Date: Thu Jun 20, 2002 11:09 a
From: David Skelly <dskelly@b...>
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-36: Dankenbring
[Excerpts]:
I believe that America is Joseph with
pretty much equal proportions of
Ephraim and Manasseh while Britain,
New Zealand and Australia are Ephraimite
nations.
In Amos chapter 9 the LORD is talking
about the house of Israel (Amos 9:9),
the house of Jacob (Amos 8:8) and the
excellency of Jacob (Amos 8:7). In
this context Judgement was decreed
against the House of Israel. In Amos 6:6
and 5:15 the LORD mentions the house
of Joseph.
Now in Amos 9:2 it says "Though they
dig into hell, thence shall mine hand
take them; though they climb up to
heaven, thence will I bring them down:".
Though Israelites climb up to heaven
God will bring them down. We say the
very beginning of this when the space
shuttle challenger exploded and was
brought down in grief. America in my
view is the house of Joseph and the
house of Israel. Eventually God will
bring down the American space program
as a fulfillment of Amos 9:2 because
of their evil deeds. In future the
great American space program will come
to a grinding halt.
Below I will look at possible Hebrew
derivations for America. America is
known to be derived from the name of
an explorer called Amerigo. So we need
to look at the closest linguistic equivalents
in Hebrew.
There is linguistic change from the
Hebrew maregoa/margoa to amarigo to
amerigo to america (Jer 6:16; 1 Chron
17:9). From Hebrew the most likely
derivation is maregoa. Maregoa is the
closest Hebrew word to Amerigo.
Maregoa literally means a place of
rest and so America means a place of
rest. Margoa is much closer to Amerigo
linguistically than Machir. I
believe that America means 'place of
rest' not land of Machir (branch of
Manasseh).
Some of the other possible derivations
are below.
omri plus geeh (omri is proud/arrogant)
to omrigeah to amerigo to america.
amiyr means sheaf.
amar-geah means he speaks arrogance.
amar-geah means he speaks arrogantly/loftily.
machir (ch & r metathesis) to marich
to amarich to amarig to amarigo.
merechav means a broad/wide space.
America could mean a land of broad
spaces.
marack to rub to bruise to rub out
merkav/merekav chariot. America a land
of chariots? (war machines)
merkavah chariot. In Genesis 46:29
Joseph made ready his chariot
(merkavtow).
I do not believe that America is derived
from Machir. South America is not
the land of south Machir. Neither is
central America the land of central
Machir. Margoa (place of rest) and
merechav (broad open space) are much
closer to Amerigo linguistically than
Machir.
I believe that the Angles represent
both Ephraimites and Manessahites
because Angle comes from the Hebrew
word Aegel (young bull) and the wild ox
of Deuteronomy 33 represented Ephraim
and Manesseh. The term Saxon comes
from Isaac. The house of Isaac in scripture
represented all Israel with
Ephraim being the chief tribe (Amos
7). The prophecies of both books Hosea
and Amos were given in the days of
Jeroboam II the king of Israel. In Hosea
Ephraim is the dominant tribe; so dominant
in fact that Ephraim is sometimes
used to represent all israel.
The ancient map of tribal settlement
in Israel is a general guide to where
the 10/12 tribes settled in Europe
and America.
The closest scriptural parallel to the
American rebellion against King
George III of Britain is the Ephraimite
Jeroboam's rebellion against
Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1 Kings 11:26-28 says "And Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of
Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's
name was Zeruah, a widow woman,
even he lifted up his hand against
the king. And this was the cause that he
lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the
breaches of the city of David his father.
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty
man of valour: and Solomon seeing the
young man that he was industrious, he
made him ruler over all the charge
of the house of Joseph. " Jeroboam an
Ephraimite is said to have lifted up
his hand against king Solomon.
The Jeroboam was an Ephraimite. Solomon
had put him in charge over all the
labour force of the house of Joseph.
After Solomon the king of Israel had
died, representative of the people
of northern Israel made the following
demand to Rehoboam Solomon's successor.
"Your father made our yoke heavy;
now therefore, lighten the burdensome
service of your father, and his heavy
yoke which he put on us, and we will
serve you" (1 Kings 12:4). Rehoboam
responded and said "My father made
your yoke heavy, but I will add to your
yoke; my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions" (1 Kings 12:14). The people
of northern Israel then rebelled
against Rehoboam the king of the house
of David and set up their own
northern kingdom of the house of Israel.
Now what happened in the American colonies
was similar. The American
colonists wanted king George III of
Britain of the house of David to lighten
the burden of taxation. He refused
to do so and was unsympathetic to the
needs of the American colonies. Then
the American colonists rebelled and
refused to pay their taxes to the crown.
The Americans won the war of
independence against king George of
Britain.
I believe that just as Jeroboam of the
tribe of Ephraim was the key person
who led the rebellion against Rehoboam
of the house of David, Americans of
Ephraimite descent led the American
colonists in rebelling against king
George III the king of Britain who
was of the house of David. Just as a
whole nation was formed after Jeroboam
rebelled against Rehoboam, a whole
new nation called America was formed
after the American rebels rebelled
against King George III.
We know that Jeroboam the Ephraimite
rebelled against Rehoboam. He was the
greatest rebel of the 10 tribes of
Israel. Now the US flag has thirteen
strips, the US seal has 13 arrows and
the pyramid has thirteen steps. In
scripture the number thirteen clearly
denotes a number of rebellion.
Nothing has changed, Ephraimites took
the lead in rebelling against king
George III just as Jeroboam the Ephraimite
took the lead in rebelling
against Rehoboam. There is no record
in scripture of any Manassehite taking
the lead in rebelling against any Israelite
king. Absolutely none.
Isaiah 7:17 was very clear when it said
that "Ephraim departed from Judah".
It was Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim
that led the rebellion against
Rehoboam of the house of David.
For many hundreds of years kings from
the house of Judah and often from the
house of David have ruled the lost
tribes of Israel in Europe. Many or most
of the royal houses of Europe had the
lion as their symbol. Since the
Normans conquered England in 1066 the
kings of England have had the lion as
their symbol. The lion is a symbol
of Judah not Ephraim. Lost Israelite
nations like England, Holland, Belgium,
Denmark have had kings from the
house of Judah ruling over them. Even
a number of largely non Israelite
nations had Judean kings over them.
There were quite a few Judean monarchs
over many of the German states. There
was a Judean monarchy over Ethiopia
for many centuries. God meant it when
he said that the scepter would not
depart from Judah. When the Davidic
Judean scepter fell, when the Jews went
into Babylonian captivity, God raised
up a Judean scepter elsewhere. In
Jeremiah 33:22 God said that he would
multiply the descendants of David like
the host of heaven and the sand of
the sea. In Jeremiah 33:26 the
descendants of David were to be made
rulers over the descendants of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. This includes Israelites,
Edomites, Ishmaelites,
Midianites, Dedanites, Ashshurites,
Letishites, Leumites, Shebaites etc that
are all descendants of Abraham one
way or other.
This was to later change. Ephraimites
from among the Anglo-Saxons got sick
of the dictatorship and heavy handedness
of the Judean kings over the throne
of Britain. Charles I who ruled Britain
from 1625 to 1649 believed in the
divine right of kings to do what they
wanted like his father before him.
Charles I came into conflict with the
house of Commons of the parliament
when he demanded extra money to fight
his wars. The parliament refused. He
dismissed parliament and decided to
raise the money himself.
Eventually the parliament raised an
army to fight the king and civil war
broke out. Cromwell the leader of much
of the parliament's forces defeated
the king and the monarchy was abolished.
King Charles I was executed in
1649. For over two decades the parliament
under Cromwell led Britain. The
monarchy was restored in 1660 with
some of its power curtailed. Even so the
monarchy was still very powerful. The
monarch was still the most powerful
executive leader in Britain. Nevertheless
many Ephraimites still wanted the
power to come into their hand.
George III came to the throne in 1760.
In 1770 king George III chose Lord
North to be Prime Minister. Lord North
did George's bidding and appeased
parliament on behalf of the king. George
III believed in his personal rule
through constitutional means. This
king refused the demands of the American
colonists to reduce the burden of taxation.
The American colonists led by
Ephraimites rebelled against king George
III. After the Americans defeated
Britain and became a nation the stick
of Joseph went partly into the hand of
Ephraim. Ephraimites and others were
finally free from Judean royal control
in America.
Even so it would take a few hundred
years for the stick of Joseph to be more
fully in the hand of Ephraim. The stick
of Joseph was in the hands of
Ephraim in America yet the descendants
of Joseph in Britain and the British
Commonwealth was still largely under
the control of the Judean monarch. The
monarchy was still very powerful in
its own right.
In Britain the kings were still ruling
kings and so in Britain the
government was not fully in Ephraim's
hands. Things changed after Queen
Victoria ascended the throne. After
prince Albert Queen Victoria's husband
died in 1861, the queen was heart broken.
She withdrew from public life and
neglected her responsibilities as a
ruling monarch. Through this and other
things the power of the monarchy was
given up and largely became a
ceremonial constitutional monarchy.
By 1901 when Queen Victoria died the
monarchy had lain down much of its
power. The result was that the Prime
Minister and parliament exercised most
of the power of government.
Ephraim in the twentieth century exercised
the power of government in Great
Britain through the Prime Minister
and parliament. Similarly Ephraim rules
through the parliaments of Australia,
New Zealand and Canada. Nevertheless
Britain is called the United Kingdom
under a constitutional monarchy.
Ephraim does not exercise all the power
in Britain. The Royalty descended
from king David still has some powers.
The monarch is still regularly
consulted by the Prime Minister. The
monarch is involved in making some
appointments and signs acts of parliament
into law. Ephraim does not fully
exercise his authority in Great Britain.
The lion with eagles wings was the first
great beast that arose (Daniel
7:3). The United Kingdom is also known
as Great Britain and was the lion
with eagle's wings the first great
beast that arose. "The first was like a
lion, and had eagle's wings. I watched
till its wings were plucked off; and
it was lifted up from the earth and
made to stand on two feet like a man,
and a man's heart was given to it"
(Daniel 7:4). One of the main symbols of
Great Britain was the lion. And British
royalty in particular is symbolised
by the lion. The American colonies
were symbolised by the wings of an
eagle. The eagles wings were plucked
off when the American colonies became
independent of King George III of Great
Britain. The eagle's wings were
basically saying to the Davidic king
of Britain symbolized by the lion that
we don't want you any more.
The great lion was made to stand up
as a man when the monarchy lost most of
its power over time. This started with
king George III, the king the
American colonists hated. King George
III was totally incapacitated by the
disease called Porphyria after the
American colonies were torn away. The
king became mad and had fits. During
the last years of his life his son was
the regent who ruled in his place until
he died. The monarchy was made to
stand as a man and no longer was it
roaring like a lion in ruling Great
Britain. As Daniel 7:4 says the lion
was given a man's heart. A man's
heart was given to the monarchy when
the monarchy lost most of its power and
became a ceremonial constitutional
monarchy. The lion also represents Great
Britain as a nation and in time most
of Great Britain's power in the world
was stripped. The lion lost her colonies.
Including India after World War
2. The lion nation of great Britain
was "made to stand on two feet like a
man, and a man's heart was given to
it" (Daniel 7:4). When Britain lost
most of her colonies after World War
2 Britain was made to stand on her own
two feet economically. She could no
longer rely on the subsidized produce
of the colonies. Even the monarchy
is being made to stand on its own two
feet with the decrease of tax payer
funding being given to it.
Britain was made to stand up on its
own two feet as a normal nation.
Britain lost its great power status.
It is no longer the great power it
was. In the 1960's West Germany overtook
Britain in its manufacturing
production. France and Japan overtook
Britain in the 1970's. Britain lost
its subsidized source of imports that
came from the colonies. Hence she
joined the Common Market that eventually
became the European Union. I
believe that Britain will be devoured
by her treacherous European allies
after the beast arises in Europe.
After World War 2 the United States
took over the dominant position that
Great Britain had in world affairs.
This is clearly shown in the Suez Canal
Crisis of 1956. Egypt nationalized
the Suez Canal and Britain and France
who had shares in the Suez Canal invaded
Egypt in 1956. Eisenhower the
president of the United States made
Britain and France back down. This was
a great humiliation to Britain and
France. It is the United States that
holds the stick of Joseph and the stick
of Joseph is in the hands of
Ephraim. When America sneezes the world
catches cold. Because of the
Judean Davidic monarchy the stick of
Joseph was never fully in the hands of
Ephraim in the United Kingdom. The
stick of Joseph is fully in the hands of
Ephraim in the United States.
I believe that God set up David's throne
in England. I do not believe in
stripping any more power from the royals
in Britain. Nor do I believe in
Australia becoming a republic. In Psalm
122:5 it is said that there are set
thrones of judgement even the thrones
of the house of David.
From the eagle's wings of the American
colonies that broke away from Great
Britain, the nation called the United
States of America was formed. This
nation I understand is dominated by
the leadership of Ephraim even though
there are many Manassehites there.
The stick of Joseph in America is in the
hand of Ephraim. This means that everywhere
where the descendants of Joseph
are in large numbers the stick of Joseph
is in the hands of Ephraim. I don'
t believe that there are any exceptions
to this. When it says that the
stick of Joseph is in the hands of
Ephraim it means that Ephraim rules
Joseph ie both the descendants of Ephraim
and Manasseh.
There is nowhere in the Bible where
is says that Manasseh will be a nation.
Genesis 48:19 says that Manasseh "also
shall become a PEOPLE, and he also
shall be great; but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and
his descendants shall become a multitude
of nations." Manasseh becomes a
people while Ephraim becomes a multitude
of nations. I believe that
Manasseh is a great people under Ephraimite
leadership. Ephraim means
doubly fruitful. He was fruitful once
in the British Commonwealth of
nations and fruitful the second time
in the United States of America.
Manasseh is a great people under the
shadow of Ephraim as Ephraim holds the
stick of rulership over all the house
of Joseph including Manasseh.
Manasseh is never called a nation in
scripture. After the Assyrian
captivities I don't believe that Manasseh
ever had the stick of Joseph in
his hand. The stick of Joseph is in
the hands of Ephraim. Ephraim rules.
In Jeremiah 31:9 God said that Ephraim
is 'MY firstborn' after the
Israelites were taken into captivity
by the Assyrians. Ephraim exercises
his rights as God's firstborn today
in dominating the ten lost tribes of
Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:17 talks about the ten
thousands of Ephraim and the thousands
of Manasseh. This means that the descendants
of Ephraim today might even
outnumber the descendants of Manasseh
by 10 to 1. The phrase 'multitude of
nations' in Genesis 48:19 is more literally
translated as the 'the fullness
of the nations'. This implies that
the nations of the Ephraimite group of
nations are significant nations that
have the aspect of fullness or
prosperity in them. The phrase 'the
fullness of the nations' can also be
rendered as 'the fullness of gentiles'.
That is that there are large
numbers of Ephraimites all over the
place even in places we don't know about
at present. Ephraim fills up nations
left right and center even in the
United States. As Joseph was likened
to a Germani in the Talmud as Yair
Davidy pointed out and as Joseph married
an Egyptian, I expect that there
would be many white descendants of
Joseph and many coloured descendants of
Joseph all over the world. It is the
coloured descendants of Joseph that
are most mysterious. They are out there.
In Hosea 7:8 Ephraim had mixed himself
among the peoples as a cake unturned.
Ephraim is the fullness of gentiles
(Genesis 48:19). Hence many Ephraimites
will crop up sometimes in the places
that you don't expect them to. Hence
there are many Ephraimites scattered
in various gentile nations that we don'
t know about besides the ones that
we know among the Anglo-Saxons. So the
promise that Ephraim will be ten thousands
and Manasseh thousands has been
fulfilled. There are many more Ephraimites
than Manassehites. There are
many Ephraimites that we don't know
the locations for.
Ephraim and Manasseh seem to have had
approximately equal numbers in the
land of Israel. Yet Ephraim so completely
dominated the other tribes that
the house of Israel was often equated
with Ephraim. I believe that even
though Ephraim and Manasseh approximately
might have equal numbers in
America, that Ephraim completely dominates
the political life of America in
the same way that Ephraim dominated
the political life of the 10 tribed
house of Israel in the land of Israel.
The stick of Joseph is in the hands
of Ephraim and not Manasseh. Consequently
Ephraim dominates all the
descendants of Joseph including Manasseh
because he has the stick of Joseph.
This is the stick of rulership and
authority.
Ephraim has been the most dominant of
the 10 northern tribes of Israel down
through history and has been the thirteenth
tribe or people that were
birthed. Thirteen the number of rebellion
is Ephraim's number. Out of all
the 10 tribes Ephraim was the preeminent
leader of rebellion. In Isaiah 7:17
it is very clear that "Ephraim departed
from Judah" when the 10 tribes
rebelled against Rehoboam the king
of Judah. Jeroboam the Ephraimite led
the rebellion. Early on Manasseh had
more people than Ephraim according to
the census figures given in the Torah.
Earlier there were some prominent
leaders of Manasseh. There were four
prominent leaders of Manasseh in the
Bible. Later Ephraim as the thirteenth
tribe that was birthed completely
eclipsed Manasseh. Early on there were
some very significant leaders from
both Ephraim and Manasseh. Later the
leadership of the 10 tribes was
totally dominated by Ephraim. There
was never any prominent leader of
Manasseh during the times of the kings
of Israel and Judah.
Joshua from the tribe of Ephraim was
the leader of the 12 tribes of Israel
after Moses (Numbers 13:8; Deuteronomy
34:9). He led the fight against the
Canaanites and Israel came to possess
the land of Canaan through his
leadership (book of Joshua). After
Joshua died four prominent
leaders/judges from Manasseh arose.
Gideon of the tribe of Manasseh
defeated the Midianites and became
a great leader in Israel. During his
time the land had rest for 40 years
(Judges 6:15; 8:28). Later Abimelech a
son of Gideon through a concubine arose
and caused great trouble in Israel.
This Manassehite evil son of Gideon
became a king and reigned for three
years over Israel (Judges 9:6; 9:22).
Abimelech was the only Manassehite
king mentioned in the Bible and he
was evil. In Judges 10:3 Jair a
Gileadite judged Israel for 22 years.
In its narrower sense the Gileadites
were from the half tribe of Manasseh.
Later Jephthah the Gileadite of the
half tribe of Manasseh judged Israel
for six years (Judges 11:11; 12:7). In
Judges 12:1-6 Jephthah defeated the
Ephraimites who attacked him and
rebelled against his God given authority
as a judge of Israel.
After the time of Judges there was no
record of any prominent leader of
Manasseh arising in Israel. From Jeroboam
onwards the tribe of Ephraim was
totally dominant over the 10 tribes
of the northern house of Israel. In the
area occupied by Reuben, Gad and the
half tribe of Manasseh on the eastern
side of the Jordan river, Reuben seems
to have been the more dominant tribe
after the period of Judges. No leader
from the half tribe of Manasseh in
Gilead was mentioned after the Judges
period. Yet Beerah was mentioned to
be the leader of the Reubenites when
Tiglath-Pileser took them into
captivity (1 Chronicles 5:6). 1 Chronicles
5:18 mentions Reuben before Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh when
saying that these three entities
altogether had a total number 44, 660
men of war.
The half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead
was not what it once had been under
Jephthah the Judge in Judges 11:11-12-7.
The terrible Syrians had threshed
the Gileadites with instruments of
iron (Amos 1:3-5). The Syrians ravaged
all Israel in general but Gilead (the
half tribe of Manasseh etc) was the
most grievously affected by the Syrian
brutalities. Elisha the prophet wept
when he foresaw that Hazael would put
Israelite strongholds on fire, kill
the young Israelite men with the sword,
dash their children and rip open
their pregnant womens' wombs (2 Kings
8:12).
In 2 Kings 32, 33 Hazael the king of
Syria conquered all Israel east of the
Jordan river including all the territory
of the half tribe of Manasseh, Gad
and Reuben. The Syrians decimated Gilead
and Bashan. Other parts of Israel
were also afflicted but nowhere near
as much as Gilead. Only in Gilead did
the Syrians do a thorough job of threshing
Israelites with instruments of
iron.
Ephraim was the most dominant tribe
of the 10 tribed house of Israel.
Ephraim was more sheltered from the
ravages of war than the other tribes who
were more vulnerable to attack. Both
Manasseh with the greater numbers and
Ephraim were prominent early on from
the time of Moses to the time of
judges. Later Ephraim became completely
dominant in northern Israel in the
end. Similarly in the last two thousand
years Manasseh and Ephraim were
significant. In the last two hundred
years Ephraim became completely
dominant in both Britain and the United
States.
Initially Manasseh had greater numbers
than Ephraim. Later as prophesied in
Deuteronomy 33:17 Ephraim would have
greater numbers than Manasseh. In this
verse it was prophesied that the ten
thousands of Ephraim and the thousands
of Manasseh would push peoples to the
ends of the earth. Now Ephraim might
even have up to 10 times many descendants
than Manasseh. Early on Manasseh
had the greater number then later Ephraim
by far had the greater number of
descendants. With the ruling stick
of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim,
Ephraim now rules the descendants of
Ephraim and Manasseh. During the gulf
war it was the ten thousands of Ephraim
and the thousands of Manasseh that
pushed and gored Saddam Husseins' forces
in southern Iraq. Similarly it was
the ten thousands of Ephraim and the
thousands of Manasseh that pushed and
gorged the Germans and Japanese during
World War 2. The same can be said
for World War I. The ten thousands
of Ephraim and thousands of Manasseh
pushed and gored the Germans, Austrians
and Turks.
Now in Numbers 2:18-24 the western camp
of Ephraim included Ephraim,
Manasseh and Benjamin. The standard
of Ephraim was the standard of the camp
of Ephraim which included the above
three tribes. Today the West is
collectively understood to include
Western Europe and America. The camp
structure of Numbers 2 suggests that
Ephraim would be dominant in the West.
Ephraim is indeed dominant in the western
regions of the west including
Britain and the United States. The
standard for Britain and the United
States is the standard of Ephraim.
With the stick of Joseph in his hand,
Ephraim dominates Britain and the United
States. The leadership that
Ephraim brings forth in the United
States is predominant and strongly
influences Ephraimite Britain and even
parts of continental Europe.
President Bush has led the fight against
terrorism and Britain has supported
it.
There are also Benjamites in Britain.
It says in Obadiah 19 that Benjamin
shall possess Gilead.
Also a number of names derivable from
Gilead in the British Isles may also
refer
to Benjamites and not just Machirites
(Manasseh), and Gadites and
Reubenites.
According to Numbers 2:1-9 the camp
of Judah was located on the eastern side
of the tabernacle. This camp under
the standard of Judah included Judah,
Issachar and Zebulon. So it is expected
that descendants of these tribes
would be in an eastern direction with
respect to the other tribes. Judah in
the land of Israel is in the east in
the area called the Middle East. Some
of Issachar is in the French speaking
part of Switzerland and possibly also
in Finland. This is east with respect
to areas of Josephite settlement in
Great Britain and America. Zebulon
dominates the Netherlands and is east of
Joseph.
According to Numbers 2:10-17 the camp
of Reuben under Reuben's standard was
located on the south side of the tabernacle.
This camp included Reuben,
Simeon and Gad. Reuben in France is
toward the more southern areas of
Europe. Some of Reuben may also be
in Belgium. The Flemings of Belgium
might also be descended from Pallu
a son of Reuben. But France is the main
area of Reubenite settlement. Some
of Simeon and Gad are also in France.
Genesis 49:7 said that Simeon would
be divided in Jacob. Simeon is divided
amongst Israelites all over the place.
The Gadites seem to have become
Goths. The Goths were descended from
two stocks. Long before Israel went
into captivity there were a people
called the Guti in the Zagros mountains.
Even before Israel became a nation
the Guti put an end to the Sargonite
Akkadian rule of Mesopotamia and other
lands. I understand the Guti to be
descended from Gether a son of Aram.
The later Getai were a mixture of
Geter Arameans and Gad. Goths of Gadite
derivation and Aramaen derivation
migrated into Europe. They invaded
Italy, Germany, France and Spain where
they mixed and intermingled with the
inhabitants of those lands. The people
of Gotland in southern Sweden are derived
for either Gad or Gether.
In Numbers 2:25-31 the camp of Dan to
the north of the tabernacle included
the tribes Dan, Asher and Naphtali.
Denmark is descended from the tribe of
Dan and at various times ruled some
scandinavian nations in the north.
Asher is in parts of Scotland. Norway
may well have descendants of Asher
and Naphtali. Deuteronomy 33:24 says
"let him [ie Asher] dip his foot in
oil. Both Scotland and Norway are great
oil producing regions.
Naphtali seems to have inhabited Norway.
The most
westerly area of Europe is probably
Iceland. Naphtali probably also settled
Iceland. Even so I have a nagging suspicion
that part of Naphtali is
literally in a western and southern
part of the earth somewhere. Another
possible way of literally understanding
the above verse is that Naphtali is
in the western and southern part of
Norway. Yet I am not satisfied. There
is more to Naphtali than meets the
eye.
In the land of Israel there were two
main areas of Dan. One Danite area was
between Judah and Ephraim in a western
area of Israel and the other Danite
area was in far north Israel. In the
same way the descendants of Dan in
Europe have settled in Denmark a part
of Northern Europe and in western
Ireland and other parts of far Western
Europe.
Jeremiah 31:9 says very clearly that
Ephraim is God's firstborn. The
birthright was given to the sons of
Joseph but only Ephraim was called the
firstborn (1 Chronicles 5:1). Manasseh
was never called God's firstborn.
Manasseh enjoys the prosperity with
Ephraim but Ephraim dominates the
government as the firstborn. With respect
to the two sons of Joseph ie all
the descendants of Joseph, Ephraim
is the firstborn and as such dominates
all the descendants of Joseph with
the stick of Joseph in his hand. Just as
Joseph ruled Egypt and had authority
over his 2 sons, Manasseh and Ephraim,
Ephraim with Joseph's stick of authority
in his hand has authority over all
the descendants of Joseph including
Ephraim and Manasseh. Manasseh was
never called God's firstborn and so
does not enjoy the rights of being God's
firstborn even though he enjoys the
prosperity of Joseph's birthright.
In Zechariah 9:13, 14 Ephraim was called
an arrow that went forth as
lightening. Manasseh was never called
an arrow in scripture. There are
thirteen arrows in the claw of an eagle
in the American coat of arms. The
thirteen arrows represent Ephraim the
13th tribal ancestor who was born and
represent the rebellion that was led
by Ephraimites against the Judean king
of England. The arrow or arrows are
connected with Ephraim in the Bible
rather than Manasseh.
In 2 Kings 13:14-19 Jehoash (Joash)
shot arrows as prophet Elijah commanded
him. This represented deliverance for
Israel against their Syrian
oppressors. 2 Kings 13:14-19 says "Now
Elisha was fallen sick of his
sickness whereof he died. And Joash
the king of Israel came down unto him,
and wept over his face, and said, O
my father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And
Elisha said unto him, Take bow and
arrows. And he took unto him bow and
arrows. And he said to the king of
Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.
And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha
put his hands upon the king's hands.
And he said, Open the window eastward.
And he opened it. Then Elisha said,
Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The
arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and
the arrow of deliverance from Syria:
for thou shalt smite the Syrians in
Aphek, till thou have consumed them. And
he said, Take the arrows. And he took
them. And he said unto the king of
Israel, Smite upon the ground. And
he smote thrice, and stayed. And the man
of God was wroth with him, and said,
Thou shouldest have smitten five or six
times; then hadst thou smitten Syria
till thou hadst consumed it: whereas
now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice."
Now Jehoash was of the dynasty of Jehu
his forefather. Hosea 1:1 says that
Hosea prophesied in the days of Jeroboam
II the king of Israel who was the
son of Joash (Jehoash) mentioned in
the previous paragraph. That is, Hosea
prophesied during the dynasty of Jehu.
In the book of Hosea, Ephraim is
mentioned many times as the dominant
tribe. There is no mention of Manasseh
at all in this book. For example Hosea
13:1a says "When Ephraim spoke,
trembling, He exalted himself in Israel".
As Ephraim was totally dominant
in the book of Hosea the dynasty of
Jehu must have come from Ephraim. Jehu
and his sons must have been Ephraimites.
The arrows that Joash (Jehoash)
shot were those shot by an Ephraimite
king. Here the arrows represent the
arrows of Ephraim. Hence the 13 arrows
in the US coat of arms have a
special reference to Ephraim rather
than Manasseh. In Psalm 78:9 the
children of Ephraim were carrying bows.
After the patriarch Joseph died, whenever
Joseph is mentioned in scripture
Ephraim was dominant. For example whenever
the house of Joseph was
mentioned in the prophets Ephraim was
dominant. Manasseh was never dominant
when Joseph was mentioned in the prophets.
Similarly when the land of
Joseph was talked about in Deuteronomy
33:13-17 Ephraim was dominant.
Deuteronomy 33:17 mentions the ten
thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of
Manasseh as if Ephraim had ten times
many descendants than Manasseh. As
Ezekiel 37:19 says; the authoritative
ruling stick of Joseph is in the hands
of Ephraim not Manasseh. Consequently
Ephraim rules Manasseh not Manasseh
rules Ephraim. The stick of Joseph
gives Ephraim the authority over all the
descendants of Joseph including Manassehites.
Ephraim has got the big stick
of Joseph in his hand. This stick represents
the same authority that the
patriarch Joseph had over his two sons
Ephraim and Manasseh. Ephraim
inherited this stick of authority from
his father Joseph.
I believe that the US is in a special
way the house of Israel with
representatives of all 12 tribes having
migrated there. 2 Samuel 7:10 says
"Moreover I will appoint a place for
my people Israel, and will plant them,
that they may dwell in a place of their
own, and move no more; neither shall
the children of wickedness afflict
them any more, as beforetime,". While
dwelling in the land of Israel God
said that he would appoint a place for
Israel. This was not the land of Israel
in the Middle East. This was a
land that they were not dwelling in
at that time. I understand this land to
be North America. In Ezekiel 39 it
is prophesied that Russia shall invade
Israel. So many people have prophesied
that Russia will invade America. I
believe that in Ezekiel 38 that Russia
will invade Israel in the Middle East
and in Ezekiel 39 that Russia will
invade the house of Israel in the United
States of America. I believe that Russia
in Ezekiel 39 will invade North
America through Alaska near the end
of the great tribulation. God will use
the Russians to deal with America's
sin once and for all. Cities left right
and center in Canada and the United
States will be destroyed. California is
as Sodom and Gomorrah; it will burn.
New York is as Sodom and Gomorrah; it
will burn. Florida is as Sodom and
Gomorrah; it will burn. God is going to
order the Russians to destroy the US
and Canadian cities that are most
offensive in his sight. After his people
Israel repent, God will destroy
the Russians.
Joel 1:4 says "That which the palmerworm
hath left hath the locust eaten;
and that which the locust hath left
hath the cankerworm eaten; and that
which the cankerworm hath left hath
the caterpiller eaten."
Joel 1:6, 7 says "For a nation is come
up upon my land, strong, and without
number, whose teeth are the teeth of
a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of
a great lion. He hath laid my vine
waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath
made it clean bare, and cast it away;
the branches thereof are made white."
Joel 2:20 says "But I will remove far
off from you the northern army, and
will drive him into a land barren and
desolate, with his face toward the
east sea, and his hinder part toward
the utmost sea, and his stink shall
come up, and his ill savour shall come
up, because he hath done great
things."
I believe that the nation that comes
against Israel in Joel 1:6 is Russia.
The Russian soldiers are like locusts
that devour everything. Russia as a
nation will invade North America. When
Joel 2:20 says that the face of the
Russian army is toward the east sea
and the its back part is toward the
utmost sea, it means that the Russian
army has its face toward the east
coast of the United States and the
its back part toward the west coast of
Canada and the United States.
After God destroys the Russian army
he will make this statement about the
American Israelites "So will I make
my holy name known in the midst of my
people Israel; and I will not let them
pollute my holy name any more: and
the heathen shall know that I am the
LORD, the Holy One in Israel." (Ezekiel
39:7). God will not allow the American
people of Israel to pollute his holy
name any more.
The same phrase 'my people Israel' is
used in 2 Samuel 7:10 as in Ezekiel
39:7. In 2 Samuel 7:10 the other place
God was to appoint for 'his people
Israel' is North America. Likewise
God is talking about the same 'my people
Israel' in Ezekiel 39:7 when he does
not allow them to pollute his holy name
any more. The people of Israel in Ezekiel
39 are from all the 12 tribes of
Israel.
In the Millenium the house of the Israel
will for seven months be burying
the dead Russians and will for seven
years be burning the Russian weapons
(Ezekiel 39:9-16). Ezekiel 39:12 says
"And seven months shall the house of
Israel be burying of them, that they
may cleanse the land". Notice the
phrase 'house of Israel'. After Ephraim
departed from Judah, the house of
Israel was composed of the 10 tribes
of Israel under Ephraimite leadership.
"So the house of Israel shall know
that I am the LORD their God from that
day and forward." (Ezekiel 39:22).
There are more people from the house of
Israel in the United States than in
any other nation of the earth.
I believe that the United States and
Canada to be the house of Israel under
Ephraimite leadership. The stick of
Joseph is in the hands of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 37:16 says "Moreover, thou
son of man, take thee one stick, and
write upon it, For Judah, and for the
children of Israel his companions:
then take another stick, and write
upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim
and for all the house of Israel his
companions:". For Joseph there is the
stick of Ephraim and it says that ALL
the house of Israel (the 10 tribes)
are HIS companions. Ephraim has his
stick and is predominant among the
other 9 tribes his companions today.
The leadership of the 10 tribes is in
the hands of Ephraim and NOT Manasseh.
This verse says that the stick of
Ephraim is for Joseph. This means that
the stick of Ephraim's authority is
for all Joseph including Manasseh.
It is Ephraim who is calling the shots
here not Manasseh.
Ezekiel 37:19 puts it a different way.
"Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I will take the stick
of Joseph, which is in the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put them with him,
even with the stick of Judah, and make
them one stick, and they shall be one
in mine hand." (Ezekiel 37:19). Here
the stick of Joseph is in the hands of
Ephraim. As Joseph in the phrase 'stick
of Joseph' includes both Ephraim
and Manasseh, Ephraim is ruling over
both Ephraim and Manasseh because this
very stick of Joseph is in Ephraim's
hand not Manasseh's hand. As far as
Joseph is concerned, Ephraim with the
stick of Joseph in his hand is calling
all the shots.
Ephraim rules over the house of Joseph
including Manasseh and
is dominant among the 10 lost tribes
today. No mention of Manasseh here.
Deuteronomy 33:13-17 says "And of Joseph
he said, Blessed of the LORD be his
land, for the precious things of heaven,
for the dew, and for the deep that
coucheth beneath, And for the precious
fruits brought forth by the sun, and
for the precious things put forth by
the moon, And for the chief things of
the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills, And
for the precious things of the earth
and fulness thereof, and for the good
will of him that dwelt in the bush:
let the blessing come upon the head of
Joseph, and upon the top of the head
of him that was separated from his
brethren. His glory is like the firstling
of his bullock, and his horns are
like the horns of unicorns: with them
he shall push the people together to
the ends of the earth: and they are
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they
are the thousands of Manasseh." The
land of Joseph here refers to England,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and
the United States. But this passage has
a special reference to the United States.
The United States more than any
other Josephite nation has enjoyed
the prosperity and riches mentioned in
this passage. Now the main inhabitants
of the land of Joseph are the ten
thousands of Ephraim and the thousands
of Manasseh. This implies that there
are many more descendants of Ephraim
than Manasseh today. There are
possibly up to ten times more descendants
of Ephraim than Manasseh living in
the lands of Joseph today.
Even though Ephraimite leadership dominates
the United States, Manasseh has
contributed much towards the character
of the American people. Consequently
the people of America have the whole
character of Joseph. America more than
any other Josephite nation has the
glory of Joseph. "His glory is like the
firstling of his bullock, and his horns
are like the horns of unicorns: with
them he shall push the people together
to the ends of the earth: and they
are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and
they are the thousands of Manasseh".