Ten Tribes Studies (17 December, 2013, 14 Tevet, 5774)
Contents:
1. YouTube Clip: 10 Tribes to NW of Israel
2. Mark Williams: Has Joseph Already Redeemed His Brothers? WW2?
3. Weekly Portion, "Shemot", Exodus 1:1- 6:1
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1. YouTube Clip: 10 Tribes to NW of Israel
Isaiah 49:12 predicted that in the End Times the Lost Ten Tribes would return from an area to the north and west of the Land of Israel. Other Biblical indicators mentioned Isles of the Seas, Ends of the Earth, etc. The only areas these verses can apply to are Western Europe, the British Isles and North America.
Duration: 6.30 minutes
See:
To the North West
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/biblical-proof/geo/geonorthwest.html
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2. Mark Williams: Has Joseph Already Redeemed His Brothers? WW2?
Re: S.R. Hirsch on Joseph. Ephraim and the Messiah son of Joseph, Extracts from Commentary to VaYechi
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/genesis/hirsch.html
# (5. Joseph as the Future Redeemer of his Brothers?
Joseph as Future Redeemer of His Brothers
Shalom Yair
Hasn't this already happened?
A little kerfuffle called World War 2, if I'm not mistaken.
Denmark: Conquered
Norway: Conquered
Sweden: Officially neutral but collaborating their butts off to avoid
being conquered
Finland: German Vassal state?
The Netherlands: Conquered
Belgium: Conquered
France. Conquered. North under direct rule, South under
Collaborationist regime
Switzerland: Oh those Swiss :-P
All liberated (with the exception of Finland) by forces from Josephite
nations, with smaller contingents from other countries, including the
militaries in exile of the nations conquered by Germany.
Mind you, it's arguable as to whether or not we saved Judah. Those who
were already safe, or who found refuge, in the Josephite nations (and
Mandate Palestine) would probably say we did (with reservations). Six
million, on the other hand, might beg to disagree :-(
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Brit-Am Reply:
It may be that WW2 was a kind of Grand Rehearsal before the Final Opening?
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3. Weekly Portion, "Shemot", Exodus 1:1- 6:1
THE BOOK OF EXODUS
http://britam.org/Moses/Moses-1.html
Extracts:
The Book of Exodus describes how the Children of Israel in Egypt increased greatly, were oppressed by the Egyptians, came out of Egypt and wandered in the Wilderness where they received the Law.
[Exodus 1:11]THEREFORE THEY DID SET OVER THEM TASKMASTERS TO AFFLICT THEM WITH THEIR BURDENS. AND THEY BUILT FOR PHARAOH TREASURE CITIES , PITHOM AND RAMSES.
The Bible tells us that Joseph had become the virtual ruler under Pharaoh of Egypt. Joseph induced all the clan of his father to leave the Land of Canaan and join him in Egypt. Pharaoh gave the Israelites the area of Goshen to settle in and appointed them as officers over his flocks. We thus have a picture of an Egyptian ruler encouraging Hebrew settlement in his land, granting them regions to settle in and positions of authority in his Kingdom. Joseph is depicted in both the Bible and traditional sources as heavily involved in the administration of Egypt and its social arrangements. Joseph caused all the land of Egypt to be considered the private property of pharoah and moved all the people of Egypt around from one city to another (Genesis 47:20-21). The Israelites in Egypt became very powerful and wealthy and increased exceedingly (Genesis 47:27) especially in the Land of Goshen to the east of the Nile Delta. A new pharoah arose who was unfamiliar with Joseph (Exodus 1:8). He enslaved the Hebrews, causing them to build cities including Ramses. He also attempted to kill all of the male children. Eventually the Israelites under the leadership of Moses left Egypt and went back to the Land of Canaan .
The Biblical account about the Hebrews parallels what we know from Egyptian sources concerning the Hyksos .
The Hyksos: Egyptian and Hebrew Rulers of Egypt!
Egyptian sources said that the Hyksos had originated in the land of Canaan. They had come to Egypt peacefully, somehow gained (or been given) control, had been defeated, and enslaved, and ultimately were driven out of Egypt whence they returned to the land of Canaan and founded the Israelite nation. Popular Conventional archaeology and historical accounts often accept the later Egyptian identification of the Hyksos with a foreign element even though it is not exact. Present-day research indicates that the Hyksos originally were local Egyptian rulers who used Semites from Canaan in their employ and encouraged the spread of their influence in Egypt. In later Egyptian terminology the Hyksos came to be identified with the Hebrews. This whole description fits the Biblical version regarding the Israelites apart from the fact that in scripture the Israelites are ultimately begged by the Egyptians to leave and not exactly driven out. The Egyptian records are, however, notorious for misrepresentation and other factors support the Biblical version.
At the time of Hyksos domination over Egypt Israelite names such as 'Jacob-el' (G-d of Jacob) and 'Joseph -el' (G-d of Joseph) are recorded in Egypt and associated with the Hyksos rulers. The Hyksos center in Egypt was the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta. Later, the native Egyptians threw off the yoke of the Hyksos and enslaved the Hebrews. After the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers Avaris was re-built by Hebrew slaves and re-named Ramses. Manetho recorded that after leaving Egypt the Hyksos went to Judea and built Jerusalem. Since in Manetho's time (ca. 260 BCE) the Jews of Judah and Jerusalem were the only Hebrews he was aware of, Josephus was identifying the Hyksos as Israelites! Manetho also said that the final expulsion of the Hyksos included that of a people known as the Danaoi. The Danaoi are identifiable with Danaus, who (according to Diodorus Siculus 1;28) later came to Greece but (says Diodorus) had left Egypt together with those who built Jerusalem. 'Danaoi' and 'Danaus' are forms of the name DAN, a prominent tribe amongst the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The Bible (1-Kings 8;1) says that the Temple of Solomon was built 480 years after the coming out of Egypt. This, according to conventionally accepted chronology, places the Exodus around the year 1450 BCE. Egyptian records are understandable as saying that the expulsion of the Hyksos took place in two stages, the first in ca.1570 when in effect the Hyksos were mostly forcibly concentrated in and about Avaris (i.e. Ramses) in the Delta region and the second around 1450 BCE. The Jewish Oral tradition believed that the actual physical oppression (as distinct from Exile in Egypt) only began after the death of Levi (last of the Tribal Fathers) and therefore lasted ca.180 years, even though the Israelites were in Egyptian exile for 400! It follows that the oppression began around 1630 BCE and continued until the Israelites left and these dates roughly correspond with those in Egyptian accounts concerning the overthrow and after a time the final expulsion of the Hyksos. A Talmudic-Rabbinical tradition says that the Children of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) were not enslaved to hard labour like the rest of the Israelites but rather were used as soldiers in warfare and police-administration.
David Rohl ('A Test of Time', 1995) dates the Exodus to 1447 BCE. Rohl states that archaeological finds indicate a high proportion of females to males (3 to 1) in the land of Goshen amongst the Apiru (i.e. Hebrews ) just before the Exodus which is consistent with the Egyptians having attempted to kill off all male Hebrews in their infancy. The major city in Goshen was Avaris which was abandoned en masse. The earlier dwellers of Avaris were 'Asiatics' (i.e. people from the Middle East ) who were very-much Egyptianized. The earlier inhabitants of Ramses-Avaris were the ones who left Egypt . Rohl identifies them with the Hebrews. Their place was taken by other 'Asiatics' who were not Egyptianized .
Modern scholars believe the name 'Hyksos' to denote 'foreign ruler' and say that it was the particular term applied to the local princes of Canaan from whom (it is now believed) the Hyksos derived. The Hyksos in archaeological terms are defined as a group of foreigners who settled in the eastern Delta of Egypt (i.e. in 'Goshen') and at times ruled over all the land as well as Nubia meaning the Sudan. The majority of Hyksos names are West Semitic and today the consensus appears to be that they 'originated in the Levant from Middle Bronze Age Canaanite ethnic stock'. This definition is consistent with the Hyksos having been West Semitic Hebrews who before coming to Egypt had sojourned in Canaan and were considered natives and princes in that land. An Egyptian stele refers to the expulsion of the Hyksos using terms usually applied to the dwellers of Canaan on both sides of the Jordan at the time of Israelite occupation. Archaeological finds also confirm the identification of the Hyksos with Israel, for instance, the Hyksos type of four-romed house in Egypt was forerunner to a form of dwelling later found in Israel after the Exodus and considered typical of the Hebrews. The Hyksos were also identified with the Habiru or Hebrews. When the Israelites finally left Egypt it is recorded that a 'mixed multitude' of foreign origin left with them (Exodus 12:38 ). It is possible that these foreigners while still in Egypt had already intermixed with the Hebrews and were identified with them. ...
[Exodus 1:12] BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW. AND THEY WERE GRIEVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
The Egyptians attempted to kill all the Hebrew male children at birth but not all the Egyptians co-operated and these attempts were only partially successful. Pharaoh decreed that every male child when born should be cast into the Nile [Exodus 1:22 ]. A woman from the Tribe of Levi gave birth to a son and hid him for three months after which she made a little reed boat and placed him in the Nile [2:2-3]. Miriam, the sister of the boy, stood by to see what would happen. The daughter of the king of Egypt came down to bathe in the Nile with her maidservants. She found the baby. She drew him out of the Nile and therefore called his name 'Moses' meaning 'Draw Out' [ 2:10 ]. Miriam saw what had happened and suggested to the daughter of Pharaoh that she hire a Hebrew woman to nurse the infant. This suggestion was accepted and so the mother of the boy became his nurse and he was brought up in the palace of Pharaoh. When Moses grew up he saw the oppression of his people. He slew an Egyptian who was beating one of the Hebrews [ 2:12 ]. Moses then fled to the Land of Midian where he married Zipporah the daughter of Jethro the priest of Midian [ 2:21 ].