November 14, 2002
Contents:
1. STEPHEN SPYKERMAN: Experience in
Sweden
2. Fratricidal Incidents in History
3. David Horowitz has passed away
4. Orjan Svensson: KINNARED
5. Evelyn Ring: Huge temple found in
Tara of Ireland
1. STEPHEN SPYKERMAN: Experience in
Sweden
From: stephen@identityrevelation.com
Subject: Re: Biblical Names: Sweden
MESSAGE FROM: STEPHEN SPYKERMAN - U.K.
REPRESENTATIVE OF BRIT AM
Dear Orjan & Yair
Thank you for your message to Yair
Davidy Re: Biblical Names in Sweden. In
your message you mentioned the great
Lutheran Cathedral in Upsala, and this
reminded me of my one and only visit
to Sweden. In 1998 I attended the
International Conference of ICCC in
Orebro. ICCC stands for International
Christian Chamber of Commerce and the
organisation was founded by a Swede by
the name of Gunnar Olson. On my way
back from the conference I ended up at
stockholm central station with several
hours to spare. Having put my lugage
in a locker, I stood outside the station
wondering which direction to go in.
As I paused there not quite knowing
what to do in this strange city, I heard
the music from a military band coming
around the corner, and as the band
passed in front of the station, I decided
just like a child to follow the
band. What I did not know then was
that the band was taking us to the Royal
Palace for the changing of the guard.
As we approached the palace we passed
by a great Lutheran cathedral, and
I felt that an inner voice was urging me
to go into its side entrance. I decided
that I would go inside on my way
back to the station to catch the bus
to the airport. Thus I saw the changing
of the guard ceremony and then decided
upon lunch in the old part of the
city. The service was rather slow in
the restaurant and by the time I passed
by the cathedral again, I was running
a bit short of time. I decided that
regretfully, I would have to give the
cathedral a miss. Again, I felt the
inner voice exerting itself most strongly
this time, as it was almost
compelling me to go inside. I obeyed
the call and went in, and once inside
and having become accustomed to the
semi darkness of the place, I saw a
sight that literally took my breath
away. As I turned into the central isle
with its soaring Gothic height, I saw
in from of the high altar THE GREATEST
AND MOST MAGNIFICENT MENORA I HAVE
EVER SEEN. I was over awed by this most
inspiring sight as I slowly walked
up to this towering symbol of Israel.It
was so huge that it completely dwarfed
the altar. It totally dominated this
ancient church, as it reached almost
right up to the ceiling. Then, as I
slowly walked back, I admired the pulpit,
which was an incredibly ornate
baroque affair carved all over with
brightly gilded cherubs and scrolls.
Then I saw a golden sun mounted above
it on to a pillar, and inside this sun
were written the Hebrew letters Yod
Hay Vav Hey - proclaiming the ineffable
and unutterable name of Hashem the
Great God of Israel. At this moment, I
was so blessed that it is difficult
to convey how greatly moved I was. It
was so inspiring and I shall never
forget it in all my life. It was such a
great surprise and so completely unexpected.
Later on I understood that the
Kings and Queens of Sweden are crowned
seated underneath this great Menorah.
As for me, the experience was so powerful,
that I did not need any more
proof that the Swedish people too,
are one of the tribes of the Lost House
of Israel.
I hope this account blesses you as
much as the event blessed me.
God bless you Orjan Svenson and Yair
and keep up the good work you have been
called to do.
Shalom Shalom
Stephen
2. Fratricidal Incidents in History
We recently spoke of anti-Semitism
and the relative lack of it as being one
(out of several) of
the signs of Israelite descent. This
criteria is true and valid and proven
in practise. Nevertheless, we should
keep things in perspective. The Lost
Ten tribes derive mostly from the Kingdom
of "Israel" that split away from
Judah (1-Kings 12:19-20).
The "Jews" of today are descended mostly
from inhabitants of the Kingdom of
Judah.
Sometimes the two separate kingdoms
("Judah" and "Israel") co-operated with
each other 9e.g. 2-Chronicles 18:3)
but at other times they were hostile
and fought wars against each other.
Isaiah indicates that a certain feeling
of tension between the two Houses
of Israel will continue almost unto
the Last days.
This is what we said in our Commentary
on Isaiah:
[Isaiah 11:12] HE WILL RAISE AN ENSIGN
FOR THE NATIONS, AND WILL ASSEMBLE
THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, AND GATHER
THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, = The Lost Ten
Tribes who will be found gathered
together in specific areas.
THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH i.e. the Jews
who are scattered all over the world.
[Isaiah 11:13] THE JEALOUSY OF EPHRAIM
SHALL DEPART, AND THOSE WHO HARASS
JUDAH SHALL BE CUT OFF; EPHRAIM SHALL
NOT BE JEALOUS OF JUDAH, AND JUDAH
SHALL NOT HARASS EPHRAIM.
<<Concerning who did Isaiah pronounce
this prophecy. He was speaking only
concerning Judah and Joseph. Said Rabbi
Shmuel son of Nachman in the name
of Rabbi Yonathan, when Joseph and
Judah were arguing the Holy Angels said
to each other, Let us go down and see
what is happening. Usually when a
bull and a lion confront each other
the bull retreats before the lion. In
this case a bull (Joseph) and a lion
(Judah) are arguing and there is a
standoff. Jealousy will continue to
abide between these two until the
Messiah comes, as it says, "THE ENVY
ALSO OF EPHRAIM SHALL DEPART, AND
THE ADVERSARIES OF JUDAH SHALL
BE CUT OFF: EPHRAIM SHALL NOT ENVY JUDAH,
AND JUDAH SHALL NOT VEX EPHRAIM" [Isaiah
11:13].>> (Tanchuma, VaYigash, 4).
Similarly in history peoples who contain
large segments of Israelite
descendants from the Lost Ten Tribes
often fought each other.
They persecuted "heretics" and dissenters
from amongst their own kin. There
were civil wars, etc.
The Vikings of Israelite descent from
Norway and Denmark invaded
Anglo-Saxon England and fought against
the Angles and Saxons. Atrocities
took place on both sides , one of which
is recalled in the following posting:
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:45:32 -0800
From: Howlandbolton@EARTHLINK.NET
Sender: ANSAXNET Discussion Forum <ANSAX-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU>
It may be of interest to some of you
that this afternoon's Afternoon Play on
BBC Radio4 was 'St Brice's Day' by
Tony Coult it can be heard on the net at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/ram/afternoonplay_wed.r
The blurb is:
Racial hatred and fear of foreigners
is nothing new; on November 13th 1002,
St. Brice's Day, King Aethelred tried
to solve 'the Danish problem' by
ordering a massacre of all the Danish
people in the country. (To be broadcast
1,000 years to the day after the St
Brice's Day massacres).
The English King Aethelred Unraed (not
'unready' but 'badly-advised') feared
Danes living in England could rise
against him, although Danes and Angles
(English) had lived peacefully side
by side for decades. The massacre echoes
recent events in Bosnia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe
and Iraq and of The Holocaust.
The play is set in the Oxfordshire
village of St Frideswide (still a living
village today) and follows the village
chief's daughter, Aelfwyn, who divorces
her husband (divorce was possible in
1002) and marries a Dane, Ragnar. For
Aelfwyn, St Brice's Day, 1002, was
to overturn her life and mirror the
division of the country that would
last for centuries.
3. David Horowitz has passed away
David Horowitz was the head of United
Israel World Union
which organization believed
in searching for the Lost Ten tribes all over
the world.
The headquarters of United Israel is
in the United Nations building in New
York.
David Horowitz was sympathetic to Brit-Am
and open to the possibility that
the Lost Ten Tribes were in the west.
David Horowitz believed that the Mosaic
Law should be applied to all
mankind. We do not agree with this
nor with other aspects
of United Israel nevertheless Mr. Horowitz
was perhaps a "kindred spirit"
and we regretted his passing away of
which we were just informed.
From: Ecokosher@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: David's Death
I wonder if the word has reached you
that David Horowitz died peacefully in
his sleep at age 99, almost 100, this
October 27th. I attended the service
and gave the Eulogy. We will publish
a special edition of the Bulletin in
the Spring. James
4. Orjan Svensson: KINNARED
From: Orjan Svensson <orjan.svensson@mbox300.swipnet.se>
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-146
> 1. Sweden: KINNARED (like kinneret)
> Subject: Re: Biblical Names:
Sweden
>
> The best name in Sweden is
still: the town: KINNARED (like kinneret, harp
> and the galilean sea)
> From Elin in Norway and thanks
for the conference in Jerusalem i september
> which I attended
>
Sorry to make you disappointed on this
one.
"red" in Swedish placenames usually
actually means
"newly cultivated place". Alledgedly
it has this meaning
due to the red colour of the soil in
newly cultivated
places (= settler land).
"Kinn" or "kind" in old Scandinavian
(Germanic) language meant "cheek"
(as it does in modern Swedish) or "steep
slope",
so Kinnared probably means "newly cultivated
steep slope",
and most probably it has nothing to
do with Kinneret.
However, Germanic language interpretations
of some Scandinavian
place names are in my opinion mistaken.
Some Scandinavian place-names
(as well as several old runic inscriptions
which I have been able to
demonstrate)
should indeed be understood as Semitic
due to influence of lost Israelites
and other Semites.
However in the case of Kinnared I believe
that the Germanic interpretation
is correct.
Orjan
5. Evelyn Ring: Huge temple found in
Tara of Ireland
Huge temple found under Hill of Tara
The Irish Examiner 12 Nov 2002
Evelyn Ring
A HUGE temple, once surrounded by about
300 huge posts made from an entire
oak forest, has been discovered directly
beneath the Hill of Tara in Co
Meath. Conor Newman, an archaeology
lecturer at NUI Galway, said the
discovery at the ancient site made
sense of the positioning of other graves
and monuments in the area.
Mr Newman, who has been working on
the Hill of Tara under the State-funded
Discovery Programme since 1992, was
delighted by the find. "It fills a very
important place in the jigsaw because
it allows us to make sense of the
distribution of other monuments all
around it."
The Discovery Programme, set up under
the auspices of the Heritage Council,
carried out a survey of the Hill of
Tara between 1992 and 1996 when Mr
Newman was director.
When Mr Newman moved to Galway he continued
to be involved in the project
Using sophisticated technology, he
and his team of experts mapped what was
underground. The work was slow and
tedious because it yielded such a huge
amount of information.
What they uncovered eventually at the
crown of the hill was a huge,
oval-shaped monument measuring about
170 metres at its widest point. Around
it are 300 post holes measuring two
metres wide, indicating a massive human
effort involved in the construction.
While the monument is located just below
the ground's surface, there are no
plans yet to dig it out.
"There was a time when excavation was
the first step in archaeological
research. That's not the case now because
it really is the systematic
destruction of a monument. When you
are dealing with something as important
as the Hill of Tara, you don't do something
like that lightly."
Mr Newman reckons they will be able
to learn more about the site from the
data before the ground itself is finally
excavated. "What we have is the
clearest underground image I have ever
seen. This one jumps off the page."