In the last issue of
Voices, we showed by Scripture (it
is written), that there are thirteen (13) tribes and
not twelve (12). From Genesis, Chapter 48, verse 5 to
Revelation, Chapter 7, there are always 13 tribes,
and then in approximately 720 B.C., Shalmaneser, king
of Assyria, came and carried away captive ten and one
half of the tribes because of their rebellion against
GOD's commandments. Ten years later, approximately
710 B.C., there was a new king in Assyria by the name
of Sennacherib, and he came against all the fenced
cities of Judah and took them, and carried away into
captivity Judah, Benjamin and the Levites, leaving
only a remnant in and around Jerusalem, and in
approximately 585 BC, King Nebuchadrezzar carried
them away to Babylon.
Seventy years later,
a small remnant under Ezra, returned to fulfill the
Scripture that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem
of Judah. There were twins born to Judah by his
daughter-in-law, Pharez, and Zarah. Through the
descendants of Pharez came the Messiah, Jesus.
About the time of
the exodus out of Egypt led by Moses, some of the
family of the Zarahites migrated to northeast Spain
and we can follow their migration by the tracks that
they left, and this is very important. They named the
river Ebro, a short form of Hebrew, and as they
migrated up the river which has its head waters
almost at the Atlantic Ocean, they founded towns that
carry Hebrew names such as Zaragoza, a major city to
this day, named for their ancestor, Zarah. All of
northern Spain and southern France are descendants of
the tribe of Judah through Judah's son, Zarah. Some
also migrated on to Wales and Ireland in the British
Isles. At this same time there was a migration of a
portion of the tribe of Dan to Greece.
Remember, we have
thirteen tribes that have been carried away captive,
with just a remnant of Judah, Benjamin and Levi left
at Jerusalem who were carried away to Babylon. When
the tribes were carried away, the area of what we now
call Europe, the Scandinavian countries and the
British Isles, they already knew about. How do we
know this?
Isaiah, chapter
forty-nine and verse one, "Listen, O isles, unto
ME and hearken, ye people from far:". This is
inferring to the British Isles. How do we know this?
1 Chronicles, twenty-two and verse fourteen says,
"Now behold in my trouble I have prepared for
the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of
gold". A Biblical talent of gold weighed one
hundred twenty-five pounds. This is twelve million,
five hundred thousand pounds of gold. Now David, also
had to have tin, because gold will not adhere or
stick to other material, such as being put on the
walls or over the lamp stands, etc., without tin.
Where did David get such a large quantity of tin that
was required for Solomon? From the tin isles, also
known as the, "Islands of the Happy". We
know this area today as Wales in the south of
England. David owned the tin mines of Wales and there
was a colony of Israelites working the mines for King
David from which they also get lead. These mines were
still in the family in Jesus' day, owned by His uncle
Joseph of Arimathea. How do we know this and also who
he was? Mary could not claim Jesus body, as a woman
had no rights. Roman law said that only a near of kin
could claim a crucified body. If no near of kin
claimed the body it was buried in a common grave.
Joseph was given the body without question.
English historical
records show that Joseph of Arimathea owned the mines
and that some time after the day of Pentecost, Joseph
arrived in England in approximately 35 a.d. with two
sisters, Mary, Martha and their brother, Lazarus,
Marcella, their maid, Mary Magdalene, Trophimus, the
man who was born blind, and Mary, the mother of
Jesus.
Joseph was known as
a metal merchant and owned sailing vessels. When
Joseph and his party arrived in Britain he was met by
King Arviragus, who gave Joseph twelve hides of land,
approximately 1900 acres, which included the
"Isle of Avalon", tax free to this day.
This Royal Charter of land to Joseph is recorded in
the records of Volume One, of the "Domesday
Survey folio, page 249b." Joseph built what is
considered the First Christian Church in the British
Isles. The Somerset Archeological Society has found
in their excavations of the Glastonbury Abbey, which
burned in 1184 a.d., the remains of this church,
which was called the, "Wattle Church". It
had a circular diameter of approximately 25 feet with
twelve circular huts built in a circle around the
church.
Approximately seven
hundred years before Jesus, the 13 tribes, were
carried away captive by the kings of Assyria. They
knew about the tin isles, also known as the
"Islands of the Happy". They begin to
migrate northeast through the Pass, known as the Iron
Gate.
As they migrated,
they named the rivers and towns after their tribes,
especially the tribe of Dan. An
example is the Danube, the Danaper and the Don
rivers, and Danmark or Denmark.
The tribe of Rueben,
referred to as Rabeans, also as Ribuari, the Franks
in Gaul.
Naphtali,
also known as Naphtalite Huns migrated mainly to
Norway.
Benjamin
- The major portion of the tribe of Benjamin was
carried away by the second invasion of the Assyrians
and became a part of the other ten and a half tribes
previously taken captive and as they sojourned in to
eastern Europe they became the Normans of France and
the Walloons of Belgium.
Asher
or Aseir immigrated into and became a port of the
Scandinavian countries.
Gad,
Goths or Getae settled mainly on the Baltic coast.
Zebulon
also known as the Sabalingoi or, "People of
Zebulon" and was predominant in Holland, the
Netherlands.
Issachar
was predominant amongst the Swiss and also Finland.
Levi
the children of Moses sojourned to
"GABALK", meaning Western Europe and the
far west to "Djabarka" in the "Islands
of the Happy" which is the British Isles.
Simeon
is found as the Simuen of Ireland, the Simeni of
Wales, the Semoni of Celtic Britain, the Samonites of
Brittany, and the Shimeon amongst the Irish and
Welsh.
In our next Ponder
of the so called Lost Tribes we will study the
migrations of Judah, Ephraim and Manesseh.
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