The Blessings in action, "Gates of His Enemies."
Contents:
1. The National Blessings were Unconditional.
2. The Promises to be Multitudinous and Possess the "Gates."
3. "Tadmor (Palmyra) as an example of a "Gate."
4. The Lost Ten Tribes, Lord Fisher, and British Bases.
5. The USA and "Gates" Today.
6. Conclusion.
THIS TOO IS MAJOR EVIDENCE!
Proof that the English-speaking Peoples are the inheritors of Joseph and through him of Abraham.
US Bases in the World
1. The National Blessings were Unconditional.
The Blessings given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were to be fulfilled in the Seed of Israel, see Genealogy of the Blessings articles/biblical-proof/genb.html.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/genb.html
In Genesis 22:15 the Blessing is prefaced by the Clarification "BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN" meaning without condition. This blessing was immediately subsequent on the Binding ("Akeda") of Isaac. Before the Akeda all the Blessings may have been conditional to a degree on Keeping the Law.
AFTER THE AKEDA THEY WERE NOT ALL CONDITIONAL BUT ONLY PART OF THEM.
Possessing the Gates of your enemies was UNCONDITIONAL (Genesies 22:16- 17). Remaining in the Land and holding on to the Land would still require keeping the Commandments, Circumcision, and all the rest. Becoming a great and might people however was something that had to happen no matter what.
It was part of the national task to civilize and elevate humanity as a whole.
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2. The Promises to be Multitudinous and Posssess the "Gates."
The promised blessings include possessing the Gates (points of access) of their enemies.
This promise is found in two places:
Genesis (AKJV) 22:
15 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED UNTO ABRAHAM OUT OF HEAVEN THE SECOND TIME, 16 AND SAID, BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, SAITH THE LORD, FOR BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS THING, AND HAST NOT WITHHELD THY SON, THINE ONLY SON: 17 THAT IN BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND IN MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THY SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVEN, AND AS THE SAND WHICH IS UPON THE SEA SHORE; AND THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES; 18 AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED; BECAUSE THOU HAST OBEYED MY VOICE.
Genesis (AKJV) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART OUR SISTER, BE THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, AND LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM.
The blessings recalled here involve being (1) EXCEEDINGLY MULTITUDINOUS; and (2) the 'POSSESSION OF GATES' meaning strategic points of international importance.' (3) So too they would be THE SOURCE OF BLESSING FOR ALL MANKIND.
Points (1) and (3) are dealt with elsewhere at length but in brief:
Concerning (1) other translations render the Hebrew text ('alfei revavah') differently:
many millions! (NIT);
thousands of ten thousands (ESV);
thousands of millions (KJB);
tens of millions! (NISV;)
thousands of ten thousands (ERV and ESV);
thousands of myriads (CJV, "Complete Jewish Bible").
Nevertheless, 'thousands of millions' is closer to the Hebrew text in accordance with Rabbinical Interpretations, see Hundreds of Millions!-1b.
See:
Billions on the Way?
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/blessings/billions.html
So too (3) becoming a Civilizing Influence has been fulfilled (to some degree) through Western peoples especially the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, and in our time the USA. This aspect of the Blessings was especially applicable to the Seed of Joseph whose descendants we find among the English-speaking nations. See:
Blessings in Action
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/blessings/action.html
Light to the Gentiles
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/attributes/rolelight.html
Joseph in Egypt
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/biblehistory/joseph.html
This brings us to point no. 2. Gates.
You will notice here that we have used the translation of the Authorized King James Version (AKJV) instead of the CJV (Complete Jewish Version) which we have often preferred of late. The reason is that the CJV has here translated the Hebrew "shaar" meaning "gate" as "city". This is an extrapolation, an interpretation. It may be that in Biblical Times every city had its "gate" and when you said "gate" you may have meant "gate of the city" and therefore have implied the city itself. Nevertheless, literally speaking a "gate" (in Hebrew "shaar") is a point of ingress and egress and not necessarily a city but rather any vital strategic point.
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3. "Tadmor (Palmyra) as an example of a "Gate."
Gates meant important strategic passes. The Midrash gave 'Tadmor' (1-Kings 9:18, i.e. 'Palmyra') built by Solomon as an example of a 'gate.' Tadmor controlled the International Trade Routes in spices, etc., of that time. Nations identified by us as of Israelite descent to a significant degree have been characterised by the possession of 'Gates.'
As we said elsewhere:
# Several of the nations identified by us as Israelite in their history fulfilled aspects of this blessing, Denmark once controlled access to the Baltic Sea at a time when that was important.
The Netherlands had an Empire based on the same principles and so did France.
Netherlands it was Great Britain that developed the concept as a guiding principle and at one stage controlled nearly all major strategic points on the planet that had some relevance to its trading and foreign policy needs.
# In our time the USA has taken over and in its own way even excelled the achievements of Britain on this point.
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4. The Lost Ten Tribes, Lord Fisher, and British Bases.
Gates of the Enemy
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/blessings/blessgates.html
In 1890 strategic gates owned by Britain included Malta, Gibraltar, Aden, Heligoland (off the German coast), the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, India, New Zealand, Canada. To this list can be added numerous other strategic points that were subsequently obtained. The USA followed the same strategy as Britain. Major gates once owned by the USA include the Panama Canal and the Philippine Islands and numerous island bases throughout the world. Between Britain and the USA every single major strategic international by-pass was at some time or other under their control.
Admiral Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920). # Fisher expressed his belief on numerous occasions both in public and in his private letters, including two letters to the Times and his memoirs. Like many British-Israelites, Fisher was greatly impressed with the prophetic implications of the fact that by the end of the First World War Britain held Jerusalem. Jerusalem, he proclaimed, should serve as the capital of a federated Empire or Anglo-Saxon union since, he believed, it had been the capital of Israel "whom we are without a doubt."
Fisher saw the hand of God acting on behalf of the British in WW1 in their victory over the Germans. In a letter to Jellicoe dated April 29th, 1916, he took comfort in the fact that "our faith is the same, my beloved Jellicoe, and the only reason we shall win this War is because we are the Lost 10 Tribes of Israel!" "The only hypothesis," he later asserted, "to explain why we win in spite of incredible blunders is that we are the lost tribes of Israel."#
# Fisher retained a faith in what he called an ''Anglo- Israelitish Providence" which guarded and protected the British Empire.#
(Source: Reisenauer, 1997).
Admiral Sir John ("Jackie") Fisher was one of the most prominent sailors in British history. He claimed in 1904 that, "Five keys lock up the world! Singapore, The Cape of Good Hope, Alexandria, Gibraltar, Dover." All these locations, of course, fell within British spheres of influence and control. http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Royal_Navy
Singapore controls the straights of Malacca (Malaya) and the connection between the Pacific and Indian oceans. This includes access to Japan and China and their connections to India and the west.
The Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) controls passage between the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
Alexandria in Egypt would once have controlled the Eastern Mediterranean though today Israel fulfills that role.
Gibraltar controls the passage between the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
Dover in southwest England controls access to England, France, and Ireland.
British Bases:
Where are Britain's overseas military bases?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKA6yLQTgl0
145 bases in 42 countries
2nd largest base network in the world after USA.
Falklands 6 bases
Malta
16 in Saudia
16 in Oman
bases in 5 countries around China.
A naval base in Singapore.
Brunei, Australia, Nepal, Afghanistan.
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5. The USA and "Gates" Today.
Genesis (AKJV) 22:
15 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED UNTO ABRAHAM OUT OF HEAVEN THE SECOND TIME, 16 AND SAID, BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, SAITH THE LORD, FOR BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS THING, AND HAST NOT WITHHELD THY SON, THINE ONLY SON: 17 THAT IN BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND IN MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THY SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVEN, AND AS THE SAND WHICH IS UPON THE SEA SHORE; AND THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES; 18 AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED; BECAUSE THOU HAST OBEYED MY VOICE.
Genesis (AKJV) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART OUR SISTER, BE THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, AND LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM.
Why 90% Of Foreign Military Bases Are American
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amusB9j7Oz4
US has ca. 750 bases around the world.
4 out of every 10 countries have US bases on them.
More foreign bases than any country or empire in world history
Other countries with military bases (70 combined between them) include:
India. Italy, China, Japan, Russia. France, Turkey, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, UK.
By the end of the Cold War there were 1,600 bases... Today the number of bases is half that but the number of countries with bases has doubled.
Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World (American Empire Project) Hardcover August 25, 2015
by David Vine (Author)
Professor Vines argues US bases are simply launch pads for war.
https://www.amazon.com/Base-Nation-Military-Overseas-Damaging/dp/1627791698
.American military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands.
Japan and Germany still have 119 US bases.
Why does the US have 800 military bases around the world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU8rQWh_qtc
The US is the most powerful country that has ever existed.
The US has 50,000 troops in Japan, 54,000 in Germany.
28,500 in Korea.
There is not a place on earth that is not covered by US military.
US bases cost more than any other Government agency.
US military leadership provides a degree of stability to the globe.
The Tactical Blueprint of US Overseas Military Bases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n70z688cHY
The presence of these bases is critical to American foreign policy...
US bases in Japan gelp protect Japan and lessen the threat from China.
Europe: bases in Portugal, Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands Italy, Greece, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and above all in Germany where around 35,000 military personnel are stationed.
US bases in Turkey a check on Iranians and Russians
In Middle East US bases in Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan.
Naval bases in Bahrain and Dubai allow the USA to project rapid power into the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz which sees the transit of 1/3 of the owrld's liquified gaz, and 20% of the world's crude oil.
Acts as a check on Iran and in a more extended way China..
China has a bases in Djuobuti
Deigo Garcia in the Indian Ocean enables poprojection of power on the cross roads between Africa, South Asia, and Australia. Acess to Persian Gulf and Straits of Malacca, vital shipping lanes.
Camp Lemonniker in Djibouti,
Why The US Military Has Bases Everywhere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aneK0m6dUrA
US bases became an economc boon of the world.
US bases helped contain Communism and avoid world war. "policy of deterrence."
1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait - oil reserves. Increased building of military installations along the Persian Gulf, useful during Desert Shield, Desert Storm.
15 Most ADVANCED Military Bases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4K3ti0PaVM
US bases aboard lessen the perceived threat by the host counties to external threats. It reduces tensions between neighboring countries. Peace among its other advantages is economically positive.
WHY OVERSEAS MILITARY BASES CONTINUE TO MAKE SENSE FOR THE UNITED STATES
RAPHAEL S. COHEN
https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/why-overseas-military-bases-continue-to-make-sense-for-the-united-states/
The case for the permanent stationing of forces rests on the complementary logic of deterrence and reassurance. As Thomas Schelling noted in his classic Arms and Influence, the 7,000 Americans garrisoned in West Berlin helped keep the city free during the Cold War by being a tangible signal to both the Soviet Bloc and to its NATO allies of American commitment to fight for Europe. A half century later, this same strategic logic still holds true. Research still suggests that positioning ground forces forward particularly less mobile heavy forces remains one of the best options to deter adversaries and reassure allies. Unsurprisingly, the bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission found, If the United States desires to avoid military conflict in these regions it should ensure there is a capable day-to-day posture in both theaters to deter adversaries and engage in prompt escalation control.
After all, sending troops abroad costs money, while many of the bases in Europe and Asia are already built (and, hence, are sunk costs) and the infrastructure is also subsidized by host governments.
Indeed, an Army War College study found that the Department of Defense would spend $135 million more per year to rotate a single brigade to Germany from the United States than simply to forward station the unit there.
In the aftermath of the World War II, the United States and its allies demilitarized Germany to preserve the peace in Europe. As NATOs first Secretary-General Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay quipped, the alliance was designed to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.
Despite all the technological advances in warfare, wars cannot be fought entirely at range. Especially in land-centric theaters like Europe, ground forces are still the key to deterrence by denial and preventing fait accompli. Even in air- and maritime-centric theaters, however, like the Indo-Pacific, keeping forces closer to the fight simplifies logistics challenges and increases combat power by reducing the time spent in transit. And physical presence, arguably, also goes a long way toward reassuring the commitment of U.S. allies, by signaling not only the capability but, more importantly, the political will to fight in ways long range systems cannot.
Ramstein air base guards agaisnt Russian advances into western Europe.
The US' Overseas Military Base Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qt0hdCQtg
Satellite communication due to curvature of the earth is difficult over long distances.
Therefore signals travel by fiber optic tranatlantic cable from the US to Ramstein where a relay station then sends the signal up to a satelllite based over the area that can communicate with America's drones in the Middle East.
Without Ramstein these drones would not be nearly as capable.
Greatest threat to USA at present are Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea. Most bases are near those areas.
Why Are There American Military Bases Around the World? US Military Power: Imperialism Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spiQzpYd5Q8
Today there are more than 766 US bases scattered around the globe, spanning across more than 100 countries and hosting more than 250.000 soldiers, in addition to the one million-plus soldiers stationed in the US. Almost every single war waged by the US in the course of the 20th century has left behind a trail of new military bases, not only within the borders of the defeated countries.
Prophecy Still Fulfilled! "Gates of His Enemies.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/bases/gate-to-china.html
Interesting.
The Importance of Strategic "Gates."
India Backs Mauritius Bid to Reclaim "Stolen" Chagos Island | Flashback with Palki Sharma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2TAfpFvCog
Diego Garcia. the unsinkable carrier.
Largest Bases
Ramstein in Germany.
Thule Air Base in Greenland.
Hansen in Japan (Okinawa).
Okinawa 35,000 soldiers Japan China Korea
Ramstein in Germany connected by underwater optic cable to the USA. From Ramsten messages sent by satellite to drones overlooking the Middle East.
The USA Department of Defence is the world's largest employer. At least 3 million employees.
Bases supply troops, supplies, repair facilities, spare parts, ammunition, information, communications, medications. May be expanded rapidly if necessary.
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6. Conclusion.
THIS TOO IS MAJOR EVIDENCE!
Proof that the English-speaking Peoples are the inheritors of Joseph and through him of Abraham.
Abraham and his descendants (meaning Israel) were promised to receive the Blessings. These included possessing the Gates of their enemies, i.e. of those who hate them.
Genesis (AKJV) 22:
15 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CALLED UNTO ABRAHAM OUT OF HEAVEN THE SECOND TIME, 16 AND SAID, BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, SAITH THE LORD, FOR BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS THING, AND HAST NOT WITHHELD THY SON, THINE ONLY SON: 17 THAT IN BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND IN MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THY SEED AS THE STARS OF THE HEAVEN, AND AS THE SAND WHICH IS UPON THE SEA SHORE; AND THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES; 18 AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED; BECAUSE THOU HAST OBEYED MY VOICE.
Genesis (AKJV) 24:
60 AND THEY BLESSED REBEKAH, AND SAID UNTO HER, THOU ART OUR SISTER, BE THOU THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS, AND LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM.
The Hebrew word translated as "gate" is "sha-ar."
The CJV (Complete Jewish Bible) translates the Hebrew word used here "SHA-AR" as city. This is an extrapolation and incorrect. "SHA-AR" means gate. Most cities in Biblical Times did have "gates" (entrance ways) but that does not mean that the word for "gate" necessarily implies a city.
"Shaar" means "gate, entrance-way, point of ingress and egress."
It implies a crucial extension of the main body, an avenue it needs.
We saw that Israel especially Joseph was to have received the Blessings to Abraham (see "Genealogy of the Blessings."
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/genb.htm .
Since, as we saw, the intention of the Blessings included the control of major strategic points and thus gaining access to vulnerable vital projected appendages of they who are hostile to us.
We also saw that first (in the recent past) the UK, and today the USA, between them have control over all (or very nearly all) vital gates of polities adverse to us.
If follows that on that point alone, according to this, the UK and USA are descendants of Israel!
They are Joseph head of the Lost Ten Tribes.
Judah is also part of Israel but it was blessed in a different way and had a separate role of its own.
Since the task of Judah is to keep the Torah it is much more important for them they do so.
See Also:
Gates of the Enemy.
Possessing Major Strategic Points is a Biblical Proof of Israelite Descent.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/blessings/blessgates.html