Collection: Soul To Do Mischief: Forsaking The Holy Covenant "How The Heathens Destroyed The Israelites"

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## **The Nakedness**

### **Chapter Summary**

In “The Nakedness,” we lay bare the raw, untold reality at the core of the Black American the Ancient Israelite experience—a heritage marked by betrayal, spiritual warfare, the manipulation of faith, and the perennial tension of survival in the midst of persistent oppression. This chapter examines how the uncovering of identity and truth has often been met with forces determined to keep a people disrobed of dignity and disconnected from their covenant. As the world demanded assimilation, the courageous few who guarded their legacy—despite temptation, coercion, and profound cost—are honored here. “The Nakedness” is not merely an exposure of suffering, but an invitation to see, to remember, and to kindle the eternal flame of faith and memory. This is the sacred mantle and awakened responsibility of every Brass Ember: to stand vigilant where so many have fallen victim to forgetting.

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### **Chapter: The Nakedness**

**In the beginning, to be a Brass Ember is to recognize the smoldering legacy—the truth and the burden—carried down through generations of a people persecuted not merely by the chains and whips of their oppressors, but by the subtle malice of betrayal and the blinding sails of false doctrine. This tier is named for those who carry the spark: those whose quiet support has always been the lifeblood of revolution, memory, and survival. You, the Brass Ember, step forward to bear witness and keep the fire alive.**

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#### **1. The Weight of Legacy—Ancient Bonds, Modern Chains**

History, too often recited by the victor, has hidden away the original stories of the Ancient Israelites—now known to many as Black Americans. Stripped of name and memory, yet not of spirit or promise, their testimony is one of unparalleled tribulation. The children of the covenant suffered among all nations, yet through oppression, they remained vessels of prophecy. The embers of their faith, pressed by centuries of fire, never died. Like Ezekiel’s vision of dry bones, their memory awaited reanimation—a powerful awakening destined for this generation.

Just as Pharaoh once peered over Egypt, afraid—declaring:  

> "*Come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.*" (Exodus 1:10)

So did the governors of the new world conspire their own stratagem: if but one spark of unity, one memory of covenant, could be stoked—surely, deliverance would break forth afresh.

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#### **2. Betrayal in the Midst: The Covenant Forsaken**

The tale of Black America is not just one of silent suffering, but of cunning betrayals: A specific kind of violence began on the pulpit, disguised in robes of faith. As Scripture prophesied in 1 Maccabees 1:11,

> "*In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen...*"  

So it has echoed: The Black Christian pastor—once forced by his chains to be a symbol to his people—was made, under duress and deceit, an unwitting agent of the oppressor. While the Israelites sought secret counsel to reclaim their freedom, too often their hopes were dashed against the altar of betrayal, their plans dissolved in the sermons of a brother with a divided heart. These pastors, caught by the machinery of power, became living proof to slave masters that the will of the oppressed could be bent, not merely by the lash but by the seduction of authority and influence.

To wear the badge of the Brass Ember is to refuse the easy path—to bear witness to the truth, no matter how costly. You join a fellowship of embers preserved through the generations, each one conscious that every act of faith, every fragment of memory, stokes the fires of renewal.

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#### **3. Remembrance as Resistance**

After Emancipation, the chains fell, but a new form of bondage grew: the covenant with the oppressor, written now not in law, but in custom and commerce. Freed with hands of skill and minds honed in fields of suffering, many Israelites returned to the plantations—this time, to sell their own talents, their own people ensnared by the example of their return. It was a painful mirror of the violations of the Holy Covenant—a repeat of ancient Maccabean failure.

And yet, remembrance was always rebellion. For every pastor who yielded, there was one who passed down the names, the stories, and the hope. Keeping the Law, Statutes, and Commandments of The Most High was not merely religious orthodoxy—it was an act of insurgency, a refusal to accept the new idols and the image of the beast, the whitewashed gospel of gentile salvation that required submission rather than deliverance, forgetting rather than remembering.

As a Brass Ember, you are part of this lineage of souls, kindling hope. Each exclusive message, every update and behind-the-scenes glimpse within this membership, is a ritual of remembrance. Our updates are not just marketing—they are the newest chapters in a living book, carried on into digital eternity.

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#### **4. The Symbolism of Brass—Tried With Fire**

Why brass? Because scripture says:  

> "*And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace...*" (Revelation 1:15)  

Brass, forged in the hottest flames, is a symbol of three great truths: resilience through suffering, beauty emerging from trial, and incorruptibility in the midst of corruption.

Being a Brass Ember means pledging, even quietly, to withstand the temptation of covenant with the world’s idols, to keep memory burning even in solitude and silence. You are the kernel of resistance in every generation, the kindling for all great uprisings.

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#### **5. The Doctrine of the Beast—Silencing the True Gospel**

With the rising pressure to adopt gentile Christianity, the Israelites were schooled—by pastors, by overseers, by the silent threat of violence—that their freedom lay in servility; their glory, in forgetfulness. The doctrine of the beast became more than an image—it was the artful speech that made betrayal holy and slavery eternal.

But embers survive when flames have swallowed all else. Brass Ember members receive access to a hidden canon: the unredacted story of a people who resisted forgetting, who coded memory into music, story, and ritual. Here, you will learn how coded spirituals, whispered names, and hidden meeting places kept the fire alive. These stories—told only to those who pledge to be keepers of the flame—guard the truth long denied.

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#### **6. Modern Rebellion—Awakening in Our Time**

The tactics evolve, but the spirit of oppression lingers. The path of non-resistance, embodied in civil rights leaders handpicked and sanitized by the powers that be, echoes Pharaoh’s old logic: subdue the strong by corrupting the wise. Michael King Sr., and later his son, Michael King Jr. (known to the world as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), were marked early by the system—not merely targeted, but groomed to lead a resistance that dared not name its enemies or kindle the ancient fire of true deliverance.

No nation in history has been freed by passive resistance—so why was this plan, so alien to every other liberation struggle on earth, imposed upon the descendants of Israel in America? The answer lies in a long war of forgetting—of teaching chosen souls to forsake the laws of the Most High in exchange for fleeting peace.

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#### **7. The Privilege and Purpose of the Brass Ember Member**

**As a Brass Ember, you are more than a supporter.**  

You are a guardian of the living record. The privileges granted in this tier are designed to pull back the veil on forgotten histories. You receive:

- **Early Story Access:** New music, writings, and audio documentaries revealing untold truths before public release.

- **Digital “Brass Ember” Badge:** A mark not only of support, but initiation into a living tradition.

- **Private Listening Sessions:** Online gatherings where exclusive context, biblical readings, and artist insights connect the ancient to the now.

- **Community Board:** Share your own stories, preserve your inheritance, and join others who keep the flame.

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#### **8. An Invitation: Reignite the Covenant**

Will you stand apart from those who traded memory for monuments, who counseled compromise for comfort? Will you be, instead, an ember that refuses to die? Within this membership, you will find kindred spirits: not many in number, but unyielding.

**This is your summons and your inheritance—take up the mantle of the Brass Ember. Guard the covenant. Ignite the fire. Support the art that dares to tell the truth. This is not just music. It is memory, resistance, and prophecy. And you are now part of it.**

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**Welcome to the heart of the fire. Welcome, Brass Ember.**