Monday, April 13, 2026

EZEKIEL HAS A MESSAGE FOR US-- WELL THE WESTERN WORLD #1

 

Ezekiel For Today

Introduction

                                             FOR WHY WILL
                                         YOU DIE, O HOUSE
                                                OF ISRAEL?


Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one
according to his ways, says the Eternal God. Repent, and turn
yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be
your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby
you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new
spirit.......For I have no pleasure in the death of him that
dies, says the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

                                                Part One

(All Scripture quotations from the KJV, unless otherwise noted)

                                                   by

                                           Keith Hunt


     Will you listen to the voice of the Eternal, O you people of
the British Commonwealth,  United States of America, and nations
of North-Western Europe?  Will you open your ears to the word of
the Almighty?  He speaks to you with power and certainty through
the prophet Ezekiel, with end time, this time, the age of the
21st century predictions of what WILL befall your nations, unless
total humble repentance with a turning away from sin to 
righteousness, is accomplished on a national scale.  
     You, as a collection of prominent nations of the world, with
the British Commonwealth and the United States of America
spear-heading this family of Celtic-Anglo-Saxon peoples, are
mentioned in the pages of Bible Prophecy MORE than any other
peoples on the face of this earth - believe it or not. And yes, I
know that most of you will not believe it, though it be told you.
     Listen, you nations!  You are THE PEOPLES AND DESCENDANTS OF
THE BIBLICAL HOUSE OF ISRAEL!   Yes, you are the very LITERAL AND
SPIRITUAL peoples of the ancient house of Israel.  Most of you
will laugh and scorn such an idea as that, most of your religious
leaders will vehemently deny that the nations of North-Western
Europe, the British Commonwealth, and the United States of
America, are the peoples of Old Testament Israel.  Yes, I know
this will be the case - utter denial by most in your nations.
     I do not come to you in this series of messages to try to
prove or to convince you that such a statement by myself is
correct.  I do simply come to you to TELL you quite
dogmatically, whether you believe it or not, that you are the
nations of the House of Israel, in the prophecies of Ezekiel and
others contained in the Old Testament(OT).  There is ample proof,
volumes of proof, that my statement is absolutely correct.  
     What I am about to begin to relate to you from the Eternal
God through the words that Ezekiel was inspired to write so long
ago, the words that God spoke many centuries ago, to be given to
you in the last days, WILL COME TO PASS AS SURE AS THE RISING OF
THE SUN, if as nations you will not repent.  And if that will be
the case, if you will not as peoples turn and repent from all
your wickedness, then when these prophecies of the Lord do indeed
come upon you, then you will know you are the children of Israel,
and the Eternal did send His prophets to warn and to teach you,
just as the Lord had promised (Amos 3:7).

     The time is at hand, O house of Israel!  Will you not give
ear to the admonition and cry from the Lord God, to mend your
ways, and return unto Him with all your heart, mind, and soul, to
worship Him in spirit and in truth, to hunger and thirst after
righteousness? Will you choose to live and not to die? For the
Lord has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the
wicked should turn from their iniquity and sin, and LIVE!

     In the time past, God chose a man called Abram from the city
of Ur. He told him to pack his bags and head west, for a land
that He would promise him. Abram trusting, obeyed. God told him
that he would make him a GREAT nation. God then changed Abram's
name to Abraham, because he would be a father of many nations and
many kings would come from his descent. The Lord gave Abraham
perhaps the greatest test of all - to give up his son of promise.
Because he was willing to do so, God promises with an oath - "by
myself have I sworn, says the Lord" - that Abraham's seed would
be as the stars of heaven,  posses the gates of their enemies,
and in his seed all nations would be blessed.
     Isaac, was the son of promise, that was born unto Abraham.
He had two sons, namely Esau and Jacob.  Esau was the firstborn
and to him should have gone the birthright of physical bounty and
greatness, but for a bowl of pottage he sold it to Jacob. Isaac
passed on this birthright officially to Jacob with blessing of
the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, plenty of corn
and wine, with nations bowing down to his offspring, even the
nations of his mother's sons - his own brothers.
     Jacob was also tested by the Lord. He wrestled with the Lord
all night and did prevail boldly, so much so that God changed his
name from Jacob to Israel, meaning a prince of God, for it was
stated that "as a prince hast you power with God, and with men,
and hast prevailed."  Later, God appeared to Jacob or Israel
again, and promised him that of his seed would come a nation and
a company of nations!  
     Israel had 12 sons, one being called Joseph. He was a
favorite of his father's. Joseph's brothers being envious sold
him to the Egyptians. After much trials and tests Joseph rose to
become second in command over Egypt under the Pharaoh. Famine in
the land of his father eventually brought Joseph's brothers and
his father to Egypt where they were all united again in family
love.  There they were given the land of Goshen, where they
greatly multiplied and found favor in the eyes of the Pharaoh.
Before, just before, the death of Jacob, Joseph visited him
bringing with him his two sons that were born unto him in the
land of Egypt, Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob knew this was God's
doing and placed his name upon them as his own two sons, and
placing his hands on them blessed them. The birthright promise
was given to Joseph while the sceptre promise was Judah's(1
Chron.5:2). Joseph and his seed through Ephraim and Manesseh
would become as a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches would
run all over the wall. They above all other peoples on the face
of the earth would inherit the blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep, blessings of the breast and of the womb.
They would be mighty in battle strength though many would strive
against them.  When another Pharaoh was king who did not know the
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the peoples of Israel were made
bond slaves, and worked in servitude under harsh task masters. 
They cried unto the Lord for deliverance and He did hear their
cry, sending a man called Moses to lead them out of the bondage
of Egypt to the land of promise.  Even then as today, the peoples
of Israel showed wickedness in rebelling against the word of the
Lord, even when He suffered long with them. Time and time again
they disobeyed His voice, turned their ears away from the words
of God's servant Moses as he led them for 40 years in the
wilderness. Before Moses died he blessed and prophesied about the
tribes of Israel, again the physical blessings of the heaven, the
earth, and the sea, were promised to Joseph through his two sons,
Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob had done the same before his death.
Promises and blessings to fall upon the tribes of Israel in the
last days.
     When all that faithless and evil generation had died in the
desert, God led Israel into the promised land by faithful Joshua.
Under his leadership they served the true God.  Yet, it was not
long after the death of Joshua that the peoples of Israel turned
away from serving the Eternal God with all their heart and soul,
and went whoring after other gods and other nations round about,
doing wickedness in the sight of the Lord.  Often, God would
correct and punish them by being conquered by the nations around.
Then they would again repent and cry out for mercy, and the Lord
would deliver them from their enemies. They would for a while
serve and obey the Almighty, but in the process of time they
would forget the true God and once more return unto practicing
falsehood and carnality. 
     In time the peoples of Israel wanted a king to rule them as
the other nations around. Their leader Samuel, God's faithful
priest and prophet was displeased, as was the Lord Himself, yet
the desire of their carnal hearts was granted.  God chose Saul, a
tall handsome man of valor, to be the first king of Israel. At
the beginning he walked with God, but soon departed from the ways
of the Lord and was rejected as king, the Lord choosing a young
man whose heart was after the heart of God. David was his name.
Under David, Israel continued to serve the Eternal in truth and
righteousness.  Solomon, the son of David, took the throne and
continued for most of his life to follow in the foot-steps of his
father. But he multiplied many wives from foreign nations who did
not know the true God of Israel, and it is written they turned
his heart away from serving the Lord in truth and spirit. He also
burdened the people with heavy taxation.
     Upon the death of Solomon, his son Rehoboam was to take the
throne. The elders of Israel told him if he would lift the
taxation burden his father had imposed upon them, then they would
serve him, but he listened instead to the young men, and rejected
the wisdom of the elders, to which 10 of the 12 tribes revolted
against Rehoboam, setting up their own kingdom and throne in
Samaria, under the leadership of Jeroboam. 
     Up to this time the 13 tribes(the tribe of Joseph now being
two tribes - namely, Ephraim and Manesseh) were known as "Israel"
or "House of Israel."  Now from the reign of Rehoboam, it was the
10 Northern tribes that would be known as Israel or the House
of Israel, the Kingdom of Israel,  and the 3 Southern tribes
would be known as the Kingdom of Judah or House of Judah.  They
would both have their own land, their own dynasty of kings, their
own laws, their own national capital cities, their own religious
worship, with their own priesthoods, and temple service.  It is
written this separation and division was allowed and was from the
Lord, to fulfil His worldwide plan of the ages to the time of the
end. Many prophets from the Lord were sent to both these
kingdoms, to correct and to teach them the true ways of the
Almighty, if they would but listen and heed.
     Immediately, upon the departure of the northern 10 tribes to
form their own kingdom under Jeroboam, this man established a
false counter-part temple priesthood worship practice, with two
calves of gold, one in Bethel and the other in Dan, an imitation
feast of Tabernacles in the eighth month instead of the seventh
as commanded by the Eternal God. He caused Israel to sin a great
sin in the eyes of the Lord.
     The books of Kings and Chronicles contain the histories of
these two kingdoms, their ups and their downs, their righteous
kings and their evil kings, the times they served the Lord in
truth and holiness, and the times they departed from the Lord
into wickedness and sin.  
     The times of wickedness and great evil for Israel or the 10
tribe House of Israel, grew more and more frequent. The patience
and the mercy of the Lord finally came to its end. Mighty
prophets such as Isaiah, Amos, Hosea, were sent to warn the
northern kingdom of Israel, that unless true humble repentance
was forthcoming, then Israel would be conquered, taken captive,
and deported as slaves to the land of their enemy - the
mighty and great Assyrian nation.    With a stiff neck and
rebellious heart, the people of Israel refused to repent and
depart from their wicked ways. So God, as promised sent the
Assyrian empire and armies to enslave them. From about 745 B.C.
to 718 B.C. Israel, the 10 northern tribes, and many from the
house of Judah to the south, were deported as captives to
Assyria. As foretold by Hosea, the house of Israel started to
abide many days without a king, without a prince, and without a
sacrifice. And as Amos was inspired to forecast, the nation of
Israel was to be sifted among and through all nations, as corn is
sifted through a sieve, yet not one grain was to fall upon the
earth. God was still going to be merciful, He was working out His
plan with the children of Israel to the end time, when they would
inherit the great physical blessing of the earth, and when
Ephraim and Manasseh would become the nation and company of
nations as promised to Jacob and Joseph.
     The house of Israel together with much of Judah, left the
land of Assyria, and began their centuries long wandering through
Asia Minor, south-west Russia, the Black and Caspian sea area,
through Europe and on west to eventually settle in Northwest
Europe and the British Isles. The became known as Celts(Kelts),
Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Jutes, Gauls, Normans, and other names.  The
peoples of Manesseh, leaving Europe and Britain to form the
mighty United States of America, while the Ephraimites settled
England and came to world greatness through the British
Commonwealth of nations and all the other lands upon which at one
time the sun never set.

     Yes, whether you will believe it or not, I tell you with
dogmatic assurance, you peoples of the lands of Northwest Europe,
the British Commonwealth, and the United States of America, are
the very literal descendants of the Old Testament House of
Israel. And the Lord has MUCH to say to you through the prophetic
books of the Bible. The message of the book of EZEKIEL is
especially for you peoples of the above nations.

     The House of Judah was not all carried away with the
captivity and deporting of the House of Israel. Jerusalem
survived the Assyrian onslaught. It was not until about 120
years later that Judah became so wicked and rebellious towards
God that He sent them into a 70 year captivity to the
Babylonians.  Their deportation started about 604 B.C. and
lasted till about 586 B.C.  During that time, Ezekiel, at the age
of 25, was taken captive and in the environs of Babylon, by the
river Chebar He was chosen by the Lord to be a prophet to many
nations, in particular to the nations of the House of Israel. 
Now, remember, the peoples of the Northern Kingdom of Israel had
ALREADY gone into captivity about 120 to 150 years EARLIER!  They
were no longer in the land of Samaria. They never as a majority,
returned, only a few individuals and a few families of Israel
ever came back to live with the peoples of the house of Judah.
Some were, by the time Ezekiel was writing, starting to leave the
land of Assyria and heading west into Europe. They became known
as Celts in history.
     Ezekiel, as we shall see, never got to the nations he was
told to prophetically warn and call to repentance.  His message
to the House of Israel never reached them. It was not intended to
reach them at that time, for it was for a time way beyond the
days of Ezekiel. It was a warning, a teaching, a call to repent,
and what would happen if the nations of Israel did not repent, at
the time of the end, shortly before the coming of the Messiah in
glory to establish the government and Kingdom of God of this
earth for a thousand years.

     People of America,  people of the British Commonwealth,
people of the lands of Northwest Europe, the message of Ezekiel,
IS FOR YOU TODAY!!
     Through the words of Ezekiel, the Almighty God tells you of
your sins, your wickedness, your wayward ways in departing from
the laws, commandments, statues, and judgments of the Eternal,
into false doctrine of false religions, perverseness, evil, sin,
and utter depravity of rebelliousness and the way that seems
right unto men, but which ways end in death.
     The Lord says through Ezekiel, He is not pleased with the
death of the wicked, but that the wicked should REPENT and turn
from their sins and LIVE!  The Lord DOES NOT want you to DIE, O
house of Israel. He does not want to have to bring these
predictions of Ezekiel to fruition upon you, BUT THEY WILL SURELY
COME UPON YOU IF YOU WILL NOT TURN YOURSELVES FROM ALL THE EVIL
YOU NOW PRACTICE!

     LISTEN CLOSELY, O peoples of the nations of Israel.  Mark
the words you hear well, for if God must bring them to pass, you
will know He sent His servants to warn you beforehand, and you
will KNOW you are the people of Israel indeed, you will know you
are not Gentiles at all, as you have been led to believe by your
false priests and ministers who come to you in the name of the
Lord, but are in truth wolves in sheeps clothing, and ministers
of Baal.
     Listen now closely as I begin to expound to you the message
of the Lord from the words of the prophet Ezekiel, for in them
contains DEATH on the one hand and LIFE on the other hand.  Maybe
the nations of Israel as a whole will not repent and so save
themselves from the punishment and destruction God will send upon
them, but you my friend, can personally find protection and LIFE.
I pray you will!


        EZEKIEL IS CHOSEN TO WARN THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL


Chapter one - the setting:

     Ezekiel is a captive by the river of Chebar. He is 25 years
old. The year is about 597 B.C.  The word of the Lord comes unto
Ezekiel the priest.  He is given a vision of  four living
creatures and four wheels.  There is a firmament above the heads
of the living creatures, and upon the firmament is a throne. 
Upon the throne is the appearance of a man.  The likeness of the
man is expressly and specifically said to be the "glory of the
Lord."
     This throne is a travelling throne, different from the
throne room in the Temple in the heavenly Jerusalem.
     God begins to talk to Ezekiel, starting in chapter two.


            GOD TELLS EZEKIEL TO SPEAK TO ISRAEL


"And He said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of
Israel....." (verse 3-7).

Comment:

     Israel had gone into captivity and had been deported to
Assyria one-hundred-and- twenty to one-hundred-and-fifty years
earlier. Ezekiel was a captive of Judah near Babylon. It would
have been impossible for him to literally have gone where the
peoples of the once northern kingdom of Israel were now beginning
to spread out and wander through the nations. 
     God tells him that He is sending him to a stiff-hearted and
REBELLIOUS people. He is not to be afraid of them, although they
be as thorns and scorpions. He is to speak the words of the Lord
to them, whether they will listen or not. Ezekiel is given a
vision of a roll of a book, written on both sides. Symbolically
he is to eat this book. It contains lamentations, mournings, and
woe.
     
     Most in the nations of Israel today will not listen to this
Ezekiel message. Most will say it is not a prophecy towards much
of Europe, the United States, and the British Commonwealth.  Such
denial of the modern identity of the house of Israel, will result
in the very predictions against these peoples, coming to pass. 
As before stated, when these dire events do come upon you who
live in the lands of Israel, then you will surely know you have
been most rebellious, and you will know that the true people and
servants of the Lord within the "Church of God" did WARN you
beforehand.  You will know who were the genuine children of God. 
And you will know or start to know, who the one and only true God
is, and that you are literally the children of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.

"And He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of
Israel, and speak my words unto them. For you are not sent to a
people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the
house of Israel......but the house of Israel will NOT HARKEN unto
you, for they WILL NOT HARKEN unto ME: for all the house of
Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made your
face STRONG against their faces, and your forehead strong against
their forehead......fear them not, neither be dismayed at their
looks, though they be a REBELLIOUS house"(chapter 3:4-9).

Comment:

     It is clear, Ezekiel was sent with a message to the HOUSE OF
ISRAEL,  which were away in captivity far from where he was a
captive near Babylon.  They were already moving up to the Black
and Caspian sea areas. The house of Israel and the house of
Judah were STILL at this time TWO SEPARATE kingdoms and peoples.
Ezekiel was a Jew. A good portion of the house of Judah were in
captivity from the invasion by the Babylonians, but the city of
Jerusalem had not yet fallen. God was sending Ezekiel to warn and
preach to the HOUSE OF ISRAEL!  
     He was told by the Lord that the peoples of the house of
Israel, you people of Celtic-Anglo-Saxon-Danish-Viking-Jute
ancestry, ARE HARDHEARTED, stiff-necked, and an impudent people
WHO WILL NOT LISTEN to the Eternal, so you will not listen to
Ezekiel. Yet, he was told that God had made his face and forehead
STRONG to withstand your rebelliousness.
     God told Ezekiel to go to them of the captivity, to speak to
them, whether they would hear or whether they would not
hear(verse 11).  Ezekiel could NOT physically go to the house of
Israel, for he was a captive in a prison camp by the river of
Chebar.  So in the spirit of a vision, the living creatures and
the wheels, together with the Spirit of the Lord, lifted him away
to where others were captive at Telabib, on the banks of the
river Chebar. There he remained astonished among them for seven
days (verses 12-15).
     After seven days the word of the Lord again came to him,
saying:

"Son of man, I have made you a WATCHMAN unto the house of
Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and GIVE THEM
WARNING FROM ME......"(verse 17).

Comment:

     You nations of Northwest Europe, the British Commonwealth,
and the United States of America. This message is not from some
human man, with human ideas, that may or may not come to pass. 
The words you are about to read and to hear are FROM THE
ALMIGHTY, ETERNAL GOD of this Universe, the one who created ALL
THINGS by and through Jesus Christ.  He is the author of the
words, not me, not Ezekiel, and He is ABLE TO BRING TO PASS WHAT
HE PROPHECIES WILL COME UPON YOU IF TOTAL HUMBLE REPENTANCE IS
NOT FORTHCOMING!
     Those to whom God tells them to proclaim the message of
Ezekiel MUST DO SO or the blood of the people will be required at
their hands if they do not. The wicked will die in their
wickedness, but if the watchman has not WARNED them, the blood of
the wicked will be upon them. But, if the wicked have been
warned, the watchman will save his own soul, though the wicked
will die(verses 18,19).
     Sometimes God will TEST even the righteous man, putting or
allowing a snare to be placed before him, and if he turn away
from his righteousness he will die in his sin. If the watchman
has not warned him then his blood will be required at the
watchman's hand. If the watchman has warned him and the righteous
man does not sin, he shall live. The watchman will also deliver
his own soul from death(verses 20-21).

     Was Ezekiel to literally go out from the prison camp by the
river of Chebar and walk, run, ride off to the peoples of the
house of Israel, far far away from there in the land of Assyria
and beyond, to give them the words of the Lord?  Was he to
literally, personally himself, to go out preaching among the
children of the ten tribe house of Israel, that at least 120
years earlier had been removed from their land of Samaria by the
Assyrians, and were now moving North and West? 
     The word of the Lord gives us the answer.

"Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and
spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, SHUT YOURSELF WITHIN YOUR
HOUSE. But you, O son of man, behold, they shall PUT BANDS UPON
YOU, AND SHALL BIND YOU WITH THEM, and you shall NOT GO OUT AMONG
THEM: And I will make your TONGUE TO CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF YOUR
MOUTH, that you shall BE DUMB, and shall NOT be to them a
REPROVER: for they are a rebellious house. But WHEN I SPEAK WITH
YOU, I WILL OPEN YOUR MOUTH, and you shall says unto them, Thus
says the Eternal God; He that hears, let him hear; and he that
forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious
house"(verses 24-27).

Comment: 

     Now, does all this sound a little confusing?  God calls
Ezekiel to be a messenger, a watchman to the house of Israel.
Gives him a message and tells him if he does not go and preach it
to those who will die if they do not repent, the blood of their
lives He will require at the watchman's hands.  The Lord tells
Ezekiel he must warn them of their wickedness. Then He tells
Ezekiel He will SHUT HIS MOUTH, BIND HIM UP and he will not go
out among them. He tells him that he will be DUMB and not a
reprover.  But also goes on to say that WHEN HE speaks to Ezekiel
then he will open his mouth and speak to them the words of the
prophetic message.
     Ummm, what on earth can it all mean?  Just this, and I will
prove it to you in the following parts to this series.  Ezekiel
was chosen to be a watchman to the house of Israel, house of
Judah, and some other nations.  He was given a prophetic message
for those nations. He ALSO WAS TO  WRITE it down, to PRESERVE it!

   He was NOT allowed to go himself, personally and bodily, to those
nations. He was to remain a captive by the river of Chebar.  In
that sense his mouth was shut. He was not to be like the other
prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Hosea, who did
personally preach among the peoples of Israel and Judah. He was
to be "dumb" in that sense.  His message to the nations he was to
warn WAS NOT FOR HIS DAY!  It was for a time FAR BEYOND the
time and age of Ezekiel.  He was to be somewhat like much of
Daniel's prophetic messages,  closed and sealed up till the time
of the end.  Daniel would sleep in death, rest in the grave, and
his messages would rest with him UNTIL the time of the end, when
people would run to and fro and knowledge would be increased. 
Then Daniel's messages would be understood and
preached(Dan.12:4).
     So it was to be for Ezekiel.  His warning messages to Israel
and other nations, were for the time of the end, the time just
before the coming of the Messiah in glory and power to rule all
nations on the face of the earth.  Ezekiel was to remain dumb,
his mouth shut, UNTIL THE LORD SPOKE and then the messages that
Ezekiel had written down WOULD BE PROCLAIMED LOUD AND STRONG.  
     The time for those warning cries to go to Israel, Judah, and
some other nations, concerning punishments, mercy, restoration,
and the age of the Kingdom of God on earth through the return of
the Messiah to earth, came in this 20th century, and will
continue to be shouted to them as we head into the 21st century.
Part of that very fulfilment is being done right now as you read
these words, and whenever others distribute these words and this
series of articles, or themselves proclaim this same truth as you
will hear be reading.

     LISTEN CLOSELY, O you people of the modern house of Israel. 
God is sending you His servants who are faithfully telling you
His word of promise.  What he told Ezekiel to write down so many
centuries ago, is now being proclaimed to you.  The Lord has
promised He will not do anything but first He reveals it to His
servants the prophets, who do understand His prophetic word and
the messages contained in books of the Bible such as in the book
of Ezekiel.

     What you shall hear in this series of articles WILL COME
UPON YOU UNLESS AS NATIONS YOU REPENT!  The Almighty Eternal God
says you are a most rebellious people, an impudent hardhearted
people. He says your lands are filled with wickedness and that
you will die in your sins if you will not turn from your
wickedness and live.  He will show you through the words of
Ezekiel that your prophets and priests are profane, leading those
of you who are "religious" into the way of falsehood, sin,
deception, and Baal worship. The Eternal will show you through
the writing of Ezekiel, that your secular leaders of your nations
are MAD and without the knowledge of the true God and His true
ways that lead to health and life.  The Lord will get quite
specific at times, naming specific sins.  He will get specific at
telling you exactly HOW He will punish you, even to percentage of
numbers who will die from specific things He will bring upon you.

   He will tell you some of your past history,  some of your future
history, how He will bring you to real deep repentance, the mercy
some of you shall find, and the gathering together He will
perform on you, so you will never again depart from His holy,
righteous, honorable, and perfect laws and commandments.
     There is GOOD NEWS for you, but as it seems to be so many
times, the good news must come AFTER the bad news.  It would seem
that you as nations will not repent, so therefore the bad news
will come to pass as God foretells in the early chapters of the
book of Ezekiel.
     May you as an individual reading this, seek for the Lord
with all your heart, soul, and mind. May you acknowledge the
truth, hunger and thirst after righteousness, fall upon your
knees and cry out to the Eternal for grace and mercy, to be
forgiven your sins through the death and blood of Christ Jesus,
and walk in a personal relationship with both the Father and the
Son.  In so doing God says through Ezekiel, He will mark you with
His Spirit so you may escape the destruction that will surely
come upon the modern nations of the house of Israel.

     It is written:  Let him that has an ear to hear with, HEAR
what the word of the Lord does say.  The time has come for YOU to
HEAR and to HEED!!

       A MAJOR KEY IN UNDERSTANDING EZEKIEL'S MESSAGE

"You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you,
and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege
against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against
it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against
it round about. Moreover take thou unto you an iron pan, and set 
it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against
it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it.

THIS SHALL BE A SIGN TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.......Moreover he
said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of
bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with
care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with
astonishment. That they may want bread and water, and be astonied
one with another, and consume away for their iniquity"(chapter
4:1-3, 16,17).


Comment:

     Did you find from the above this most important key to
unlock the book of Ezekiel to your understanding?  Most of Judah
were already in captivity to the Empire of Babylon.  Basically
only the city of Jerusalem was still to be captured and destroyed
by the armies of Babylon(this would take place around the year
586 B.C.).  Ezekiel was a captive by the river of Chebar.  He was
going to be taken IN VISION, through the Spirit, many times to
Jerusalem and even the Temple in Jerusalem. There he would be
shown many of the abominations, sins, and wickedness taking place
in the city and in the Temple within the city.  Jerusalem was to
fall to the armies of Babylon in a most horrific and painful
manner, partly given in the verses quoted above.

     The key is: All that was to happen to the city and
inhabitants of Jerusalem WAS A TYPE OF WHAT WAS TO BEFALL AND
COME UPON THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF THE END, A TIME
JUST BEFORE THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH IN GLORY, AND TO WHICH HE
WOULD RE-GATHER THE SCATTERED CAPTIVES OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH,
RESTORE THEM AS ONE SINGLE PEOPLE(13 TRIBES AGAIN AS ONE NATION),
AND ESTABLISH THE KINGDOM OF GOD OVER ALL NATIONS UPON THIS
EARTH, JERUSALEM BECOMING THE CENTER AND CAPITAL CITY OF THAT NEW
AGE TO COME, AS PROPHESIED BY MANY OF THE OTHER PROPHETS BESIDES
EZEKIEL. 
 
     ALL THIS IS STEP BY STEP PROCLAIMED AND UNFOLDED AS WE
PROCEED THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK OF EZEKIEL.

     REMEMBER,  MARK IT WELL, NEVER FORGET THIS VITAL KEY!  ALL
THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE TO THE CITY OF JERUSALEM WAS AND IS A TYPE
AS TO WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL (AND THE HOUSE
OF JUDAH) ONCE MORE SHORTLY BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRIST THE
MESSIAH TO ESTABLISH GOD'S KINGDOM ON EARTH.
     Notice verse 13.  The words are FUTURE TENSE!!  It concerns
the "children of Israel"  who had  ALREADY gone into captivity
some 120-150 years earlier.  Now, with Jerusalem as a type, God
says the children of Israel will eat their defiled bread among
the Gentiles, "WHITHER I WILL(future tense) DRIVE THEM."

     DOZENS of prophecies in the prophetic books declare this
same truth.  The house of Israel and also the house of Judah are,
if as nations they do not repent, going to be destroyed by their
enemies, taken as captives to foreign lands, in a time called
"Jacob's trouble" by Jeremiah. A time approximately three and one
half years before the return of Christ Jesus to this earth. These
many prophecies show that when Jesus comes in glory, the children
of Israel and Judah are in a state of captivity and slavery, that
Christ DELIVERS them out of, and restores them as one people(what
is left of them, which will be one tenth of their present
populations) to the promised land of Palestine. There they
will serve God with a new heart and a new spirit, to finally be
the light of the world that God originally wanted them to be.

     Israel had already suffered, had already been conquered, had
already been deported out of Samaria into the lands of the
Gentiles, over a HUNDRED YEARS previously to Ezekiel writing
these words.  And God tells him that the children of Israel
WILL BE DRIVEN away among the Gentiles.  This is part of the
prophetic message the Eternal tells Ezekiel to tell the house of
Israel.  That a time is YET TO COME when they will eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, a time when God WILL - "whither
I WILL drive them."

     Yes, you peoples of the British Commonwealth, North-western
Europe, and the United States, the fall of the ancient city of
Jerusalem, its captivity, and its destruction, the pain, the
suffering, the death, and the captivity of its people, is a type
and an example, as to what is to befall YOUR NATIONS in the time
beyond us, in the 21st century.

     You as peoples, have turned away your hearts and minds from
the word and ways of the Holy One of Israel.  You have multiplied
wickedness and sin in your homes, your schools, your
Universities, your work places, your religious temples, and in
your leisure practices.  As you increased in population and in
material wealth, so you forgot God and increased your whoredom,
unrighteousness, lewdness, vanity, jealousy, lust and greed.
     Even your religious leaders have led you into sin, saying
the grace by which you are saved abolishes the law and
commandments of the Almighty God.  They have turned the grace of
God into a license to sin and to practice those things that are
an abomination to the Holy One.  Your religious leaders have put
no difference between that which is holy and that which is
un-holy. They call black, white, and call white, black. Or they
turn everything into the shade of gray.
     The turning of things upside-down, and not right-side-up,
means there is no real knowledge of the Lord in the lands, and
because you have rejected true knowledge then the Eternal is
going to reject you.  God is no respecter of persons, and what
everyone
sows that they will reap.  Even if you do not want to believe you
are the literal people of the house of Israel, still you will
face punishment and destruction as nations of peoples, because
all people who have entered upon the pathway of grave and
plenteous sins, have crumbled from within and finally from
without.  You only have to look at the mighty iron Empire of
Rome, or more recently the falling apart of the "God rejecting"
empire of Russia.
     The hand-writing is clearly on the wall. Soon it will be
time to meet your maker, O nations of the house of Israel.

     Starting in chapter five of Ezekiel, the Lord God begins to
get very specific as to the punishment to come upon you O Israel,
even to the percentage of you that will live(and live what kind
of life) and die.

     BUT WHY WILL YOU DIE O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?  TURN YOURSELVES
FROM YOUR WICKEDNESS SO THAT YOU WILL NOT DIE, BUT THAT YOU MAY
LIVE!


To be continued

              .................................


Written October 1997

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MIGRATION OF THE NATIONS #2

 

Migration of the Nations #2

Where the nations of Gen.10 are today

                                                         by

                                           Harold Hemenway



Aquis (HAQUIOS of Guatemala), Andros (ANDROA of Oregon), Anafe
(ANAFES of Brazil), Leros (LECOS of Brazil), Patmos (PATOES of
Columbia, S.A.), Naxos (NAHOAS and NAVAHOS), etcetera. TIRAS also
branched out into the Mysians, Maeones or Meiones (cp. Strabo
7:3:2 & 12:3:20) which may have taken their name from the Greek
goddess Maia, and today in Guatemala and Mexico are MAYAS.
Another branch called Thynians (7:3:2) became the TINNE Indians
(Gr. Thyni) of Canada. The Carians (13:1:58-59) on the Aegean
shore now live in the Caribbean, known as CARIB Indians. A branch
called Amazones in W.Asia Minor (12:3:21) moved to South America
as the AMAZON Indians and named the river. Also the TARASCOS of
Mexico (from TIRAS) (see "Roots Of The American Indian" by
Benjamin Rea for the above identities) and the TUSCARORA Indians
of the U.S. Atlantic coast area from the Etruscan province of
Tuscany are branches. Other namesakes are the AZTECS (from
Astacus - 12:4:2), the CHEYENNE (from the Pelasgian Chians -
13:3:3), the MALAYSIANS who named the HIMALAYAS (from Milyas
[Lycia], p.381 Lempriere's), the TURKMEN of central Asia who took
their name from TURKEY which got its name from Tirac or TIRAS,
the nation of PERU which took its name from the Etruscan
city-state of "Perugia" (Acad. Am. 7:258) or the Greek province
of EPEIRUS (Srabo's map 7), Italy's Tarentum anciently called
TIRAS and the TARUS (Taro) was a river there (p.270, Rawlinson).
"Picts" of SCOTLAND and Milyas of MADAGASCAR are also branches
too. TIRAS'S sons tattoo themselves 7:5:4) also!

"ASHKENAZ" is a compound word meaning "race of As," or ASIA. The
Talmud also renders the name ASIA (Tar um Yonathan; Targum on 1
Ch.1:6; Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:9). Since his father went "toward
the east" (Jub.9:7), it makes sense to associate him with the
"ASII" (Strabo's map 12) in the "Tashkent" and "Tashkurghan"
areas. In TIBET is the city of "Cha-hsi-kang." The names
"Eskimos" "Kaskas" (B.C.) bear a slight resemblance also.
ASHKENAZ probably gave his name to ASIA MINOR (where we find
"Ascanian Lake" - 12:4:5) (indicated by Jer.51:27) before moving
to S.RUSSIA!

"RIPHATH" became the Ripheans, later called Paphlagonians
(Ant.1:6:1), on the shores of the Black Sea by the "Rhebas" River
in Bithynia (Pliny 6:4) or Rifas River (see Kesseth HaSofer
113a). They moved north and named the "Rhipaean" Mountains
(Strabo 7:3:1; Pliny 4:26) called "Carpathian Mountains" today in
Romania and Czechoslovakia. Here they named "Europe." As they
moved east, they named the Urals "Rafu" or "Rafa Hills"
(Jub.8:10,14). A branch also moved to the "Karpathos" Island in
the Aegean from where the "Papago" Indians (S.W.U.S.) and North
American ARAPAHOES came! The main branch followed father Gomer to
S.E.ASIA as the KHMERS (Gomer), PAPUANS (Paphlagonians), ARAPESH
(Riphath), and PHILIPINOS (Gr. Peloponnesus from Paphlagonia?).
But even in BRAZIL we find the "Urupa" and "Arupai" Indians!

"TOGARMAH" migrated to ARMENIA. The ARMENIANS trace their
ancestry clear back to Haik, the son of Torgom (Moses of Khor, I,
4, secs.9-11). "Tigranocerta" was the ancient capital of ARMENIA.
But the Bible locates TOGARMAH "in the uttermost parts of the
north" (Amplified B.; Lamsa) or "northernmost" (Jerusalem Bible;
Ez.38:6) which is SIBERIA where the TUNGUS dwell today. The
"Tahagmiut" Indians of QUEBEC may be another branch. Togarmah
became the Phrygians (Ant.1:6:1) or Brigians (Strabo v.3, p.177).
In the 9th century, King Joseph of Khazaria wrote: "We have found
in the family registers of our fathers that Togarma had ten sons,
and the names of their offspring are as follows: Uigur ("Uighurs"
of W.CHINA), Dursu, Avars ("Avari" of RUSSIAN GEORGIA), Huns
("Huns" of HUNGARY), Basilii (named the "Basilan Islands,"
PHILIPPINES), Tarniakh, Khazar (Ashkenazi "Jews" from KHAZARIA ,
Zagora, Bulgars (BULGARIA), Sabir  (SIBERIA)." (Koester s
Thirteenth Tribe, p.64).

"ELISHAH" corresponds to cuneiform "ALASHIYA" or CYPRUS
(Ez.27:7). The Iliad mentions the Eilesian peoples. The Amarna
and Ugaritic Tablets mention the Alasians, people apparently from
CYPRUS. But Josephus identifies ELISHAH as the "Aeolians" (1:6:1)
who lived on LESBOS (Herod.1:151). LISBON, PORTUGAL was
apparently a colony. The land of "Elis" in S.GREECE (Iliad 2:615)
and the names HELLESPONT, HELLENISTS and HELLAS (Iliad 2:681)
also are related. Since Javan went east to islands (Isa.66:19;
Jub.9:8), he may have also become the ALEUT Indians of ALASKA'S
archipelago via his son ELISHAH. The phonetics agree.

"TARSHISH" is identified with CILICIA (Josephus), whose capital
was Tarsus. The Bible shows that TARSHISH was accessible by ship
(1 Ki.10:22; Jon.1:3) and traded "silver iron, tin, and lead"
(Ez.27:12). "Tarshish" actually means "a refinery or smelting
plant" (Akkad.) where metals were mined. According to Herodotus,
a place called Tartessus is located just outside the Pillars of
Heracles (4:152; 1:163) in SPAIN (Strabo's map 3) which has many
mineral resources including all four listed above (p.213, vol.24,
Funk & Wagnalls). The Nora Stele (9th cen. B.C. Phoen. inscr.)
mentions a SARDINIAN Tarshish - probably the city of Tharros.
SPAIN also colonized CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA.

"KITTIM" is identified with Kition or Cethium (Latin Citium,
modern-day Larnaka) on the SE coast of CYPRUS (Ant. 1:6:1). But
Daniel 11:30's "ships of Kittim" prophecy was fulfilled by ROMANS
who thwarted Antiochus Epiphanes in Egypt in 169 B.C.
Furthermore, the fact that 1 Maccabees 1:1 and 8:5 identify
"Kittim" as MACEDONIA gives a third identity! But the name
Cathay, derived from KHITAN or KHITAI which is the name of a
Mongol people who ruled China from 907 to 1125, is the ancient
name of CHINA (p.204, vol. 4, Acad. Am. Encyc.). Britannica maps
show provinces in S.China called "Cathay" and "Kathay." A branch
probably moved to JAPAN since we find "Kitami," "Akita,"
"Sakata," "Kyoto" and "Kitakyushu" cities there.

"DODANIM" is "Rodanim" (1 Ch.1:7; LXX), the island of RHODES in
the Aegean. Yet "Dodonians" were mentioned as an ancient people
(Iliad 2:748; Herod.2:52-57) and the Targum renders it
"Dardania," a city on the "Dardanelles," after which the strait
was named (cf. Herod.1:189; 7:43; Iliad 2:819). "Dodona" was also
a city in EPEIRUS (Strabo map 7) and Rhodes had colonies in
SPAIN, called "Rhodes" (3:4:8; 14:2:10) and in ITALY, called
"Parthenope" and "Elpiae" and around the Sybaris River; and in
the BALEARIC ISLANDS (14:2:10). The Dodecanese (a group of
islands in the Aegean) and the mouth of the Rhone River
(anciently called the "Rhodanus" - p.386, Rawlinson's) and Genoa
or Liguria where the Ligurians live are all colonies.

In summary, we see that JAPHETH inhabited "the mountains Taurus
and Amanus" (eastern Turkey) and "proceeded along Asia, as far as
the river Tanais (Don), and along Europe to Cadiz (Spain)"
(Ant.1:6:1). Apparently JAPHETH'S white children populated
southern Europe while his oriental children populated Asia!

SHEM
The name "SHEM" literally means "name," "reputation" or "renown"
in Hebrew. Truly, the white, Caucasian nations have produced more
inventions, created more wealth and built greater civilizations
than either of the other two branches of Noah. "SEMITE" is
defined as a person "of CAUCASIAN stock comprising chiefly Jews
and Arabs but in ancient times also including Babylonians,
Assyrians, Phoenicians (sic), and others of the eastern
Mediterranean area" (p.1179, Amer. Her. Dict.). Noah prophesied
that GOD "shall dwell in the tents of SHEM" (Gen.9:26-27). The
Fenton, Moffatt and Revised Versions all support this rendition.
So does The Book of Jubilees (8:16). Caucasian nations of Europe,
America, and elsewhere are the "Christian" nations of the world!
For all their faults, they do also have many virtues. These are
the nations that distribute the BIBLE worldwide. These are the
nations with churches, synagogues and seminaries. This prophecy
requires that God's TRUE CHURCH be found among CAUCASIANS!

SHEM'S portion was "the middle of the earth ... from the middle
of the Mountain Rafu (Urals?), from the exit of the water of the
river Tina (Tanais or Don), and his portion goes toward the west
through the midst of this river ... and this river empties and
pours its waters into the sea Miot (Meotis or Aral), and this
river goes into the great sea (Mediterranean): all that is toward
the north of this is Japhet's, and all that is to the direction
of the south is Shem's. And it reaches until it comes to Karaso
(Karystos - a city in Euboea, Greece?), which is in the bosom of
the tongue which looks toward the south (Aegean Sea).... and it
proceeds until it reaches ... the south of the water of Gejon
(Geon or Nile, Ant.1:1:3) ... and it proceeds toward the north
until it approaches the garden of Eden (Persian Gulf area),
toward the south thereof to the south, and from the east of the
whole land of Eden, and toward the east, and it turns toward the
east, and proceeds until it approaches toward the east of the
hills whose name is Rafa (Urals?)" (Jub.8:10-14; see also 8:19).

The land of Shem "has neither heat nor frost, for it is mixed in
coldness and heat" (8:25). EUROPE was also colonized by SHEM.
Unlike HAM'S sons who were either BLACK or WHITE (Arkites &
Hamathites were probably white and Egyptian drawings and
paintings portray white-skinned as well as black-skinned
Egyptians.), or JAPHETH'S sons who were either ORIENTAL or WHITE
(Madai, Tarshish and Javan all have white branches while most of
the rest are oriental) SHEM'S sons were ALL WHITE! This fact
proves that Noah and his three sons were all of the WHITE race.
How else could SHEM'S children be consistently ALL WHITE?

"ELAM" became the Elamites whose capital was Susa or Shushan
(Dan.8:2). His portion was "east of the river Tiger" up to India
(Jub.9:2). He became a PERSIAN province called "Elymais" and
"Susiana." Josephus says the Elamites were the ancestors of the
"PERSIANS" (1:6:4). In fact, Ezra 4:9 associates PERSIA and ELAM
together (see also Jer. 49:34-39). But according to Lempriere's
Classical Dictionary, article "Elimea," these people migrated to
Illyricum (YUGOSLAVIA). Strabo's map 7 places "Elimeia" in
MACEDONIA. One of the most important rivers of Elam was the
"Croatis" (Enc. Brit., Vol.9, p.140) and "Croatia" is a republic
in N.W.YUGOSLAVIA! Even the capital Zagreb reminds one of the
ZAGROS Mountains of ELAM. And the Elamite river "Surappi" may
have given its name to SERBIA, Yugoslavia. Thus the MEDES
(Ukraine) and PERSIANS (E.Europe) again dwell side by side.

"ASSHUR" became ASSYRIA (Ant.1:6:4) whose portion was "the land
of Asur and Nineva and Sinaor and to the border of India"
(Jub.9:3). Indeed, part of Asshur did settle in this area known
as "Carmania" (Strabo map 12) or "Germania" (Herodotus 1:125).
This name is no accident! The GERMAN language "bears the
strongest organic resemblance to the languages spoken in India
and Persia" (p.994, vol.l, Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Geography) and there is a repsemblance existing between the
manners and customs of the ancient GERMANS and those of the
Persians (p.993, ibid.). Strabo even said "they are a warlike
people" (15:2:14) which agrees with modern GERMAN history, Most
Assyrians moved west from the fertile crescent and invaded
Hittite territory in Turkey (Diodorus Siculus 2:2:3). They gave
their name "Germa" to three towns in western and central Turkey
and to three other towns called "Germanicopolis" in N.W., N. and
S.Turkey (p.992 & 998, ibid.). Moving north of the Black Sea,
they named "Germihera" (p.998, ibid.). Pliny the Elder noticed
the Assyrians living north of the Black Sea (Natural History
4:12) in his day. Later they invaded Europe west of the Rhine
while allied with "Quadi" (from Agade [Akkadia]) and "Allemanni"
from Halman [Aleppo] - Cambridge Anc. Hist., 3:136 or the Helmand
River of Afghanistan) among others (Jerome, Letter 123, p.237).
This is precisely where GERMANY was located at the time (Ammianus
Marcellinus 1:558) giving her name to the "Garumna" River   
Garonne today, p.386, Rawlinson) and a "Vienna (Strabo map 4).   
Later GERMANY was pushed back. "Nineveh" backwards became
"Vienna" and "Asshur" became "Prussia" backwards and "Austria"
and "Saar" forwards (The Assyrian language, Aramaic, read right
to left.) More parallels between German tribes and Assyrian names
are as follows: Goths (Guti), Heruli (Haran), Silesians
(Cilicia), Vandals (Lake Van), Lugii (Lagash), Teutones (Tuttul),
Suabi (Zab Rivers), Marsi (Kingdom of Mari), Eburones (Habur
River), Tungri (Tegarama), Cherusci and Caeraesi (Carchemish),
Chauci and Chasuarii (Cossi) (art. "Germany").

"ARPACHSHAD" is a compound of Arpha and Chesed (cp. Gen. 22:22).
The Aramaic "Chesed" became the Greek "Chaldu." (A well-known
peculiarity of Aramaic is that "S" changes to "L" when followed
by a "D" [Encyc. Judaica 5:330]). The commonplace Hurrian "Arip"
or cuneiform "Arrapha" became "Urfa" (city in Turkey) or "Ur" for
short. Thus we have "Ur of the Chaldeans" (11:28). He is the
father of the CHALDEANS (Ant.1:6:4) who came from the
ARRAPACHITIS region between lakes Van and Urmiah (Ptolemy 6:1-2).
His portion was "toward the east of the Euphrates, bordering on
the Erythrian Sea (Red Sea and Indian Ocean - Strabo map 12) and
all the waters of the desert until near to the tongue of the sea
which looks toward Egypt (Red Sea?), and all the sand of Lebanon
and Saner (Shinar?) and Amana (Amanus Mts. in N. Syria) to the
border of the Euphrates" (Jub.9:4). Branches of "Chaldaei" are
located in Arabia (Strabo 16:3:3) and Babylon (1:2:15) and Turkey
(12:3:18 8 and 28) but one of the consequences of Syria wars with
ITALY was "the first appearance in ITALY of the Chaldaei
prisoners (Cumont, Oriental Religions, p.105). They also went to
SPAIN and FRANCE (E.L.Martin, Race Change In Ancient Italy). The
Vandals (from Lake Van) "overran GAUL, SPAIN, and northern AFRICA
in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and sacked ROME in A.D.
455" (Am. Her. Dict.). VENETIA and VENICE are where large numbers
settled. Also Hurrians and Heruli (from Haran) and Lombards
(called originally Vanili - art. "Lombards") and Goths (whose
origin "can hardly be separated from that of the Vandals" - art.
"Goths") are found in ITALY, SPAIN, and GAUL. Somewhat in ROMANIA
too (Britannica articles). Thus, the Chaldeans are associated
with ROME in the Bible (cp. Isa.48:20; Jer.51:7; Rev.17:4, 9) or,
more loosely, with S.W.EUROPE! CALEDONIA (Scotland today)
probably takes its name from Chaldean, but the Bible uses a more
specific ancestor when identifying Scotland. A small branch of
Chaldeans were anciently called "Chalybes"(12:3:19-20) or
"Chabyles" (Strabo vo1.8, p.278) who apparently settled in N.
AFRICA as "Kabyles."

"LUD" became "LYDIA" (Ant.1:6:4) in W.ASIA MINOR just as Isaiah
66:19 indicates as a location. His portion was "the land of Arara
(Ararat)," and "the mountains of Asur (Assur)" (Jub.9:6).
Herodotus 1:7 mentions "Lydus" as the first king of Lydia (see
7:74). Egyptian monuments portray this nation of "Luden" as
Semitic and not far from the fertile crescent.

"ARAM" settled in SYRIA, the Greek name for ARAM (Ant. 1:6:4).
His portion was "all the land of Mesopotamia, between the Tiger
and the Euphrates, toward the north of the Chaldees, to the
border of the mountains of Asur" (Jub.9:5). (mountains of Asshur
= Amanus, Taurus, Urartu & Zagros ranges of Mesopotamia's west,
north and east). Damascus was the capital of ARAM (Isa.7:8).     
The Hebrew word "ARAM" is translated SYRIA quite often in the KJV
(see 2 Sam.15:8; Isa.9:12; 17:3; Jer.35:11; Ez.16:57; 27:16;
Am.1:5; 9:7; Hos.12:12; etc.) The LXX does this too. Homer's
Iliad (2:785) and Hesiod's Theogony (304) call the inhabitants of
SYRIA "ARIMOI." The name SYRIA first appears in Herodotus 7:63
where it is defined as a synonym of ASSYRIA. Although that idea
is incorrect, it shows the two peoples did overlap. The most
universal ancient language was ARAMAIC and the name ARMENIA came
from him too. A branch of ARAM became the SYRYENIANS who
colonized N.W.RUSSIA (Encyc. Brit. art. "Syryenians" ). The
ancient name "ARMORICA" in N.W.FRANCE may be a colony too. Did
ARAM name AMERICA?

"UZ" founded Trachonitis and Damascus (Ant.1:6:4). The "Ausitai"
tribe in the SYRIAN desert (LXX on Job 1:15,17) probably came
from him. Arabian tradition says the Hauran at Deir Eiyub (Job's
"monastery") near Nawa (see Koran 38:41) was where Job suffered
(see Job 1:1). Jeremiah 25:20 indicates a SYRIAN location for
"UZ" also. The "Uzbegs" of Afghanistan may be a colony. (Also see
Targum on 1 Ch.1:17) Also the "Ausonians" (Strabo 5:3:6).

"HUL" founded ARMENIA (Ant.1:6:4), named after his father. He
gave his name to the land of Huleh, near the source of the Jordan
River. "Halsings" of SWEDEN may be a colony.

"GETHER" became the BACTRIANS (Ant.1:6:4) who were annexed by
PERSIA and today are in AFGHANISTAN. Other colonies became the
"Goths" or "Gotarna" of SWEDEN and the "Guti" of IRAN. Much of E.
EUROPE is labeled "Getarum Terra" on map 6 of Strabo. The
"Ostrogoths" and "Visigoths" are branches 

"MASH" (Gen. 10:23) or "MESHECH" (1 Ch. 1:17) (LXX has "Mosoch"
in both places) must be associated with RUSSIA (Japhetic
Meshech), so this was the son whose descendants became
SYRYENIANS! Mash dwelt anciently on the northern boundary of
Mesopotamia called the "Mons Masius" (Strabo; see also Kesseth
HaSofer). Josephus calls their dwelling "Charax Spasini."   
Evidence of MASH in PAKISTAN can be seen in names like "Mashkel
Desert" and "Mashkid River" (Encyc. Brit. art. "Baluchistan") and
in IRAN with "Mashhad" or "Meshed." The MYSIANS of W. TURKEY had
a Mysius River and as MOESIANS moved to E.EUROPE (map 6). Also, a
PERSIAN name for PERSIA was "Parsamash." Damascus and Carchemish
may take their names from MASH also.

"SHELAH" founded Salacia, PORTUGAL (map 3), Salyes, FRANCE map
4), and became the "Salassi" tribe of ITALY (map 6). We also see
the "Salas River" of GERMANY (map 6) see Strabo 7:1:3 and 4:1:3
also). "Salo" is a seaport city of the DALMATIANS and "Salina" a
city in SPAIN.

"EBER" is the HEBREWS (Gen.14:13), the "Habiru" or "Ha iru" of
cuneiform monuments. The name literally means "the tribe which
came from) the other side (of the Euphrates - from Haran)"
because Abram migrated to Canaan from Haran. Names such as
"Hebrus River" (called Evros today in Greece), "Iberus River"
(called Ebro today in Spain), the "Eburone" tribe of northern
FRANCE (Strabo's map 4) whom Lempriere says are of BELGIUM while
adding that the "Eburovices Aulerci" were in Normandy (p.218) and
"Berones" of northern SPAIN (map 3) as well as the island of
HIBERNIA (Ireland today) and HEBRIDES (off Scotland) may take
their names from him. The ancient name for York in England was
"Eboracum" (p.396, Rawlinson's Ancient History). Ptolemy says the
British Isles "were peopled by descendants of the Hebrew Race,
who were skilled in smelting operations, and excelled in working
metals." Even the IBERIAN peninsula took its name from the Celts
passing through since "Iberes" is the Gaelic name for Hebrews.

"JOKTAN" settled first in ARABIA (Gen.10:30) as "Kochton" the
founder of YEMEN (Kesseth HaSofer, 123a). Arabs call him Kahtan
or Yuktan. But JOKTAN and his sons moved and "inhabited from
Cophen, an Indian river (called Kabul today in AFGHANISTAN &
PAKISTAN), and in part of Asia adjoining to it" (Ant.1:6:4). We
read that "YOTKAN (was), the ancient capital of the kingdom of
KHOTAN" in E. TURKESTAN. Another town is called "Yarkand."
(Encyc. Brit., art. "Turkestan") His son SHELEPH settled in
ARABIA under the names "Salaf" or "Sulaf" in Sabean inscriptions
for a Yemenite district and tribe; another son JERAH named
"Yurakh" Yemen and "Yarah" Hijaz and "Jerakon Kome" (Ptolemy);
HADORAM named the fruitful valley known even today as "Hadramaut"
in S.ARABIA; UZAL, another son, named "Auzal," the ancient
capital of YEMEN according to Arabian tradition; OBAL named
"Abil" - a frequent geographic name in YEMEN; SHEBA named
"Sabeans"; regarding OPHIR, Strabo and Eliny say S.E.ARABIA on
the Persian Gulf was a famous gold-producing area; for HAVILAH
see under HAM; JOBAB named "Juhaibab" (a town mentioned near
Mecca in a Sabean inscription) in ARABIA. In INDIA, Joktan's son
called OPHIR deserves special attention because the LXX renders
Ophir "Sophera " which is the same as Sophir, the Coptic name for
INDIA. Also, Supara is an ancient city on the west coast of INDIA
and all the goods of 1 Kings 10:22 are more or less appropriate
to INDIA. Evidence of Joktanite colonies in EUROPE is seen in
Yugoslavian "Dalmatia" (ALMODAD), Polish "Sarmatia"
(HAZARMAVETH), Italian "Salapia" (SHELEPH), Italian "Sabines" and
Yugoslavian river "Savus" (SHEBA) and Greek "Epirus" (OPHIR). In
the AMERICAS we find evidence of JOKTANITE colonies also.
Although Josephus locates OPHIR in INDIA (Ant.8:6:4), and Jerome
follows suit, "The Living Torah," page 30, lists some authors who
identify OPHIR with the New World! One possibility is PERU which
had a great deal of gold! Joktanite Indians may be the "Yokuts"
of CALIFORNIA ("The Golden State"). The "Yukatan" Peninsula and
"Yukon" River may take their names from him.

"PELEG" means "division" (Tower of Babel?) or "water canal"
(Assyr. "palgu" means canal as well as Heb. "peleg") and the
ancient city of Phalga was located at the junction of the
Euphrates and Chaboras rivers where there may have been many
water channels. The PELAGONIANS (of MACEDONIA - Strabo 7:7:8),
the PELIGNI (of ITALY - 5:2:1) and the PELASGIANS (of ITALY and
GREECE - 5:2:3-4) are his sons.

Other important identities revealed in the Bible are as follows:

MOAB and AMMON (Gen.19:36-38) are JORDAN whose capital is Amman!
Isaiah 11:14 indicates a location near Palestine. HARAN became
the HERULI and HARRIANS of S.W.EUROPE (11:27)! ISHMAEL is the
ARABS (16:12; 17:20) as they themselves admit. ESAU became EDOM
(25:30) or IDUMEA. One son called "Amalek" gave his name to the
capital of JAGATAI in central Asia called "Almalik" (Acad. Amer.
Encyc., vol. 2, p.255) but "Teman" gave his name to the OTTOMAN
Empire (cp.Gen.36:11 and Obad.9) who stand "in the crossway"
(Obad. 14) - the Bosporus and Dardanelles area. Strabo mentions
the "ODOMANTES" tribe in N.GREECE and the "ODOMANTIS" country in
ARMENIA (vol.3, p.359 and vol.5, p.325). Thus we see ESAU in both
TURKEY and TURKESTAN! From Abraham's wife KETURAH we have six
sons (Gen.25:2) who went "eastward, unto the east country" (25:6)
or INDIA called "BRAHMINS" after Abraham. But "Epher" (25:4) may
have become the PERSIANS and "Asshurim" (25:3) joined GERMANY and
"Medan" and "Midian" became neighbors of MADAI (the Medes) and
"Letushim" the LATVIANS and LITHUANIANS. "Jokshan" may have
joined JOKTAN. 

From Abraham's grandson ISRAEL who dwelt in GALILEE and GILEAD
(Deut.3:12,16; 1 Ch.5:3-10; 2 Ki.15:29), or GAULANITIS in
Christ's day, the GAELS of FRANCE (from Reuben and Gad's Gilead.
Narbonne, France and Ravenna, Italy may take their names from
him.) and GAELS of SCOTLAND and IRISH GAELIC languages took their
names. The JUTES and DANES of DENMARK took their names from the
JEWS and DANITES (p.54, Vetus Chronicon Holsatiae). WELSH and
WALLOONS are LEVI (reading backwards). THULE (SWEDEN) is from
NAPHTALI (where "Nephthalite Huns" probably settled). 

These identities are further proved by a study of Genesis 49 and
history. 

The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of nations is EPHRAIM (Gen.35:11; 48:19)
and the UNITED STATES is MANASSEH (35:11; 48:19; 49:22-26). These
nations control the strategic land and sea gates of the world
such as the Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal (22:17; 24:60).
ISRAEL was known as "Isaaca" (Am.7:16) or "Iskuza" (Assyrian name
for Scythian, a people "of mean origin on the Araxes" (Diodorus
2:3) ("Araks" today) which is exactly where Israel was taken
captive (2 Ki.18:11). The Scythians made no idols (Herod.4:59),
wouldn't eat or sacrifice pigs (4:63) or learn heathen ways
(4:76). ISRAEL was also known as "Sacae" (Persian name for all
Scythians - Herod.7:64; Behistun Rock) or "Gimiri" (Babylonian
way of pronouncing Cimmerians, the name of the Scythians - Tomb
of Darius; Behistun Rock) or "Bit Khumri" (Assyrian name for
"House of Omri" Stone) or "Cymry" and "Kimmeroi" (Greek names) or
"Massagetae" (same as Scythians - Herod. 1:204,215-216). Thus
ISRAEL became the SAXONS (same as Sacae - Ptolemy) and SCOTS
(from Scythians and CYMRY WELSH (from Cymry).

END QUOTE from Hemenway's study of the migration of the nations.

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THE NATIONS IN PROPHECY #1

 

Migration of the Nations #1

Where the nations of Gen.10 are today

                                                       by

                                        Harold Hemenway



FORWORD by Keith Hunt

The following pages are the result of very extensive research
done by Harold Hemenway(Box 88401, Seattle, Wash., 98188, U.S.A.
That may not today, as I enter this study on my Website in 2003 -
be his address) in 1988.

Mr. Hemenway believes that ALL three sons of Noah were WHITE - I
do not necessarily hold that opinion. As he states, the name
"HAM" means "burned" or "black" in Hebrew. So it is quite
possible Noah and his wife named him "Ham" because he was just
that - burned or black in color. If this was so then Japheth
could have been of the Oriental color and look, and Shem the
Caucasian type. And the three men's wives may have been Caucasian
or Ham's dark - Japheth's yellow - Shem's white.
What I am saying is that Noah and his wife MAY have had within
their GENES the ability to produce the three basic
races(B1ack,Yellow and White).

Mr.Hemenway does say that Ham produced either BLACK or WHITE
descendants - Japheth either ORIENTAL or WHITE, as shown by the
results of his study on the migration of the peoples listed in
Gen. 10. So somewhere the GENE factor had to come into play to
produce the races we have on earth today.

As the area was re-populated by these 8 persons after the Flood I
feel confident in saying God's hand was guiding to produce the 3
races. Of course it had to have been this way somehow, for those
who believe God created the human family of persons.

QUOTE:

The name "HAM" literally means "burned" or "black" in Hebrew. He
gave his name to Egypt (Ps.78:51; 105:23; 106:22) and monuments
testify that the country was called "Chem" or "Chemi" (in Coptic
and Sahidic dialects). Indeed, the offspring of HAM'S marriage
(Gen.10:6-20) leave no doubt that it was a black/white marriage.
HAM'S portion was "beyond the Gihon (Geon = Nile in Ant.1:1:3 ,
to the south."
"CUSH" means "black" in Hebrew, and the Greek name for CUSH was
"AETHIOPS" (cp. Jer.13:23). Egyptian monumental scriptions call
the land south of Egypt "Keesh" (modern Geez). Tell el Amarna
tablets call this land "Kashi." CUSH" also settled in INDIA
(Hindu Kush; Kashmir; Chushul; Cossoea; Susiana [Chuzistan]) and
became knon as "Asiatic Ethiopian" (Herodotus 3:94). They're
"just like the outhern Ethiopians, except ... their hair is
straight" Her.7:70; see also Strabo 1:111,119,129). Cush's
portion as "toward the east" in Africa (and India) (Jub.9:1).

"MIZRAIM" is EGYPT in Genesis 50:11 and the Hebrew "misayim" is
commonly translated "EGYPT" in the Bible. In Arabic, "Masr" is
the name of Cairo or of Egypt even today. "Mizraim" means "two
lands," probably referring to Upper and Lower Egypt. But MIZRAIM
also migrated to a land in S.E. ASIA MINOR called "Musr" or
"Musri" mentioned in secular ecords. Shalmaneser 3 got Bactrian
camels from Musri, indicating Asia Minor (see also 1 Ki.10:28; 2
Ki.7:6; 2 Ch.1:16-17 where "Kue" is Cilicia). Possibly the
"Mossi" (UPER VOLTA) and "Masai" (KENYA: TANZANIA) are colonies.
The "Gypsies" take their name from Egypt.

"PHUT" named the river "Phut" in N. AFRICA (Pliny's Nat. Hist.).
In Coptic (Ancient Egyptian), LIBYA is known as PHIAIT (both LXX
and Ant.1:6:2 agree). "PHUT" is also idenified with SOMALILAND
(and YEMEN since on both sides of Red sea) via the Egyptian
"Punt" (or "Pwent") reference by Ebers. Confirmation comes from a
Babylonian tablet mentiong "Putu-yaman" (Put Yemen) and the
Persian inscription of Naash-i-Rustem naming PUTU (meaning
SOMALILAND). A branch migrated east becoming the RAJPUTS of
INDIA. PHUT settled central Africa (Jub.9:1; from LIBYA). A
colony of Phut sailed to S.AMERICA naming the "Putumayo River"
there. Arabs took slaves from central Africa to ARABIA, IRAN and
INDIA (Funk and Wagnalls, 24:17).

"CANAAN" is scattered all around the Mediterranean (see article
on MOORS, PHOENICIANS, etcetera). Canaan's portion was "to the
west" of Phut (Jub.9:1) or on the west cast of Africa. Called
"Agenor" by the Greeks, he gave his name to the AEGEAN SEA. Greek
sources like Philo of Byblos and Stephanus of Byzantium mention
the "Kna'(an)" and coins from PHOENICIA bear this name "Kna" or
"Knaan." Greek mythology" says KUMARBI or CRONUS (CANAAN)
castrated Uranus Anu (Noah) so was cursed with being a "servant
of serants" (Gen.9:25-27). The "Kanuri" (NIGERIA) and "Kongo"
CONGO) are colonies. Many N.AMERICAN slaves came from NIGERIA
(Acad. Am. 17:356) and BRAZILIAN from W. Africa.

"SEBA" is the Sabeans in S. ARABIA (modern town: As Sabya)
(Ant.1:6:2). The native name of the island of MERGE (near Egypt
and Ethiopia - Isa.43:3; 45:14) is SUBA (see Josephus) in SUDAN
today! Dravidians (of INDIA and CEYLON) were anciently called
"SIBAE" (Smith's Class. Dict.). An INDIAN god is called "SIVA" -
"Sabah" province and the city of "Sibu" are located in Malaysia.

"HAVILAH" is identified with INDIA (Ant.1:1:3; Targum Yonathan).
A city called "Havelian" is located on the upper Indus River,
between Pakistan and Kashmir. HAVILAH also settled in a district
in upper YEMEN called "Khawlans" (see Rabbi Aaron Marcus and the
J.F.B.Commentary). Strabo mentions the "Chaulotaioi" and
"Huwaila" of BAHRAIN.

"SABTAH" is identified with "Saubatha" (Ptolemy 6:7,38) or
"Sabota" (Plin 6:32; 12:32), an old trading city on the south
coast of ARABIA. Ptolemy also mentions the "Saphtha" near the
ARABIAN shore of the Persian Gulf. Targum Yonathan identifies
SABTAH as Smadai, a Cushite tribe, possibly the Somalis
(SOMALILAND) or Assamese (INDIA). Josephus says SABTAH is the
"Astaborans" (ETHIOPIA - Strabo map 14).

"RAAMAH" is identified as Lubai (LYBIANS) and Mavryatinos
(MAURETANIA) (Tar um Yonathan; cp. Yevamoth 63a; Sifri,
Deut.3:20). RAAMAH is the INDIAN god "Rama." Also, the Pharaohs
of EGYPT called themselves "Rameses" after him. Strabo says the
Rhammanitae are in S.W.ARABIA (16:4:24). The city of Regma (and
Rums) are in S.E.ARABIA (Ptol.6:7:14).

"SABTECA" is rendered "Sabaitic mouth" when describing
the Red Sea harbor of ETHIOPIA'S coast (Strabo 16:4:8; known as
"Sabaiticum Ostium" on map 14). Targumm Yonathan calls SABTECA
"Zingain," possibly the "Zeugis" of Africa.

"SHEBA" is another branch of the SABEANS (Ant.1:6:2) so is in
YEMEN. INDIA and SUDAN branches are possible (see SEBA).

"DEDAN" founded the city of Dedan in central ARABIA called
"ed-dagan" up to 1200 A.D. and El-Ula today. He also gave his
name to "Daden" or "Aden," a port city and island on the south
side of YEMEN. A branch migrated to western ETHIOPIA where the
Judadeans live (Josephus). The Targum Yonathan has M'zag which
may be the Mazices of N. AFRICA.

"NIMROD" built eight towns in MESOPOTAMIA: Babel (the BABYLONIAN
Empire), fifteen miles east of "Birs Nimroud." Erech (modern
Warka in S.Iraq). Accad (the AKKADIAN Empire). In this region is
a primitive monument, 125 feet high and 400 feet in
circumference, called "Tel Nimroud" by the grabs. Calneh (Nippur
or Nofar-Ninfi of the Talmud, Yoma l0a). The land of Shinar is
the SUMERIAN Empire. Nineveh (capital of the ASSYRIAN Empire, "th
land of Nimrod" - Micah 5:6). Rehoboth (the ruins 32 miles S.W.
of Mayadin). Calah (Nimrod ruins). Resen (Aktispon or Ctesphon,
Yoma l0a).

"LUDIM" are located west of LIBYA according to their position at
the head of the list of Mizraim's sons. But  the Targum Yonathan
renders Ludim "Givatai" which could be derived from Gipt, Egypt
or Copt, indicating EGYPT.

"ANAMIM" could be located in LIBYA since a people of Cyrene
called ANAMI are mentioned in a cuneiform text of the time of
Sargon II (JPOS, I [1921], 191f.). But the Targum Yonathan calls
the Animim "Martiorti" or "Mariotai." These are the people from
the district of Mareotis in lower EGYPT which also has a town
called Marea in it. Yet we also find names like "Maori" and
"Maurusi" in LIBYA, perhaps the same people (Strabo, map 15).
Interestingly, we find darkskinned, Caucasian types in POLYNESIA
today called "Maori" who defeated dark-skinned "Moriori" the
Marmaridae of Egypt? Strabo, map 15) (Funk & Wagnalls, 19:78).

"LEHABIM" are the "Lebu" or "Rebu" of Egyptian inscriptions who
gave their name to LIBYA. Josephus confirms this (1:6:2). Lehabim
means "red people" and today we find people with "reddish brown
skin called "Fula." They are numerous from W.SUDAN all the way to
SENEGAL on the Atlantic coast (Encyc. Brit. art. "Fula," vol.ll).
The "Luba" who live today in ZAIRE may be related (Acad. Am.
1:135).

"NAPHTUHIM" designates the worshippers of "Ptah" who were
Memphites and whose capital was "Na-Ptah," (the habitation of
Ptah) contracted into NOPH (Isa.19:13,etc.) (Memphis).In S.EGYPT
we find the capital city of "Napata" also.

"PATHRUSIM" dwelt in PATHROS, or upper EGYPT. "Pathros" means
"people of the south land" (upper Egypt) in Egyptian. This is the
area around Thebes which has been called "Nomos Phaturites" on
occasion. They moved to CRETE (see below).

"CASLUHIM" are the Nasamones (LXX), a powerful tribe of LIBYANS.
Herodotus affirms that the Nasamones are LIBYANS Histories,
2:32). Targum Yonathan calls the "Casluhim" "Pentpoletai,"
probably "Pentapolis" (CYRENAICA) in LIBYA also. They moved to
CRETE (see below). "Zulus" in S.AFRICA may have come from
Casluhim.

"PHILISTIM" originated on the island of CAPHTOR (CRETE) according
to secular and biblical history (Deut.2:23; Jer. 47:4; Am.9:7).
From here they migrated to PALESTINE in the 12th century
(PHILISTINES or PELETHITES) and then to ETHIOPIA as the FALASHAS.
The FULANI of NIGERIA may be another colony. Others stayed in
PALESTINE (Zech.9:5-7).

"CAPHTORIM" gave his name to CAPHTOR (CRETE) since he, like the
Philistines, came from Pathrusim and Casluhim (Gen.10:14). They
went to CAPPADOCIA (LXX and Targum) and to EGYPT as COPTS and to
Palestine as CHERETHITES ("Cretans" -- LXX) (see Deut.2:23; 1
Sam.30:14; Ez.25:16; Zeph.2:5). According to the Midrash, a
branch of the Caphtorim became the PYGMIES of the CHAD, C.A.R.,
SUDAN area. The "KAFIRS" of INDIA may be another branch (see
Acad. Amer. 2:243).

"SIDON" or Zidon was the capital of PHOENICIA, so the "Sidonians"
(Judges 18:7) are found in LEBANON, CYPRUS, SICILY, SARDINIA,
SPAIN and N.AFRICA. These are the Phoenician colonies of history
(Acad. Am., 15:250). Even when TYRE later grew to greatness
(Josh.l9:29), the kingdom was still called "Sidonian" 
(1 Ki.16:31; Homer) although possibly MEDITERRANEAN and
TYRRHENIAN got their names from TYRE. The "SIDAMO" peoples of
ETHIOPIA and "SIDONES" of BULGARIA (Strabo map 6) may be
colonies.

"HETH" is the Hittites (Gen.15:19-21; 23:10) of PALESTINE and
later possibly the Neo-Hittites of north SYRIA but not the
Indo-European Hittites of Asia Minor who were ASSYRIANS that
invaded Hittite land, took the name "CHETTAIO1" or HITTITE, with
a capital called "Khattusha" and cities called Karaman" and
"Carchemish." (art. Hittites" in I.S.B.E.). These "Hittites"
became the tribes of "Chatti," "Chattuari," "Germans" and
"Cherusci" of GERMANY! .... (see Strabo map 6) These Hittites
were feared (2 Ki.7:6-7).


"JEBUSITES" inhabited the Jerusalem area (Joshua 15:63; Judges
19:10) and then went to EBUSUS Island off the coast of SPAIN
(Strabo map 3) and other Phoenician colonies possibly. The "Ibo"
and "Ibibio" of NIGERIA may be branches.

"AM0RITES" inhabited PALESTINE (Gen.15:16) and are the "Amurru"
of the Amarna letters. Today they are known as the MOORS of
MOROCCO, MAURITANIA, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SICILY, ITALY, BRAZIL and
even N.AMERICA. The "Amhara" -of ETHIOPIA may be a colony. Even
in MANCHURIA we find an Amur R.

"GIRGASHITES" were displaced from PALESTINE and so moved to
AFRICA (Rashi on Ex.33:2 & 34:11; Yerushalmi, Shabbath :31),
specifically CARTHAGE (founded by Phoenicians!) where we find
frequent personal names such as "Grgshy," "Grgsh," and "Grgshm"
in the vowelless Punic texts there. Another branch of the
Girgashites may have become the "GARGARIANS" who moved to the
Caucasus region (Strabo) and then named Russian GEORGIA. Other
names which may be related are "Gergesenes" (Matt.8:28, KJV) and
"Kirkishati" Assyr.tab.) Another possible location is western
ASIA MINOR where we find the town of "Gargara" and the 'Gargarus
Mt." and where the people were known as "GERGITHIANS" (vol.6,
pp.35,139 of Strabo).

"HIVITES" are identified as "HORITES" by comparing Genesis 36:20
with 36:2. The LXX of Genesis 34:2 and Joshua 9:7 says "Horite"
instead of the Masoretic Text's "Hivite." HORITES aren't HURRIANS
(see Wycliffe Bible Encyc., vol.l,p.810). The Hivites weren't
destroyed or forced out of PALESTINE (Joshua 9:27; 11:19). But
the "Ewe" of TOGO and BENIN may be Hivites and the "Herero" of
NAMIBIA Horites.

"ARKITES" moved from Arca (Tel Arka, Syria), Phoenicia, to
ARKADIA Greece and possibly the city of Archaea nearby in ASIA
MINOR (Lempriere's, p.67). One branch even migraed to N.AMERICA
as the "Arikara" Indians. Not all Indian tribes were Mongoloid
(p.19, Langer's World History).

"SINITES" gave their name to the "Wilderness of Sin" and "Mount
Sinai" originally. An Assyrian diety who established "laws and
justice" among men according to Ur's monuments was known as "Sin"
(ancestor worship). But his descendants moved eastward as the
"SINAE" and became the most eastern nation in the world according
to Ptolemy (Lempriere's lass. Dict., p.585). Passing through
China, these BLACK people gave their name to that region also and
even today China is identified by the prefix "SINO-" and we see
SIAN, SINKIANG, SHANGHAI, SHENSI, SHANTUNG, SHEN-YANG, TIENTSIN,
FU-SHUN, etcetera. But Isaiah 49:12 mentions the land of "Sinim"
as a location from where Israelites (Caucasians) are gathered.
The Vulgate renders "Sinim" as AUSTRALI." Indeed, both the BLACK
aboriginees and the WHITE Caucasian Israelites are found today in
AUSTRALIA, not China. Smaller colonies are in INDIA ("Sindhi"),
CEYLON ("Sinhalese") and AFRICA ("Senufo" of IVORY COAST;
"Ashanti" of GHANA; "San" of BOTSWANA; "Shona" of MOZAMBIQUE;
Songhai" of SUDAN and UPPER VOLTA). (see 2:243 and 1:145 of Acad.
Am. Encyc.)

"ARVADITES" lived in Arvad - a Phoenician port city. They dwelt
off the Phoenician coast on the island of Aradus (Ruad). Strabo
speaks of the "ARADIANS" in the present tense as still dwelling
in these areas when he wrote in the first century (16:2:12-14).
They had a colony in the Persian Gulf area (Strabo vo1.7, p.369)
and may have planted a colony in S.E.ASIA (IRRAWADDY sounds alot
like "Yaruwaddas," the Hittite form of ARVAD) (I.S.B.E. 3:1400)
which later became the BLACKS of Melanesia, Micronesia and/or
Polynesia since no BLACKS live in S.E.ASIA today!

"ZEMARITES" lived in Zemar - a Phoenician coast city ("Simyra" -
Strabo 16:2:12) but were displaced by Aradians and may have moved
to "Semurium" near ROME (Cic.Phi1.6,6). They also had a colony in
the Persian Gulf area and may have gone to INDONESIA and the
PHILIPPINES where we find "Semarang" city and SUMATRA island,
SAMAR Province and Sea. "Samarinda" is a city in BORNEO. Since
very few BLACKS live in these areas, the Zemarites probably moved
to Melanesia, Micronesia and/or Polynesia.

"HAMATHITES" were called "HEMATH" (Am.6:14) and "AMATHIS" 
(1 Macc.12:25) was a city in Syria on the banks of the Orontes
(called Hamah today). The "AMATHUSIANS" apparently moved to
CYPRUS (Strabo 8:3:8) and named a city there "AMATHUS" (14:6:3;
see Ptolemy 5,C.14.). From there a branch apparently moved to
MACEDONIA (called "EMATHIA" in ancient times). A city by the same
name could be found near the sea (Strabo vol.3, p.329; see map
7).

It is clear that HAM'S portion was "beyond the Gihon (Geon = Nile
in Ant.1:1:3), toward the south" and that this territory was
further sub-divided with "Ques (Cush) toward the east, and to the
west of him for Phud (Phut), and to the west of him for Kainan
(Canaan) toward the west of the sea," Truly, "the land of Ham is
hot" (Jubilees 8 and 9).

JAPHETH

But what about Japheth? The name "JAPHETH" literally means "to
enlarge or expand" in Hebrew. Genesis 9:27 states that "God shall
enlarge Japheth." Which of the three races has the largest
population today? According to volume 14 of the 1974 edition of
Encyclopedia Britannca, "The MONGOLOID peoples, not including the
American Indians, account for over 71 percent of the world's
population of 3,500,000,000" (p.845). Yes, JAPHETH must have
married an oriental woman as his very name suggests, not only by
its meaning, but also by its sounding like JAPAN! JAPHETH is
"Iapetos," one of the Titans and the father of the GREEKS
according to legend! He is also "Iyapeti," the supposed ancestor
of the ARYANS in INDIA. His portion was "beyond the river Tina
(Tanais or Don), toward the north of the exit of its waters, and
it goes toward the northeast the whole district of Lag, and all
the east thereof (Siberia?). And it goes toward the north to the
north, and goes to the mountains of Kilt (Sikhote-Alin Mts.?),
toward the north and toward the sea Mauk (Okhotsk Sea?), and it
goes toward the east of Gadir (Gedrosa or Pakistan?) over toward
the coast of the water of the sea. And it proceeds until it
approaches the west of Para (Phyrnes or Himalayas?), and returns
toward Apherag (Phrygians or Turkey?) and goes toward the east,
towards the waters of the sea Meat (Maeotis or Azov Sea). And it
goes toward the shore of the river Tina (Tanais or Don), toward
the east of the north, until it approaches to the shore of the
waters thereof, toward the mountain Rafa (Urals?), and it bends
toward the north." Truly, "it is cold" territory that was given
to JAPHETH (Jubilees 8:22-25). But the children from this
marriage provide even more proof it was a white/oriental union.

"GOMER" gave his name to the "Cimmerians" of Anatolia or "Cimbri"
of the classics. Thus, Herodotus, Plutarch, and others identify
him with the district of Cimmeria, north of the Black Sea -
called "Crimea" today - but later Cimmerians were Nordic (Odyssey
11:12-19), not oriental. Just as Hosea prophesied, Nordic Israel
would be known by the name "Gomer" (Hos.1:3). This is why even
Josephus thinks "GOMER" is the Galatians or Gauls (1:6:1). But
"GOMER'S" portion was "toward the east" (Jub.9:7). He moved to
S.E.ASIA and gave his name to the "Khmer Empire" and people
there, specifically CAMBODIA today (2:194 and 17:231 of 1974
Britannica). Before moving east, "GOMER" traveled extensively in
SPAIN and ITALY ("Gomera," - Canary Island; "Camarina" Sicily,
3:59,81; "Camarium" Umbria, 2:369; "Gomaro," 3:301).

"MAGOG" means "the land of Gog" (Ez.38:2 & 39:6). Arabs believe
the descendants of Gog and Magog inhabit the northern eastern
parts of ASIA (Art. "Gog," McClintock and Strong Encyc.). Arab
writers referred to the Great Wall of CHINA as the "wall of al
Magog" (Rabbi Aaron Marcus, Kesseth HaSofer p.112a). The word
"MONGOL" is actually spelled "MOGOL," a corruption of MAGOG.
Originally Magog lived in Scythia (Ant.1:6:1; Jerome) and in the
14th century B.C. kingdom of Gog in Armenia (Tell Amarna
Letters). Even Gyges of Lydia may have been related. The Magyars
of Europe, Mogollons of Arizona, Mohegans of Boston and the
Omagua, Omaguaca and Yagua Indians of S.A. are other branches
besides "the inner portions of the north" (Jub.9:7).

"MADAI" became the MEDES (Josephus) who were also called ARIANS
(Herodotus 7:62). One branch moved to INDIA and became the
"Aryans" there while another branch went to a "wintry land"
(Strabo vol.7,p.9). Herodotus 5:9 mentions that a people who
"dress in the Median fashion" and "claim to be colonists from
Media" live "north of Thrace" "beyond the Danube" (ROMANIA,
POLAND, UKRAINE). Pliny mentions "the river Don, where the
inhabitants are ... said to be descended from the Medes" (book 6,
sec.11) (UKRAINE). Truly Madai's portion was "to the west of his
two brothers, unto the islands and unto the coasts of the
islands" (Jub.9:8) But the "Maidu" Indians went to CALIFORNIA and
"Shoshone" (from Shushan, capital of Medo-Persia) Indians to U.S.

"JAVAN" is found in Assyrian relics as "Yavnan" or "Yunan" and on
Egyptian monuments as "Uoinim" or "Ionians." The same Hebrew word
is translated "Javan" in some O.T. passages and "GREECE" in
others! Amarna Tablets mention "Yivana" as being in the land of
TYRE and yet a large branch of JAVAN went east. CHINA'S YUNNAN
Province (Funk and Wagnalls, 6:168) and it's Yuan dynasty and
river (Acad. Am., 20:338) both indicate this. ("Y" and "I" were
predecessors of the modern "J"). JAVAN'S portion was "all the
islands" (Jub.9:8) which couples nicely with Javan being
identified as "isles afar off" (Isa.66:19) from Jerusalem. The
"Javanese" live on the island of JAVA in INDONESIA. TAIWAN is a
corruption of "TAJAVAN," and by changing the to "V" to "B" and
then to "P" (a common practice) we get JAPAN! The "Yana" and
"Oyana" Indians of CALIFORNIA and BRAZIL (Acad. Am., 11:124 and
MADAGASCAR are all colonies.

"TUBAL" lived in IBERIA (Ant.1:6:1). SPANISH (Iberians) call
themselves centuvals or people of TUVAL: But this is wrong since
the "Western Iberians" moved "to the regions beyond the Pontus
and Colchis" (Strabo 1:3:21 and map 11) and called this second
area "IBERIA" also. Herodotus calls them Tibareni and links them
to the Moschi (3:94). These peoples moved north! Assyrian
monuments associate the "Tabali" or "Tibareni" with a city in
RUSSIA - TOBOLSK - near the Tobol River in Siberia (from Subartu
or Subaria in eastern Anatolia, where Tubal originally dwelt).
RUSSIA Rosh) is linked in Ezekiel 38:2, RV. Minor colonies of
TUBAL became the CANADIAN Ottawa Indians and the Pacific Island
nation of "Tuvalu." TUBAL'S portion was "between the tongue which
approaches toward the side of the portion of Lud (LYDIA in 
W.Asia Minor, so probably the Black Sea tongue) to the second
tongue (Caspian Sea?), unto beyond the second tongue into the
third tongue" (Aral Sea?) (Jubilees 9:9) later to move further
eastward. Another clony is the "Ipurina" (Iberian) Indians of
S.A.

"MESHECH" dwelt between the Cyrus and Phasis Rivers (Caucasus
area) in the time of Strabo (11:2:14-16) and was known as
"Moschi." (See Herodotus 3:94 and 7:78). Indeed, the capital of
Cappadocia (ancient Meshech in central Turkey - Ant.1:6:1 and
Herod.1:72) was called "Mazaca," just as today we find the
capital of RUSSIA is "Moscow" from the Muskeva River. Anciently,
RUSSIA itself was known by the name "Muskovi." (See Ez.38:2 also)
The "Muskogee" (S.E. U.S.), "Mescalero" (TEXAS), "Mosquito"
(NICARAGUA), "Mochica" ECUADOR), "Macusi" (GUYANA), and "Mocovi"
Indians (ARGENINA) are other colonies of MESHECH besides "beyond
the third tongue (Aral Sea?), until it approaches to the east
Gadir (Gedrosia or Pakistan?)" (Jub.9:10) which colony later
migrated northwest to Moscow.

"TIRAS" is called "Tursha" in an Egyptian document of the 3th
century B.C., who were members of a sea confederacy - perhaps the
piratical Tyrsenians who lived on the Aegean slands. The
THRACIANS (Ant.l:6:1) and ETRUSCANS (of ITALY) ame from him. We
read that the "Tearus" River ran through THRACE (Herod.4:89)
which may be the same as the "Tyras" River (Dniester - Strabo
1:2:1). Thracians were known as "red" men by Greek writers
(Encyc. Brit., art. "Thrace") and inhabited the Mediterranean
islands (Yov'loth 9:14) or "four great islands in the midst of
the sea, which approach o the portion of Ham (Africa)"
(Jub.9:11). In fact, many Aegean islands bear names very similar
to the names of American Indians: Xios or Ios (SIOUX and XIUS),
Sikinos (STQUIAS of Honduras), Piraeus (PIROS or PEIRAIEIS of
Chihuuahua), Tenos (the TENOCHTITLAN Island of Mexican Aztecs),

                             .................

TO BE CONTINUED

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Saturday, April 11, 2026

EPISTLE OF FIRST PETER #4

 


 New Testament Bible Story

Chapter One-hundred-eighteen:

First Epistle from Peter #4

                        
                           Chapter Four and Five


CHAPTER FOUR

     Peter is pretty straight-forward in the first number of
verses, to admonish Christians to put away sin. The NKJV
translates it thus:

     "Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in
the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the
rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the
will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in
doing the will of the Gentiles - when we walked in lewdness,
lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable
idolatries. In regards to these, they think it strange that you
do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking
evil of you. They will give an account to Him who is ready to
judge the living and the dead. For this reason the gospel was
preached to those who are dead, that they might be judged
according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the
spirit."

     Jesus died to save sinners, to forgive sin, and to be raised
to sinless immortal life. And those who belong to Christ are then
to not live as they did before, in any manner they wanted to, but
should now live according to the will of God. And the will of God
is found in reading His word, as written in the Holy Bible. The
world at large may think your new life and way of living is
crazy, and speak of you with evil intent. But God will eventually
judge all, those still living and those who have died. 
     The Gospel was preached to those now dead, so they could
change their way of life to be in accord with God. The
unconverted world judged them as religious nuts when they
accepted Christ as their personal Savior, but that did not
matter, for they knew God judged them as His children, and
eternal life through the Holy Spirit will belong to them when it
is all said and done.

     Anyone reading the New Testament should be able to see quite
easily that being with God, being on God's team, means putting
away the conduct of life that is not approved by God, that is
unrighteousness, that is sin. And the books of the apostles John
and James make it clear to see that sin or unrighteousness is
that which is breaking the laws, commands, and teachings of the
Most High.
     Those on God's side know that they do not have to be
concerned with what and how man judges them. They know they need
to be concerned about how God judged, for eternal life can only
come from Him (verses 1-6).

     Peter at this time of the first century believed the end of
all things, the prophecies of old and the new age to come, was AT
HAND. So his warning that Christians should be serious and
watchful in prayer (verse 7). I suppose this is living verses
for all ages, as the end of all things is as close as our death.
Most of us never know when our time is up on this earth in the
physical flesh, so indeed we need to be sober, serious in our
faith, and watchful in our prayers.

     Peter now relates some nuts and bolts of what our active
faith should consist of. 

     "Above all things have fervent love for one another, for
love will cover a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another
without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it
to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If
anyone speaks let him speak as the oracles (margin - utterances)
of God. If anyone ministers (serves) let him do it as the with
the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be
glorified through Jesus Christ,  to whom belong the glory and the
dominion  (margin - sovereignty) forever and ever. Amen" (verses
8-11).

     Love will overlook wrongs and sins of people that may be
done to us. There are some sins that people do to us that just
need to slide off us like water off a duck's back. Yes there maybe
times also that we need to apply the instruction of Jesus as in
Matthew 18:15-17. Then there are times that the wrong or sins
done towards us need to be ignored, they are not going to hurt
anyone else, they are not going to effect anyone else, they will
just effect our ego, and we need to cover our ego with love. Of
course we need to have wisdom (and we have seen James cover the
topic of asking for wisdom) as to when to apply Matthew 18:15,
and when to let love cover sins.
     Also, if we are a merciful person, willing at times, to let
love cover sins, we shall also be shown mercy from our Heavenly
Father. The love and mercy we show others will be in measure the
love and mercy God will show us. It is as Jesus taught, "If you
do not forgive men their sins, neither will God forgive you your
sins." It is the principle that we receive what we give, we reap
what we sow, we harvest what we plant.

     We are to be a hospitable, kind, giving, people to each
other, and to do it all without grumbling, the attitude of mind
is important to God. We can have an outwards conduct of being
hospitable, kind, a serving person to others, but inside our mind
and heart we are doing it all with resentment, a "gritting our
teeth" in a wrong attitude while we are trying to be hospitable.
God sees the heart and mind, we may fool others, but the Lord can
never be fooled. 
     If we have a gift, an ability, a talent, we are to use it to
serve others, as being a good steward of the grace of God who
gave us that gift. If could be a "natural" gift, one that we were
born with, or an ability that we acquired sometime during our
life time. Either way, we need to be using that gift to help and
serve others. I acquired the skill and ability to be an
Orthopaedic Shoemaker and Orthotic maker (Arch-support maker in
common language) as a young man in my early 20s. I have used that
skill to serve people with foot problems. I was musically
inclined from birth, and started to learn to play the Guitar from
age 11. I went on to play the Steel Guitar, the Banjo, Mandolin,
Bass guitar, Classical guitar, and have been using that skill now
for 32 years (as I write this in May 2007) to teach others to
play those instruments. I have a natural ability with horses,
training and riding, both English and Western style, so I have
used (still am at this point in my life) that ability to serve
others (young and old) in their quest to enjoy horses and ponies.
     Whatever your gift or gifts are, God through the apostle
Peter, says you are to minister or serve others with that gift.
You hear about skilled doctors or surgeons donating their time
and talent to go and help people in poor nations, who could never
afford to buy their service. That type of giving is very pleasing
in God's sight. Maybe not all of are in the position to give ex
number of weeks or months to serve as those doctors can, but in
one way or another we can all figure out how to serve with our
gifts and acquired abilities.
     If we speak, as most of us can and do, we should speak all
things as with the mind-set that we speak words that are pleasing
to God, as if God is giving the utterances. We are back to what
James wrote about the tongue, which we have studied when going
through the book of James. We need to watch what comes out of our
mouth in the words we speak. We need to put our mind in gear
before our tongue rattles off, going at a mile a minute down the
road.
     Whatever way we can minister or serve in, we need to be
doing it harnessed with the power and mind of God, that in all of
our serving, it is God, through Jesus Christ, that is getting the
glory.

     Peter now shifts back to the subject of the Christian going
through various sufferings (verses 12-19).

     We Christians are not to thinks it a strange things that we
may have to suffer or go through trials and hardships, as even
through fire at times. We are to rejoice, knowing that Christ
also suffered. Living and doing that which is right and is the
way and will of God, sometimes will bring hardships, trials, and
persecutions from the world at large. Some of us suffer these
things more than others. We really do not fully know how the deck
of cards will be handed out to us. It is only a relatively few,
like the apostle Paul, who are told in advance the hardships and
sufferings they will go through as they serve the Lord and preach
and teach the Gospel. Very few of us are called to be an apostle
Paul. But if fiery trials do come upon us for being a Christian
and doing God's will, we are to remember our Lord and Savior also
went through fiery trials, so it should not be that strange to us
that we may also face such trails.
     We are to remember that Jesus stuck with it and was
glorified with immortal life, and if we also stick with it, we
shall also share in glorified immortal life.
     If we are insulted or reviled (margin of NKJV) for being a
Christian, we are to count it a blessing, for the Spirit of glory
rests upon us. They may blaspheme God, but He is glorified
through us remaining faithful to His calling and way of life.

     We are certainly not to suffer as evil doers, as murderers,
as a thief, as a busybody in other people's matters. There is no
glory in suffering for the wrongs, sins, evils, that our human
nature can possibly do. On the other hand, if we suffer for
simply being a Christian, and doing God's will, we are not to be
ashamed, but we should glorify God that we can suffer for Him.

     We, the children of God, are being watched all the time by
our Father in heaven. We are then in that sense, being judged how
we are living as a Christian, as a child of God. We are expected
to  live and act and think differently than the rest of the
un-called world. The standard is held very high, you cannot have
a standard any higher than the Most High One. 
     Peter says the same claim Jesus made in the Gospels. When one
came to Him and asked if many would be saved, Jesus said, the way
was straight and narrow to eternal life, but broad was the way to
destruction, and few there would be that would keep on the
straight and narrow. Jesus said that many would say "Have we not
done this in your name, have we not worked miracles in your name,
were you not preached in our local community?" Jesus will say to
them, "I never knew you, depart from me, you that work
lawlessness." 
     Notice the sobering words, "If the righteous one is scarcely
saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear" (NKJV).
     It does not mean that sin cannot be forgiven, of course not.
It is written, "God so loved the world that He sent His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him, should not perish,
but have eternal life." All can be forgiven their sins through
Jesus Christ. What Peter is bringing out is the other side of the
coin, the side Jesus also brought out during His ministry. Being
saved means living the way and will of God, having the mind-set
to OBEY God, having the mind that will be teachable, be
corrected, be willing to grow in grace and knowledge. It is the
willingness to STAY on the straight and narrow RIGHT TO THE END!
Being a true child of God, does not mean you can now fall asleep,
coast along, put up your feet and snooze away, saying, "Oh
hummmm, it's all done for me, I can rest and sail along, live as
I please, think as I like, speak as I want .... Oh hummmmm, I'll
sigh .... oh hummmm."
     No, remaining faithful to God's calling, takes some effort,
it really is the straight and narrow, it really is obeying God to
the end, and for Peter to get this across to his readers (and as
Peter was inspired, it is really God getting it across to His
children) he put it as "If the RIGHTEOUS one is SCARCELY SAVED,
where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
     These words should be sobering to all Christians. Remaining
faithful as a true follower of Christ takes some effort, some
fortitude. Now God gives us all the power of the Holy Spirit to
serve us in remaining faithful to the end. He gives us all the
armor (Ephesians 6) 10-18) we need to fight the good fight, but
we have our part to do, we must take the armor and make use of
it. Paul said to Timothy (as we have seen going through those
epistles) "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith. Finally there is laid up for me the
crown of righteousness ..." 
     It is in that sense that the righteous one is scarcely
saved.

     Peter ends chapter 4 with, "Therefore let those who suffer
according to the will of God, commit their lives to Him in doing
good, as to a faithful Creator."

     I want you to notice a very important phrase here. It is
"suffer according to the WILL of God."
     Some mistakingly believe and teach that suffering for a
Christian is AUTOMATIC. And if you never suffer or never have
persecution, and whatever else people may think is suffering, you
are not really a true Christian. That is NOT TRUE! It is
according to the WILL of God. There are and have been, many a
true Christian down through the ages who have gone through living
a godly life, who have had VERY LITTLE, some would even say, NO
suffering (sure the word "suffering" can have different meanings
for different people). The apostle Paul went through many
sufferings as the book of Acts brings out, but the apostle John
it would seem had little "sufferings" as the like of Paul, and
lived to a ripe old age, falling asleep in death, from what we
can gather from history, of natural causes.

     Suffering for the sake of Christ is for the WILL of God to
decide, IF and WHEN and WHAT it will be.

CHAPTER FIVE 

     Peter now talks to the Elders of the Church of God, as one
himself, and also one of those who were witness to the sufferings
of Christ, and one who will partake in the glory to be revealed.
Elders are to SHEPHERD the flock of God, as an OVERSEER. A
shepherd loves his sheep, he cares for them, serves and protects
them, he guides them into good pasture, lets them feed by still
waters. Elders are to do this work for the flock of God, not
because they feel forced to, not because of the wages they may
get paid, but they are to do it, because they know it is their
calling from God, to guide and care for and love the Church of
God. Elders are not to be acting like little (or big) BULLIES or
TYRANT or HITLERS. They are not to be a domineering hard-nosed
price-fighter who is going to show he is the world champion in
the boxing ring of the Church of God. They are to be EXAMPLES to
the flock of God. Examples of HOW a Christian should live and act
and speak.  And when THE CHIEF SHEPHERD appears they will receive
their crown of gory that fades not away. They should not be
trying in this life time to acquire some sort of crown of glory
from people in the body of Christ. The praise of men they should
not seek. The praise of God is all they need. In glorious eternal
life they will have their crown, and all will see then, at that
time, how well they did their job as an Elder in the Church of
God.

     The younger Elders are to respect and submit to the older
Elder. Those who have served long and well in the Eldership,
should be respected by those who have served for much less time
in the Eldership. Then on the other hand Peter says, all should
be submissive one to the other. All should be clothed with
HUMILITY. The key to every persons praise from God is HUMILITY.
You may have all kinds of gifts, all kinds of knowledge, all
sorts of power over words and oratory, all kinds of good works,
great righteousness as Job had, you may spend long hours in
prayer, long hours in Bible study, you may fast often, BUT if you
do not have HUMILITY, it will be of no avail. 
     I cannot over-state this aspect of what makes a true child
and true Elder in the body of Christ - HUMILITY, HUMILITY. I have
written an in-depth article on humility called "Humility - the
precious Gem of the Christian crown." You can find it on this
Website.

     God will RESIST the PROUD! He will fight against the proud,
the vain, those who will not be humble.  All Elders and all
children of the Lord are to be humble under the mighty hand of
God, and He in due time, will exact you. We are to cast all our
care on Him, not on men. We are to care for the things of God,
and not worry or care about what men think. As we care for God
and His way of living and working as His child or His Elder in
the body of Christ, then He will care for us. He does care for
us, and wants us to be the very best we can be in the Church of
God, whatever our function is.

     Elders (and of course all members in the Church of Christ)
are to be SOBER (margin - self-controlled), VIGILANT (margin -
watchful), because the adversary, the Devil, is walking about
like a roaring lion, trying to destroy whoever he can. We are to
RESIST him, be steadfast in the faith, knowing the same spiritual
battle is being experienced by the whole brotherhood of saints
everywhere in the world. We are all in the same army of the Lord
waging war on the Devil, human nature and the pulls of this world
in all of its varying ways.

     Peter ends his first epistle with:

     "May the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal
glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered for a while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the
glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen"

     It was through Silvanus that Peter wrote, he being the
scribe, testifying and exhorting that this was the true grace of
God in which they all stood. The church (she) in Babylon sent
greetings, as did Mark. They were to greet each other with
affection - in their custom of the day, it was a kiss of love.
     
     Peter's last words in this epistle are: "Peace to you all
who are in Christ Jesus. Amen"


                            ..................

Written May 2007

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