Lost Ten Tribes Studies (25 February, 2015, 6 Adar, 5775)
Contents:
1. Mark Williams:Â Link Needed for article on Edom
2. Bill Rasmussen in Minnesota: Queen Esther and Benjamin Netanyahu Before Congress
3. Brian Weston: Christianity and the Woes of an Elephant
4. Mark Williams :Â Central European Option for Edom Seems Unconvincing!
5. New Sub-Section Added to WebSite: Talmud Vindicated by Gil Student
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1. Mark Williams:Â Link Needed for article on Edom
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Brit-Am Now no. 2416. Lost Ten Tribes Studies
http://hebrewnations.com/features/10/2416.html
#4. New Article. Who is Edom? Continental Europe versus Turkey as Identifications
Shalom Yair
You seem to have forgotten to include a link to the article [Who is Edom?] in the
newsletter. Just thought you should know.
Also... Did you know that 1740 was the year Jews and Huguenots living in
the United Kingdom were finally granted British citizenship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740
Brit-Am Reply:
Thanks, It should have been:
#4. New Article. Who is Edom? Continental Europe versus Turkey as Identifications
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/esau2/who.html
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2. Bill Rasmussen in Minnesota: Queen Esther and Benjamin Netanyahu Before Congress
[Brit-Am Note: The Feast of  Purim (this year on 5th february, 2015) is a festive occasion. The Book of  Esther is read out in the Synagogue. Itb is the custom for members of the congregation (especially)  to make noises,  etc,  when the name of Haman, the arch-enemy of the Jews, is mentioned in the reading.]
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Shalom Yair, hope all is well with you. I recently got an e-mail from Chabad that got me to thinking. The article compared PM Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to Congress to that of Queen Esther. Queen Esther as you recall, had to boldly come to King Ahasuerus and intercede on behalf of all the Jews in Persia and Media. She did so at the prompting of Mordechai[ yay], who was from the tribe of Benjamin because the nemesis of the Jews-Haman [boo], wanted to have all the Jews destroyed. In the end, we see that Esther is granted favor with the king and she makes her petition to the king to save all the Jews from the hand of Haman [boo]. Haman [boo] is hung along with his 10 evil sons.
Now, fast forward to 2015 and we see that PM Netanyahu is going to speak to Congress on Wednesday, March 3, 2015. Coincidentally, this is also the Ta'anit or Fast of Esther. Esther and Mordechai and all the Jews fasted before Esther went in to meet the king. In addition, PM Netanyahu is coming to speak about Iran building nuclear weapons that could ultimately be used against Israel. On Thursday, March 4, 2015 begins the Feast of Purim where Jews celebrate the victory over Haman and his evil doing friends. In this case, Haman could either be Iran itself or possibly President Obama and the American State Department. We know how much both are trying to undermine PM Netanyahu as well as cut a deal with Iran which will be perilous to the well being of the State of Israel.
There is also one more element here and that is Benjamin Netanyahu's name itself. Benjamin means "son of my right hand" and Netanyahu means "a gift of HaShem". Putting it together would read, "The Son of my right hand is the gift of Hashem", which could reference the Messiah and in this case, the name itself becomes quite prophetic. Benjamin after all was the second son after Joseph of Jacob's beloved wife Rachel. Benjamin later became the intermediary between Judah and Joseph when Judah promised to Jacob that he would personally guaranteed his safety. Benjamin was the link that reunited Joseph and his other 10 brothers.
The land assigned to Benjamin is where Jerusalem is located. In a sense, Benjamin's land allotment is a place of reconciliation between Judah to the South and the Northern Kingdom, aka Lost Tribes. It is in Jersualem that Moshiach Ben David will set up his Tabernacle and throne and rule from there.
Israel is facing a very perilous future. If a deal is cut with Iran, it could mean a constant threat of attack from the Iranians. Already, Iran has people near the Golan operating in conjunction with Hezbollah. It would not take much for terrorist Muslims to stop fighting each other and instead, put their concentrated efforts against Israel. I believe each of us should be fasting and praying on March 3rd. I also believe that we need to pray the favor of HaShem upon PM Netanyahu in his address to Congress. And, we must pray and believe that the fate that met Haman and his sons and followers will also repeat itself on Iran and anyone in the United States government who wishes to harm Israel. May PM Netanyahu be a type of Esther and Mordechai [yay] and may the Jews of this world do unto their enemies like the Jews of Persia and Media did to their enemies in the king's provinces as well as Shushan.
Shalom v'b'richot, Bill Rasmussen
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3. Brian Weston: Christianity and the Woes of an Elephant
Dear Yair,
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Brit-Am Now no. 2416. Lost Ten Tribes Studies
http://hebrewnations.com/features/10/2416.html
#2. The Most Important Aim:Â Confirming the Israelite origin of Western Peoples
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I'm not exactly sure why I write you after your latest appeal for money except to say that somewhere, in some way, and somehow I appreciate you and understand your mandate all too well.  I see you as purely Jewish as I am purely Christian. My hope has always been that together that this vision can be seen as purely Israel, and that we are purely out there for her behalf.
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But my problem in writing to you is always the same. It's about the topic that must always be avoided, the topic of who is Messiah. We'll call it the elephant in the living room. The elephant is ever present, large and cumbersome, but in any kind of dialogue we must constantly restrain ourselves from talking about it. While I openly appreciate Jews and the Jewish faith, they are but a small portion of Israel today. It is frustrating time and again when Jewish organizations attempting to reach out to 'the other side of Israel' lay out strict ground rules about not talking about Christ. It's like saying you're free to embrace me provided your handcuffs are secured behind your back. I've written so many letters to you that I never sent because of this. I start the letters intending to restrict the topic of Christ and the topic just takes over.  How does one hide the truth?  Why would anyone want to hide the truth????Â
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I don't expect nor want you to hide your Jewish faith, and in fact I openly support and encourage you to share it. You have a marvelous ability to exude meaning from the Book of Proverbs. There is MUCH the Christian church needs to learn from the many Judaic writings and teachings. Let us thank the Lord God Almighty for these whispers he grants these men and their writings. If Christians could ever get to the point of celebrating Jews, I think you'd see a different world developing. Your faith is our shared heritage. In reverse, our actions as Christians today present our mutually shared grave concern.
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The tenets of the Christian faith are found in forbearance. We are taught to Forbear. This is a teaching straight out of Zechariah where the sticks of Beauty and Bands are being broken. Forbear has two applications, the first of which is to bear forth; the second is to carry forth, that is, to bring forth or give birth to later. We call it passing the baton. In substance it is the staff. This is where we get the word Forebear as in speaking of ancestors. Our ancestors are who gave us the life we live today.  We are their prodigy. Jews understand the importance of heritage, Christians largely are ignorant of it.
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The Christian church has lost this forbearance that they were taught to perform. Hence, families are fragmented and people have no self-control. You only need to look back a generation or two to see its rapid decline. In Isaiah 6 it speaks of a great forsaking that was to occur. However, in the midst of this rapid decline we are told his holy seed was to remain as the substance that is in the seed stock of a tree. To get a seed you must have a flower and then it must die. We are in this time of great forsaking, and the death that provided this seed has already occurred. I speak to you then as being of this very substance of the holy seed. I speak as matstsebeth, by the monumental stone set by Jacob in Genesis 35, and of the stock of the tree felled in Ezekiel 17.Â
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Stay encouraged, my friend. I will write more soon,
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Brian Weston
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Brit-Am Reply:
Brian Shalom,
Thank you for your message.
You have sent me an email expressing sympathy in response to an appeal for funds. Sympathy helps but a donation would have been better. You explain you have a problem with us. Is that why no funds are forthcoming?Â
You say the religious problem is the elephant in the living room.
We see it as, us living in a small house across the road from your mansion. We invite you over for a talk but you insist on bringing your elephant with you. It is not our fault that IT DOES NOT FIT IN THE DOOR!
What has the elephant to do with the subject on hand? Someone who drags elephants into a discussion shows they are not interested in the matter under consideration. The elephant is an excuse.
You say that the Jews "are but a small portion of Israel today"! This is a typical attitude of Joseph especially Ephraim and characteristic of them. It is an attempt to establish a hierarchy and then speak from the high ground. It is not necessarily something done consciously but nevertheless it is noticeable. It is however misleading. It is not a question of who has the most. The issue concerns what is known as relatively certain and what is not.
The Jews are the ONLY portion of Israel known today!
We want to change that.
We want to prove your Israelite ancestry and bring it to the attention of others.
You (i.e. Joseph in general and they are who are somewhat attuned to the issue) however apparently do not really want this.
Otherwise financial support for our efforts (i.e. of Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations) would be more forthcoming than they are.
In effect you are saying:
Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations has a nice message. The Jewish part is pleasant. Keep what you have but let us teach you about our own beliefs.
Then in return we will listen to you when you try to teach us and others about our ancestry.
In reply we say:
We are primarily concerned in teaching you about your ancestry and through research learning more ourselves about it.
Our Jewish aspect is actually Biblical and should be acceptable to you since your creed in principle incorporates it, only adding extra points.
We already know more than enough about your belief and do not want anymore of it.
When you have need of a professional we assume you do not insist that they listen to words of your faith. Rather you want them to know what they are doing.
We too know what we want to confirm and teach.
In the same way as you pay others for what is needed, so too help us (if you can) continue to help reveal and publicize the truth concerning your ancestry and its concomitant national tasks and destiny.
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4. Mark Williams :Â Central European Option for Edom Seems Unconvincing!
Re:
Brit-Am Now no. 2416. Lost Ten Tribes Studies
http://hebrewnations.com/features/10/2416.html
#4. New Article. Who is Edom? Continental Europe versus Turkey as Identifications
You know... I think that one factor that militates against the EU being
Edom is the fact that there are just SO many possible Ten Triber
nations in it. Unless there's some kind of major split between
Germany/Central Europe and the Western and Scandinavian EU nations then
any action it might take is going to involve Israelite entities on the
wrong side of the conflict. I don't keep up with politics, so I've no
idea how likely it is that nations like: The UK, Ireland, Denmark,
Sweden, Finland, The Benelux and France would ever leave, but I think
it would take some cataclysmic miscalculation on the part of Berlin for
that to happen.
Cheers :-)
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5. New Sub-Section Added to WebSite:
Talmud Vindicated by  Gil Student
http://hebrewnations.com/student.html
About the Talmud
Alleged racism in the Talmud
Christianity In The Talmud
Jewish Holidays
Immorality in the Talmud
Miscellaneous
Ethics of the FathersÂ