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BLACK HISTORY TOLD BY THE PROPHETS PART 2: SLAVERY
We have covered the color of the Israelites by placing them side by side with the sons of Ham in the first part of this three part series. We will now take a look at slavery. The next questions we must ask ourselves is, “why were we place into captivity and when will our captivity be over? Yes sisters and brothers we are in captivity at this very moment. We are in the worst confinement we can ever be in as a people. Think about this for a moment. Most of our people think our history began on the shore of America. That’s not so sisters and brothers, our history starts from the beginning. Most people are not aware of our great kings, one in particular is David. He warred against other nations and came out victorious in battle. The nation around his kingdom feared him greatly, because the Lord was with him. Another great king was Solomon. People from all over the world came to the land of Israel to hear the wisdom the Lord had gave him. The kingdom that David and his son Solomon reigned over stretched form the river of Egypt to the Euphrates river, we call this land the middle east today. Not knowing our own history we are a captive in your own minds. Most of our people say they are from Africa. Africa is a continent not a nation. In the first part of this series we saw that black is a color not a nation of people. Just because some one looks like us doesn’t mean they are our people. Now let’s take another look at the Holy Scriptures, which is our history and identify our people in the state of condition that they were in and that they will be in until the Lord returns. We will begin to see that our condition still remains the same. Let’s go to the book of Deuteronomy in chapter 28 and take a look at how our people could have been in a better state of condition, if they would have only listened and done what they were told. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth (Deuteronomy 28:1) Note what the Lord says, “if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD to do all his commandments which I command thee, He will set us on high above all nations of the earth. That would mean we would own all the large corporations. We would sit at the head of all the world governments. But, we have a stipulation here, notice the little word “if”? The Lord made it plain and simple, if we walked in His commandments we would be above all the nations of the earth. If we had done this we would be in this situation, take a look what the Lord in the 12 verse. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: (Deuteronomy 28:12-13)
The Lord says He will bless all the work of our hands, we will lend to many nation and we shall not borrow, we will be the head of everything and not on the bottom. There’s that condition again, “if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them.” Sounds good doesn’t it. Well, let’s go to the book of Daniel and see if our people Israel listen to the Lord. Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. (Daniel 9:11)Daniel states that all Israel has sinned and the curse written in the Law of Moses is upon us. We have read some of the blessing if our forefathers would have walked in the Lord’s Law. But, our forefathers did not make the cut. So, let’s return to the Law of Moses and take a look at some of the curses that the Lord has put upon our people for transgressing His Laws. This is another way to identify our people in the pages of the Bible, meaning the state of condition that we’re in today. Notice what the Lords says; But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. (Deuteronomy 28:15-16) Notice were ever you are the curse is upon you if you do not observe the Lord’s commandments. If we are in the city or in the countryside or the suburbs, we can not escape. Let’s skip down to the 25th verse. The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Deuteronomy 28:25) Above is another identifier. Note what it says, “and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.” Did it say migrate? No it says removed. Let’s skip to the 28th verse. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 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. Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. (Deuteronomy 28:28-30) This blindness isn’t a physical blindness, note what the verse says, “thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness.” Meaning you are trying to find your way, and no matter what you do you can not win. Notice something else, “Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:” This was prevalent during chattel slavery. The master of the plantation lied with the wife before the slave husband. Let’s skip down to the 43rd verse. The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. (Deuteronomy 28:43) Look around our neighborhoods, do the people that own the businesses look like us? Who’s selling you bad meat? The Arabs. Who is doing your nails and selling our women wigs? The Koreans. These people come to this country and right away they open some type of business. They are above us in every way. Take a look at the 44th verses. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. (Deuteronomy 28:44) As a nation do we own any financial institutions? Are we able to lend to anyone large sums of money? Sure there are a few banks owned by our people, but not on the scale of the Gentiles. Notice what the Lord says in the next set of verses. Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. (Deuteronomy 28:45-46) Notice what the Lord says, “the curse shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.” What is a sign used for? It is used to identify something. What does He mean a wonder? If we are not familiar with our God, we will always wonder why does everything bad happen to our people. Notice the last part of the 46th verse, it states the curse will be a sign upon thy seed forever. In other words the state of condition that we are in is an identifier. The next set of verses explains why we are always wondering, why does everything happen to our people. Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (Deuteronomy 28:48) A person might say, “I do serve the Lord with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things. I’m at church every Sunday, I cook from sun up to sun down for the church, I cook pork chops and catfish and so on.” But, I just can’t seem to have any peace, I always feel that I’m missing something.” Have you ever thought like that? Each one of these things are contrary to the Lord’s commandments. The Lords Sabbath day is the 7th day of the week not the first. He sanctified the seventh day and said to keep it holy. We are not supposed to cook anything on that day. The pork chops and catfish are an abomination unto us meaning these things are unclean to us. The Dietary Law is outlined in Leviticus chapter 11and remember the Lord only deems what’s clean and unclean not man. So, if we are not observing His commandments we will serve our enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. Pay close attention to the next verse. And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. (Deuteronomy 28:64) Notice the Lord states again how we will be scattered throughout the world, and we will serve other gods. If we call ourselves servants shouldn’t we do what He says to do? Yes. But, our people have kicked their way into every religion on the planet. In some churches you can’t get through the door without being hit by a statue. We have people bowing down to these images which can’t talk, walk, breath, or think. This is breaking His commandments. Some of our sisters and brothers wear crosses, not knowing the true meaning of the symbol. The cross is a Roman death symbol. In 70 A.D five hundred Israelite men, women, and children died on crosses every day until the Romans finally sacked Jerusalem. Jesus wasn’t the only brother that died on the cross. Let me ask the sisters and brothers that do this. If one of your family members were stabbed to death, would you wear a knife around your neck to commemorate his or her death? We might as well wear a hypodermic needle around our necks representing lethal injections or how about an electric chair. They even go as far as to tattoo a cross on their bodies. Do a little research nothing is hidden. Let’s continue. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (Deuteronomy 28:65-67) Have our people as a whole found ease among the nations? No! Beginning in the late 19th century, state and local governments passed segregation laws, known as Jim Crow laws, and mandated restrictions on voting qualifications that left the black population economically and politically powerless. If you are economically and politically powerless, you do not have a voice in anything, how can we be at ease? The civil rights movement can be defined as a mass popular movement to secure for black Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Do we have equal opportunities as the other peoples? No! In November 1997 the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a decision by a California appeals court that Proposition 209 was not unconstitutional. And in 1998 voters in the state of Washington approved an initiative that likewise banned most state-supported forms of affirmative action. In response to the 1995 Supreme Court ruling the White House announced (June 1998) new "narrowly tailored" policy guidelines limiting preferential treatment for minority businesses to areas of the economy where they are underrepresented. So, the little help that we’ve had is slowly depleting. Why? Plain and simple we will not hear what the Lord has to say. Here is another identifier that no one pays any attention to. And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. (Deuteronomy 28:68) Egypt in this case represents
captivity, there would be no need for ships to be used from Jerusalem to
Egypt. What nation of people were brought in hulls of ship, scattered
all over the Northern Hemisphere, and sold as slaves? If you are able to
answer that question
This detail from a diagram of a slave ship shows how captured Israelites were stowed for shipment to markets in the New World. Unclothed, underfed, and forced to lie on hard planking in unhygienic conditions, many failed to survive the transatlantic voyage. Let’s continue. Note what the Lord says by the mouth of Isaiah. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. (Isaiah 5:13-14) Hell is a state of condition, but notice what the Lord says, “Because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” We have no knowledge of who we are and most of all we have no knowledge of who the Lord really is. If we knew Him we would keep His laws and statutes. This thirst is not the thirst for literal water; we are famished by not receiving the water of life, which is the word of God. Note what the Lord say, to them who thirst, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:13-14). And he said unto me, “It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6). So you see this thirst is for the Word of God. Israel cannot function without the Lord’s word therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. And we are still in the pit. Let’s return to the book of Isaiah. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. (Isaiah 1:4)
We continue to sin, not knowing what iniquity is.
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law (I Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isaiah 1:5) In other words no matter what the Lord does to us we will not listen. We will continue to do as the other nations do, making up new doctrines which have nothing to do with the Lord God of the Bible. Let’s take a look at Isaiah chapter 3. And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. (Isaiah 3:4-5) Do our children rule over us? Yes. Who are standing on the corners like wild bulls in a net, calling themselves guarding their territory and don’t own anything but the close on their backs? It is our young brothers carrying gun killing each other over drugs and selling it to their own people. So, who oppresses us more than any other people? Ourselves! There is no one to blame for our shortcomings but us. If our forefathers would have listened to the Lord the entire earth would be at peace. Why? We would have done our job and that is to teach the Word of God to all the sons of Adam. Let’s skip down to the 12th verse. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12) Who do we see going to work in the morning? In our neighborhoods we see the sisters holding down the jobs taking care of the families, while the Gentiles declares war on the brothers by the order of the mighty God of Israel. The sisters have the jobs, they control the house. Note something very important in this verse, “they which lead thee cause thee to err.” Who are these other so-called leaders in our community that cause the people to err? The preachers! They tell their congregations, “The Law of the Lord has been nail to the cross, do what ever feels good to you the Lord understands, you are only human.” Without even attempting to find out which law was nailed to the cross. They assume it is the commandments, the High Sabbaths, and also the Dietary Law. There was only one law taken out and that was the Sacrificial Law. We as a people are pointing our fingers at everyone but ourselves, not trying to figure out why are our people are being destroyed on all sides. Pay close attention to what the Lord says by the mouth of Solomon and what He has done to His people. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. (Song of Solomon 1:5-6) The Songs of Solomon is not a love story between Solomon and a woman according to popular belief. The Songs are showing the Lord and the love He has for His people. Note what’s being said, “my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.” Who is the Lords vineyard? And why haven’t the Lord kept it? And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isaiah 5:5-7) Who is the Lords vineyard? For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. Why haven’t He kept His vineyard? We are a sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: we have forsaken the LORD, we have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, we are gone away backward. So, what is the result? I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. (Jeremiah 12:7) And we are in our enemies’ land, because we will not listen to what thus sayeth the Lord. Now, let’s go to the book of Luke, and see how Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and how Judah was finally removed from the land of Israel. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. (Luke 19:41-44) Let’s locate this in history. This is a quote from “Readers Digest- Atlas Of The Bible Pages 201 and 202. Sub-tile Revolts Against Rome” The walls enclosing the temple and the upper and lower cities were the most formidable barriers of all. Postponing an all-out assault, Titus turned to starvation tactics. A certain amount of food had been smuggled into the city almost nightly during the siege. But, now the Romans sealed off Jerusalem completely with a wall of their own, made of earth and some five miles in circumference. From the outset of the siege those attempting to get through the encircling lines had been caught and crucified. Sometimes the daily execution reached 500; the crosses were never bare. Inside the city starvation and disease claimed a mounting toll. Bodies filled the streets and were stacked in houses. Thousands of corpses were thrown from the walls into the valley below. Note what Jesus said in verse 43, “For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side.” What did Titus do in 70 A.D.? The Romans sealed off Jerusalem completely with a wall of their own, made of earth and some five miles in circumference. Notice how history lines up with the Bible? Let’s take another look at this in the 21st chapter of Luke. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. (Luke 21:20-23) Not what the 23rd verse say, “for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.” What people? Israel. The next verse will show how we were finally taken out of our land and scattered all over the world. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. (Luke 21:24) Notice a very important key here, the verses states Jerusalem will be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” We are still in the time of the Gentiles, so, that would mean Israel is still in captivity. If the scripture is correct and it is correct, who are those people that call themselves Jews that are in the land of Israel? Before we find out let’s take another look at some world history. The quote below is taken from “Reader’s Digest- The Last 2 Million Years page 87 sub-title Faith survives desperation.” In 70, when the country was again in the state of revolt, Jerusalem, the holy city, became the core of the resistance to the Romans. Titus, the son of Emperor Vespasian, proceeded to lay siege to Jerusalem. The city fell, and the inhabitants were enslaved in their thousands and dispersed throughout the Mediterranean world. Now, the verse states, “Israel shall be led away captive into all nations.” All means all. Every nation on this planet has a remnant of Israelites. When the slave trade began in the Land of Ham, Israelites were most certainly taken into captivity and sold by the Hamites to the Gentiles. Being that the sons of Ham, and the Israelites look a like, the Gentiles assumed the nations were selling their own people into captivity. Now let’s take a look at the people that call themselves Jews and see who they really are. Let’s take a look at the book of Obadiah. The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (Obadiah 1:1-3) The Edomites are despised only second to us. When the Israelites were led captive the Edomites captured some of the them that had escaped the Roman army, take a look. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. (Obadiah 1:10-14) This took place when the Romans sack Jerusalem. The other 10 tribes were scattered by the Assyrians hundreds of years before Judah and Benjamin were taken out totally. Take a look at this quote from the Grolier Encyclopedia; Edom was the land to the south and east of ancient Israel. Even though the Israelites had a racial tie with the Edomites, their relationship was one of constant hostility. No Edomite sources have survived, but archaeological evidence and other sources suggest a flourishing civilization of trade and agriculture in the second millennium ©. Very interesting don’t you think? No Edomite sources have survived? How do you hide a nation of people? Very easy, note what it says in the last part of the 13th verse, “nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.” What have Edom done? They have taken on our identity, took our way of life, and turned it into a religion. Now that Israel is scattered under every nation under the sun and the Edomites have taken our land, we are lost and have no idea who we are and where we’ve come from. When the Lord returns He will settle the controversy over Zion, He will set us back in our land, but there is always and IF when it comes to the Lord. The “IF” hasn’t changed, if we return to His Law and keep His commandments, as He wanted our forefathers to do. He will return us to our land in the time appointed. But, if we don’t return to His law, we will be thrown into the Lake Of Fire at the second resurrection along with the rest of the nations that do not keep His Word. Let’s pursue Edom for a moment. Take a look at this verse in the Book of Revelations and not what thee Lord say about people that call themselves Jews. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. (Revelation 2:9) In the first part of the verse were it states, “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art rich.” What does He mean we live in poverty and are rich at the same time? Take a look what Paul says in the Book of Romans, and you will see how our people are very wealthy, but only those who keep the Lord’s word. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (Romans 9:4-5) This is why our people are wealthy, the word of God was given to us. Now let’s take a look at the next part of the verse were it states, “I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” If the people that call themselves Jews were Jews, they would not be in the Jerusalem until the Lord returns. They would not be the head the entertainment industry, news media and neither would they be financiers of the world. And most of all they would believe Jesus is the Messiah. They do not match the profile of the Israelites of the Bible, which are poor and were taken captive not migrating into every nation under the sun. Note what the Lords says in this verse in Revelations chapter 3. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. (Revelation 3:9) We must remember sisters and brothers a Jew is only a member of the tribe of Judah. These people who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie say they are all Jews. If Israel is back in the land where are the other 11 tribes? All 12 tribes are where they are supposed to be, in captivity until the Lord returns. Let’s go to the Book of Ezekiel pay close attention to what’s being said. Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. (Ezekiel 11:14-15) Note what the Scripture says, “Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.” Who made this statement? Let’s return the Book of Obadiah and you will see it was the Edomites that spearheaded the taking of our land along with the Gentiles. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. (Obadiah 1:13-14) That’s very clear don’t you think. Let’s backup a few verses and see what happens to the Edomites that did this. The next set of scripture is a future event and will take place when the Lord returns. Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. (Obadiah 1:8-10) Note what’s being said, “in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom For thy violence against thy brother Jacob. This is one of the things that will take place when the Lord returns. Let’s return to the Book of Ezekiel and see one of the reasons why in the first Proverb in the 7th verse it states, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of “KNOWNLEDGE”.” Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezekiel 11:16) This is the being of knowledge, knowing that the Lord use men to punish men in some cases. And after He has punished whom He wants, He turns around and punishes the ones that were used to punish the others. This is why we MUST FEAR THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE GOD AND DO AS HE SAYS, remember we are His creation, He can do as He pleases with His property. But, if we follow His word, the end of the verse will apply to us. Note what it says, “yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.” He is referring to us, meaning the Israelites. Let’s take a look at the book of Joel, and see another identifier stating that Israel is still in captivity and also how our people were sold for worthless products. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. (Joel 3:2-3) Note what the first part of the scripture says, “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel.” This is a future event and will take place on the day of the Lord. The valley of Jehosphat means, Jehovah will judge. This is the battle of Armageddon. Has this taken place yet? No. Notice what the next part of the scripture says, “whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” So, if He will plead for His heritage Israel at the battle of Armageddon, what does that tell us? Israel is still in captivity and the people that call themselves Jews are not the true Israelites. Note what the last part of the scripture says, “And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.” A slave is commonly regarded as an article of property, or chattel, and therefore can be sold or given away. This leaflet announcing the sale of slaves presumably comes from the United States, from one of the southern states, or possibly from the West Indies. (The Bettmann Archive)
Let’s go a little further in Joel, and see who it was that helped in scattering the Lords people. Pay close attention to the next verse. Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. (Joel 3:4-6) Who is Tyre, and Zidon? Who are the rulers of this land that the Lord will repay for scattering Israel? Let take a look at some world History. (Grolier Encyclopedia) Tyre was a great trading port of ancient Phoenicia, located on the Mediterranean Sea about 40 km (25 mi) south of Sidon (Zidon). The city gave its name to the dye known as Tyrian purple. Today Tyre (sometimes called Sur) survives as a small town in southern Lebanon (1990 est. pop., 14,000). The archaeological remains there, primarily Roman, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (UNESCO1. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.)
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