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The Biblical Prophets for Today
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Nearly ONE THIRD of the Bible concerns Prophecy. And MOST of that prophecy is for the last 42 months of this age. The book of Revelation is for "the Lord's day" - not a day of the week, but for the prophetic time in the prophets of the Old Testament known as "the day of the Lord." All nations on earth are families grown large and many of them moved, migrated, and settled in the lands where we find them today. Much recorded history down through the ages shows who the modern nations of the world are, where they came from, and who they were in the days of the Old Testament prophets. Much prophecy has a two fold fulfillment i.e. Jeremiah 30:1-9; Isaiah 11. The latter fulfillment is for the very end times - the last 42 months of this age - Luke 21:22 "For these be the days of vengeance, that all things that are written may be fulfilled." With these basic keys we can understand the Bible prophets as they speak to us for our day and beyond into the last 42 months of this age, leading up to the glorious, powerful, mighty return of Christ Jesus to this earth, and the establishing of the Kingdom of God on earth.Nearly ONE THIRD of the Bible concerns Prophecy. And MOST of that prophecy is for the last 42 months of this age.

The book of Revelation is for the Lords day - not a day of the week, but for the prophetic time in the prophets of the Old Testament known as the day of the Lord.

All nations on earth are families grown large and many of them moved, migrated, and settled in the lands where we find them today.

Much recorded history down through the ages shows who the modern nations of the world are, where they came from, and who they were in the days of the Old Testament prophets.

Much prophecy has a two fold fulfillment i.e. Jeremiah 30:1-9; Isaiah 11.

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The Biblical Prophets for Today
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Keith Malcolm Hunt

Keith Hunt was born in South Wales but was raised from the age of five in England, where he attended a Church of England school until the age of 17, reading the bible the first half hour of each day. He also attended Sunday school faithfully. He believed and was taught to memorize the Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20. He believed Sunday was the 7th day of the week, as he was never taught differently. Keith moved to Canada at the age of 18, where he soon learned that Sunday was not the seventh day of the week. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Radio Church of God and was later baptized by them. Many of the doctrines they taught at that time were quite acceptable to Keith, as he already believed them from his years of Bible reading and study. He eventually became a leader in that church, but as time went on many problems developed in what had become known as the Worldwide Church of God. Thousands of members and dozens of ministers left that organization during the 70's. Keith was among them. Being the spiritual leader of two small congregations in 1980 and beginning to write various religious articles, Keith was contacted by Fred Coulter with the Biblical Church of God in California. Fred came to visit Keith, meeting the two congregations, in Ontario, Canada and Rochester, NY state. With the approval of the two congregations Keith was leading, Fred Coulter and the other elders of the BCG ordained Keith Hunt to the Ministry of Jesus Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles in the city of St. Louis, in the year 1982. Keith soon found himself pastoring the church in Ontario as a local independent congregation. Over the years, he has worked with a number of Sabbath keeping congregations in various parts of North America. At the present, Keith resides in the Canadian province of Alberta and continues to write articles and studies on Bible topics, which he publishes on his website keithhunt.com. He also teaches guitar lessons and enjoys horseback riding with his horse Goldie.Keith Hunt was born in South Wales but was raised from the age of five in England, where he attended a Church of England school until the age of 17, reading the bible the first half hour of each day. He also attended Sunday school faithfully. He believed and was taught to memorize the Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20. He believed Sunday was the 7th day of the week, as he was never taught differently. Keith moved to Canada at the age of 18, where he soon learned that Sunday was not the seventh day of the week. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Radio Church of God and was later baptized by them. Many of the doctrines they taught at that time were quite acceptable to Keith, as he already believed them from his years of Bible reading and study. He eventually became a leader in that church, but as time went on many problems developed in what had become known as the Worldwide Church of God. Thousands of members and dozens of ministers left that organization during the 70's. Keith was among them. Being the spiritual leader of two small congregations in 1980 and beginning to write various religious articles, Keith was contacted by Fred Coulter with the Biblical Church of God in California. Fred came to visit Keith, meeting the two congregations, in Ontario, Canada and Rochester, NY state. With the approval of the two congregations Keith was leading, Fred Coulter and the other elders of the BCG ordained Keith Hunt to the Ministry of Jesus Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles in the city of St. Louis, in the year 1982. Keith soon found himself pastoring the church in Ontario as a local independent congregation. Over the years, he has worked with a number of Sabbath keeping congregations in various parts of North America. At the present, Keith resides in the Canadian province of Alberta and continues to write articles and studies on Bible topics, which he publishes on his website keithhunt.com. He also teaches guitar lessons and enjoys horseback riding with his horse Goldie. Keith Hunt was born in South Wales but was raised from the age of five in England, where he attended a Church of England school until the age of 17, reading the bible the first half hour of each day. He also attended Sunday school faithfully. He believed and was taught to memorize the Ten Commandments as found in Exodus 20. He believed Sunday was the 7th day of the week, as he was never taught differently. Keith moved to Canada at the age of 18, where he soon learned that Sunday was not the seventh day of the week. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Radio Church of God and was later baptized by them. Many of the doctrines they taught at that time were quite acceptable to Keith, as he already believed them from his years of Bible reading and study. He eventually became a leader in that church, but as time went on many problems developed in what had become known as the Worldwide Church of God. Thousands of members and dozens of ministers left that organization during the 70’s. Keith was among them. Being the spiritual leader of two small congregations in 1980 and beginning to write various religious articles, Keith was contacted by Fred Coulter with the Biblical Church of God in California. Fred came to visit Keith, meeting the two congregations, in Ontario, Canada and Rochester, NY state. With the approval of the two congregations Keith was leading, Fred Coulter and the other elders of the BCG ordained Keith Hunt to the Ministry of Jesus Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles in the city of St. Louis, in the year 1982. Keith soon found himself pastoring the church in Ontario as a local independent congregation. Over the years, he has worked with a number of Sabbath keeping congregations in various parts of North America. At the present, Keith resides in the Canadian province of Alberta and continues to write articles and studies on Bible topics, which he publishes on his website keithhunt.com. He also teaches guitar lessons and enjoys horseback riding with his horse Goldie.

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    The Biblical Prophets for Today - Keith Malcolm Hunt

    Contents

    Foreword

    Chapter 1--Migration of the Nations

    Chapter 2--Isaiah for Today

    Chapter 3--Jeremiah for Today

    Chapter 4--Ezekiel for Today

    Chapter 5--Daniel for Today

    Chapter 6--Hosea for Today

    Chapter 7--Joel for Today

    Chapter 8--Amos for Today

    Chapter 9--Obadiah for Today

    Chapter 10--Jonah for Today

    Chapter 11--Micah for Today

    Chapter 12--Nahum for Today

    Chapter 13--Habakkuk for Today

    Chapter 14--Zephaniah for Today

    Chapter 15--Haggai for Today

    Chapter 16--Zechariah for Today

    Chapter 17--Malachi for Today

    Chapter 18--Revelation of Jesus Christ

    Conclusion

    About the Author

    Foreword

    The Old Testament prophets wrote down their prophecies not just for history and the lessons we can learn from why it all happened in the first place to Israel and Judah and other nations. But, as Jeremiah 30 shows us, there is a DUAL fulfillment in most prophecy. And in the context of most chapters of the prophets, the SECOND fulfillment will be at the time of the end, the time of the end of this age and the coming new age, when Jesus Christ will return to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

    The other key to understanding the prophets of the Old Testament is knowing WHERE the nations in those prophecies are TODAY. Some nations like Egypt did not migrate, but MANY others did. Harold Hemenway has done a fine job in giving you the outline of the nations of the Bible and WHERE they are found today.

    With those two keys and the CONTEXT of the passages, we can understand the Prophets of the Old Testament.

    The book of Revelation goes with the book of Daniel. With the recorded events of history; with the outline of last days prophecy as given by Jesus in Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; we can understand the book of Revelation.

    This book of mine will lay before you what IS GOING to take place at the close of this age. I have tried to make it simple and clear for you.

    The world and all nations upon it have gone beyond the point of return. They have wandered far away from the truths of the Bible, or directing themselves to live by every word of God as contained in the Holy Scriptures. They will not REPENT! The judgment of these prophecies must come upon them. But YOU can REPENT! As you study through these prophecies of the Bible my prayer is that you will acknowledge sin, desire to turn away from it; that you will want to practice the righteousness of God; that you will accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL SAVIOR.

    Only by accepting Jesus as your Savior will the study of the Prophets be of benefit to you. Just having head-knowledge is really useless unless that knowledge turns you to walk down the straight and narrow pathway that leads to eternal life.

    The expounding of the Prophets of old is to give a warning to the nations, yes, but it is also to help YOU the reader, find the way to God’s salvation through Jesus Christ.

    Keith Hunt

    Chapter 1--Migration of the Nations

    FOREWORD by Keith Hunt

    The following, underneath QUOTE, is the result of very extensive research done by my friend the late Harold Hemenway of the U.S.A..

    Mr. Hemenway believes that ALL three sons of Noah were WHITE - I do not necessarily hold that opinion. As he states, the name HAM means burned or black in Hebrew. So it is quite possible Noah and his wife named him Ham because he was just that - burned or black in color. If this was so then Japheth could have been of the Oriental color and look, and Shem the Caucasian type. And the three men’s wives may have been Caucasian or Ham’s dark - Japheth’s yellow - Shem’s white. What I am saying is that Noah and his wife MAY have had within their GENES the ability to produce the three basic races(Black,Yellow and White).

    Mr. Hemenway does say that Ham produced either BLACK or WHITE descendants - Japheth either ORIENTAL or WHITE, as shown by the results of his study on the migration of the peoples listed in Gen. 10. So somewhere the GENE factor had to come into play to produce the races we have on earth today.

    As the area was re-populated by these 8 persons after the Flood I feel confident in saying God’s hand was guiding to produce the 3 races. Of course it had to have been this way somehow, for those who believe God created the human family of persons.

    QUOTE:

    The name HAM literally means burned or black in Hebrew. He gave his name to Egypt (Ps.78:51; 105:23; 106:22) and monuments testify that the country was called Chem or Chemi (in Coptic and Sahidic dialects). Indeed, the offspring of HAM’S marriage (Gen.10:6-20) leave no doubt that it was a black/white marriage. HAM’S portion was beyond the Gihon (Geon = Nile in Ant.1:1:3 , to the south. CUSH means black in Hebrew, and the Greek name for CUSH was AETHIOPS (cp. Jer.13:23). Egyptian monumental scriptions call the land south of Egypt Keesh (modern Geez). Tell el Amarna tablets call this land Kashi. CUSH also settled in INDIA (Hindu Kush; Kashmir; Chushul; Cossoea; Susiana [Chuzistan]) and became knon as Asiatic Ethiopian (Herodotus 3:94). They’re just like the outhern Ethiopians, except ... their hair is straight Her.7:70; see also Strabo 1:111,119,129). Cush’s portion as toward the east" in Africa (and India) (Jub.9:1).

    MIZRAIM is EGYPT in Genesis 50:11 and the Hebrew misayim is commonly translated EGYPT in the Bible. In Arabic, Masr is the name of Cairo or of Egypt even today. Mizraim means two lands, probably referring to Upper and Lower Egypt. But MIZRAIM also migrated to a land in S.E. ASIA MINOR called Musr or Musri mentioned in secular ecords. Shalmaneser 3 got Bactrian camels from Musri, indicating Asia Minor (see also 1 Ki.10:28; 2 Ki.7:6; 2 Ch.1:16-17 where Kue is Cilicia). Possibly the Mossi (UPER VOLTA) and Masai (KENYA: TANZANIA) are colonies. The Gypsies take their name from Egypt. PHUT named the river Phut in N. AFRICA (Pliny’s Nat. Hist.). In Coptic (Ancient Egyptian), LIBYA is known as PHIAIT (both LXX and Ant.1:6:2 agree). PHUT is also idenified with SOMALILAND (and YEMEN since on both sides of Red sea) via the Egyptian Punt (or Pwent) reference by Ebers. Confirmation comes from a Babylonian tablet mentiong Putu-yaman (Put Yemen) and the Persian inscription of Naash-i-Rustem naming PUTU (meaning SOMALILAND). A branch migrated east becoming the RAJPUTS of INDIA. PHUT settled central Africa (Jub.9:1; from LIBYA). A colony of Phut sailed to S.AMERICA naming the Putumayo River there. Arabs took slaves from central Africa to ARABIA, IRAN and INDIA (Funk and Wagnalls, 24:17).

    CANAAN is scattered all around the Mediterranean (see article on MOORS, PHOENICIANS, etcetera). Canaan’s portion was to the west of Phut (Jub.9:1) or on the west cast of Africa. Called Agenor by the Greeks, he gave his name to the AEGEAN SEA. Greek sources like Philo of Byblos and Stephanus of Byzantium mention the Kna’(an) and coins from PHOENICIA bear this name Kna or Knaan. Greek mythology says KUMARBI or CRONUS (CANAAN) castrated Uranus Anu (Noah) so was cursed with being a servant of serants (Gen.9:25-27). The Kanuri (NIGERIA) and Kongo" CONGO) are colonies. Many N.AMERICAN slaves came from NIGERIA (Acad. Am. 17:356) and BRAZILIAN from W. Africa.

    SEBA is the Sabeans in S. ARABIA (modern town: As Sabya) (Ant.1:6:2). The native name of the island of MERGE (near Egypt and Ethiopia - Isa.43:3; 45:14) is SUBA (see Josephus) in SUDAN today! Dravidians (of INDIA and CEYLON) were anciently called SIBAE (Smith’s Class. Dict.). An INDIAN god is called SIVA - Sabah province and the city of Sibu are located in Malaysia.

    HAVILAH is identified with INDIA (Ant.1:1:3; Targum Yonathan). A city called Havelian is located on the upper Indus River, between Pakistan and Kashmir. HAVILAH also settled in a district in upper YEMEN called Khawlans (see Rabbi Aaron Marcus and the J.F.B.Commentary). Strabo mentions the Chaulotaioi and Huwaila of BAHRAIN.

    SABTAH is identified with Saubatha (Ptolemy 6:7,38) or Sabota (Plin 6:32; 12:32), an old trading city on the south coast of ARABIA. Ptolemy also mentions the Saphtha near the ARABIAN shore of the Persian Gulf. Targum Yonathan identifies SABTAH as Smadai, a Cushite tribe, possibly the Somalis (SOMALILAND) or Assamese (INDIA). Josephus says SABTAH is the Astaborans (ETHIOPIA - Strabo map 14).

    RAAMAH is identified as Lubai (LYBIANS) and Mavryatinos (MAURETANIA) (Tar um Yonathan; cp. Yevamoth 63a; Sifri, Deut.3:20). RAAMAH is the INDIAN god Rama. Also, the Pharaohs of EGYPT called themselves Rameses after him. Strabo says the Rhammanitae are in S.W.ARABIA (16:4:24). The city of Regma (and Rums) are in S.E.ARABIA (Ptol.6:7:14).

    SABTECA is rendered Sabaitic mouth when describing the Red Sea harbor of ETHIOPIA’S coast (Strabo 16:4:8; known as Sabaiticum Ostium on map 14). Targumm Yonathan calls SABTECA Zingain, possibly the Zeugis of Africa.

    SHEBA is another branch of the SABEANS (Ant.1:6:2) so is in YEMEN. INDIA and SUDAN branches are possible (see SEBA).

    DEDAN founded the city of Dedan in central ARABIA called ed-dagan up to 1200 A.D. and El-Ula today. He also gave his name to Daden or Aden, a port city and island on the south side of YEMEN. A branch migrated to western ETHIOPIA where the Judadeans live (Josephus). The Targum Yonathan has M’zag which may be the Mazices of N. AFRICA.

    NIMROD built eight towns in MESOPOTAMIA: Babel (the BABYLONIAN Empire), fifteen miles east of Birs Nimroud. Erech (modern Warka in S.Iraq). Accad (the AKKADIAN Empire). In this region is a primitive monument, 125 feet high and 400 feet in circumference, called Tel Nimroud by the grabs. Calneh (Nippur or Nofar-Ninfi of the Talmud, Yoma l0a). The land of Shinar is the SUMERIAN Empire. Nineveh (capital of the ASSYRIAN Empire, th land of Nimrod - Micah 5:6). Rehoboth (the ruins 32 miles S.W. of Mayadin). Calah (Nimrod ruins). Resen (Aktispon or Ctesphon, Yoma l0a).

    LUDIM are located west of LIBYA according to their position at the head of the list of Mizraim’s sons. But the Targum Yonathan renders Ludim Givatai which could be derived from Gipt, Egypt or Copt, indicating EGYPT.

    ANAMIM could be located in LIBYA since a people of Cyrene called ANAMI are mentioned in a cuneiform text of the time of Sargon II (JPOS, I [1921], 191f.). But the Targum Yonathan calls the Animim Martiorti or Mariotai. These are the people from the district of Mareotis in lower EGYPT which also has a town called Marea in it. Yet we also find names like Maori and Maurusi in LIBYA, perhaps the same people (Strabo, map 15). Interestingly, we find darkskinned, Caucasian types in POLYNESIA today called Maori who defeated dark-skinned Moriori the Marmaridae of Egypt? Strabo, map 15) (Funk & Wagnalls, 19:78).

    LEHABIM are the Lebu or Rebu of Egyptian inscriptions who gave their name to LIBYA. Josephus confirms this (1:6:2). Lehabim means red people and today we find people with reddish brown skin called Fula. They are numerous from W.SUDAN all the way to SENEGAL on the Atlantic coast (Encyc. Brit. art. Fula, vol.ll). The Luba" who live today in ZAIRE may be related (Acad. Am.1:135).

    NAPHTUHIM designates the worshippers of Ptah who were Memphites and whose capital was Na-Ptah, (the habitation of Ptah) contracted into NOPH (Isa.19:13,etc.) (Memphis).In S.EGYPT we find the capital city of Napata also.

    PATHRUSIM dwelt in PATHROS, or upper EGYPT. Pathros means people of the south land (upper Egypt) in Egyptian. This is the area around Thebes which has been called Nomos Phaturites on occasion. They moved to CRETE (see below).

    CASLUHIM are the Nasamones (LXX), a powerful tribe of LIBYANS. Herodotus affirms that the Nasamones are LIBYANS Histories, 2:32). Targum Yonathan calls the Casluhim Pentpoletai, probably Pentapolis (CYRENAICA) in LIBYA also. They moved to CRETE (see below). Zulus in S.AFRICA may have come from Casluhim.

    PHILISTIM originated on the island of CAPHTOR (CRETE) according to secular and biblical history (Deut.2:23; Jer. 47:4; Am.9:7). From here they migrated to PALESTINE in the 12th century (PHILISTINES or PELETHITES) and then to ETHIOPIA as the FALASHAS. The FULANI of NIGERIA may be another colony. Others stayed in PALESTINE (Zech.9:5-7).

    CAPHTORIM gave his name to CAPHTOR (CRETE) since he, like the Philistines, came from Pathrusim and Casluhim (Gen.10:14). They went to CAPPADOCIA (LXX and Targum) and to EGYPT as COPTS and to Palestine as CHERETHITES (Cretans -- LXX) (see Deut.2:23; 1 Sam.30:14; Ez.25:16; Zeph.2:5). According to the Midrash, a branch of the Caphtorim became the PYGMIES of the CHAD, C.A.R., SUDAN area. The KAFIRS of INDIA may be another branch (see Acad. Amer. 2:243).

    SIDON or Zidon was the capital of PHOENICIA, so the Sidonians (Judges 18:7) are found in LEBANON, CYPRUS, SICILY, SARDINIA, SPAIN and N.AFRICA. These are the Phoenician colonies of history (Acad. Am., 15:250). Even when TYRE later grew to greatness (Josh.l9:29), the kingdom was still called Sidonian (1 Ki.16:31; Homer) although possibly MEDITERRANEAN and TYRRHENIAN got their names from TYRE. The SIDAMO peoples of ETHIOPIA and SIDONES of BULGARIA (Strabo map 6) may be colonies.

    HETH is the Hittites (Gen.15:19-21; 23:10) of PALESTINE and later possibly the Neo-Hittites of north SYRIA but not the Indo-European Hittites of Asia Minor who were ASSYRIANS that invaded Hittite land, took the name CHETTAIO1 or HITTITE, with a capital called Khattusha and cities called Karaman and Carchemish. (art. Hittites in I.S.B.E.). These Hittites became the tribes of Chatti, Chattuari, Germans and Cherusci of GERMANY! .... (see Strabo map 6) These Hittites were feared (2 Ki.7:6-7).

    JEBUSITES inhabited the Jerusalem area (Joshua 15:63; Judges 19:10) and then went to EBUSUS Island off the coast of SPAIN (Strabo map 3) and other Phoenician colonies possibly. The Ibo and Ibibio of NIGERIA may be branches.

    AM0RITES inhabited PALESTINE (Gen.15:16) and are the Amurru of the Amarna letters. Today they are known as the MOORS of MOROCCO, MAURITANIA, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SICILY, ITALY, BRAZIL and even N.AMERICA. The Amhara -of ETHIOPIA may be a colony. Even in MANCHURIA we find an Amur R.

    GIRGASHITES were displaced from PALESTINE and so moved to AFRICA (Rashi on Ex.33:2 & 34:11; Yerushalmi, Shabbath :31), specifically CARTHAGE (founded by Phoenicians!) where we find frequent personal names such as Grgshy, Grgsh, and Grgshm in the vowelless Punic texts there. Another branch of the Girgashites may have become the GARGARIANS who moved to the Caucasus region (Strabo) and then named Russian GEORGIA. Other names which may be related are Gergesenes (Matt.8:28, KJV) and Kirkishati Assyr.tab.) Another possible location is western ASIA MINOR where we find the town of Gargara and the ‘Gargarus Mt. and where the people were known as GERGITHIANS" (vol.6, pp.35,139 of Strabo).

    HIVITES are identified as HORITES by comparing Genesis 36:20 with 36:2. The LXX of Genesis 34:2 and Joshua :7 says Horite instead of the Masoretic Text’s Hivite. HORITES aren’t HURRIANS (see Wycliffe Bible Encyc., vol.l,p.810). The Hivites weren’t destroyed or forced out of PALESTINE (Joshua 9:27; 11:19). But the Ewe of TOGO and BENIN may be Hivites and the Herero of NAMIBIA Horites.

    ARKITES moved from Arca (Tel Arka, Syria), Phoenicia, to ARKADIA Greece and possibly the city of Archaea nearby in ASIA MINOR (Lempriere’s, p.67). One branch even migrated to N.AMERICA as the Arikara Indians. Not all Indian tribes were Mongoloid (p.19, Langer’s World History).

    SINITES gave their name to the Wilderness of Sin and Mount Sinai originally. An Assyrian deity who established laws and justice among men according to Ur’s monuments was known as Sin (ancestor worship). But his descendants moved eastward as the SINAE and became the most eastern nation in the world according to Ptolemy (Lempriere’s lass. Dict., p.585). Passing through China, these BLACK people gave their name to that region also and even today China is identified by the prefix SINO- and we see SIAN, SINKIANG, SHANGHAI, SHENSI, SHANTUNG, SHEN-YANG, TIENTSIN, FU-SHUN, etcetera. But Isaiah 49:12 mentions the land of Sinim as a location from where Israelites (Caucasians) are gathered. The Vulgate renders Sinim as AUSTRALI. Indeed, both the BLACK aborigines and the WHITE Caucasian Israelites are found today in AUSTRALIA, not China. Smaller colonies are in INDIA (Sindhi), CEYLON (Sinhalese) and AFRICA (Senufo of IVORY COAST; Ashanti of GHANA; San of BOTSWANA; Shona of MOZAMBIQUE; Songhai of SUDAN and UPPER VOLTA). (see 2:243 and 1:145 of Acad. Am. Encyc.)

    ARVADITES lived in Arvad - a Phoenician port city. They dwelt off the Phoenician coast on the island of Aradus (Ruad). Strabo speaks of the ARADIANS in the present tense as still dwelling in these areas when he wrote in the first century (16:2:12-14). They had a colony in the Persian Gulf area (Strabo vo1.7, p.369) and may have planted a colony in S.E.ASIA (IRRAWADDY sounds a lot like Yaruwaddas, the Hittite form of ARVAD) (I.S.B.E. 3:1400) which later became the BLACKS of Melanesia, Micronesia and/or Polynesia since no BLACKS live in S.E.ASIA today!

    ZEMARITES lived in Zemar - a Phoenician coast city (Simyra - Strabo 16:2:12) but were displaced by Aradians and may have moved to Semurium near ROME (Cic.Phi1.6,6). They also had a colony in the Persian Gulf area and may have gone to INDONESIA and the PHILIPPINES where we find Semarang city and SUMATRA island, SAMAR Province and Sea. Samarinda is a city in BORNEO. Since very few BLACKS live in these areas, the Zemarites probably moved to Melanesia, Micronesia and/or Polynesia.

    were called HEMATH (Am.6:14) and AMATHIS (1 Macc.12:25) was a city in Syria on the banks of the Orontes (called Hamah today). The AMATHUSIANS apparently moved to CYPRUS (Strabo 8:3:8) and named a city there AMATHUS (14:6:3; see Ptolemy 5,C.14.). From there a branch apparently moved to MACEDONIA (called EMATHIA in ancient times). A city by the same name could be found near the sea (Strabo vol.3, p.329; see map 7).

    It is clear that HAM’S portion was beyond the Gihon (Geon = Nile in Ant.1:1:3), toward the south and that this territory was further sub-divided with Ques (Cush) toward the east, and to the west of him for Phud (Phut), and to the west of him for Kainan (Canaan) toward the west of the sea, Truly, the land of Ham is hot (Jubilees 8 and 9).

    JAPHETH

    But what about Japheth? The name JAPHETH literally means to enlarge or expand in Hebrew. Genesis 9:27 states that God shall enlarge Japheth. Which of the three races has the largest population today? According to volume 14 of the 1974 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, The MONGOLOID peoples, not including the American Indians, account for over 71 percent of the world’s population of 3,500,000,000 (p.845). Yes, JAPHETH must have married an oriental woman as his very name suggests, not only by its meaning, but also by its sounding like JAPAN! JAPHETH is Iapetos, one of the Titans and the father of the GREEKS according to legend! He is also Iyapeti, the supposed ancestor of the ARYANS in INDIA. His portion was beyond the river Tina (Tanais or Don), toward the north of the exit of its waters, and it goes toward the northeast the whole district of Lag, and all the east thereof (Siberia?). And it goes toward the north to the north, and goes to the mountains of Kilt (Sikhote-Alin Mts.?), toward the north and toward the sea Mauk (Okhotsk Sea?), and it goes toward the east of Gadir (Gedrosa or Pakistan?) over toward the coast of the water of the sea. And it proceeds until it approaches the west of Para (Phyrnes or Himalayas?), and returns toward Apherag (Phrygians or Turkey?) and goes toward the east, towards the waters of the sea Meat (Maeotis or Azov Sea). And it goes toward the shore of the river Tina (Tanais or Don), toward the east of the north, until it approaches to the shore of the waters thereof, toward the mountain Rafa (Urals?), and it bends toward the north. Truly, it is cold territory that was given to JAPHETH (Jubilees 8:22-25). But the children from this marriage provide even more proof it was a white/oriental union.

    GOMER gave his name to the Cimmerians of Anatolia or Cimbri of the classics. Thus, Herodotus, Plutarch, and others identify him with the district of Cimmeria, north of the Black Sea - called Crimea today - but later Cimmerians were Nordic (Odyssey 11:12-19), not oriental. Just as Hosea prophesied, Nordic Israel would be known by the name Gomer (Hos.1:3). This is why even Josephus thinks GOMER is the Galatians or Gauls (1:6:1). But GOMER’S portion was toward the east (Jub.9:7). He moved to S.E.ASIA and gave his name to the Khmer Empire and people there, specifically CAMBODIA today (2:194 and 17:231 of 1974 Britannica). Before moving east, GOMER traveled extensively in SPAIN and ITALY (Gomera, - Canary Island; Camarina Sicily, 3:59,81; Camarium Umbria, 2:369; Gomaro, 3:301).

    MAGOG means the land of Gog (Ez.38:2 & 39:6). Arabs believe the descendants of Gog and Magog inhabit the northern eastern parts of ASIA (Art. Gog, McClintock and Strong Encyc.). Arab writers referred to the Great Wall of CHINA as the wall of al Magog (Rabbi Aaron Marcus, Kesseth HaSofer p.112a). The word MONGOL is actually spelled MOGOL, a corruption of MAGOG. Originally Magog lived in Scythia (Ant.1:6:1; Jerome) and in the 14th century B.C. kingdom of Gog in Armenia (Tell Amarna Letters). Even Gyges of Lydia may have been related. The Magyars of Europe, Mogollons of Arizona, Mohegans of Boston and the Omagua, Omaguaca and Yagua Indians of S.A. are other branches besides the inner portions of the north (Jub.9:7).

    MADAI became the MEDES (Josephus) who were also called ARIANS (Herodotus 7:62). One branch moved to INDIA and became the Aryans there while another branch went to a wintry land (Strabo vol.7,p.9). Herodotus 5:9 mentions that a people who dress in the Median fashion and claim to be colonists from Media live north of Thrace beyond the Danube (ROMANIA, POLAND, UKRAINE). Pliny mentions the river Don, where the inhabitants are ... said to be descended from the Medes (book 6, sec.11) (UKRAINE). Truly Madai’s portion was to the west of his two brothers, unto the islands and unto the coasts of the islands (Jub.9:8) But the Maidu Indians went to CALIFORNIA and Shoshone (from Shushan, capital of Medo-Persia) Indians to U.S.

    JAVAN is found in Assyrian relics as Yavnan or Yunan and on Egyptian monuments as Uoinim or Ionians. The same Hebrew word is translated Javan in some O.T. passages and GREECE in others! Amarna Tablets mention Yivana as being in the land of TYRE and yet a large branch of JAVAN went east. CHINA’S YUNNAN Province (Funk and Wagnalls, 6:168) and it’s Yuan dynasty and river (Acad. Am., 20:338) both indicate this. (Y and I were predecessors of the modern J). JAVAN’S portion was all the islands (Jub.9:8) which couples nicely with Javan being identified as isles afar off (Isa.66:19) from Jerusalem. The Javanese live on the island of JAVA in INDONESIA. TAIWAN is a corruption of TAJAVAN, and by changing the to V to B and then to P (a common practice) we get JAPAN! The Yana and Oyana Indians of CALIFORNIA and BRAZIL (Acad. Am., 11:124 and MADAGASCAR are all colonies.

    TUBAL lived in IBERIA (Ant.1:6:1). SPANISH (Iberians) call themselves centuvals or people of TUVAL: But this is wrong since the Western Iberians moved to the regions beyond the Pontus and Colchis (Strabo 1:3:21 and map 11) and called this second area IBERIA also. Herodotus calls them Tibareni and links them to the Moschi (3:94). These peoples moved north! Assyrian monuments associate the Tabali or Tibareni with a city in RUSSIA - TOBOLSK - near the Tobol River in Siberia (from Subartu or Subaria in eastern Anatolia, where Tubal originally dwelt). RUSSIA Rosh) is linked in Ezekiel 38:2, RV. Minor colonies of TUBAL became the CANADIAN Ottawa Indians and the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu. TUBAL’S portion was between the tongue which approaches toward the side of the portion of Lud (LYDIA in W.Asia Minor, so probably the Black Sea tongue) to the second tongue (Caspian Sea?), unto beyond the second tongue into the third tongue (Aral Sea?) (Jubilees 9:9) later to move further eastward. Another clony is the Ipurina (Iberian) Indians of S.A.

    MESHECH dwelt between the Cyrus and Phasis Rivers (Caucasus area) in the time of Strabo (11:2:14-16) and was known as Moschi. (See Herodotus 3:94 and 7:78). Indeed, the capital of Cappadocia (ancient Meshech in central Turkey - Ant.1:6:1 and Herod.1:72) was called Mazaca, just as today we find the capital of RUSSIA is Moscow from the Muskeva River. Anciently, RUSSIA itself was known by the name Muskovi. (See Ez.38:2 also) The Muskogee (S.E. U.S.), Mescalero (TEXAS), Mosquito (NICARAGUA), Mochica ECUADOR), Macusi (GUYANA), and Mocovi Indians (ARGENINA) are other colonies of MESHECH besides beyond the third tongue (Aral Sea?), until it approaches to the east Gadir (Gedrosia or Pakistan?) (Jub.9:10) which colony later migrated northwest to Moscow.

    TIRAS is called Tursha in an Egyptian document of the 3th century B.C., who were members of a sea confederacy - perhaps the piratical Tyrsenians who lived on the Aegean slands. The THRACIANS (Ant.l:6:1) and ETRUSCANS (of ITALY) ame from him. We read that the Tearus River ran through THRACE (Herod.4:89) which may be the same as the Tyras River (Dniester - Strabo 1:2:1). Thracians were known as red men by Greek writers (Encyc. Brit., art. Thrace) and inhabited the Mediterranean islands (Yov’loth 9:14) or four great islands in the midst of the sea, which approach o the portion of Ham (Africa)

    (Jub.9:11). In fact, many Aegean islands bear names very similar to the names of American Indians: Xios or Ios (SIOUX and XIUS), Sikinos (STQUIAS of Honduras), Piraeus (PIROS or PEIRAIEIS of Chihuahua), Tenos (the TENOCHTITLAN Island of Mexican Aztecs),

    Aquis (HAQUIOS of Guatemala), Andros (ANDROA of Oregon), Anafe (ANAFES of Brazil), Leros (LECOS of Brazil), Patmos (PATOES of Columbia, S.A.), Naxos (NAHOAS and NAVAHOS), etcetera. TIRAS also branched out into the Mysians, Maeones or Meiones (cp. Strabo 7:3:2 & 12:3:20) which may have taken their name from the Greek goddess Maia, and today in Guatemala and Mexico are MAYAS. Another branch called Thynians (7:3:2) became the TINNE Indians (Gr. Thyni) of Canada. The Carians (13:1:58-59) on the Aegean shore now live in the Caribbean, known as CARIB Indians. A branch called Amazones in W.Asia Minor (12:3:21) moved to South America as the AMAZON Indians and named the river. Also the TARASCOS of Mexico (from TIRAS) (see Roots Of The American Indian by Benjamin Rea for the above identities) and the TUSCARORA Indians of the U.S. Atlantic coast area from the Etruscan province of Tuscany are branches. Other namesakes are the AZTECS (from Astacus - 12:4:2), the CHEYENNE (from the Pelasgian Chians - 13:3:3), the MALAYSIANS who named the HIMALAYAS (from Milyas [Lycia], p.381 Lempriere’s), the TURKMEN of central Asia who took their name from TURKEY which got its name from Tirac or TIRAS, the nation of PERU which took its name from the Etruscan city-state of Perugia (Acad. Am. 7:258) or the Greek province of EPEIRUS (Srabo’s map 7), Italy’s Tarentum anciently called TIRAS and the TARUS (Taro) was a river there (p.270, Rawlinson). Picts of SCOTLAND and Milyas of MADAGASCAR are also branches too. TIRAS’S sons tattoo themselves 7:5:4) also!

    ASHKENAZ is a compound word meaning race of As, or ASIA. The Talmud also renders the name ASIA (Tar um Yonathan; Targum on 1 Ch.1:6; Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:9). Since his father went toward the east (Jub.9:7), it makes sense to associate him with the ASII (Strabo’s map 12) in the Tashkent and Tashkurghan areas. In TIBET is the city of Cha-hsi-kang. The names Eskimos Kaskas (B.C.) bear a slight resemblance also.

    ASHKENAZ probably gave his name to ASIA MINOR (where we find Ascanian Lake - 12:4:5) (indicated by Jer.51:27) before moving to S.RUSSIA!

    RIPHATH became the Ripheans, later called Paphlagonians (Ant.1:6:1), on the shores of the Black Sea by the Rhebas River in Bithynia (Pliny 6:4) or Rifas River (see Kesseth HaSofer 113a). They moved north and named the Rhipaean Mountains (Strabo 7:3:1; Pliny 4:26) called Carpathian Mountains today in Romania and Czechoslovakia. Here they named Europe. As they moved east, they named the Urals Rafu or Rafa Hills (Jub.8:10,14). A branch also moved to the Karpathos Island in the Aegean from where the Papago Indians (S.W.U.S.) and North American ARAPAHOES came! The main branch followed father Gomer to S.E.ASIA as the KHMERS (Gomer), PAPUANS (Paphlagonians), ARAPESH (Riphath), and PHILIPINOS (Gr. Peloponnesus from Paphlagonia?). But even in BRAZIL we find the Urupa and Arupai Indians!

    TOGARMAH migrated to ARMENIA. The ARMENIANS trace their ancestry clear back to Haik, the son of Torgom (Moses of Khor, I, 4, secs.9-11). Tigranocerta was the ancient capital of ARMENIA. But the Bible locates TOGARMAH in the uttermost parts of the north (Amplified B.; Lamsa) or northernmost (Jerusalem Bible; Ez.38:6) which is SIBERIA where the TUNGUS dwell today. The Tahagmiut Indians of QUEBEC may be another branch. Togarmah became the Phrygians (Ant.1:6:1) or Brigians (Strabo v.3, p.177). In the 9th century, King Joseph of Khazaria wrote: We have found in the family registers of our fathers that Togarma had ten sons, and the names of their offspring are as follows: Uigur (Uighurs of W.CHINA), Dursu, Avars (Avari of RUSSIAN GEORGIA), Huns (Huns of HUNGARY), Basilii (named the Basilan Islands, PHILIPPINES), Tarniakh, Khazar (Ashkenazi Jews from KHAZARIA , Zagora, Bulgars (BULGARIA), Sabir (SIBERIA). (Koester s Thirteenth Tribe, p.64).

    ELISHAH corresponds to cuneiform ALASHIYA or CYPRUS (Ez.27:7). The Iliad mentions the Eilesian peoples. The Amarna and Ugaritic Tablets mention the Alasians, people apparently from CYPRUS. But Josephus identifies ELISHAH as the Aeolians (1:6:1) who lived on LESBOS (Herod.1:151). LISBON, PORTUGAL was apparently a colony. The land of Elis in S.GREECE (Iliad 2:615) and the names HELLESPONT, HELLENISTS and HELLAS (Iliad 2:681) also are related. Since Javan went east to islands (Isa.66:19; Jub.9:8), he may have also become the ALEUT Indians of ALASKA’S archipelago via his son ELISHAH. The phonetics agree.

    TARSHISH is identified with CILICIA (Josephus), whose capital was Tarsus. The Bible shows that TARSHISH was accessible by ship (1 Ki.10:22; Jon.1:3) and traded silver iron, tin, and lead (Ez.27:12). Tarshish actually means a refinery or smelting plant (Akkad.) where metals were mined. According to Herodotus, a place called Tartessus is located just outside the Pillars of Heracles (4:152; 1:163) in SPAIN (Strabo’s map 3) which has many mineral resources including all four listed above (p.213, vol.24, Funk & Wagnalls). The Nora Stele (9th cen. B.C. Phoen. inscr.) mentions a SARDINIAN Tarshish - probably the city of Tharros.

    SPAIN also colonized CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA.

    KITTIM is identified with Kition or Cethium (Latin Citium, modern-day Larnaka) on the SE coast of CYPRUS (Ant. 1:6:1). But Daniel 11:30’s ships of Kittim prophecy was fulfilled by ROMANS who thwarted Antiochus Epiphanes in Egypt in 169 B.C. Furthermore, the fact that 1 Maccabees 1:1 and 8:5 identify Kittim as MACEDONIA gives a third identity! But the name Cathay, derived from KHITAN or KHITAI which is the name of a Mongol people who ruled China from 907 to 1125, is the ancient name of CHINA (p.204, vol. 4, Acad. Am. Encyc.). Britannica maps show provinces in S.China called Cathay and Kathay. A branch probably moved to JAPAN since we find Kitami, Akita, Sakata, Kyoto and Kitakyushu cities there.

    DODANIM is Rodanim (1 Ch.1:7; LXX), the island of RHODES in the Aegean. Yet Dodonians were mentioned as an ancient people (Iliad 2:748; Herod.2:52-57) and the Targum renders it Dardania, a city on the Dardanelles, after which the strait was named (cf. Herod.1:189; 7:43; Iliad 2:819). Dodona was also a city in EPEIRUS (Strabo map 7) and Rhodes had colonies in SPAIN, called Rhodes (3:4:8; 14:2:10) and in ITALY, called Parthenope and Elpiae and around the Sybaris River; and in the BALEARIC ISLANDS (14:2:10). The Dodecanese (a group of islands in the Aegean) and the mouth of the Rhone River (anciently called the Rhodanus - p.386, Rawlinson’s) and Genoa or Liguria where the Ligurians live are all colonies.

    In summary, we see that JAPHETH inhabited the mountains Taurus and Amanus (eastern Turkey) and proceeded along Asia, as far as the river Tanais (Don), and along Europe to Cadiz (Spain) (Ant.1:6:1). Apparently JAPHETH’S white children populated southern Europe while his oriental children populated Asia!

    SHEM

    The name SHEM literally means name, reputation or renown in Hebrew. Truly, the white, Caucasian nations have produced more inventions, created more wealth and built greater civilizations than either of the other two branches of Noah. SEMITE is defined as a person of CAUCASIAN stock comprising chiefly Jews and Arabs but in ancient times also including Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians (sic), and others of the eastern Mediterranean area (p.1179, Amer. Her. Dict.). Noah prophesied that GOD shall dwell in the tents of SHEM (Gen.9:26-27). The Fenton, Moffatt and Revised Versions all support this rendition. So does The Book of Jubilees (8:16). Caucasian nations of Europe, America, and elsewhere are the Christian nations of the world! For all their faults, they do also have many virtues. These are the nations that distribute the BIBLE worldwide. These are the nations with churches, synagogues and seminaries. This prophecy requires that God’s TRUE CHURCH be found among CAUCASIANS!

    SHEM’S portion was the middle of the earth ... from the middle of the Mountain Rafu (Urals?), from the exit of the water of the river Tina (Tanais or Don), and his portion goes toward the west through the midst of this river ... and this river empties and pours its waters into the sea Miot (Meotis or Aral), and this river goes into the great sea (Mediterranean): all that is toward the north of this is Japhet’s, and all that is to the direction of the south is Shem’s. And it reaches until it comes to Karaso (Karystos - a city in Euboea, Greece?), which is in the bosom of the tongue which looks toward the south (Aegean Sea).... and it proceeds until it reaches ... the south of the water of Gejon (Geon or Nile, Ant.1:1:3) ... and it proceeds toward the north until it approaches the garden of Eden (Persian Gulf area), toward the south thereof to the south, and from the east of the whole land of Eden, and toward the east, and it turns toward the east, and proceeds until it approaches toward the east of the hills whose name is Rafa (Urals?) (Jub.8:10-14; see also 8:19).

    The land of Shem has neither heat nor frost, for it is mixed in coldness and heat (8:25). EUROPE was also colonized by SHEM. Unlike HAM’S sons who were either BLACK or WHITE (Arkites & Hamathites were probably white and Egyptian drawings and paintings portray white-skinned as well as black-skinned

    Egyptians.), or JAPHETH’S sons who were either ORIENTAL or WHITE (Madai, Tarshish and Javan all have white branches while most of the rest are oriental) SHEM’S sons were ALL WHITE! This fact proves that Noah and his three sons were all of the WHITE race. How else could SHEM’S children be consistently ALL WHITE?

    ELAM became the Elamites whose capital was Susa or Shushan (Dan.8:2). His portion was east of the river Tiger up to India (Jub.9:2). He became a PERSIAN province called Elymais and Susiana. Josephus says the Elamites were the ancestors of the PERSIANS (1:6:4). In fact, Ezra 4:9 associates PERSIA and ELAM together (see also Jer. 49:34-39). But according to Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary, article Elimea, these people migrated to Illyricum (YUGOSLAVIA). Strabo’s map 7 places Elimeia in MACEDONIA. One of the most important rivers of Elam was the Croatis (Enc. Brit., Vol.9, p.140) and Croatia is a republic in N.W.YUGOSLAVIA! Even the capital Zagreb reminds one of the ZAGROS Mountains of ELAM. And the Elamite river Surappi may have given its name to SERBIA, Yugoslavia. Thus the MEDES (Ukraine) and PERSIANS (E.Europe) again dwell side by side.

    ASSHUR became ASSYRIA (Ant.1:6:4) whose portion was the land of Asur and Nineva and Sinaor and to the border of India (Jub.9:3). Indeed, part of Asshur did settle in this area known as Carmania (Strabo map 12) or Germania (Herodotus 1:125). This name is no accident! The GERMAN language bears the strongest organic resemblance to the languages spoken in India and Persia (p.994, vol.l, Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography) and there is a repsemblance existing between the manners and customs of the ancient GERMANS and those of the Persians (p.993, ibid.). Strabo even said they are a warlike people (15:2:14) which agrees with modern GERMAN history, Most Assyrians moved west from the fertile crescent and invaded Hittite territory in Turkey (Diodorus Siculus 2:2:3). They gave their name Germa to three towns in western and central Turkey and to three other towns called Germanicopolis in N.W., N. and S.Turkey (p.992 & 998, ibid.). Moving north of the Black Sea, they named Germihera (p.998, ibid.). Pliny the Elder noticed the Assyrians living north of the Black Sea (Natural History 4:12) in his day. Later they invaded Europe west of the Rhine while allied with Quadi (from Agade [Akkadia]) and Allemanni from Halman [Aleppo] - Cambridge Anc. Hist., 3:136 or the Helmand River of Afghanistan) among others (Jerome, Letter 123, p.237). This is precisely where GERMANY was located at the time (Ammianus Marcellinus 1:558) giving her name to the Garumna River Garonne today, p.386, Rawlinson) and a Vienna (Strabo map 4). Later GERMANY was pushed back. Nineveh backwards became Vienna and Asshur became Prussia backwards and Austria and Saar forwards (The Assyrian language, Aramaic, read right to left.) More parallels between German tribes and Assyrian names are as follows: Goths (Guti), Heruli (Haran), Silesians (Cilicia), Vandals (Lake Van), Lugii (Lagash), Teutones (Tuttul), Suabi (Zab Rivers), Marsi (Kingdom of Mari), Eburones (Habur River), Tungri (Tegarama), Cherusci and Caeraesi (Carchemish), Chauci and Chasuarii (Cossi) (art. Germany").

    ARPACHSHAD is a compound of Arpha and Chesed (cp. Gen. 22:22). The Aramaic Chesed became the Greek Chaldu. (A well-known peculiarity of Aramaic is that S changes to L when followed by a D [Encyc. Judaica 5:330]). The commonplace Hurrian Arip or cuneiform Arrapha became Urfa (city in Turkey) or Ur for short. Thus we have Ur of the Chaldeans (11:28). He is the father of the CHALDEANS (Ant.1:6:4) who came from the ARRAPACHITIS region between lakes Van and Urmiah (Ptolemy 6:1-2). His portion was toward the east of the Euphrates, bordering on the Erythrian Sea (Red Sea and Indian Ocean - Strabo map 12) and all the waters of the desert until near to the tongue of the sea which looks toward Egypt (Red Sea?), and all the sand of Lebanon and Saner (Shinar?) and Amana (Amanus Mts. in N. Syria) to the border of the Euphrates (Jub.9:4). Branches of Chaldaei are located in Arabia (Strabo 16:3:3) and Babylon (1:2:15) and Turkey (12:3:18 8 and 28) but one of the consequences of Syria wars with ITALY was the first appearance in ITALY of the Chaldaei pris-oners (Cumont, Oriental Religions, p.105). They also went to SPAIN and FRANCE (E.L.Martin, Race Change In Ancient Italy). The Vandals (from Lake Van) overran GAUL, SPAIN, and northern AFRICA in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and sacked ROME in A.D. 455 (Am. Her. Dict.). VENETIA and VENICE are where large numbers settled. Also Hurrians and Heruli (from Haran) and Lombards (called originally Vanili - art. Lombards) and Goths (whose origin can hardly be separated from that of the Vandals - art. Goths) are found in ITALY, SPAIN, and GAUL. Somewhat in ROMANIA too (Britannica articles). Thus, the Chaldeans are associated with ROME in the Bible (cp. Isa.48:20; Jer.51:7; Rev.17:4, 9) or, more loosely, with S.W.EUROPE! CALEDONIA (Scotland today)probably takes its name from Chaldean, but the Bible uses a more specific ancestor when identifying Scotland. A small branch of Chaldeans were anciently called Chalybes(12:3:19-20) or Chabyles (Strabo vo1.8, p.278) who apparently settled in N. AFRICA as Kabyles."

    LUD became LYDIA (Ant.1:6:4) in W.ASIA MINOR just as Isaiah 66:19 indicates as a location. His portion was the land of Arara (Ararat), and the mountains of Asur (Assur) (Jub.9:6). Herodotus 1:7 mentions Lydus as the first king of Lydia (see 7:74). Egyptian monuments portray this nation of Luden as Semitic and not far from the fertile crescent.

    ARAM settled in SYRIA, the Greek name for ARAM (Ant. 1:6:4). His portion was all the land of Mesopotamia, between the Tiger and the Euphrates, toward the north of the Chaldees, to the border of the mountains of Asur (Jub.9:5). (mountains of Asshur = Amanus, Taurus, Urartu & Zagros ranges of Mesopotamia’s west, north and east). Damascus was the capital of ARAM (Isa.7:8). The Hebrew word ARAM is translated SYRIA quite often in the KJV (see 2 Sam.15:8; Isa.9:12; 17:3; Jer.35:11; Ez.16:57; 27:16; Am.1:5; 9:7; Hos.12:12; etc.) The LXX does this too. Homer’s Iliad (2:785) and Hesiod’s Theogony (304) call the inhabitants of SYRIA ARIMOI. The name SYRIA first appears in Herodotus 7:63 where it is defined as a synonym of ASSYRIA. Although that idea is incorrect, it shows the two peoples did overlap. The most universal ancient language was ARAMAIC and the name ARMENIA came from him too. A branch of ARAM became the SYRYENIANS who colonized N.W.RUSSIA (Encyc. Brit. art. Syryenians ). The ancient name ARMORICA in N.W.FRANCE may be a colony too. Did ARAM name AMERICA?

    UZ founded Trachonitis and Damascus (Ant.1:6:4). The Ausitai tribe in the SYRIAN desert (LXX on Job 1:15,17) probably came from him. Arabian tradition says the Hauran at Deir Eiyub (Job’s monastery) near Nawa (see Koran 38:41) was where Job suffered (see Job 1:1). Jeremiah 25:20 indicates a SYRIAN location for UZ also. The Uzbegs of Afghanistan may be a colony. (Also see Targum on 1 Ch.1:17) Also the Ausonians (Strabo 5:3:6).

    HUL founded ARMENIA (Ant.1:6:4), named after his father. He gave his name to the land of Huleh, near the source of the Jordan River. Halsings of SWEDEN may be a colony.

    GETHER became the BACTRIANS (Ant.1:6:4) who were annexed by PERSIA and today are in AFGHANISTAN. Other colonies became the Goths or Gotarna of SWEDEN and the Guti of IRAN. Much of E. EUROPE is labeled Getarum Terra on map 6 of Strabo. The Ostrogoths and Visigoths are branches MASH (Gen. 10:23) or MESHECH (1 Ch. 1:17) (LXX has Mosoch in both places) must be associated with RUSSIA (Japhetic Meshech), so this was the son whose descendants became SYRYENIANS! Mash dwelt anciently on the northern boundary of Mesopotamia called the Mons Masius (Strabo; see also Kesseth HaSofer). Josephus calls their dwelling Charax Spasini. Evidence of MASH in PAKISTAN can be seen in names like Mashkel Desert and Mashkid River (Encyc. Brit. art. Baluchistan) and in IRAN with Mashhad or Meshed. The MYSIANS of W. TURKEY had a Mysius River and as MOESIANS moved to E.EUROPE (map 6). Also, a PERSIAN name for PERSIA was Parsamash. Damascus and Carchemish may take their names from MASH also.

    SHELAH founded Salacia, PORTUGAL (map 3), Salyes, FRANCE map 4), and became the Salassi tribe of ITALY (map 6). We also see the Salas River of GERMANY (map 6) see Strabo 7:1:3 and 4:1:3 also). Salo is a seaport city of the DALMATIANS and Salina a city in SPAIN.

    EBER is the HEBREWS (Gen.14:13), the Habiru or Ha iru of cuneiform monuments. The name literally means the tribe which came from) the other side (of the Euphrates - from Haran) because Abram migrated to Canaan from Haran. Names such as Hebrus River (called Evros today in Greece), Iberus River (called Ebro today in Spain), the Eburone tribe of northern FRANCE (Strabo’s map 4) whom Lempriere says are of BELGIUM while adding that the Eburovices Aulerci were in Normandy (p.218) and Berones of northern SPAIN (map 3) as well as the island of HIBERNIA (Ireland today) and HEBRIDES (off Scotland) may take their names from him. The ancient name for York in England was Eboracum (p.396, Rawlinson’s Ancient History). Ptolemy says the British Isles were peopled by descendants of the Hebrew Race, who were skilled in smelting operations, and excelled in working metals. Even the IBERIAN peninsula took its name from the Celts passing through since Iberes is the Gaelic name for Hebrews.

    JOKTAN settled first in ARABIA (Gen.10:30) as Kochton the founder of YEMEN (Kesseth HaSofer, 123a). Arabs call him Kahtan or Yuktan. But JOKTAN and his sons moved and inhabited from Cophen, an Indian river (called Kabul today in AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN), and in part of Asia adjoining to it (Ant.1:6:4). We read that YOTKAN (was), the ancient capital of the kingdom of KHOTAN in E. TURKESTAN. Another town is called Yarkand. (Encyc. Brit., art. Turkestan) His son SHELEPH settled in ARABIA under the names Salaf or Sulaf in Sabean inscriptions for a Yemenite district and tribe; another son JERAH named Yurakh Yemen and Yarah Hijaz and Jerakon Kome (Ptolemy); HADORAM named the fruitful valley known even today as Hadramaut in S.ARABIA; UZAL, another son, named Auzal, the ancient capital of YEMEN according to Arabian tradition; OBAL named Abil - a frequent geographic name in YEMEN; SHEBA named Sabeans; regarding OPHIR, Strabo and Eliny say S.E.ARABIA on the Persian Gulf was a famous gold-producing area; for HAVILAH see under HAM; JOBAB named Juhaibab (a town mentioned near Mecca in a Sabean inscription) in ARABIA. In INDIA, Joktan’s son called OPHIR deserves special attention because the LXX renders Ophir Sophera which is the same as Sophir, the Coptic name for INDIA. Also, Supara is an ancient city on the west coast of INDIA and all the goods of 1 Kings 10:22 are more or less appropriate to INDIA. Evidence of Joktanite colonies in EUROPE is seen in Yugoslavian Dalmatia (ALMODAD), Polish Sarmatia (HAZARMAVETH), Italian Salapia (SHELEPH), Italian Sabines and Yugoslavian river Savus (SHEBA) and Greek Epirus (OPHIR). In the AMERICAS we find evidence of JOKTANITE colonies also. Although Josephus locates OPHIR in INDIA (Ant.8:6:4), and Jerome follows suit, The Living Torah, page 30, lists some authors who identify OPHIR with the New World! One possibility is PERU which had a great deal of gold! Joktanite Indians may be the Yokuts of CALIFORNIA (The Golden State). The Yukatan Peninsula and Yukon River may take their names from him.

    PELEG means division (Tower of Babel?) or water canal (Assyr. palgu means canal as well as Heb. peleg) and the ancient city of Phalga was located at the junction of the Euphrates and Chaboras rivers where there may have been many water channels. The PELAGONIANS (of MACEDONIA - Strabo 7:7:8), the PELIGNI (of ITALY - 5:2:1) and the PELASGIANS (of ITALY and GREECE - 5:2:3-4) are his sons.

    Other important identities revealed in the Bible are as follows:

    MOAB and AMMON (Gen.19:36-38) are JORDAN whose capital is Amman! Isaiah 11:14 indicates a location near Palestine. HARAN became the HERULI and HARRIANS of S.W.EUROPE (11:27)! ISHMAEL is the ARABS (16:12; 17:20) as they themselves admit. ESAU became EDOM (25:30) or IDUMEA. One son called Amalek gave his name to the capital of JAGATAI in central Asia called Almalik (Acad. Amer. Encyc., vol. 2, p.255) but Teman gave his name to the OTTOMAN Empire (cp.Gen.36:11 and Obad.9) who stand in the crossway (Obad. 14) - the Bosporus and Dardanelles area. Strabo mentions the ODOMANTES tribe in N.GREECE and the ODOMANTIS country in ARMENIA (vol.3, p.359 and vol.5, p.325). Thus we see ESAU in both TURKEY and TURKESTAN! From Abraham’s wife KETURAH we have six sons (Gen.25:2) who went eastward, unto the east country (25:6) or INDIA called BRAHMINS after Abraham. But Epher (25:4) may have become the PERSIANS and Asshurim (25:3) joined GERMANY and Medan and Midian became neighbors of MADAI (the Medes) and Letushim the LATVIANS and LITHUANIANS. Jokshan may have joined JOKTAN.

    From Abraham’s grandson ISRAEL who dwelt in GALILEE and GILEAD (Deut.3:12,16; 1 Ch.5:3-10; 2 Ki.15:29), or GAULANITIS in Christ’s day, the GAELS of FRANCE (from Reuben and Gad’s Gilead. Narbonne, France and Ravenna, Italy may take their names from him.) and GAELS of SCOTLAND and IRISH GAELIC languages took their names. The JUTES and DANES of DENMARK took their names from the JEWS and DANITES (p.54, Vetus Chronicon Holsatiae). WELSH and WALLOONS are LEVI (reading backwards). THULE (SWEDEN) is from NAPHTALI (where Nephthalite Huns probably settled).

    These identities are further proved by a study of Genesis 49 and history.

    The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of nations is EPHRAIM (Gen.35:11; 48:19) and the UNITED STATES is MANASSEH (35:11; 48:19; 49:22-26). These nations control the strategic land and sea gates of the world such as the Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal (22:17; 24:60). ISRAEL was known as Isaaca (Am.7:16) or Iskuza (Assyrian name for Scythian, a people of mean origin on the Araxes (Diodorus 2:3) (Araks today) which is exactly where Israel was taken captive (2 Ki.18:11). The Scythians made no idols (Herod.4:59), wouldn’t eat or sacrifice pigs (4:63) or learn heathen ways (4:76). ISRAEL was also known as Sacae (Persian name for all Scythians - Herod.7:64; Behistun Rock) or Gimiri (Babylonian way of pronouncing Cimmerians, the name of the Scythians - Tomb of Darius; Behistun Rock) or Bit Khumri (Assyrian name for House of Omri Stone) or Cymry and Kimmeroi (Greek names) or Massagetae (same as Scythians - Herod. 1:204,215-216). Thus ISRAEL became the SAXONS (same as Sacae - Ptolemy) and SCOTS (from Scythians and CYMRY WELSH (from Cymry).

    Chapter 2--Isaiah for Today

    I’ve promised you that I will go through all the Old Testament books of the prophets, and give you the message from them for us. When I say us I specifically mean the Jewish people and the nations of North-Western Europe, Britain, and the United States of America. The latter nations are the modern House of Israel, and the former are the Jewish people scattered, but specifically as called today Israel dwelling in the Holy Land.

    The best website on the Internet to prove that the House of Israel is indeed the Western nations of the world is: www.britam.org

    A few points concerning prophecy is in order:

    First, prophecy was written down for the dual or end-time fulfillment. Please note Jeremiah 30:1-1-4. As Israel and Judah were punished once in the captivities of Assyrian and Babylonian invasions (House of Israel by the Assyrian Empire 745 to 718 B.C. and the House of Judah by the Babylonian Empire 604 to 586 B.C.). So there will be an end of days captivity for the same people of Israel. If you continue reading Jeremiah 30 and verses 5-9 you will find the end-time captivity is Jacob’s Trouble and they are not delivered out of it until David is resurrected (v.9) to again rule over them under the Lord their God, who will come in the person of Jesus Christ; hence the second coming of Christ to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

    Second, some prophecy is ONLY for the first fulfillment, other prophecies are in the main for the end-time fulfillment, and some prophecy is dual, having a type fulfillment in the past and again in the last years of this age, when all things that are written will come to pass (see Luke 21: 20-22).

    This undertaking of mine is far from pleasant, the prophets have a very serious message to bring to Israel and Judah - REPENT OF SIN or be punished in no uncertain way. Then there is a joyous side to the prophets, they tell of the time of RESTITUTION of all things, the coming of the Messiah in glory, to set up the Kingdom of God on the earth, a time of 1,000 years of transformation for the physical earth, all nations upon it, and even the wild animals will be changed to peace and harmony, the lion eating straw like the ox, as in the wonderful prophecy of Isaiah 11.

    Some prophecies are directed to the House of Judah and some to the House of Israel, some include BOTH and may come under the name Israel. Those directed specifically to Judah or Israel will have in type a message for the other also. In the first fulfillment of punishment to Israel and to Judah, each had its own time of punishment, as stated above. Not so at the second fulfillment - both the House of Judah and the House of Israel will fall into captivity punishment at the SAME time. Many studies on my website will show you the last 42 months, 1260 days, a time, times, and dividing of a time (as the book of Revelation states it) of this age, is the time when all prophecy written will come to a crashing climax. It is not only Jacob’s trouble (Israel - all 13 tribes) as Jeremiah put it, but it is the trouble for the WHOLE world, as the book of Revelation makes clear.

    This will not be a verse by verse commentary but the OVERVIEW of the message for our day.

    ISAIAH WRITES: Generally accepted writing and prophecy of Isaiah is from about 740 to 680 B.C.

    CHAPTER ONE

    Verse one: the prophecy begins specifically to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

    The ox knows its stall, so does a horse, but Israel (as a whole people, and the Jews are Israelites, though not all Israelites are Jews, just as all Californians are USA citizens, but not all USA citizens are Californians) DOES NOT KNOW her God. Judah and Jerusalem are a nation laden with iniquity, evildoers, corrupters, ones who have FORSAKEN the Lord. From the sole of the foot to the head there is no soundness. Yes, this is talking to YOU there in the Holy Land, in Jerusalem. You are a SINFUL nation, you are not serving the Lord, you pollute His holy commandments! You are the seed of Abraham only in name! You do not do the works of your father Abraham, you are mainly a SECULAR society. You do not serve the Holy One of Israel (v.3-6).

    Because you do not serve the Holy One, your country will be DESOLATE, your cities will BURN with fire, a stranger will come and devour. The daughters of Zion will as a besieged city. You do not want, you say there never will be another mass extinction of Jews as perpetrated by Hitler and his gang in the Second World War, but you are woefully wrong! You WILL go into punishment and be depleted in numbers that unless the Lord of hosts had left you a few, you would be as Sodom and like unto Gomorrah (v.7-9).

    The Lord addresses you as Sodom and Gomorrah in verse 10. You are to hear His word. He says to you (and in type then to ALL the nations of Israel) what good is it that you come before Him with an outward form of religion? You may have your Sabbath days, your assemblies in His name, your appointed Festivals days, BUT HE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEM!! They are a TROUBLE unto Him. They make Him weary! When you do spread forth your hands to hold them up as if in worship to Him; He will HIND HIS EYES from you; yes, when you make many prayers, He WILL NOT HEAR! Your hands, your way of life, is full of BLOOD! You are a VIOLENT society! You DO EVIL! Your name under God, or in God we trust is HOLLOW! The Almighty calls you to CEASE FROM DOING EVIL. You are to LEARN to do well; seek judgment, help the oppressed, serve the fatherless and the widow. Get your PRIORITIES straight. You spend BILLIONS, even TRILLIONS, on things that do not make you a better people. You NEED to LEARN what is GOOD and RIGHT and HOLY! You need to LIVE by God’s Holy Word, not just look at it or carry it under your arm, on your Festival occasions, but you need to learn to LIVE by it in all your ways, from the government down to the individual (10-17).

    Your God calls you to REASON together with Him. Though your SINS be as SCARLET, they can be as white as snow, though they be RED like crimson, they can be as white as wool. The Bible shows you HOW to have your sins washed away. It tells you about SIN! It teaches you about RIGHTEOUSNESS, it leads you to REPENTANCE, IF you but will let it be your guide. IF you will be WILLING and OBEDIENT, these prophecies need NOT come to pass, your punishment need NOT come upon you, and you can enjoy the good of the land. BUT if you REFUSE and REBEL, then know for sure that you WILL BE DEVOURED BY THE SWORD! The Lord has spoken it! I do not know WHEN your punishment will come, but I tell you with all confidence IT WILL COME!! (v.18-20).

    There was a time when you KNEW BETTER. But you have become a HARLOT! Righteousness was once in you, but now murderers and violence. Your silver is dross, your wine as diluted with water. Your leaders (princes) are thieves in many matters, even the matter of money and various corruptions behind closed doors. You house people that are willing to be bribed, do anything for a dollar. You have not looked after the fatherless and widow like you should have, but you can spend TRILLIONS on warfare, space exploits, and other careless spending.

    Because you will NOT repent, not get things in correct perspective, the Lord WILL turn His hand on you, He will thrash you, purge away the dross, and take away all the outward decorations that look good but underneath show only corruptible sin. The Eternal WILL bring you BACK to the right pathway and you shall again be called a CITY of RIGHTEOUSNESS, a FAITHFUL city. Zion shall again be REDEEMED and converted to righteousness. The sinners shall have their reward and be consumed. For looking the wrong way, desiring the wrong things, that look like nice gardens on the outside, but inside is poisonous plants, you shall wither away as gardens without water. The strong shall be weak, those promoting the wrong spark of life shall all burn up in the fire of punishment and non will be able to put that fire out (18-31).

    Only the Eternal God shall be able to stop that fire of correction. And thankfully He will! Christ Jesus will come to earth again, and put an end to rebellious Judah and Israel, and to all peoples and nations that will not obey Him and His commandments. For we have the wonderful promise of the first verses of chapter two.

    CHAPTER TWO

    The word of the Lord concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It will come to pass IN THE LAST DAYS - at the VERY END of this age, even THE END, the mountain or Kingdom of God’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains of kingdoms of all nations, shall be exalted above the hills, all smaller nations (Daniel 2:35 gives us a mountain is type of kingdom). And ALL nations will flow unto it. Many people shall go and say, Come you, let us go up to the Kingdom of God, to the house of the Lord God of Jacob; and He will TEACH us of HIS WAYS, and we shall WALK in HIS PATHS; for out of Zion shall go forth the LAW, and the WORD of the Lord from Jerusalem (verses 1-3).

    What a time! What a wonderful day indeed, when FINALLY all peoples from around the world will not only ACKNOWLEDGE the ways of God are the right and correct way to live but will DESIRE to want to LEARN His LAW, and want to walk in His path of righteousness. The truths of the Lord will go forth from Zion, from Jerusalem, like the shinning light that a lighthouse sends out from on top of the hill overlooking the expanse of the sea. The city of Jerusalem will one day be that lighthouse, sending forth the laws and commandments of God to all nations.

    The Lord God in the

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