Genetic evidence links Jews to their ancient tribe

Jerusalem Post (originally) ^ | November 20, 2002 | Judy Siegel

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He's the biggest example of an Anglo-Israelism cultist.

Fortunately, the Worldwide Church of God has completley changed and they are now a solid evangelical Christian group. A splinter from them, the United Church of God, still teaches the false Anglo-Israelism.

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Christian Identity aka: Identity Movement, Anglo-Israelism, British-Israelism, white supremacy Back to A-Z Index         First posted: Sep. 1, 1996 Last Updated: Feb. 7, 2001 Additional info» Articles    » Books    » News Articles Database    » See Also    Adherents believe present day Anglo-Saxon people are direct descendants of the ancient Israelites, and have thus inherited all God's promises to Abraham and his descendants. The movement consists of a number of groups, most of which promote hate by considering whites to be the superior race (''white supremacy''). Examples: Aryan Nations, National Alliance, and some patriot / militia groups. Identity followers believe that white Anglo-Saxons - not Jews - are the real Biblical ''Chosen People;'' that Jews are descendants of a sexual union between Eve and Satan; that the white race is superior to others, and that Blacks and other nonwhite races are ''mud people'' on the same level as animals, and therefore have no souls. The Identity Church movement promotes the view that Christianity, when properly understood, supports anti-Semitic and racist beliefs and extremist violence. In actuality, of course, the Identity version of Christianity completely distorts traditional Christian teachings. Indentity Church Movement, Anti-Defamation League This system of beliefs is called Christian Identity, and adherence to it is probably the single greatest common denominator among all the various fragmented factions of the radical right wing in America. It is practices by the neo-Nazis of the Aryan Nations, by the leaders of the Militia of Montana, and by remnants of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Its foremost preachers is the Reverend Pete Peters, a Colorado-based minister whose 1992 gathering in Estes Park - drawing such liminaries as John Trochmann, Ku Klux Klan leader Louis Beam, and onetime Pat Buchanan adviser Larry Pratt - is often credited with bring the chief formative event behind the militia movement. The core beliefs of Christian Identity are so far astray from those of mainsteam Christianity - and so repellent to average Americans - that they induce in the religion's followers a cult-like closed mindset: a sense of persecution coupled with self-righteousness that is supported by the group's social peers. True believerfs - often drawn from the ranks of the disenfranchised - will not be dissuaded by any amount of logic and reason. They live in a kind of alternative universe, complex and wholly unlike anything in mainstream life. It is populated by soulless non-humans, satanic conspirators and a handful of true Christians who abide by ''God's law.'' By closing off the other world, they reinforce each other's beliefs in the confines of their tight social circle. In God's Country : The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest, by David A. Neiwert, Washington State University Press, 1999, pages 11-12 Religion has been used for thousands of years to mask hate and prejudice. ''Spirituality'' still serves as a convenient excuse for violence and other forms of antisocial behavior. All that is needed is a little false piety; coupled with liberal doses of self-induced ignorance and blind devotion to ''the truth.'' Even the most loathsome attitudes and barbarous acts can then be attributed to ''serving God.'' This holds especially true for believers in Christian Identity (also simply referred to as Identity), a twentieth-century amalgation of racism and pseudo-Christian ideas. It is a complex doctrinal system that emerged in the 1940s and reached theological maturity by the 1970s throughout the rural areas ''of the West and South - such as the Ozarks, and mountain areas of the Pacific Northwest.'' According to J. Gordon Melton, a nationally recognized chronicler of religions in America, ''Identity is a religion by sociopaths, for sociopaths. It turns their sickness into virtue.'' Identity now claims approximately 20,000 to 3,000 adherents nationwided. It is not a religious sect. Neither is it an authoritarian cult, nor a mainstream denomination. It has no single leaders and is not governed by a core of spiritually elite individuals. It does not even have a definitive set of beliefs that a peson must embrace in order to be accepted as a follower. Identity is a social, political, and spiritual movement composed of religiously inclined racists from the ranks of the neo-Nazi community, the KKK and other white supremacist organizations. Although their views may differ on a few peripheral issues - e.g., whether or not Hitler should be idolized, what should be done with non-whites (exportation vs. extermination), the merits of violent action as opposed to the benefits of nonviolent political activism, etc. - most Identity believers agree on five basic premises: White people (Aryans) are the Israelites of the Old Testament. The Jews are literal descendants of Satan. Adam and Eve were not, as mainstream Christianity teaches, the first people. They were the first white people. All non-Whites (blacks, Asians, Middle Easteners, etc.) are descendants of pre-Adamic races and make up an entirely different species than Caucasians. Armageddon, which be will a race war between whites and non-whites, is fast approaching. Attempting to paint an easily recognizable picture of Identity's disjointed network of independent churches and self-styled leaders is extremely difficult. ''Rivalries among leaders, organizational splits, and the extinction of old and the creation of new groups all make the 'mapping' of Identity a frustrating undertaking.'' Nevertheless, its dangerous tenets and increasing popularity suggest that the public should be given at least a general overview of Identity doctrines and structure. Moreover, many Christian Identity leaders and followers are closely affiliated with patriot movement groups and various militia spokespersons. American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion, Richard Abanes, InterVarsity Press, Downer's Gover, Illinois, 1996. Pages 154-155. The beginnings of the patriot / militia movement are inseparably interwoven with the violent Christian Identity movement (CIM). This network of churches and independent leaders began forming in the 1940s as racists defected from mainstream Christian denominations to organize their own churches. Although they retained a few Christian doctrines, especially those concerning the end times, they adopted additional beliefs built around prejudice and hate. Identity believers, for example, hold that today's Caucasians are the true descendants of Abralum, Isaac, and Jacob. Thus they are God's chosen people. What of the Jew? Identity teaches that Jews resulted from a sexual union between Eve and ''the serpent'' (Gen. 3), which is usually identified as either Satan in physical form or a demonic representative in human flesh.[29] This teaching — known as the ''Serpent Seed'' doctrine — asserts that Cain was conceived by Eve and Satan, while Abel was conceived by Eve and Adarn, who were supposedly the first white people. Cain allegedly then fathered the Jews by intermarrying with preexisting nonwhite races known as ''mud people'' or ''beasts of the field.'' Identity leader Bertrand Comparet comments, ''The Bible makes it unmistakably clear that we are not all descended from Adam and Eve, for there were other races on earth, already old, already numerous, when Adam was created.''[30] (Cf. , which says Eve became the mother of all the living.) Long before today's militias, these white supremacists / CIM followers were calling themselves ''patriots.'' One Aryan Nations newsletter (c. 1982), for instance, lists Aryan Nations founder Richard Buller and racist leader Dan Gaymen as ''Christian patriots.''[31] Several racist fundraising letters from the 1980s, such as those produced by KKK Grand Wizard Don Black, were addressed to fellow ''White Patriots.''[32] By the 1980s, white ''patriots'' were also forming paramilitary groups similar to militias. For example, in the mid 1980s a militia-like group of racists called the Arizona Patriots were arrested and convicted of plotting to bomb several targets, including federal buildings in Phoenix and Los Angeles.[33] America's Patriot Movement: Infiltrating the Church with the Gospel of Hate, by Richard Abanes, Christian Research Journal, Winter, 1997. Some militias go beyond a distrust of the UN and anxiety over gun control issues, the FBI said. FBI director Freeh explained in a statement to Congress in 1999: ''Most of the militia movement has no racial overtones and does not espouse bigotry; there are some black and Jewish militia members. However, the pseudo-religion of Christian Identity, as well as other hate philosophies, have begun to creep into the militia movement... Christian Identity is a belief system that provides both a religious base for racism and anti-Semitism, and an ideological rationale for violence against minorities. This pattern of racist elements seeping into the militia movement is a disturbing trend, as it will only strengthen the radical elements of the militias.'' The militia lurking in your backyard, The Thomaston Express, Dec. 21, 2000 - Articles - America's Patriot Movement: Infiltrating the Church with the Gospel of Hate, by Richard Abanes, Christian Research Journal, Winter, 1997. Christian Identity Chapter in the FBI's "Project Megiddo" report. The Christian Identity Crisis : Extremism in the name of Christ by Neil Earle Christian Patriots At War with the State by Paul de Armond Identity: A "Christian" Religion For White Racists by Viola Larson Identity Church Movement Brief overview by the Anti-Defamation League Identity Movement Keyed "yellow" because the article written is by J. Gordon Melton, who is widely seen as a cult apologist. - Books -        Click On Titles To Order At Discount           » More Books American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion, [Out of print] By Richard Abanes, InterVarsity Press, Downer's Gover, Illinois, 1996. In God's Country : The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest, by David A. Neiwert Religion and the Racist Right, Origins of the Christian Identity Movement by professor Michael Barkun. Barkun is professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and is considered an expert in Christian Identity theology. - News Articles Database - Database of archived news items (Includes items added between Oct. 25, 1999 and Jan. 31, 2002. See about this database) Older items: (Jul 21, 1999) Christian group linked to KKK (May 13, 1999) Hatemongers of every kind find a ready forum on the Internet (May 6, 1999) Clergy challenge white supremacists (May 6, 1999) Killer at abortion clinic believes his act was right (Feb. 24, 1999) U.S. Group Reports Sharp Rise In Web Hate Sites (Dec. 31, 1998) Pastor finds hate paper at church - Believes it's because of forum planned on Christian Identity (Dec. 9, 1998) ADL: Prison racism is on the rise (Dec. 6, 1998) Ex-Californians tap wealth to promote supremacy of whites - See Also - » 11th Hour Remnant Messenger » Aryan Nations » FBI Report: Project Megiddo » Hate Groups » Militia Movement » Patriot Movement » Vincent Bertollini » White Supremacy         About this page: First posted: Sep. 1, 1996 Last Updated: Feb. 7, 2001 Copyright: Apologetics Index Link to: http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/c106.html Copyright and Linking Policy

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The Theory of British Israelism   The theory of British Israelism was once a main doctrine of the Worldwide Church of God, begun by Herbert W. Armstrong. The current leadership has since discarded this teaching as biblically incorrect. However, many offshoot groups of the WCG have clung to all the doctrines held by the late Herbert W. Armstrong, and so still accept this teaching. Some Christians are also influenced by this teaching, and need to take a closer look at it. The book, "The United States and the British Commonwealth in Prophecy" outlines the teaching that Britain and the United States are the lost ten tribes of Israel. In this teaching of "British Israelism", the tribe of Ephraim becomes Great Britain, Manasseh is the United States, and the throne of David is the throne of England. Herbert W. Armstrong published this theory as his own special revelation from God. Recent evidence has surfaced that shows plagiarism from J. H. Allen's book, "Judah's Scepter and Joseph's Birthright", a 375-page book published in 1902 and copyrighted in 1917. This book was written a full thirty years before Armstrong claimed to have made an "exhaustive" study of the British Israelism issue. ONLY A THEORY The theory teaches that when God's people returned to Palestine after the captivity, only the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi really returned. The "House of Israel", meaning the ten lost tribes, scattered. By Jesus' day, supposedly only three tribes were represented. According to the theory, the "House of Israel" was missing. THE BIBLE SPEAKS The Apostle Peter was, however, unaware of British Israelism teaching, since he uttered these words at Acts 2: 36, "Therefore let all the HOUSE OF ISRAEL know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified." In the B-I theory, the judgments against Israel naturally become directed towards the United States. We thus find the belief that America will cease to be a nation, and her citizens will be removed, finding themselves in captivity.(Plain Truth, July 1959, p. 16). The Bible teaches that a prophet is false when his words fail to come to pass. (See Deuteronomy 18:20-22). Time has already run out for this prophecy, since it was foretold for 1972 in the publications of Herbert W. Armstrong. The theory of British-Israelism falls with the prophecy, and the prophet. ARE "ISRAEL" AND "JEW" ALWAYS DIFFERENT? Armstrong taught that "Israel" and "Jew" were two separate nations. "Jew" always meant "The House of Judah", and "Israel" meant "the lost ten tribes". 2 Kings 17:18-23 is a favorite passage of British-Israelism devotees, so let's consider it. "So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced. And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. When He had torn Israel from the house of David,they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin. And the the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day". Notice the last phrase of this scripture. Israel went as far as Assyria until this day! They relocated, but not far away, certainly not across oceans! Certainly not scattered far afield! THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM IN NEHEMIAH'S DAY According to the British-Israelism theory only Jews should have been participating in rebuilding Jerusalem since the house of Israel was "long gone". Yet Ezra uses the words "all Israel" several times in the account. (Ezra 2:70; 6:17; 8:25,35; 10:5; Nehemiah 7:73; 12:47). Evidently the terms "Jew" and "Israel" were used interchangeably, thus spoiling the unsupported theory of British-Israelism. THE TEN TRIBES IN CHRIST'S DAY If the ten tribes were gone by Christ's day, how does the B-I theory explain that Anna the Prophetess was of the tribe of Asher? (Luke 2:36). Paul mentioned all twelve tribes. (Acts 26:6,7). James mentioned all twelve tribes. (James 1:1). The book of Revelation tells of 12,000 people from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. (Revelation 7:4-8). All Israel shall be saved, eventually. (Romans 11:26). Upon consulting a Jewish rabbi, he assured me the list in Revelation was a literal one, as are the other lists in the Bible, although they differ from one another for various reasons. The Revelation list is not "figurative" or "spiritual" allowing for interpretation to apply to some other nation, but applies to literal Israel. CONSIDER THE APOSTLE PAUL The Apostle Paul was addressed in three ways 1. As a Hebrew. (Phil. 3:5). 2. As an Israelite. (2 Cor. 11:22). 3. As a Jew. (Acts 21:39; 22:3). Obviously, Paul recognized no such distinctions as invented by this theory. All terms interchange. CHRIST THE KING Since Christ had a sign over his head on the crucifixion reading "King of the Jews", are we to assume that He was King for Judah only? No, for the scriptures are plain that Christ was the promised Messiah for all Israel. The disciples understood this when they questioned Him in Acts 16, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the Kingdom to ISRAEL?" Obviously, "Jew" and "Israel" were used interchangeably in Christ's day. After putting up the sign "King of the Jews", His mockers then said, "He is the King of Israel'; Let Him now come down from the cross and we shall believe in Him". (Matthew 27:42). Again, the terms interchange. PROBLEMS WITH THE STONE British-Israelism claims that the stone under the Queen of England's coronation chair is the very "pillar stone of Jacob" which was first transported by Jacob, and finally by Jeremiah to the British Isles, via Egypt. The scriptures know nothing of this invented event! We would expect, if the theory is correct, that the English coronation stone could be analyzed and found to be of the type found in Israel. The stone has been analyzed and "The Marson Report, " page 128, records. "The stone in Westminster Abbey has been analyzed and shown to be a calcareous type of red sandstone of Scottish origin". CONCLUSIONS ON BRITISH-ISRAELISM British-Israelism is not a revelation from God as some teach. Rather it is a theory that cannot stand up to Biblical or scientific examination. It should be rejected by those professing Christianity.

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In all fairness I would not consider the Armstrong founded group "Christian Identity" though they share the same origins.

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The genes are so watered down it is irrelevant.

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The article does point out that there is no single group, rather it is a common belief among many different organizations and individuals.

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This is a belief that began in the late 19th century in Europe/England and spread to the USA slowly. It was born from in conjunction with the rise of Europe's colonial empires. I had subscribed to Armstrong's books (I knew they were junk the minute I read them) and it was all based on how since the British empire and to a lesser degree the empires of other European nations and even America and Turkey!! were controling strategic parts of the world - and the Bible said the lost tribes of Israel would control certain strategic waterways that it was a sign that the Apocalypse was nigh. Especially the fact that the state of Israel was born in conjunction with the rise of the EU (the anti-chirst's domain).

As you can see the forst part of their beliefs is clearly origined in the mentality of colonialist societies of the late 19th century early 20th century. The latter part about the EU and Israel was Armstrong's addition to this cultist beleif.

As we can see today and as your post mentioned--it has mutated and spread to mainstream Evangelical movements as well as to the fringe.

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Surprisingly, the study shows a closer genetic affinity by Jews to the non-Jewish, non-Arab populations in the northern part of the Middle East than to Arabs.

Surprisingly? God might as well have put it up in neon lights:

GEN 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

GEN 21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

GEN 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

GEN 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

GEN 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Ishmael literally means, "God hears."

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By closing off the other world, they reinforce each other's beliefs in the confines of their tight social circle.

This describes a lot of people in hollywood, the liberal media, enviromentalists, socialists, and sadly some on the right like the skinheads, brigadiers, free market people, anti free market people, etc. and some freepers.

Basically, you close your eyes to contradictory evidence and only associate with those who share and reinforce your beliefs.

Surrounding your self with "yes" men is a sure prescription for a failed view of the world.

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Throw out the baby with the bath water.

All you have proved is that Armstrong was not a prophet from our Heavenly Father.

Tried to find the "MARSON REPORT" mentioned, to see what it actually says. Can't find it.

Until you stay in the original languages and what was actually Written you stand on a foundation of quicksand.

"Christian Identity" groups can't read either, the Word says that our Heavenly Father created and it was good.

The Word says Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Deuteronomy 4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the JUDGMENTS, which I teach you for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

2. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor dimish from it.

Proverbs 30: 5 Every word of GOD is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.

: 6 Add thou not unto His words,
Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an "angel" from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

So obviously man was allowed to play word games with the translations, and they will pay a price for it. Reason for Christ's first warning about sign of end times was "DECEPTION".

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No greater deception being the Protestant movement that broke with the orthodoxy that established the cannon you misunderstand/misquote.

Luther's German bible added and removed words from the Greek New Testament to suite his world view too. Any religious movements based on this initial inspiration is bound to be flawed.

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That is what you have been taught to believe.

Try going before Luther's German bible.

Ever hear of the Massorah?

The original Hebrew of Ezra and Nehemiah's time, and the accompanying Massorah great and small that locked in what the original said.

We modern Christians get spoonfed what "denominations" select for weekly doses.

You don't think man has played with the word one example is where the word "passover" is translated easter in the New Testment. Easter should never have been used inplace of the "PASSOVER".

Yet today it is common for Christians to celebrate "easter" instead of "PASSOVER" which is what Christ became.

Please if you accuse me of misunderstanding/misquoting, prove it. I have no problem with being wrong, my study is not about me it is a search for the truth and man's words have always failed me.

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So Jews really are Jews, after all.

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MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED.

I REALLY love articles like this.

Still waiting to see if there's a Cherokee DNA study vis a vis Israeli's yet.

Thanks much.

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I thought they wore robes instead of Wranglers!

/ silly-rabbit 'humor'

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So you are saying the Kurdish Jews are part of the 2 tribes?

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Not common for say the Orthodox--to them it is still called "Pascha". The term Pascha comes from the Hebrew pesah, a yearling lamb that was sacrificed at the Jews’ spring festival.

Maybe I did not understand you--I thought you were trying to prove that the Armstrong was somehow right about his ideas. Taking words written in books that are centuries apart in origin to somehow prove a conclusion (I did not understand what you were trying to prove) indicates a weakness in the conclusion itself, IMHO.

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The Ten Tribes, (House of Israel) were taken by the Assrian King, North over the Caucasus Mountains, later into Europe.

That is where the word Caucasian came from.

The House of Judah (two tribes) went into captivity to Babylon.

The two Houses have not been rejoined.

There is no proof or basis to claim that the Kurdish Jews are the Ten Tribes.

Where is the evidence, either genetic or linguistic, that European Caucasians are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes?