Birthright Given to Ephraim--Britain and United States
Art Bulla
"A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get
knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other
world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power
than many men who are on the earth. Hence it needs revelation to assist us,
and give us knowledge of the things of God."
"By and by the Jews will be gathered to the land of their fathers, and the
ten tribes, who wandered into the north, will be gathered home, and the
blood of Ephraim, the second son of Joseph, who was sold into Egypt, which
is to be found in every kingdom and nation under heaven, will be gathered
from among the Gentiles, and the Gentiles who will receive and adhere to the
principles of the gospel will be adopted and initiated into the family of
Father Abraham, and Jesus will reign over His own and Satan will reign over
his own. This will be the result." (Brigham Young, J.D. 12:38)
Those who are descendants of Joseph -- as the blood of Ephraim--understand
God's work and ministry. It is Ephraim who will prepare themselves to be
"Saviors on Mt. Zion" for the rest of the house of Israel.
History of the Scattering and Regathering of Ephraim from their Long
Dispersal Among the Nations.
All Jews are Israel, but not all Israel are Jews, saith the Lord. The term
"Jew" is a nickname coined by the Babylonians, which did not come into usage
until after the Northern Kingdom comprised of Ephraim and his fellows had
been taken captive in 800 BC and the Jews were taken captive into Babylon by
Nebuchadnezzar in 600 BC. The Northern Kingdom of Ephraim and his fellows
became lost to history, but not lost unto the Lord God of Israel. This was
to fulfill the following prophecy that a "company of nations" should come
from Jacob or Israel. The chief among this "company of nations" was Great
Britain and the United States. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Franklin were pure Ephraimites, saith the Lord.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called
any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a
nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out
of thy loins;
(Old Testament | Genesis 35:10 - 11)
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the
coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with
child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall
return thither.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I
will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein
they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar
off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a
shepherd doth his flock.
11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him
that was stronger than he.
(Old Testament | Jeremiah 31:8 - 11)
For I the Lord God did cause that Ephraim should be scattered among those
nations which are known as European, or that the seed of Ephraim should be
sprinkled among those nations, that thereby they might be blessed according
to the promise that I the Lord God did make unto Abraham, my chosen. For I
the Lord God did make the promise unto him, that he should be the Father of
many nations and that his seed should sprinkle many nations and that through
his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. For I the Lord thy
God O man, am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and I am the God of the
whole earth. And I the Lord God did promise Abraham that those who are
obedient unto the Priesthood which I the Lord did confirm upon him, which is
without father, and without mother, without beginning of days nor end of
years, that they should become the literal seed or heirs of the promises
according to the Oath and Covenant thereof, and that those who are the
literal seed should be cut off the true vine spoken of, if they receive not
mine anointed, saith the Lord, that thereby the last may be first and the
first last, that I the Lord their God should prove unto all nations that I
the Lord am no respecter of persons or nations, but that all who work
righteousness are accepted of me, even as was Abraham. And I the Lord make
this same covenant which is a New and an Everlasting Covenant according to
the Priesthood, that all who hearken not and come unto and be obedient unto
my servant, Art Bulla, that I the Lord God may by him work righteousness in
the earth, for He is mine anointed, they, even they shall be cut off from
among the people even as when I the Lord spake it through the mouth of my
servant Moses. Revelations of Jesus Christ, Section 7.
Prophecies of Israel's Resettlement in Northwestern Europe
Many biblical scholars consider Amos, a prophet from Tekoa in northern
Judah, to be the first to warn of the impending exile of "the remnant of
Joseph" (Amos 5:15). But Amos also told Israel it would not be entirely lost
from God's view. "'Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful
kingdom, and I will destroy it [the kingdom of Israel] from the face of the
earth; yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' says the LORD.
'For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall
fall to the ground'" (Amos 9:8-9).
The Israelites would indeed be sifted among other nations. They first would
be compelled to join scores of other ethnic groups in a cruel exodus from
their homeland. Where would they be forced to go? "For the LORD will strike
Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this
good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the
Euphrates River ..." (1 Kings 14:15, NASB)-a river to their north.
These prophecies show that the exiled Israelites would be unable to remain
in one cohesive group. They would scatter -break up into smaller units-and
have to share their land of exile with other peoples.
In other passages the prophets reveal that these Israelites would eventually
find themselves in a new location to the north and west of the Promised
Land, from which they faced imminent eviction. It is from this direction
they will return to their homeland in the Middle East after Christ's return.
The most obvious verse that shows this is in the book of Isaiah: "Surely
these shall come from afar; look! Those from the north and the west, and
these from the land of Sinim" (Isaiah 49:12; see also verses 13-23).
Since Hebrew has no expression corresponding to the English "northwest,"
this verse may also be understood that Israel would migrate to a region to
the northwest of the Promised Land.
But there are other biblical clues. One is Hosea 12:1: "Ephraim feeds on the
wind, and pursues the east wind." This expression implies Ephraim would
migrate to the west (compare Hosea 11:9-10).
Other passages suggest that Israel would ultimately be scattered and found
in an island setting. After Jesus' return "they shall come with weeping, and
with supplications I [God] will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the
rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I
am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn. Hear the word of the
LORD, O nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, 'He who
scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does his
flock'" (Jeremiah 31:9-10).
Britain and the United States Inherit Joseph's Birthright
The Land of Joseph, saith the Lord, is North, Central and South America.
3 For in this manner did I the Lord God promise unto him that his seed
should be a fruitful bough by a well, and that it should run over the wall
and that his seed should also be the means of blessing many nations, even as
that of Abraham, my chosen, and that this land should be consecrated unto
them forever.
4 And now as I said concerning my servant, that unto him shall the
gathering of the people be, even so, I am the Lord thy God and have decreed
that he should come unto my people, Israel, who are of the seed of Joseph
upon this the Land of their Inheritance;
5 For he shall administer unto them of the blessings which are laid up,
even for them, and the scepter of power shall not depart from him, even
Ephraim, and also Judah, for he claimeth his lineage, saith the Lord, from
Ephraim, and also Judah through the royal lineage of my servant David,
saith the Lord God of Israel, for he is my servant the Branch, as spoken by
the mouth of my servant Isaiah, saith the Lord God of Israel.
6 For I did cause that the seed of Ephraim should be gathered out from the
land of their dispersal, even from those nations which are called European.
7 For I did move upon their Fathers by the power of the Holy Ghost, which
beareth record of me, that they should become restless that they should
break off the yoke of oppression which was laid upon them by harsh
taskmasters.
8 Yea, even that they should seek for a land of freedom for which purpose
I, the Lord God of the whole earth did reserve this land, yea even that
Ephraim my chosen should come, yea even unto it.
9 And it was for this purpose that I the Lord God did raise up unto them
while still young, my servant as he is known among you as Joseph Smith,
unto whom the Saints of the most High rightfully give reverence as the Jews
unto Moses.
10 For he it was that I the Lord God did move upon that he should lay,
even the foundation of this work which is the restoration of Ephraim, my
chosen, from their long dispersion, that the promises might be fulfilled
which I, the Lord God, did make unto their Fathers.
11 And now it is that I the Lord God have sent unto youward hum who was
reserved from before the foundation of the world, and who was dedicated by
the hands of his parents when but an infant unto the service of the Most
High, as was Samuel, that he, even he should come unto you, for his is that
one that is mighty and strong from before the foundation of the world unto
the breaking off of that yoke of Babylon the Great, which even now doth
hang about your necks as a burden, yea, even that it doth threaten to weigh
you down, even unto destruction, both according to that which is temporal,
and unto that which is spiritual.
12 For he it is that I the Lord God have ordained that he should be the
means by the which Israel shall be saved, yea even him of whom I did speak
by the mouth of my servant Isaiah, who is now with me in the might of my
power and love and glory worlds without end; For I did speak of him that
how beautiful upon the mountains were the feet of him who should comea that
he should be the means of publishing peace, and declaring unto Zion, thy God
reigneth!
13 For it is, saith the Lord, that by these words which are written at this
time, that this prophecy made by the hand of my servant Isaiah is
fulfilled unto this generation.
14 For thus saith the Lord, that I also spake through Daniel, my servant,
that he should come forth unto you that the kingdom which should be
established would roll forth and break in pieces, even Babylon, for it is,
saith the Lord, that he is in direct line of those Kings by whom I the Lord
God should rule the earth and they knew it not; yea even Nebuchadnezzar,
Cyrus, known as the Great, Alexander known as the Great, and Caesar, and he
who should strike the feet of the statue made of iron and clay mixed, saith
the Lord, for he is that stone spoken of which should be laid in Zion which
is tried and precious, saith the Lord, for it is that he also shall be my
Son and rule with mine Only Begotten, saith the Father, that the government
shall not depart from him and it shall, saith the Lord, not be given unto
another people, even unto the end of the earth, which is after the
Millenium which is even now upon you, saith the Lord God of Israel.
15 For thus saith the Father, that unto these two did I give unto them
judgment, yea even of the whole earth.
16 For it is that by Ephraim and Judah that the nations of the earth shall
be judged, yea even forever and ever, saith the Lord of Hosts.
17 For Endless is my name and Eternal is my name also, and therefor shall
my judgment not also be Endless and Eternal, even the reward or punishment
thereof?
18 For I am Man of Holiness, saith the Father and I have given that these
two should bear record of me, even the Father of both heaven and earth.
19 For out of the mouths of two or three witnesses shall every word be
established, saith the Lord.
20 For I am greater than they all, for I am the Father of thy spirit, O
man, which doth inhabit thy body, which is of flesh and bones, and I am he
who fell that man might be.
21 And I have given unto both Judah and Ephraim, that which I have given
them.
22 And if any, saith the Lord, desire a witness from me that these things
are verily true, he or she shall humble himself before me in mighty prayer
and I the Father shall visit him or her with fire and the Holy Ghost which
beareth record of the Father and his Sons which are born, not by man
nor the will of man, but abide Priests forever after the Order of
Melchizedec, saith the Lord.
23 And it is my will that my sons should receive unto him wives that he
fulfill the measure of his creation, even as did mine Only Begotten, in that
day, saith the Father.
24 And all who receive my servant in this manner shall receive health in
their naval and marrow in their bones and the power of the Priesthood shall
rest upon them and their posterity through all generations of time and
throughout all eternity and their seed shall become as numerous as the sands
of the seashore, and their posterity shall rise up and bless them, for they
shall be even as Sarah, and Hagar, even Queens forever shall they become and
they shall be enthroned in glory and power beauty forever, worlds without
end shall they be, saith the Father.
25 For they, even they, shall associate and mingle with the Gods and the
Sons of God in their glory, and they shall inherit all things, if they
receive my servant as did Sarah and Hagar and Keturah and others, receive
Abraham, my chosen in that day.
26 For many nations did spring from them and they have become Goddesses in
the power of an Endless Life, which is according to the Oath and Covenant of
the Melchizedec Priesthood and their glory is it not endless, saith the
Lord?
27 And all who receive not my servant shall be damned worlds without end
shall they be, and they shall be separated and single throughout all
eternity, saith the Lord, for they shall not have power from me to
associate.
28 For this is the law, which is after the Order of an Endless Life, and
all who come unto me, even the Father of heaven and earth must come and do
the works of Abraham and Sarah, that the nations of the earth may be
blessed.
29 Therefor give heed and transgress not, and thou shallt be blessed, my
people worlds without end, even so, will I the Father bless thee, if it so
be
that ye are obedient unto me in these things.
30 Yea, thus saith the Father, and as I have given unto Judah, even so, I
the Father have given Him who should come, for he is One Mighty and he is
also Strong to your deliverance, even from that which doth bind you down
unto that bondage which is of him whom I did thrust out from my presence,
even Lucifer.
31 For by the power of mine Only Begotten, I shall judge those nations
surrounding that which is known as Judah and her environs, but by the power
of my Mighty and Strong, saith the Father, I shall judge Ephraim and her
environs upon the American continent.
32 For thus saith the Father, these things have been hidden from you
because of iniquity, that you should be tried in all things, that ye should
receive all things by the prayer of faith.
33 Even so, saith the Father of both heaven and earth, that ye give
diligent heed unto him whom I have sent that ye may receive even of my
presence, and this according to the oath and covenant which I the Father
did establish even with them of old, yea even Melchizedec and Enoch.
34 For Melchizedec and the city thereof, even Salem will I cause to descend
upon Mount Moriah and Enoch and the city thereof, even Zion shall I the
Father cause to descend also upon Holy Ground, even the site which was
occupied by the Garden of Eden which was upon this the American continent
before the flood, which is near the valley Adam-Ondai-Ahman, and which is
now know as Independence, Missouri, even there shall my Temple be built as
anciently, and I the Father shall take up mine abode once more on the
earth, for from thence did I the Father leave it many thousands of years
ago, even the Garden spoken of with my wife Eve.
35 Even so, I your Father which is in heaven have spoken it, and whoso
receiveth him whom I have sent, receiveth of my presence, saith the
Father.
36 For all shall be fulfilled which I have purposed unto the inhabitants
of the earth, for who is it that shall stay my hand, saith the Father, even
in these things, for him will I crush and grind even into the dust from
whence he cometh, and this will I do unto all who are mine enemiesb, who it
is that doth fight against my word when it is that I, the Father of both
heaven and earth speak unto them from out of the heavens for their
deliverance, in these things?
37 Even so, until I come.
38 And it is in the end, yea, even after that which is the Millenium, which
is even now upon you, that I the Father shall cause the two land masses
which are divided by that which is known as the Atlantic to run together
again that the earth may be no more divided, as before the flood.
39 And thus shall all be restored as in the beginning, when there was one
earth which dried before me in the beginning thereof.
40 For I the Father did cause the waters that they should recede from off
the land, and behold it was one land.
41 And as it was in the beginning, even so shall it be again, according to
the restitution of all things as spoken of by the mouths of my servants the
Prophets of Israel, but not until the nations are tried.
42 And then the end shall come, that the earth shall receive a new heaven
and a new earth, for it shall die and be resurrected and shall become even a
Urim and Thummim unto those who shall inherit it forever, even near unto my
throne.
43 Even so, I come unto you, even as it has been written.
44 Be of good cheer, for my hand is over all, and there shall be no war
among that nation known as Russia and the other power which I have
established at the hands of my servants, Benjamin Franklin, George
Washington, and others whom I did raise up to do my work in these things,
For I the Father hold all things in mine hand by the might of my power, and
there is nothing that moveth that is not allowed by me.
45 And by the might of my power I the Lord God hold them in mine hands that
ye fear not.
46 Yea, fear not him who when he hath killed the body, that is all that he
can do, but fear Him who when he hath killed the body is also able to thrust
the spirit in to hellfire, saith the Lord God of Israel.
47 Be of good cheer, my flock, for I, even your Father shall come and we
shall be one as prayed in that day by mine Only Begotten who is full of
grace and truth as it hath been written by them of old.
48 But ye must strip yourselves of all divisions and strifes and jarrings
and contentions, for such is not of me and them who see eye to eye with me,
even the Father of Heaven and Earth.
49 Even so. Amen.
1. Isaiah 52:7.
2. Luke 19:27.
After about five centuries of existence on the Eurasian steppes following
the destruction of the northern kingdom, Israel's nomadic descendants, now
called Scythians, began another forced migration.
This time their enemiesâ?"from Asia and the Near Eastâ?"and a dramatic
change of climate on the Eurasian steppes began moving them westward, just
as the biblical prophets had said would happen (1 Kings 14:15; Isaiah 49:12;
Hosea 12:1). This major westward migration began about 200 B.C. and
continued into the fifth century A.D.
Yet during this time, in the first century, when Christianity was in its
infancy, the Jewish historian Josephus confirmed that many deported
Israelites were still living beyond the Euphrates River.
Josephus wrote that, in his day, "the ten tribes are beyond the Euphrates
till now [the first century], and are an immense multitude, and not to be
estimated by numbers" (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XI, Chapter V, Section
2).
The apostle James also plainly confirms that the missing tribes hadn't been
reunited with the tribes of Judah and Benjamin in Palestine. He addresses
his epistle "to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad" (James 1:1).
Though God had promised that all of the lost 10 tribes of Israel would
continue to exist, He also promised to sift them among the nations (Amos
9:9). This He did until He brought them to the land that was north and west
of ancient Israel, where He had promised to resettle them.
It was as though a powerful, unseen hand inexorably herded themâ?"with all
their tribes and clansâ?"across the Eurasian plains, the Scythian steppes,
to Northwest Europe, where the Celts, another group of related tribes, were
already settling.
Although not as well understood as the great European migrations beginning
in the 16th centuryâ?"when emigrants established colonies in North America,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africaâ?"the earlier migration was similar
in many respects.
Although many clans from many tribes converged on Europe at the same time,
most of those that finally settled in Northwest Europe were related and
shared a culture.
Many historians have acknowledged that the Anglo-Saxon peoples provided the
racial stock that founded several modern Western nations, including Great
Britain and the United States. This information can be found in many history
books.
What isn't widely understood is the Celtic-Scythian link to the ancient
Israelites. In the previous chapter we briefly discussed this connection.
Now we turn our attention to God beginning to fulfill His promises to the
descendants of Israel's presumably lost tribes after they had migrated to
northwestern Europe and the British Isles and from there to America and the
other British colonies around the world.
Promises of greatness for Joseph's descendants
Before his death the patriarch Jacob, through God's inspiration, prophesied
what would happen to the descendants of his 12 sons in the "last days"
(Genesis 49:1). Our focus in this chapter is on Jacob's prophecy concerning
Joseph.
Joseph's modern descendants are the easiest to identify of all the lost
tribes of Israel because the specific blessings they were to receive stand
out so distinctly from those of the other tribes. God promised to Joseph's
descendantsâ?"through his sons Ephraim and Manasseh â?"all the benefits of
the birthright promises of national greatness and overflowing prosperity.
Notice Jacob's prophecy about Joseph in the last days: "Joseph is like a
grapevine that produces much fruit, a healthy vine watered by a spring,
whose branches grow over the wall. Archers attack him violently and shoot at
him angrily, but he aims his bow well. His arms are made strong. He gets his
power from the Mighty God of Jacob and his strength from the Shepherd, the
Rock of Israel.
"Your father's God helps you. God Almighty blesses you. He blesses you with
rain from above, with water from springs below, with many babies born to
your wives, and many young ones born to your animals. The blessings of your
father are greater than the blessings of the oldest mountains, greater than
the good things of the long-lasting hills. May these blessings rest on the
head of Joseph, on the forehead of the one who was separated from his
brothers" (Genesis 49:22-26, New Century Version).
Joseph's descendants, he said, were to be especially blessedâ?"like a
fruitful vine with a never-ending supply of water, insuring their constant
growth. Their populations would multiply rapidly. They would expand to lands
beyond their original borders, grow militarily strong and reap the choicest
physical blessings of the earth. They would produce and prosper. These were
the birthright blessings (1 Chronicles 5:1-2) God promised to Joseph's
descendants. Because of these divine blessings, Joseph's descendants were to
stand out among Israel's other tribes (Genesis 49:22-26).
Before his death Moses repeated the special blessings that would flow to
Joseph's descendants. "And of Joseph he said: 'Blessed of the LORD is his
land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying
beneath, with the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of
the months, with the best things of the ancient mountains, with the precious
things of the everlasting hills, with the precious things of the earth and
its fullness, and the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing
come 'on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was
separate from his brothers.'
"His glory is like a firstborn bull, and his horns [military might] like the
horns of the wild ox; together with them he shall push the peoples to the
ends of the earth; they are the 10 thousands of Ephraim, and they are the
thousands of Manasseh'" (Deuteronomy 33:13-17). God had promised to take a
direct hand in delivering magnificent physical blessings to Joseph's
descendants.
When we understand that the modern descendants of Joseph are the people of
the United States and Britain, we see that over the past three centuries God
has been true to His promises. He has granted the physical birthright
blessings of Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, to their modern
descendantsâ?"the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic people of Britain and the United
States. The Anglo-Saxon and Celtic descendants have been the primary
founders and shapers of British and American culture.
God also has made available to them opportunities to shine as spiritual
beacons within a confused and darkened world. Regrettably, as with the
ancient Israelites, only a few among them have been willing to accept their
responsibility and God's calling.
God assigned a role to Joseph's descendants
God's grand purposeâ?"anciently, today and tomorrowâ?"for Abraham's
descendants has never varied. He selected them to be a blessing to "all the
families of the earth" (Genesis 12:3). To make this possible He promised
them every material advantage they would ever need.
Yet God did not give them national prominence and prosperity at the expense
of other peoples and nations. Rather, God's far-reaching purpose has always
been to lead all people into a permanent relationship with Him (Acts 17:30;
1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9). Only then can they receive the power to change
their human nature and receive the ultimate blessing of eternal life (Acts
4:12).
God had designated Abraham's descendantsâ?"by a promise, long before they
existed as a peopleâ?"to be His instruments in accomplishing important
aspects of His purpose. He has used them in ways even they have not always
discerned.
At the heart of God's relationship with the ancient Israelites was His
covenant with them and their descendants. That agreement defined the rules
and responsibilities of the relationship between God and the Israelites. It
set forth the obligations God imposed on Himself and His expectations of the
nation He had created to be His holy people and a model nation to the world
(Leviticus 20:26; Deuteronomy 4:5-8; 7:6).
God gave the promised birthright blessings to Joseph's modern descendants in
Britain and America. At the same time He has made available to Israel's
descendantsâ?"and indeed the whole worldâ?"the knowledge of what He expects
of them spiritually. He has accurately preserved this knowledge in the
Bible, and today that knowledge is available to anyone willing to read itâ?"whether
ethnically Israelite or gentile.
God makes His Word available
The British and American people have been the instruments used to spread
God's Word to most of the known world. Although we often take the Bible for
granted, and many U.S. and British homes now have several copies, it wasn't
always this way.
For many centuries virtually the only copies available outside of the
original languages were in Latin, with the Roman Catholic Church tightly
controlling the common people's access to the Scriptures. "Yet it was in
England, so long deprived of the living Word, where the battle was fought
and won for the right of the common man to have his Bible in his own
language" (Neil Lightfoot, How We Got the Bible, 1986, p. 76).
After several attempts to produce Englishâ?"language versions in the 1500s,
in 1611 the king of England officially approved the publication of what has
become known as the King James Version of the Bible. Its translators, by
order of King James, produced it from its original languages by a large team
of Hebrew and Greek scholars. It quickly gained the reputation of being the
most accurate translation of the Bible ever attempted up to that time.
For almost 400 years it has remained the best-known Bible translation of the
English-speaking world. It has been the model for Bible translations for
practically all other languages. No single book has affected the history of
the English-speaking people like the King James Bible.
The Bible has since been translated into thousands of languages, virtually
every tongue, with the British-descended people printing and distributing
hundreds of millions of copies all over the globe.
The policies and resources of America and Britain have both encouraged and
enabled the true gospel of the Kingdom of God to be proclaimed around the
world in recent years. They have provided the climate of religious freedom,
the financial resources and most of the laborers that were needed to
disseminate biblical knowledge to all nations.
The Bible's role in society and law
Biblical principles even became the basis for much of English common law.
English common law in turn heavily influenced American constitutional and
regional law. In this manner the Bible has had a greater influence on the
United States and the British Commonwealth nations than on any other people
in recent centuries.
The Bible formed the foundation of these nations' professed ethical values
and morality. Laws the nations established on biblical principles became the
basis of a huge part of their legal judgments. The United States in
particular became the most biblically oriented nation in the world (with the
possible exception of the modern state of Israel, founded in 1948).
Through the widespread availability of the Bible, God gave the
English-speaking peoples essential information they needed to know what God
expected of them. In addition, many were exposed to their true identity as
descendants of Joseph through his sons Ephraim and Manasseh (see "Advocates
of British-Israelism," page 38).
However, God has never forced the British and American peoples to accept
their biblically ordained role. Like ancient Israel, He has given them a
choice (Deuteronomy 30:15, 19).
Only a small proportion of them have sincerely responded.
Why did all of this happen? What purpose is God working out for the last
days? How has He been accomplishing the essential elements of His plan?
Let's review some of the significant international contributions Britain and
America have made to the modern world. Then let's compare those to the
promises God made to the descendants of Joseph.
If we find that the British and American people have received the biblically
predicted benefits and blessings, we then have further evidence to
substantiate that they are indeed the modern descendants of Joseph.
Have Britains and Americans perceived the hand of God?
The expression "God is an Englishman" mirrored the views of many people both
in and outside the British Isles in the 19th century. What precipitated this
startling point of view?
Britain's status in the world is only a shadow of what it was a century ago.
You might have had difficulty convincing many people who lived in the 19th
and 20th centuries that God was not somehow miraculously prospering the
politicians, statesmen, diplomats, explorers, generals, admirals, soldiers,
architects, engineers, scientists, inventors, bankers, businessmen,
shopkeepers and entrepreneurs of the British Isles.
To many observers, both in and out of Britain, it appeared that success came
to the British people whether they even pursued itâ?"whether they made wise
or foolish choices. It was as though certain blessings were overtaking them.
It was the perceived inevitability of success that inspired John Robert
Seeley, Cambridge professor of modern history (1834-1895) and author of The
Expansion of England (1884), to make the famous quip that England acquired
her globe-spanning empire "in a fit of absence of mind."
The 1800s were certainly Britain's century. To their own astonishment the
people of the relatively tiny British Isles found themselves ruling over a
mighty empire. As the 19th century drew to a close, the British Empire was
"the largest empire in the history of the world, comprising nearly a quarter
of the land mass of the earth, and a quarter of its population" (James
Morris, Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire, 1968, p. 21).
Yet the empire would continue to expand. "It continued to grow until 1933,
when its area was 13.9 million square miles and its population 493 million
... The Roman Empire in its prime comprised perhaps 120 million people in an
area of 21/2 million square miles ..." (ibid., pp. 27, 42).
The British Empire, then, spanned 51/2 times the territory of the Roman
Empire, with more than four times the subjects. British rule extended over
not just ordinary regions but some of the choicest and most fertile
territories on earth.
It is hardly surprising that educated people of the day perceived the hand
of God in the process. To them it seemed too obvious to ignore.
For example, Lord Rosebery, a British foreign secretary (1886, 1892-1894)
and prime minister (1894-1895), spoke in November 1900 to the students of
Glasgow University about the British Empire:
"How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but by the work of
men's hands ... and yet not wholly human, for the most heedless and the most
cynical must see the finger of the Divine.
"Growing as trees grow, while others slept; fed by the faults of others as
well as the character of our fathers; reaching with a ripple of a restless
tide over tracts, and islands and continents, until our little Britain woke
up to find herself the foster-mother of nations and the source of united
empires. Do we not hail in this less the energy and fortune of a race than
the supreme direction of the Almighty?"
In those more biblically literate times, people like Lord Rosebery perceived
the remarkable circumstances of the British people. God seemed to be
blessing them much as He had promised to bless the ancient people of Israel.
Therefore, to them it hardly seemed outrageous to regard the British people
as chosen of God. Was their perception merely an expression of human vanity?
Or were they truly observing the hand of God blessing their people and
nation?
The builders of the British Empire aspired to weld together a peaceful,
productive domain ruling over a quarter of the world's population. A great
achievement of British administrators was the establishment and extension of
law and order in Britain's colonial and imperial territories around the
globe. This alone brought untold blessings to the people of these
territories.
This Pax Britannica bequeathed peaceful conditions to many regions formerly
plagued by war and long-term ethnic hostilities. The British presence also
stimulated territorial economic development and introduced many areas to
Western technological advances. British missionaries became the bearers of
biblical literature and knowledge to people from one end of the globe to the
other. Both physical and spiritual blessings were freely distributed around
the globe.
The British century
Great Britain had not always been great. Indeed, most of the rise of both
Britain and the United States came after 1800. Only a couple of centuries
before becoming the world's premier power, England's status was similar to
that of all the other nations in Europe.
The Hapsburg Holy Roman emperor, Charles V, characterized the relative place
of England among European nations on the eve of the 16th century. He is said
to have remarked, "I speak Latin to God, Italian to musicians, Spanish to
ladies, French at court, German to servants, and English to my horses."
How did such a reversal of fortune and prestige for all things English occur
over the next 200 years?
The industrial and economic growth of the Anglo-American world began to
crescendo in the middle to late 18th century. Economic historians argue
about the point at which the industrialization process reached critical
mass. But, generally speaking, the earliest dates they suggest are the 1750s
and the latest around 1800.
Britain also experienced a population explosion beginning during that same
period. Historian Colin Cross notes that "one of the unexplained mysteries
of social history is the explosion in the size of the population of Great
Britain between 1750 and 1850. For generations the British population had
been static, or rising only very slightly. Then in the space of a century it
almost trebledâ?"from 7.7 million in 1750 to 20.7 million in 1850 ...
Britain was a dynamic country and one of the marks of its dynamism was the
population explosion" (Fall of the British Empire, 1969, p. 155).
This window of time seems to be directly related to Joseph's exiled
descendants receiving the promised birthright blessings. Although historians
have wondered why the industrial revolution didn't begin at some earlier
point in history, this divine blessing may help explain why the gigantic
increases in industrial capacity expanded so
dramatically when they did.
The Bible reveals that God is in control of events and works them out
according to His plan and timetable (Isaiah 46:9-10). He long ago made
known, through the patriarch Jacob, that Joseph's descendants would receive
the birthright promises in "the last days" (Genesis 49:1, 22-26).
Other biblically prophesied troubles distinguish our modern age as the last
days leading into the events prophesied in Matthew 24 and the book of
Revelation. They confirm that the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham
concerning the last days has been taking place.
The year 1776 was a landmark date. By that year the steam engine was in
practical use, and within another decadeâ?"just a few years before the
French Revolution of 1789 significantly slowed industrial development in
Franceâ?"it became a commercial success.
That same year American colonists declared their independence. This
separation of the United States from Britain accomplished the prophecy that
Manasseh and Ephraim would be separate peoplesâ?"one a great nation and the
other "a multitude of nations" (Genesis 48:16, 19).
Another major event occurred about the same time. A Scottish University of
Glasgow professor of moral philosophy, Adam Smith, published Wealth of
Nations, which became the intellectual and philosophical support for
England's developing what has since become known as the capitalist economy.
The capitalist system soon began to propel the Western world in general, and
the British economy in particular, to unprecedented heights.
Though British diplomats and statesmen may have lacked a grand design for
the construction of their empire, it became the largest and most beneficent
empire in the history of mankind. Little wonder that historians describe the
1800s as the British century.
American nationhood blossoms
The wars between France and England that culminated with the British victory
over Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 had an indirect influence on America's
rise to greatness. Napoleon's need for ready cash to pay for the costs of
impending war with England led him to sell France's vast American
territories to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
The acquisition of the Louisiana territory in 1803 gave the American
republic instant world-power status. The young country bought 828,000 square
miles of the most fertile farmland in the worldâ?"the American Midwestâ?"for
less than 3 cents per acre!
Overnight the size of the United States doubled, immeasurably strengthening
the nation materially and strategically.
After that 1803 transaction the country expanded across the continent in
less than a generation, adding huge swaths of territory with vast natural
resources. In 1867 the United States added almost 600,000 more square miles
when it purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 millionâ?"about 2 cents per
acre.
Although no one realized it at the time, these great untapped blessings
would allow America's citizens to lead the world in per-capita wealth in the
next century. Though detractors openly ridiculed the purchase of Alaska at
the time, income from its resourcesâ?"timber, minerals, oil and the likeâ?"today
amounts to tens of billions of dollars each year.
A commonwealth of nations
The other fulfillment of Jacob's predictionâ?"that Ephraim would become "a
multitude of nations" (Genesis 48:19) â?"also slowly but quickly picked up
steam. It began as a result of Britain's victory over France in 1815. By the
end of the Napoleonic Wars the Royal Navy ruled the oceans.
The British economy, stimulated by this conflict, emerged with unparalleled
economic supremacy. The French bid for world hegemonyâ?"more or less
continual since the days of Louis XIV (1643-1715) and the opening rounds of
the Second Hundred Years Warâ?"had decisively failed.
Britain found herself free and in possession of the necessary political,
economic and military power to build an empire that soon extended around the
world. As modern Manasseh (the United States) began to build a nation that
would soon extend from sea to shining sea, Ephraim (Britain) fell heir to
lands around the world.
The British built an empire on which the sun never set. Its imperial
structure was almost infinite in its diversity, comprised as it was of
people from virtually every ethnic group and governed by means as
centralized as the raj (British rule) in India or the British
agent-general's office in Egypt or as independent as the dominion status
granted to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
From a physical point of view, much of the Anglo-American dominance during
the past two centuries came from the blessing of favorable geography and
climate and the seemingly endless supply of natural resources accumulated
during this time.
British territories were concentrated in the most productive regions of the
temperate zone. An abundant and dependable food supply enabled them to
support steady population growth from the 18th through much of the 20th
centuries. Certainly the modern descendants of Joseph have been a "fruitful
bough" (Genesis 49:22-25; see also Leviticus 26:9; Deuteronomy 6:3; 7:13-14;
28:4-5).
The British and American peoples inherited a treasure trove of natural
resources. What the British lacked within their own isles, they drew from an
empire encircling the globe. Americans found everything necessary for
national economic greatnessâ?"vast expanses of fertile soil; seemingly
endless forests; gold, silver and other precious metals waiting to be mined;
and massive iron ore, coal, petroleum and other mineral depositsâ?"within
the confines of the continental United States and even more in Alaska.
Both peoples possessed "the best things of the ancient mountains"â?"the
"precious things of the everlasting hills" and "the precious things of the
earth and its fullness" within the territories they exclusively controlled
(Deuteronomy 8:9; 28:1, 6, 8, 13; 33:13-17).
The world's military and commercial gateways
God's promise to Abraham included another provision: "... Your descendants
shall possess the gate of their enemies" (Genesis 22:17). In this context
gate means a strategic passageway controlling commerce or military access
for a region. Examples of strategic gates are the Straits of Gibraltar and
the Suez and Panama canals.
It is a fact of history that Great Britain and the United States gained
control of the majority of the world's most important land and sea gates
(see map on page 39). These have been critical to their economic and
military dominance in the 19th and 20th centuries. Let's consider how
Joseph's descendants acquired the three crucial sea gates mentioned above.
The first example took place as a result of the War of the Spanish
Succession (1701-1714). The Spanish king, Charles II (1661-1700), had no
children. The absence of an heir led to a controversy over succession to the
Spanish throne. For a time it appeared the matter could be peaceably
resolved. However, when Charles designated Philippe d'Anjou, the grandson of
French King Louis XIV, as his successor, he destabilized the European
balance of power.
Charles' decision confirmed the worst fears of fellow European statesmen
concerning French intentions. At Versailles the Spanish ambassador, kneeling
before the new kingâ?"now Philip V of Spainâ?"was heard to murmur, "Il n'y
pas de Pyrenees"â?"there are no more Pyrenees. He implied that the king's
ascension amounted to the union of France and Spain. But England's growing
dominance prevented this from coming to pass.
In 1701 England, at war with France, was determined to restore a favorable
balance of power in Europe. England succeeded, and the French bid to
dominate the Continent failed. In fact, England emerged from the conflict
with the largest European navy and her status as a major power confirmed.
As a result of the war England acquired Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the
Hudson Bay territory, Minorca and, most important, Gibraltar, an
indispensable international sea gate. Her possession of Gibraltar meant that
she controlled the entry and exit to the Mediterranean Sea. These
acquisitions were part of the terms of settlement of the Peace of Utrecht,
April 11, 1713.
More than a century and a half later the British gained direct control of
another critical sea gate at the other end of the Mediterranean, the Suez
Canal. The British remained at Suez for nearly three quarters of a century.
This 100-mile man-made passage between the Mediterranean and Red seas has
long been one of the world's most heavily used shipping lanes, eliminating
the long and arduous trip around the southern tip of Africa. In accordance
with the biblical prophecy, God gave this sea gate to the British peopleâ?"the
modern descendants of Ephraim, son of Joseph.
A third critical sea gate acquired by Joseph's descendants was the Panama
Canal. Like Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory or
Benjamin Disraeli's acquisition of Suez Canal stock (see "Benjamin Disraeli:
Maestro of Empire," page 34), American president Theodore Roosevelt took
steps to secure Panama with bold decisiveness but questionable legality.
About his presumption Roosevelt remarked, "I took the Isthmus, started the
Canal, and then left Congress â?"not to debate the Canal, but to debate me"
(Roger Butterfield, The American Past, 1966, p. 323).
A blessing to other nations
The rise to greatness of Britain and the United States was nothing short of
astonishing. Says historian James Morris: "During the ... years of Queen
Victoria's reign [1837-1901] the Empire had grown by more than ten times,
from a scatter of disregarded possessions to a quarter of the land mass of
the earth ... It had changed the face of the continents with its cities, its
railways, its churches, ... and it had changed the manner of life of entire
peoples, stamping its own values upon civilizations from the Cree to the
Burmese, besides creating several fully-fledged new nations of its own.
There had never been such an Empire since history began ..." (Heaven's
Command: An Imperial Progress, 1973, p. 539, emphasis added).
Morris adds: "It was not merely the right of the British to rule a quarter
of the world, so the imperialists thought, it was actually their duty ...
They would so distribute across the earth their own methods, principles and
liberal traditions that the future of mankind would be reshaped. Justice
would be established, miseries relieved, ignorant savages enlightened, all
by the agency of British power and money" (Pax Britannica, p. 26, emphasis
added). God was using the English-speaking people to introduce a new set of
standards and individual freedoms to the rest of mankind.
The British proved to be able administrators who dramatically improved the
infrastructure and standard of living in the countries they governed.
Although all aspects of their administration were not always carried out as
justly and equitably as they should have been, God's prophesied intent was
accomplished. The sons of Joseph led the world into an era of unprecedented
knowledge, prosperity and technological advancement. For the first time the
Bible, plus biblically oriented reference works and publications, began to
be distributed globally.
The United States, after pursuing an isolationist policy for many years, was
eventually forced by events beyond her control to also take a larger role in
world affairsâ?"becoming the international model for freedom and individual
rights. Attacked by Japan in 1941, an ill-prepared United States suddenly
found itself at war with the Axis powers. It quickly geared up its
industrial might, already harnessed to some extent in the early years of the
war to aid Britain.
The United States emerged from World War II as the most powerful nation in
the world. But, rather than using its strength to dominate and oppress the
weaker nations of a shattered world, America set out to rebuild its defeated
enemiesâ?"exhibiting a compassion that is indeed rare in the annals of
international affairs.
From 1945 through 1952 the United States channeled $24 billion ($150 billion
in today's dollars) to the cause of rescuing and rebuilding Europe,
including Germany. In Japan the United States governed the country for
several years, rebuilding it and setting it back on its feet. In recent
years both of these former enemy nations have emerged as global economic
powers.
Since then both the United States and Britain have funneled many more
billions in foreign aid to other countries. These are some of the ways
Britain and the United States have been a blessing to the nations of the
world. Along with those blessings, however, have been some misguided efforts
and injustices. Such is the legacy of greatly blessed nations that have
neglected to obey the God who blessed them.
Will Anglo-American dominance continue?
The 19th and 20th centuries saw the Anglo-American peoples dominate world
affairs. Will this pattern continue into the 21st century?
British world dominance has long since passed. The two great wars of the
20th century took a terrible toll on Britain and her people. The conflicts
robbed her of two generations of young men and drained her economically. By
the end of World War II the British found themselves with neither the
resources nor the will to preserve their empire.
After Britain gave India its independence in 1947 the British Empire began
to dissolve with dizzying speed. Britain's supremacy quickly gave place to
American dominance in the second half of the 20th century.
Although American military, economic, industrial and technical power still
reigns supreme, the spiraling moral decay of the United States does not bode
well for the future. The biblically based values on which the founding
fathers and American people built the United States of America have given
way to denial of God and the same kind of self-serving materialistic
orientation that led to the collapse of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and
Judah.
Without a change in direction and emphasis, will the outcome for America be
any different?
Far too many Americans and Britons have refused to acknowledge God and His
blessings. In their intellectual and spiritual arrogance many have chosen to
deny the existence of a Creator and accept the false religion of evolution
and its secular-humanist theology.
They prefer to believe that the awesome blessings of national wealth and
power are happenstance or the result of their own efforts. Like ancient
Israel they have fallen into a trap of their own making, choosing to ignore
God's words of warning:
"When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the
good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your
God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am
giving you this day.
"Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and
settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and
gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become
proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery" (Deuteronomy 8:10-14, NIV).
--
Concerning quotes (out of context): these are distortions, taken out of the
context of
the blasphemies and insults placed upon me by the vilest of traitors and
foul wretches
imagineable. Jesus kicked their asses out of the Temple and I do the same to
all god damned liars and hypocrites. I make no apology. God is my judge. If
this fellow (Manning) were honest he would include these, and all would see
that I am
justified by the Lord in my responses. The word of the Lord is given on
the matter in the following:
Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice,
and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys
of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according
to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.
Let no one, therefore, set on my servant for I will justify him. saith the
Lord your God.
Manning is as mendacious about not being a queer as Ward Churchill is about
being an Indian. Typical of the delusional left. Not moored in truth or
reality.
THE GOLDEN RULE OF DISINFORMERS:
Always accuse your adversary of whatever is true about yourself.
"Nothing has more retarded the advancement of learning than the disposition
of vulgar minds to ridicule and vilify what they do not understand."
Dr.Samuel Johnson.
The Revelations of Jesus Christ:
<http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3>
Discourses of Brigham Young, Pg.68
As it has always been, and will be yet for some time, when the sons
of God assemble together Satan will be on hand as an accuser of the
brethren, to find fault with those who are trying to do good.
"But we ask, does it remain for a people who never had faith enough to call
down one scrap of revelation from heaven, and for all they have now are
indebted
to the faith of another people...does it remain for them to say how much God
has
spoken and how much He has not spoken?" Joseph Smith
"Every generation has flattered itself that it is a little better than the
one that preceded it. Every generation has prided itself in its knowledge
and great advancement in the arts and sciences and its superiority over
preceding generations; yet the power of the adversary and his hatred of
righteousness and truth are as great to-day as they ever were since the
creation of the earth." Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, Pg.228 - Pg.229,
George Q. Cannon, May 6, 1866
"Some men are natural born saints; whenever a principle is advanced they
understand it, and drink it in; * * * while there are others who do not
understand and oppose every principle that is not clear to their mind. This
can be accounted for, that we are not all pure blooded, for Ephraim became
foolish and mixed up with the gentiles. When we find the pure blood of
Ephraim, we find a natural born child of God and there is nothing in the
gospel that is objectionable to them, but the others have to exercise faith
in God and humble themselves before Him and live for it." (Deseret Weekly,
50:250-251)
35 And the rebellious shall be cut off out of the land of Zion, and shall
be sent away, and shall not inherit the land.
36 For, verily I say that the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim,
wherefore they shall be plucked out.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 64:35 - 36)
RetroProphet
>In other passages the prophets reveal that these Israelites would eventually
>find themselves in a new location to the north and west of the Promised
>Land, from which they faced imminent eviction. It is from this direction
>they will return to their homeland in the Middle East after Christ's return.
>
>The most obvious verse that shows this is in the book of Isaiah: "Surely
>these shall come from afar; look! Those from the north and the west, and
>these from the land of Sinim" (Isaiah 49:12; see also verses 13-23).
>
>Since Hebrew has no expression corresponding to the English "northwest,"
>this verse may also be understood that Israel would migrate to a region to
>the northwest of the Promised Land.
>
LOL. Since Hebrew has no expression for the word you
want you'll just pretend that what was written
"may be understood" to be the word you want?!
One wonders how you define "may be misunderstood"
or can possible know the difference.
You are truly the modern embodiment of the
know-nothing American frontier gibberish
make-it-up-as-you-go-along tradition.
Riain Barton/ריעין ברתון
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> Northwest in Hebrew is Tzfon-ma'arav
(Better make sure no one thinks you are verifying the previous poster's
ideas....)
Susan
RetroProphet
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Thank you. Y'know I should have just assumed that his
base assertion was wrong, but I just couldn't
resist making fun of how he was making stuff up.
Art Bulla
one kernel fall to the ground unnoticed of the birthright tribe, Ephraim,
and has set his hand to gather them out of Babylon again. Go away athiest.
Your Darwinism has been shown to be "make it up as you go" not the other way
around. You deny the Holy Ghost, do you not?
'For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall
fall to the ground'" (Amos 9:8-9).
It is a historical fact that the Northern Kingdom (look it up you foul
wretch) was taken captive in 800 BC. They never came back but "were sifted
among all nations" as the Lord said. Of course you fight against Zion with
your stupid theories of origins which contradict common sense and every law
of physics known to man. Darwin was a liar from his boyhood up. And you
are a liar. You deny the Holy Ghost, isn't that right, you fool?
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scriptures and linguistics and waypoints left behind by Dan, and other
tribes, all showing the progress of the ten lost tribes. I will publish some
of these evidences. Behold the judgment of God upon you:
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed,
and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
(Old Testament | Isaiah 29:20 - 21)
It seems your fathers practiced this shysterism as well:
History of the Jews in a nutshell:
1 AND he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man (God) planted a
vineyard, and set an hedge about it (political kingdom of God), and digged a
place for the winefat (Temple), and built a tower, and let it out to
husbandmen (Levitical Priesthood), and went into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant (the Prophets), that
he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,
and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating
some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto
them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us
kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy
the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders
rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew
that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went
their way.
13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians,
to catch him in his words.
(New Testament | Mark 12:1 - 13)
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Art Bulla
deny the Holy Ghost. When God himself contradicts your vain tradition you
crucify him. Isn't that the well established routine, you nitwit?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist
the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have
slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye
have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept
it.
54 ¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they
gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing
on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down
their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin
to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
(New Testament | Acts 7:51 - 60)
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about something as simple as that, how can anyone take anything else he
says seriously?
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Riain Barton/ריעין ברתון
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: >: >In other passages the prophets reveal that these Israelites would
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Susan Cohen
> He is the one who says there is no such word in Hebrew... He is wrong
> about something as simple as that, how can anyone take anything else he
> says seriously?
I'm talking about the previous poster and his British Identity stuff.
Susan
Pat Harrington
> I have it from the Holy Ghost, fool. Revelation is not opinion. But you
> deny the Holy Ghost. When God himself contradicts your vain tradition you
> crucify him. Isn't that the well established routine, you nitwit?
>
I don't deny the Holt Ghost but, having read your revelations,
they are not of the Holy Ghost. You are either being deluded by
another spirit or just outright making it up. The key is in how your
lack of knowledge creeps in to the text. God/the Holy Ghost does not
suffer from your lack of knowledge; only you do. And you continue to
show that you are unenlightened by calling people names. You can't
keep losing your rag and think you can command respect. You're a poor
imitation of a modern day prophet. You've tried to build upon the
Book of Mormon, whose genetic premiss has been scientifically proven
false. You are trying to build a sand castle in a lake.
Pat Harrington
> God damn your Hebrew to hell. There is incontrovertable evidence in the
> scriptures and linguistics and waypoints left behind by Dan, and other
> tribes, all showing the progress of the ten lost tribes. I will publish some
> of these evidences. Behold the judgment of God upon you:
>
There you go again, False prophet. You have just attempted to
damn God's own language. See if He ever speaks to you. I can draw
similarities between Modern Hawaiian and Hebrew; for example: the word
priest in Hebrew is Cohen or Kohen and in Hawaiian it is Kahuna.
These are linguistically equivalent. So, obviously, all Polynesians
must be of the tribe of Levi. Rubbish!!! The genetics stand against
your Book of Mormon's birthright. Tell you what, why don't we
genetically test all the Jews. Look for 12 distinct patterns and then
see who, in the non-Jewish population, also match one of those
patterns. Then we could allot the tribes accordingly. We already
know that Cohenim are Levite. That leaves 11 left. It's a big job
but it would bring us all one step closer to the Messiah!!
Art Bulla
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captive by Sennacharib in 800 BC.
They are not lost unto the Lord.
A Company of Nations was to come from Ephraim.
Eprhraim is the birthright tribe, not Judah.
God has raised up prophets in this modern day of Ephraim. I am the one they
prophesied of.
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Art Bulla
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at the tower, but of course you know nothing about that. Besides Jesus
spoke Aramaic.
3 For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord
God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the
understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto
their understanding.
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 31:3)
Lizard brains like you revile against that which you do not understand.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak
evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in
their own corruption;
(New Testament | 2 Peter 2:12)
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reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
(Old Testament | Isaiah 29:21)
15 O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the
pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all
those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo,
wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down
to hell!
16 Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile
against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth! For the day
shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit the inhabitants of the
earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall
perish.
17 But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their
wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of
Hosts.
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 28:15 - 17)
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Art Bulla wrote:
> There are two unarguable facts. The Northern Kingdom (look it up)
was taken
> captive by Sennacharib in 800 BC.
>
OK!
> They are not lost unto the Lord.
>
OK! Now those are your two unarguable facts!
> A Company of Nations was to come from Ephraim.
>
This is arguable!
> Eprhraim is the birthright tribe, not Judah.
>
This is ridiculous and heretical Joe Smith gibberish.
> God has raised up prophets in this modern day of Ephraim. I am the
one they
> prophesied of.
>
You mean, "of which they prophesied". Nevermind!! If the world
was waiting for you, why would you be wasting time on the usenet? It
seems like you don't really know how to go about being one of the
chosen few. Is that why you speak to Jews? To try to learn how to act
as if you were chosen? Hell, a prophet of God wouldn't end his
sentences with a preposition. You are truly one of the worst
pretenders I've ever seen.
Riain Barton/ריעין ברתון
culture(s) they encountered and are no more!!!
The Art really needs to put into a mental hospital.
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Riain Barton/øéòéï áøúåï wrote:
> They are lost, 100% completely gone! They assimilated into whatever
> culture(s) they encountered and are no more!!!
>
> The Art really needs to put into a mental hospital.
>
>
He's certainly running in that direction!!