Are the Samaritans Israelites or Gentiles? Secular sources have no shortages of information concerning them. But we first learned from the Bible that they have an extensive history dating from 722 BCE to today. It is all documented in the Bible.
But the information we have from secular sources conflict with that of the Bible. Therefore, we should go back to the Bible to address the discrepancies.
The Samaritans claim to be descendants of the Northern Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. They claim to have survived the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians in 722 BCE.
Other sources claim they are members of a community of Jews. But though now nearly extinct, they claim blood relationship to the Israelites of ancient Samaria.
Yet some sources claim they were half-Jews and half-Gentiles. They claim that when Assyria captured the northern kingdom of Israel in 721 B.C. some were taken in captivity while others were left behind. But the Bible tells a vastly different story.
The people whom this study represents are shown above. They are reputed to have up to a million people at some point, but their numbers have diminished throughout the years. Their population today is 820 (2019). Most of them reside in the state of Israel (in Holon). 415 (2017) of them. Another 381 (2017) in Mount Gerizim.
“Their Religion is called Samaritanism and their holy book, the Samaritan Pentateuch. This is a modified text of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. It was written in the Samaritan alphabet and used as scripture by them.
We first read about the Samaritans in the Bible. This was around 722BC. It all started with the dissolution of the state Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyria.
2 King 15:19-20 In his days Pul king of the Assyrians ascended upon the land. And Menahem gave to Pul a thousand talents of silver for his hand to be with him, to strengthen his kingdom in his hand. And Menahem brought forth the silver for Israel, excised upon every mighty man in strength, to give to the king of the Assyrians -- fifty shekels for the one man. And the king of the Assyrians returned and did not station there in the land.
The Assyrian assault on the Northern tribes commenced during the times of King Menahem who reigned around 750BC. Consequently, Israel became a vassal state of Assyria and paid tribute.
Not long after things deteriorated for Israel. We read in (II Kings 15:22-23) that in 740BCE, Pekahiah murdered Menahem and reigned in his stead. Two years we read in (II Kings 15:32-33) that later in 738BCE Pekah killed Pekahiah and reigned in his stead. But in 718BCE Hoshea killed Pekah and reigned in his stead (II Kings 15:30)
2 kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians seized Samaria, and he resettled Israel into Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor, the rivers of Gozan, in the mountains of the Medes.
I must interject that this verse has spawned many tales, including the one about the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel or that Israel became assimilated with Assyria. But these are not facts
In the following passage, we are introduced to the Samaritans for the first time. There are some commentators who think these people are Hamites. I think they were mixed Hamite and Japhetite. But whomever they are the Bible is clear that they are not the Sons of Israel. because we read the following:
2Ki_17:24 And the king of the Assyrians led from out of Babylon the one from out of Cuthah, and from out of Ava, and from out of Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel. And they inherited Samaria, and they settled in its cities.
The Assyrians took people from other parts of their empire. Namely, Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim. They settled them into cities (Towns) of Samaria. One can only be a son of Israel if your parents are sons of Israel. You cannot become a son of Israel by virtue of being settled into the land they occupy.
If that is not convincing, Listen to the Words of YESHUA some 750 years later.
Luke 17:12-18 And of his entering into a certain town, there met with him ten leprous men, which stood at a distance. And they lifted their voice, saying, Jesus, master, show mercy on us! And one of them, beholding that he was healed, returned with a great voice glorifying God, and he fell upon his face by his feet giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan. And responding Jesus said, Were there not ten cleansed; but where are the nine? Were there not found any returning to give glory to God, except this foreigner?
In this verse, JESUS referred to the Samaritan as “Foreigner!” Therefore the individual is NOT an Israelite as the other nine lepers!
JESUS just repudiated the Idea that Samaritans are of the people of Israel.
But let us continue to expand this a little further in 2Ki_17 to examine the Samaritan relationship if any, to the sons of Israel or to the GOD of Israel. Speaking of the Samaritans that the Assyrians settled in Samaria, we read further:
2Ki_17:25 And it came to pass in the beginning of their place of sitting down, they did not fear the LORD. And the LORD sent among them the lions, and they were being killed by them.
The Greek word “fearG5399” or the Hebrew version H3372 conveys the same meaning. It basically means that they were not afraid of the GOD of Israel. HE does not frighten them; they do not have any respect for HIM. They continued with the same idolatrous practices they took from their former homeland. But quickly GOD got their attention. They became prey for lions HE sent among them.
2Ki_17:26 And they said to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations which you resettled and relocated, in the cities of Samaria, they know not the distinguishing manner of the God of the land. And he sent to them lions, and behold, they are killing them, in so far as they do not know the distinguishing manner of the God of the land.
The Assyrian king believed the solution is in observance the correct way of serving the god of the new land they occupy. They believe they need to bring back one of the priests of the Sons of Israel whom they had taken out of Samaria and resettled in Assyria.
2Ki_17:27 And the king of the Assyrians gave charge, saying, Lead away there one of the priests whom I resettled from Samaria! and let him go and let him dwell there! and he shall enlighten them on the distinguishing manner of the God of the land.
Notice two important things here: The priest they brought back was not a legit priest or even a Levite. Around 782BC King, Jeroboam has initiated false worship for Israel. During this time, the Northern Kingdom had completely turned its back on the GOD of Israel. Because we read
1Ki 12:27 if this people should ascend to offer a sacrifice in the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, then the heart of the people shall turn towards their master, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me. 1Ki 12:28 And the king consulted, and made two heifers of gold. And he said to the people, Let it be enough for you to ascend to Jerusalem! Behold, your gods, O Israel, the ones leading you from out of the land of Egypt. 1Ki 12:29 And he put the one in Beth-el, and the other one he put in Dan. 1Ki 12:30 And this account came to pass for sin. And the people went after the one unto Dan. 1Ki 12:31 And he made houses upon high places, and he appointed priests from any part of the people who were not of the sons of Levi. 1Ki 12:32 And Jeroboam made a holiday feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the holiday, the one in Judah. And he ascended unto the altar which he made in Beth-el, to sacrifice to the heifers which he made. And he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he made.
2Ki_17:28 And they brought one of the priests which they resettled from Samaria, and he settled in Bethel. And he was enlightening them how they should fear the LORD.
They put him to live in Bethel. Bethel was the seat of the calf worshipping religion that Jeroboam had instituted in Israel hundreds of years earlier.
2Ki_17:29 And nation by nation were making their gods. And they put them in the houses of the high places, which the Samaritans made, nation by nation in their cities in which they dwelt.
This is where we encounter the word Samaritans for the very first time in the bible. In the KJVBible it is H8118. It is right there in 2Ki_17:29. The GOD of Israel is making the determination for posterity as to whom the Samaritans are. The Samaritans are NOT of the sons of Israel. They are gentiles who want to be in Israel. Also, they have no spiritual relationship to the GOD of Israel, they are gentile idolaters.
2Ki_17:30-31 And the men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth. And the men of Cuth made Nergal. And the men of Hamath made Ashima. And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak. And the Sepharvites incinerated their sons by fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of the Sepharvaim
2Ki_17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth. And the men of Cuth made Nergal. And the men of Hamath made Ashima. 2Ki_17:31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak. And the Sepharvites incinerated their sons by fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of the Sepharvaim
If the Samaritans were in fact Israelites instead of Gentiles, GOD would have had a covenant relationship with them. The GOD of Israel would not permit them to carry out the pretense of fearing HIM while serving their idols. HE showed you what HE did to Israel when they served idols.
2Ki_17:32 And they were fearing the LORD, and they made for themselves priests of the high places; and they offered for themselves in the houses of the high places. 2Ki_17:33 They were fearing the LORD, and they served their gods, according to the distinguishing manner of the nations from where he resettled them from there.
Being taught by the idolatrous priest sent among them, they made priests of the high places and did offerings and sacrifices. believing they can serve and worship GOD. All they were doing was serving their customary gods.
The LORD only ordained a covenant with the people of Israel and not any other nation.
2Ki_17:34 Until this day they do according to their distinguishing manner. They are not fearing the LORD, and they do not do according to their ordinances, and according to their judgment, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the LORD gave charge to the sons of Jacob, of whom he established his name Israel. 2Ki_17:35 And the LORD ordained with them a covenant, and he gave charge to them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, and you shall not do obeisance to them, and you shall not serve to them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
GOD has re-introduced the sons of Israel as a reference to the Samaritan mode of Worship. Yes, these people have instituted a religious system, but it is quite unlike the ordnances and according to their judgment, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the LORD gave charge to the sons of Jacob. In “whom he established his name Israel. And the LORD ordained with them a covenant, and he gave charge to them, saying, you shall not fear other gods, and you shall not do obeisance to them, and you shall not serve to them, and you shall not sacrifice to them” All below is a reference to the sons of Israel only.
2Ki_17:41 And these nations were fearing the LORD, and they served to their carvings; even indeed their sons, and the sons of their sons -- they do as did their fathers unto this day. This is referencing the Samaritans only! Apparently, they have a newfound respect for the GOD of Israel since that lion eating episode earlier in their existence. But until today they continue to worship their idols of their forefathers. There was and still is a big difference between the Samaritans of that time and their contemporary neighbors, the sons of Israel. The sons of Israel were Idolatrous in the most part, but their descendants have a covenant relationship with the GOD of Israel. The descendants of the Samaritans do not have a covenant relationship with GOD.
The is, that is another gross misrepresenting of the Bible. It is never easy to determine where these myths and legends got started but I will propose and discuss a few: For example, we read the following:
Ezra 9:1 And as these things were finished, the rulers approached to me, saying, The people of Israel did not separate, and the priests and the Levites, from the peoples of the lands in their abominations -- of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite, and the Amorite. Ezra 9:2 For they took of their daughters to themselves, and to their sons, and the holy seed mixed together among the peoples of the lands; even by the hand of the rulers and of the commandants in this breach-of-contract in rule.
But notice the nations mentioned here do not include Samaritans. They only include Canaanite, Hittite, Perizzite, Jebusite, Ammonite, Moabite, Moserite, and Amorite. Furthermore, Ezra remedied that situation. The transgressing men were ordered to divorce their foreign wives and send them away with the children they bore. (Ezra 10:1-44)
This myth could also come from an incident described in (Nehemiah 13:23-31). For example, we read:
Neh 13:23 And in those days I saw the Jews who settled with wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and Moab. But in that case Nehemiah apparently fixed that. (NEH 13:30) And I cleansed them from all aliens, and appointed watches to the priests and the Levites, each one in his work,
But one quickly notes that the foreign nation referenced here are Ashod, Ammon, and Moab only. This is pure conjecture. It occurs from the spurious association of the name Sanballat the Horanite with the Samaritans in Neh 4:2.
Neh 4:2 And he (Sanballat) spoke before his brethren, and the force of the Samaritans, and he said, What do these Judahmen do -- the Jews? Shall we not abandon them? Is it to sacrifice? Is it that they will be able to? And today, will they repair the stones with the embankment rubbish for being burnt?
The name Sanballat appears only in the book of Nehemiah. On the other hand, the word Samaritans only appear in the Old Testament two times (2Ki_17:29 and Neh_4:2) In Nehemiah 4:2 each time it is rendered as the force of the Samaritans; the army of Samaria; the multitude of the Samaritans. Therefore, this is telling you that Samaritans were present in numbers.
Yet historians and Christian scholars use this to make the erroneous connection that Sanballat the Horanite is a Samaritan. The nations that were in contention with the men of Judah in the time of Nehemiah were Horonite, Ammonite, Arabian, Ashdodites, and Samaritans.
Apparently, at the time of this confrontation, there were the Horanites, Samaritans, and Ammonites. The problem with this theory is that Sanballat was a Moabite, not a Samaritan.
The “Brown-Driver-Briggs” Definition:
Horonite = “native of Horonaim”
1) an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab
1a) the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah
But it only got worse. Consequently, after making the spurious association of Sanballat with the Samaritans, they made the association of mixed marriage in Neh 13:28
Neh 13:28 And from the sons of Joiada, Eliashib the great priest, in-law to Sanballat the Horonite -- even I threw him from me.
If there were intermarriages, it was between Moabite and Israel. Not a Samaritan and Israel.
As proof of this we read the following:
Joh 4:6-7 And the spring of Jacob was there. Then Jesus being tired from the journey, sat thus at the spring; it was about the sixth hour. There comes a woman from out of Samaria G4540 to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give to me to drink!
Let us clear up the semantics of Samaria Samaritan/s and Samarian/s. The key to understanding these sentences is to understand the usage of the context of the verse.
See the map above for the location of the city of SamariaG4540. This is saying simply that this woman lives in a village called Sychar in the city of Samaria. She is not a Samaritan.
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Joh 4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
The woman identified so far as a woman from out of the city of Samaria says to YESHUA. “How do you be a Jew…” YESHUA is from the tribe of Judah although HE resided in Galilee for HIS entire life.
The problem in understanding this statement is in the insertion of the word “Jew.” It is a fake insertion from the Masoretic text. Over time they replaced the original words of “Judean” or a man of Judea with Jew.
The Romans created Judea in 6AD as a geographical entity. Temple worship in Jerusalem was associated with the Judeans. Historically always at odds with peoples of the other provinces. she just acknowledges again that she is a woman who resides in the ancient city limits of Samaria(G4542). The ancient city limits of Samaria have been associated with an ethnic group called Samaritans.
There was a long-going schism between the Samaritans and the men of Judah about the proper place of worship. The Samaritans worship at the temple on Mount Gerizim. The Israelites worship in Jerusalem. The Israelites in Galilee and Samaria still travel to Jerusalem to worship at the temple. There are also some racial aspects to the division. The Judeans do not regard the Samaritans as Israelites, and rightly so.
The woman out of Samaria asks JESUS the following question:
John 4:12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave to us the well, and himself drank from it, and his sons, and his livestock?
Her forefather is Jacob. This is the tradition of “Jacob’s well” Now if you were in doubt of this woman’s ethnicity, John 4:20 is the final proof.
John 4:20 Our fathers in this mountain did obeisance, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to do obeisance.
If a Samaritan made this statement, they would be lying. If YESHUA did not correct her then she must be correct. Her forefather is Jacob. She is an Israelites. But her forefathers did false worship in those hills she referred to. Even though GOD commanded her forefathers to worship in Jerusalem. She is just relating the experiences of her ancestors, the ten northern tribes as they disobeyed GOD’s Words and suffered the consequences of no longer having a nation.
John 4:22 You do obeisance to whom you know not; we do obeisance to whom we know; for the deliverance is of the Jews.
The phrase “the deliverance is of the Jews” is complicated from the replacement of the original word Juda (sometimes spelled Judah) with the word “Judea” and Judean which the Masoretic corrupted into “Jews.”
Judah is the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. They consisted of the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin. The Bible earlier prophesized that the MESSIAH would come out of Judah.
Gen 49:10 A ruler shall not fail from Judah, and one leading from his thighs, until whenever should come the things reserved to him. And he is expectation of nations.
John 4:25 The woman says to him, I know that Messiah comes, the one being called Christ; whenever he should come, that one will announce to us all things.
The Samaritans cannot confess this because they are not Israelites but Gentiles. Their customs never spoke of a coming MESSIAH. The idea of a messiah is arcane only to the people of Israel. She was talking to her promised MESSIAH and was unaware.
John 4:29 Come, see a man who told to me all things as much as I did! Maybe this is the Christ?
There is no Samaritan culture that speaks of a CHRIST. This is what any true Israelite would do in this situation. She would tell her brothers and sisters of Israel. Therefore, this woman and the men of her village are Israelites.
In summary, YESHUA fully acknowledges that the sons of Israel and Samaritans live near each other in the city of Samaria. (See map) Israelites live all over the provinces of Samaria and Galilee
Matthew 10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent, exhorting them, saying, Unto the way of the nations you should not go forth, and unto a city of Samaritans you should not enter. But you go rather to the lost sheep of house of Israel!
Therefore, the question if the Samaritans are Israelites or Gentiles is clearly answered. Israel and the Samaritans never shared any ancestral relationship. They are Gentile in the sight of the GOD of Israel.
The idea of a world without end is unbiblical. The general view of mankind is that this world will never end but will continue into perpetuity. Even for those who claim that the Bible is their authority, there will never be a judgment day. They admit to the realities of war, catastrophes, global warming, disease pandemics, death, etc. But they believe in time, they will fix these problems. Mankind will have a glorious future that extended into eternity without any intervention by GOD.
Although this idea is bogus there is a scripture in the Bible translation that appears to be enforcing it. Therefore, must investigate this scripture. It reads:
Isa_45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
As a quick aside: I was watching a YouTube video from one of those numerous Hebrew Israelite cults. Apparently, the narrator did not know about KJV (Isa_45:17) and therefore offers another passage as proof that GOD could not end this world. This verse appears as follows:
Gen_9:15 And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you, and between every living soul among all flesh. And there will not be any longer the water for a flood so as to wipe away all flesh.
His idea is equally spurious. He was contending that GOD is saying here that HE will never destroy the earth again. Therefore, he reasons that if GOD is saying that HE will never destroy the world with a flood again, then, therefore, HE would be going against HIS Word if HE destroys it by any other means. He believes he knows the mind of GOD.
I will diverge away from the topic, to say that the word flood means “deluge”. But here it is used in the context of "destruction". Therefore, full destruction will never come to mankind again. Here GOD is alluding to the gospel of salvation for Israel that HE would commence later. This covenant of salvation passes from Noah’s line of Shem to Abraham to Israel and the CHRIST.
YESHUA is obviously speaking of an end of this world in this verse.
Mat_24:14 And this good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the entire inhabitable world, for a testimony to all the ones among the nations; and then shall come the end.
The following examples declare an end to the world. but also that the end is associated with fire.
2Pe_3:7 But the present heavens and the earth, the one of his word, are treasured up for fire being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of impious men. 2Pe_3:10 But shall come the day of the Lord as a thief in the night, in which the heavens by a loud noise shall pass away, and the elements being destroyed by fire shall be loosed; and the earth and the works in it shall be incinerated. 2Pe_3:11-12 These things then all being loosed, what kind of persons must you be in holy behavior and piety, expecting and hastening the arrival of the day of God, by which the heavens being set on fire shall be loosed, and the elements being destroyed by fire shall melt away? Rev_20:14-15 And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire. And if any should not be found written in the book of life he was cast into the lake of fire.
It clearly states that the world will end (by fire) in the previous verses we looked at. Therefore, there is a conflict with KJV (Isa_45:17) which declares that the world will never end. Consequently, it should be worrisome to the one trying to find the truth, that there are conflicts in the Bible. That would be particularly true if one confesses that the Word of GOD is infallible.
Fortunately, for us, we have a tool called “Textual criticism”. Here we analyze a verse or word to see how they compare with other sources/translations of the same scripture.
The King James Bible Translations and other contemporary translations came from the KJV which inherited the Masoretic text. The scribes were reputed to have corrupted these documents. We will there compare the KJV text with other earlier translations.
The KJV translation has the term "World without end.". Obviously, this clashes with the previous verses that contend the world will end by fire.
Isa_45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. (KJV Translation)
This wording of "World without end" is absent from any of these bible translations. In the context of these translations, Israel's salvation is discussed. This salvation is forever. It is not the salvation of the world because the Bible already declared it will end by fire.
Septuagint (Isa_45:17) Israel is delivered by the LORD with an eternal deliverance; they shall not be ashamed, nor should they feel remorse unto the eon still. The Brenton Septuagint (Isa_45:17) Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever. The Hebraic Root Bible (Isa_45:17) Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore. First Century Aramaic Bible: (Isa_45:17) Israel is saved in YAHWEH with everlasting salvation (Y'shua*). You shall not be ashamed nor disgraced to the forevers of eternity. Darby (Isa_45:17) Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages. Young’s’ literal translation (Isa_45:17) Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!
Therefore, one can easily see that this phrase does not appear in any other of the other Bible translations we have compared. One may easily dismiss this as a Scribal error of the KJV Bible translation. But I think it is nothing short of a determinate act to misleading.
The Christians and others always had a problem with the fact that salvation is of, and for Israel. The Bible is clear that salvation(rescue) of Israel is parallel with the end of the world and judgment day. There is no third option. The King James Bible is obviously trying to associate eternal life with the Gentiles. but as shown by the other translations eternal life is only associated with Israel.
Today the King James Bible is the standard translation for Christianity and the world. Everywhere one turns, the proponents of the KJV declare its superiority. Strangely enough, the Hebrew Israelite cults are strong proponents of this Bible also. It is the Translation of choice for these groups almost universally. But the King James Bible itself is based on Masoretic text.
The Masoretes (Masorites) are groups of Jewish scholars who from around the 3rd to the 11th century were in possession of an early compilation of Hebrew(language) scripture. Although they primarily started in Palestine, they made their way into Europe, Germany, France, Italy, and elsewhere. It is a known fact that the Masorites during this time added and subtracted from the scriptures. To the extent that the text is quite different from the one, they might have had originally.
What will happen to the saved of Israel if the world is destroyed? That is a fair question to ask. If GOD is going to burn the world in fire, then what will happen to all the redeemed of GOD who will be living at the time. The bible is noticeably clear on that. We read about that starting in 1 Thes 4:16-17
1 Thes 4:16-17 For the Lord himself in a word of command by the voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise up first. Thereupon we the living, the ones remaining, together with them shall be seized in clouds, for meeting the Lord in the air, and thus at all times with the Lord we shall be.
This is what people refer to as the rapture. The word "Rapture" never appears in the scriptures, but similar Bible verses show that the believers will be caught up in the air to meet with the LORD. Therefore, it does not matter if you like the word “Rapture”, or not. It is a reality of GOD’s Word.
The Bible never said nor infer that this world will never end. We have been through that earlier. In fact, HE says it will end with fire. The LORD declares that HE created the earth to be inhabited, not uninhabited. (Isa_45:18) the very next verse after (Isa_45:17) the very verse we are studying.
(Isa_45:18) For thus says the LORD, the one making the heaven, this God, the one introducing the earth and making it; he separated it, he did not make it empty, but he shaped it to dwell in; I am the LORD, and there is none beside.
Who is going to inhabit the re-created Heavens and earth? It is none other than Israel. This is what we are reading about in verse 17 of Isa_45:17 of the other non-KJV translations. For that reason, the Bible can declare the following:
(Isa_45:17) Israel is delivered by the LORD with an eternal deliverance; they shall not be ashamed, nor should they feel remorse unto the eon still.
If you are unconvinced the earth will be inhabited after burning, the following verses show how GOD achieves it.
(Rev_21:5) And said the one sitting upon the throne, Behold, I make all things new. And he says to me, Write! for these words are true and trustworthy.
Isa_66:22 For in which manner the new heaven and the new earth which make wait before me, says the LORD, so I shall establish your seed, and your name.
GOD will therefore recreate this world after cleansing it with fire. HE will do it the same way HE created it. By speaking it into existence.
In the ending, we have seen that the Masoretes and the King James translation arbitrarily changed the text in Isa_45:17 to take the focus off Israel's eternal salvation and included the “World without end” phrase. I leave the reader to come to their own conclusion if they have not already got it.
This is part of a series of essays that I write to show up the corruption of the King James Bible. From my studies, I can almost confirm that this Bible may be in part the reason Israel does not know who they are today and why they remain in their unbelief and degenerate condition.
But it is interesting. The Hebrew Israelite community embraces and sings the praises of the KJV Bible, so any wonder why they are so degenerate? Isn’t it obvious that they hate the word of GOD and HIS PERSON?
The myth of 10 Lost Tribes of Israel
The Myth of 10 Lost Tribes of Israel is a perplexing idea among Bible students. This idea is not supported by the Bible or any historical documents. But it was perpetrated by the KJV Bible translators.
The idea started around the early part of the second century. It gained traction during the 17th century with the publication of the English translation of the King James Bible. This content centers on some purposefully mistranslated documents by the Masoretic Jewish scribes.
This study is twofold. It relates to the falsely interpreted passages in the KJV Bible. But one cannot do so effectively without at least mentioning the role played by Apocryphal documents, such as the book of 2 Esdras.
There is an ongoing contention between Hebrew Israelites groups. One of them contended that Israel left Assyria where they were exiled and headed to West Africa. But another group contends they Israel packed up and boarded ships and sailed to America. Therefore, this group now asserts that Israel is now Native American. Of course, they are both wrong. because they are influenced by Apocryphal documents. In particular the books of second Esdras.
It is amazing that people today still think that there were ten lost tribes of Israel. But they do so, despite commonsense and a mountain of evidence to the contrary. To understand how this plays out you need to understand the parts played by the various actors who are imbued in this charade.
It was first invented by Edomites with unscrupulous motivations. They and the early Christians sought to write Israel out of existence by corrupting the text of the Hebrew document and writing various apocryphal publications.
The King James translators inherited the corrupted documents of the Masoretic and continued with the tradition of writing Israel into extinction.
In "View of the Hebrews" an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith, a congregationalist minister in Vermont. He argued that Native Americans were descended from the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel". It was a commonly held view during the early nineteenth century.
Also, this same view also influenced Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Mormons. *The Book of Mormon (1830) * expressed similar beliefs of Native Americans being Israel.
This is interesting because Some groups of Hebrew Israelites, called (The Camps) adapted the Ideas of the Latter-day Saints/Mormons and others. Consequently, they incorporate a “12 Tribes of Israel” chart in their doctrine. This chart designates the 12 Tribes of Israel to Indian nations and countries in the Americas. These are the ones that say that the Ten lost tribes of Israel departed from Assyria to America in ships. So now you know where they got these ideas from. Consequently, these Hebrew Israelite groups are helping to destroy Israel's name from out of the nations.
Psa_83:4 They said, Come, for we should utterly destroy them from out of the nations; for in no way should the name of Israel be remembered any longer.
The fundamentals of "the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel myth" is that the people of Israel were carried off from their own land and exiled into Assyrian land. The Bible and Historical documents. must validate this claim for it to be effective. Fortunately, we have both. We have the uncorrupted Word of GOD. We also have verified information from the Assyrians themselves. Remarkably both concur. So, let us compare the Assyrian's view of the so-called Israel’s resettlement and the words of the Bibles.
The following is an inscription from a Stela commemorative monument of the Assyrian empire. The information is attributed to the Assyrian king, Sargon II. The one that completed the capture and deportation of Israel.
Let us go through the relevant scriptures, point by point.
2Ki 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah reigned in Samaria over Israel for nine years. 2Ki 17:2 And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 2Ki 17:3 Against him there ascended Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians; and Hoshea became to him as a servant, and he bore gifts to him. 2Ki 17:4 And the king of the Assyrians found a plot by Hoshea, for Hoshea sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and did not bring gifts to the king of the Assyrians year by year. And the king of the Assyrians assaulted him, and tied him up in the house of the prison. 2Ki 17:5 And the king of the Assyrians ascended unto all the land, and ascended unto Samaria, and assaulted it for three years. 2Ki 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians seized Samaria, and he resettled Israel into Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor, the rivers of Gozan, in the mountains of the Medes.
Can we not trust this guy when he says that he resettled 27,280 from Samaria? Yes people, only 27,280. But that makes sense. Any experts will show that at that time, Israel would have consisted of at least 4 million people. Why didn’t he say that he carried three to four million Israelites? Because he must be accurate because this is a factual record.
The entire idea comes from a few verses in the Bible that seems to suggest that the Assyrians took up 4 million men, women, and children from out of the Northern kingdom of Israel. They then walked them hundreds of miles away into Assyria and dumped them in some cities there. This idea originated in some intentionally mistranslated verses of the King James Bible.
The KJV translation is anathema to the people of Israel. Ever since the start of Christianity in Rome, these people have falsely immersed themselves into Israel’s heritage. They used the erroneous and corrupted documents of the Masoretic text as well as the Textus Receptus documents of Erasmus to compile the King James Bible translation. Today we will concentrate on the Masoretic text, as it is the source of the KJV Old Testament translation.
With that in mind let us look at some of the verses that say the Assyrians carried Israel away and put them in Assyria.
2 Kings 18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: (KJV)
Did you notice the emphatic “did” in this verse? The writers were trying to counteract the truth you may have read in other documents. But there is only one way to interpret this verse. The author is emphatic that the children of Israel were exiled into Assyria. But the problem is, is there no truth in this statement as I have shown earlier?
Furthermore, the term “carry away” is a term for exile. Therefore, the translators are saying that despite what you may have read elsewhere, Israel was in fact exiled into Assyria.
Strong’s'
carry away (H1540)
A primitive root; to denude
(especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication to
exile (captives being
usually stripped); figuratively to reveal: - + advertise, appear,
bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish,
remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
The Hebrew term for “carry away H1540” by implication means to exile
Let us do a comparison of two Septuagint translations of the same verse:
2Ki_18_11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: (KJV)
2Ki 18:11 And the king of the Assyrians resettled the Samarian into Assyria, and he put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes; (Septuagint)
See the difference here? The KJV translation says the king of Assyria carried away (Exiled) Israel into Assyria.
However, this version of the Septuagint says that the King of Assyria resettled The Samarian. But that is exactly what we read in the Nimrud Prisms earlier. He says he took away 27,280 Samarians and relocated them to other parts of his empire. Not convinced, then let us look at the "Brenton", another Septuagint translation:
(2 Kings 18:11) And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Alae and in Abor, by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes; (Brenton)
It is remarkable “Samaritan” sticks out in the Septuagint. You see the KJV simply substituted Israel for Samarians. This was the original translation until the Masoretic changed it to “Israel.” But in both Septuagint translations there is no reference to “Israel” because the original Bible had “Samaritans” which historical documents support. Therefore, this is a deliberate mistranslation of the verse.
For those still not convinced that the 10 Lost Tribes of Israelis are a myth, there is more proof. Notice that the KJV Bible follows the previous pattern in the following verses. They are sticking to their story; they want the sons of Israel to disappear from the face of the earth. But let us make a comparison with two Septuagint translations:
(2 kings 17:6) In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (KJV)
(2 kings 17:6) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians seized Samaria, and he resettled Israel into Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor, the rivers of Gozan, in the mountains of the Medes. (Septuagint) (2 kings 17:6) In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes. (Brenton)
At first, this may sound a little complicated. But a closer look will reveal it is more understandable when you break it down into parts. You’ll notice it has three parts.
The king of the Assyrians seized the capital city (Samaria)
1)The first part read; the king of the Assyrians seized the capital city (Samaria) of the sons of Israel.
The king of the Assyrians resettled the Samaritans in Assyria
The second part reads: "settled them in Alae, and in Abor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes" Obviously, this can only be about the 27280 people taken from Samaria. It cannot be the sons of Israel. We know from historical documents and the uncorrupted Word of GOD that the sons of Israel never left up to the time of YESHUA and after.
He resettled Israel into Assyria.
The third part of the verse reads, and he resettled Israel into Assyria. We also see the same word: “resettled” used here also. It is the Greek G599. It has the same kind of connotation of dying off or assimilating. Literally, this is saying that the king of Assyria died off Israel into Assyria. Another more direct way to say this is that the King of Assyria incorporated Israel into Assyria. Israel as a sovereign (Northern) kingdom no longer exists. It is now part of the Assyrian empire.
This references the kingdom called Israel. Not the Sons of Israel. They were now literally Assyrian nationals. It ties in with seizing Samaria. You seize the capital then you conquered the whole country.
This is a widespread practice in Empire buildings. The victor would take away the important people and the men of wealth as well as everything of value in the city.
(2 Ki_17:18) Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. (KJV)
(2 kings 17:18) And the LORD was enraged exceedingly with Israel, and he removed them from his face. He did not leave any behind except the tribe of Judah alone. (Septuagint) (2 Ki_17:18) And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone. (Brenton)
The fact is that no one or thing can be hidden from GOD’s face, even more so, the children of Israel. It is simply saying that GOD turned HIS back on them. They no longer have an independent state and worst of all HE stopped all communication with them. He no longer has prophets or HIS word among them.
Only the tribe of Judah will remain as a polity of GOD. The Southern kingdom (Judah and Benjamin) will continue to have HIS word among them. The reason is that CHRIST will have to come out of Judah.
There is no doubt that KJV translators intentionally lied and changed the Bible (Word of GOD) to spread the idea of a “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel”.
The sons of Israel never went anywhere. They were in full view all the time. At least up to the times of YESHUA. We read the following:
(2 Ki_18:1) And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah reigned.
This verse shows that Hoshea, the last king of Israel reign coincides with that of Hezekiah king of Judah. We know that Hoshea came to the throne in 718BC. Then obviously Hezekiah's first year of reign would be 715BC. Hezekiah kept the Passover in Israel and Judah many years after the supposed exile of Israel. Furthermore, we read.
(2 Ki_18:9) And it came to pass in the fourth year to king Hezekiah, this is the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, ascended Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians against Samaria, and assaulted it
This again confirms that Hezekiah and Hoshea’s reign is three years apart. We know the year also when Shalmaneser king of the Assyrians invaded Israel was 711BC. Remember, It took him three years to finally overcome Samaria in 709BC, which would be the sixth year of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah reigned between 715BC to 686BC. Obviously, he called for Passover observance during that time, most certainly after 709BC, the period Israel was exiled to Assyria. But as we read that Hezekiah proclaimed a Passover to all Israel.
(2 Ch_30:1) And Hezekiah sent unto all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters unto Ephraim and Manasseh to come into the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, to observe the passover to the LORD God of Israel.
Here it says that Hezekiah wrote letters unto Ephraim and Manasseh to come into the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, to observe the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.
(2 Ch_30:5) And they established a communication to go through by proclamation in all Israel, from Beer-sheba unto Dan, to come and to observe the passover to the LORD God of Israel in Jerusalem. For the multitude did not do according to the scripture.
In this verse, King Hezekiah ascertains that only the few thousand men of Israel were exiled. Obviously in reference to the 27,280 Samarians taken captives.
(2 Ch 30:6) And the ones running went with the letters from the king and from the rulers, into all Israel and Judah, according to the order of the king, saying, Sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob! and he will return to the ones having escaped, surviving from the hand of the king of Assyria
Here we ascertained that as early as in the times of King Hezekiah, Israel knew that only 27280 men were taken out of Samaria by the Assyrians and everybody else remained there.
(2 Ch 30:7) And do not be as your fathers and your brethren! the ones who revolted from the LORD God of their fathers, and he delivered them into desolation, as you see.
That is proof that GOD delivered 27,280 to desolation (killed and destroyed). But all the rest of Israel remained.
(2 Ch 30:10) And the runners were traveling city by city in mount Ephraim and Manasseh, and unto Zebulun. And they became as victims of ones ridiculing them and deriding them. But men from Asher, and Manasseh, and from Zebulun felt shame, and they came unto Jerusalem.
The facts speak for themselves, that Israel was never exiled into Assyria as is rumored by the Hebrew Israelites today.
This is a stupid question because everyone knows that they lived in the Roman provinces of Galilee, Samaria, and Judah. This area approximates the old Israelite kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.
The Bible tells us that even before and after the Assyrian conquest of Samaria in 723Bc, many Israelites had left Israel for other lands. Most of these were economic migrants.
Most of the Hebrew Israelites cults will tell you that Israel always flees to Africa, which is a lie. The Bible shows you that they migrated to Europe and other places too. These people do not have an answer as to why their presence of us in these lands is small today, so they lie to you and say they only went to Africa. The fact is that Israel had a large presence in European lands as well. See my video in the description:
How the European Gentiles destroyed The Israel of GOD
The myth of the "10 lost tribes of Israel" was propagated during the third and eleventh centuries. Apparently, Israel was unaware of their status as exiled in Assyria. Of course, this is a tongue-in-cheek statement, because, during their lifetime, CHRIST and the Apostles made references to Israel. Here are the words of the Apostles.
Act_4:27 For they gathered together in truth against the holy one, your servant Jesus, whom you anointed -- both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations, and peoples of Israel,
Here the Apostle Peter is admonishing the people of Israel for their part in the responsible for murdering CHRIST.
Act_4:8 Then Peter, filled of holy spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel.
Peter is referencing the leaders of Israel in this verse.
Act_2:36 With certainty then let all the house of Israel know! that God made him both Lord and Christ -- this Jesus whom you crucified.
Peter is referencing Israel in this verse.
Mat_10:5-6 These twelve Jesus sent, exhorting them, saying, Unto the way of the nations you should not go forth, and unto a city of Samaritans you should not enter. But you go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel!
Mat_15:24 And responding he said, I was not sent except unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Therefore, Israel was there in the land through the millennium leading up to CHRIST ministry. YESHUA and his decuples are Israelites who dwelt in Galilee, comprising the area of Zebulun and Naphtali and other parts of the old Northern Kingdom. They also lived in Samaria. The woman at the well at Sychar and her brethren were Israelites, not Samaritans. See my video: Who are the Samaritans?
Another part of the equation is that of the part played by Apocryphal books to spread this lying hoax. These ideas are common among most people that call themselves Hebrew Israelites. These people attest that the King James translation of the Bible is correct for doctrine. Consequently, they read verses that convinced them that Israel was exiled into Assyria and destroyed forever.
Some of them realize that they are in fact Israel because of the curses outlined in Deuteronomy and elsewhere. They were unwilling or unable to be obedient to the law that stipulates they shouldn’t add to the Word. So, they went to the Apocryphal book of 2 Esdras for answers.
Verses in this Apocryphal book states that Israel was exiled to Assyria. It further states that they later packed up and left Assyria and went to a place called Arsareth. Now split into competing camps. One believes Arsareth is America and the other West Africa.
2nd Esdras 40 Those are the ten tribes, which
were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea
the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he
carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.
2nd Esdras 43-47 And they entered into
Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. For the most High then
shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed
over. For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of
a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. Then dwelt
they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to
come, The Highest shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they
may go through: therefore, sawest thou the multitude with peace
Up to the time of CHRIST, Israel was always in the Roman-created provinces of Samaria, Judea, and Galilee. This equated to the combined Northern and Southern Kingdoms. But having read the King James Bible they wouldn’t know that. They fail to understand that at the same time their enemies were corrupting the KJV Bible they were writing these lying Apocryphal books such as 2nd Esdras and others. So, they went from the sublime to the ridiculous.
What is an “Isrealitish” in the Bible Lev 24:10
What is an “Isrealitish” in the Bible Lev 24:10
Rarely am I impressed with the teachings in Israel, except when they teach about the Biblical prohibition against Israel marrying gentiles. Overall, I find them surprisingly on point.
I also notice the pushback against them by those of Israel who love to find excuses for disobeying GOD’s law.
One of their main point of contention is that when Israel exited Egypt during the Exodus, they contained many non-Israelites, probably many Hamites with them. So, these detractors claim that Israel is a mixed nation anyway. Therefore, any prohibition against mixed marriage would be invalid, they like to think.
The fact that Israel exited with many gentile people in their midst, is indisputable but there is nowhere in the Bible that GOD encourages mixed marriage. Though it is apparent that Israel being degenerate, did often disregard GOD’s laws.
GOD acknowledges that there can be foreigners living amongst Israel, but they must equally obey the laws of GOD. That would also mean they should not engage in a mixed marriage with Israel.
I never saw anyone teach about mixed marriage before using the verses below. I can understand why. Because I, for a long time, misunderstood what the term Israelitish meant. I always assumed that as in the word, “Jewish”, Israelitish has a connotation of fakeness, or not genuine. I found out it is just the opposite.
This word appears six times in the Bible. Three times in Leviticus and three times in Numbers. I cannot imagine why the English translators of the KJV used this word and even worse, the word turned up in some Septuagint translations also. But I demur, none of that is the subject of this post.
But let us take the following verse as an example.
Lev 24:10 And a son of an Israelitish woman went forth, and he was a son of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel. And they did combat in the camp -- the one of the Israelitish woman and the Israelite man.
This is the first time the word appears in the Bible. But in the very next verse, we have cleared that this woman was a real daughter of Israel, from the tribe of Dan. She is therefore biological, and racially Israelite. Her race was Israel. The word “Israelitish” may have been preferred by GOD to show that although an Israelite she engaged in a mixed marriage to a gentile, contrary to the law of GOD. In that sense, she is not genuine.
She was married to an Egyptian man and gave birth to a mixed-race person, otherwise, she bore a bastard. Notice the proof that the woman is of the race of Israel, being from the tribe of Dan.
Lev 24:11 And the son of the Israelitish woman named the name -- he cursed. And they led him to Moses. And the name of his mother was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.
So as GOD told Israel, gentiles normally hate HIM and only desire to turn our hearts away from HIM. So this gentile did as is expected, he fought with an Israelite and cursed GOD. They will never serve the GOD of Israel but will cling to their gods alone. But of course, that is only speculation.
This man, his father apparently only fled Egypt along with Israel to escape from the catastrophe that the GOD of Israel was putting on them in Egypt. Maybe his former wife was a firstborn and was killed in Egypt or she could have been hit by lightning.
GOD ordered his punishment as death by stoning. And HE also noted that this applies to the native-born as well as a stranger.
Lev 24:16 And he that names the name of the Lord, let him die the death: let all the congregation of Israel stone him with stones; whether he be a stranger or a native, let him die for naming the name of the Lord.
But now we come to another mixed marriage situation with Israel. Only this time the gender of the culprits is reversed. The Israelites is a man and the gentile is a woman. There are some people in Israel that like to say that you are what your father is. But the Bible makes it very clear that there should not be mixing with gentiles, whether male or female. We read the following.
Num_25:1-5 And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab. And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols. And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel. And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel. And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.
Israel lives up to the adage is the more things change the more they remain the same. Look at the awful consequences that came upon Israel thousands of years ago. They read it in the word of GOD. Yet they still do it today.
We read the following:
Num_25:6 And, behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his brother to a Madianitish woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
We see that this offender is of the degenerate sons of Israel in the first line. But in case we missed it, it says in verse eight below that he is called an Israelitish man as the woman above was called an Israelitish woman. His race is confirmed in verse fourteen below.
Num_25:14 Now the name of the smitten Israelitish man, who was smitten with the Madianitish woman, was Zambri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the tribe of Symeon.
But let us examine Num_25:1-5 a little more in-depth and see how this wickedness unfolds. Israel was sojourning at a place called Sattin. Apparently, this was bordering Moab. The translation I used for this is the Septuagint (Brenton) and it says a-whoring, but other translations use prostitute or fornicate. It is the same thing; the men of Israel went over to the Moabite women for a sexual relationship.
Unlike the KJV and other versions, the Septuagint introduces the phrase, “Profane themselves”. Biblically that is simply going past the boundaries that GOD has set. GOD had commanded them before that they should not marry foreign women or men. By the way, In the Bible having sex with a woman is akin to marrying her.
This time I am going a little bit out of character by using man’s definition of profane. The dictionary says the word is a Verb. It means: “treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate. E.g. "more than 300 graves were desecrated". As an example, we read the following.
1Co_6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
But back in the camp, apparently, not everybody was doing this. (Num. 25:6) says the people were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness. They rightfully know that the wrath of GOD is coming on Israel for what they heard these men of Israel were doing over in Moab. They do not want GOD’s wrath to fall on them. The awful reality is summed up.
Num_25:1-5 They called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols. And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel. And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel. And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay ye every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor.
Therefore, GOD told us that if we mix with gentiles, they will teach us to hate HIM. And they will encourage you to worship their gods. That is exactly what happened. Also, the mixed product of your fornication will also hate the GOD of Israel and Israel in general.
You see even today that the parallel is true. Gentiles partners always hate the GOD of Israel. They will always introduce their gods and teach Israel to hate the GOD of Israel and Israel. The product of this mixing will invariably do the same. And I am not saying this is universal. I know a few of these offspring will cast their lot with Israel and go against their gentile half. Gentiles today may associate with you for financial or social benefits. But do not be fooled, they really hate you, because we read the following.
Num 25:18 For with deceit they are hating you, with as many things they used deceit against you through Peor, even through Cozbi, daughter of the ruler of Midian, their sister, the one being struck in the day of the calamity on account of Peor.
The consequences are stark. Phinehas the son of Eleazar carried out judgment on behalf of GOD. At this point, if you find yourself a little squeamish, you should stop reading. But although the KJV and other translations will tell you that he speared her in the belly, they are only trying to be sort of politically correct. Some translations will say womb while some say the genital parts. Yes indeed, he actually speared her in the vaginal cavity. Not the belly as some would like you to believe.
Num_25:8 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand, and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
The reaction of most people today would be to regard Phinehas the son of Eleazar as an evil wicked man. But that is not how the GOD of Israel regards this matter. Between then and now the gentiles have been up to their old trick. She was using her gentile vagina to corrupt the sons of Israel and let them worship their god and leave the GOD of Israel. does this sound familiar? Yes, the same parallel is evident today.
But this is how GOD responded to this incident. Speaking of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, GOD said:
Num_25:12-13 Thus say! Behold, I make with him my covenant of peace; and it will be to him and to his seed after him a covenant of an eternal priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and he atoned for the sons of Israel.
One may look at this and believe that seed here is referring to Phinehas biological offspring. That is not necessarily so.
Phinehas exemplify what is an “Isrealitish” in the Bible Lev 24:10. He is not an "Israelitish". H is a true son of Israel who is zealous to obey the laws of GOD. Let us carefully examine some aspects of this verse from the Bible Itself:
BDB Definition: Seed (H2233)
1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of
righteousness
(figuratively)
Phinehas seed is basically any Israelites who are like him and are zealous to obey the word of GOD.
Thayer
Definition: zealous(H7065)
1) to burn with zeal
1a1) in a good sense, to be zealous in
the
pursuit of
good 1b) to desire
earnestly, pursue 1b2) to exert one’s
self for one
(that he may not be torn from me)
Phinehas is a picture of those Israelites who will not allow GOD to be torn from them, because of lust and fornication, especially with foreign women or men. That is GOD’s command that you should not do it.
The question of what is an “Isrealitish” in the Bible Lev 24:10 brings up an important caution. There are many devilish persons of Israel out there. If you think you can misconstrue this study and act on your evil desire, I hope the full force of the gentile justice will come down on you.
There is a significant difference between the time of Phinehas and now. During the time Phinehas the GOD of Israel was our sovereign. Technically he is king over all the gentiles too. However, HE never chose to lead them but will ultimately judge them on our behalf.
Now is different. The GOD of Israel, in HIS wisdom, has put the gentiles in charge. We are under their captivity. We will be under that condition until HE releases us and judge them. In the meanwhile, HE has commanded us to obey their laws. Which are from HIM. Therefore, Israel if you act wickedly the gentile will subject you to their justice and you will also be subject to the justice of GOD.
Which Gentiles can have Salvation?
Can gentiles have Salvation? Which Gentiles can be saved? Gentiles are any human being not of the race of Israel. The short answer is yes. But there is a catch. I will get to that later. However, I will establish some Biblical precedents below to show that it had happened before in history and obviously we can expect that to happen again in the future. We read the following.
Jon_3:2 Rise up, go unto Nineveh the great city! and proclaim in it! according to the proclamation which I spoke to you before.
Here GOD commanded the prophet Jonah to go to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh and to proclaim their imminent destruction for their wickedness. Ninevites are obviously gentiles.
Jonah disobeyed GOD at first and then relented and went to Nineveh. He proclaimed to the preached GOD’s proclamation to them.
Jon_3:4 And Jonah began to go into the city, as the going of one day. And he proclaimed and said, Yet three days, and Nineveh shall be eradicated. Jon_3:5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from their great unto their small. But incredibly. the people of Nineveh, about 120,000 repented. This was a fact as attested to by YESHUA some 800 years later.
Luk 11:32 Men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the proclamation of Jonah; and behold, more than a Jonah is here.
This was a direct condemnation of the many Israelites during the time of YESHUA’s ministry.
Let me list some other cases in point. Here in these cases, YESHUA is recounting the Incidents from the Old Testament where the prophets Elijah and Elisha ministered to gentiles.
(Luk 4:25-27) And in truth I say to you, There were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heaven was locked for three years and six months, as a great famine took place upon all the land. And to not one of them was Elijah sent, except unto Sarepta of Sidon, to there were woman a widow. And there were many lepers in the time of Elisha the prophet in Israel, and not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.
Yet more direct condemnation of the Israelites at that time and the time of YESHUA’s ministry. Of course, the listeners understood the implication of salvation for the gentiles so much that they tried to kill HIM.
The principle of Salvation for Gentiles should have been a no-brainer; however, this subject appears controversial and even contentious at times. The reason being that that various theological schools of thought have arisen and developed thought the last two millennia that are contrary to the Word of GOD. The main purveyor of these blasphemous ideas is the Christian religion
The Christian religion claimed that GOD has cursed us and transferred the covenant to them. This kind of belief has led to the replacement gospel. This doctrine claims that the promises of the covenant GOD made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for their descendants have been transferred to the Gentiles (Christians). Then they went to work to change the wording of the documents of the Bible to write themselves in our place.
They have deluded the entire world because the claim is that for one to receive salvation, one must pray to “Jesus” to forgive them of their sins and to come into their heart. Then the subjects are baptized in water and become church members. All the above are contrary and even blasphemous to the Word of GOD.
The crux of the gospel(salvation) is expressed in many verses of the Bible. In both Old and New Testament documents. For brevity’s sake, I will apply only a few.
Act_5:31 This one -- God, chief and deliverer, exalted by his right hand, to give repentance to Israel and release of sins. Eze_34:27 And the trees, the ones in the plain will yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength. And they shall dwell upon their land in a hope of peace. And they shall know that I am the LORD in my breaking the chain of their yoke; and I will rescue them from out of the hand of the ones reducing them to slavery. Eze 34:25 And I will ordain with them a covenant of peace. And I will obliterate the ferocious wild beasts from the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and shall sleep in the forests. Jer_46:27 But you should not be fearful, my servant Jacob, nor should you be terrified Israel. For behold, I deliver you from far off, and your seed from their captivity. And Jacob shall return, and shall be tranquil, and shall sleep, and there will not be one troubling him. Jer_10:25 Pour out your rage upon the nations! the ones not knowing you; and upon kingdoms which called not upon your name. For they devoured Jacob, and completely consumed Israel, and made desolate his pasture. Isa_44:23 Be glad, O heavens! for the God of Israel showed mercy. Trump, O foundations of the earth! Yell out, O mountains in gladness, O hills, and all the trees in them! for the LORD ransomed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
Of course, these verses are clouded in colorful allegorical language which time doesn’t permit elaborate. It is clear however that the basics of salvation are the provision of repentance for the sins of Israel. Then at some later point in time, they are physically rescued from the affliction they endured through the eons. These are the reality of the last days and specifically judgment day. They clearly speak of salvation for the sons of Israel.
The dictionary states: Salvation is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences
If the consequence of sin is death, then these gentiles would have escaped the consequence of their sins.
A gentile gets salvation by loving us and our GOD. This is expressed in many verses of the Bible.
(Gen 12:3) And I will bless the ones blessing you; and the ones cursing you, I will curse. And all the tribes of the earth will be blessed by you.
(Num 24:9) Lying down he rested as a lion, and as a cub who shall raise him? The ones blessing you, they are blessed; and the ones cursing you, they are cursed.
People think that GOD bless with house, land, and money, but this reference is salvation because that is the greatest blessing a man can hope for. If a gentile blesses Israel, he will not curse him, neither will he murder him; neither will he tell lies on him nor steal his possession. These are expressions of hate for GOD as well.
Joh_15:18 If the world detests you, know that it detested me first before you! Joh_7:7 The world is not able to detest you; but me it detests, for I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
Does the Bible describe which Gentiles can have Salvation? The Passover is probably the most important feast of Israel. It is a feast for Israel to memorialize their GOD deliverance from slavery in Egypt. This feast is pointing to the LORD’s final deliverance of Israel on judgment day. This is clearly an expression of salvation in the Bible. YESHUA declared
Luk 22:15-16 And he said to them, With desire I desired to eat this passover with you before my suffering. For I say to you, that no longer in any way shall I eat of it, until whenever it should be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
This is how important the symbol of the Passover is. It is no wonder then that at the beginning of Israel’s formation, GOD gave Moses the following orders.
Exo_12:43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover. Every foreigner shall not eat of it.
Exo_12:48-49 And if any convert should come forward to you, and should observe the passover to the LORD, you shall circumcise every male of his. And then he shall come forward to do it. And he will be as also the native born of the land. Every uncircumcised one shall not eat of it. There shall be one law to the native inhabitant, and to the one coming forward to convert among you.
All aspects of these verses are important as GOD will use them later to describe salvation for some gentiles. Also, it is important that you understand that this is a circumcision of the heart being spoken of. You already know that when Israel came out of Egypt, they were followed by a host of people foreign to the sons of Israel. These people cannot just up and start observing the Passover with Israel. That would be immoral and illegal. If a foreigner wants to observe the Passover, they must first be accredited by GOD. You can see that this is only an effort by GOD HIMSELF that these Gentiles are coming (sent to us) to us to observe the Passover.
Hundreds of years later the prophet Isiah would write the following.
Isa_54:15 Behold, converts shall come forward to you because of me, and they shall sojourn with you, and unto you they shall take refuge.
This is the language of the great affliction of Israel in the last days. Have you noticed the word refuge above? And you should also note that they will be sent by GOD to Israel. They do not come of their own volition. And why do these people have to take refuge just like us? We shall discuss these people later.
We have already witnessed in the past that salvation was open to selected gentiles, whom GOD has accredited. We have confirmation of that in the following verse.
Isa 14:1 Quickly it comes, and shall not pass time, and their days in no way shall drag. And LORD shall show mercy on Jacob, and will choose yet Israel, and they shall rest upon their land; and the foreigner shall be added to them, and they shall be added to the house of Jacob.
Obviously, there will be some Gentiles in the Kingdom of GOD. Evidently, they are free men and not slaves as the Hebrew Israelites would make you believe. Below the same thing is expressed in Ezekiel. These men are accounted as the native-born Israelites as in (Exo_12:48-49) earlier. On the earth, Israel has a native Haplogroup. The genetic haplogroup of Jacob. In the Kingdom of GOD, there is no Haplogroup. All are of the eternal haplogroup of the sons of GOD.
Eze 47:21-23 And you shall divide this land to them, to the tribes of Israel. You shall cast it by lot to yourself, and to the foreigners sojourning in your midst, whomever engendered sons in your midst. And they will be yours as native-born among the sons of Israel; with you they shall eat by inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel. And they will be in the tribe of converts among the converts, the ones with them. There you shall give an inheritance to them, says the LORD God.
Gentiles like to interpret these verses as a physical land in Israel. Israel was scattered since therefore this is talking only of the kingdom of GOD after this world is ended.
So, who are the people GOD identifies here as foreigners? Let us revisit Isa 14.1. It is a favorite verse that gentiles, especially Christians are heir to salvation.
Isa 14:1 Quickly it comes, and shall not pass time, and their days in no way shall drag. And LORD shall show mercy on Jacob, and will choose yet Israel, and they shall rest upon their land; and the foreigner (G1069) shall be added to them, and they shall be added to the house of Jacob.
The implication here is that these people are not of the sons of Israel. Hence in that sense, they are foreigners. Interestingly GOD could have used one of two words which will tell you that GOD was referring to someone not of the race of Israel. For example
foreigner(G241)
From G243 and G1085; foreign, that is,
not a Jew:
– stranger. foreignerG4339 From the alternate of G4334; an
arriver from a foreign region,
that is, (specifically) an acceder
(convert) to Judaism
(“proselyte”): – proselyte
but instead GOD uses the Greek G1069 It is used in the 21 times of which it only
means a neighbor or friend. Therefore, these people are
Gentiles, but they are neighbors and friends of Israel
Now that we identify these people, we should shed some light on their qualities. For example, the word used for friends is for the most part is (G5384)
Strong’s:
Properly dear, that is, a friend; actively fond, that is,
friendly (still as a noun, an associate,
neighbor, etc.): – friend.
Therefore, if you are a friend of Israel, you hold him dear to you. If you are a friend to Israel, then you are actively fond of him.
The word Fond (G5368) entails love
Thayer
Definition:(Fond)
1) to love 1a) to approve of
1b) to like
1c) sanction
1d) to treat
affectionately or
kindly, to welcome, befriend
2) to show signs of
love
2a) to kiss
3) to be fond of doing
3a) be wont, use to do
Therefore, if you are fond of Israel, you will love him.
Thayer Definition: 1) friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well
Therefore, if you are a friend of Israel, you will wish him well and not curse him, you will not steal his property nor murder him. Biblically it is remarkably simple. The commandment to love thy neighbor, simply means you do not murder him, nor steal his property, nor rape his wife, nor bear false witness against him, etc.
Israel’s haters manifested openly. I could give you a million ways Israel’s enemies manifest their hatred, but I do not intend this study to go on into a 20-hour video or a book size post
I will give you one example here, but you of Israel can fill in the gaps with thousands, even with some personal experience
With all the Black Lives Matter protest that is going on today because of the murder of so-called black people in America. There is one notable organization that publicly show their disdain for the Black Lives Matter movement. They are actively in support of the police that commit these murders and often supports them with money. It is the Christian Church! Yes, this organization purports to love the GOD of the Bible. The problem is that most gentiles will claim that they love GOD, but the following verse declares that they are liars:
1Jn_4:20 If anyone should say that, I love God, and should detest his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother, whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen?
1Jn 3:15 Every one detesting his brother is a man-killer; and you know that every man-killer does not have life eternal abiding in him.
The GOD of Israel will not save these wild beasts no matter what they think. They are man-killers (murderers) and GOD will not save them (give eternal life)
Which Gentiles can have Salvation? depends on whether they are a friend of Israel or not. The friends of Israel are generally the Negroid people of the world. These people span the globe from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, the black Chinese, and other black Asian groups, the Dravidian speakers of the population of South India. Etc. These people are not Israel, they are foreigners. Another important thing that Israel tends to misunderstand is that all of Africa is not Israel. There are dozens of ethnicities that are neighbors to Israel in Africa. All will take to us for refuge. It comes out of a shared experience of discrimination and oppression. Notice the European enslavers invented the black race. At no time do they distinguish Israel from the other negroid nationalities of the world.