Jah as Symbol Of God

Rastafari are Monotheists worshiping one, singular, God whom they call Jah. Rastas see Jah as being in the form of the Holy Trinity, that is, God being the God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Rastas say that Jah, in the form of the Holy Spirit, lives within the human, and for this reason they often refer to themselves as "I and I".

Rastas usually accept the Christian doctrine that God incarnated onto the Earth in the form of Jesus Christ to give his teachings to humanity. However, they often feel his teachings were corrupted by Babylon Many Rastas, in accordance with their assertion that "word, sound is power", also object specifically to the English pronunciation of his name (/dʒi:zəs/) as impure, preferring instead to use the forms in Hebrew (Yehoshuah) or Amharic ('Iyesus).

Integral to the basic Rastafari world-view is that Jah, as the Messiah or Christ, was incarnated again, this time as the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari). A few Rastas also claim that Melchizedeck an Old Testament figure, was a previous incarnation of Jah