For Rastas, their roots are in Africa, they were torn to be enslaved in the modern Babylon.Thus, the fulfillment of Scripture involves a return to the promised land, which is for them toEthiopia.
This reference to Ethiopia as the promised land of Israel and not due to severalreferences, as traditional biblical. First, the Rastafarians remember the Queen of Sheba,Makheda, queen of Ethiopia who visited King Solomon, she would have had a son,Menelik, according to tradition. Similarly, the Ark of the Covenant containing the tablets of the Law and the staff of Aaron, the Bible loses track after Solomon, is now in a chapel ofthe Ethiopian Orthodox Church, made ​​directly by Menelik I,. Solomon told the ark to his eldest son, according to the Hebrew tradition, for it preserves the treasures. Menelik went back to Jerusalem, accompanied by several high-ranking priests, including the Falashas,black Jews of Ethiopia are the descendants.
Finally, the prophecy of the crowning of a king in Africa, brought about by the advent to power of Haile Selassie, completed to confirm Ethiopia as the Promised Land, Zion, theZion (pronounced Zayan English) sung by the Psalms .
Note also that the English version of the Bible uses the term "Aethiopia" to refer to what is now the African continent and Africa not the word that meant the Roman province of Africain Latin. The origin of the word "Ethiopia" is not known with certainty. According tosources, it could come from the ancient Greek Aithiops (Αἰθίοψ), meaning "burnt face", orbe derived from a son of Kush Ityopp'is unknown to the Bible, which according to legendfounded the city of Axum. Ethiopia to see the article details.