*Before Moses, There Was Cush: The Hidden African Origins of Abrahamic Faith* If you take time to study Ifa, the ancient divination system of the Yoruba, you may reach a startling yet inevitable conclusion: Moses didn’t invent the spiritual doctrines he taught. He inherited them—from Africa. Let that sit. It’s both laughable and tragic when some Black Africans, speaking a Niger-Congo language—full of tonal structure and ancestral depth—claim to be Jews. This isn’t identity. It’s colonial confusion. It reeks of spiritual Stockholm Syndrome. Worse still, it’s a gross ignorance of our origin story. How could a people whose lineage predates Israel by millennia now turn around and claim they “descended” from a nation that didn’t exist until long after their ancestors had built civilizations, kingdoms, and cosmologies? Let’s start at the top. Open your Bible—yes, the very same Jewish-Christian Scripture. Genesis 2:13 doesn’t mention Israel. It mentions Cush. And Cush isn’t a vague poetic reference. It’s the historical, geographical, and cultural home of Black Africa. Before there was Abraham, there was Cush. Before there was a chosen people, there was an original people. Now, the term “Abrahamic” has confused many into believing that Abraham founded Judaism. He didn’t. The religious framework known as Judaism wasn’t codified until Moses. And Moses didn’t receive his revelation in a vacuum—nor solely from God on Mount Sinai. According to the Bible you read, Moses’ greatest influence wasn’t Egypt. It was Cush. It was Africa. Moses fled Egypt (Exodus 2:15) and didn’t escape into Israel (that would come decades later). He fled southward—into the land of Black Africans—into Cushite territory. He married a Cushite woman (Numbers 12:1), not an "Ethiopian" as your English Bible might claim. The original Hebrew says Cushit, not "Ethiopian"—and Cush means Black. That woman wasn’t just a wife—she was a teacher. In Exodus 4:24-25, she is the one who circumcises their son to save Moses’ life. You read that right. Moses didn’t know how to perform circumcision. His Black African wife did. Then there’s Jethro—Moses’ father-in-law—a priest of Midian, a spiritual elder, a Cushite. According to Exodus 18:24, Moses followed Jethro’s counsel religiously, instituting structures and judgments that became foundational to Jewish legal tradition. Let’s go deeper. In Jeremiah 38:7–12, it was an African eunuch—not an Israelite—who saved the prophet from death. In 2 Kings 19:9 and 2 Chronicles 14:9, African kings were rulers and warriors with dominion over or direct involvement in Israel’s affairs. Black influence wasn't imported into the Bible—it was embedded from the start. So when you, an African, shout “God of Israel” without context, you’re not just repeating words—you’re reenacting erasure. Let’s get something straight: The Urim and Thummim used for priestly divination in Exodus 28:30 is identical in function to the Ifá divination stones. Casting lots to determine spiritual decisions, as done in Acts 1:26 to replace Judas, mirrors Ifá’s system. Levirate marriage—where a man marries his late brother’s wife (Deuteronomy 25:5)—isn’t a Jewish invention. It’s a Sub-Saharan African tradition older than Torah. What does this mean? Moses appropriated African culture—its legal systems, its rituals, its cosmology—after 40 years immersed in it. Still not convinced? Get a map. Moses fled Egypt—not across the Mediterranean, which requires a boat, nor eastward into Canaan, which he didn’t enter until decades later. The only logical direction is south or west—into Black Africa. Into Cushite territory. Into Sudan, Ethiopia, and surrounding regions where archaeological records show more pyramids than Egypt itself. And yes—those pyramids were built by Black people. Renowned archaeologist George Reisner choked on that truth. He saw the evidence, couldn’t dispute it, but racism locked his lips. That’s the story of African history—hidden, denied, buried, but never erased. So no, African. You didn’t borrow from Judaism. Judaism borrowed from you. What Moses received, he received in Africa—from African people, African priests, African customs. Therefore, if you must use a place-name to describe the Almighty, then let it be scripturally accurate: The God of Cush. Because without Cush, there would be no Moses. Without Moses, no Torah. Without Torah, no Judaism. Without Judaism, no Christianity or Islam. In conclusion, reclaim your roots. Rediscover the glory you’ve been taught to forget. Read. Travel. Think. Question everything. Marcus Garvey said it before Bob Marley sang it: Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. History isn’t just what’s written—it’s what’s been hidden. Now go find it.