassie would lead us to the new Zion.
Well, just a few months ago I stood at the tomb of Rastafari at Trinity Cathederal in Addis Ababa. I can tell you that he is very much dead there in the ground. He isn’t leading anyone anywhere. Jesus the Christ, on the other hand, has an empty tomb. His life is in the present tense – as it was during man’s inception.
It turns out that Haile Selassie’s greatest legacy came via the resources he directed toward having the Bible translated and distributed to his people. Long after his tomb is full, they continue to read about the tomb that isn’t.