Perfect example of a non sequitor!
Your response doesn’t seem to have anything to do with this article about Lalibela in Ethiopia! Jesus is not even mentioned by name in this article and is clearly not the subject matter.
Was your comment perhaps intended for another article by this same author? Or are you just randomly ranting on?
]]>Indeed, these are very basic and important questions which this article only partially addresses directly. Although the mention of pilgrimage hints at the churches purpose.
Traditionally many devout Ethiopian Christians had been making pilgrimages to the Holy Land but by the time of Lalibela this practice had become dangerous or impossible due to Jerusalem being overrun by Muslims (Seracens/Sarrasins). An attempted poisoning by his elder sister put prince Lalibela into a coma during which time he experienced a divine vision in which God reportedly took him to Heaven and commanded him to construct a place of worship and pilgrimage modeled after important sites in the Holy Land. He was shown the site for construction as well as how to make the tools he would need in his vision. The Lord promised guide him throughout the process and to send His angels by night to do the work which would be too difficult for Lalibela to oversee.
What information seems to be missing to you about the identity of King Lalibela?
As an official religion in Ethiopia, Christianity goes back to the 4 century; but the original introduction of Gospel to Ethiopia goes back the Ethiopian eunuch of the court of Candace who was baptized by Philip on his way home from Jerusalem.
Thanks to its geographical isolation Ethiopian Christianity which, as this story illustrates had strong roots in Judaism, has changed very little over the centuries and survives as one of the purest and most original forms of the faith.
It is certainly true that the long, rich history of Ethiopia, or even just Ethiopian Christianity is far beyond the scope of an article like this one and would require the devotion of multiple volumes! It is a shame that this amazing history is virtually unknown or even imagined beyond the borders of Ethiopia.
]]>Sorry, but archeology again sells us nonsense….
]]>This article fails to answer many basic questions. But in all fairness, Ethiopia’s rich religious history deserves an encyclopedia of its own.
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It may determine a place in Eternity.