Replies to Adversaries
Contents:
1. Introduction.
2. Important Letter from Bill Rasmussen: Star of David, Zionism, Khazars, Ten Tribes, Edomites, etc.
3. Replies.
(a) The Star of David.
(b) Zionism
(c) Scripture Identifies the Jewish People with Judah!
(d) The Jews are not Edomites, the Khazars were from the Lost Ten Tribes.
(e) Brit-Am/Hebrew Awareness Needs to be Strong!
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1. Introduction.
Brit-Am/Hebrew Awareness identifies Peoples in the West as of Hebrew descent. This is an Important message. It perturbs many for various reasons.
Brit-Am/Hebrew Tribes/Hebrew Awareness
The Imperatives of our Movement
https://hebrewnations.com/hebrewn/hebrewtribes.html
(1) Belief in the Bible.
(2) Acceptance of the Jews as Judah.
(3) The Lost Ten Tribes Identified as specific nations and groups now present among Western Peoples.
We do not say that these peoples are the true Hebrews whereas the Jews (God forbid) are not. Some of our enemies say this. They blacken our name and cause the truth to be despised because they adopt part of it and perversely distort the rest.
The Brit-Am messages is that the Jews are Judah of the Bible as the BIBLE SAYS THEY ARE!
Anyone who says the Jews are not Israelites is denying the Bible!
The same with everything else along those lines. Our proofs are ALL compatible with Scripture and provable from it.
This is the message of Brit-Am/Hebrew Awareness.
It is also what we need to internalize and always be conscious of.
The following articles deals with matters relating to this.
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2. Important Letter from Bill Rasmussen: Star of David, Zionism, Khazars, Ten Tribes, Edomites, etc.
Shalom Yair,...
Now, the reason I am contacting you is because of something very disturbing I am seeing all over social media like Facebook and YouTube. As of late there are prodigious videos and comments by people attacking Jews, Israel as well as the Star of David and Zionism. There is also the issue of the Khazars. These last three I want to focus on.
I am so fed up battling "experts" most of whom profess to be Christians, saying that the Star of David is satanic. I use a Star of David on my avatar on YouTube. I had a guy tonight harass me and call me "the synagogue of satan", Joos, agent of satan and wolf in sheep's clothing. I have my own way of battling these people as I have done extensive research on the Magen David for the past 25 years. What might be good though is if you could address this in one of your newsletters,.
The other thing that irritates me is how so many people use Zionism as some type of evil world. They portray Zionists as being in control of the world and wanting to destroy it. No matter how many times I mention Zion in the Tanach as a place where HaShem shall place his Name, they reject it. There are a prolific number of videos just about Zionism It is sickening. At times, I feel like I am fighting a battle by myself. This subject too would be great for you to touch on in your articles or videos.
The one glimmer of hope I am seeing is a huge interest in the divided Kingdom of Israel, especially the 10 Northern Tribes. Now, there is a lot of false teaching out there, but there does seem to be growing interest. I try to spread Brit Am and Hebrew Nations wherever I am on social media.
Another thing that is rampant out there is the use of "Khazars" and equating them with Ashkenazi Jews. I tonight was called a Khazar and Edomite. This is being done to delegitimize Jews in general and Israel in particular. Jihadist Muslims have done that as well as hate groups like the KKK, Neo-Nazis and other right wing groups. Then, there are the Leftist who also are joining in. I saw one black woman who is a former Democrat congresswoman who had a Zoom meeting appealing to the KKK to attack "the Khazars". Jew hatred is ridiculous with BLM and Antifa. Perhaps you could also do a refresher on the Khazars and how to best debate people on social media.
I hope all is well with you. Shalom v'b'richot [and Blessings], Bill Rasmussen
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3. Replies.
The enemy exists. No matter what we say or do they will find a way to find fault with us.
nevertheless we should know what to answer them when they speak against us.
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(a) The Star of David.
Concerning the Star of David:
We have a YouTube Clip on this subject:
yair davidiy shield of david
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMzFaI1U3E&t=7s
as well as an article:
Star of David
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/quora/qbible/stardavid.html
We explained that the so-called Star of David may in fact be taken to represent the Ancient Hebrew letters for the name of David.
This is interesting.
Nevertheless, it does not really matter that much. The Star of David is in fact a simple geometric form like a circle, cross, x-mark, square, etc.
It could have arisen independently in several cultures.
There is nothing sinister about it. We dod not know why or how it became a symbol of the Jews. Some say it was forced upon them by the Gentiles who wanted to distinguish Jews from themsleves. At all events it became a symbol of Judah and this is what it is today.
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(b) Zionism
Zionism in simple terms is the right of the Jewish People to return to the Land of Israel.
See:
Quotes. Settlement in Israel-a
https://hebrewnations.com/quotations/settlement1.html
Quotes. Settlement in Israel-b Nachmanides
https://hebrewnations.com/quotations/settlement2.html
Extract:
# You shall possess the Land and dwell in it, for to you have I given the Land to possess it (Bamidbar [Numbers], 33:53). 'You shall possess,' denotes conquest and sovereignty, while 'you shall dwell' implies settling the Land so that it not remain desolate. Similarly, the Torah states, 'You shall possess it and you shall dwell therein' (Devarim [Deuteronomy], 11:31). Accordingly, the Ramban defines the mitzvah as follows: 'We were commanded to take possession of the Land that God, may He be blessed, gave to our forefathers, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov; and we must not leave it in the hands of any other nation or let it remain desolate' (Addendum to Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandment 4). #
The Bible requires Jews to settle in the Land when they can. The Bible also IDENTIFIES the Jews as the People of Judah in Biblical terms!
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(c) Scripture Identifies the Jewish People with Judah!
Why The Jews Are Judah!
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/judah.html
Extracts:
During their time of Exile:
The Jews will have been persecuted.
The Jews were persecuted by the Gentiles as it had been prophesied Judah would be: Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 8:13, Isaiah ch.53, Isaiah 42:22, Psalm 44:22.
e.g.
Zechariah (NKJV) 1:
13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words. 14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me,
'Proclaim, saying, "Thus says the LORD of Hosts:
I am zealous for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great zeal.
15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;
For I was a little angry,
And they helped but with evil intent.
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Zechariah (NKJV) 8:
13 And it shall come to pass
That just as you were a curse among the nations,
O house of Judah and house of Israel,
So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing.
Do not fear,
Let your hands be strong.
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Isaiah (NKJV) 42:
22 But this is a people robbed and plundered;
All of them are snared in holes,
And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
For plunder, and no one says, 'Restore!'
23 Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the LORD,
He against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in His ways,
Nor were they obedient to His law.
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Isaiah chapter 49 has a message for both Judah and the Lost Tribes.
Words of consolation are spoken to Judah in the End Times. From these words however we understand how up until then Judah frequently suffered:\
Isaiah (NKJV) 49:
14 But Zion said, 'The LORD has forsaken me,
And my LORD has forgotten me.'....
26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh shall know
That I, the LORD, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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Psalms (NKJV) 44:
22 Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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The Jews will have kept the Law.
The Jews kept the Law as it had been prophesied that Judah would: Psalms 60:9, 108:90; Genesis 49:10; Zechariah 8:23.
Zechariah (NKJV) 1:
13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked to me, with good and comforting words. 14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me,
'Proclaim, saying, "Thus says the LORD of Hosts:
I am zealous for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great zeal.
15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;
For I was a little angry,
And they helped but with evil intent.
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Zechariah (NKJV) 8:
13 And it shall come to pass
That just as you were a curse among the nations,
O house of Judah and house of Israel,
So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing.
Do not fear,
Let your hands be strong.
14 For thus says the LORD of Hosts:
'Just as I determined to punish you
When your fathers provoked Me to wrath,'
Says the LORD of Hosts,
'And I would not relent,
15 So again in these days
I am determined to do good
To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Do not fear.
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Isaiah (NKJV) 42:
22 But this is a people robbed and plundered;
All of them are snared in holes,
And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
For plunder, and no one says, 'Restore!'
23 Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the LORD,
He against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in His ways,
Nor were they obedient to His law.
25 Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger
And the strength of battle;
It has set him on fire all around,
Yet he did not know;
And it burned him,
Yet he did not take it to heart.
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Isaiah chapter 49 has a message for both Judah and the Lost Tribes.
Words of consolation are spoken to Judah in the End Times. From these words however we understand how up until then Judah frequently suffered:\
Isaiah (NKJV) 49:
14 But Zion said, 'The LORD has forsaken me,
And my LORD has forgotten me.'
....
17 Your [sons shall make haste;
Your destroyers and those who laid you waste
Shall go away from you....
19 'For your waste and desolate places,
And the land of your destruction,
Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
And those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 The children you will have,
After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
'The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.'
21 Then you will say in your heart,
'Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?...
26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh shall know
That I, the LORD, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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Psalms (NKJV) 44:
22 Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O LORD?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies' sake.
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The Jews will have kept the Fasts.
The Jews keep the four fasts of mourning over the Destruction of the Second Temple as prophesied by Zechariah 8:19, i.e.
the fast of the fourth month, -17th Tammuz
the fast of the fifth, - 9th of Av
and the fast of the seventh, - 3rd of Tishrei (Gedaliah)
and the fast of the tenth, - 10th Tebeth (Tevet).
The Jews will be known as Israel.
Again concerning the End Times:
Isaiah predicted that the descendants of Judah would be known as Israel:
HEAR YE THIS, O HOUSE OF JACOB, WHICH ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF ISRAEL, AND ARE COME FORTH OUT OF THE WATERS OF JUDAH (Isaiah 48:1).
The State of Israel is today named Israel and its citizens are Israelis. Not only that but the Jews in general are often referred to as Israelites. In Biblical Times the term Israel meant the whole of the 12 tribes. Later the Tribes were divided into the Kingdom of Israel comrpising the Ten Tribes and the Kingdom of Judah meaning Judah and Benjamin in the south. We do find on occasion in the Books of Ezekiel and Ezra (see point no.12 below) the entity of Judah being referred to as Israel. On the whole however in Prophecy Israel means the Ten Tribes as juxtaposed to Judah meaning the Jews.
The Jews will Return before the Ten Tribes.
Micah 4:8 predicts that in the end times the beginning of the return "THE FIRST DOMINION" shall be "TO THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM" meaning descendants of Judah. Judah will return before the other Tribes and prepare the way for them (cf. Hosea 6:10).
Judah will always be recognized as Judah
Judah would be recognized as Judah or Israel whereas the Lost Ten Tribes would not be so recognized until the End Times:
Genesis 49:10 THE SCEPTRE [Hebrew: Shevet] SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH, NOR A LAWGIVER FROM BETWEEN HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COME; AND UNTO HIM SHALL THE GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE[S] BE.
See:
5 Main Identifiers
Five Simple Proofs that the Jews of Today are Judah of the Bible
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/5identifiers.html
See Also:
Judah and Prophecy by Bert Otten
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/jew/ottenjudah.html\
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(d) The Jews are not Edomites, the Khazars were from the Lost Ten Tribes.
As for claiming the Jews are Khazars and Edomites the same answers apply.
The Bible says that the Jews today are JUDAH as defined by the Bible. Who ever denies this is going against the Bible. They the4msleves are therefore probably Edomites or Canaanites or something like that.
Just for the record we have proven in our book "Hebrew Warriors. The Khazars"
https://hebrewnations.com/publications/books/warriors.html [5664]
that the Khazars were descended from the Ten Tribes. They were related to peoples now found in Western Europe. Proofs showing the Khazars to have belonged tot he Ten Tribes help us prove that the Lost Ten Tribes are now to be found among Western Peoples.
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(e) Brit-Am/Hebrew Awareness Needs to be Strong!
Someone told me an American Joke that a politician once said, "I do not mind what you write about me but please spell my name correctly!"
Increased interest in Brit-Am/hebrew Awareness matters can work to our advantage if we stay strong and keep on pushing our case.
The truth is on our side and our beliefs are those of the Bible.