It has been assumed by contemporary seminary trained doctors of divinity that the Ethiopian of years ago is the same as today, as if to say the demographics remained static. We in Christian Identity respectfully disagree. The key to the identity of the Ethiopian eunuch is to find out who the inhabitants of Ethiopia in New Testament times really were.
Many Judeo-Christian publishers gloss the Ethiopian as an arbitrary African Negro without much historical accuracy. History is replete with examples of territories changing in racial make-up via wars, famines, migrations etc. Egypt is a good example of determining the racial identity of an Egyptian, depending on the time period.
The history of Ethiopia is one of several important kingdoms that are basically unknown to Christendom, e. These territories provided fertile soil for the missionary efforts of the early Christian church. The Apostle Matthew spent much of his time fulfilling the Great Commission in the most unknown Christian empire of them all: Aksum, ancient Ethiopia. It was the ancestor of Ethiopia. It became important about 50 A. Aksum grew rich and powerful because of Adule, its port on the Red Sea.
Adule was a world trading center. Aksumite kings built impressive forts, palaces and granite monuments. During the s, King Ezana defeated the state of Meroe. Ezana became famous for making Christianity the state religion. Aksum declined after the Persians conquered Arabia in the late s.
During the s, the Muslims conquered the Persians and stopped the flow of settlers who had come to Aksum from southern Arabia. As a result, the Christians of Aksum were surrounded by non-Christians.
