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“THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY” (Job 1:21 KJV): Recently, my wonderful assistant who helps me Tweet, shared with me about the recent transition of our young, yet prolific Black actor CHADWICK BOSEMAN, whose most notable work is displayed in the movie ‘BLACK PANTHER’...
...My dear assistant happens to be a very sensitive person, and was very impacted by the loss of our brother, as well as that of our esteemed brother KOBE BRYANT, and not just these celebrities...
..but in summary, she’s really such a sensitive person in that she exudes the principle in character “Black Lives Matter”...
While I agree with her on this point, I’m more inclined toward examining why “Black Lives Matter”, and not because other lives don’t, but because ‘Black’ is not a color, and any scientific exegesis would agree, ‘Black’ is the point of origin out of which color evolves...
So, ‘Black’ is a term synonymous with ‘Original’!
Because Black is original, its fundamental value is based on the fact that without Black, you would not have all of the colors in the spectrum of light...
Because Black is original, its fundamental value is based on the fact that without Black, you would not have all of the colors in the spectrum of light...
The Original Man of GOD would have to have been, and still is, Black, and if not honored, then the life of ALL races will be short in the land that the Creator has given us all.
Likewise, how dare ANY human being even think to progress toward success without the remembrance of ALLAH (GOD), The Creator and Author of existence?
All lives matter when Black lives do.
All lives matter when Black lives do.
...Now, back to our opening theme, “The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh away”, let’s start with our very lives; which one of us asked to be born Black, Red, Brown, Yellow, or White?
In fact, which one of us asked before we were born, for the genetic information that gives us our physical features and characteristics?
Since the answer is clearly “none of us,” then the first fundamental principle that intelligence should give us is that “all lives matter” that we discovered after we were born into consciousness of a diverse world and reality that was already here...
...and, furthermore determined by the Creator who is the Author of all living creatures. We must learn to respect every living and existing thing.
Failure to do so is what shortens a life regardless of its creed, class, or color...
Failure to do so is what shortens a life regardless of its creed, class, or color...
Why does the Lord Giveth and Taketh away? Could it be that by these means, we can discover and develop respect for the innate value of everything created, and furthermore permitted by the Creator?
A person that does not respect all life would have to be characterized, categorized & identified as an uncivilized savage. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught us that savage means “A person that has lost the knowledge of him or herself and is (present) living a beast life."
...We know the history of the Caucasian that came out of the caves and hillsides of Europe, but are we acknowledging the beast-like mentality and behavior of each other, which comes out of the concrete jungles of America?
..What I’m trying to illustrate and bring to mind is that the common denominator among White and Black societies is a beast-like lifestyle. The common-denominator of fallen and falling societies is the lack of knowledge of ‘self’.
...Again, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, as taught by his Teacher, Master Fard Muhammad, teaches that the true ‘self’ of the human being is RIGHTEOUSNESS!
..It is only righteous behavior represented through human beings that identifies us with the Creator, who is ALLAH (GOD) in and through the Person.
...In my conclusion “The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh away” can be better understood when individuals, whether with celebrity status or not, impact a great number of us when we lose them, which, in turn, causes the rest of us who live on to REFLECT.
..Lastly, the Holy Quran reminds us that in principle— not just in the ink words written on the pages of the book—, but in our LIVES is a guide for those who reflect on it...
....but also and fundamentally, since a word is the sound of an expressed thought, the way we live our lives must be reflected on, so that we might constantly exercise self-examination, and self-analysis, for self-correction...
... and if we don’t, then ALLAH makes examples of the lives He takes, as a saving grace for the lives that remain...
Recently, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, in his July 4 worldwide message, told us that all lives lost during this pandemic and due to this pestilence that descends from heaven, are referred to as martyrs!...
...Whether you believe these words or not, we are, right now, in the time of the War of Armageddon! No life lost today is inconsequential. Instead, all people who have lost their lives in this time are martyrs...
This is not simply a war of nationalities or racists. But it is the final great battle between truth and falsehood that will determine who will survive....
If we’re in the time of that great and dreadful War of Armageddon, then, in truth, only righteous lives matter, and every life lost is that of a Martyr, and not simply a casualty of war…. To be continued. 
