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Reggae Music is a very, very special kind of
music. The origination and subsequent development
of the music on Jamaica has made it into the
global platform of Freedom Sounds that it now is.
This website would not have been here, if Reggae
Music was not here.
The Gospel is a very, very special kind of
message. The message of the Divine Saviour, the
Creator Himself, Who became human to live the life
we should live and died the death we should die
because of our sins, has changed the lifes of
billions. This website would not have been there,
if the Gospel was not there.
It is clear, that when one is a born again
Christian one will have to take that fact into
consideration in about everything one does(n't). A
born again Christian is, or should be, a Conscious
(wo)man allways. Conscious of the fact that there
are many false Christs, many false prophets who
will deceive many. And many can be found in the
Music Industry!
Let's take an extreme example, just to make a
point.
When one is a born again Christian, one can't
make a website where one promotes for example the
music by one "Marilyn Manson", a very
evil man who calls on his listeners to kill their
parents and much more wickedness. The music which
accompanies the lyrics and looks of this
"Marilyn Manson" is as evil as his
message. And he's definitely not the only one
planting his filth in the minds of especially
young people.
Basically, there are two different ways in
which Christians respond to this issue.
Some claim that changing the lyrics of music
will "sanctify" it somehow, and they
create their own industry where they look like
"Marilyn Manson" but have
"Christian Lyrics". We know this
response as "Contemporary Christian
Music" (CCM) or the Christian Industry. Let's call the supporters of
this theory the "Christian
Industrialists".
Others claim that it's not just the lyrics and
they point to the obvious rotten fruits of
"Marilyn Manson" in order to proof that
when the fruits are rotten the roots won't be any
different either. We know this response as the
Biblical response. Let's call the supporters of
this teaching "Rootical Christians".
Now, what do artists like "Marilyn Manson" and
Reggae Music have in common?
According to many Christians: a lot!
According to the Dubroom: not much!
It's not possible, to have a
"Dubroom" where the music promoted would
be that of an "artist" like
"Marilyn Manson". This website would
either be a so-called "Christian Marilyn Manson" site, or it would be a website
exposing the evil nature of the tree that produces
such rotten fruits as "Marilyn Manson"
does. And a visit to the Dubroom will reveal, that
this website would be the latter.
This website contains many pages of articles
about the CCM or Christian Industry. Although
their industry carries the Name
"Christ", the Christian Industrialists
produce the very same fruits as that of the Music
Industry they so wish to imitate with their
so-called "sanctified music". And
argueably, even more rotten fruits.
The Christian industrialists base the existance
of their CCM industry on the idea, that it doesn't
matter how evil the works of a certain musical
artist are, as soon as the lyrics become
"Christian" the music will be
"sanctified" and can serve as spiritual
food for Christians. Even further: the more evil a
so-called "secular artist" is, the more
chance you have that the CCM industry comes up
with "true Christian alternative" of
that artist.
A "Christian Marilyn Manson"? There
are plenty of them!
Christian parents let their children listen to
music that is similar to that of the most openly
satanic artists, with the only exceptance that the
"lyrics are christian". The CCM industry
has everything the so-called "secular Music
Industry" has, and the only exception is the
"C-word".
So CCM is an imitation of something really
evil, with the only exception that it has
"Christian" lyrics attached. The CCM
industry is based on the idea, that "music is
neutral" and as soon as it's played by ones
calling themselves Christian and singing bout
"Jesus Christ" it's considered
"Gospel" or "Christian". An absurdity. Yesus
Kristos did not die to build the Christian
industry, He died to build the Christian Church!
And that Church is not a building but a group of
people.
Because of CCM's antichrist nature, this
website will never be a vehicle for CCM to lead
Jah's people astray and introduce others to a
completely false gospel. It should hurt every true
Christan to the bone, to see Jamaican
Dancehall Artists "converting to
Christianity" only to sing that they are
still Dancehall Artists only now Yesus will make
them rich. Still, that is the kind of
"Gospel" you will hear in the
"Gospel Reggae" Industry. CCM truly creates a very ugly kind of
Christian!
Because of the satanic nature of most musical
styles within the Pop Music Industry, we've
allready mentioned one Marilyn Manson, this
website will never be a vehicle for antichrist-ism
either. CCM may claim that music is neutral and
therefore can be used for just about anything, but every
real musician knows how music is all about
transmitting feelings. Music cannot be neutral,
for it would not appeal to anyone if it was. You
put on music because you want to feel some thing.
And so, there could not have been a Dubroom if the
music promoted on this site would not be Reggae
Music!
Take for example, the Heavy Metal music. It's
developed by Satanists, who often don't even have
any talent at all but "simply" get their
own personal demon after they sold their souls to
the devil so that "they" play
"good". In the meantime, the music
spells h.a.t.e. and d.e.s.t.r.u.c.t.i.o.n. even
when it would be instrumental. But, as crazy as it
may seem, there are people who think that they can
"use" that music, give it a Christian
Lyrics and thus make it "safe".
However, music which is aimed at starting
agression, destruction and hate, will carry this
vibe inside even in the instrumental parts. It's
in the music, not just the lyrics. And the attraction
to the music can
be found in the bad vibes of a person himself. The
music appeals to feelings of agression and hate,
even of destruction and plain evilness. And
because that music appeals to such emotions, there
are people who like the vibe.
However, just putting Christian Lyrics on such
a music doesn't make it Christian at all. But
still, many Christians are fooled into believing
how they can safely put on a CCM Heavy Metal album
whenever they feel like they are in need for some
Heavy Metal vibrations.
Now, what does this have to do with Reggae
Music?
According to many Christians, a lot.
According to the Dubroom, not very much.
As said before, this website could not have
been there if the music it promotes would be
anything else but Reggae Music. The reason for
that is that on one hand there are many reasons to
condemn the CCM industry as it is as unchristian
as the music it aims to "sanctify". On
the other hand, a born again Christian could never
promote satanic music either. So if the
music promoted on the Dubroom would be anything
else but Reggae Music, this site would either have
to be a CCM site or it couldn't promote the music
at all. And given the strong anti-CCM vibe on the
Dubroom, it can easily be said that the Dubroom
wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Reggae.
CCM claims that music is neutral, but they
still have to "sanctify" it so that
Christians can "safely" consume the
music as "spiritual food". CCM claims,
that this have to be done with about every form of
music. Rock 'n' Roll, Heavy Metal, Gothical, Rap,
and the list can go on.
CCM claims, it has to be done with Reggae Music
too.
So, let's take a look at Reggae Music. Let's
compare Reggae Music with the styles and genres
carefully created in the laboratories of the
American and UK based Music Industries.
Reggae Music originally is a rhythm, a
particular music by a particular people. The
people of Jamaica, to be precize. It's on Jamaica,
that Reggae Music originated. And
"everybody" participated in the
development of the music. A big portion of the
people who played part in this process were, and
are, Christians. It's said, that the name
"Reggae" came from Toots and the
Maytalls. And Toots is said to be a Christian.
Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Emperor who some
worship as the incarnation of Jah Rastafari (God),
visited Jamaica. He saw, that he was being
worshipped as Jah and in 1970, he sent someone
from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to Jamaica with
the words:
There is a problem in Jamaica.... Please, help
these people. They are misunderstanding, they do
not understand our culture.... They need a church
to be established and you are chosen to go.
Abuna Yesehaq went to Jamaica, and the
Ethiopian Christian faith became a part of
Jamaican culture. A culture partly rooted in
Christianity. Of course this included the music.
Christianity has had it's members within Reggae
Culture from day one. And this is important to
remember.
More often then not, Reggae Music was recorded
under the most terrible circumstances. No big guys
with Zillions of American Dollars and hi-tech
studio's in protected area's. Even the most
equiped Jamaican studio's did not have the
possibilities of the studio's in America etc.
Especially in pre-digital times!
The music gave hope to the sufferers in the
ghetto. Many referances to the Book of the
Apocalypse continually reminded the people how
Babylon System would not live forever. The same
system that took their fore parents from Africa
was clearly identified as that wicked antichrist
system of the Bible.
The music served as a vehicle for the news as
well. Many times, the Sound Systems would play the
music while MC's chanted the news over the riddim.
This could be local news, but world news was
covered as well. And commented upon, of course.
The Movement of Rastafari, with it's
different forms or houses, plays a very important
role in Reggae Music too.
The western Music Industry likes to display the
Movement as a Jamaican form of Hippieness, and
because of that western Christians often think that the Movement
is some kind of antichrist religion. But in
reality, Rastas can be more compared with
"fundamentalist christians" then with
hippies or antichrists.
There are Rastas who think that you shouldn't
play Reggae Music but stick to the natural hand
drums. There are Rasta artists who refuse to go on
stage when their band members are not
"propperly dressed".
Bob Marley had to change his music
significantly in order to make it marketable in
especially America. His connections with Chris
Blackwell of Island Records led him to have his
music worked out in English studio's. And even
after that Reggae Music was still not that popular
in the United States, where they had their own
forms of music. It took a Babylonian
Transformational Operation to make
"reggae" popular in America.
It went like this.
When Bob Marley died as a result of what many
claim to be a CIA operation, a new form of
"Reggae" was introduced to Jamaica. This
was the time in which Ronald Reagan declared his
"war on drugs" and Jamaican ganja
plantations were destroyed by the local government
and military. All of a sudden, cokane flooded the
island and this influenced the music too. Coincidence?
In America, Rap Music was born and merged with
Reggae Dancehall. The lyrical content became more
filthy and agressive. A look at many of today's
Rap Artists reveal that they follow the same
wickedness as that of the Heavy Metal and Gothical
styles, the "Marilyn Mansion's" of the
Music Industry. The results, the fruits if you
will, are evil. Calls for violence, calls for
murder, calls for sexual immorality resulting in
tragically high figures of teen pregnancy,
abortion and deaths because of sexual deceases and
rape.
Many within the Reggae Culture speak out
against this wickedness. Take for example Neil
Fraser. He is better known as the Mad Professor
and is a well known UK based Reggae producer.
Linking the violence and tragicalities directly
with the music pushed by the main stream Music
Industry, Mad Professor speaks out on his website
against the fruits of this music. In a 2003
article that was widely covered in the UK press,
he stated the following:
As someone who has spent the last 22 years
working in the Black Music industry in the UK as
a record producer and a record company owner, I
cannot help but draw a strong parallel between
the popularity of certain types of music and gun
crime. Let's be honest. The problem starts
within the black community. We have to look at
the causes and stem it from the causes. I think
that the influences of a music culture that
glorifies the gun, homophobic aggression, male
chauvinism, drug culture and generally worship
superficial wealth is making it's mark. eg.: One
of the most popular songs over the holiday is a
song called "Sorrow to the World."
This song contains lyrics encouraging the youths
to raise their guns.
(...)
I really think we need a radical change in
the moral awareness of the music being played.
This leads on to an intelligent test of those
occupying DJ jobs, and a Limited Term for such
DJs on the radio, and a facility where the
public can object on the term being extended.
Only a month ago a Government Minister in
Jamaica, drew parallels between Dancehall,
Hiphop and crime. They too have a problem of
senseless gun crime. Black youths today lack the
positive awareness that existed in the 70s and
80s. Not surprising. A look at MTV and similar
programs continue to show videos glorifying
expensive cars and a quick and easy attitude to
gaining wealth, without showing the real work
required to achieve.
Mad Professor has written a lot of very
thoughtfull meditations and reasonings on his
website. He speaks specifically about black youths
and the music the mainstream music industry
markets to them, but "the problem" as he
calls it has no racial barrierre and can be
extended to the complete Music Industry. The
fruits of certain Hip Hop and Dancehall are
exactly the same as that of the music which is
pushed on the white youths.
How can this be? Is there a plan behind it, or
an evil spirit? Why do popular artists openly
speak about selling their souls to
satan?
Those who have researched popular music history
in the 20th century in order to find out just why
the music brings so much wickedness, will have
read about a man called Aleister Crowley.
This man, who died a few years after World War
II, can be considered the father of modern
Satanism. He had a house near Loch Ness in the UK,
and was called "The Other Loch Ness
Monster". That house was later owned by a
member of the satanic band "Led
Zeppelin". Crowley spoke openly about human
sacrifice and ritual abuse as ways to spiritually
grow. Crowley's other name was "The Beat
666". He was an enemy of the Creator, that's
obvious.
Aleister Crowley wrote a lot of books, and one
of them was called "The Book Of The
Law". This book was basically the law of
Satan. Aleister Crowley believed that a New Age
was coming, and he called it the Age of Horus. The Age of Satan. In the "Book of the
Law", you can read:
"Do What Thy Willt, Shall Be The Whole
Of The Law".
Aleister Crowley layed down a program to get
the world prepared for a global reign of Lucifer
or Satan. He was very open about it. He spoke
about music, and how music would be a vehicle to
get especially the youths initiated into Satanism
in it's many variations (including Hippieness/New
Age).
Many, most, if not all important figures in the
western Music Industry are devout followers of
Crowley. And we're definitely not just speaking
about the obvious ones such as the Beatles and Marilyn
Manson. They themselves spoke about being
possessed, about being part of this plan to bring
in the New Age of Satan.
Now, what does this have to do with Reggae
Music? When we compare the two different
storylines, we see that the history of Reggae and
the history of western based Pop Music are really
two different stories. Yes, there are many
"cross-over" acts in this time, but
these can easily be identified as hybrid and not
real Roots Reggae.
It wasn't until Bob Marley died, that cokane
created a kind of music on Jamaica now commonly
known as Ragga/Dancehall. It wasn't until
Dancehall and American Rap merged together, that
it became the gunworshipping sexualy immoral style
that it now is. Today there is not that much
difference between Rap and Dancehall, and the
Reggae vibe is only a subtle trademark somewhere
in the background.
It is obvious, that the forces behind this transformation
of Reggae Culture into becoming another branch of
the global culture of gun worshipping sexually
immoral known as Rap, whoever they are, had to
change the music before they could introduce the
audience to such wickedness.
And this fact is of crucial essence!
Reggae Music, because of it's very nature, is
evidently unfit to serve as a vehicle of
satanically driven forces. Reggae Music,
especially Roots Reggae Music can only be played
by people who have a certain honousty and openness
that you cannot have when you have such evil
intentions as the followers of Aleister Crowley's
teachings.
Now, what does this all mean as it relates to
the Dubroom?
It makes sense, when we combine several aspects
we have touched upon in this article so far.
- Reggae Music has a history and foundation
that is different then that of the global
forms of popular music as seen on for example
MTV.
- Reggae Music had to be transformed into a
style that has nothing to do with original
Roots Reggae before it could be transformed
into yet another style: a branch of a global
culture that worships guns, sexual immorality
and even blatant satanism.
- The two main Christian responses to the
global forms of popular music are either the
creation of a parralel universe called the CCM
industry or a Biblically based avoidance of
such musical styles alltogether.
- The CCM industry treats Reggae Music as if
it has the same roots as that of the global
forms of popular music.
Where many see Reggae as just another form of
global popular music, they completely disregard
the different history of Reggae Music. They don't
seem to realize the importance of this difference.
And even if they do, then most would still
approach Reggae Music as a style of popular music,
like Rap or Rock.
Many people have Reggae in a collection of Rock
and Rap, too. When they are Christian, there's a
big chance that this collection is a CCM
collection.
Sure, they like Reggae too and so they start
looking for "Christian Reggae". And they
get confused when they see the Dubroom, where
Reggae Music is promoted by a born again
Christian. And they wonder: how can a born again
Christian promote "secular music"? Isn't
a Christian supposed to promote CCM or
"Gospel Music"?
Well, the answer to that is obvious.
This website was founded to promote Reggae
Music. It was never intended to be a
"Christian Ministry". If it would be a
"Christian Ministry", sure there would
be a lot of wrongness, but this site promotes a
form of music that is obviously different then the
stuff you see on MTV. Regardless what the CCM
Industry and the workers of Babylon do with Reggae
Music in order to make it fit their wicked
schemes, true Roots Reggae will allways stand as
it is.
Yes, the Dubroom webmaster is a born again
Christian. And several expressions of this
spiritual identity can be found throughout the
website. Yes, the Dubroom webmaster even uses
parts of this website for his ministry!
This doesn't mean that the complete Dubroom
website is a
Christian website or "ministry", though.
A ministry is something you do for the Church. You
don't use your ministry to promote a certain
music. You use your ministry to do what Jah wants
you to do for His Church.
It's not possible to promote "Christian
Music" as a style or genre, for the simple
reason that Christianity is not a particular genre
either. So we can't look at the promotion of the
music on this site in the context of a
"ministry".
Reggae Music is not holy, it is not so that
every Reggae musician is a saint. It is not so
that Reggae Music allways speaks about truth and
right, freedom and equality. But the music should
not be seen as just another style of globally
popular music like Rap or Rock of which the fruits
are spoken of in this article.
One look on the history of Reggae Music
reveals, how Christians have allways been part of
the development of Reggae Music. In Pop and Rock,
you will allways see musicians changing their
musical ways when they become Christian. Of
course, because their Crowleyism has led them to
create these kind of music like Heavy Metal in the
first place. But in Reggae, this is not so.
The Dubroom is not a Christian website, but the
webmaster is a born again Christian. A born again
Christian who makes Reggae Music as well. In that
music, it is obvious that Yesus Kristos is the Way
the Truth and the Light. In the personal
meditations and reasonings by the webmaster, it is
also clear.
In the Dubroom reviews, there's a very large
collection of Reggae albums and musical tracks
created by people who are not neccesarily
Christian. They might even sing about their
opinnions which could be diametrically opposed to
the ones of the webmaster. But since the Dubroom
is not a Christian website, this is not the
standard according to which it is decided as to
whether or not a review should be placed. That
standard is Reggae Music itself.
How then can that be? The answer again, is
Reggae Music itself.
Sometimes the Dubroom receives e-mails from
people who think that given the Born Again
Christian identity of the webmaster, the site
should only carry music by people who are considered
to be Christian too.
But only when this website itself would be a
Christian website, then one could have a point.
And a big one, too! When this website would be
only presenting the works of Messian Dread, then
one would even have a bigger point!
However, since this website doesn't claim to be
Christian it should also not be seen as such.
Let's take a look at what the Bible says about
this.
The fifth chapter of 1 Corinthians describes a
very serious issue. There is something going on
the the Christian Church and it is incest. As the
apostle Paulus continues dealing with it, at a
certain moment he makes a certain comment which
may be of relevance in this. In the 12th verse, he
says:
For what have I to do to judge them also
that are without? do not ye judge them that are
within? But them that are without God judgeth.
The "within" and "without"
refers to the Church of Yesus Kristos. Those who
are born again, are "inside". That was
the reason, why the one who comitted incest had to
be, in the words of Paulus: "put away from
among yourselves".
Many people want to apply this very same
concept to websites, as if these websites are a
church. Maybe they do not realize it themselves, that's
quite possible. But Paulus clearly said that when
you are a born again Christian, when you are inside,
you shouldn't judge those that are outside.
And a website is not neccesarily a part of the Church.
A website is a work, and in this work talents are
expressed. The Church is the total sum of
all believers in Yesus Kristos. In the church, you
use your gifts, and outside the church you use
your talents.
If the Dubroom would start to review artist's
works as if they were expressions and teachings
within the Church, if the Dubroom would start to
judge artist's works according to their Christian
contents rather then the musical quality, then the
Dubroom would actually judge those that are
outside.
When this website would fully be reserved for
Biblical Teachings et cetera, in short when this
website would be a ministry, these artist's works
could indeed not have been reviewed. But then, we
would have to look at a Music Business as a
Christian Ministry which is an absurdity as a
Business cannot be a Ministry.
Now then, is it not so that by reviewing Reggae
artists that are not Christian, the message of
these artists is promoted too? This is a more
difficult question to answer fe true.
If the Dubroom would claim to be a Christian
website, then it would be obvious that the artists
presented on the website would have to bring one
particular message. But this is not the case. In
fact, there is not really a consequent spiritual
message to be found when all of the reviewed music
on the Dubroom is looked upon. The consequent
spiritual message can be found still, though. On
the many pages written by the Webmaster dealing
with every aspect of the Christian Faith, from
birth to eternity!
This is important to realize.
Where artists are reviewed because of their
work and not because of their religion, it is
obvious that the religious message should not be
regarded as the issue at all when it comes to the
reviewed music. One artist says this, and another
artist says that. Take them all and you will not
see one consistent religious message at all. One
artist might sing about his idea that all
religions are the same, while a next artist may
proclaim his exclusive faith in Yesus Kristos.
The same principal applies to the Dubroom
Message Boards as well. There are many visitors
and contributors who are not professing the
Christian faith at all, and they give their
argumentation with it too. This could also be
viewed as sending "mixed messages", when
the Dubroom would be seen as a ministry.
Everybody can see on the Dubroom Message Boards
that each individual is responsible for his or her
own expressions, and nobody would hold the Dubroom
responsible for the personal expressions of the
various posters.
So then, why is there a difference between
providing space where people can express their
ideas which may not allways be considered
Christian and reviewing a musical work created by
one who might also not be a Christian?
One might say, it's the promotion. But then,
the music is promoted and the words are not
neccesarily promoted. One can have the best lyrics
and the most lousy music and therefore not be reviewed on
this site because of the low quality of music.
Now, where does the born again nature of the
Dubroom webmaster come in? For that, it should be
nice to know that on almost every page on the
Dubroom you will see a picture with the Name JAH
above it. It is an old picture of Yesus Kristos,
and when you click on it, you will find without
apology and without any shame, without any
complexity, in plain words, the true Gospel of
Yesus Kristos.
Where the Dubroom is not a Christian Website,
the webmaster surely is. And a Christian should
not be ashamed for his faith. This is clear in the
name Messian Dread, this is clear in the music,
the Itations and the many, many reasonings.
Where Aleister Crowley parrotted Satan's lie:
"Do What Thou Willst shall Be The Whole Of
The Law", the Good Lord Yesus Kristos
said:
"Do Unto Others, How You Would
Like Them To Do Unto You".
This is a big difference! And so, you can see
Messian Dread's music promoted and reviewed on
websites that are not directly Christian.
You can hear Messian Dread's music on Radio Shows,
and vice versa.
Not many people are aware of the fact that it
is within the very nature of Reggae Music and
Culture, to be open for born again Christians to
express their faith through music and be
respected. It is not for nothing, that evil forces
have to transform the music to an unrecognizable
"derivate" that doesn't even remotely
sound like Reggae Music before they can express
their evilness to the fullness.
Because Reggae Music has allways had an open
door for a born again Christian, why then close
the door for other Reggae Artists on your own
website, on your own radio show, in your own sound
system?
And for what reason? Just to feel "safe"
and "holy" in your own "Christian
Ghetto"? Would you like them to do that unto you?
Look at what Paulus has to say about
that "Christian Ghetto", or CCM. Read 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 and
remember the
difference here between inside and outside:
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company
with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the
fornicators of this world, or with the covetous,
or extortioners, or with idolaters; for
then must ye needs go out of the world.
But now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother
be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with
such an one no not to eat.
This shows very clearly, how the CCM industry
is an attempt to "go out of the world".
And the sad fruits of it is that they themselves
have become "that is called a brother",
and "a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner".
That's why the Dubroom is closed for CCM. And
open for those outside who are not against Yesus
Kristos, and who welcome a small independant
artist like Messian Dread based on the music and
the consciousness that comes with it on their own
website. The Dubroom is not an attempt to "go
out of the world" and do what the Bible says
is an impossibility.
When one has the faith and stands on it, then one
has a solid foundation which can not be removed,
and one does not have to fear anyone or anything.
The point that Paulus makes, is that since we are
in the world, we will have to deal with people who
do not believe in Yesus but in another way, with
greedy business people and extortioners even, with
ones committing slackness! We cannot go out of the
world, and as we see Yesus also never wanted
this.
In the case of you being a Reggae Musician, or
a Reggae Reviewer, this very same principal
applies. Jah wants us to stand where we stand, He
knows we have to deal with people who are outside,
people who have a different faith or even
slackness artists and greedy labels. And He wants
us to keep that outside the church, but not
outside of our daily life!
Of
course, when you are a born again Christian you
believe that Yesus Kristos is the only way. And
so, of course, you strongly and fundamentally
disagree with someone who thinks that every
religion leads to Jah. But you also believe that
the Truth will stand. And so you are not afraid to
give respect for the music, to give respect where
respect is due. Because you know that you are
in this world, and you have to deal with these
things in this world. You cannot go out
of the world. In this all, you have to do
unto others like you want them to do unto you.
And obviously it is very direspectfull to one
hand play Reggae Music and on the other hand deny
to give respect to the Originators of Reggae
Music. Reggae Music, as we have seen, is quite
different then some other forms of music. Because
it has been open for Christians from day one there
is no reason to look at it as if it is another
satanical form of music. Also, the culture is not
that big and Reggae Artists simply need each other
to keep the music forward. To promote Reggae Music
as a whole promotes every artist in Reggae Music.
Reggae Music is in many ways a good influence
against the destructive and immoral music pushed
by the Babylonians. Someone working for security
during concerts in the Netherlands, told the
writer of this article that Reggae concerts
allways are so easy because the people are not
that agressive and dangerous. Reggae is simply a
very uplifting kind of music that simply cannot be
used for the purposes of Babylon. Even the most militant
forms of Reggae Music will carry this same upfull
vibe. If MTV would start to play at least 20%
conscious Roots Reggae Music, and not the hybrid
crap they now present as "Reggae",
allready there would be a reduction in the
wickedness you see in the MTV-led masses.
Those who claim, that the lyrical content is
what makes a certain music destructive or upfull,
are holding on to an unkeepable doctrine. Some
kinds of music are designed to be destructive and
the fruits of it can be seen all over.
Where you see the glittering side on MTV, you
don't see the other side. Hospitals full of pregnant children
and victims of violence. The dustbins of the
abortion clinics are filled with body parts of
unborn babies, and the graveyards are full with
people who died way before their times in
circumstances hailed as romantic on the screens.
No, it's not just Babylon sponsored music doing
it. Definitely not. But it is a fact that
violence, rape and satanism are romantized on the
Babylon Sponsored Media where in reality they are
causing too much bad fruits.
The Columbine Shootings is such a fruit. Two
boys went to their school to kill especially
Christian teenagers under the direct influence of
bands like Marilyn Manson and the German band
Rammstein. This band wrote a song called
"Weisses Fleisch" (white meat) starting
off with the lyrics:
Du auf dem Schulhof, ich zum Toten bereit (You
at the School Yard, I am prepared to kill)
They then go on to describe the most filthy
details where the music expresses a kind of
agression that is undeniable as evil as the
lyrics.
Music is definitely not neutral. Every artist
who puts his heart and soul in the music in order
to transmit an emotion can tell you that. Music
can bring you joy, music can bring you destruction
as well.
Certain musical styles are intended to be evil,
intended to destroy and cause hate. And they
should be avoided like the plague that it is. You
can't make them "Christian" by putting
"Christian" lyrics to them. Why not?
Because they stimulate and appeal to feelings of
hatret and destruction in the first place. You can
put "Christian Lyrics" over music which
is designed to be evil, but you will only appeal
to those who wish to feed themselves with evil.
So there are enough reasons to promote Reggae
Music in this time. The music can serve as an
antidote against Babylon's music in so many ways
and yet appeal to many who have been affected by
Babylon Sponsored Music.
Yes, Reggae Music is definitely different then the
music presented by the MTV's and Marilyn Manson's
of this world.
And that's why the Dubroom is what it is. A
website where Reggae Music is promoted and a
website from where you can read the Gospel of
Yesus Kristos with just one click away from almost
every page on the website. No, the music does not
neccesarily contain the Gospel of Yesus Kristos.
But the webmaster of the Dubroom obviously and
evidently does!
All artists are responsible for
themselves for what they say. When they are outside
of the Church of Yesus Kristos for example because
they do not believe in Yesus Kristos as the Only
Way to Jah, they should not have to be treated the
same way as those who are
claiming to be inside.
On a short sidenote: If reviewing artists that may not be Christian
would be equal to the promotion of this artist's
particular religion, the Dubroom would truly do a
lousey job promoting such a religion. This website
is very evidently run by a born again Christian
who happens to be a Reggae Artist and reviewer of
Reggae music.
If reviewing Reggae artists that may not be
Christian on a Reggae website run by a born again
Christian would be equal to welcoming false
teachers inside the Church of Yesus
Kristos, then this website would be a Church. But
this website is not a church, because this website
is not (intended to be), nor can it ever be, a
local gathering of people in a particular place
who all believe in Yesus Kristos and want to
worship Him together.
It is the philosophy of the Dubroom's
webmaster, that there is a big difference between
what happens inside the Church of Yesus
Kristos and what happens outside.
This website is not the Church. Members of the Church
work on the
site as well as those who are not, but the Gospel Message can more easily be
found on the Dubroom then on many so-called
Christian websites where artists are promoted who
claim that Yesus died to make them rich.
Christianity is surely something different then
selling your soul to "Jesus Christ" in
order to get fame. Satan is into that business,
but not Yesus Kristos!
As Paulus said, Jah will judge those who are
outside the church. Christians have to judge those
who are inside, those who profess to be born again
in Yesus Kristos. So it is not to the Dubroom's
webmaster to question or judge the faith of those
artists who are not in the Church. Because -a-
this website is not a church and because -b-
Christians are not to judge those outside.
Reviewing the Reggae works of a
Reggae artist does not neccesarily have anything to do with promoting
his or her religion. Not even when the artist
speaks about his or her religion.
But there is a line in the sand,
definitely.
The line would be crossed if the music would
contain outright blasphemous contents, if it would
promote pornography and violence or hatret. There
are most definitely certain tracks and artists
that will never be reviewed on this website.
The line would also be crossed if the Dubroom
would publish articles about Yesus Kristos and the
Gospel written by people who do not have a faith
in Him. We might review the works of an artist who
sings that Yesus is not the only Way to the
Father, but we would not place an article wherein
such a doctrine would be presented as a teaching
for the disciples of Yesus Kristos.
Yesus Kristos clearly said: "Do unto
others, like you would have them do unto
you". This is exactly what we are doing with
the reviewing. In Reggae Music, there's allways
respect for the other musician.
Yesus Kristos also said that whoever is not
against Him, is before Him. He told His disciples
that when they would be well received, when they
were being treated with respect, He would consider
that as for Him. Yesus Kristos has said, that the
way His disciples are treated is the way He
considers Himself to be treated.
This becomes clear in the teachings of Yesus
Kristos concerning the Great Day of Judgement,
when all the wicked people will be judged for
their wicked acts. In Matthew 25:32-46, we can
read something remarkable:
When the Son of man shall come in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him
shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world: For I was an
hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and
ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto
me. Then shall the righteous answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred,
and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee]
drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took
[thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? Or when
saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee? And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done [it] unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For
I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye
visited me not. Then shall they also answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then
shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of
the least of these, ye did [it] not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
This is how Yesus Kristos judges those who are outside.
He looks carefully as to how His disciples, The
Least Of His Brethen are treated. And much can
be said about this particular scripture, but it is
clear that Yesus Kristos knows how to judge those
who are outside in a righteous way. This
is also the way we should look to those outside.
Yes, we should invite them to come inside,
definitely. But we shouldn't deny their works, we
should respect these works and we should review
them when they are reviewable. And we should let
Jah be their judge in the end. Is this a reason
not to spread the Good News of Salvation, the
Gospel of Yesus Kristos? Absolutely not! Quite the
contrary, it's a motivation to keep spreading the
Gospel! And as long as the Dubroom is ran by a
born again Christian, the Gospel of Yesus Kristos
will shine bright through this website. The
issue requires a continual meditation fe true. In
John 17:15, Yesus Kristos prayed to the Father
about His disciples:
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out
of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them
from the evil.
And so, here we are. In the world. Jah does not
take us out of this world, but He surely keeps us
from evil. And while we are in this world, we will
have to deal with the fact that not all the music
we play is neccesarily containing Christian
Lyrics. But we should know and let know that we
ourselves believe in Him, in Yesus Kristos! Reggae is not a rich
man's industry. All true Reggae Artists need each
other. Because only together we can forward true
Reggae into this new generation that keeps being
confronted with the most abominable filth through
the mainstream media. Is
this a reason to promote just about everything on
every site? Absolutely not! The Biblical
principles proposed in this lengthy article can
definitely not be applied to just about every
music there is, either. But it is why a
born again Christian Reggae artist can run a
Reggae website, promoting Reggae Music that may
not allways carry lyrics considered to be sound
teachings in the Christian Church.
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