ELOHIYM and YAHOVAH in GENESIS
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Part 4 of 5

CHAPTER 49
The Identity of the Israel Tribes

This is perhaps, for us today, the most important chapter in the Book of Genesis. It contains the long-range destinies of each of the twelve tribes. These destinies make up and validate all future prophecy in the Bible.

The vast majority of the clergy today say that Israel "disappeared" from the earth long before Christ. They deny that this seed-line is in place today, and in effect say, God is a liar! His promises are not "relevant" to our day. Needless to say, they do greatly err. In fact, because of their stiff-necked denial of God's promises and truths, they fall into the category of the "leader" in Matt. 15:14.

Now it may, or may not, surprise you to know that God decreed this and prophesied it throughout the Bible. It is prophetically called blindness in the Bible. That is, blindness to their identity. It is fully within the providence of God that Israel would work out their individual destinies in blindness. God decreed it that way because Israelites are by nature a stiff-necked, rebellious people. Read Deut. 9:13 and Acts 7:51 for a couple of examples. If they figured God "owed" them something, they would never get off their duffs and fulfill the requirements of being a "blessing to all families of the earth." (Ref. Gen. 12:3.) Even to simply being "examples" of what God expected!

These blessings were poured out by God on these "families" via the Israel nations. They take the form of inventions, food and agriculture productions, medicine to eradicate disease, and high technology to improve the life styles of these other families of the earth. Let me quote you some verses on this blindness of Israel.

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Is. 42:18-24

There in a nutshell is the plight of Israel today. Now you may ask: how long will this "blindness" be on Israel? Only God knows, but Paul put it this way:

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Rom. 11:25

In other places in the Bible we read that the strength of the Israel nations will have to be diminished first before God will act. Dan. 12:7 and Jer. 30:7, are just two examples of this truth. This process is well under way as this book is being written.

Perhaps now you will begin to visualize who some of these nations are today, and why God said,

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deut. 7:6

Now I'll quote the first two verses of chapter 49, to set the stage for a quick trip through the books of the Bible to show you how we can arrive at who the Israel nations of today are.

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel you father.

vs: 1-2

To be completely correct on how anyone can arrive at who the nations of Israel are today, we must know a little history of what happened to Israel. We'll skim through a brief summary of the events of the Old Testament that led to the divorce of the House of Israel, and their dispersion.

The children of Israel were in Egypt for four hundred years, as God had foretold Abram in Gen 15:13. They were finally redeemed by God, through the guidance of Moses. While in the wilderness of Sin (Ex. 16:1), the Israel people began to rebel against God and Moses with murmurings. As they continued on in the wilderness, they camped at Mr. Sinai. God gave the commandments, statutes, and judgments to Moses. He presented them to the people, and asked them if they would, as a nation, accept them and the conditions under which they were given? The people accepted the conditional law covenant (Ex. 19:3-8). After telling the people what the law was, Moses asked them again in Ex. 24:3-8, if they would seal the covenant by a blood sacrifice? They all agreed again.

And so the blood covenant was made a vow, between God and Israel. Then followed the wedding feast (Ex. 24:9-11). Thus Israel became God's wife, and God became Israel's husband. (For a complete study in this subject see Appendix F.)

Moses went back into the Mount to receive the law on tablets of stone (Ex. 24:12). He was gone 40 days and 40 nights. In his absence the children of Israel became impatient and demanded that Aaron build them a "golden calf" (Ex. 32:1-6).

Because of this great sin, their continual murmuring, and fearful reluctance to enter Canaan, God decreed every Israelite, over 20 years old, that came out of Egypt, would die in the wilderness - except Caleb and Joshua (Num.14:27-30). The Levitical priesthood was established to replace the priesthood of Melchizedeck. For through it, the people received the law (Ex. 28:1-43 and Heb. 8:11).

After wandering about the wilderness for forty years to fulfill their punishment, they finally came to the river Jordan. Moses died, and Joshua led the children of Israel into the Promised Land. And so Joshua, through a long-drawn-out battle with the Canaanites, finally secured the land (Josh. 11:15-23). The land of Canaan was divided by lot to the tribes of Israel (Josh. chapters 13 through 19). The people were then commanded to serve only the Lord, and to keep his commandments. They were also told not to interbreed or mix with the people they had vanquished (Josh. 23:6-13).

Joshua died, and Israel failed to keep the charge. The Canaanites began to strengthen their numbers in the land (Judges 1). In Judges 2:13, we see that the Israelites began to serve Baal and Ashtaroth, the gods of the Canaanites. The rest of the book of Judges tells us of a whole series of captivities and revivals that became the hallmark of the Israelites.

In 1 Samuel, we read of the rule of the Judges. Because of the wickedness of the judges, Israel demanded a king to reign over them like the other nations (1 Sam. 8). Samuel anointed Saul to be the first king over Israel (1 Sam. 10:1). Saul did not do what he was commanded to do, he became wicked, and eventually died.

David became king. David first reigned over Judah (2 Sam. 2:11). His headquarters were in Zion (2 Sam. 5:7). Eventually he took control of all Israel and vanquished his enemies. Before David died he decreed that Solomon should take the throne (1 Kings 1:32-40). Solomon reigned in peace over all Israel for 40 years. He was the wisest man that ever lived. During his reign Israel prospered and became a great world power. Solomon built the glorious temple of the Lord (1 Kings 6). Eventually Solomon's many wives, 1000 to be exact (1 Kings 11: 1-3), turned him from following the Lord.

After his death, his kingdom was divided. The ten tribes of the north became known as Israel, because the House of Joseph was within these ten tribes. (Remember Gen. 48:16?) The first ruler of the ten tribed House of Israel was Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:31). The other two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were known as the House of Judah. And so the division took place in 1 Kings 12:19-20. Rehoboam ruled over Judah. Two separate and distinct nations that never again had any significant political or religious association.

Jeroboam feared that the people of Israel would go down to Jerusalem to worship, and that they would unite with Judah. So he made two calves of gold and placed them in Bethel and Dan for Israel to worship (1 Kings 12:26-30). And so Israel fell into sin from which they never recovered. They and Judah were warring all the days of Jeroboam and Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:30). The Levites left Israel and joined Judah, because Jeroboam prevented them from officiating their duties (2 Chr. 11:13-14).

Now since our study is primarily directed at Israel, we'll leave out comments about Judah. Israel had many kings after the death of Jeroboam. Each one seemed to get more wicked than his predecessor. Many prophets were sent to try to reprove them, and to prophesy what would become of them. Even with all this advance warning they would not hear. And so Hoshea became the last king of Israel (2 Kings 17:1-6). God divorced Israel in Jer. 3:8. She was carried away into Assyria along with the fenced cities of Judah in 2 Kings 18:9-13. This captivity came about in stages, beginning about 744 B.C. and continuing on to around 721 B.C.

And thus began the seven times of punishment promised Israel if they broke covenant (Lev. 26:18). A time, in Bible computation, is 360 years. Seven times that is 2520 years. By taking a pencil to this you'll discover that this means Israel's punishment would end in 1776. What does that date mean to you? Look to Isaiah 66:8 and find that a nation could be born in a day:

Who has heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Now we're getting ahead of our story line, so let's go back and fill in the space between the captivity by the Assyrians and 1776 A.D.

The Book of Hosea gives us about the best overview of Israel in the dispersion. In the first nine verses of Hosea we read that Hosea was to take a wife of whoredoms. Hosea had three children by his whore. Each child was given a name to represent what God would do to Israel. The first child was called Jezreel - meaning: The Lord would "cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel." The second child was a daughter named Loruhamah - meaning: "I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but utterly take them away" (v: 6). The third child was a son named Loammi - meaning: "for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God." Which, of course, confirms Jer. 3:8, that God divorced Israel.

Now it's vital to remember here that only Israel was divorced. Judah was not divorced. The reason for this is that the Saviour had yet to come through Judah to fulfill many prophecies, just one of which was Micah 5:2,

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Notice here that the "ruler" would rule in Israel, not in Judah. This is substantiated by many statements made by Jesus. For instance Matt. 10:5-6:

�Go not into the way of the Gentiles [heathen], and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And how about the reply to the woman of Canaan in Matt. 15:24?

�I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

If this isn't enough, how about Jesus' answer to Pilate as to whether he was the "king of the Jews?"

�My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

John 18:36

As we've just read, Christ told Pilate the truth. He had not come to reign over the Jews. His kingdom would be established in another era. The word "world" in the foregoing verse was an unfortunate choice by our translators. It comes from the Greek word kosmos, meaning: orderly arrangement. In other words, Christ was saying, My kingdom is not of this orderly arrangement. Many people have thought that this verse means that Christ's kingdom was up in heaven somewhere! But this is not the meaning of this verse at all.

Now let's get back to Hosea 1, and find out the destiny of this now former wife, Israel. In verse 10, we see that the Abrahamic covenant is still in effect.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

In this verse we read that they not only would become like sand of the sea for number, but that they would become sons of the living God, again! See Appendix F

Of course, this living God is none other than the resurrected Christ. And the era when they would become the sons of that living God again, would be the Christian era. This era began in Acts 11:26, by the way. It was the fulfillment of the promise of a new name to be given to the house of Israel in Num. 6:27.

Back in Hosea 1, versus 10 and 11 cover nearly 1700 years in their fulfillment. Verse 11 is the uniting of the "two sticks" prophecy of Ez. 37:15-22. This uniting of these two sticks would culminate in what is known in Bible language as the daughter of Zion and the daughter of Jerusalem.

Now as we've shown before, God and Israel had a husband/wife relationship (Jer. 3:8). In Hosea 2:2, God pleads with his "former" wife to put away her whoredoms. Through verse 5, God condemns her for playing the harlot and says in verse 6,

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

This is a promise that the Lord will use "thorns" (the heathen) (ref. Jud. 2:2-3) to block the path of lost Israel, so that she cannot return to the old land. In verse 7, God tells her to pursue her lovers (false gods) and he guarantees that she will not find them (because they don't exist). Then God predicts that she will say, "I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now." This "returning" to her former husband, after her divorce, was illegal if her first husband was alive - according to Deut. 24:1-4. There is no way God can break his own law. What had to happen is that Israel would have to become a widow. Widowhood would free Israel from her former blood covenant and, in effect, make her eligible for remarriage. Paul explains this process in Rom. 7:1-4. (Also see Appendix F.)

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

For the woman [Israel] which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband is dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that [marriage] law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law [of marriage] by the body of Christ; that ye should married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,�

This, my brethren, is what Paul is explaining to the so-called gentiles. The word "gentiles" was never found in the Greek texts. It is an English word derived from the Latin word (gens) meaning "tribes." The Greek word so often translated gentiles is ethnos. Ethnos, in the Greek meant nations or tribes. Mistranslations and misapplications of terms and Bible words of course were in God's purpose to hide the identity of His servant people from themselves, as I've mentioned before in this study. What's amazing to me is how the Lord did it. His Book never ceases to keep me in humble awe of his power in bringing about his will.

To further prove to you that the New Testament is an exclusive call to "lost" Israel - I'll quote James 1:1 (KJV)

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,�"

These twelve tribes were scattered abroad more than 700 years before James wrote his epistle. At the time the New Testament was written, these tribes were living in Asia Minor, Europe, and in the then called "Isles of the West." Today we know these "isles" as the British Isles and Scandinavia. These tribes were no longer known as Israel, but had taken upon themselves names like Cimmerians, Scythians, Angles, Visigoths, Normans, Jutes, Danites, Celts, and Britons. See No. 6 in Book Index

This loss of identity we have already shown, was called blindness in the Bible. I'm sure that it will not surprise you, that the loss of her name was also foretold in Is. 62:2 and 65:15.

Now back to Hosea 2:8-13, God prophesied he would purge Israel in her new lands of all her ungodliness, and would bless her there. Verse 14 tells us that God will allure her and bring her into the "wilderness" and speak comfortably unto her. This is, of course, the same wilderness spoken of in Rev. 12:6, where God would feed her for 1260 years.

During the period of the Dark Ages, the Israelites were without the true word of God. The Holy Roman Empire held almost total control over their nations. Many of the faithful rebelled at the edicts of the popes and were put to death in the inquisitions of the 13^th Century.(See No. 7 in Book Index)

With the invention of the printing press the word was made known to the masses. Seeing the error of the popish church, and how they had been exploited, most revolted in what was called the Great Reformation of the 16^th Century. For the most part, Roman Catholicism along with usurious Jews were thrown out of Europe. Which, of course, proves Heb. 1:7�"that God's ministers are a flame of fire"� "if" they expound the Word. This Great Reformation is symbolized in Rev. 12:7-9. Now if you're a student of history, you know that the "vicar" of Christ, as he called himself, struck back at this "heresy." Hundreds of thousands died for their faith, as the onslaught of the popes wreaked havoc upon those that wouldn't bow the knee. Dan. 7:19-21, is the account of this in symbolism. It is also confirmed in Rev. 12:11. But the final victory is with God's people, as it says in Dan. 7:22.

Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

In order for the saints to possess the kingdom, a new kingdom would have to be provided. Well, lo and behold, in 1492, the year Spain expelled their usurious Jews, Columbus sailed and discovered the "New World." In the next 100 years, many changes took place in Europe and the British Isles. A period of great enlightenment emerged, both in knowledge and wealth, but also in a furor for the Word of God. Many Christians felt that not enough had been done to purge the churches from the residue of papal worship. Opposition to many ingrained papal doctrines grew, and so did the persecution by the organized state-run churches. From this persecution came the Puritans, who began to organize into the Separatist movement. And, in the words of Montesquieu, the French philosopher, "Christianity became a stranger to despotic power. See No. 12 in Book Index.

Then began the "new exodus" to the "New World."

Now I'd like to give you some Bible versus that prophesied how this remnant would come to this "wilderness" of North America. In Isaiah 60:9, we discover who would be first.

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far,�

Knowing this, we can now identify Tarshish. Tarshish is Spain, the Iberian peninsula, because Queen Isabella of Spain was the one who commissioned Columbus. Discovery of this truth then leads us also to the identity of which nation is called Zion, and which nation received the honor of being the "daughter of Zion. See Appendix G

In Jeremiah 3:18-19, we read of the uniting of Judah and Israel as they come out of the "land of the north." The Lord promises to give them a "goodly heritage" of the host of the nations. The "kissing cousin" of these versus is found in Ezekiel 37:16-22, which is the joining of the sticks of Judah and Israel into one people in their new land. More on this later.

In Zechariah 2:4, we read that "Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for a multitude of men and cattle therein." Verse 5 shows just who has defended this new nation: "For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her, a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her. Zechariah also gives us the boundaries of this new daughter in Chapter 9: versus 9-10. In the last part of verse 10, I read:

�and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

In other words, from the Atlantic to Pacific and from the Rio Grande to the North Pole. So now we know that this would also include Canada, for it extends to the ends of the earth.

This should suffice to show you the fulfillment of these prophecies. If not, take your concordance and look up the terms daughter of Zion and daughter of Jerusalem. There are many more references that I've not quoted. They will lead you to the same conclusion. Read, especially, all of Psalm 72, as its geographic characteristics appear to apply to this daughter - to the final Kingdom location.

At this point in our study, we can now return to Genesis 49 and identify the nations of Israel as they exist in these last days.

Verse 3�Reuben, the firstborn, was Jacob's strength, but because he defiled his father's bed, (lay with Bilhah) he was not to excel. (Read 1 Chr. 5:18-22.) As an Israel nation Reuben is probably Belgium.

Simeon and Levi, are one of a kind; instruments of cruelty will be their habitations. (You'll recall they were the two that slaughtered the city of Hamor back in Genesis 34, for Dinah's honor.) "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel" v: 7. This is exactly what did happen. To read a capsule account of the Bible destiny of Simeon, read 1 Chr. 4:24-43. If Simon has a country it's Wales, because this is where this tribe first came, (Read No.8, pp.290-291 in Book Index .)

The sons of Levi became the Levites, or administrators of Israel. After the exodus from Egypt, Moses became the "lawgiver" or, patriarch of the Levites. Aaron, Moses' brother, was the patriarch of the Levitical priesthood. The Levites never received any land inheritance, but were to be provided with their living from the tithes of the other tribes. (See Num. 18:20-24.)

The Old Testament tithe was the modern day equivalent of taxes. In a God-ordained government, your taxes would be 10% of your gain. The Levites (administrators of our government) would then give 10% of this tithe to the priests for their duties. This is explained in Num. 18:25-28. This comes as quite a shock to many people, for they have been told that they should give 10% to the church, because "God" requires the tithe to be given to the church. Of course you may give whatever you desire to the church, but don't be fooled into believing that God ordained it!

Just to give you an idea how far America has departed from God-ordained government, did you know that Americans pay, on average, over 60% of their earnings to direct and indirect taxes? Do our "Levites" then give 10% to that to our churches? Are you kidding! What about separation of church and state? Yes, my Christian friend, there is no separation of church and state in a God-ordained government. There is separation only of duties, not of funding. Are we in "bondage" today to a tyrannical group of "Levites?" Not really. We are in bondage because God has put us in bondage! We, as a nation, have forsaken our heritage initiated by our founding fathers. We have, in effect, despised our birthright for a "a mess of red pottage." The red pottage is fast becoming National Socialism. Our nation is embracing the "ways of the heathen." Our leaders have acquiesced to all ten points of the Communist Manifesto! This may be quite a shock to some of you, but it's a fact. You may well ask, How could our leaders be so dumb? Actually, God caused it to happen. Perhaps you'll recall the old adage: "People get the kind of leaders they deserve?" This is a Bible principle, if you'll take the time to read the 28^th chapter of Deuteronomy.

In the first 14 verses God lists the blessings that would come on an Israel nation if they obey his commands. In the last 54 verses he lists the curses that will come if that nation disobeys. If these curses aren't what's happened to America in the last 70 years, then I'll eat this book. Let me cite a couple of examples of what our leaders would be, and what they would do to us.

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

v: 29

As our leaders grope for solutions to our problems, what are the results? Have they solved them? No. The problems continue to get worse. Another vivid example of what has happened:

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head and thou shalt be the tail.

v.43-44

This is a perfect description of our unscriptural, debt-usury, money system. It is operated under the authority of our government, by a group of foreign bankers. Its misnomer is the "Federal Reserve System." All "created credit" by this private group of commercial banks (Six of the eight class A stockholding Banks are European) comes into existence as an interest-bearing debt instrument. No interest is ever created to pay off the interest rate, thereby guaranteeing boom/bust cycles. For more on this eye-opening phenomenon see the Index under Money, and then read more about the curses of Deut. 28 in Appendix H. For a broader look at the difference between the Levites, and the priesthood, read Ez. 44:9-16.

Now on to Judah�He was to be the son of praise among his brethren. His hand (power) shall trouble Israel's enemies. And his brethren shall bow before him. Judah is a lion's whelp (national emblem), always poised for the strike. Who shall rouse him up?

The sceptre [ruling stick] shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; [Christ's second coming] and unto him [Christ] shall be gathering of the people be.

v: 10

We've covered this before, as far as the two houses of Pharez and Zarah are concerned, so I'll not repeat that again. (See Gen. 38.) Of course, not all of Judah were rulers. They were also a nation, and very possibly two nations.

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

vs: 11-12

From the description we can deduce two nations are mentioned. "Binding his foal unto the vine" denotes one of them, and "his ass's colt unto the choice vine," is the other. The description, "his clothes in the blood of grapes" denotes war with his brethren. Grapes are the fruit (people) of the vineyard in Bible symbolism. The vineyard in the Bible is the house of Israel. (Ref. Is. 5:7.) "His eyes shall be red with wine" means they would be boozing nations. "Teeth white with milk" bespeaks a bovine-raising people. In my opinion, there are only two nations today that fit these descriptions. They are Ireland and Germany. Northern Ireland is still "bound" to the choice vine (England). He has been at war with his Roman Catholic countrymen in southern Ireland for centuries over his "binding." They are a drinking lot, to say the least, and their rocky, mossy, land is best suited for raising milk cows.

Germany's history follows a similar pattern. His "foal" has been bound, or touching, others of the "vine" since his founding. His history of wars with his brethren needs no confirmation from me. German alcohol consumption is recognized as the highest in Europe. They also sustain a high dairy production.

Of course, you realize this can only be dubbed as a conclusion, based on the best available information contained in the Bible and secular history. Sometimes the descriptions are so vague that we are forced into an educated guess.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. v:13

The border unto Zidon described the location of Zebulun's inheritance in Canaan. But if you'll recall, from verse 1, this is a "last days" prophecy. So we must look to the seacoast of Europe.

Zebulun, more than likely, is the Netherlands.

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

vs: 14-15

This is an excellent description of Switzerland. Nestled in the Alps for protection, he has long been known for strength in civil defense. He has remained neutral in every war. The International Red Cross was born there, "as the shoulder to bear," and as a "servant unto tribute" he sports his world famous haven of Swiss bank accounts.

As this book is being revised in 2000, I have received additional confirming data regarding the Tribe of Issachar�According to one researcher, Issachar reportedly split during the northwest travels of Israel, one element of Issachar going to Switzerland, the other, larger to Finland�(Yar Davidy-The Tribes)

One other researcher, in his recent book, The "Lost" Ten Tribes of Israel�Found! writes, that to identify Issachar, we must look for a nation which has a tradition of being quasi-independent (under tribute), located "between" two stronger nations or spheres of influence (the "two" burdens), and dwelling in reasonable peace and prosperity (their "rest was good, and the land�was pleasant.")

"The nation of Finland has long been in the condition of being a buffer zone between stronger, competing nations. History saw Finland caught between Russia and Sweden, who fought over the sovereignty of Finland. Finland has found peace and prosperity by "crouching down between two burdens." See No.18 in Book Index

These conditions fulfill the prophecy in Gen. 49 about Issachar's descendants in our modern world. One of their ancient poems, refers to them as being of Scythian stock. An especially confirming note, is the fact that the Finnish word for Father, Issa, is a prefix from their ancestors name�.

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

vs: 16-18

We discussed some of the traits of Dan back in Chapter 38, and how he was the seafaring band of the tribes. "Why did Dan remain in ships?" (Judges 5:17). Moses also prophesied in Deut. 33.22, that Dan would "leap from Bashan." Dan not only "leaped" into ships, but he also leaped to northern Israel and conquered Laish according to Joshua 19:47. Notice also in this verse, that they renamed it Dan after their father. This trait would follow the Danites wherever they roamed. This northern contingent went into the Assyrian captivity. (See 2 Kings 18:11.) After Assyria lost their power, due in large part to the destruction of 185,000 of their soldiers by the angel of the Lord, as recorded in Is. 37:36, the Danites along with the rest of the "lost" tribes, began their trek northwest. The "serpent's" path would indeed be winding, but the Danites would leave the mark of their father wherever they went until they reached their final destination.

The rivers of Don, Dnieper, and Danube are just a few of Dan's waymarks. The seafaring contingent left their "marks" with such noteworthy names as the Dardanelles, Dundee, London, and Denmark. The Dardanelles was the sea passage they took as they came out of Assyria towards Europe. The names Dan and Don are common even today.

In Scotland, a common way to seal a deal between two people is to say dun. Another common phrase, practiced in this country, is when an auctioneer ends bidding. He says, "All in, all dun!" This could be the meaning of "Dan shall judge (duwn-in Hebrew) his people.

As far as Dan being the adder that bit the horse heels and dislodges the rider, this could only be in reference to the many forays by the Danites which defeated the heathen throngs of the medieval period. The Dardanoi (Dan) allied with the Trojans in the ten years war against the Greeks. The Vikings were of Danite descent. They ravaged the seacoasts of Europe in the 8^th and 10^th centuries. Not many people know it, but the Vikings were the Czars of Russia, which "dislodged" the Mongolian hordes of the Russian steppes.

Dan also waited the longest for their "salvation" of the Lord. They didn't throw off their pagan worship of Odin until their kings, in the 14^th and 15^th centuries, actually forced them into Christianity.

Dan therefore would be the Scandinavians.

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

vs: 19

So little information is given here it is impossible to make even a guess as to what nation today would be Gad. We must look to Moses' final blessing to the children of Israel in Deut. 33:20-21:

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

As near as can be determined, Gad is more than likely Spain or France. Both are large, both have been "overcome" by a troop (army) and both prevailed in the end. Spain was overcome by Roman legions and was partly occupied by the Moors in the 8^th century. France bowed for a time to Rome and twice to Germany. My personal leaning would be toward Spain, because of its many kings (crown of the head) and early history as a conqueror. Legend has it that Jeremiah also married off one of the Zedekiah daughters to the king of Spain before he went with Tea-Tephi to Ireland. This would fulfill the prophecy, "a portion of the lawgiver was seated there."

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

vs: 20

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Deut. 33:24-25

Italy would certainly wave its hand to all these descriptions. Italian diets have always been composed of the pasta base, hence: "bread shall be fat." They have always been noted for their large families. Italy produces a lot of the world's olive oil. And during its conquering days, who could dispute the saying that these were the days his shoes were iron and brass. Roman power is described in Daniel as the fourth beast, whose teeth, were of iron, and his nails of brass, Dan. 7:19. Italy is also shaped like a boot! Which would enable him to "...stamp the residue with his feet," (also Dan. 7:19).

Now to Naphtali:

Naphtali is a hind [doe deer] let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Gen. 49:21

And of Naphtali: he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and south.

Deut. 33:23

Since Naphtali's inheritance in Canaan was in the north, we can assume that west and south would refer to his future home in Europe. A doe deer label would tend to indicate promiscuous behavior. Of the nations of Europe there is only one that would fit this label both politically and morally. That nation is France. Its borders touch the west (Atlantic) and the south (Mediterranean.)

Joseph is next in the prophetic analysis of Genesis 49. Due to the length of the analysis of Ephraim and Manasseh, I'll omit it here, saving this for the conclusion of this book. So let's skip down to Benjamin's blessing in verse 27:

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Also in Deut. 33:12:

And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him, and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

Benjamin's morning history was certainly one of turbulence. In fact, he was nearly annihilated by his brethren. (Read Judges 20-21.) Now, according to the description in Deuteronomy, Benjamin would dwell by the beloved of the Lord (Joseph). "Between the shoulder" could only mean above him. If you'll look at a map of North America and Britain, you'll notice nations perched above America and Briton are Canada and Scotland. Further proof is given by the saying: "The Lord shall cover (protect) him all the day long." Canada and Scotland have never been invaded by a foreign power. Also, Benjamin was to divide the spoil. The spoil was the wealth and abundance of this North American continent, which we'll soon see was the inheritance of the "great nation" of Manasseh. Joseph, you'll recall, gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment before he returned to Canaan (Gen. 45:22). This act symbolized his sharing of a greater wealth in the future generations of their seed, over and above the other brothers.

The Scots of history, were certainly aware of their past. In a 1320 AD letter to the Pope and England's king, (The Letter of Arbroath) 37 Scottish chieftans set in concrete their opposition to Rome and confirmed a unique understanding and recognition of their own ancestry. This historic letter, or Declaration, confirmed their historical travels as a people for more than 1000 years, noting the way points and passages en route, but, equally important, declaring their ancestry to be of ancient Israel. Consider this extract from this historic letter:

"�The which Scottish nation, journeying from Greater Scythia by the Tyrrhene Sea and the Pillars of Hercules, could not in any place or time or manner be overcome by the barbarians, though long dwelling among the fiercest of them, coming thence, twelve hundred years after the transit of Israel, with many victories and many toils, they won habitation in the West�"

Further confirmation of its validity and of Scots ancestry, is a reference to St. Andrew, the disciple sent to Scythia, now recognized as the patron saint of Scotland. See No.22 in Book Index.

Before I comment on Joseph's blessings in versus 22-26, it should be pointed out that these blessings of the birthright pertain - in most cases - to both Ephriam and Manasseh. Ephriam would receive his blessing first, and Manasseh later. Ephraim, you'll recall, received the right hand blessing of being a multitude of nations. Manasseh, on the other hand, (no pun intended) was to become a great people. In other words, one great nation. With this in mind, I'll show you that only two nations in the world today fit these descriptions. Ephraim's multitude of nations is the British Commonwealth. The great and powerful nation of Manasseh is America. Now I'll prove it!

Joseph is a fruitful bough [wealthy], even a fruitful bough by a well [ocean]; whose branches run over the wall [expanding territories]: the archers have sorely grieved him [attempted to destroy], and shot at him, and hated him.

vs: 22-23

Roman legions (A.D. 50), the Norman Conquest (1066), the Spanish Armada (1588), and the German bombardment during W.W. II, are just some of the grieving that England suffered.

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;�"

v: 24

Every one of Joseph's griefs have come from his brethren. The Roman legions tried several times to subjugate him, but every attempt failed. (Read No.11 in Book Index.)

�(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

v.24

"From thence," means: (From this source) will come the stone kingdom (Zion) which will be the headquarters of the chief shepherd (Christ).

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

v: 25

This verse denotes the following to Joseph: Blessings of rain, of oil and mineral wealth, of nourishment, and many children. Up until last few decades, the Anglo-Saxon people, with few exceptions, had from six to twelve children per family. And what fool could deny that these people have not received rich abundance of the world's foods, and oil and mineral wealth?

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

v: 26

The British Isles are indeed separate from the brethren, but the greater fulfillment is the separation of America. For Manasseh would "separate from his brethren" unto the wilderness of "the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills" to fulfill his destiny of "being a great people." This great nation would fulfill the parenthetical phrase of verse 24, "from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:"

Now perhaps you think that this a bit too presumptuous? How do we know that this stone kingdom isn't Australia, South Africa, or even Canada? All of these are colonies developed in part, or in whole, by England�are they not? Indeed they are, my friends, but they don't fit the critique. We'll have to search out more identifying marks to see if my assumption is true. In Deut. 33:13-17, Moses expands on Joseph's blessing. Most of it is a repetition of Israel's blessing, but he did add to the blessing.

"His glory is like the firstling of the bullock"�

v: 17

In other words, Ephraim's glory would also pass to the first of his bullocks. The strength of the father passing to the first-born is a Bible principle throughout the Book. In this case, the "father" was Ephraim, and Manasseh was the first-born. America was the only white populated colony of England that has ever declared its complete independence from the mother country. Canada, New Zealand, Australia, etc. still remain loyal to the Commonwealth of Britain.

South Africa was founded by the Dutch in the 17^th century. It came into the British Commonwealth after the Boer War of 1899-1902. The "Boers" were Dutch Colonists who opposed British rule. So South Africa could never qualify as being the "firstling" bullock.

Now let's finish quoting this verse 17,

�and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

We can tell from this description that Ephraim would be ten times more people than Manasseh. Notice also the plate on this page. This is the royal arms of the British Seal, the lion to signify the Zarah line of Judah, and the Unicorn to fulfill verse 17. Also notice the harp of David on the seal, and the three lions that represent the three throne overthrows, or the overturns. I only have one question: Is the lion on the very top of the seal symbolic of the Lord?

�behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book.

Rev. 5:5

To further strengthen our case that Manasseh is America, we must know a little of the history of the American forefathers. These Puritans came to America in the early 1600s. The Anglican Church of England - established when Henry the VIII broke from the papacy - had never fully thrown out the trappings of the popery. These puritans wanted reform, but they were in the minority. Persecution followed. Many were cast into prison for their beliefs. Many more escaped to Holland and Switzerland. As time passed, they petitioned King George for land charters to come to the New England "wilderness" and establish colonies for the king. Their requests were granted. Now, consider Isaiah 2:2-3:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:�.

And so they came, from the early 1600s until the middle of the 1700s. Every one of the founding Thirteen charters of the colonies, was dedicated to the glory of God and to the advancement of the Christian faith. The tenacious zeal of the early pastors for the Word of God and Christian principles led these pilgrims and puritans for 150 years. This zeal eventually culminated in the Constitution and the Bill of rights, which, have since been recognized as the greatest documents ever struck by the hand of man, thus fulfilling the prophecy found in Isaiah 28:16:

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

The amazing thing is that our founding fathers knew who they were, and what they were doing. Because of their devotion to God's Word, they had their "blindness" lifted, so that they could fulfill their destiny. For a complete study on America's beginning, I recommend you read: "The Christian History of the Constitution of The United States of America," which is No.12 in the Book Index.

Now let's go into the Bible and see if America fits all the attributes prophesied to happen to the great end-time daughter. The first full-blown promise of the daughter of Jerusalem was given in 2 Sam. 7:10:

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime.

As the verse says, It was to be a nation gathered out of all Israel. Does America fit that description? Does she have the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, Scandinavians, Germans, French, Spanish, Swiss, and the Italians? There can be little doubt that she has fulfilled the prophecy to a "t". No other nation on the face of the earth can make that claim. Also the prophecy says "�that the children of wickedness will afflict them no more, as beforetime." "As beforetime" means: that they would not be deported out of that country as was so common in their early history.

The prophet Jeremiah put it this way in Jer. 23:7-8:

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt [they will lose their identity];

But, the Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

Now at this point you may be thinking: If the daughter of Jerusalem is only for the Israel nations, what are the non-Israel nations doing here? That's a good question that deserves an answer.

Solomon provides us the example in the prayer he gave at the dedication of the Lord's temple in 2 Chr. 6:32-33:

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

In other words, they are welcome if they recognize the Lord and worship him alone, and abide by His laws. If they are here for other reasons, for example: mayhem, welfare, crime, or worshipping other gods like Buddha, Judaism, Hinduism, Mohammedanism, or mother Mary, they are not welcome. In fact, they should be expelled. This, of course, is not what our "liberal" clergy call for. They cry multiculturalism and ecumenism.That is to say, All are welcome! This, as we've read, is not scriptural. In fact, if these dregs remain within our borders they will become�.

�snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

Joshua 23:13

There is also another warning in the previous verse of Joshua 23 that strikes at the very heart of the problem in America today.

�Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations [the heathen], even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you.

v: 12

�Know for certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you�.

v: 13

So there you have it! The reason the heathen remain here, and why the liberal clergy applauds�It's because we have made marriages with them. The Lord has said, in effect, Stew in your own juice. If you want to know the solution to this problem, read Ezra 9 and 10, where the holy seed mingled with the people of those lands�"

Let's go on now to other end-time prophecies and see if they apply to America. We've quoted this one before, but we didn't analyze in depth.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain [nation] of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills [small nations]; and all nations shall flow into it.

Is. 2:2

I ask you. Which nation has become the most powerful and exalted nation in these "last days?" Have all nations flowed into it?

Verse 3 continues:

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

The Spirit of America was always her liberty. This is what the people came to learn and enjoy:

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Cor. 3:17

Another reference is made in verse 3 of Isaiah 2. Notice that the law shall go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. So we can see that Zion is now fine-tuned to represent the city where American law originated. If you read Appendix G, you'll know that this city is now Washington D.C.

Now, in reading Appendix G, you'll also understand that the countryside of America is called Jerusalem. In other prophecies she is called the holy mountain and the daughter of Jerusalem. The word Jerusalem is quite a revealing word, because it means: foundedpeaceful.

It also has a name hidden in it. Can you find it? JerUSAlem. Do you think this is a coincidence?

Now that we know that the Word will go forth from Jerusalem, how can we figure out if this has been fulfilled? You may not know it, but 90% of the world's Bibles are printed in the United States! And did you know that 85% of the world's Christian missionaries also come from the United States? The other ten and fifteen percent respectively come from England and the other Israel nations of the world. Has the word gone forth from JerUSAlem?

The prophet Micah also confirmed that Zion was the ruling entity of the daughter of Jerusalem. The first part of Micah 4, is a repeat of Isaiah 2. When we read down to verses 7-13, Micah expands on Isaiah's prophecy by giving us the meaning of Zion and the daughter of Jerusalem as America, the final terminus, the end of the westward trek of Israel - of Christianity.

And I will make her that halted a remnant [group of turned ones], and her that was cast far off a strong nation:�

v: 7

Notice here that the remnant was to be cast far off from her brethren, and made a single nation. And wouldn't the Puritans be the remnant?

�and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth even for ever.

v: 7

In other words, because of America's laws, which are based on the Bible and English Common Law, all decisions that come out of Washington would have the Lord's blessing/or cursing, depending on the adherence of the people to God's law.

And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

v: 8

Notice again that the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem�.not the old mother. Jesus also confirmed this prophecy when he told the Jews in Matt. 21:43:

Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Perhaps you've never thought of it before, but every doctrine that Jesus laid down to the disciples regarding their leadership roles is fulfilled in the government of the United States.

For instance:

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

Matt. 10:24

This means: the disciple (Christian) takes orders from Christ (the master), and the servants (our public elected servants) are subservient to their lords, i.e., the Christian public. This is why our elected representatives are known as public servants. Only in a form of government known as a Republic will you find this to be the case. This example is magnified by Jesus when he washed the disciples' feet in John 13:4-17. I suggest you read that account. I'll quote verses 15-17:

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent, greater than he that sent him.

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

As you can see, this is exactly the way a Republic operates. We elect public servants to represent us in government. They are to take orders from us, and not to be "greater" than us. In other words, an oligarchy, an earthly king, or a dictatorship will not be allowed to rule over the stone kingdom - the daughter of Zion. America led the vanguard of this principle among the Israel nations; led as well, the justifiable use of a "militia" when it was needed.

Now let's go on in Micah 4, because trouble is ahead for this "tower of the flock."

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

v: 9

The Lord is asking three questions of the "tower of the flock." Why are you crying? Where is thy king? Is thy God dead?

Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion [Washington], like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city [Zion], and thou shalt dwell in the field [become earthy], and thou shalt go even to Babylon�

v: 10

In other words, Washington would abandon her God and Constitution (her counsellors). She would begin to pass laws contrary to God's laws (dwell in the field), and by doing so, come under the control of Babylon. As I've shown before in this study, Babylon is the symbolic name of economic, governmental, and spiritual bondage to the anti-Christ. Can anyone deny this isn't America's state today? But, thank God, we shall be delivered. Concluding the words in verse 10:

�there shalt thou be delivered; There the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

To redeem, means to buy back, but our redemption won't be with money. As we read in Is. 52:2-3.

Shake thyself from the dust [of the field]; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thy self from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Now back to Micah 4:11,

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Because Washington has been dismantling her internal security forces since the 1970's, she now harbors more spies and subversive aliens in leadership positions than any nation in history. The USSR, Red China, and the nations of the world that fall under their sway, would most certainly be considered against Zion. The minions of "One world government," controlled by the anti-Christs, have infiltrated into every sector of our institutions. Their stooges, for decades, have even controlled the cabinet of the President. Read No.13 in Book Index

But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion [Washington]: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 4:12-13

And so America has the promise from the Word of God, that at some point in time, Washington will rise up and "thresh" these nations seeking to defile and destroy the daughter of Jerusalem. (This threshing will need inspirational impetus from the People)

This, my Christian brethren, is what is known - in Bible terms - as the Gospel of the Kingdom. It is the gospel that Christ preached during his flesh advent. Nearly all of his parables were Kingdom parables. Many of them can be read in Matt. 13. It is the gospel he taught the disciples for forty days, after he rose from the dead (Acts 1:3). It was the teaching of this gospel to the disciples that prompted this question from them in Acts 1:6,

�Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Did Christ say they were wrong in their assumption? Hardly! He told them only this:

It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:7-8

And so, my Christian friends, I declare unto you the long-neglected gospel of the Kingdom:

The Kingdom is now restored, and is made manifest in the United States of America.

The Kingdom with Christ as its chief cornerstone (Matt. 21:42).

The nation with a constitution based on God's laws and liberty for its foundation (Is. 28:16).

The "man child" born in a day, July 4, 1776�that will rule all nations (Is. 66:7-9, Dan. 2:44, Rev. 12:5).

The nation whose founders came here on "eagles' wings" (Ex. 19:4). Whose original thirteen colonies were a representative number of the thirteen tribes (Joseph, of course, being a double portion) Gen. 48:22.

A nation whose Great Seal (see back of a one dollar bill) is symbolic of her status:

The thirteen stars in the cloud representing God's protection of Israel coming out of Egypt.

The right talon of the eagle holds thirteen arrows to show her strength of resolve (Ps. 21:12).

The left talon holds a single olive branch with thirteen leaves to represent the uniting of the house of Israel and the house of Judah in Joseph's stick (Ez. 37:15-28).

In the eagle's beak is a banner declaring, E. PLURIBUS UNUM, thirteen letters meaning: Out Of Many One.

The obverse side of the seal has a pyramid which is the symbolic recognition of the witness left in Egypt (Is. 19:19-20).

The all-seeing eye is the "chief cornerstone" awaiting the Descent, to begin the millennial reign of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ps. 118:22).

The twelve foundation stones are set on the sure foundation which bears the Roman Numerals MDCCLXXVI (1776), the year of America's Declaration of Independence, and 2520 years after Israel's divorce. The "seven times" of punishment having ended (Lev. 26:18).

The bottom ribbon declares in Latin: NOVUS ORDO SECULORUM, meaning: The new order of the Ages has begun!

Across the top is written ANNUIT CCEPTIS, meaning: God has blessed our beginnings. For an in-depth study of America's Great Seal, see No. 14 in the Book Index.

America's currency and coinage declares: IN GOD WE TRUST. It's the only country that does this!

And so, my Christian friends, you now know the truth of the gospel of the Kingdom. The ball is in your court. Will you repent of the errors of your ways and seek the Light of God's Word? Will this good news fall on "good ground" and bring forth much fruit as in the parable of the sower (Matt. 13:18-23)?

The full manifestation of the Kingdom will come about following the fall of Mystery Babylon. Read Appendix I, for a better understanding on how and when this change will come about. It will be a time of purging and chaos. Will you have your "loins girded" and your "garments spotless" as we move into the Kingdom era?

Perhaps you still think the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is somewhere off in space. If that's your current persuasion let me offer Matt. 13:36-43 as reproof:

To set the stage for you - The disciples had just heard Jesus speak about the Kingdom parable of the wheat and the tares (Matt. 13:24-30). They didn't understand it, so they are asking for His interpretation in Matt. 13:36,

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man [Christ];

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.

The enemy that sowed them is the devil [diabolos]; the harvest is the end of the world [age]; and the reapers are the angels.

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world [age].

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity.

And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matt. 13:37-43

Now, my Christian friends, if the kingdom of Heaven (God) is somewhere up in heaven, what are the "children of the wicked one" doing in it? Aren't they supposed to be in a "burning hell" according to "modern day" preachers? They are the Tares! Note how determined the Lord was in stating that He would have to send in His angels to resolve the problem of these Tares before the harvest! Angels, sent to remove the tares from the wheat fields of the Lord. Today, the Tares have risen above the over-ripened Wheat, confirming that the "time of the harvest" is near.

The prophet Malachi also foresaw this truth of the kingdom of Heaven on the earth and recorded it in Mal. 4:1-3:

And ye [the righteous] shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under to soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord.

v: 3

Notice here, by the way, that the wicked will be ashes under the feet of the righteous, and not in some mythical "tormenting hell." (Read "The Torment of Hell" - Fact or Fiction? In Appendix J) If the witness of Jesus and Malachi haven't convinced you that the Kingdom will be on the earth read Zechariah 14:12-21, and the New Testament companion verses to Zechariah in Rev. 21:24-27. If the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is up in heaven somewhere, how can the "�kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it?" Rev. 21:24. The fact is they cannot! Yes, my friends, the kingdom of God is here today. Not fully revealed in its complete manifestation as yet - as we all can see, but the indications are increasing! The "blindness in part," of Israel, is being cured.

The question now is: What can we as individual Christians do to prepare ourselves for the coming day of the Lord?

First off, we must repent! That means recognizing our wayward and unscriptural life styles, and turn to the ways of the Lord. Only the Bible can show you how to do that.

We must demand that our leaders enforce God's laws, statutes, and judgments to clean up the nation. Personal salvation alone will not bring about justice and integrity in the Kingdom's administration and leadership. National integrity and administration of His laws as the law of the land must follow to overcome our maladministration.

Regenerated Christians must withdraw themselves from the churches that don't teach God's laws for us, and our nation. These are the churches that have left the Word of God, and now follow a Christ not taught in the Bible. As a rule, these are the ones who refuse to recognize, to reveal the gospel of the Kingdom. (Read 2 Cor. 6:14-17.)

In our secular lives we must remove ourselves from all the machinations of "Mystery Babylon." This can be done by following God's laws instead of man's. Here are just a couple of examples:

If you are collecting interest (usury) from any investment, you're violating God's law! Read it in Ex. 22:25 - Lev. 25:36-37 - and Deut. 23:20. Just in case you have been taught that there's a difference in usury and interest, I suggest you look up the word "usury" in your Hebrew Concordance. The terms are synonymous. Interest on anything is tantamount to theft in God's eyes.

America's unscriptural, debt-usury, money system plays on the greed of the citizenry by offering them something (interest) for nothing. Using the greedy citizen's money for an asset base, the bankers can then practice fractionalreserve banking (FRB). Under our current banking laws, FRB then expands the original "savings" of the citizen into exponential amounts of loaning credit. The unscrupulous banker never loans out the original "savings" of the citizen. That "savings" is now his reserve asset. What he does is collect interest on his exponentially created lines of credit.

It has been the slickest form of "shylocking" ever contrived by the hand of man.

If Christians would withdraw their savings from these flimflam operations, economic Babylon would collapse. A parasite cannot live without a host!

Another revelation you'll discover when you turn your life over to the Lord, and his law, is that you no longer need insurance! When you think about it, isn't that correct! Who protects you anyway? Our Father, or the insurance company? Carnal people "depend" on secular insurance to "protect" them from the wrath of God. God's children, on the other hand, only depend on their Father. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without the Father's knowledge, how much more valuable are you? And if every hair of you head is numbered, what need do you have for man's protection? (Ref. Matt. 10:29-30.)

Remember how Job put it - "�the Lord gave, and Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" Job 1:21. In other words, you can rest assured that if the Lord's wrath falls on you - no insurance will "save" you.

When you really study God's Word and start living its Truth, it makes a laughingstock out of the current popular lifestyles, and shows the total lack of faith and resolve of "modern" society.

America today is wallowing in a quagmire of secular humanism. The "get" generation is now in vogue, with all its sensual lusts being manifested through a deceitful Media communications. Those of us who know the outcome, plead, as Watchmen on the wall: "Turn from your wicked ways."

The "rope" of God's Word dangles before your face. You can either pull yourself out of your sins with it, or it can hang you. My question for luke-warm Christians, is this: how long will it take, brother, before you grab hold?

You, my friend, now know the truth of America's destiny. You have received a large portion of God's truth about your past, about yourself today! This knowledge carries contingent responsibilities:

And that servant, which knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask more.

Luke 12:47-48

May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have mercy on us all

AMEN!

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APPENDIX A
THE "SECRET PRE TRIBULATION RAPTURE" DOCTRINE

Unless you're a fundamentalist, you've probably never heard of the "pretribulation rapture" doctrine. So this review will be directed at those who are willing to submit to what the Bible teaches, and not what is currently echoing around the fundamentalist camp.

The first question I must ask is this: Am I to become your enemy if I tell you the truth?

I pray not, because I write this in Christian love to edify you and to spare you from suffering and stripes in the Day of the Lord.

Now let me show you why the doctrine of the "pretribulation rapture" is so damaging to Christianity.

Doctrines will determine courses of action. And a Christian's action will be directly affected by that belief. By believing that he will be removed from the earth before the "great tribulation" the Christian will say in his heart, 'Why should I care what happens around me. I'm leaving when it gets too bad.'

As you can see, this is a very neutralizing doctrine. It even fosters the idea that the worse it gets�the sooner I'll be "raptured," so why should I oppose evil?

Can you imagine how the anti-Christ's among us love to hear that? While Christians cower in their spiritual foxholes, they give free-reign over our institutions and nation to the anti-Christ's.

Now that you can see what fruit this doctrine bears, let's go into the doctrine itself and see if this is actually truth, or a vanishing vapor from the pit.

To avoid making this study a book in itself, I'll just hit the high points of the doctrine.

According to "pretribulation rapture" doctrine, the Christians will fly off to meet Christ in heaven. They will remain there for a period of seven years. During their absence the "anti-Christ" (little horn) will take over the earth and revive the old Roman Empire. He will make a covenant with the Jews which will allow them to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. The Jews will renew the daily sacrifice. The "rapturists" claim this is the "abomination that maketh desolate." After 3� years, the "anti-Christ" will break the covenant and persecute the Jews. Then, after a total of 7 years -- which the rapture doctrine maintains is the ''Great Tribulation'' -- Christ will return with all his ''raptured'' saints. They will destroy the anti-Christ and begin the 1000-year Kingdom Age.

As it's plain to see, there's no reason to fear the ''Great Tribulation," because Christians won't be here when it occurs.

Now I'd like to quote some Bible passages to see if this "pretribulation" removal of Christians is really a Bible doctrine.

I beheld, and the same horn [the little horn] made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Dan. 7:21.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. 24:29-31

As you read, friend. When would the elect be gathered? Yes -- as it said in verse 29, "Immediately after the tribulation."

For a third witness let's look at Rev. 17:5-6 and 18:24.

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (vs: 5-6)

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (18:24)

After reading these verses, where does that leave the "pretribulation" rapture doctrine? If you answered: "Without foundation," you're right.

As far as the gathering of the living saints is concerned, this is a Bible doctrine. But when it occurs is the key.

In I Thes. 4:13-18, Paul says it doesn't occur before the dead are first resurrected. I'll quote verses 16 and 17 to prove this to you.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Combining these verses, and Matt. 24:30-31, we see that not only will all tribes of the earth mourn, but it will be a time of a great shout and a trumpet sounding. It doesn't sound like a very "secret" or silent time to me. How about you?

Now if you'll turn to Rev. 20:4-6, and read these verses, you'll see this is the time frame that Paul was talking about. By the time you get to Revelation 20, Mystery Babylon has fallen, (Rev. 18) and the kingdom has been cleansed of the wicked and those that have received the mark of the beast in Revelation 19.

As you can plainly see, the living Christians will be right here all the time. The "rapture," or as the Bible calls it, the gathering of the saints -- doesn't occur until the first resurrection of Rev. 20:4-5. -- I pray this will edify you, if you're a current believer of the "pretribulation rapture" doctrine. For a more complete study on where this doctrine originated, order No. 17 in Book Index.

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APPENDIX B
WHAT WAS "NAILED TO THE CROSS"?

According to the Bible the. only part of God's law that changed -- after Christ was the ordinances (Heb. 9:9-12 and Col. 2:14). We'll explain these changes later on in this study. The laws, statutes, and judgments were never changed or done away with. Matt. 5:17-19 and Romans 3:31 make this clear enough.

The modern misconception that when Christ fulfilled the law he destroyed it, is a play on words, and a doctrine from the pit. The word "fulfil" (in most cases) simply means to do. And "fulfilled" means done.

If Christ put the law away, why did Paul say to Christians in Gal. 6:2, "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill [do] the law of Christ." James said, "If ye fulfill [do] the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well" (James 2:8).

The modern clergy are taught in the seminary that Christ destroyed the old Mosaic law by giving two new laws. They quote Matt. 22:35/40 to confirm their new doctrine.

What Christ actually did was lump the whole law into two commandments. If a person loves the Lord his God with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his mind, he will not violate any part of the first five commandments (Ex. 20:3-11). And if a person loves his neighbor as himself, that person will not violate any of the last five of the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:12-17).

Christ made it very clear how a Christian could show his love for him in John 14:15, and 21:

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John expands even more on this in I John 2:4 and 7:

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

Yes, my friend, there's no new commandment given. Only a consolidating of the old into two major categories.

If you remember this you'll do well.

Now let's examine what changes in ordinances took place with Jesus' death and resurrection.

1. The ordinance of circumcision was changed from a fleshly ordinance to a spiritual circumcision of the heart (Rom. 2:29).

The whole book of Galatians is a discourse concerning how a group of Jews was trying to convince the church at Galatia that fleshly circumcision was still required to become a Christian. Many ministers use this book to teach that the whole law is put away. But any thorough reading of the book of Galatians will show that what Paul was writing about was the end of fleshly circumcision, as it pertains to salvation.

2. The blood ordinances of the temple ritual were finished when Christ gave himself as a Lamb without spot or blemish (sinless) Hebrews 9 and 10 are two excellent chapters to study how this was accomplished.

3. The ordinance of temple worship was also ended in Christ. We now worship in the spiritual tabernacles of our bodies, and not in earthly buildings. I Cor. 3:16-17 and Matt. 18:20 are examples of this truth.

4. The shew bread and drink offerings of the old temple ordinance were replaced by the communion service of the Lord's Supper.

Many churches desecrate this sacrament by using fermented wine in the observance. Fermented wine is tantamount to using leavened bread. Leaven in the Bible represents sin. (Ex. 34:25) (Lev. 2:11) (Matt. 16:6-12) (1 Cor. 5:6-8) That's why the original feast of unleavened bread was the forerunner of the Lord's Supper.

Leaven as you know is yeast, and yeast causes fermentation. Wine is made by the fermenting of grape juice using yeast, or the old term leaven. By using wine as a substitute for the Lord's blood in the sacrament, a church is saying that the Lord's blood contained leaven, or was not sinless! This is serious business when you really analyze it. It's obvious that these churches have never read Lev. 10:9-10:

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute forever throughout young generations:

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Notice here that this is a statute and not an ordinance! And that it's to be forever. Also note God considers wine and strong drink unholy and unclean within his tabernacle. In this day and age, our bodies are the tabernacle of the Lord's abode. (If you're born again.) Read I Cor. 3:16-17. How do you think this statute applies. today?

5. The divers washings of the carnal ordinances were imposed by God on the ancient temple ritual to signify the Holy Ghost that was to come at the time of reformation. That reformation was Christ. (Ref. Heb. 9:10.)

John the Baptist led the way with the new ordinance of bodily baptism to signify the cleansing of the new tabernacle, i.e., the body. (Read Acts 1:5.)

The Holy Ghost followed -- via Christ -- to fill the born again Christian with the Spirit of Christ that overcomes our carnal nature and leads us into the paths of his righteousness. This -- in a nutshell -- is what born again means. (Ref. Rom. 8:11.)

6. The last thing that was finished at the cross was the divorce decree of "lost" Israel (Jer. 3:8). This decree had brought enmity between Judah and Israel for over 700 years prior to Christ. Paul explains this uniting in Eph. 2:7-22.

This uniting is also a major part of this book, so I'll not explain it again here.

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APPENDIX C
EVE'S TEMPTATION

Have you ever wondered why it was Eve who was tempted and not Adam? Paul tells us in I Tim. 2:13-14:

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Notice that Adam was not deceived. He just went along with what Eve had done! In other words, he was moved to be a willing collaborator in the transgression. And by being a willing collaborator, shared the guilt of the transgression.

Now to the reason that Adam wasn't deceived. Adam was formed exclusively by Yahovah God. He had no flesh-mother, and because he had no flesh mother, Yahovah's spirit dominated his flesh so that he wasn't carnally minded.

Eve, on the other hand; was made by Yahovah out of Adam's flesh. She was then, in effect, the "weaker vessel." (See I Pe. 3:7.) If you'll recall, Adam called her bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.

There's one other important truth that nobody ever talks about in the creation of Eve. That is the fact that there's no record that Eve ever received the breath of life, which denotes a high intelligence and the Lord's Spirit! Eve then, as a flesh (Adam) creation of Yahovah, was able to be tempted by her fleshly nature whereas Adam could not be! Adam's flesh was created from the 'dust of the ground.' Now we both know that dust cannot be tempted, and neither can Yahovah's Spirit (James 1:13). So this explains why Yahovah had to create Eve out of Adam's flesh. This provided the weak link that could be tempted. It stands to reason that if this wasn't Yahovah's purpose, he would have created Eve also of the dust of the ground. Then neither Adam nor Eve could have been tempted in the flesh.

Now, if we read I John 2:16, you'll see what the three lusts of the flesh are:

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but is of the world.

Now you'll notice that these are exactly the lusts that Eve submitted to (Gen. 3:6): The lust of the flesh was her hunger for food. The lust of the eyes was that the tree was pleasant to her sight. And the pride of life was her desire to be wise.

If you'll recall, these three temptations were also laid upon Jesus' flesh. We can see then, that Jesus was the counterpart of Eve. He had a heavenly Father (or creator) like Eve, and also a flesh mother (Mary), of whom Adam was counterpart to Eve, i.e. a mother.

The temptations of Jesus are recorded in Luke 4:1-13:

1. The lust of the flesh -- to turn the stones into bread.

2. The lust of the eyes -- to look and desire to rule over all the kingdoms of the world.

3. Pride of life -- the temptation to leap from the pinnacle to prove that his favor with Yahovah would save him from his own foolishness.

The record is so clear, and so beautiful on this point, that it actually boggles the mind how the Lord has "hidden" it for so long. Praise ye the Lord, that it is now revealed!

Now that we know that Yahovah's Spirit cannot be tempted without the introduction of the flesh factor, what does that do with the theory of the "fallen angels?" Well, as you can see, it destroys it completely! The angels, like the Godhead, are spirit. And as spirit, they are not subject to the three lusts of the flesh.

While it is true that God has sent angels to appear in flesh bodies (Heb. 13:2): "they" always come in this form to do the Lord's will. The bodies "they" are given to appear in, are never "born of the flesh," but of the Spirit! This is why the angels are sterile (Matt. 22:30). And why the children of the resurrection will also be sterile (Luke 20:34-36). This is why those that are "reborn" of the Spirit are not subject to sin, nor can be (Rom. 8:5-14).

Perhaps you can now see why Yahovah had to introduce the "flesh factor" into Adamic man. Without the "lust of sex" there would be no Adamites born! David wrote:

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Ps. 51:5.

Now we know that David was not a bastard! He was the youngest son of Jesse's eight sons (1 Sam. 17:12-14). Knowing this, we can determine that marriage vows don't sanctify the act of intercourse. Spiritually speaking, sex is a "lust of the flesh" as David has said. Of course, this only pertains to Adamites, because the pre-Adamites were commanded to have children (Gen. 1:28). Adamic children are born as a result of Adam and Eve's sin. Therefore Adamic children are a product of sin.

When we begin to understand the awesome implication of this truth, we can faintly comprehend what predestination means (Eph. 1:4-14). In verse 4, of this chapter I read:

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

So, if we were chosen before the foundation of the world, we can readily see that the fall had to take place to bring forth his children (v: 5). Another startling fact that these verses reveal is that the choice of predestination is the Lord's, not ours!

Now that we know this truth, a whole new vista opens up for us. There's a popular misconception rattling around in churches today that maintains that man is the one who "makes the choice" to serve God! If you study this doctrine out in the Bible, you'll discover that this is not true. The one doing the "choosing" is the Lord.

Throughout the Old Testament it was always and forever the Lord who made the choice as to whom he selected to represent him. Abram was called out of Ur of the Chaldees (Babylon) to serve the Lord (Gen. 12:1). Isaac was chosen over Ishmael to carry on the seed line of Abraham (Gen. 21:12). Jacob was selected over his twin brother Esau at the discretion of the Lord (Gen. 25:23 and Rom. 9:10-14). All the Old Testament prophets and deliverers were also chosen by the election of God's grace. Many complained about being chosen, including Moses, (Ex. 4:10) Gideon, (Jud. 6:15) Jeremiah, (Jer. 1:4-6) et cetera. Even Jesus' disciples were chosen by him:

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye shall go and bring forth fruit, John 15:16

So it's evident from this, and numerous other Bible verses, that the choice is the Lord's -- not man's!

The "modern" philosophy that it's you who makes the decision for Christ is a fraud! It gives the power of sovereignty to man instead of where it belongs -- to God.

If the Lord wants you -- he will set up a series of events that will bring you into his camp. If you resist, he will chasten you until you do come. And so my friend, if you're not now right with his will, rest assured if he wants you, that he will purge the dross out of you

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Heb.12: 6.

When divine duress envelopes one of His people, more then likely the Lord is lifting the "blindness" and a "watchman's" warning may have sounded - by someone whose duty is to trumpet a message of warning - so important that God repeats it twice!

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore, hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

(Ez.3:17 & 33:7)

This responsibility to warn fellow Israelites is so adamantly demanded by the Lord, that the "Watchman" absorbs additional guilt if he fails to warn those brethren of their accountability to the covenants and laws of God. Consider:

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

(Ez. 33: 8-9)

When the Lord does call an individual to Him, there is also yet a greater need; that of national repentance and restoration; that all would come to the Restoration of the Kingdom of God!

Now, will you listen, now that you know who is really doing the talking?

The End of Appendix C

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