The NWO Files - THE INVASION OF ISRAEL

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Subject: THE INVASION OF ISRAEL

Title: The New World Order Files

Author: David Allen Rivera

ENDTIME BIBLE STUDY

The War-Torn History of Israel

In the near future, the country of Israel is going to take a prominent

role in world affairs, so let's take a brief look at their historical

development to see why tensions are going to continue to increase in the

Middle East.

The northern kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians around

722 BC, and the threat of captivity and slaughter forced them to flee.

Those people became known as the "ten lost tribes." The other two

tribes, Benjamin and Judah (where the word "Jew" came from), remained in

the south. Through the years, Jerusalem and Palestine became one of the

most overrun areas in the world: Babylonian (587 BC-536 BC),

Medo-Persian (536 BC-533 BC), Greek (331 BC-301 BC), Egyptian (301

BC~198 BC), Syrian (198 BC-63 BC), and Roman (63 BC-395 AD). Most of the

Jews had fled from the land, and only a small group remained in

Jerusalem until 70 AD, when the Romans burned the city. By 135, all of

the Jews had been driven out. Still the area continued to be the subject

of contention as it was conquered by the Byzantine (396-638), Mohammedan

(639-1099), Crusader (1100-1291), Moslem (1292), Egyptian-Mamaluke

(1292-1917), and Turks (1917).

In 1895, Theodor Herzl, an Austrian Jew, wrote a book called _The

Jewish State _(_Der Judenstadt_) that began the movement towards the

establishment of an independent Jewish state. In 1897, he arranged the

first World Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland. Now known as

"Zionists" (for Mount Zion in Palestine), a fund was started to raise

money to buy land, and a blue and white flag was chosen, the colors of

the tallith prayer shawl. Herzl traveled around the world, especially in

Europe, to lobby for his group. In 1903, a year before he died, England

offered the Jews the African country of Uganda, which they rejected,

because they knew that Palestine was their country. According to the

Bible (Gen. 15:18), Israel's promised land stretches from the Nile River

in Egypt to the Euphrates in Syria, and includes the countries of Syria

and Lebanon.

In 1904, Dr. Chaim Weizmann (who would become Israel's first

President), was made Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry at the

University of Manchester in England. The Polish-born Jew had studied

Chemistry in Germany, and taught in Switzerland and England. During

World War I, Germany was producing 250,000 shells a day, while England

was only producing 2,500, due to a shortage of acetone because of the

lack of wood alcohol. Weizmann isolated an organism capable of

transforming the starch of cereals, most notably that of maize, and

later chestnuts, into acetone butyl alcohol. Because of these advanced

experimentations and the contribution of explosives (TNT) to the allied

cause, Weizmann was credited with saving the British Army. The only

thanks he wanted, was for Palestine to be established as a national

homeland for the Jews.

The Sykes-Picat Agreement was a secret wartime agreement between

England and France to divide between them the lands of the Ottoman

Empire once World War 1 ended. Among the terms was the establishment of

an Arab state in "southern Palestine." However, the Arabs became upset

that Britain decided to instead engineer its own rule over all Palestine

through the League of Nations. England essentially ruled Palestine as a

colony until 1948.

On November 2, 1917, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James

Balfour sent this declaration to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild:

"His Majesty's Government views with favor the establishment in

Palestine of a national home land for the Jewish people, and will use

their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it

being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice

the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in

Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any

other country."

On December 9, 1917, Gen. Edmund Allenby marched into Jerusalem, and

when the Turks heard that he was on his way, they interpreted "Allenby"

to mean "Allah Nebi" ("Prophet of God"), and took it as a sign that God

was against them. They were also worried about the accompanying

airplanes (from the 14th Bomber Squadron of the Royal Flying Corp),

which they had never seen before. They were thinking about the promise

in Isaiah 31:5: "As birds flying, so will the Lord of Hosts defend

Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will

preserve it." The Turks left the city.

An interesting fact to add to this narrative can be found in Daniel

12:12. Some believe that the 1335 "days" may refer to the actual date

that Palestine was delivered from Moslem rule. Since the land in

Daniel's day was under Moslem rule, the date given would most likely be

in Moslem terms, not Jewish or Gregorian. A coin minted in Turkey showed

the Gregorian date of 1917 on one side, and the Moslem date of 1335 on

the other side. Is this a fulfillment of prophecy?

After the War, the 1919 Paris Peace Conference at Versailles

established the League of Nations, who approved the Balfour Declaration

and granted a mandate for Great Britain to govern the Palestine area.

Within a couple of years, a Select Committee on Estimates, of the

British House of Commons, reported that "large numbers of Jews, almost

amounting to a second Exodus, have been migrating from Eastern Europe to

the American zones of Germany and Austria with the intention in the

majority of cases of finally making their way to Palestine. It is clear

that it is a highly organized movement, with ample funds and great

influence behind it, but the Subcommittee was unable to obtain any real

evidence who are the real instigators." A U.S. Senate War Investigating

Committee report said that a "heavy migration of Jews from Eastern

Europe into the American Zone of Germany is part of a carefully

organized plan financed by special groups in the United States." Even

though nobody was to leave the Soviet Union without government

permission, many Jews were allowed to leave, so they could return to

their homeland.

In 1937, a Royal Commission was established by England which divided

the country of Palestine into three sections: Jewish, Arab and English.

With the increased tension, the UN Security Council later went soft, and

the Truman Administration reversed their earlier support, urging that

the partition proposal be suspended, in lieu of a "trusteeship." Jewish

terrorist groups, such as the Stern gang, and the Irgun Zvai Leumi (led

by Menachim Begin), worried that a Jewish State would not materialize,

began attacking Arabs. _Time_ magazine reported that they "stormed the

village of Deir Yasin and butchered everyone in sight. The corpses of

250 Arabs, mostly women and small children, were tossed into wells."

Rather than risking the possibility of further massacres, the Arab

settlers fled the country to live in neighboring countries.

On April 29, 1947, the UN took on the responsibility of settling the

Palestinian situation. Facing a Jewish refugee crisis because of mass

emigration into Palestine that they could no longer control, England

acceded to resolution 181 of the newly-founded United Nations which

called for a partition of the British-ruled area into separate Jewish

and Arab states, with Jerusalem as a separate entity administered by the

UN. Palestinian Jews approved the plan, but Palestinian Arabs and

neighboring Arab countries rejected it.

On May 14, 1948, the British Union Jack in Jerusalem was lowered, and

at 4 p.m., David Ben-Gurion (the first Prime Minister) read the

Declaration of Independence over the airwaves in a radio broadcast from

the Tel Aviv Museum. At 6:10 p.m. President Truman made an official

statement of recognition, making the United States one of the first

countries to extend diplomatic recognition to the new independent state

of Israel.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Andrei A. Gromyko, the Russian

Ambassador, announced his support for an independent Jewish State in

Palestine, and urged the Arabs to accommodate them. The entire Communist

bloc voted to support Israel. They followed their show of support with a

strong program which included financial support and military equipment.

The Soviet Union was hoping that Israel would become another communist

satellite. When it became apparent that Israel would not go communist,

Russia discontinued diplomatic relations with them on February 23, 1953,

and the Cominform denounced Zionism as an "agency of American imperialism."

Another variation of one of the numerical theories given earlier,

purports to indicate the foretelling of the establishment of Israel as

an independent Jewish State, and the end of the dispersal of the Jewish

people throughout the world. The calculation goes like this: 2,520

biblical years X 360 biblical days = 907,200 days, divided by our

calendar year of 365.25 days = 2,483.8/ /calendar years, which added to

the end of the Babylonian captivity in 536 BC, leads us to the year of

1948.

When British troops left the area, they said it would be a matter of

weeks before the Arabs would take over the new country. On May 15th, the

official date of statehood, when Ben-Gurion was broadcasting Israel's

appreciation to the U.S. for their recognition, an explosion sounded,

after which he said: "A bomb has just fallen on this city from an enemy

aircraft flying overhead." An Arab alliance of Egypt, Iraq, Saudi

Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and Jordan had attacked Israel. Even

though the newly formed nation was poorly armed, they survived, and

actually increased their territory by 600 miles. The 1949 Armistice gave

them 21% more land than they had originally been given by the United

Nations.

Prior to 1948, the Jewish people were known as "Palestinians." There

was a _Palestinian Post_ newspaper, a Palestinian Brigade of Jewish

volunteers in the British Army during World War II, and an all-Jewish

Palestinian Symphony Orchestra. Arab inhabitants living in the new

country of Israel wanted to differentiate themselves from the Jews, and

began called themselves Palestinians. However, the underlying purpose

for this was to generate the misconception that it was a distinct

nationality, and that "Palestine" was their ancestral homeland, when in

fact, they are actually similar in language and customs to the Arabs of

Syria and Jordan, where their ancestors probably came from.

On July 26, 1956, Gamal Abdel Nassar, President of Egypt, seized

control of the Suez Canal, and announced that the profits would go

towards building the Aswan Dam. Egypt moved into a close alliance with

Russia as billions of dollars worth of military equipment, along with

Soviet advisors, poured into the country. On October 29th, Israeli

forces overran the Gaza Strip, and had it not been for the UN Resolution

that ordered a cease fire, Egypt would have fallen to Israel.

On November 7, 1957, the _Jerusalem Post_ reported that at 6:03 a.m.,

Moshe Dayan radioed to twenty of his soldiers stationed in the Sinai

Desert, that three Egyptian divisions, 18,000 men, were on their way.

They men bowed down, and prayed to the "God of their Fathers" to have

the strength to die, rather than face being captured. When they got up,

they saw the Egyptian strike force engaged in retreat. Behind these

lines was a car, which the Israelis captured. Inside the car was one of

Nassar's commanding generals, who said that they were retreating because

they had been surrounded by an army dressed in white. Israel had no such

army there. The 18,000 soldiers were never heard from again. A six-week

search in Israel, the Sinai Desert, and Egypt failed to turn up any

clues. Since it was already established that Israel did not have the

resources to capture such a large number of men, what could have

happened? _National Geographic_ reported that on November 7, 1957, at

6:33 a.m. there was an earthquake of substantial proportions on the

Sinai peninsula, which lead to the speculation that the army could have

been swallowed up by the earth. Most certainly this was a sign that the

Jews were indeed God's chosen people.

The Soviet Union began sending equipment to Iraq and Syria, while they

continued to interfere in the internal affairs of other Arab nations

through military coups and political assassinations. Only U.S. and

British intervention prevented Communist takeovers in the Middle East,

as in July 1958, when the Marines landed in Lebanon; and British forces,

supporting King Hussein, landed in Jordan.

On March 16, 1965, Nassar promised the Arabs an all-out offensive

effort against Israel, if they would unite under him, as he hoped to

become the President of the United States of Africa. He said: "We must

arm 5,000,000 men and overwhelm the Israelis by sheer military might."

In 1967, Russia sent exaggerated reports to Egypt and Syria that Israel

was preparing for war against Syria. This was a move by Syria to unify

the Arab bloc countries. In a book written by Nassar, he revealed that

his chief goal was to eliminate Israel as a nation, and to push them

into the sea. On May 26th he said: "The Arab people want to fight. We

have been waiting for the right time when we will be completely ready."

On May 28th he said: "We will not accept any co-existence with Israel."

On June 4th he said, concerning Israel: "We are facing you in battle and

are burning with desire for it to start to obtain revenge." The source

of Nassar's hatred for Israel can be traced back to a statement he made

back in December, 1962: "We feel the soil of Palestine is the soil of

Egypt, and the whole Arab world. Why do we mobilize? Because we feel

that the land of Palestine is part of our land, and we are ready to

sacrifice ourselves for it."

Nassar ordered the UN to remove their troops, which they did; and he

closed the crucial port of Eliat, on the Gulf of Aquaba, and blockaded

the Tiran Straits. The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon

surrounded Israel on all sides. Joining them were Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait,

Sudan, and other Arab nations, which represented 25 times more manpower

than Israel could field. On the evening of June 4, 1967, Nassar moved

his Russian-made tanks and artillery into position. He knew, that with

America caught up in the Vietnam War, there would be no help for Israel.

As daylight broke on June 5th, Israeli jets flew low from the north and

began bombing the Egyptian Air Force. Israeli ships traded fire with

Egypt's naval power, and Israeli tanks rolled into the Sinai. As the

events unfolded, Russia warned the major countries of the world to

back-off, so the world sat back and waited, expecting a swift Arab

victory. The victory never came. By the second day, Arab leaders watched

their military being ground to bits. After six days, the Arab alliance

was in retreat as Israeli soldiers captured the Sinai, the Golan

Heights, and reclaimed the city of Jerusalem. Schlomo Goren, Ashkenazic

(of Eastern European origin) Chief Rabbi of Israel, carried the Scrolls

of the Law, and sounded the ram's horn of repentance. In Hebrew,

"shofar" (ram's horn) is the word that "jubilee" is derived from. In

Leviticus 25:8-9, a "jubilee" is represented as 49 years. There was a 49

year difference between 1917, when Gen. Allenby entered Jerusalem, and

1967, when the Jews took complete control. Gen. Moshe Dayan said: "We

have returned to our holiest of holy places, never to be parted from it

again...No power on earth will remove us from this spot again."

Seeing that their plan was failing, Russia called for a ceasefire. In

those six short days, the Arabs lost three billion dollars of military

equipment, and the Israelis captured $700 million in new Soviet military

hardware. Over 15,000 Arab lives were lost, but only 700 Israelis.

Israel increased their territory from 8,000 to 34,000/ /square miles.

Moshe Dayan, Israel's Minister of Defense, said afterwards: "Our next

war will be with Russia."

After the Israeli victory over the Arabs in 1948, Jordan maintained

possession of Judea, Samaria, and the eastern part of Jerusalem, and

expelled all the Jews and destroyed their synagogues. They renamed the

area the "West Bank." Their purpose was to convince the world that these

territories were the ancestral lands of the Jordanian Kingdom, when in

fact it is well documented that the land belonged to the Jews. Even

after the Arabs were driven out of this area during the 1967 war, they

still referred to this territory as the West Bank in an effort to

continue swaying public opinion.

In the years that followed, Russia continued to arm Egypt, Syria, and

other Arab countries. However, by 1972, Enwar Sadat, the President of

Egypt, felt that Russia was trying to control the Middle East, and he

ended his country's alliance with them. Egypt and Saudi Arabia joined

forces so they wouldn't have to rely on Russia. Syria then became the

main recipient of Soviet arms.

In 1973, Egypt's War Minister announced that the headquarters for all

Arab fronts would be established in Cairo. On October 6, 1973, which was

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and eight

other Arab nations attacked Israel. Israel again prevailed, taking even

more territory. Again Russia urged the UN to order a ceasefire. Sadat's

terms for a ceasefire was for Israel to withdraw from all territory it

took during the 1967 war. American and Soviet pressure turned this

Israeli victory into a negotiated compromise. The Arabs punished the

world for their support of Israel by initiating an oil embargo against

all the nations, such us the United States, who were partial to Israel.

This move created worldwide economic chaos.

In 1977, Israeli Chief of Staff Mordechai Gur said publicly that Egypt

was again preparing for war, basing his assumption on an unprecedented

military buildup that was part of a two-year $6 billion arms

modernization plan. However, in 1988, President Carter was able to get

Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel) and Enwar Sadat (Egypt) together

to sign the Camp David Peace Accord, which led to the return of the

Sinai to Egypt.

On November 5, 1978, the 21-nation Arab League met in Baghdad and

established a $3.5 billion war fund "to continue the armed confrontation

with the Jewish State"; and in 1980, a 37-nation Islamic Summit called

for a "Holy War" to liberate all Arab land, including Jerusalem, to

establish an independent Palestinian state, with an Arab Jerusalem as

its capital. The proposal was rejected by Egypt because of their

commitment to the Peace Accord.

During 1980-81, Israel passed two key laws that changed the nature of

the Middle East conflict: they named Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem

and the Old City (captured from Jordan in 1967) as Israel's Eternal

Capital (although most of the world still maintains embassies in Tel

Aviv); and annexed the Golan Heights (captured from Syria in 1967).

In June, 1982, while responding to a P.L.O. attack from a terrorist

base in southern Lebanon, Israeli Intelligence discovered that Russia

had enough arms and foodstuffs in huge caves under the town of Sidon to

supply a million-man army, including uniforms, assault rifles,

ammunition, shells, missiles, and tanks. They found two huge digging

machines that were used to dig the underground fortress. The smaller one

of the two can dig a hole 30 feet wide, 24 feet high, and 60 feet deep,

in eight hours. They were part of a six-machine shipment to Austria by a

U.S. manufacturer. The whereabouts of the other four are not known. The

shocking implication of that discovery, was that the shelf life of the

K-rations (meal packets) were only six months, which led many to believe

the Israel thwarted a Russian invasion of Israel that was planned for

the fall of 1982.

In 1993, in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, Rabin (Israel) and Yassar

Arafat (Palestinian Liberation Organization) reached an agreement in an

attempt to end its armed struggle in exchange for gradual Palestinian

autonomy over parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which was later

extended to nablus, Jenin, and Hebron in 1995. Rabin, like Sadat before

him, paid with his life. In 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a Peace Treaty.

Billed as Camp David II, in 2000, hoping for a final settlement before

he left office, President Bill Clinton hosted a meeting between Israeli

Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Arafat. For the first time, Israel offered

part of East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital, and most of the West

Bank. The talks failed because of Arafat's demand for the "right of

return" for Palestinian refugees living abroad.

Today, the Israeli military force is probably the most respected in the

world, despite its small size. They have a fighting spirit that can not

be denied. Their military officers are sworn in with a ceremony at the

ancient fortress of Masada, where in 70 AD, unable to hold off the Roman

attack any longer, 950 men, women, and children committed suicide,

rather than be captured. Part of their oath says: "Masada shall never

fall again." This commitment has nurtured that incredible fighting

spirit, making them the most elite fighting force in the world -

literally unbeatable. They are God's chosen people, and because of that,

Israel will never fall, but that won't stop someone from trying.

Who Will Be Involved

To get some background on the mechanics of this section, you need to

know that Israel is referred to as "a nation and a company of nations"

in Genesis 35:11, and it is believed that this references the initial

migrations of the sons of Noah, as well as the result of the Assyrian

captivity of Israel. It is important to see how these migrations

impacted the ancestry of those nations which are named in prophecy.

The Table of Nations: The Sons of Noah

The line of Shem produced-

Elam (Elamites), Asshur (Assyrians), Arphaxad (who produced the line of

Eber, the progenitor of the Hebrews), Lud (Lydians, Akkdians), Aram

(Aramaeans, Syria).

The line of Ham produced-

Cush (Babylonians, Ethiopians, Nubians in the area the Lower Tigris and

Euphrates, then to southern Arabia and Ethiopia)

Seba (Sheba): east Africa, southern Arabia, Ethiopia

Havilah: east Africa, southern Arabia, Somalia

Sabtah: east Africa, southern Arabia

Raamah: Cushites, east Africa, southwest Arabia

Sheba (east Africa, southwest Arabia)

Dedan (southwest Arabia)

Sabtechah: Sabtecites, southern Arabia, Ethiopia

Nimrod: Babylonians

Mizraim (Egyptians)

Ludim: Ludimites (bordering Egypt)

Anamim: Anamites (Egypt)

Lehabim: Lehabites (Libya)

Naphtuhim: Naphtuites (northern Egypt)

Pathrusim: Pathrusites (northern Egypt)

Casluhim: Casluhites (Philistines)

Caphtorim: Caphtorites (Crete)

Phut (or Put, the Libyans, Cyrenaica, northern Africa)

Canaan (Canaanites)

Sidon: Phoenicians

Heth: Hittites

Jebusites (Jerusalem)

Amorites (southern Canaan)

Girgashites (Canaan)

Hivites (Horites, Mizpah)

Arkites (Phoenicians, Mediterranean coast, Lebanon)

Sinites (Phoenicians)

Arvadites (Phoenicians)

Zemarites (Canaan, northern Phoenician coast)

Hamathites (Canaan, Hamath, Syria Epiphaneia)

The line of Japheth produced-

Gomer (Celts, Cimmerians, Cimbri or Gimirrai, Cappadocia)

Ashkenaz: Germans, Ararat

Riphath: Celts, northern shores of the world

Togarmah: Turkey, Armenia

Magog (Scythians, north of the Black Sea)

Madai (Medes, Iranic, south of Caspian Sea)

Javan (Grecians, Ionians, coasts of Lydia and Caria)

Elishah (Greeks, northwest Asia Minor, Sicily)

Tarshish (Tartessus, Iberians, Spain)

Kittim or Chittim (Grecians, Cyprus)

Dodanim (Grecians, Aegean Islands)

Tubal (Russians, northeast of Cilicia, east of Cappadocia)

Meshech (Russians, northeast of Cilicia, east of Cappadocia)

Tiras (Teutons, Thracians, northern shores and islands of the Aegean Sea)

In 1 Chronicles 1:19 it says: "And unto Eber were born two sons: the

name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided:

and his brother's name was Joktan." Peleg was born around 2248 B.C. and

the confounding of speech took place at the Tower of Babel around 2234

B.C. The text in Chronicles could be referring to people dividing up

into various groups- according to language similarity. However, some

researchers believe that this passage reflects the fact that prior to

Peleg, all the continents were connected. This confirms the scientific

concept known as the Continental Drift Theory, and illustrates that the

descendants of Noah were able to migrate to lands all around the world

on natural land bridges.

The Sons of Jacob

The patriarch Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the

father of one of the tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. They

each settled in a different part of the land of Canaan on each side of

the Jordan River.

After the death of King Solomon, Israel was split into two Kingdoms,

along territorial and political lines. Judah and Benjamin in the South

remained loyal to the House of David; while the rest of the tribes to

the North were ruled by a succession of monarchies.

In 722-721 BC, Shalmanser V, the King of Assyria conquered the Northern

Kingdom of Israel, captured Samaria, and took these ten tribes to

Assyria where they were imprisoned in Halah, and on the Habor (the river

of Gozan), and in the city of Medes (the upper Mesopotamian area of

modern Iraq and Syria). For all intents and purposes, these tribes

seemingly disappeared, and they became known as the Ten Lost Tribes of

Israel. It is believed, for the most part, that the southern tribes of

Judah and Benjamin make up what is known as the Jewish people of today.

However, Biblical evidence points to the fact that it was known where

these tribes were.

In 2 Chronicles 30:1-10, recorded many years after the exile of the

Northern tribes, you'll find this passage: "And (King) Hezekiah sent to

all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh,

that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the

passover unto the LORD God of Israel...So they established a decree to

make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan,

that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel

at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it

was written. So the posts went with the letters from the king and his

princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the

commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto

the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the

remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of

Assyria...So the posts passed from city to city through the country of

Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn,

and mocked them."

This indicates that the King knew where the tribes were and was able to

send them a letter, so they were never really lost at all.

The Impact of the Migration of the Ten Tribes

Down through the years, many stories have circulated about where the

various Jewish tribes immigrated to, and have led to suppositions such

as the British Israel Theory and other similar conjectures. However, the

following evidence will illustrate the migrations of Noah's progeny,

Hebrew presence in various places all over the world, as well as the

movements of the ten exiled tribes.

The Biblical book of Genesis relates that Cain made his way to a land

where he "builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the

name of his son Enoch." (Genesis 4:17) Although there has been extensive

archeological research around the area where Eden was believed to have

been located, no remains of such a city has been found. But there is a

city that bears the name- Tenochtitlan. However, this was the capital of

the Aztec empire, which later became known as Mexico City.

The Incas of Peru have been connected to the ancient land of Ophir,

where Solomon was believed to have a substantial gold mining operation.

Linguistic clues provide a probable link to the King. In his book _Gods

of the Cataclysm_, Hugh Fox talks about a connection between the

Quechuans of Peru, and the Phoenicians, who transported Solomon's gold

over the seas in 1000 BC. Peru was named after the Pirua dynasty, which

is sometimes pronounced with the sound of an "f" as in "Phirua,"

creating a linguistic connection to Ophir.

In 1165, Benjamin of Tudela (son of Jonah), in Spain, set out to

explore the world, recording his adventures in his _Book of Travels_."

In the mountains of Persia, he ran across Jewish tribesmen who he

believed were descendants of the tribes of Dan, Zebulun, Asher, and

Naphtali. In Arabia, he discovered the largest Jewish settlement in the

region- the Jews of Kheibar, who he identified as being from the tribes

of Reuben and Gad.

In the early 16th century, Bartholeme de Las Casas, wrote of the

Indians in the West Indies, Peru, and Guatemala: "Indeed, I can bring

proofs from the Bible that they are of the Lost Tribes." A report 120

years later by Portuguese traveler Antonio Montezinos indicated that

there was an Indian tribe living beyond the mountain passes of the Andes

that represented a remnant of a Jewish tribe. He wrote: "I myself heard

them recite the She'ma (the expression of Jewish faith) and saw them

observe the Jewish rituals."

Following the Trail and Playing the Name Game

The producer of the video _The Quest for the Lost Tribes_, Simcha

Jacobovici, believes that he located Israelite tribes scattered around

the area of central Asia. In 2 Kings 18:11 is says that "the king of

Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in

Habor, by the river of Gozan..." In the border area between Afghanistan

and northwest Pakistan is the Kyber Pass. The word "Kyber" is similar to

"Hybor." But also in the area is a river named Gazni, and a city named

Harat.

In this border land of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir, can be found

the world's largest tribal group, the Parthans. Among the 15 million

Parthans are about 60 tribes who say they are Musa'ha, or the people of

Moses, and some even claim descent from Kish, an ancestor of King Saul.

They follow a pre-Islamic code known as the Puchtanwalli, which is very

similar to Old Testament law, perform circumcision on the 8th day, wear

a fringed garment similar to the Jewish tzizit, light candles on Friday

night, and observe strict dietary laws. Among their many tribes are

names like Ephriedi (Ephraim), Rabani (Reuben), Levani (Levi), Shinwari

(Shimon, similar to Simeon), and Gadun (Gad).

In South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, tens of thousands of the

country's natives have declared themselves to be the descendents of one

of the Lost Tribes. The South African tribe known as the Lemba are very

familiar with Old Testament law and avoid marriage outside their tribe.

They say that they were cut-off from mainstream Judaism hundreds of

years ago. They perform ritual sacrifice of animals, which is clearly

not an African tradition. From Judea, they went to Sena (originally

believed to be Sanaa, Yemen or nearby Sayhut, on the southern coast of

Arabia; but was actually located at the end of Wadi Masilah and called

Sena in South Yemen), and crossed over to Africa via Pusela.

There are Ethiopian Jews known as Falashas (Amharic word for

"landless") that, according to tradition are descendents of one of the

ten tribes. Their religious practices are transcribed in the Orit, or

the Torah translated into the Gez language. They have become associated

with the tribe of Dan.

There are thousands of words and names of places that have no real

etymological meaning in Japanese, but they do correspond to Hebrew words.

Japanese: daberu = "chatting" (Hebrew, daber = "to speak")

Japanese: gai'jeen = prefix for "foreigner" (Hebrew, goi = "foreigner")

Japanese: koru = "to freeze" (Hebrew, kor = "cold")

Japanese: kensei = "constitutional government" (Hebrew, knesset =

"parliament")

Several artifacts found in Japan have been traced to Assyrian and

Jewish sources, such as a well in Koryugi, that has the words "well of

Israel" inscribed on its side.

Among the Samurai (similar to word "Samaria") class is a tradition that

their ancient ancestors immigrated to Japan from western Asia around 600

BC. It has been said that Mikado, the Japanese emperor, was a descendent

of the tribe of Gad. The name "Mikado" is similar to the Hebrew word

"Malchuto" which means "his majesty the king."

The Japanese name of "Sakai" is similar to "Sakka," and could possibly

explain why there are a lot of strange customs of unknown origin that

indicates to some researchers that the east Jordan tribes of Manasseh

(most prominent), Reuben and Gad, made their way to the island of Japan.

In Isaiah 49:12, the prophet wrote: "Behold, these shall come from far:

and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land

of Sinim." He prophesied the return of Israel from all over the world.

Sinim is the Hebrew word for China.

In fort-like villages in the mountains of the Chinese-Tibetan border,

live the Chiang-Min of West Szechuan, who, it is believed, are the

descendents of the descendents of ancient Israelites who arrived in

China, hundreds of years before Christ. They believe in one God, and in

times of agony, cry out the word "Yawei," which sounds like "Yahweh,"

the Hebrew name for God, according to the Scottish missionary Rev.

Thomas Torrance, who visited them in the 1920's. Their priests wore

girdles to bind their robes, just like ancient Israelite priests, and

also carried sacred staffs shaped like a serpent that was reminiscent of

the brass serpent fabricated by Moses in the wilderness.

Some of these migrations may have taken place as late as the 17th

century when members of the tribe of Manesseh said that the Atlantic

trip to Plymouth was prophesied (Isaiah 49:20) to the leadership of the

House of Israel - Ephraim (England).

In the Bible, the Book of Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39, describe an

invasion of Israel, and identifies the enemy as Russia. In 1930, the

Soviet Union released a 14 kopek postage stamp to commemorate their

future invasion of Palestine. According to Ezekiel 38:8, 11, and 14,

this invasion will not occur, until Israel has been placed under the

protection, of what seems to be some sort of diplomatic treaty. Israel

already has a Peace Accord with Egypt, and a treaty between Israel and

the P.L.O. was worked out. In October, 1994, a peace accord was signed

with Jordan. Yet these don't seem to fit the all-encompassing protection

insinuated in this passage.

This invasion will be World War III, and will include the Arab nations

(Esau's descendants) who will go against Israel (Jacob's descendants)

for stealing their birthright. In order to decipher the line-up of

participants given in the 38th chapter of Ezekiel, we need to analyze it

geographically, and this involves a detailed look at the list of the

sons of Japheth, who was a son of Noah: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,

Tubul, Meshech, and Tiras, who repopulated the Earth after the Flood

(3rd chapter of Genesis).

In 1847, Sir Henry Layard discovered the Assyrian capital city of

Nineveh, and the Royal Palace, which contained over 23,000 clay tablets

describing all kinds of things. These reports give the names used by the

Assyrians for the different groups of Israelites that were planted as a

buffer between them and their enemies. The "Royal Letters" date back to

707 BC, which is about 14 years after the defeat of Samaria. Letters

#1079 (describes the defeat of the Urartians), and its follow-up #197

(which says it occurred in the land of Gamir) were written by

Sennacherib to his father, King Sargon. Letter #112 talks about a people

that "went forth" from the midst of the Mannai, into the "land of

Urartu," while another letter distinctly separates the Urartians, the

Mannai, and the Gamera (or Gimira), which means the people in Letter

#112 are Gamerraan, or in English, the "Cimmerians."

The "Iskuza" (Amos 7:16, House of Isaac?) apparently lived among the

Mannai. Isaac is believed to be the foundation for the name "Scythian"

(which is what the Israelites were known by in Media in 600 BC). The

Iskuza were called "Shuthae" by the Greeks, "Sacae" (Saka or Sakka) by

the Persians, which refers to a nomad, wanderer, or one who lives in a

tent or "booth." The word "booth" in Hebrew is "succoth."

Magog's descendants settled in the area of Armenia, which is in

southern Russia, after being driven north through the Caucasus mountains

by the Medes. This race came to be known as the Scythians, and were

called 'Magogites' by the Greeks. The Chinese name for the Caucasus

mountains running through Russia mean 'Fort of Gog,' while the Russians

call their peaks, the 'Gogh.' The Arabic term for the Great Wall of

China is 'the wall of Al Magog,' because it was erected with the

intention of keeping out the armies of Magog. Their descendants include

the Tarters, Cossacks, Kalmuks, and the Mongols. The _Kesses HaSofer_, a

Jewish Commentary, indicates that the word 'Mongol,' which identifies

the Siberian-Russian people, comes from the word 'Magog.'

Between 525-300 BC, those driven out of southern Russia by the

Scythians, moved north-west between the Oder and Vistula Rivers to the

Baltic, and became known as the Cimbri. Between 250-100 BC, when

southern Russia was invaded by the Sarmatians from the east, the

Scythians were driven northwest through Poland into Germany. After 450

AD, the Romans called the Scythians "Germans," meaning "genuine," to

distinguish them from the Sarmatians in Scythia. Between 450-600 AD, as

Anglo-Saxons (it has been said that "Saxon" means "Isaac's son"), they

went to Britain; while others settled in Gaul, becoming known as

Normans, and ultimately the people of France. Immigrants from Gaul went

to England, Ireland, Scotland, as well as Southern Italy and Sicily.

The tribe of Dan declined to accept their land when Joshua divided it

up, and they marched up the Jordan valley to the city of Laish,

conquered it, and called it the city of Dan. They made their way to what

is now known as Greece, where they dominated the people who were living

there, the Pelasgians. They became known as the Danaoi. They established

the settlement of Ionia on the Ionian Isles. A branch migrated to

Ireland and were known as the "Tuatha de Danaan," then went to Denmark

as the Danes, eventually making their way to Britain.

In the Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Bible, it describes 'Gog'

as the 'prince of Rosh.' Rosh was the name of a tribe living in the area

of the Volga. In some languages, Rosh is the word for the country of

Russia. The ancient form of the name Russia, is 'Ros.' The Chinese had

called the Scythians 'Rosh.' The King James Version translated 'Rosh' to

mean 'chief prince,' because in Hebrew it means 'head'; but in the

Septuagint version, 'Rosh' is used as the proper name it is believed to be.

An interesting fact from the Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia (from Oxford

University Press) is that there is a British legend that identifies Gog

and Magog as the survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus the

Trojan, the legendary founder of London. They were depicted in statues

erected at London's Guildhall during the reign of Henry V, but were

destroyed by the Fire of London in 1666. Reconstructed, they were again

destroyed during the air raids of the Blitz in 1940. The current statues

were created in 1953. Models of these "gods" are carried through the

streets during the Lord Mayor's annual procession.

The descendants of Meshech (known to the Assyrians as 'Mushku'),

settled in western Russia, where they established a city called Meshech,

later known as Mosach, then Moscovi (Muscovy or Moscow), which is the

capital of Russia.

Tubal's descendants lived in the area of the Black Sea, then moved

north, settling in the eastern part of Russia, establishing the city of

Tobolsk. Their descendants include the Iberians, Georgians,

Cappadocians, as well as other Asiatic and European peoples.

The Behistun Rock was found in the 1700 foot high Zargos mountains in

northwestern Iran, 300 foot above the ground on a sheer face, The relief

had been commissioned by Darius the Great in 515 BC, and lists the

peoples and nations he defeated and ruled over as part of the

Medo-Persian Empire. It is interesting to point out, that while he was

putting down the Israelite insurrection, he was helping the Jews to

rebuild the Temple.

The Rock (confirmed by Darius' tomb, as well as a golden tablet that

talks about the "Sakka") is inscribed in three languages, is 100 feet

high, and 150 feet wide. By 1840, it had been deciphered by Sir Henry C.

Rawlinson. The name "Kana" (Canaan) appears 28 times. "Sakka" in Persian

and Elamite, "Sacae" in Greek, is "Gimri" in Babylonian. Assyrian and

Babylonian are nearly the same. "Sakka" comes from "Isaac," (pronounced

"e-sahk" with emphasis on the last syllable) and became "Saxon." "Gimri"

comes from the Assyrian "Khumri" (after Biblical House of "Omri," 6th

King of Israel) and became Ghumri, Gimira, Gimmira, the Greek

"Kimmeroii," or English "Cimmerian." According to 2 Esdras 13:40-44 of

the Apocrypha, they migrated to Europe.

Gomer's desecendants (known to the Assyrians as 'Gimirrai' or

'Cimmerians') settled in central Asia Minor, north of the Black Sea, in

southern Russia, then moved west along the Danube River, to the area now

known as Germany. He was the father of Eastern Europe. Old world maps

identify this area as Gomer, Gomerlunt, Gomeria. Their descendants

include the Galatians, Phrygians, Gauls, Celts (Greek "Keltoi"),

Germans, French, Welsh, Irish, Britons, and other Anglo-Saxon peoples.

In addition, Togarmah (known to the Assyrians as 'Tilgarimmu'), a son of

Gomer, is singled out. His descendants occupied Turkey and Asia Minor,

and another branch settled in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which were

later taken over by the Soviet Union. They were granted independence in

September, 1991.

Togarmah's 'bands' could also refer to Armenia and Syria, whose

ancestors claimed that Haik, the father of their race, was the son of

Togarmah. The descendants of another son of Gomer, Ashkenaz, settled in

Germany and Austria.

Between 650-500 BC, the Cimmerians in Europe moved up the Danube and

became known as Celts. After the Celts attacked Rome in 390 BC, and

lived in northern Italy for 200 years, they migrated to Asia Minor, then

west to France and then Britain.

After being defeated, taken captive, and exiled to an area below the

Black and Caspian Seas, the Assyrians used their prisoners as a buffer

against the Medes. While the main body of prisoners remained in the area

about a hundred years, the Israelites slowly began moving to the east

and the north. When the power of the Assyrians was broken, there were

several migrations, with the two main groups moving west under the Black

Sea, north through the Dariel Pass of the Caucasas Mountains into the

steppes of southern Russia. A large group also migrated east. They were

called Sakka (Saka) and Iskuza by the Medes and the Persians.

What this all seems to indicate, is that the main attack force will

emanate from Russia, and that they will be accompanied by their former

communist satelites ("bands"), which could include the Baltic states,

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland,

Romania, and Yugoslavia (perhaps including Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, and Macedonia). These countries represent a total military

force of nearly 6,000,000 men. In light of Russia's past history, they

have never been able to be trusted. It is likely that during this

period, when democracy seems to be taking root in the former Soviet

Union, it may only be an illusion. Even though drastic changes have been

made, maybe they were done only to project the image of weakness, so

they can regroup and retool their military machine in preparation for

their biggest assault yet.

In Russia, there was a growing anti-Jewish sentiment, which was

enflamed by nationalist leader Vladimir Zhrinovsky, who seemed to be

building the support needed to win the presidency of Russia. He had been

compared to Hitler. In his book _The Final March to the South_, he

stated that it was Russia's destiny to capture all of the lands to the

south- including Israel.

This attack will also include Persia (the descendants of Madai, son of

Japheth; which includes Iran, Iraq, and possibly Syria and Afghanistan),

Ethiopia (the descendants of Cush, the son of Ham, another son of Noah),

and Libya (the descendants of Phut, the son of Ham). These nations may

represent the radical element of the Arab world.

Salah Khalaf Abu lyad, Yasir Arafat's chief deputy, said on January 1,

1991: "Now we accept the formation of the Palestinian state in part of

Palestine, in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. We will start from that part

and we will liberate Palestine, inch by inch." In a September 9, 1993

letter to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Arafat renounced his

terrorist activities and said: "The P.L.O. recognizes the right of the

state of Israel to exist in peace and security." On September 13th, a

Declaration of Principles was signed with Israel during a ceremony in

Washington, DC. Yet, on September 19th, P.L.O. Chairman Arafat said

before a group of 19 Arab ministers meeting in Cairo: "Our first goal is

the liberation of all occupied territories...and the establishment of a

Palestinian state whose capital is Jerusalem. The agreement we arrived

at is not a complete solution...it is only the basis for an interim

solution and the forerunner of a final settlement, which must be based

on a complete withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian lands, especially

holy Jerusalem."

In October, 1994, Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the P.L.O.'s political

department and their foreign minister, said in a speech: "There is a

state which was established through historical force and it must be

destroyed. This is the Palestinian way." Arafat later told Rabin, the

Israeli Prime Minister, that his comment did not reflect the view of the

P.L.O. It is obvious that this is a very fragile peace. In October,

1998, a peace accord was signed by Arafat and Netanyahu, that

surrendered 13% of Israeli land to the Palestinians as part of a land

for peace agreement brokered by the U.S.

A corresponding passage can be found in Daniel 11:40-43/, /where the

Russian confederation is referred to as the "King of the North" (the

only military power north of Israel). History has shown that Russia has

supported the Arab nations in their quest to conquer Palestine, and the

aforementioned group of nations will join the Russian invasion force

that will sweep across the mountains of Lebanon into Israel.

It is also important to note that there is evidence of Israelites in

this country before the Assyrian deportation. There have been

paleo-Hebrew inscriptions found in Tennessee that are 3,000 years old.

How about the unusual custom of the American Indian tribes referring to

themselves as nations. In North Carolina, the Machapunga Indians

circumcise their babies and have some traditions that are similar to the

Jews, as do the Savanna Indians from the banks of the Mississippi River.

The Yuchi Indians from Oklahoma have a ritual similar to the Israelite

Feast of Tabernacles. In _True Discoverers of America_ William

Dankenbring wrote: "Every year on the fifteenth day of the sacred month

of harvest, in the fall, they make a pilgrimage. For eight days they

live in 'booths' with roofs open to the sky..."

Los Lunas Decalogue Stone

Carved into the flat face of a large boulder on the side of Hidden

Mountain, (also known as Mystery Mountain) in the desert near Los Lunas

(about 35 mils south of Albuquerque), New Mexico, is an ancient stone

inscription known as the Los Lunas Decalogue Stone. This inscription is

an abridged version of the Ten Commandments, written in the old Hebrew

alphabet, with a few Greek letters mixed in. Professor Frank Hibben, a

local historian, and retired archaeologist from the University of New

Mexico "is convinced that the inscription is ancient and thus

authentic." It is done in old Hebrew or Phoenician letters. The old

Hebrew alphabet was virtually identical to the mid-Phoenician alphabet

from the 10th to 6th century B.C. It was only after the Jewish return

from the Babylonian exile in 539 B.C. did their scribes begin developing

their own script known as square Hebrew.

The old Hebrew and Phoenician characters used are most like those used

between 1100 and 600 B.C. Some of the known Middle Eastern inscriptions

which are similar are those from the Eshmunazar Sarcophagus (4th century

B.C.), Jewish Seals, the Nerab Stelae, and the Bar Rakab Inscription.

George Moorehouse, a professional geologist, concluded that 500 to 2000

years would not be an unreasonable estimate of its age. The consensus is

that it can be dated somewhere between the 3rd and 1st century B.C.,

which lines up with a date given to the nearby Zodiac Calendar Stone.

People knew of the inscription in 1850, but couldn't read it. Indian

tradition said that it predated their tribes coming to the area. In

1949, Robert H. Pfeiffer of Harvard University made the first known

translation of the inscription and indicated that it was the Ten

Commandments. He believed it was written in Phoenician, Moabite and

Greek; and local native Americans began referring to it as the

Phoenician Inscription Rock (as well as the Ten Commandments Rock).

Early speculation was that it may have been carved by one of the lost

tribes of Israel. Others believed that it was a Mormon forgery, yet it

had not been exploited by the Church as proof for the existence of the

ancient Nephites in America.

The inscription contains the Greek tau, zeta, delta, and kappa

(reversed) in place of their Hebrew counterparts taw, zayin, daleth, and

caph, which indicates a Greek influence, as well as a post-Alexandrian

date, despite the archaic form of aleph used. The letters yodh, goph,

and the flat-bottomed shin have a distinctly Samaritan form, which

suggests that the inscription may be Samaritan in origin. In 1995, Cyrus

Gordon suggested that it was a Samaritan mezuzah. Where the Jewish

mezuzah referred to a tiny scroll placed in a small container and

mounted on the entrance of a house; the Samaritan counterpart was

commonly a large slab bearing an abridged version of the Decalogue or

Ten Commandments. He said it dates back to the Byzantine period.

In 1989, another researcher said that the inscription was made by a

person whose primary language was Greek, but had a secondary

comprehension of Hebrew.

In 1995, Gordon pointed out that wealthy Samaritan shipowners were

known to have lived in Greek communities at the time of Theodosius I

(circa 390 A.D.). One Samaritan synagogue in Palestine, at Sha'alvim, in

Judea, northwest of Jerusalem, is simultaneously inscribed with

religious inscriptions in Samaritan letters and secular inscriptions in

Greek. Another synagogue at Tell Quasile in Tel Aviv shows considerable

Greek architectural influence.

In August, 1998, Professor Reinhard Plummer said that he didn't think

that the inscription was Samaritan, but instead said that it was

actually closer to the Masoretic standard Jewish text.

Assuming that the inscription is Hebrew, it can be proven that the Jews

had shipbuilding ability to make vessels capable of overseas travel. In

the Bible, Phoenician King Hiram of Tyre (1 Kings 10:22) and King

Solomon (1 Kings 9:27) used ocean-going ships around 1000 B.C. They were

based in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and had access to the Atlantic

and Indian Oceans.

The inscription is translated as the following:

"I am Jehovah your God who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, from

the house of slaves. There must be no other gods before my face. You

must not make any idol. You must not take the name of Jehovah in vain.

Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Honour your father and mother

so that your days may be long in the land that Jehovah your God has

given to you. You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You

must not steal. You must not give a false witness against your neighbor.

You must not desire the wife of your neighbor nor anything that is his."

The site also contains three occurrences of the Tetragrammaton,

inscribed in old Hebrew letters, and may be one of the oldest surviving

written samples of the Tetragrammaton in the world. It is composed of

four Hebrew consonants- yod, he, waw, and he, and signifies the divine

name of God, which is commonly rendered as Jehovah. One of the

inscriptions is found on the south pinnacle, which may have served as an

altar. The Tetragrammaton is written in paleo-Hebraic letters similar to

the Decalogue, but is more eroded.

The Newark Decalogue Stone and Keystone

The Johnson-Bradner Stone

In November, 1860, in a burial mound about ten miles south of Newark,

David Wyrick of Newark, Ohio discovered a sandstone box that had been

hollowed out, and inside he found an engraved fine-grained black stone

(identified as a limestone). It had been inscribed on each side with a

condensed version of the Ten Commandments in a strange form of

post-Exilic square Hebrew letters; with a robed and bearded figure on

the front, which has been identified as Moses.

The lettering begins at the top, runs down the left side, around every

available space on the back and sides, then back up the right side of

front to where it begins. It measures 6-7/8" long, 2-7/8" wide, and

1-3/4" thick.

Earlier, in June, in a developed section of Newark, at the bottom of a

pit adjacent to the extensive ancient Hopewellian earthworks, Wyrick had

found a "keystone" shaped stone which was also inscribed with Hebrew

letters. The four sides have been translated to read: "Holy of Holies,"

"King of the Earth," "The Law of God," and "The Word of God." The

letters are in standard Hebrew, compared to the lettering on the

Decalogue Stone. These letters were already developed by the time of the

Dead Sea Scrolls (200-100 B.C.) and are consistent with any time frame

from the Hopewellian era to the present. For the past 1000 years or so,

Hebrew has most commonly been written with vowel and consonant points,

which are missing on both the Keystone and Decalogue Stone (also known

as the Newark Holy Stones). The absence of points is therefore

suggestive, but not conclusive, of an earlier date.

In 1867, David M. Johnson, a banker, found a stone in the same mound

group south of Newark. Though the original stone was lost, a lithograph

of it is still in existence, and can be found in the

Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum at Roscoe Village (300 Whitewoman Street,

Coshocton, Ohio), co-founded by Johnson and Dr. N. Roe Bradner of

Pennsylvania; which also contains both the Decalogue Stone and Keystone.

The letters on the lid and base are in the same unusual alphabet as the

Decalogue Stone and wraps around in the same manner, but the lithograph

is not clear enough for a reliable translation. However, this discovery,

by reputable people, helps confirm the authenticity of Wyrick's discovery.

The Migration Mystery

It can be determined that there was an ancient Hebrew presence in our

own country, and that the same tribes have left their mark in different

locations throughout the world. While there were indeed migrations from

the point of their Assyrian exile, it's obvious that, in some cases, the

tribes branched off and were assimilated into existing populations. It

is difficult to determine to what extent they became dominant, and

further migrated; so it would be highly improbable that an accurate

determination can be made in regard to how individual tribes impact

prophecy.

Focusing on Israel

A map drawn by monks during the Crusades, still hangs in the Herford

Cathedral, and identifies Jerusalem as the geographic center of the

world, which is so marked on the floor of the Holy Sepulcher. The

attention of the world will become more focused on this area of the

world as this nation becomes prosperous.

The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan, which is 1,296 feet

below sea level, is the lowest spot on the surface of the Earth. It is

fifty miles long and eleven miles wide (about 500 square miles), and has

a depth of 1,200 feet at its deepest point. Known as the 'Sea of Salt,'

because it is ten times saltier than ocean water, it is fed by the

Jordan River, and has no outlet. Its waters have evaporated for hundreds

of years in the extreme heat, at a rate of 280 million cubic feet per

day, leaving behind a variety of minerals. It is made up of 30% of solid

ingredients, mostly sodium chloride (salt), while regular ocean water

has only 3.5% to 4%.

The water contains potassium chloride, or potash, which is used as a

fertilizer and for making explosives. It is of high quality becomes it

doesn't come from rock. It is believed that this ingredient will become

a very valuable commodity.

The water also contains magnesium bromine (used to make plastics and

rubber), magnesium chloride (used in magnesium metal production and in

the manufacturing of a cement used for heavy duty flooring), and

hydrogen sulfide (used in chemical laboratories as an analytical

re-agent). Because of its sulfuric content, the water is said to have

therapeutic properties.

Solar ponds have been built on the Sea. The sun heats the shallow salt

water, and the heat is trapped in the dense salt layer on the bottom,

and becomes hot enough to turn a turbine, thus producing electricity.

Scientists have also discovered an algae, known as Dunaliella, which

can survive in, and has adapted to, the extremely salty conditions. It

is being grown in algae farms where they double their numbers every two

days. The algae is used to produce a green paste, which, when dried,

makes an excellent animal feed because of its high protein content, and

it is easy to digest because the algae have no cell walls. It also

yields beta carotene (a pigment which gives carrots its color), which is

used for food coloring; and also glycerol, which is used for eye shadow

and other cosmetics, paints, resins, and toothpaste. When the algae

decomposes, it forms the raw material that nature uses to form oil.

The value of the mineral deposits in the Dead Sea has been estimated at

over a trillion dollars. However, the Dead Sea has been shrinking in

size as the sea level has fallen. The Mediterranean Dead Sea Co.

initiated a $1.4 billion project to funnel water to the Dead Sea from

the Mediterranean, which is about 70 miles away.

Geological surveys have indicated that there is plenty of steam under

Israel to provide power through the harnessing of geo-thermal energy,

which is a very economical source of energy. Oil and natural gas

deposits have also been discovered. Cutting diamonds is a major

industry, as is the exporting citrus fruit to Europe and Japan.

With Russia experiencing financial hardships, there are plenty of

resources in this small country that could be garnished for their benefit.

After the Attack Begins

No doubt, Israel will offer tremendous resistance, causing Russia to

change their plans, and circle around Israel. Daniel mentions that

"Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon" will not be

overrun. Ironically, they, along with the Israelites, Arabians,

Ishmaelites, and Midianites were the descendants of Arphaxad, the son of

Shem, the middle son of Noah. Their land was on the eastern shore of the

Dead Sea, in an area now occupied by the country of Jordan, who on

September 14, 1993 signed an agenda for peace with Israel, which

culminated with Peace Treaty that was signed in October, 1994./ /This

seems to be an indication that even though they sided with Iraq during

the Gulf War, they will stick to their treaty with Israel and not become

part of the invasion.

Russia will then double-cross their allies, and strike the country of

Egypt, in order to control the land bridge, giving them a three-way

advantage to attacking either Europe, Africa, or Asia. Egypt, along with

Saudi Arabia, were the two main Arab countries who broke their military

ties with Russia; plus, since they are not mentioned, they may also

continue to honor their Treaty with Israel, and not join in the attack.

The target most likely will be Saudi Arabia, and the world's oil supply.

At this point, the West will probably mobilize. Nixon said: "If Russia

disturbs the balance of power in the Middle East, the United States will

move to assure Israel's security." Jimmy Carter, in a 1978 meeting with

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, said: "I can say, without

reservation, as President of the United States of America, that we will

continue to do so (remain committed to Israel's security), not just for

thirty years, but forever."

The nations that will protest and respond to this action are identified

as Sheba (also Saba), an ancient kingdom in the area of the southwestern

edge of Saudi Arabia which became known as the British colony of Aden,

until achieving independence as South Yemen (who united with North Yemen

in 1990). This was the traditional kingdom of the Queen of Sheba who

ruled over the Sabaeans (who dominated all of southern Arabia), and was

labeled in Matthew 12:42 as the 'Queen of the South.' The historian

Josephus referred to her as the "Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia." Dedan was

the name of a Sabaean oasis in the northern part of Saudi Arabia, which

was one of their many colonies in northern Arabia.

Another identifying indication again comes from Biblical genealogy.

Cush, the son of Ham, was the father of Ethiopia, and other tribes who

settled south of Egypt, in Arabia, Babylonia and India. Cush's sons are

identified as Seba (who in Psalms 72:10 is associated with the kings of

Sheba, and in Isaiah 43:3 are mentioned with Ethiopia, which indicates

that he is the father of the Sabaeans); Havilah (a name associated with

the area of the Sinai and northwestern Arabia); Sabtah, Raamah, and

Sabtechah (all three of which were associated with tribes in southern

Arabia). Sheba and Dedan are listed as sons of Raamah. Thus, the

reference to Sheba and Dedan actually identifies the country of Saudi

Arabia (and also the countries of Oman, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates,

Qatar, and Bahrain). They were an ally of the Coalition against Iraq

during the Gulf War, and will not be part of the Russian invasion force

against Israel.

As the Russian juggernaut appears to be heading their way, Saudi Arabia

will appeal to the "merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions

thereof." According to Jeremiah 10:9, Tarshish is identified as a land

rich with precious metals; and in other passages, such as Isaiah 2:16,

are associated with possessing a prominent shipping empire which was

used to export goods to places all over the Mediterranean. Some

researchers have tried to connect Tarshish with Tartessus (located in

the Guadalquivir Valley) in southwestern Spain, where the Phoenicians

founded colonies to capitalize on the wealth of minerals found there.

The Phoenicians established the city of Carthage on Africa's northern

coast (in what is now Tunisia), and it was these Carthaginians who began

colonizing Spain in 654 BC (until they were driven out by the Romans in

206 BC), and exploring the Atlantic coastline from western Africa to

Britain. Recent archaeological evidence has shown that they possessed

sailing capabilities far beyond what was originally known. An

inscription discovered in 1780 on a cliff above Mount Hope Bay in

Bristol, Rhode Island, which was written in Tartessian Punic, reads:

"Voyagers from Tarshish this stone proclaims." It is believed that this

inscription was made about 533 BC. Howard University's Dept. of

Archaeology has found five other areas in the United States where

Tarshish had colonies 2500 years ago.

Tarshish was a great-grandson of Noah, whose descendants migrated to

the areas which later became Spain and Great Britain. Ezekiel 27:12

indicates that Tarshish was a source of tin, and the word 'Britain'

means "land of tin." Both Spain, with their Armada, and England, became

major naval powers. An analysis of these facts indicate that Tarshish

probably refers to western Europe, and by extension, the ten major

nations who will make up the European Community at the time; and the

"young lions" refer to the United States, Canada, Australia, New

Zealand, their possessions and allies. This represents a total military

force of about 3,000,000 men.

Once the Arab world realizes that they have been betrayed by the

Russians, they will solidify into a military force similar to the Arab

League, which was formed in Cairo in March, 1945; and the Federation of

Arab Republics which was formed in April, 1971, and are identified as

the "King of the South." This confederation, will include the twelve

princes (sons) of Ishmael (Gen. 25:16), which scholars have identified

as Egypt, Persia (Iraq and Iran), Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria,

Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia; plus the countries

of Ethiopia, Bahrain, Djibouti, Kuwait, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar,

Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Pakistan and

the Palestine Liberation Organization. This represents a total military

force of about 3,000,000 men.

The Arab nations will be soundly defeated. According to the 35th

chapter of Ezekiel, where they are referred to as Mount Seir (because

Esau dwelt in that land, Deut. 2:4-5), they will be destroyed because of

their hatred of Israel.

After their defeat of the Arab nations, Russia will receive reports

concern troop movements in China, and the initiation of retaliatory

strike by the coalition of Western nations; and they will regroup to

attack Israel again. They will position themselves in the "valley of the

passengers on the east of the sea," which is east of the Sea of Galilee

and the Dead Sea. Ezekiel's description of "the fire of my wrath...a

great shaking...great hailstones, fire, and brimstone" directed at the

Russian army appears to be the result of a one day (Ez. 39:8) nuclear

attack by the coalition of nations from the West, that destroys 5/6 of

the Russian forces. So many men will die, that it will take seven months

to bury the dead bodies. They will be burning the weapons for seven

years. It was reported that Russia was producing war equipment out of

wood treated with lignostone, a chemical that had been developed in

Holland as a fuel substitute. It makes wood as strong as steel, yet

remains pliable. Since it is wood, and not metal, it doesn't show up on

radar. It was reported that the British are using a similar substance

for gears in their large vehicles. Material treated with this chemical

burns brightly with intense heat, and will make it easier for the

weapons to be burned.

The incredible defeat of the Russian military machine, will make a star

out of the leader of the Western European Alliance (who will take the

credit for orchestrating and leading the attack), just as the Gulf War

did for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. It is possible that this man may be the

Antichrist. He will appear to be a man who will finally be able to bring

peace to the world. He will claim that Israel has a special place in his

heart, and he will make a seven-year treaty (Dan. 9:27) with them to

guarantee the Jew's national security. This treaty will allow Israel to

rebuild their Temple, and during the next 31/2 years, the man who will

become the protector of the Jews will quickly gain popularity, and power.

If, according to certain indications, this man does come from the

Prieure' de Sion, and claims to represent to bloodline of Jesus, this

revelation will greatly increase his international stature.

Even though there were 300 specific predictions concerning Jesus, the

Jewish people didn't accept him because they were expecting a great

conqueror to deliver them from the Romans. However, it won't take long

for this western European leader to be heralded as the Messiah they have

been waiting for.

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"Today the path to total dictatorship in the United States can be

laid by strictly legal means, unseen and unheard by the Congress,

the President, or the people...Outwardly we have a constitutional

government.

We have operating within our government and political system,

another body representing another form of government, a

bureaucratic elite which believes our Constitution is outmoded

and is sure that it is the winning side...

All the strange developments in foreign policy agreements may be

traced to this group who are going to make us over to suit their

pleasure...

This political action group has its own local political support

organizations, its own pressure groups, its own vested interests,

its foothold within our government."

-- Sen. William Jenner

February 23, 1954 speech