Here in South Africa Shembe revived Yahuah’s assembly which had been initiated by Moshe in Yisra’el, conducted by prophets and finally destroyed by the Romans with Creeds!
I do not believe that during contemporary times there is a faith community that observes Yahuah’s precepts as the Nazarite assembly, particularly the Nazarites of Aluah!
Hymn 238.
1.Lord God who is gracious
Receive your people,
The old and the young,
They are crying before You.
2.The heart desires
The living God.
All their souls
Long for heaven.
3.Behold O Father by Your grace,
Hear our prayer.
We are defiled and are sinners,
You alone are Holy.
4.Lord You have the might
Cleanse our hearts.
O Lord You are the Fire
Do destroy our sins.
5.Today may You remember us
In all our native lands.
May Your will be done
Upon all this flesh.
6.Today we return to You,
We and our progeny.
We are Your inheritance alone.
May we not worship our enemies.
1.Whenever we refer to the Nazarite assembly nowadays, we mean the faith system that was established by Prophet Isaiah Shembe (peace be upon him). But in the Bible, according to Acts 24:5, the Nazarite assembly is the Nazarene Sect that was led by Yahusha.
2.Just like Christianity, the Nazarite faith is now a faith system because there are numerous sects that fall under it, sects that follow faith principles that are based on Shembe’s teachings.
3.The Nazarite faith is the continuation of Yahuah’s faith system as it was practised by the nation of Yisra’el from Moshe up to Yahusha and his disciples. Unfortunately, many people do not know Yahuah’s faith system because the gentiles destroyed it!
4.Today I wish to clarify the Nazarite Assembly of Aluah which also falls under the Nazarite Faith as a faith system that was initiated by the Prophet!
5.In September 2006, an angel who introduced herself as Hlaleleni came to me while I was with Priestess MaNxumalo.
6.I did not hide the arrival of this angel; I reported it to priests that were in charge of me, reverends Buthelezi and Khumalo. I also notified Rev. Vimbeni Shembe about the same angel though I was not really acquainted with her nature at the time!
7.We stayed with this angel until the end of 2009; then on 4 January 2010, she came to tell me that she had been sent by Lord Galilee Shembe to order me to leave the eBuhleni faction and establish Yahuah’s assembly on his behalf.
8.In that assembly I would teach the people how to properly worship Yahuah and would base such teachings on the Bible and the Nazarite hymns; I would also derive my content from sermons that the Prophet conveyed to the Nazarites.
9.I was intrigued by such a statement and then asked the angel if I had to tell my leader, Rev. Vimbeni Shembe, about her message.
10.The angel said: “No, Rev. Vimbeni Shembe will be told by Lord Galilee Shembe because he is the one who said you should come out of the eBuhleni faction.”
11.I came out of the eBuhleni faction on 30 September 2010. When I left the faction, I visited both press and electronic media houses and explained that I was exiting the eBuhleni faction; I even explained that it was the angel who persuaded me to take that step and that she said she had been sent by Lord Galilee Shembe to embark on that action!
12.While many people were still surprised, the then eBuhleni leader, Rev. Vimbeni Shembe, called for the widows of Lord Galilee Shembe who were at eBuhleni and told them that I had been taken by Lord Galilee Shembe out of eBuhleni.
13.We got to know that Rev. Vimbeni Shembe had told Lord Galilee Shembe’s widows that I had been instructed by the latter to leave the eBuhleni faction through a telephone call from Lord Galilee Shembe’s daughter during which she told us that her mothers had been invited by Rev. Vimbeni Shembe who gave them such information!
14.It did not end there; Rev. Vimbeni Shembe also sent Evangelist Zwane to inform the Nazarite assembly that they should not abuse me because I had been removed by Lord Galilee Shembe from the assembly.
15.When the Nazarites who had returned to eBuhleni heard that Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was not opposed to my exit from that faction, they returned to NCG!
16.Rev. Vimbeni Shembe’s good faith in releasing me reinforced the angel’s statement that Lord Galilee Shembe would tell Rev. Vimbeni Shembe that he was responsible for removing me from the eBuhleni faction!
17.Though it was the eBuhleni Nazarites who told us what Rev. Vimbeni Shembe said about my departure from eBuhleni, they have now become the pioneers of the character assassination campaign, claiming that I am an apostate against this assembly, I am just like Reverends Mnqayi and Mzobe who also abandoned this Nazarite assembly.
18.On the basis of Rev. Vimbeni Shembe’s statement, many members of the eBuhleni faction did not attack me at that time, but they started attacking me when they had a new leader, claiming that I was a defector.
19.They hated me even more because I supported Buthelezi, the attorney, on his statement that it was the late Rev. Vimbeni Shembe who had elected Rev. Vela Shembe to lead the assembly! I was acutely aware of that before Rev. Vimbeni Shembe’s departure from this planet.
20.The problem about this assembly’s members is that if one happens to say something that they oppose, that person will be labelled a liar and be severely insulted regardless of how valid their statement may be.
21.After my departure from eBuhleni I did not become independent while Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was still alive. The angel said I should not wear a leadership robe, and I should not sit on a leadership chair while Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was still alive, though I had left eBuhleni.
22.I then put on an ordinary clerical apparel and did not sit on a leadership seat during services.
23.There are sermons that I made after my departure from eBuhleni, recorded on videos in which I wear a white clerical apparel just like the unanointed clergy, and I preached on my knees. I was instructed by the angel to do all that, saying that I should honour Rev. Vimbeni Shembe!
24.All older Nazarites know that after my exit from eBuhleni, the angel said the relationship between NCG and the eBuhleni faction was like that of the ANC and COSATU.
25.The angel said COSATU is independent, with its own president, but it is an ally of the ANC. She said though COSATU is an ally of the ANC, it can reprimand the latter if it behaves in an unbecoming manner.
26.The angel’s analogy, as clearly outlined here, was turned into a laughingstock by the eKuphakameni faction. But the eBuhleni faction seems to have forgotten about such an analogy; I am now regarded as a defector who just abandoned the eBuhleni division.
27.Even those who did not know, they should know that I never defected from eBuhleni, but I was ordered Shembe to come out of that faction!
28.The notion that I defected from eBuhleni is a blue lie, and it is reminiscent of the insult that was peddled by Christians who claimed that the prophet died when he attached feathered wings to himself, trying to fly!
29.As I have explained, the angel said I would not be anointed in order to lead the assembly while Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was still alive because though I had come out of eBuhleni, I was still under him.
30.In the beginning of March 2011, the angel said a ceremony had to be held in which the assembly would accept me as its leader. We then identified 3 April 2011 as an appropriate date for the ceremony.
31.Just about two weeks before the set date, the angel came again and said the ceremony could not be held on 3 April 2011 because that date would coincide with an unfortunate ceremony in heaven.
32.We did not know what that meant, but we then scheduled the ceremony for 27 March 2011.
33.On Friday night, 26 March 2011, just on the Shabbat eve, the angel arrived and said she had come to anoint me, together with the Priestess, MaNxumalo, as the leader of the assembly.
34.We were confused, wondering how I would be anointed to lead the assembly while Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was still alive.
35.But on Monday morning, 28 March 2011, we received a message about the passing of Rev. Vimbeni Shembe.
36.While we were still astounded after getting such news, we saw the angel before us, saying: “Do you now understand what I meant when I said the following week there would be an unfortunate ceremony in heaven? How would you host a ceremony after the passing of your leader?”
37.The angel then knelt down, facing upward, and said: “Lord, I am grateful that the task that You assigned to me has been successfully accomplished. The mortals may now proceed with their earthly responsibilities!”
38.Apparent evidence is that though I came out of the eBuhleni faction on 30 September 2010 due to priests who were persecuting me, I started leading the assembly of NCG from 26 March 2011, and Rev. Vimbeni Shembe departed on 28 March 2011.
39.By 3 April 2011, before a new leader of eBuhleni was installed, according to the heavenly arrangement, I was already fully anointed as the leader of the Nazarites who were led by the Prophet!
40.I had no idea that we would be anointed, but we just saw the angel arriving at night, telling us that she had come to anoint us!
41.I had no idea when Rev. Vimbeni Shembe would depart from this planet, but the angel had said I would be in a position to lead the assembly when Rev. Vimbeni Shembe was no longer alive!
42.And in the context of the situation that I am unpacking here, the situation that is historically factual, my departure from eBuhleni cannot be likened to the apostasy of priests who abandoned the Prophet!
43.What the Nazarites do concerning ordaining a new leader is pathetic because after Aluah has said something, they then oppose Him and follow their own opinions!
44.When I attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission session, Bishop Tutu enquired if this assembly was a family fiefdom since each Shembe leader is always followed by another Shembe leader.
45.I answered by clarifying that Shembe was not unique when it came to the selection of his house to hold the office of priesthood.
46.Yahuah chose Moshe, his brother Aharon and his sister Miryam to serve as prophets in Yisra’el; and He chose the house of Levi to become the only house of priests in Yisra’el. The bishop said: “No, you have prevailed upon me!”
47.Now, because in this contemporary era it’s me who is leading the entire Nazarite assembly according to the heavenly arrangement, the Nazarites then attacked me for what I said to Bishop Tutu, saying since it was me who said the Nazarite assembly had to be led by a leader from a particular family even according to the heavenly arrangement, why then was it being led by me though I was not from the Shembe family?
48.Concerning this contestation, the Nazarites and the Shembe family tend to quote the Prophet’s prayer he offered just before his demise in which he said: “Raise another one in my house so that he may lead your people …”
49.Because the agenda was to create an impression that only a Shembe person could be a leader of the assembly, the prayer which says: “raise another one” was then distorted so that it could sound like: “raise others!” But when the Prophet talked about ”raising another one”, it is well known that he was referring to Lord Galilee Shembe.
50.My mother was engaged to a man from the Mpanza family; just when she was about to get married, her groom died. Lord Galilee Shembethe called for her and said: “You will never get married to the Mpanza family anymore.” My mother returned to the Shembe family.
51.But one day Lord Galilee Shembe called for my mother and said: “You will have to return to the Mpanza family.” My mother then said: “But Sir, you said I would never get married to the Mpanza family.”
52.Lord Galilee Shembe responded thus: “It’s me who said you would never get married into the Mpanza family anymore, and it‘s still me who says you must return to the Mpanza family!” My mother returned to the Mpanza family!
53.Aluah issues and withdraws a blessing when a targeted beneficiary no longer observes Yahuah’s law, and then you may just imitate Prophet Jonah who said to Aluah: “Why are You no longer destroying this people because You said You would destroy them?” and stick to what was said by Aluah at first!
54.Yahuah blessed the house of Levi and said priests would come from it. But after a while, the sons of the High Priest, Eli, sinned against Aluah and He subsequently withdrew that blessing!
55.In 1 Shemuel 2:22-25, the high priest of Yisra’el, who is like Shembe within this assembly, is heard reprimanding his sons, saying: “…I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
56.If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him?”
57.Concerning resisting the law of Yahuah, 1 Shemuel 2:27-30, Yahuah says: “Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house? And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
58.Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
59.Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I SAID INDEED THAT THY HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER, SHOULD WALK BEFORE ME FOR EVER: BUT NOW THE LORD SAITH, BE IT FAR FROM ME; FOR THEM THAT HONOUR ME I WILL HONOUR, AND THEY THAT HONOUR ME I WILL HONOUR, AND THEY THAT DESPISE ME SHALL BE LIGHTLY ESTEEMED.” – King James Version
60.Aluah had placed priesthood responsibility in the house of Levi, just as even in this assembly priesthood responsibility was probably placed in the house of Shembe.
61.But due to sinful practices of the sons of Eli who engaged in sexual acts in the holy place, Yahuah removed the priesthood responsibility from these sons and appointed Prophet Shemuel who was just a nonentity!
62.The same applied to the prophet; when his sons engaged in immoral actions, Yahuah removed their responsibility as judges and appointed Sha’ul as king of Yisra’el.
63.Even Sha’ul, who ended up being anointed king of Yisra’el, when he conducted himself unethically, Yahuah confiscated the throne from him and his progeny and had David anointed king so that he could rule over the nation Yisra’el.
64.Within this Nazarite assembly, sons from the Shembe family carry themselves just as the sons of Eli. Beside sexually abusing the maidens within the assembly, most of them probably indulge in booze, not even paying attention to faith matters.
65.They were deeply convinced that simply because they are Shembe’s progeny, they were not capable of having any sin; even after their deaths they would never stand in judgement.
66.One Shembe fella that I was personally acquainted to, a very naughty guy, once said to me: “You guys are in trouble, Mpanza, because you are still destined to stand in judgement, but we will not stand in judgement because heaven is our home!”
67.This person who made such a nonsensical claim was even older than me. I then understood that he engaged in all impious actions because he assumed that he would never stand in judgement!
68.The spiritual condition of the sons of the Shembe family is similar to that of the sons of Eli, but they also tend to seize even the leadership role from Aluah though they have never bothered themselves about any form of piety!
69.Even the other Nazarites truly believe that if one is from the Shembe family, regardless of whether he has ever been a pious person or not, he must lead the assembly; they then just make them leaders!
70.Even if one is from the Shembe family, but if he was taken from a tavern and made a leader, it goes without saying that a crazy baldhead has just been made a priest!
71.The Nazarite assembly belongs to the Maker of heaven and earth; this is what Shembe wrote in the Nazarite Testament called the NAZARITE HYMNAL.
72.In verse 3 of the Shabbat Liturgical Prayer, Shembe wrote the foundational principle of this assembly when he said: “FEAR YAHUAH, O GENERATIONS UPON GENERATIONS AND OBSERVE HIS LAWS WHICH WROTE FOR YOU THROUGH HIS SERVANT MOSHE SO THAT YOUR WORSHIP MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO ALUAH OF HOSTS.”
73.Here in South Africa Shembe revived Yahuah’s assembly which had been initiated by Moshe in Yisra’el, conducted by prophets and finally destroyed by the Romans with Creeds!
74.I do not believe that during contemporary times there is a faith community that observes Yahuah’s precepts as the Nazarite assembly, particularly the Nazarites of Aluah!
75.I wish to articulate the most appropriate way of observing Aluah’s law because there are many invalid statements that are made by those who evade the observance of Aluah’s law.
76.The law of Aluah is observed so that we may glorify Him through it, not so that we may be rewarded with consequences that bring suffering and death!
77.There is a law that requires us to glorify Yahuah by refraining from engaging in our menial works on Yom Shabbat. But if you find your donkey stuck in a muddy pit on Yom Shabbat, you should rescue it from that mud because failure to do so may result in the portrayal of Yom Shabbat as the source of suffering and death for the donkey. Yahuah cannot be glorified with something that will result in suffering!
78.There are Aluah’s laws that can no longer be successfully observed due to a different situation that we are in right now which just makes proper observance of the law virtually impractical; then, those who are opposed to the keeping of the law pretend as if this is due to failure to keep that law!
79.Yahuah’s law came down upon the children of Yisra’el while they were together in the wilderness. Therefore, it was still possible to observe the law that pertains to walking or travel restrictions within a certain distance on Yom Shabbat, but when the children of Yisra’el had their respective residences, going to synagogues entailed remarkably long walking distances. Therefore, it is now absolutely impractical to try to observe a law that involves spatial distance restrictions!
80.There are too many laws of this nature, and failing to observe them does not necessarily mean that one is incapable of observing Aluah’s law, but it is just impractical, or it may result in situations that are not intended by Aluah.
May the Lord bless His Word!