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July 27, 2009
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The Crucifixion of Michael Jackson
Chicago - Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a much anticipated lecture on Michael Jackson’s sudden death and took his time in laying out background on the singer and the crucifixion of Black leaders. “This is a strange subject. Why would we put Michael Jackson in the same kind of trauma, dilemma, torture, scourge as the man Jesus?” Farrakhan said that Jesus was mocked when he was crucified and that a sign was placed above him, “King of the Jews.” He said that Michael Jackson was also a king, the King of Pop, and he too was crucified. “I see Michael much deeper than those who talk about him.” He said that the same method that the enemy of God and the enemy of humanity is using against Michael Jackson is the same method that the enemy has always used to prevent Black people and humanity from rising. “If the scripture says Satan deceived the whole world, what is the greatest deception against humanity? The greatest deception is about the one coming to end Satan’s world and bring in a kingdom wherein all human beings can find peace, security and justice.” This one is universally referred to as the Messiah. Farrakhan said that Jews of today do not believe that Jesus of 2,000 years ago was the Messiah and that their theologians are more correct than Christian theologians. He said that Satan put humanity’s mind to 2,000 years ago so that they are blinded to the time in which they are living and blinded to when the Messiah would actually be in the world.
“The scripture says that God’s coming is after the workings of Satan. How much time did God give Satan?” He then said that the book of Genesis narrating the creation of Adam or the Adamite people, is dated 4,004 B.C. and that they would have 6,000 years to rule. “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Book of Revelation 13:17-18 He said that Jesus prophesied about someone coming after him, in his name, and that before one generation passes you shall see His Kingdom. This one would be the Messiah (see the 21st Chapter of the Book of Luke). America as the Modern Rome He said that J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI wanted to prevent the coalition of various Black nationalist groups. Hoover wanted to keep them separated so that they would not unite and be a real force against injustice and racism. Hoover invested money in this effort and instigated infighting and murder among these groups. Farrakhan said Hoover’s main objectives were to prevent the rise of a Black Messiah, prevent violence against Whites by nationalist groups, prevent these groups from gaining respectability, and to prevent these groups from achieving long range growth. Farrakhan said that there was not one Black group that was not infiltrated by the FBI and they used propaganda, the law, and strong armed tactics to achieve Hoover’s intent.
Crucifixion (fixed to a cross) Farrakhan said that the media plays a significant role in the deliberate crucifixion of Black leaders and would-be leaders. He used the lives of W.E.B. Dubois, Paul Robeson, and others as evidence. He said that the media works to demagnetize the condemned and to make him or her unattractive to their people, the same as stripping off the clothes. The condemned is then without the covering and protection of his supporters and followers which, in Michael Jackson’s case, was the child molestation trial. Farrakhan said that the press loves to find something of error to blow up, scandalize, and destroy that person. He said the media seems to delights in it and to them he said, “If you were clean yourselves, I could see you doing that.” He said that crucifixion of Black leaders, and in Michael Jackson’s case, usually happens after a real or perceived militant change occurs in the individual. He used Dr. King’s meeting with Elijah Muhammad as an example of when the FBI stepped up their efforts against the civil rights leader. Hoover authorized letters sent to King’s wife informing her about his affairs and various other propaganda in order to discredit King as a moral leader.
Joe and Katherine Jackson Michael Jackson told Farrakhan, “I didn’t have a childhood with sleepovers, pillow fights, and all the things children did. I’ve been performing since I was five years old.” Farrakhan said to Jackson, “In the world of wisdom, there is no time for foolishness. Don’t be angry with your father. Even though you didn’t have a childhood, most of those who did all those things are buying your records.” On Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, Farrakhan said that while she was pregnant with Michael, she was a devout Jehovah’s Witness and that made her a praying woman. Her prayers to God while pregnant with Michael made him a man born with a purpose and destiny much bigger than music. But, Farrakhan said, somewhere along the way, someone told Michael he was ugly. And as he grew, he began to change. Jackson underwent numerous plastic surgeries to change his face and contracted vitiligo where patches of his skin were without pigment, almost as light as an albino. Jackson then went to dermatologists to speed up the process and instead of appearing with splotchy skin, he became lighter and lighter.
First conversation with Michael He said that Michael began to study and saw the beauty of Blacks before slavery and wanted to showcase this beauty in a feature film. Michael told Farrakhan that he went to Steven Spielberg and David Geffen with the project but they turned him down. Farrakhan said that Jackson was determined to do the film himself. In 1995, the same year as the Million Man March, Michael Jackson dropped the album, HIStory, and released the controversial song, They Don’t Care About Us. Farrakhan noted the lyrics of the song as did others at the time and Jackson had to issue numerous apologies after being accused of being anti-Semetic. They Don’t Care About Us Skin head, dead head All I wanna say is that Beat me, hate me All I wanna say is that Tell me what has become of my life Skin head, dead head All I wanna say is that Tell me what has become of my rights Skin head, dead head All I wanna say is that Some things in life they just don't wanna see Skin head, dead head All I wanna say is that
Farrakhan said that when Blacks become famous, they are watched and scrutinized closely. He mentioned that former Different Strokes star Todd Bridges wanted to change his name to an African name and was asked not to by the FBI. Michael Jackson, the Lecturer and Business Man Speech excerpt - I have started reflecting on the fact that my father grew up in the South, in a very poor family. He came of age during the Depression and his own father, who struggled to feed his children, showed little affection towards his family and raised my father and his siblings with an iron fist. Who could have imagined what it was like to grow up a poor black man in the South, robbed of dignity, bereft of hope, struggling to become a man in a world that saw my father as subordinate. I was the first black artist to be played on MTV and I remember how big a deal it was even then. And that was in the 80s! My father moved to Indiana and had a large family of his own, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family. Is it any wonder that he found it difficult to expose his feelings? Is it any mystery that he hardened his heart, that he raised the emotional ramparts? And most of all, is it any wonder why he pushed his sons so hard to succeed as performers, so that they could be saved from what he knew to be a life of indignity and poverty? I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love, an imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. He pushed me because he loved me. Because he wanted no man ever to look down at his offspring. And now with time, rather than bitterness, I feel blessing. In the place of anger, I have found absolution. And in the place of revenge I have found reconciliation. And my initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness. Michael Jackson “Jackson was a wise young man. He bought the masters of his songs, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Jonas Brothers, and others for $35million. They are worth more than $1billion” commented Farrakhan. “He even bought the masters of Little Richard and returned Little Richard’s rights back to the star free of charge.”
Outer Journey, Inner Journey On another occasion, Farrakhan told Michael that he was going to the Press Club in Washington, DC to discuss neo-conservatives and the policies of their New American Century. Michael asked him, “You’re really going to do that?” Farrakhan told him, “I’m doing it to show you that if you stand up in the name of God, you will be the winner.”
Leading up to Michael Jackson's Death Farrakhan then left America on an already scheduled trip to Africa and on his first day away, he received a text message that Michael Jackson suffered cardiac arrest. He said he slammed his hand down on the table. The next text he received was that Michael was dead. Farrakhan said the same people who controlled the Los Angeles Memorial controlled the disputed concerts. At the Memorial, Farrakhan was spotted by various media and CNN kept calling him to say something. He agreed to do an interview with Don Lemon but the entire interview was not shown. He said the reason they chopped the interview was because he mentioned Michael Jackson as a messianic voice. He said that all humans make a universal sound when coming into the world and at the end of life - the cry of a newborn and the last breath of the dying. Only between these two sounds does it become confused like the Tower of Babel and that uniting figures like Barack Obama and Michael Jackson are messianic voices which herald in the Messiah. He said that Michael Jackson had an anointed spirit and when the forces saw he was changing and using his voice and popularity to speak for larger issues, he became more dangerous than others. He ended his lecture by saying, “The Crucifixion is just beginning.” Metropolis *The webcast of Farrakhan's lecture is available to watch FREE of charge at www.finalcall.com.
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