Chapter Thirteen
National Symbols and “Ends of the Earth”
All the nations that we identified as having significant proportions of Israelite descendants amongst them have tribal namesakes and symbols that justify the identifications we made. For the sake of example, we will briefly examine aspects concerning the USA and U.K.
The United States of America
The official symbol of the USA (as seen on a Dollar Bill) is the Great Seal which has a Shield and a Pyramid. The Shield of the U.S.A. contains the motto: “Out of many, one” (E Pluribus Unum). On one side it has an eye over a pyramid. On the other side, it has 13 Stars arranged in the formation of the Star of David. Stars featured in the dream of Joseph son of Israel (Genesis 37:9) and were preminiscent of his future greatness. The Great Seal depicts an eagle with a Shield with 13 stripes. There were 13 Tribes of Israel since Joseph was blessed with two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:5). This fact was especially important for Joseph, cf. <<JOSEPH SHALL HAVE TWO PORTIONS>> (Ezekiel 48:13). Jacob blessed Joseph:
[Genesis 49:22] JOSEPH IS A FRUITFUL BOUGH, EVEN A FRUITFUL BOUGH BY A WELL; WHOSE BRANCHES RUN OVER THE WALL: <<BY A WELL>>: In Hebrew “ali ayin” which can also mean “by the eye” or “overseen by the eye”. The eye of Providence overlooks the pyramid on the Great Seal. The pyramid represents Joseph. A pyramid is a typical representation of Egypt. According to Rabbinical tradition (Numbers Rabah 2;5) the Tribe of Joseph had a picture of Egypt for their Tribal Standard. When you see a pyramid you think of Egypt. In one claw the eagle holds a branch with thirteen leaves and in the other he holds thirteen arrows.
The blessing of Jacob to Joseph continues: “The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: “But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty god of Jacob; from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel” [Genesis 49:23-24]. Archery and a bow were connected with the blessing of Joseph. In Zechariah (9:13), Judah is the bow but the arrows represent Ephraim: “When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim”. The bald-headed eagle represented those Israelites and Judeans who were taken into captivity by the Assyrians (Micah 1:16). These became the Lost Ten Tribes. The Founding Fathers of the USA considered giving the Mosaic Law constitutional status and making Hebrew the official language.
The U.K.
Moses (Deuteronomy 33) prophesied concerning Joseph, (33:13): “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 croucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits...And for the chief things of the ancient mountains of the everlasting hills...of the earth and fullness thereof...the good will of HIM that dwelt in the bush.. His glory is like the firstling of his BULL, and his horns, are like the horn of a unicorn with them he shall push the people together unto the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Menasseh”. Joseph is described as the firstborn son of bull with the horns of a unicorn. The official symbol of Britain depicts a lion and a unicorn. England is nicknamed “John Bull” and popularly represented by a figure known by that name. A Midrash says that a bull represented “Ephraim”. Jeremiah (31:18) says that Ephraim is a “bullock”, i.e. young bull, an “aegel” in Hebrew. “Aegel” on the Continent was an alternate way of saying “Angle”. The name “England” means “Angle-Land”.
Ends of the Earth
Joseph was promised (Deuteronomy 33) agricultural bounty, mineral resources, and favorable climate. He was associated with a people being pushed together unto the ends of the earth. “Ends of the Earth” when considered from the Land of Israel means the continents of America and Australia and the geographical extremities of South Africa and Northwest Europe. The very name of England (“Angleterre” in French) can be understood as meaning “Corner of the Land”, i.e. Angle-Land, or “End of the Earth”. The prophet Isaiah appears several times to have located the Lost Tribes of Israel in the “Ends of the Earth” e.g “But thou Israel, my servant Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend...Whom I have strengthened (taken) from the ENDS OF THE EARTH and called thee from the CHIEF [i.e. best] parts hereof” (Isaiah 41:8-9). A similar reference to World's ends is found in another passage: “I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ENDS OF THE EARTH” (Isaiah 43:6).
Two Different Representations of “JOHN BULL”
Symbols of Joseph on the Dollar Bill
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AT THE “ENDS OF THE EARTH”
Isles of the Sea. The North Country. The Richest and Best Places. Coastlands of the earth. Seafarers. Ends of the Earth (Geographical Extremities) with the Land of Israel in the center. Mineral Resources. Agricultural Plenty. Sheep. Cattle. Corn. Wine. Gold. Military Prowess. World Power and Authority. A "Policeman" of the Globe. A Colonizer of "Waste" Places. An enabler of Jewish Re-settlement in Israel. A World Example ("Light to the Gentiles"). A Confederation "Brit-am" of Peoples). Union Jack (i.e. covenant of Jacob-Israel) John Bull: Joseph -a young bull, "GATE OF YOUR ENEMIES": Strategic Points and Passes. "Heights of the Earth".
Isaiah 49:5] AND NOW, SAITH THE LORD THAT FORMED ME FROM THE WOMB TO BE HIS SERVANT, TO BRING JACOB AGAIN TO HIM, THOUGH ISRAEL BE NOT GATHERED, YET SHALL I BE GLORIOUS IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AND MY GOD SHALL BE MY STRENGTH.
[Isaiah 49:6] AND HE SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL: I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE FOR A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS, THAT THOU MAYEST BE MY SALVATION UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a lion and unicorn on its Royal Arms. A lion represents the Kingdom of David and Judah. A lion can also represent the exiled “remnant of Jacob” (Micah 5:8) meaning the Lost Ten Tribes. Moses (Deut. 33;17) compared Joseph to a bull and to a unicorn. In the Blessing of Balaam the strength of all Israel is compared to that of a unicorn (Numbers 23:22). A Unicorn (Raem) was represented on the Standard of Manasseh and a bull on that of Ephraim, according to the Midrash (Numbers 2;7). The two Mottoes on the British Coat of Arms mean: “God and My Right” (Benjamin) and “Shame be to he who evil thinks”. This last expression is reminiscent of the fact that according to the Talmud, the Evil Eye (i.e. the power of suggestive malicious thought) has no influence over the seed of Joseph (Berachot 10).
The Standard of Scotland depicts two Unicorns. From Scotland and Scots-Irish came a large proportion of the determining elements in the USA.
Royal Arms of Scotland
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