Nadene Goldfoot
Jerusalem "Yerushalayim." was and is the capital of Israel. It's located in the center of the Judean Mountains. It is sometimes called "Zion," which was the name of King David's fortress. It was also known as the City of David (1000-960 BCE) . Poetic names are city of righteousness, faithful city, city of G-d, the holy city, and city of truth. King David was a warrior. His son, King Solomon brought in the religious aspects of Judaism by building the Temple. This city was and still is the most important religious city to the Jewish people. Jews pray in the direction of Jerusalem. We are told not to ever forget this city on the threat of losing the use of our right hand. We are back.
Jerusalem was taken by the pagan Romans in 70CE. From then on many countries have tried to take it since Christianity placed Jesus in Jerusalem and the area. In 1099 it was stormed by the Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon. They made it the capital of the Latin Kingdom. Then in 1187 Saladin, the Ayyabid sultan retook the city for Islam. Under the Ottoman Empire it decayed. In 1492 Jews were forced out of Spain and many removed to Jerusalem, but their numbers were restricted by the Muslim government. By the 18th century the population of Jews and Muslims was under 10,000 with most of the city lying in ruins. The 19th century brought the Aliyote of Russian Jews who had bought land and started building. By 1838 there were 50,000 Jews from many countries with the population of 68,000. They were able to bring about a railway line to connect the city with Jaffa by the 1880's. In 1898 the German Emperor William II visited Jerusalem. He met with Theodore Herzl who represented the Zionist Organization.
World War I came along in 1914 and the population fell to 50,000. December 1917 found the city occupied by General Allenby of the British Army. British were given the Mandate to rule the land. that had been under the Ottoman Empire called Palestine, named by the previous Romans. Jewish immigration in 1946 caused the population to reach 165,000 of which 100,000 were Jews. Fighting broke out between Muslims and Jews. The Arab Legion shelled and starved the Jews living in Jerusalem but the Jews didn't surrender to them. May 15, 1948 saw the re-birth and establishment of Israel once more. By 1949 the government and Knesset were transferred to Jerusalem. I note that King David and King Solomon's Israel was far larger than today's extremely small Israel.
East Jerusalem held the homes of Muslims. The city was divided into 2 parts from 1948 till 1967. East Jerusalem had been under Jordanian domination. June 5, 1967 was the start of the Six Day War when all the neighboring Arab states attacked Israel and lost. Jordan had bombarded the city. The whole city came under Israeli control. The first thing Jews did was go to the Western Wall and pray. They had been kept from this most important site by the Muslims for almost 20 years.
On June 29, 1967, Israel formally united the 2 parts of the city and barriers that had divided them were taken away. The Eastern part of the city had 139,600 Muslims and Christians and were united with the rest so that the total population in 1990 was 493,500, which is the same population as Portland, Oregon.. The Jerusalem Law of 1980 extended Israeli sovereignty over the whole city. This brought many updates to the Arab section.
Israel has 1.4 million Arab citizens today. There are plenty of mosques throughout the state. In Jerusalem, starting on November 8th of this year at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music is a month long "Nights of Tarab" celebration as part of an Arab Jerusalem Festival. I have one of Edward Said's books. He was a Muslim fighter against Israel. Here we see the only Democratic country in the Middle East truly practicing democracy. I hope the Muslims appreciate the state they live in safely. While the Muslim Gazan terrorists are shelling southern Israel's Jewish communities, there are Muslims that are enjoying living in Jerusalem.
The fight continues with Muslims from many countries threatening to take Jerusalem, Iran and her neighbors being among them.
From the time of King David who died in 960 BCE to losing 10 of the 12 tribes of Jacob to the Assyrians from 721-715 BCE, we see that 239 years after King David died, we lost our 10 tribes, taken from us by force. which means the children of Zilpah and Bilhah the handmaidens, and Jacob's 2nd wife, Rachel. Leah, the first wife of Jacob and sister of Rachel was the mother of 6 tribes. Out of those, only Judah and Levi remained. Reuben, Simeon, Issachar and Zebulun were most likely part of the kidnapped group as well. Judah was the largest of all the tribes that remained.
We read from the prophecies of Ezekiel, who lived in the 6th century BCE and probably served in Solomon's Temple before its destruction in 586 BCE what is foretold for the Lost Ten Tribes and the Jews. . He was one that was exiled to Tel Abib on the river Kebar in Babylonia where he prophecied for about 22 years from 592-570 BCE. In Ezekiel 37:16, our 37th prophet, which associates the final Redemption with the reunion of the whole House of Israel, I read: . "Now you, Son of Man, take for yourself one piece of wood and write upon it, "For Judah and for the Children of Israel, his comrades; and take one piece of wood and write upon it, "For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim and all the House of Israel, his comrades. Then bring them close to yourself, one to the other, like one piece of wood, and they will become united in your hand. ....Thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: " Behold, I am taking the wood of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his comrades, and I am placing them and him together with the wood of Judah; and I will make them into one piece of wood, and they will become one in My hand."
"Behold, I am taking the Children of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone; I will gather them from all around and I will bring them to their soil; I will make them into one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king will be a king for them all; they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms, ever again. ....I will purify them; they will be a nation to Me, and I will be a G-d to them. My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them; they will follow My ordinances and keep My decrees and fullfill them. They will dwell on the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, within which your fathers dwelled; they and their children and their children's children will dwell upon it forever; and My servant David will be a leader for them forever. I will seal a covenant of peace with them; it will be an eternal covenant with them...then the nations will know that I am *Hashem/G-d Who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be among them forever.
Jews have been awaiting this time, and so the reports have come in from all over of finding them. Eldad Ha-Dani reported them in the mountains of Africa. Benjamin of Tudela heard of them in Central Asia. David Reuveni claimed to be the brother of one of their rulers in some region of Arabia. Antonio de Montezinos stimulated Manasseh ben Israel's political activity in England with reports of finding them in South America. Japanese and Anglo Saxons were thought to be them. Finally it was thought that some were still in "Palestine" or assimilated, or absorbed by the last Judean exiles in 597-586 or were deported to an area earlier such as Media, Assyria and Mesopotamia. Today we see the Pashtuns of Pakistan and Afghanistan claiming descent of the Lost 10 Tribes. Being Muslims, they are found to side with Iran in their hatred for Jews but with the desire to take their very teeny country. What would Ezekiel say to all this? How are we ever going to be reunited peacefully?
* Jews do not want to over-use the word "G-d" so use "HaShem" which means in Hebrew: "the name". In respect, the orthodox do not even write out the word but use the dash instead of the o.
Re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xU9CauJP4Pg#! on Jerusalem
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia on Jerusalem
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vie/Jerutoc.html Jerusalem
Tanach, the Stone Edition; Torah, Prophets, writings
Update: 6/14/16 http://www.israelrising.com/the-pashtuns-are-the-tribes-of-israel/?utm_source=fb-pashtun-tribes&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=lost-tribes
Jerusalem "Yerushalayim." was and is the capital of Israel. It's located in the center of the Judean Mountains. It is sometimes called "Zion," which was the name of King David's fortress. It was also known as the City of David (1000-960 BCE) . Poetic names are city of righteousness, faithful city, city of G-d, the holy city, and city of truth. King David was a warrior. His son, King Solomon brought in the religious aspects of Judaism by building the Temple. This city was and still is the most important religious city to the Jewish people. Jews pray in the direction of Jerusalem. We are told not to ever forget this city on the threat of losing the use of our right hand. We are back.
Jerusalem was taken by the pagan Romans in 70CE. From then on many countries have tried to take it since Christianity placed Jesus in Jerusalem and the area. In 1099 it was stormed by the Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon. They made it the capital of the Latin Kingdom. Then in 1187 Saladin, the Ayyabid sultan retook the city for Islam. Under the Ottoman Empire it decayed. In 1492 Jews were forced out of Spain and many removed to Jerusalem, but their numbers were restricted by the Muslim government. By the 18th century the population of Jews and Muslims was under 10,000 with most of the city lying in ruins. The 19th century brought the Aliyote of Russian Jews who had bought land and started building. By 1838 there were 50,000 Jews from many countries with the population of 68,000. They were able to bring about a railway line to connect the city with Jaffa by the 1880's. In 1898 the German Emperor William II visited Jerusalem. He met with Theodore Herzl who represented the Zionist Organization.
World War I came along in 1914 and the population fell to 50,000. December 1917 found the city occupied by General Allenby of the British Army. British were given the Mandate to rule the land. that had been under the Ottoman Empire called Palestine, named by the previous Romans. Jewish immigration in 1946 caused the population to reach 165,000 of which 100,000 were Jews. Fighting broke out between Muslims and Jews. The Arab Legion shelled and starved the Jews living in Jerusalem but the Jews didn't surrender to them. May 15, 1948 saw the re-birth and establishment of Israel once more. By 1949 the government and Knesset were transferred to Jerusalem. I note that King David and King Solomon's Israel was far larger than today's extremely small Israel.
East Jerusalem held the homes of Muslims. The city was divided into 2 parts from 1948 till 1967. East Jerusalem had been under Jordanian domination. June 5, 1967 was the start of the Six Day War when all the neighboring Arab states attacked Israel and lost. Jordan had bombarded the city. The whole city came under Israeli control. The first thing Jews did was go to the Western Wall and pray. They had been kept from this most important site by the Muslims for almost 20 years.
On June 29, 1967, Israel formally united the 2 parts of the city and barriers that had divided them were taken away. The Eastern part of the city had 139,600 Muslims and Christians and were united with the rest so that the total population in 1990 was 493,500, which is the same population as Portland, Oregon.. The Jerusalem Law of 1980 extended Israeli sovereignty over the whole city. This brought many updates to the Arab section.
Israel has 1.4 million Arab citizens today. There are plenty of mosques throughout the state. In Jerusalem, starting on November 8th of this year at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music is a month long "Nights of Tarab" celebration as part of an Arab Jerusalem Festival. I have one of Edward Said's books. He was a Muslim fighter against Israel. Here we see the only Democratic country in the Middle East truly practicing democracy. I hope the Muslims appreciate the state they live in safely. While the Muslim Gazan terrorists are shelling southern Israel's Jewish communities, there are Muslims that are enjoying living in Jerusalem.
The fight continues with Muslims from many countries threatening to take Jerusalem, Iran and her neighbors being among them.
From the time of King David who died in 960 BCE to losing 10 of the 12 tribes of Jacob to the Assyrians from 721-715 BCE, we see that 239 years after King David died, we lost our 10 tribes, taken from us by force. which means the children of Zilpah and Bilhah the handmaidens, and Jacob's 2nd wife, Rachel. Leah, the first wife of Jacob and sister of Rachel was the mother of 6 tribes. Out of those, only Judah and Levi remained. Reuben, Simeon, Issachar and Zebulun were most likely part of the kidnapped group as well. Judah was the largest of all the tribes that remained.
We read from the prophecies of Ezekiel, who lived in the 6th century BCE and probably served in Solomon's Temple before its destruction in 586 BCE what is foretold for the Lost Ten Tribes and the Jews. . He was one that was exiled to Tel Abib on the river Kebar in Babylonia where he prophecied for about 22 years from 592-570 BCE. In Ezekiel 37:16, our 37th prophet, which associates the final Redemption with the reunion of the whole House of Israel, I read: . "Now you, Son of Man, take for yourself one piece of wood and write upon it, "For Judah and for the Children of Israel, his comrades; and take one piece of wood and write upon it, "For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim and all the House of Israel, his comrades. Then bring them close to yourself, one to the other, like one piece of wood, and they will become united in your hand. ....Thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: " Behold, I am taking the wood of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his comrades, and I am placing them and him together with the wood of Judah; and I will make them into one piece of wood, and they will become one in My hand."
"Behold, I am taking the Children of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone; I will gather them from all around and I will bring them to their soil; I will make them into one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king will be a king for them all; they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms, ever again. ....I will purify them; they will be a nation to Me, and I will be a G-d to them. My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them; they will follow My ordinances and keep My decrees and fullfill them. They will dwell on the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, within which your fathers dwelled; they and their children and their children's children will dwell upon it forever; and My servant David will be a leader for them forever. I will seal a covenant of peace with them; it will be an eternal covenant with them...then the nations will know that I am *Hashem/G-d Who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary will be among them forever.
Jews have been awaiting this time, and so the reports have come in from all over of finding them. Eldad Ha-Dani reported them in the mountains of Africa. Benjamin of Tudela heard of them in Central Asia. David Reuveni claimed to be the brother of one of their rulers in some region of Arabia. Antonio de Montezinos stimulated Manasseh ben Israel's political activity in England with reports of finding them in South America. Japanese and Anglo Saxons were thought to be them. Finally it was thought that some were still in "Palestine" or assimilated, or absorbed by the last Judean exiles in 597-586 or were deported to an area earlier such as Media, Assyria and Mesopotamia. Today we see the Pashtuns of Pakistan and Afghanistan claiming descent of the Lost 10 Tribes. Being Muslims, they are found to side with Iran in their hatred for Jews but with the desire to take their very teeny country. What would Ezekiel say to all this? How are we ever going to be reunited peacefully?
* Jews do not want to over-use the word "G-d" so use "HaShem" which means in Hebrew: "the name". In respect, the orthodox do not even write out the word but use the dash instead of the o.
Re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xU9CauJP4Pg#! on Jerusalem
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia on Jerusalem
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vie/Jerutoc.html Jerusalem
Tanach, the Stone Edition; Torah, Prophets, writings
Update: 6/14/16 http://www.israelrising.com/the-pashtuns-are-the-tribes-of-israel/?utm_source=fb-pashtun-tribes&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=lost-tribes
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