Geographical Extremities of the Globe and the Ten Tribes [Updated: 24 October, 2013]
Ends of the Earth (updated)
BIBLICAL EVIDENCE
Biblical Locations of the Lost Ten Tribes
Geographical Proof
by Yair Davidiy
Biblical Geographical Evidence
Contents:
Israel - The Center of the World
Ends of the Earth and Joseph
Ends of the Earth and Britain
Ends of the Earth and the Lost Ten Tribes
The Names of Ireland and the Ten Tribes: End of the World
Most Noble Places Amongst the Ends of the Earth
Ends of the Earth and the non-Israelite Nations
Ends of the Earth and Northern Europe
Summation
See Also: Ends of the Earth
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Introduction
The present series of articles examines Biblical Proofs leading to IDENTIFYING THE LOST TEN TRIBES WITH WESTERN PEOPLES. This section deals with Geographic Evidence from the Bible. The following points are linked with each other and concern the Lost Ten Tribes being found at the "ends" or Geographic Extremities of the Great Land Masses, the Lost Ten Tribes being found at the Best Places on the Earth which are also at the Extremities, and the Bald-headed Eagle Symbol of the USA.
The Land of Israel - Center of the World
Ezekiel refers to the Land of Israel as being at the center of the world. The King James renders the Hebrew "Tabor Ha-Aretz" as "IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND" (38:12) which is a valid rendering though somehat limited. Ezekiel was in fact referring to those dwelling in the Land of Israel at the CENTER OF THE EARTH. The expression may be understood as referring to the Geographic Central position of the Land of Israel from the Biblical viewpoint.
Ends of the Earth and Joseph
Moses prophesied concerning Joseph:
"And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land (for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that croucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits... And for the chief things of the ancient mountains of the everlasting hills...of the earth and fullness thereof...the good will of HIM that dwelt in the bush.. His glory is like the firstling of his BULL, and his horns, are like the horn of a Unicorn with them he shall push the people together unto the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Menasseh"
In this (and other) blessings Joseph was promised agricultural bounty, mineral resources, favorable climate; He was associated with a people being pushed together unto the ends of the earth.
"Ends of the EARTH" when considered from the Land of Israel means: The continents of America and Australia; New Zealand; the geographical extremities of South Africa; and West and Northern (Northwest) Europe.
Ends of the Earth and Britain
The very name of England ("Angleterre" in French) can be understood as meaning "Corner of the Land," i.e. Angle-Land, or "End of the Earth". The prophet Isaiah appears several times to have located the Lost Tribes of Israel in the "Ends of the Earth" e.g. England, in the French language is called "Angleterre", or literally End of the Earth.
'End of the earth' and 'ends of the earth' were one of the descriptions applied to the location of the Lost Ten Tribes in the End Times - according to the Prophets.
Ends of the Earth and the Lost Ten Tribes
The word used for 'end' or 'ends' in Hebrew, in connection with ends of the earth and Israel, is usually "Katseh", or in plural "Kastvot". This word, when connected with the word for "Earth" (Aretz), can be associated everywhere it appears in the Bible with the Tribes of Israel.
Most nations that contain a significant portion of Israelite descendants are situated at the "ends of the earth" as mentioned (Deuteronomy 33:17 "afsei-aretz," Isaiah 41:9, "katsvot haaretz", Isaiah 43:6) meaning the geographical extremities as measured from Jerusalem. This is how it was prophesied. Most of the "ends of the earth" belong to Israel. North America, the British Isles, West and Northwest Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, all may be considered "ends of the earth". In these areas most peoples of Israelite descent, from the Ten Tribes, are to be found.
King David in Psalm 61 speaks of crying from the ends of the earth. This Psalm at first looks to be a personal prayer of David himself but it is not so. David identified completely with Israel. Whatever happened to Israel was felt by David as if he himself was personally experiencing it. When David cried for salvation he was viewing Israel in the "Latter Times" and crying out on their behalf.
[Psalms 61:2-3]
"FOR THOU HAST BEEN A SHELTER FOR ME AND A STRONG TOWER FROM THE ENEMY"
"FROM THE END OF THE EARTH WILL I CRY UNTO THEE, WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED: LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I.
In Isaiah 49:6 the Tribes of Jacob are expressly linked with the ends of the earth.
[Isaiah 49:6]
I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE FOR A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES,
"AND HE SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY
SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL:
THAT THOU MAYEST BE MY SALVATION UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH."
The whole of Isaiah 49 speaks of the Lost Ten Tribes as we have explained elsewhere and as confirmed by the Talmud and Midrash.
The Names of Ireland and the Ten Tribes: End of the World
One of the Classical Names of Ireland was Crioch Fuinidh signifying the Final or remote country or more literally the Limit, i.e. End, of the World.
See Also: The Names of Ireland and the Ten Tribes
Another name of Ireland is 'Inis Ealga' signifying the noble or excellent island.
This brings us to the next point. The Israelites were to be found NOT ONLY at the Ends of the Earth but also in the most NOBLE Place amongst them.
Most Noble Places Amongst the Ends of the Earth
Isaiah linked the Ten Tribes with the end(s) of the world and with the most noble parts of it.
e.g "But thou Israel, my servant Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend... Whom I have taken from the ENDS OF THE EARTH and called thee from the most noble parts thereof" (Isaiah 41:8-9).
The expression above "the most noble parts thereof" in Hebrew is "Atzilaeah" from the word-root "Atzil" meaning "noble." The Hebrew word "Atzil" is related to the Nordic "Aedil" which also means noble. So too, in Exodus 24:11 the plural of "atzil" is translated as "nobles."
Nearly everywhere the Israelites from the Ten Tribes settled was an area that physically was preferable to other regions.
cf.
"Van Loon's Geography. The Story of the World, " by Hendrik Willen Van Loon, New York, 1932, p. 454
#... from a geographical point of view, America is almost everything that possibly could be desired....
It has practically no deserts. It has been blessed with wide plains which are situated in the moderate zone and which therefore are predestined to become the world's granaries.
It has a coastline which is neither too simple nor too complicated and which is therefore eminently fitted for the establishment of deep-sea harbors...
More than any other continent it is blessed with coal and iron and oil and copper and those other raw materials which the machine age needs in ever increasing quantities.
It was practically uninhabited when the white man arrived (there were only 10,000,000 Indians on the whole continent) and there was therefore no teeming native population...#
Ends of the Earth and the non-Israelite Nations
Most Brit-Am 'Lost Israelites' are at the ends of the earth and most ends of the earth belong to Israel. There are exceptions however. Argentina and Paraguay in South America, along with Japan and Siberia, are also "ends of the earth". In Argentina there exists a settlement of Welshmen and the country was once controlled by British and American investments. Before the creation of the State of Israel there were once plans to give the Jews an autonomous region of their own based on agriculture in Argentina. Jewish migration to that region was encouraged. In the end nothing came of this plan though the Jewish population in Argentina remains large. It is highly assimilated, not especially prosperous, and subject to strong anti-Semitic harassment by the local Gentiles. The predominant non-Israelite population of Argentina is of Spanish and Italian origin. Immigrants from Germany and their influence are important there as well. Nazi and Nazi-like outlooks amongst the ruling classes are strong. The border area between Paraguay and Argentina is dominated by Nazis and Palestinians and known for drugs and arms traffic. Israelites should perhaps, when opportunity arises, take over this region and use it to resettle the Palestinians.
The nearby Falkland Islands remain British, and Britain not so long ago went to war over them. The Falkland Islands may also be considered the ends of the earth in this region.
Control of the Antarctic is divided between Britain, Australia, and France.
"Siberia" is not 'Israelite' but Russian. It once enjoyed, in some areas, a better climate than it has now and Israelite-Scythian tribes were in the area but later moved west.
Japan is also not Israelite. The Japanese are mainly of a stock related to the Koreans and northern Chinese. They also contain "Semitic" elements. Edomites and Moabites may have settled in Japan. In addition, there exist some traditions and indications of an ancient Israelite presence in Japan but these are controversial and at all events apply only to a small section of the population.
See the Brit-Am article:
The Japanese are not Hebrews!
Ends of the Earth and Northern Europe
The Lost Ten Tribes are linked with the Ends of the earth (Genesis 33:13, Isaiah 41:8,9,13). This expression in ancient times could relate to northern regions:
In innumerable places Egyptian, Hebrew, Babylonian, Greek, and Latin writings refer to the most northerly lands as the ends of the earth (Jurgen Spanuch, Atlantic of the North, p. 28).
The Egyptians saw the world as divided into nine bows which correspond roughly to the modern concept of meridians of latitude &. Pliny the Elder said that the ninth division of the world goes across the Hyperboreans (i.e. the Cimbrian peninsula - present-day Jutland [in Denmark]).. with a seventeen hour day (at its longest). F.A. Ukert pointed out long ago that this method of dividing the world was taken from the Egyptians and that the ninth bow corresponds to the area between latitudes 52 and 57 & Between these latitudes lie north Germany, Denmark, and southern Scandinavia (Jurgen Spanuch, Atlantic of the North, p.29).
Spanuch is saying that by ends of the earth the ancients specifically meant what later became Israelite centers in Northern Europe. This is a further point justifying our understanding of the term as used by the prophets concerning the Lost Ten Tribes to refer to those same regions.
Summation
When the prophecies are taken literally they say that the Lost Ten Tribes will be at the "ends" or geographical extremities of the Earth the point of reference being the Land of Israel at the center. All peoples identified in oiur studies as containing the main proportion of descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes do dwell at the geographical extremities of the earth when the Land of Israel is taken as the central point of reference. This does NOT mean that everyone dwelling in such areas is descended from Israel. It does mean that "ends of the earth" according to our literal understanding is a valid point of reference and evidence that deserves to be considered as part and parcel of a complementary list of proofs that taken as a whole tell us where the Lost Ten Tribes are today.