Preamble:
A great sadness within Christianity today, is the apparent lack of knowledge about the heritage of our faith. The vast majority of churchgoers’ have little, if any idea about the ancestors of their belief, the promises given them, or their origins. In a world where ancestry and family lineage is constantly promoted, and knowledge of one’s roots encouraged as means of belonging, it is very strange that the family tree of the Gospel is so ignored. This has led to a basic ignorance of the foundation on which the Gospel was built, many being led astray by a poor understanding of their inheritance, and the mischief of others.
Tied to this unawareness is a lack of understanding about the structure of the Bible, many under the false impression that it is two distinct and separate books; the Old and New Testaments, which is not the case. The Holy writings of the LORD by His Prophets is a continual divided witness; seen in the dividing of time in the Book of Daniel. (12:7) The Old is bound to the New as night follows day, they are the whole and complete testimony of God to His people and His Church. Either, read in isolation, will provide only half the picture of God’s work in the heavens and upon the Earth. The first testimony is fulfilled in the last; and the New confirms the Old.
Much of this failing goes hand in hand with the decline of Christianity and religion in general. The 2014 Pew Survey on America’s changing religious landscape shows the continuing abandonment of God, and belief in the Bible across all of Christianity. Professing Christians have fallen sharply; while the unaffiliated, [no religion] and those of non-Christian faiths [including Atheism] continue to grow. And while the decline is across all ages, genders and ethnicities, the noticeable drop is young adults, which has fallen 8% in the last seven years. The unaffiliated group has grown by more than 6% since the last major survey in 2007, and now accounts for 22.8% of Americans, which is only a few million shy of the entire population of the United Kingdom; 62 million souls. This falling away from Christ’s true Gospel is reflected in western democratic societies around the world where church numbers continue their steady decline.
Parallel with this reduction, is the knowledge slide in those who still retain a belief in Christ. The number of those who have only a rudimentary understanding of the Old Testament, the Prophets, the Covenants, and the history of Ancient Israel, continues to fall. Even a simple understanding of how the Bible is the Voice of God to His people in each generation, is lacking in many professing Christians today. When we consider that the Old Testament is the root of the Christian faith; that the Gospel of Christ, and teachings of the Apostles and Paul stem from it, this neglect is not only inexcusable, it denies exposure to the fullness of God’s Word. The Prophet Hosea rightly sums up these days; my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: (Hosea 4:6)
It is the purpose of this study to encourage you to reinstall the great wealth of Divine wisdom found in the Word of God, and to grow your knowledge of the Patriarchs and the Prophets. But foremost; to gain a greater understanding regarding the heritage and history contained within its pages. The Law given to Moses, the promises given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the announcements of Isaiah, lay at the foundation of Christian belief. If it were not for the integrity of Noah, the faith of Abraham, the resolve of Moses, and the cunning of Jacob, the world today would be a very different place. And if it was not for the events surrounding Eve and Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ would not have broken into our history in the way He did. But most of all it is to show you who Christ Jesus really is, and to unmask a few foul deeds that have kept you from this truth…
The Word of the LORD:
The most common stumbling block for many Christians is modern teaching, much of which has incorporated deep-rooted and doubtful doctrine, and judgment. These remove from the full weight of the Scriptures through the adding of leaven by mostly well-intentioned, but unwise men, who have strayed from the true Word of God. In modern sporting jargon, they have moved the goal posts. This has resulted in those who have sought the truth from the standpoint of the new religious curriculum to come up short.
Another thing we have to address is the slash and burn editorial changes to the Holy Bible in recent years. Not only have the goal posts been moved; once certain conventions have been radically altered. So, if the playing field has changed and the rules have been altered, so has our orientation to the true Word of God. The Holy Bible today bears little resemblance to the editions that shaped Christianity, the free World, and laid the foundation of Christ and His Gospel.
Another is the embarrassment of riches that comes with opinion. This is not always a bad thing. Over the years many have forged a view wholly consistent with the Gospel of the LORD. Yet, many have not. And, Paul speaks well of these; let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. (Eph 4:29) Therefore it is vital that what we write, say or preach, is the blameless Word of God, and not the untested opinions of men when compared to the original Scripts.
The truth of the matter is that many modern views and opinions are incompatible with the intent of the Holy writings inspired of God, by His Spirit. This has resulted in an abundance of errant belief installed in the faithful, like malware. Therefore, when we search the Scriptures for ourselves, it is crucial we go to the best source we can find, which is dependable for the sense, nuance, intent and purpose of the Hebrew and Greek texts. There are several older dependable versions of the Holy Bible available, and I recommend you obtain one of the following:
Young’s Literal Translation:
The YLT was published in 1862 by Robert Young, compiler of Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible. Young’s lives up to its name being a literal translation of the Hebrew and Greek, transcribed in the English usage of the day. It is eminently readable still, and throws up many differences when compared to more recent translations. A good example is Matthew 28: 19. Many Bibles render the instruction of the baptism as in the name, while Young renders in as to i.e. to the name. The Greek word is eis, which should have been rendered, into. The difference between in and into is obvious and profound as the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is not given in Matthew. But we do find it in Acts 2:38.
The King James Bible:
The 1611 King James Bible is the most successful English Bible of all time. It was the official Bible of the Realm, and brought about a unity of service between Episcopal England and Presbyterian Scotland. It was first revised in 1615, again in 1629, 1638 and 1762; the most substantive changes appeared in 1769. This was undertaken by Thomas Paris at Cambridge, and Benjamin Blayney at Oxford. Blayney’s revision, which included a large amount of modernization of spelling, punctuation and idiom, though in keeping with the word structure of the 1611 original, is the basis of the King James Bible we know today. While some find the King James difficult, when compared to more recent versions, the reward of perseverance is ultimately worth the effort. It did after all; contribute substantially to the foundation of our current English tongue.
The Revised Standard:
The Revised Standard (or RSV) began to replace the King James Bible in the 1950’s. It is a revision of the American Standard Version, (ASV) and was completed in 1952. The intent of the editors was to create a readable and literally accurate modern translation while preserving the best traditions of Tyndale, Paris and Blayney. It is the basis of the disquieting NRSV, and the ESV of 2001.
Other Bibles and Resources:
There are many renditions of the Bible in English, which have come down to us over the last 200 years, and more recently. Two I recommend are the Farrar Fenton Bible of 1901, and the Worrell New Testament of 1904; revised in 1980. Both are original translations, and like the YLT open up the Scriptures in a different light. Along with these, the Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, and the Concordant Literal Translation, both based in the King James, are important resources.
If you do not have it, e-Sword for computers and some smart phones, is a must for regular readers and students; and a thank you to Rick Meyers for his work and making it free to all. An Interlinear scripture analyzer is a useful tool for getting to the heart and spirit of the original languages.
There are various established dictionaries like, Vines, Brown-Driver-Briggs, Strong’s and Thayer; and equally sound commentaries to help with your studies. However, some Bible commentaries are skewed to a particular view, which you will need to watch out for. With any Bible resource the aim is to gain a clear understanding, without falling into the pit of becoming a jot and tittle prosecutor of the Word, or your neighbour. But, I can’t stress this enough. Right understanding comes only from the Father by His Spirit, as learned by Peter to his joy. (Matt 16:17)
A Family Tree:
Edenites:
Edenites are those who existed on Earth prior to the formation of Israel, and are recorded in the first few chapters of Genesis. They are the direct descendants from the first man, Adam formed by God; from whom Eve came. Along with Adam and Eve, they are Abel and Cain, who was expelled from Eden for killing his brother. Soon after, Eve gave birth to Seth who later had a son named, Enos; it was Enos who first began to call upon the Name of the LORD. The last Edenites were Noah, his sons, Shem, [1] Ham and Japheth, and their families.
Hebrews:
The first Hebrew was Abram (Abraham). The name; Hebrew comes from Eber, in Mesopotamia, the region of his birth. His direct ancestor was Shem. It also signifies (literally and figuratively) he crossed over into Canaan. His descendants remain Hebrews until, Jacob. Hebrews is also a generic term to describe the lineage of Abraham as seen in the New Testament letter from Paul.
Israelites:
The first Israelite, descended from Abraham, was Jacob. His name was changed to Is-ra-el by God after he wrestled with a man; the Angel of the LORD. The first Israelite by birth was, Reuben whose mother was Leah. All of Jacob’s sons are Israelites, (sons of Israel) and it is these, and their families, who journeyed to Egypt and settled in Goshen at the time of the great famine. They were later taken into slavery by the Egyptians. In Egypt they grew in number becoming a substantial people and; a great nation.
After leaving Egypt under the leadership of Moses and Aaron, they were given the Law at Herob. (Chârêb: a place of desolation) Later, leaving the region of their idolatrous acts, they wandered forty years in the wilderness as the LORD purged this evil generation before entering Canaan. Now established in their new homeland, (Judea/Palestine) they became known as the Kingdom of Israel. While the LORD loved, Solomon their most righteous kings were, David and Josiah.
Around 800BC, and due to their continual backsliding, the Kingdom was divided in two; becoming the ten-tribed House of Israel (who lived in the north) and the two-tribed House of Judah, which retained both their capital, Jerusalem and the Kingship. Judah was the fourth son of Jacob. Even though the House of Israel was no longer in the region (or Scripture) after their removal by the Assyrians; the names Israelite and Israel remain until the arrival of Jesus.
Jews:
At the time of the return of Judah and Benjamin from Babylon in 521BC, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, a fusion of Egyptian and Greek cultures, was in control of Judea. The population was ethnically diverse, owing to wars, trade, assimilations, and the re-populating of the North by the Assyrians, who brought in a variety of peoples from throughout Mesopotamia to replace the House of Israel. (2Kings 17:24) The small number of Judah that returned from seventy years in Babylon (Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2) became part of this cultural mix. They did though live separately, alienated by their new religion brought from Babylon.
Everyone who lived in the Province of Judea was Judean by location. Other groups living in Judea included Chaldeans, Parthians, Edomites, Egyptians and Greeks. We will devote a lot more time to Judah and Jews; the subject of this work, later.
A lineage from Adam; through Abraham, Jacob, Judah and David is recorded and stated in both the Old and New Testaments. The reason why all those begats and son of were written down is to show a continuous line. It can also be broken out into groups of generations. For example; Matthew’s Gospel shows the ancestry of Jesus from Abraham, being three sets of fourteen generations, each a milestone in the history of Ancient Israel; Abraham to King David, David to the Captivity of Israel, and from the Captivity to Christ.
Like any ancestral line it is to demonstrate legitimacy, connection and belonging. The ancestry of the Christ from David, (Son of David) Judah (the Kingship) and Jacob (the Promise) clearly shows the Israelite line of Jesus through men. Luke 3:23-38, takes us further back through Isaac, Abraham, Shem, Noah, Enoch and Adam where we arrive at the origin of Jesus on Earth. When we look past, Adam we find… In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) [2]
Judah and Judea:
…and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. (Job 6:24)
The seed of Adam is carried through the line of Abraham, Jacob and Judah, to Christ. It fulfills the Covenants given by the LORD to Abraham and Isaac, and the blessings of Jacob given to Judah. (Gen 49:10) But out of Eden came another seed carried alongside the promise; a seed of cynicism and doubt, sown into the hearts of men. It is a seed of judgement, which seeks to condemn, not only our brother, but the Word of God. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: (Isaiah 29:13)
Now, it is held by almost everyone today, and especially prevalent in the churches, that Jesus was a Jew. The word, Jew appeared in our Bibles comparatively recently; and was first seen in the 1729 Daniel Mace New Testament. But it was the 1769 revision of the King James Bible, which brought it into common use. The Scripture (above) attends to the coming of Christ, yet there is no mention in the entire Old Testament of Him being of Jewish origin. The first time we see the word, Jew is in the 2nd Book of Kings. And, if we discount Esther for its chronological uncertainty, the words Jew and Jews appear only 167 times in Scripture. Yet, Judah is found 821 times, and as expected, Israel outweighs them all, mentioned 2761 times. The word, Jew is not linked with Abraham, Isaac or Jacob; it was not around at the time of the Exodus, or when Israel arrived in Canaan. It is a recent word, and nothing at all to do with Israel, the tribe of Judah; or the Old Testament.
While this current idiom to describe Christ has come by way of underhand means, its foundation sits in two compounding errors made by early redactors of the Bible; [a] The misreading and confusing of Greek and Latin words pertaining to the name Judah; [b] Judah in relation to the region of Judea. There is also the problem of using Judah in a plural and collective form. [c]
[a] From Genesis to Malachi, Judah is rendered; ỳhûdâh. (Strongs: H3063) Another rendering, to show association with, or belonging too, was by the addition of a suffix; b.iỳûdi, (Strongs: H3064) i.e. Judah-ite. It has the same implication as a person from Dan being a Danite, or Paul from the tribe of Benjamin being a Benjamite. There is also a possessive use of Judah that pertains to occupancy or ownership. The Tribal Name; the land and assets the tribe inhabits or holds can be the same, for example, the borders of Dan, the cities of Ephraim; the land of Judah.
[b] The Greek word for the land of Judah is Ioudaia. The inhabitants were known as Ioudaios, from the Aramaic Jehudhai, which means the same as the Greek; the people of the land of Judah; in other words, Judeans. There is only one mention in the Old Testament of the shorter version of the word, Judea found in Ezra 5:8. The given Hebrew/Aramaic for Judea is, y˚hûd, which is Chaldee in origin. The Latin form is Iudaea from which we get the alternative spelling; Judaea, found in older versions of the New Testament. While Judea is of Chaldee (Babylonian) origin, and Judaea is Roman, they both mean the land of Judah and nothing else. The Roman spelling came by way of Jerome’s Latin Bible of the fourth century.
[c] As a rule, proper nouns are singular; therefore Judah has no plural form. As there is no plural of Judah, you cannot transpose Judah (singular) to Jews (plural) in Hebrew or Greek. But we can do it in English, by replacing Judah with a new and completely unrelated name, meaning, and spelling. So, what does this all mean? It means that Jesus of Nazareth who descended from Adam, through the line of Israel, via the tribe of Judah, and by way of the House of David; was not a Jew, but a Judean! He was also a Galilean, an Israelite but most of all; our Lord and Christ. So, how did we get this new word Jew; and how did it find its way into the Bible?
The Alphabet and J:
Along with the error, which previously existed regarding the confusing of Ioudaia and Ioudaios (that they could be combined) and the later misuse of the Latin Iudaea; the one reason that could be cited above all else is timing. In the mid fifteenth century, Gutenberg’s ideas and printing machine coincided with the explosion of Christian thought and contemplation, which set the growth of the Protestant movement in Europe and England. Reformation Literature; the Tyndale, Douai-Rheims and King James Bibles and their wider distribution, were all made possible by the printing press, moveable type, and the development of oil-based inks. Allied with the dawn of modern printing were the advances in translation methods, which had a significant impact on both language and alphabet, not only in Germany and Europe, but also in England.
The Hebrew alphabet comprises 22 letters. It has never contained or used a symbol equal to the letter, J; nor is there any Hebrew letter that carries even an approximate sound of the J consonant. There is not a J in the Greek alphabet either. Even though J is firmly established as the tenth letter of the English alphabet, it was a later addition. It was inserted after I and credited to, Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) who first distinguished I from which it was developed, and J as representing separate sounds.
The Wycliffe Edition, published in 1380 is the earliest version of the New Testament in English, sourced from Jerome’s fourth century Latin (vulgate) Bible. In it, Jesus is referred to as one of the iewes, the 14th century English version of the Latin word, Iudaeus as used by Jerome. And, while it was not until the mid eighteenth century that J was in regular use, we do see the beginnings of the shift from Judean to Jew in the Wycliffe edition.
Its evolution shows not only the origin of the word in Latin, Iudaeus but also its present treatment in English. We can trace the earlier English equivalents used between the fourth and eighteenth centuries. From Latin to English the progression is: Gyu, Giu, IU, Iuu, Iuw, Ieuu, Ieuy, Iwe, Iow, Iewe (the version Wycliffe used) Ieue, Iue, Ive, Iew, and in 1769 with the letter J now in common usage, arriving at; Jew. The plural form, now available to us in English, follows the same pattern.
Two of the best known eighteenth century editions of the New Testament; the Douai-Rheims, and the King James both contain the new word; Jew. Yet, when their original English language editions first appeared, the word Jew was nowhere in evidence. With J now available, it emerged when both Bibles were revised.
Zionism:
Zionism is the political force behind the modern State of Israel. Many authors venturing into these shadows; be they Jew, Christian or other, have been vilified by an Establishment, which in its naivety has fallen victim to Zionist rhetoric and its false flag of anti-Semitism. [1] The first thing you should know about Zionism is this; it has nothing to do with Judaism, religion or the Holy writings of the Patriarchs and Prophets. It is first and foremost, a national-socialist political ideology founded in Russia in the late nineteenth century. Its methods include conflict and intimidation as this report from the True Torah Jews clearly demonstrates.
The relatively new concept of Zionism began only about one hundred years ago and since that time Torah-true Jewry has steadfastly opposed the Zionist ideology. This struggle is rooted in two convictions:
(1) Zionism, by advocating a political and military end to the Jewish exile, denies the very essence of our Diaspora existence. We are in exile by Divine Decree and may emerge from exile solely via Divine Redemption. All human efforts to alter a metaphysical reality are doomed to end in failure and bloodshed. History has clearly borne out this teaching.
(2) Zionism has not only denied our fundamental belief in Heavenly Redemption it has also created a pseudo-Judaism which views the essence of our identity to be a secular nationalism. Accordingly, Zionism and the Israeli state have consistently endeavoured, via persuasion and coercion, to replace a Divine and Torah centered understanding of our people-hood with an ‘armed materialism.’ [See their website.]
In his article: Spiritually and Physically Responsible, Australian Rabbi, Gedalya Liebermann wrote:
From its inception, many rabbis warned of the potential dangers of Zionism and openly declared that all Jews loyal to G-d should stay away from it like one would from fire.
They made their opinions clear to their congregants and to the general public… Their message was that Zionism is a chauvinistic racist phenomenon which has absolutely naught to do with Judaism. They publicly expressed that Zionism would definitely be detrimental to the well being of Jews and Gentiles and that its effects on the Jewish religion would be nothing other than destructive.
Further, it would taint the reputation of Jewry as a whole and would cause unreserved confusion in the Jewish and non-Jewish communities. Judaism is a religion. Judaism is not a race nor is it a nationality. That was and still remains the consensus amongst the rabbis. We were given the Holy Land by G-d in order to be able to study and practice the Torah without disturbance and to attain levels of holiness difficult to attain outside of the Holy Land. We abused the privilege and we were expelled.
While these stands rightly oppose Zionism, and rightly confirm that Judaism is a religion and not a people, they wrongly append Jews as the chosen people of the Old Testament. But they do show remarkable, if unintentional insight. God gave the Holy Land to a people. He did not give it to a minority religion; neither did He give it to a political ideology. And regarding the Land of Israel we must reflect on this; the Land belongs to the LORD.
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. (Lev 25:23) The land of Judea was occupied under a conditional lease. The Houses of Israel and Judah were only permitted to live on the land if they met the conditions of that lease. Both were expelled for breaking the terms of lease by their unfaithfulness. Here is what the LORD said would happen to the House of Judah, from which Jews claim their ancestry:
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. (2Chon 7:19-20)
Like the Tribes of Israel, the House of Judah was removed for their backsliding, unfaithfulness and worshiping false Gods. The sovereign right over this land is held by God. Jeremiah said of Judah; I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the Earth for (their) evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all the places whither I drive them. (Jer 24:9)
A Jewish Homeland:
Ignoring the enduring Word given to David, the warnings of Jeremiah, and with the support of the British Government, a proposal for a permanent home for the Jews became officially recognised after decades of Zionist agitation. It was due largely to the efforts of Theodore Herzl (1860-1904) and his Der Judenstaat published in Vienna in l896. It outlined the factors he believed had created …a universal Jewish problem. His proposal was to address this imaginary crisis by the exodus of unhappy and unwanted Jews (his words) from mainly Europe, to a self-governing territory of their own. It was eventually agreed that Palestine was the logical choice in order that dispersed Jews could return to their homeland; completely ignoring the fact that numerous Muslims, and a number of Jews and Christians were already living there in harmony.
Locations like Madagascar, and the Russian Far East had been proposed, but for the Zionists it was always going to be Palestine. Until Herzl raised the subject, it was largely understood by Jews and non-Jews that such a problem did not exist. Herzl approached many influential families who lived comfortable lives in the West about his artfully contrived proposal. The following diary note to the Rothschild Family Council is an outline of his Zionist agenda for Palestine:
I bring to the Rothschilds and the big Jews their historical mission. I shall welcome all men of goodwill – we must be united – and crush all those of bad. – Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despite us. If, in our present circumstances, we wanted to bring about the unity of mankind independent of national boundaries, we would have to combat the ideal of patriotism. The latter however, will prove stronger than we for innumerable years to come. [Lowenthal: The Diaries of Theodor Herzl]
History shows that only 22 years after Der Judenstaat was first published, Turkish forces had been removed from Palestine, now officially mandated to the British. Just twelve months earlier, on the 2nd of November, 1917, Arthur James Balfour signed away the rights of the Palestinian people. The moment he passed his letter to British Member of Parliament, Lord Rothschild; the destruction of Palestinian land, homes, families and children was assured, and the countdown had begun.
Foreign Office, November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you on behalf of His Majesty’s Government the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations, which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this Declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely, Arthur James Balfour.
While signed by Balfour, the letter was drafted by the concealed Zionist activist, and Conservative MP, Leopold Moritz Amery. [2] The renowned Jewish historian, journalist and author, Arthur Koestler wrote of the letter; …one nation solemnly promised to a second nation the country of a third. And as a former Ottoman Arab territory, it had earlier been under the control of a fourth, until confiscated by the British Government to unlawfully satisfy Zionist aspirations.
By December 1948, some 700,000 Palestinians, which amounted to more than half the Palestinian population, had either fled or been forcibly evicted from the newly-established Israeli state, although they expected to return to their lands shortly. But since 1948, most of the Palestinian refugees and their descendants have endured a harsh existence in refugee camps in neighboring Arab nations, where they continue to demand their right to return to the lands their families had owned for generations. Meanwhile, in the three years following the 1948 war, about 700,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, thereby establishing a Jewish majority in the country. Palestinians and other Arabs constituted 20 percent of the Israeli population and while they were considered Israeli citizens, they lived under martial law for the first 18 years of the country’s existence.
Since then, a series of Citizenship and Entry Laws have severely restricted the ability of Palestinians to enter Israel in order to preserve the Jewish character of the country. [Israel-Palestine: By the Numbers; Gary Leech August 2014.]
One of the many reasons there has been no solution to supposed peace talks with the Palestinian Authorities is to do with Israel’s professed statehood. The Palestinians refuse to acknowledge Israel as a legitimate state with rights over their land. In his speech to the American Congress (May 2011) Benjamin Netanyahu taunted the P.A. by saying if they (The Palestinians) recognized Israel as a Jewish State it would be enough of a reason for conflict to cease. The response from the Prime Minister, DR. Salam Fayyad was that Israel’s character is its own business, and; … it’s not up to the Palestinians to define it. And without at least some of the facts, neither should we.
While this may appear to be a large and complex subject (which it is) when you view it through the lens of a fuller history the truth begins to comes into focus. When we dig a little deeper, we uncover not only an agenda and interesting cohorts, but more than a few unpleasant deeds.
It is well known that Henry Balfour and David Lloyd George were counted among the early backers of the Zionist aim. President Truman and Winston Churchill were also long time supporters. And while Churchill acknowledged the actions of the Jewish-Zionist-Bolsheviks, and their Russian slaughter of 1917/18, he encouraged the idea of Palestine as the only proper Jewish homeland.
Tom Segev, author of One Palestine Complete; wrote, Churchill once told his close friend and elder of the Zionist movement, Chaim Weizmann, that he would support the Zionists …even if they did horribly stupid things. (The Independent) Which they did and continue to do; in fact it’s a rather long and disturbing list of horribly stupid things…
The Jews of Europe:
In 70AD, the Jews of Palestine were crushed by the might of Rome, which led to their ultimate expulsion from the region early in the second century. Many went to Spain; a handful returned to Babylon and others went north through the Caucuses into Eastern Europe, where they settled and established small communities. Over time they grew in number becoming the people we know today. By contrast, the Jews of Spain soon recovered and began to prosper to such an extent that the Dominican Inquisition of the middle ages sought to restrict both their activities and their numbers. And that is a thumbnail of what we learn about the Jews after the revolt of the first century AD. But there is a more accurate account of the Jews of Europe you should know about.
The Jewish Encyclopedia references the ancestors of European (Ashkenazi) Jewry; a people known as the Chazars. The following extracts from Volume Four of their history, makes plain the early and formative years of the people we know today as Jews; the founders of Zionism, Bolshevism, Communism, modern Judaism, the Yiddish language and the modern State of Israel. Not everything we assume about the origins of some people is as clear cut as we might think, or for that matter, might want to believe…
CHAZARS:
A people of Turkish origin whose life and history are interwoven with the very beginnings of the history of the Jews of Russia…driven on by the nomadic tribes of the Steppes and by their own desire for plunder and revenge… In the second half of the sixth century the Chazars moved westward…
The kingdom of the Chazars was firmly established in most of South Russia long before the foundations of the Russian Monarchy by the Varangian in 855… At this time the kingdom of the Chazars stood at the height of its power and was constantly at war… At the end of the eighth century … the chagan (king) of the Chazars and his grandees, together with a large number of his heathen people, embraced the Jewish religion…
The Jewish population in the entire domain of the Chazars, in the period between the seventh and tenth centuries, must have been considerable… about the ninth century; it appears as if all the Chazars were Jews and that they had been converted to Judaism only a short time before… It was one of the successors of Bulan, named Obadiah, who regenerated the kingdom and strengthened the Jewish religion. He invited Jewish scholars to settle in his dominions, and founded Synagogues and schools.
The people were instructed in the Torah, Mishnah and the Talmud and in the `divine service of the hazzanim’… In their writings, the Chazars used the Hebrew letters… the Chazar languages predominated… Obadiah was succeeded by his son Isaac; Isaac by his son Moses (or Manasseh II); the latter by his son Nisi; and Nisi by his son Aaron II. King Joseph himself was a son of Aaron, and ascended the throne in accordance with the Law of the Chazars relating to succession… The king had twenty-five wives, all of royal blood, and sixty concubines, all famous beauties. Each one slept in a separate tent and was watched by a eunuch…
This seems to have been the beginning of the downfall of the Chazar kingdom… The Russian Varangians established themselves at Kiev… until the final conquest of the Chazars by the Russians … After a hard fight the Russians conquered the Chazars… Four years later the Russians conquered all the Chazarian territory east of the Azov … many members of the Chazarian royal family went to Spain… Some went to Hungary, but the great mass of the people remained in their native country… (Extract: Jewish Encyclopedia Vol. 4)
The respected Jewish historian, Prof. H. Graetz, in his Origin and History of the Jews in Eastern Europe, referred to these converted Chazars: The Chazars professed a coarse religion, which was combined with sensuality and lewdness… After Obadiah, came a long series of Jewish Chagans, for according to a fundamental law of the state only Jewish rulers were permitted to ascend the throne… For some time the Jews of other countries had no knowledge of the conversion of this powerful kingdom to Judaism…
Renowned Jewish Historian, Arthur Koestler noted: The mainstream of Jewish migrations did not flow from the Mediterranean across France and Germany to the East then back again. The stream moved in a consistently westerly direction, from the Caucasus through the Ukraine into Poland and thence into Central Europe. When that unprecedented mass-settlement in Poland came into being, there were simply not enough Jews around in the west to account for it; while the in the east a whole nation was on the move to new frontiers. It would of course be foolish to deny that Jews of different origin also contributed to the existing Jewish world-community.
The numerical ratio of the Khazar to the Semitic and other contributions is impossible to establish. But the cumulative evidence makes one inclined to agree with the consensus of Polish historians that ‘in earlier times the main bulk originated from the Khazar country’; and that, accordingly, the Khazar contribution to the genetic make-up of the Jews must be substantial, and in all likelihood dominant. Khazaria, a conglomerate of Aryan Turkic tribes, was finally wiped out by the forces of Genghis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry… (The 13th Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage; 1976) [1]
Building a New Identity:
The Israel Project Global Language Dictionary is a resource kit for Israelis having to deal with the global media, especially on matters relating to Palestine. The following two items, which must stand without comment, are from the preface to a recent edition, which I have.
A Personal Message from the Author:
I wrote my first Language Dictionary for The Israel Project in 2003. Since that time, Israel has had three Prime Ministers, several stalled peace initiatives, found itself the victim of attack from its northern and southern borders, and has suffered greatly in the court of public opinion. On the other hand, the daily suicide bombings have stopped, and Hamas & Hezbollah have shown themselves to be the brutal terrorist organizations that Israel has warned about. The more things change, the more they stay the same. All of the material in this document is new or updated based on research conducted in 2008 and 2009.
Some of the language will be familiar; most of the Words That Work boxes come from Israeli representatives and spokespeople. But, the polling, strategic recommendations and guidance are all based on the current situation. I hope that advocates for Israel will benefit from the massive amount of work that went into the creation of this booklet. I also hope that this will be the last Israel Language Dictionary I ever have to craft.
And remember, it’s not what you say that counts. It’s what people hear.
Dr. Frank Luntz, April 2009,
From the Israel Project:
On behalf of our board and team, we offer this guide to visionary leaders who are on the front lines of fighting the media war for Israel. We want you to succeed in winning the hearts and minds of the public. We know that when you achieve your mission that you are helping both Israel and our global Jewish family. Thus, we offer these words with our sincerest wishes for your every success.
May your words help bring peace and security to Israel and the Jewish people!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, Founder & President
Now, some historical perspective: The Jewish-Bolshevik revolution of 1917/18 murdered the Tsar and his family; more than 40 million Christians and others, including many Orthodox Jews. This is documented history. Jewish-Zionists totally refused any assistance from Western Governments leading up to and during the early years of World War II, to safely remove Jews from Germany and Western Europe ahead of the Nazi onslaught. Their cry was Palestine or death! Millions unwittingly died. This also is documented history. Since 1948, Israel has been responsible for the genocide of a people, the theft of their land, and their walled imprisonment. Movements like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PLO were formed in response to Israel’s continuous and unwarranted military actions against vulnerable men, women and children. The above letters are nothing but self-serving hypocrisy. The Global Language Dictionary was designed to solicit, promote and encourage blatant manipulation of Western media, and to create a false impression of Israel and Zionism in the West. Regrettably, it seems to have worked rather well…
Gaining Control:
Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a Jew or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew; the first Hebrews may not have been Jews at all… The Jewish Almanac (1980)
This is about the management of minds; cementing a new dogma into the mainstream, the new historians, and the Word of God. It goes to the very heart of what you read, hear and understand about Jews, Judaism and Israel. It is about traditions and our view of the world. It is a rare thing these days to be confronted by a clear-cut choice; this is one of them. You either believe the words and tenets of men, or believe the Word of the Lord. Only you can decide which is right.
This also concerns a new and growing darkness, which has removed the light of reason and truth. The law of opposites dictates one cannot exist without the other. Where light abounds darkness is driven out; where darkness reigns there is no light. The Prophet Isaiah warned; Woe to them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness before the light… And Paul advised us to …have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. (Eph 5:11) It is about those who would denigrate the faithful Word of God and lessen the truth of Christ Jesus …to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God… (Acts 26:18)
I refer you to the above from the Jews’ Almanac. Claims like this can be a trap for the unaware, as it gives with one hand and takes with the other. Let me show you: Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a Jew or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew: is a reasoned statement based on the history and lineage of Israel, ancient and modern. However …the first Hebrews may not have been Jews at all… is laden with innuendo. This loaded gun tells you plainly that the Jews are as old as the Hebrews. The winning words; may not have been, infer …they might have been… implying they were. The use of the term …the first Hebrews is also an illusion. As we have seen, the term Jew did not exist at the time of the Hebrews. Abraham and Isaac were certainly not Jews; in fact they weren’t even Israelites as the Name, Israel did not exist then. So, why would the Jewish Almanac allude to this, if not to purposely confuse the innocent?
Now, there are various books like Thomas Cahill’s The Gifts of the Jews, which continue to enable the myth that Jesus was a Jew. What about a Jewish Jesus is so important that such books fill our libraries or need to be written at all? If, as orthodox Jewry contends, Jesus was a pretender and fake, His Messiahship a lie, which rightly leads to His death, what is all the fuss about? Yet today, they lay emphasis on Jesus being a Jew. Something is strangely out of place.
Therefore, there are some questions we need to ask. Are the Jews of today, the people Scripture speaks of …which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie…? (Rev 3:9) Something is certainly not right, like their apparent need for Jesus to be a Jew. However, when we look a little deeper into the matter we will find the implications of a Jewish Jesus are somewhat profound and disturbing.
Behind the closed doors of Jewish orthodoxy, Christianity is reviled; the very idea of a resurrected Christ is looked upon with loathing. But openly it is another matter, where Christians are regarded simply as misguided folk having taken a wrong turn in their belief about God. It could hardly be otherwise when we consider the importance of the Christian lobby’s support for the State of Israel. And if Christians are important, so must be the reason for their faith. The problem of centuries for Jews and Judaism is the burden they have carried. From Constantine to Hitler’s Germany they are the ones who murdered the Christ. His blood is on us, and on our children, (Matt 27:25) has haunted them down the years. Could such an unmitigating disaster ever be excused, pardoned or at best, erased from collective memory?
Managing Minds:
Today, Jews direct the largest media empire the world has ever known. Everyone is influenced by it. Now, media is no longer only newspapers and T.V, it is everything; television programmes, radio shows, all print mediums; books and magazines of all genres; interest and targeted groups by age, sex, and orientation. Media includes Hollywood, independent film, the Internet and Social networking. In other words they influence what you see, read, and hear… every day! They are the Kings of movies, and television. Their influence on western attitudes and social and moral values is immense. And while some of the more adventurous entrepreneurs might wish to downplay their involvement in Internet gambling and pornography, their sway in these areas is also well known.
It makes no sense at all to try to deny the reality of Jewish power and prominence in popular culture, wrote Michael Medved, a well-known Jewish author and film critic, in 1996. Any list of the most influential production executives at each of the major movie studios will produce a heavy majority of recognizably Jewish names. [1] Joel Stein, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, wrote in 2008: As a proud Jew, I want America to know about our accomplishment. Yes, we control Hollywood; I don’t care if Americans think we’re running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them. [2] The American Vice President, Joe Biden thinks so as well…
Jewish heritage has shaped who we are, all of us, as much or more than any other factor in the last 223 years. And that’s a fact; Biden told a gathering of Jewish leaders on May 21, 2013, in Washington, DC. The truth is that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it’s fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage, he added. [3] Think – behind of all that, I bet you 85 percent of those [social-political] changes, whether it’s in Hollywood or social media are a consequence of Jewish leaders in the industry.
Biden went on to speak of the crucial role played by Jews in the evolution of the American legal system, and in that regard mentioned seven Supreme Court justices: Brandeis, Fortas, Frankfurter, Cardozo, Ginsberg, [who made it illegal to refuse same sex marriage] Breyer and Kagan. You can’t talk about the recognition of rights in the Constitution without looking at these incredible jurists that we’ve had. Jews are vastly over-represented in many other high-level federal, state and city government posts. Biden could have mentioned that the chairman of the Federal Reserve System [not owned by the US Government] and the mayors of Americas three most populous cities; New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are Jews.
Yet for some, the Vice President’s bold statements were actually worrisome. One leading Jewish journalist wrote that however gratifying Biden’s very philo-Semitic remarks might be, such an open acknowledgment of Jewish influence is wandering into highly uncomfortable terrain. The Vice President went too far cautioned Jonathan Chait, especially given that lots of people are not at all happy about how Jews have used their influence over popular culture to change societal attitudes toward homosexuality. [4] As Biden mentioned, the Jewish role in shaping attitudes is by no means a recent phenomenon. It was earlier noted in 1968 by Walter Kerr, a renowned author, director and Pulitzer prize-winning drama critic. In The New York Times, he remarked:
What has happened since World War II is that the American sensibility has become part Jewish, perhaps as much Jewish as anything else. The literate American mind has come in some measure to think ‘Jewishly.’ It has been taught to, and it was ready to. After the entertainers and novelists came the Jewish critics, politicians and theologians. Critics and politicians and theologians are by profession molders; they form ways of seeing. [5] (An example in popular culture is the song, ‘It ain’t necessarily so’ by Jewish lyricist, Ira Gershwin; a deliberate attack on the veracity of the Holy Bible and God, heard on radio stations anywhere, at any time, around the world.)
American-Jewish culture is the culture of the West. Their over weighted media influence has set new paradigms in every Western society. It is a fact of our lives. America provided the means and the opportunity for the Jewish community to remove the shackles of its past. There was an almost seismic shift in attitudes within Jewry, which stemmed from the new freedoms America offered. Jewish culture was to become not just refurbished, but fundamentally overhauled, as it stamped its mark on, not only the New World, but the World at large. There are now more Jews living in America than in any other country including their supposed homeland of Israel. And, while we are regularly presented with the Rabbi as the image of Israel and Judaism; today, less than 30% of the Jewish Americans consider themselves religious. (Pew Survey 2014/15)
Contrary to Western Christian perception, the Jews of today are more a worldly people than not. Within the State of Israel there has been considerable effort by its exceedingly secular government, to remove several long established conventions afforded right-wing Orthodoxy; the removal of the exemption from military service, afforded theology students a case in point. This has caused much civil unrest and in some cases, imprisonment of those opposing such Government proposals.
Most people living in the West have little idea or understanding of the impact Jewish culture has on their daily lives, and unaware of the on-going shaping of opinion towards Israel. For example; the now widespread belief that Jesus has a Jewish heritage has cemented the pro-Israel leanings of many Christians. In the minds of the Christian majority, the connection of Jesus to his Jewish roots has become so firmly established it has corrupted the accepting of the full truth of Scripture by many who claim a Christian faith. The great bonus for Jews and Israel is the growing Zionist-Christian lobby, which has become the largest single supporter of the Jewish State outside the American Government.
Cementing the Christian lobby:
The widespread molding to think jewishly has greatly influenced the judgment of all American Fundamental Christianity and their view of Israel. It has succeeded to such a degree that the vast majority of Christians worldwide now believe the Jews of today are the genuine descendants of Old Testament Israel; a view encouraged by Jewish teaching. The majority of denominations; be they Pentecostal, Baptist, Episcopalian and similar, without due diligence, and by ignoring Paul’s advice to study… rightly dividing the word of truth… (2Tim 2:15) have fallen victim to their oratory.
This has led to the ultimate insult that Jesus; the same spoken of by Peter that God has made both Lord and Christ… (Acts 2:36) is also a descendant of these Jewish Israelites. And even though we know it’s fictitious we believe it nonetheless. When Jesus said that many would come using His Name He wasn’t kidding; it was a solemn warning about these days, and the deceitful acts of men. The Pharisees of the New Age are stealing the salvation of Christians, without them even knowing. With the same enthusiasm early Jewish immigrants seized the American opportunity; they have by means their Media Empire and rabbinical encouragement, corrupted Scripture by endorsing the Jewishness of the Christian Messiah.
Until the letter J fell into regular use in the mid 18th century, Jews were commonly known by the name of their assembled language; Yiddish. It wasn’t until after J became common that they came to be known by their new name. The evolving of the alphabet and language in the 18th century, and the revision of the King James Bible opened the door to the word, Jew. It was when we got the location, Judea; the city, Jerusalem; the word, Jew, and the Name, Jesus all beginning with a J. By the early editors and writers confusing the Greek words for the land and people of Judea; and by their unwitting corruption of the Latin, Iudaeus, we ended up with a people called Jews. And as the people were now Jews, and Jesus was from Judea, He also became a Jew.
Believing that if they could demonstrate, Jesus was a Jew and of Jewish ancestry the New Age Pharisees could also show the relationship between Jesus and His ancestral line; the rationale being that His Jewishness must naturally flow back through David, Jacob, and Abraham and Noah. Just as the Jesuits set in place the false doctrine of the Secret Rapture, certain Rabbis set about convincing Christianity that Jesus was just like them; sharing the same ancestry they did, which is pure invention, and on so many levels. They shamelessly used the Son of Man to aid their unlawful claim as rightful heirs to the land of Israel.
While they ceaselessly state that Jesus could never be the Messiah, they can’t live without Him. He is the essential conduit to keep their feigned legitimacy alive. These proselyte descendants from the Khazarian Kingdom, the Ashkenazi Jews of today, have no historical, ancestral, or lawful claim to Palestine, whatsoever. But there were some people living there that did…
In 1948 the Political-Zionists took Jerusalem and the land of Judea. Resident Jews, who had lived in this land throughout their generations, did not expel their Christian and Muslim friends and neighbours, the Zionists did; Atheist-Socialists from Eastern Europe and Russia tore families, friends and neighborhoods apart. [1] Some left in protest at the sight of the Zionist terror wrought against their friends, and their families. Others were offered money to stay. Some were expelled. Those that remain are only a trace of Judah and Benjamin whose ancestors lived at the time of Apostles. They were genuine Israelites, though I would be extremely surprised if there’s a single Zionist among them. Most are now regarded by the Ashkenazi Jews as second class Israeli citizens.
The Jewish Jesus schemers, and the like-minded, have done such an outstanding job over the decades that today; most Christians believe Jesus is a Jew. And it is in their interest to do so. Chief among their motives is to establish a plausible empathy within the Global Christian Community. And, by taking the theological high ground, limp-minded Christians add weight to their hollow claim. It is all about feigning credibility to legitimize the falsehood they are the chosen people, with a rightful inheritance to Palestine. It is a lie. And, millions have died because of it.
These are bold statements. And when you go to your reference books to prove me wrong, or search on-line, you will do it with ease. Every modern Bible, Concordance, Bible Handbook, and every Dictionary and Encyclopedia will agree with you. Websites you search, including those that now call JESUS, Yahshua, will pull me down and destroy my argument in minutes. So, why would I so boldly place myself in the camp of the heretic? I am not concerned with the opinions of others, or the man that can break my bones, rather the abiding Word of my LORD, the same who has charge over my soul. As Paul so eloquently asked; who do we serve, God or man?
The following and closing chapter will show you the truth of the Scriptures, and the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. The LORD I honour, and the LORD you should get to know. He is the same yesterday, today and forever and His message has never changed.
And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with various diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. (Luke 4:40-41)
Immanu~EL:
…the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
Several centuries later, this was recorded by Matthew: Now all this is come to pass that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us. (Matt 1:22-23) Isaiah declared the circumstances of His birth and wrote it down. He also foretold this Holy being, born of a virgin, would be both God and Man come to dwell among us. But, what was the Name given to that promised son?
Now, the birth of Jesus Christ was this way: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, and before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make of her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. But when he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shall call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
Joseph was instructed to call Him, JESUS. (Matt 1: 20-21)
In Luke’s Gospel, we find confirmation of that Name, this time from the Angel Gabriel: …thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS. (Greek: iEsou) (Luke 1:31) Therefore, we have the Name Jesus; the Salvation of the LORD, given to two separate people from two independent sources. What else do we know about the promised one of God?
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. (Luke 1:32-33)
Here, we see Gabriel telling Mary, Jesus will inherit the throne of His ancestor, David. But more than that; He will be called the Son of the Most High and His name; Great, and that He would be King over Israel forever, and His kingdom would be everlasting! Now, Matthew tells us that Mary conceived by the Holy Ghost, but look how meticulous Luke fills in the detail: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee… (Luke 1:35) So, we see the agency for the conception of Christ Jesus is the Power of the Most High; the creative power of Spirit, the same Creating Spirit that in the beginning, moved upon the face of the waters…
This Holy Child was prophesied by Isaiah, who was moved by God’s Spirit. Read what Peter says of this: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (2Peter 1:19-21) And Paul declared; but I certify you, brethren that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Gal 1:11-12) Paul said he received his revelation, not from the Holy Ghost, but from Jesus directly. Dwell on this for a moment, compare these two statements and hopefully the Father will show you something quite wonderful…
Let’s look again at Isaiah as he now expands on Immanuel, and shows us how Paul received his revelation directly from Jesus. Isaiah reveals five Names and Titles of the Lord Jesus Christ. …and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father; Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) The Prince of Prophets reveals the Father is the Son, and the Lord is one LORD. And in doing so he also provides the answer Proverb 30:4; what is His name and His Son’s name if you can tell? [1] Isaiah shows us the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace who dwelt among us; the Mighty God who gave us His Gospel, and by His blood purchased the innate debt of our sin; the Counsellor, who gives us wisdom and understanding, and the Holy Spirit who gives us comfort. Isaiah reveals the fullness of Christ Jesus; and declares the Existing One, who, by His victory over death changed everything …forever!
Lord and Christ:
The LORD Jesus Christ is not a Jew, and never has been. The very idea is absurd. Judah was not a Jew; Jacob was not a Jew, and Noah and Abraham weren’t Jews either. There was no such thing as a Jew in those days, no matter what any modern Bible or handbook might tell you. To illustrate on just one level, how silly this idea is think about this. If Abraham’s descendants are Jews, then all Arabs and Palestinians are Jews also. They all descend from the Twelve Princes of Ishmael, Abraham’s first son. This deception is from the beguiled and the wicked.
There is no mention in the entire Bible that the LORD would restore Judah in the twentieth century, or allow for the equivalent of the modern Jewish State. Jesus spoke to the forebears of such minds when He said: You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. (John 8:44) Only a cursory glance at the history of Rome in Jerusalem of the first century will show the people known as Pharisees, Sadducees and Jews, who came out of the remnant of Judah and Benjamin, were broken and scattered by the Empire. The siege of Masada and its overthrow in 70AD, the resulting mass suicides, and the later deportations or enslavement of the few survivors, put an end to the Jews as an entity in the region. Jesus warned them it would come…
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)
Jesus came from perfection, and is that perfection. He came to us through the Power of the Most High. Through Mary, who found favour with God, He was born as human-kind. He is Immanuel; God with us, made in flesh that we could see and hear. He is the way, the truth, and the Life; and the truth and the life are only in Him. They are not found anywhere else; in any man’s lineage or genealogy. But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (Titus 3.9)
Christ Jesus broke into our history to fulfill the Prophets inspired by His Spirit. If you still see Him as the Jewish carpenter from Nazareth, then you my friend have an important matter to consider and reconcile. I urge you to heed the words of Paul that we should not be …giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. (Titus 1:14)
If you have fallen victim to this new age rhetoric, please put it aside. But, if you prefer to continue on this path of ungodly creed, let me share this warning from the Jesus you claim to know and follow: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out devils, and by thy name do many mighty works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matt 7:22-23)
The ones the LORD will deny are those that deny the full weight of His Word and Gospel; those who heed the commandments and fables of men. Jesus showed us in His revelation to John, who His true followers are, and the commandments they keep: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Rev 14:12)
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? Jesus answered; the first is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with thy entire mind, and with all thy strength. The second is this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him; of a truth, Master, thou hast well said that He is one; and there is none other but He. (Mark 12:28-32) Amen.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city; For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things… I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Rev 22: 12-17)
Notes:
A Family Tree:
- The Bible is a record of many peoples’ but first and foremost the line of Adam. You will find mention in Genesis of another line; the line of Cain, which survives until the flood. These early chapters have proven a challenge for some, posing many questions. Chief among them; if Adam and Eve were the first, and their son, Cain killed his brother, Abel, and was subsequently banished but pleaded with the LORD, thinking he might be killed by the people of Nod, where did they come from?
God also confirmed their existence by putting a protective mark on Cain. A possible answer is in Genesis 1:28-29. These were created male and female, given the whole Earth and permitted to eat of every tree, where Adam and Eve were not. Adam was later formed alone; given a life containing soul by the Breath of God, then placed into Eden; alone. Eve was formed soon after, being taken out of Adam. But, this is just a point of view, and has no bearing on your salvation!
- Muslims rightly claim, Abram [Abraham] as their ancestor. He was the father of Ishmael, who was blessed by the LORD with twelve princes. Like Jacob, Ishmael was also to build a great nation from twelve sons; the Arabic tribes. (Gen 17:20; 25:16) Two of the great monotheisms; Christianity and Islam, have the same ancestral lineage to Abraham. The arrival of Zionism [1881] on the other hand, and the modern State of Israel, [1948] and Judaism is another matter entirely.
Zionism:
- For someone to be anti-Semite, the one they are against must be a Semite. The words Semite and Semitic stem from the first son of Noah; Shem i.e. Shemites. Semites are of the lineage of Shem, which includes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David and all of Israel including Judah. Ashkenazi Jews, the bulk of modern Jewry, are not of this line and are therefore not Semites. Yet, most of those they accuse of anti-Semitism are…
- William Rubenstein, professor of modern history at the University of Wales, has unearthed an extraordinary secret from the annals of British Government concerning the origins of one of the most influential members of government during the past century. This case is possibly the most remarkable example of concealment of identity in 20th Century British political history…
Rubenstein was referring to Leopold Amery, a leading Conservative politician, close ally and friend of Britain’s un-elected wartime leader, Winston Churchill. Amery was the author of the infamous 1917 Balfour Declaration, which promised British government support for the Zionist Jewish rape and colonisation of the Palestinian nation. Amery throughout his life deliberately concealed his Jewish origins and Professor Rubenstein who is himself Jewish, has established the deception beyond any doubt.
Rubenstein says that Amery also changed his middle name Moritz to the more Anglicized Maurice in his full name, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery. He did so to further disguise his Jewish origins. History Today magazine: February 1999.
The Jews of Europe:
- The migrations of the [Ashkenazi] Jews in Europe followed a similar pattern to that of the Tribes of Ephraim [Israel]. But it must be noted that these migrations were many centuries apart; the Israelite Tribes starting their journey around 600 years prior to the fall of Masada in 70AD. It should also be noted that after the destruction of the Kingdom of Khazaria, those who migrated to what is now Poland contained no part of Judah or Benjamin, the refugees being descended from a proselyte people of Turkic origin.
Building a New Identity:
The excerpts are from a longer article authored by Mark Weber at the Institute for Historical Review. Space and subject matter does not permit its inclusion in full; but I strongly recommend for further reading you visit; www.ihr.org. My comments or additions are noted by [these brackets].
- 1. M. Medved: Is Hollywood Too Jewish? Moment, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1996), p. 37.
- 2. J. Stein: How Jewish Is Hollywood? Los Angeles Times, Dec. 19, 2008.
- Jennifer Epstein: Biden: Jewish heritage is American heritage. Politico, May 21, 2013; Daniel Halper; Biden Talks of Outsized Influence of Jews: The Influence Is Immense… The Weekly Standard, May 22, 2013.
- Jonathan Chait: Biden raises Jews, goes too far, accidentally thrills Anti-Semites: New York magazine, May 22, 2013.
- Walter Kerr: Skin deep is not good enough: The New York Times, April 14, 1968, pp. D1, D3. Quoted in: Kevin MacDonald, the Culture of Critique (Praeger, 1998), p. 243. See also: Mark Weber: A Straight Look at the Jewish Lobby.
Cementing the Christian Lobby:
- 1. Occupation 101 is an independent resource DVD that will give you a neutral, clear, and broad look at the coming of the Zionists to Palestine in 1948, and their impact on the region. It is essential viewing for anyone looking for a candid overview of the events of the time, and today.
Immanu~EL:
- Use of the word Son is to convey relationship, or a connection to origin. The idioms, son of and begat, which means got, shows the progenitor and integrity of a lineage. The term Son of God is used to show the connection of Jesus to the Heavenly; that He came from, out of, or is an integral part of. The phrase, the Son of God appears 42 times in the New Testament, and not one of them was a direct statement from Jesus claiming it was Him.
The appendage was put on Him by some of the Apostles and Disciples, and by the writers of the New Testament. And, it was asked of Him by Satan. Yet, He never once actually said He was the Son of God, even though He alluded to a Godly connection when talking to the woman at the well, and at other times in the Gospels. Jesus could never have openly said that He was the literal Son of God, as it would have been untrue. God is a Spirit; (John 4:24) Christ Jesus is the man-god who walked among us.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. (Gal 6: 15-16) Amen.