Egypt vs Yahusha's Identity

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Why So Many Embrace Egypt's Blackness But Not Yahusha's

I posted two videos back-to-back.

One said, "The real Egyptians were Black." Got 52 likes (at the time I began writing this). The next one basically said, "Hollywood & Racism, how it changed Yahusha's image." Crickets. Not one like.

That told me everything I needed to know.

Before I go any further, let me be clear: I'm not claiming Egypt. I'm not a Hamite. I'm both Israelite and Ishmaelite, a seed of Abraham and descended from the people who were enslaved in this land starting in 1619. So when I say "we," I’m speaking broadly—about how the wider Black community in America and the diaspora tends to engage with history. Not all of us come from the same lineage, but we're affected by the same distortions.

It’s easy to claim Egypt. It’s power. It’s pride. It’s Black royalty. We see the pyramids and feel something rise in our chest: a history of greatness that was stolen from us, now reclaimed. Kemet feels good to embrace.

But Yahusha? Claiming Him is something different. Something deeper.

The Egypt Effect: Power Without Accountability

For many Black people, especially in the West, Egypt represents a crown. A stolen legacy being snatched back. To say the Egyptians were Black is to reclaim civilization, intelligence, culture, power. And best of all? Kemet doesn’t ask us to change.

It gives us pride, not conviction.

That’s why people share those TikToks and memes of pharaohs with dark skin and braided wigs, hieroglyphs and gold. Egypt lets us feel like gods again, after centuries of being told we were less than human.

But spiritually? Kemet is a shadow. Yahusha is the light.

The Discomfort With a Black Messiah

Here’s the truth: claiming Yahusha as Black doesn’t just mess with white supremacy—it messes with our own wiring.

We grew up seeing a white Jesus on church walls. Blonde. Blue-eyed. Always gentle. But that Jesus wasn’t born in Europe. He was born in the Middle East, fled to Africa, and hid among people who looked like us.

Revelation 1:14–15 doesn’t mince words:

"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire... and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace."

Hair like wool. Feet like burnt bronze. That’s not European.

To claim Yahusha as Black is to confront the reality that salvation didn’t come wrapped in whiteness. And for some folks—even Black folks—that’s a hard pill to swallow.

Because if He’s Black, that means divinity looks like us. And if divinity looks like us, we have no excuse to see ourselves as cursed, lost, or lesser.

Hollywood’s Whitewash and the Spiritual Scam

Hollywood knew what it was doing. From The Ten Commandments to The Passion of the Christ, Jesus is always white. Clean, soft, Roman-nosed. So are the angels. So are the prophets. Even Egypt, in those films, is beige at best.

According to UC Press in their piece “The Caucasianization of Jesus in Hollywood,” film has played a major role in shaping what people think holiness looks like—and that image is whitewashed on purpose.

"The white Jesus image functions as an unspoken declaration of cultural and spiritual dominance." – UC Press

That dominance seeps into the subconscious. That’s why it’s easy to say “Egypt was Black,” but not “Christ was.” One is cultural. The other is spiritual.

And spiritual truth? That demands transformation.

When We Embrace Kemet But Not the King

Kemet gave us pyramids. Yahusha gave us resurrection.

People forget: even Moses had to leave Egypt behind. He was raised there, dressed in their gold, trained in their ways. But Yah called him out—because Egypt, for all its glory, was never the promised land.

Claiming Kemet is just the start. But stopping there is like admiring the map and never taking the journey.

“Claiming Kemet doesn’t require us to change—just to remember. But Yahusha? He asks us to transform.”
—That’s not a quote I pulled from somewhere. That’s just the truth as I’ve come to see it.

Final Word: Don’t Stop at the Nile

We need to recognize the power in both our history and our salvation. And for those of us who are descendants of the Israelites and Ishmaelites—not Hamites—our true identity isn’t wrapped in pharaohs and gold. It’s written in covenant and spirit.

Kemet is a reflection of who some of our ancestors may have admired or served under. But Yahusha? He’s who we were waiting for.

So I’ll say it again: Egypt gave us kings. But Yahusha made us heirs.

Don’t stop at the Nile when you were called to the Living Water.

Sources & References:

  1. Revelation 1:14–15, King James Bible.
  2. UC Press – The Caucasianization of Jesus in Hollywood
  3. Abusir el-Meleq DNA study – Nature Communications, 2017
  4. Color of the Cross (2006) – Film depicting Jesus as Black.
  5. Early Ethiopian Christian art – National Museum of Ethiopia.
  6. “Ancient Egyptian race controversy” – Wikipedia summary

Let’s talk about it. Drop a comment. Share your thoughts. Tag someone who needs to see Yahusha for who He truly is—not who the world painted Him to be.

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