"Brit-Am Now"- 469
October 27, 2004
Contents:
1. The Suggested Brit-Am Advertisement-Message
2. Article on Altar of Joshua found in Israel
3. Addition to Note on Keeping the Law
4. Craig Blackwood: ASTERIX THE GAUL
5. Zechariah 10 Revisited
1. The Suggested Brit-Am Advertisement-Message
The Suggested Brit-Am Advertisement-Message as amended in light of
suggestions by
Nancy Miller
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
Biblical and Rabbinical sources confirm All of the following:
According to the Bible ten out of the twelve tribes of Israel split away
(1-Kings 12:19), formed their own kingdom of "Israel" (1-Kings 12:20) and
were exiled by the Assyrians (2-Kings 17:18). These Lost Ten Tribes forgot
their identity (Hosea 1:9 7:8 Isaiah 49:21) . In the future they will
re-unite with the Jews (Ezekiel 37, Isaiah 11:13 Jeremiah 3:18) but until
then they have a role of their own to fulfill. They were destined to be
situated at the continental extremities of the earth such as North
America, the British Isles, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Australia, New
Zealand, and South Africa (Deuteronomy 33:13 Isaiah 24:16 26:15 41:8-9
49:6), to be the richest (Genesis 27:28 49:25 Deuteronomy 33:13-16 Hosea
2:8), and most powerful nations on earth (Numbers 24:8-7 Micah 5:7-9) and
to control major international strategic bases (Genesis 22:16-17 24:60).
All of these points together with hundreds of others taken as a
complementary whole show that the descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes can
only be found as recognizable entities amongst Western Nations, especially
the English-speaking ones. Your destiny and that of your people may depend
upon this information. You need to know. The correctness of our
interpretation of the relevant verses is confirmed by traditional Jewish
Rabbinical sources and by the findings of up-to-date HISTORICAL AND
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
In current affairs we daily see that the destiny of Judah (e.g. the State
of Israel) is bound up with that of Joseph, -meaning especially, the USA,
and Britain. Both sides have to realize that they have a need for each
other and an obligation to help the other. We can provide you with proof
that the "Anglo" nations are descended from Israel. They are the lost
brothers of the Jewish people. You need to consider this information. It
could make a difference.
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2. Article on Altar of Joshua found in Israel
An interesting article by A. Zertal on what may have been the altar built
by Joshua
http://ebal.haifa.ac.il/ebal01.html
3. Addition to Note on Keeping the Law
It was said in the last posting:
Subject: "Brit-Am Now"-468
item 6. Do the Lost Tribes have to Keep the Law of Moses?
Bob wrote:
>Should anglo saxons celts who know they are the lost tribes do they have
>to keep kosher and follow Jewish law ? I am a anglo american do I have to
>keep kosher is it a sin if I dont ?
Shalom,
In answering one must distinguish betwen the beliefs of Yair Davidiy and
those of Briti-Am as a whole.
Brit-Am has no official stand on the matter. Brit-Am works to establish
recognition of Israelite Identity
and for reconciliation between Judah and Joseph and nothing beyond that.
Yair Davidiy understands from the sources including the Bible that
eventually the Lost Ten Tribes will
return and accept the Law.
On an individual level however someone who knows that they are from the
Lost Tribes does not have to keep
the law for two reasons:
(a) Membership in "spiritual" Israel of the Ten Tribes was suspended. They
were divorced (Jeremiah 3:8) and considered "not my people" (Hosea 1:9) and
not obligated
(until they return) by the Law (Yebamot 17). An individual is part of the
whole and only obligated according to what everybody else
as one community takes upon themselves. The individual is not obligated
unless the whole community re-accepts the law.
(b) The Legal Principle that a person is not liable unless proven to be,
i.e. he does not have to prove his "innocence".
So too, even though someone may know in his own heart with almost absolute
certainty that he is descended from Israel
he has no proof of it on the individual level and is not so regarded by
those around him. He would therefore not be obligated
to keep any of the peculiar Israelite laws (such as Shabat, etc) since
no-one can prove that he is obligated to do so.
Apart from all that everyone has his own considerations and his own
personal encounter with the Almighty and must do
as he feels led.
Addition: The above opinion is a private one more from the legal aspect.
There is a difference between "must" and "should".
In recent years many people from "Joseph" have taken to adopting modified
aspects of the Mosaic Law.
This to my mind is a sign that we are approaching the Messianic Era and
that these people
feel an "Israelite" arousal.
This is a positive movement and should be encouraged. It enables people to
connect in a tangible way
with their Hebrew heritage and is something that perhaps all Israelites
conscious of their ancestry should
participate in.
4. Craig Blackwood: ASTERIX THE GAUL
Subject: THE GAULS
Shalom Yair
Have you read the comic series by Frenchmen R. Goscinny and A. Uderzo
ASTERIX THE GAUL (Publisher Hodder and Stoughton.
"The year is 50BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well not
entirely....One small village of indomitable Gaul's still holds out against
the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who are
garrisoned at the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and
Compendium".
It is very comical but I find its historical background surprisingly
accurate. It is a very common series in our school libraries even though
it is a comic. Apart from Tin Tin, I cannot remember any other comic
series allowed in our secondary school libraries. It first came out in
French and it was used legitimately for French lessons.
Asterix THE WARRIOR becomes invincible when administered a magic potion
administered by the Tribes Druid GETAFIX. Asterix's adventure partner was
the fat Menher delivery man OBLEX who is permananely strong because he fell
into the potion as a child.
Just a light hearted view of our ancestors. I am sure that most readers
will still have fond memories.
Regards
Craig Blackwood
5. Zechariah 10 Revisited
Zechariah 10 according to the Commentators foresaw the wars of the
Maccabees against the Greek-Syrians and used these wars as a kind of
Prototype for the FUTURE re-union of Judah and Joseph and their war against
their mutual enemies.
[Zechariah 10:1] ASK YE OF THE LORD RAIN IN THE TIME OF THE LATTER RAIN; SO
THE LORD SHALL MAKE BRIGHT CLOUDS, AND GIVE THEM SHOWERS OF RAIN, TO EVERY
ONE GRASS IN THE FIELD.
<<BRIGHT CLOUDS>>: Hebrew "Hazizim" explained by Rashi to mean rain-bearing
clouds.
[Zechariah 10:2] FOR THE IDOLS HAVE SPOKEN VANITY, AND THE DIVINERS HAVE
SEEN A LIE, AND HAVE TOLD FALSE DREAMS; THEY COMFORT IN VAIN: THEREFORE
THEY WENT THEIR WAY AS A FLOCK, THEY WERE TROUBLED, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
SHEPHERD.
They will see that their previous beliefs were misleading.
[Zechariah 10:3] MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS, AND I
PUNISHED THE GOATS: FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH VISITED HIS FLOCK THE HOUSE
OF JUDAH, AND HATH MADE THEM AS HIS GOODLY HORSE IN THE BATTLE.
<<GOATS>>: Hebrew "atudim" explained here to mean the amle goats and
symbolizing the leadership.
Metzudat David: The future leader (of all Israel) will come from
Judah.
[Zechariah 10:4] OUT OF HIM CAME FORTH THE CORNER, OUT OF HIM THE NAIL, OUT
OF HIM THE BATTLE BOW, OUT OF HIM EVERY OPPRESSOR TOGETHER.
CORNER. NAIL. BATTLE BOW: i.e. leaders and warriors.
<<BATTLE BOW>>: Radak. They will not require the help of any other nation.
Their own prowess will be suffiicent.
<<EVERY OPPRESSOR>> of the heathen on behalf of Israel and the God of
Israel.
[Zechariah 10:5] AND THEY SHALL BE AS MIGHTY MEN, WHICH TREAD DOWN THEIR
ENEMIES IN THE MIRE OF THE STREETS IN THE BATTLE: AND THEY SHALL FIGHT,
BECAUSE THE LORD IS WITH THEM, AND THE RIDERS ON HORSES SHALL BE CONFOUNDED.
The future war is likened to Israelite infantry against enemy cavalry with
the Israelites victorious.
[Zechariah 10:6] AND I WILL STRENGTHEN THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, AND I WILL SAVE
THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, AND I WILL BRING THEM AGAIN TO PLACE THEM; FOR I HAVE
MERCY UPON THEM: AND THEY SHALL BE AS THOUGH I HAD NOT CAST THEM OFF: FOR I
AM THE LORD THEIR GOD, AND WILL HEAR THEM.
This is the re-union of the Lost Ten Tribess with Judah. Joseph and Judah
will re-unite.
[Zechariah 10:7] AND THEY OF EPHRAIM SHALL BE LIKE A MIGHTY MAN, AND THEIR
HEART SHALL REJOICE AS THROUGH WINE: YEA, THEIR CHILDREN SHALL SEE IT, AND
BE GLAD; THEIR HEART SHALL REJOICE IN THE LORD.
Malbim: The Ten tribes are encompassed by the term "Ephraim". They shall be
aroused with the Spirit of Heroism to fight the Wars of the
Almighty.
[Zechariah 10:8] I WILL HISS FOR THEM, AND GATHER THEM; FOR I HAVE REDEEMED
THEM: AND THEY SHALL INCREASE AS THEY HAVE INCREASED.
Their will be a period when their numbers will dwindle but the Almighty
will later enable them to increase greatly as they had in the
past.
[Zechariah 10:9] AND I WILL SOW THEM AMONG THE PEOPLE: AND THEY SHALL
REMEMBER ME IN FAR COUNTRIES; AND THEY SHALL LIVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AND
TURN AGAIN.
Not only the Israelites will return but also many foreigners will become
attached to them, identify with them, and rreturn with them.
Radak: They will return with the wealth they have earned in distant lands
and it will enable them to support their children.
[Zechariah 10:10] I WILL BRING THEM AGAIN ALSO OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,
AND GATHER THEM OUT OF ASSYRIA; AND I WILL BRING THEM INTO THE LAND OF
GILEAD AND LEBANON; AND PLACE SHALL NOT BE FOUND FOR
THEM.
Egypt and Assyria could apply to areas in Europe, as we have explained
elsewhere. The exiles of Israel will leave these areas.
Gilead means Syria and Lebanon means Lebanon. These areas will be
re-populated by the Lost Ten Tribes represented by "Ephraim".
[Zechariah 10:11] AND HE SHALL PASS THROUGH THE SEA WITH AFFLICTION, AND
SHALL SMITE THE WAVES IN THE SEA, AND ALL THE DEEPS OF THE RIVER SHALL DRY
UP: AND THE PRIDE OF ASSYRIA SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN, AND THE SCEPTRE OF
EGYPT SHALL DEPART AWAY.
Extract from "Ephraim," chapter six.
* Jerome on [Zechariahariah 10;11:"And he shall pass through the sea..." :
"The Hebrews say that the Assyrians and Chaldeans took the Jews into
captivity not only to Persia and Media but also to the Bosporus and the
north; and at the end of days God in his mercy will call them back from there:"
By "Jews" taken into captivity by the Assyrians Jerome is actually
referring to Israelites from the northern Ten Tribes even though strictly
speaking these were not "Jews" which appellation refers to Judaeans from
the southern kingdom dominated by Judah.
[Zechariah 10:12] AND I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD; AND THEY SHALL
WALK UP AND DOWN IN HIS NAME, SAITH THE LORD.
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