Biblical JEWS

Here are some biblical and historical facts about Israelites and Jews that we find very hard to challenge. And, since our main objective has always been to expose the truth, we will present it to you without any bias and without adding our personal viewpoint, but only in the light of the Word of God, the characters involved and historical data. It's up to you to do your own research.

Click the links below to discover some interesting facts about biblical Jews.

1 - Differences between Hebrew, Israelite and Jew

2 - Who is Judah and why is it separated from the other tribes of Israel?

3 - The land of the Jews in antiquity

4 - How to identify true Jews according to the Bible

5 - Why this terrible yoke was imposed on Israel and Judah

6 - Biblical Ethiopia vs. Ex-Abyssinia

7 - The House of Israel and the House of Judah will be saved

8 - Statements about the Jews by respected historians of antiquity

9 - Loss of identity

10 - History no longer attributed to black people

May the Holy Spirit guide you in understanding this message.

Differences between a Hebrew, an Israelite and a Jew

Bearing in mind that certain narratives are created with the sole purpose of distorting biblical prophecy and leading people to believe that the Word of ELOHIM is devoid of power, it then becomes critical to always question any narrative that does not align with biblical prophecy.

We read in Ezekiel 37, that the two "pieces of wood" which are now separated, but are to be reunited, represent, on the one hand, Judah (son of Leah), and on the other, Joseph (son of Rachel) and the rest of the house of Israel associated with him. Leah and Rachel (Jacob's wives), are identified as "the two families whom the Lord chose to build the House of Israel". The promise of the birthright covenant was given to Joseph, son of Rachel, and the kingship was given to Judah, son of Leah.

Ruth 4:11 “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel.”

However, the Bible never uses the word "Jew" as a collective term for all the nations descended from Jacob-Israel.

Eber

Eber, Abraham's ancestor, was the 4th generation after Shem; and only Eber's descendants are Hebrews. Abraham is a Hebrew, but not an Israelite, as this term only designates the descendants of Jacob. Abraham is also not a Jew, for this term only applies to the descendants of Judah (Yehuda), son of Jacob

Jacob - The House of Israel

All descendants of the 12 tribes of Jacob are Hebrew Israelites. The House of Israel was taken captive by the Assyrians.

Judah (Yehudah) - The House of Judah

Jacob, son of Isaac, begat 12 sons, one of whom was Judah, from whom descend the Yehudi or Judeans, later renamed “Jews” in 1275. Judah, whose Hebrew name means “thanksgiving” or “praise”, was the fourth son of Jacob and his first wife Leah. Only Judah's descendants are Hebrew Israelites Jews. The House of Judah was later taken captive by the Babylonians.

Scripture also asserts that The House of Israel and The House of Judah do not all inhabit the same country, territory, region or continent, but their nations were scattered across the four corners of the earth, and will only be reunited after the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom

Jeremiah 3:18 "In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance."

Therefore, those who preach or teach that the Jewish nation and the nation of Israel have already been reunited and they are occupying present-day State of Israel, are propagating a false and deceiving narrative that is not substantiated in the Bible. To this end, the Reverend Canon Faucett M.A. states in his "Critical and Expository Bible Encyclopedia": "The idea that the House of Israel has been amalgamated and incorporated with the "Jews," is one of the most amazing errors in Biblical History."

Who is Judah and why is he separated from the other tribes of Israel?

Judah grew up with his brothers, working in the family business as a cattle and sheep herder. In time, he and his brothers became jealous and envious of their younger brother Joseph. Hatred intensified to the point where his brothers wanted to kill Joseph, but Reuben, the eldest, stepped in to stop them. Joseph was thrown into a pit and, while Reuben was away, it was Judah's idea to sell Joseph to Midianite merchants for 20 shekels of silver.

The Bible doesn't say why the royal scepter was bestowed on Yehuda, or why divine kingship was to be born in his bloodline, but in the The Testament of Judah (a document classified as apocryphal) it is written that, in his youth, he showed irreproachable obedience to his father Jacob and unfailing respect for his mother. He often positioned himself as a leader over his elder brothers, notably when he opposed Joseph's murder, negotiated Joseph's request to his father to take Benjamin to Egypt, and pleaded with Joseph after the latter had concealed a silver cup in Benjamin's sack. Moreover, he was endowed with impressive strength and fought fiercely against the Canaanites, enemies of ELOHIM.

Genesis 49:9-10 "Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his."
Psalm 78:68 "But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved."
1 Chronicles 28:4 "For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father’s family."

Later, however, he lacked wisdom by having sexual relations with Shua the Canaanite under the influence of alcohol, and he was compelled to marry her, even though he had been formally forbidden to do so. He married the Canaanite woman and had three sons with her: Er, Onan and Shelah. He gave his eldest son Er a wife, whose name was Tamar. When Er died, Tamar became Onan's wife. However, ELOHIM had put Er and Onan to death because they only had sodomite intercourse with Tamar, so as to prevent her from becoming pregnant. As a result, Tamar remained a virgin after the death of the two brothers.

After Shua's death, Judah acted shamefully when, under the influence of alcohol, he mistook Tamar, his daughter-in-law, for a prostitute, had sexual relations with her and impregnated her, for which he repented at length. According to the texts, one day, having learned that her father-in-law was going to shear his sheep, Tamar took off her widow's clothes and dressed as a prostitute went to sit by the side of the road that Judah was taking. The latter did not recognise her because of his alcohol, and made advances towards her. She demanded his staff, belt and royal headband as collateral, and they became intimate. When it was discovered that Tamar was pregnant, Judah threatened to kill her. In order to save her life, she presented the items belonging to Judah and said: ‘I am pregnant by the man to whom they belong’ (Genesis 38:18, 24-26). The Twins she bore were Zerah and Phares, from whom descended King David, ancestor of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 7:14 "For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood."
Revelations 5:5 "Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

How to identify the real Jews according to the Bible

Born in the 7th century B.C. (650-570), the prophet Jeremiah lived through the disintegration of the kingdom and witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. He spent the last forty years of his life in the kingdom south of Egypt. The book that bears his name and contains a wealth of information on the period of the Old Testament is a long exhortation to "The House of Israel" and "The House of Judah".

If you carefully read the Testament in its entirety, you will realize that the nations of "The House of Israel" and "The House of Judah" are under the yoke of a divine curse that makes their living conditions globally charged with hardship, challenges and psychological distress.

The Scriptures are very clear on the fact that the nations of "The House of Israel" and "The House of Judah" are sister nations, and they will be clearly identified through the similarity of the curses to which they have been subjected. A cet effet, Amos 9:7 fait allusion à une égalité entre les Israélites et les Éthiopiens.

Amos 9:7 "Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD"

Jeremiah 50:33 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together"
Jeremiah 33:24 "Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation."

Here's a list of verses that mention the curses weighing on Judah and Israel.

► They will feel frustration and envy towards other nations.

Deuteronomy 32:21 "They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation."
Romans 10:19 "But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation."
Romans 11:11 "I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles."

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The Gentiles

► They will not achieve prosperity and will lack basic essential resources.

Isaiah 3:1 For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water."
Jeremiah 14:2-3 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads."
2 Chronicles 24.20 "Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.'"

► They will become the laughingstock of all nations and the subject of mockery.

Jeremiah 24:8-9 "But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them"
Jeremiah 29:17-18 "this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten. I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them."
Jeremiah 44:12 "I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed. From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, and they shall become an oath, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.""

► Cannibalism will become a common practice in various cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 19:8-9 "I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives."

►Their leaders will be like little children, concerned above all with their own personal well-being and incapable of governing.

Isaiah 3:4 "I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them."
Isaiah 1:23 "Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them."
Ezekiel 34:8 "As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead"
Hosea 3:4-5 "For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince"

► They will be subjected to servitude and slavery.

Lamentations 1:3 "Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress."
Isaiah 20:4 "so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame."
Jeremiah 16:13 "So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor."
Jeremiah 13:19-20 "The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive? Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?"

► They will be subjected to violence and oppression wherever they go.

Jeremiah 20:7-8 "I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.! For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long."
Jeremiah 30:12-14 "For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you. All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins."

► All the other nations of the earth will reject them with the same zeal, and will neither conceive nor tolerate them as being the true Jews and Israelites for their identity has been concealed.

Psalm 83:5-8 "For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You, the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre, Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot."
Psalm 83:3-4 "With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

► They will not know their true identity. In other words, Israelites and Jews don't know who they are, and don't consider themselves as such.

Isaiah 1:3 "The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
Isaiah 44:18 "They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand."
Revelations 2:9 "I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews"

► They will be handed over to the violent and ruthless nations of the Septentrion. The Septentrion is the North.

Deuteronomy 28:49-50 "The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle— a nation whose language you will not understand, a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young."
Deuteronomy 28:36 "The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone."
Jeremiah 1:15 "For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah."
Jeremiah 4:6-7 "Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited."
Jeremiah 5:15-16 "Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand. Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men."
Jeremiah 6:22-23 "This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth. They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
Jeremiah 10:22 "Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals."
2 Kings 24:2 "And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets."

► The invaders will come with boats and disperse them across the world via ships.

Ezekiel 30:23 "And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."
Ezekiel 30:9 "On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming."
Deuteronomy 28:64 "Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known."
Deuteronomy 28:68 "And the LORD will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, ‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."

► Their lands will be devastated, and their wealth plundered.

Jeremiah 15:13-14 "Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders. Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you."
Isaiah 1:7 "Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers"
Daniel 11:40-43 "Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders. Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you."

Why was this terrible yoke imposed on Israel and Judah?

The Bible reveals that the House of Judah in particular turned to the worship of Egyptian gods, offering sacrifices and incense to these entities. These rites were passed down from generation to generation, and they constitute today the very foundation of their beliefs.

Jeremiah 44:8-26 "Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside, As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.? ... “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt!... Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’"

This terrible yoke was imposed on Israel and Judah on account of their unfaithfulness and idolatrous practices, which the Lord abhors.

Jeremiah 16:18-20 "And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols... The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things. Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”

The abominations of Amaziah and Manasseh

King Amaziah: He was the ninth king of Judah after the assassination of his father Joash. He introduced to the House of Judah the worship of the Edomite gods, originally worshipped by the children of Seir the Horite.

2 Chronicles 25.14 "Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them."

At the beginning of his reign, Amaziah showed his intention to obey the Lord. However, he soon went astray, submitting himself to the service of unbelievers to accomplish God's purposes. In His grace, the Lord spoke to him in an attempt to bring him back to his original faith, but Amaziah threatened the prophet sent to him in the same way his own father had threatened and then executed the prophet Zechariah. Amaziah was well aware that it was wrong to worship other gods, but he no longer feared the Lord and leaned on his own wisdom. The House of Judah paid a terrible price for this deviation.

King Manasseh: son of King Hezekiah and his mother Hephzibah, began his reign at the age of 12. He reigned for 55 years, the longest of any Hebrew king. He is portrayed as a wicked king who led the people into idolatrous practices, including passing his sons “through the fire” and shedding the blood of the innocent. According to the book of 2 Kings, Manasseh's crimes proved so heinous that they sealed the exilic fate of The House of Judah.

2 Chronicles 33:1-9 "Manasseh ..fdid evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.. Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD... He sacrificed his sons in the firea in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God... So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites."

Ancestral legacy of the True Jews

True Jews are generally regarded as animists, due to their natural attachment to the spirit world and their belief that a spirit animates living beings, objects and natural elements. Although their beliefs are in line with the Scriptures and the very reality of the world we live in, some of their rites, which The Lord abhors, trace back to their period of captivity in Egypt and are deeply rooted in their traditions and customs:

📌 Building altars and shrines to worship unclean spirits.

📌 Offering burnt offerings and sacrifices by fire to demons.

📌 Divination, witchcraft. enchantment, and consulting mediums and genies.

📌Taking pleasure in entertaining demons, erecting carved images and prostrating themselves before the idol they have made with their own hands.

📌 They are recognizable by the fact that within their nations some people insert sticks up their noses, make incisions on their faces or bodies and other similar things.

Ezekiel 8:17 "“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!."

The House of Israel and the House of Judah will be saved

It must be understood, however, that ELOHIM is first and foremost A JUDGE, and He always applies equity in His judgment; what He grants to some, He also renders to others, but in a different context. Although a terrible yoke has been imposed on the “House of Israel” and the “House of Judah”, by virtue of the covenant between the Lord and their ancestors (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), these nations are not predestined to eternal destruction, but will be subjected to terrible trials as punishment for their unfaithfulness.

Jérémie 30:10-11 "As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid. For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished."
Romans 11:26-28 "And so all Israel will be saved, as it has been written: "The One Delivering will come out of Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob. And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins. Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs."
Jeremiah 23:6 "In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."

For if divine graces were to be extended only to those other dominant nations who also collectively, just like Israel and Judah, committed idolatry and great transgressions against ELOHIM, and if Israel and Judah's fate were to be nothing but humiliation, oppression and physical and moral distress without any form of redemption or comfort, then ELOHIM would not have kept his promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and can never be called Righteous and Merciful.

The land of the Jews in antiquity

Below is an ancient map produced by Livio Sanuto and published posthumously by his brother Giulio in 1588.

Livio Sanuto (c. 1520-1576), son of Senator Francesco Sanuto of Venice, was a cosmographer, mathematician and maker of globes. He was a member of the Lafreri school of engravers, whose work marked the transition between Ptolemy's maps and those of Mercator and Ortelius. Livio and his brother Giulio planned a massive and comprehensive atlas comprising maps and descriptions of the whole world, which they believed to be more accurate than any previously published atlas. Seeing that Africa was imperfectly described, he set to work on a book containing 12 large maps drawn by himself and engraved by his brother. For the compilation of his African maps, Sanuto relied on Gastaldi's map of 1564 and on Portuguese nautical charts for coastal mapping and information on the interior, using the accounts of Duarte Barbosa and João de Barros.

In books 10 and 12, Livio describes the manners and customs of Africa and provides the names of all the peoples of Ethiopia and Lower Ethiopia, referring to their territory as Judeorum Terra, meaning the Land of the Jews. It is important to remember that today's Ethiopia is not the same as the Ethiopia mentioned in the Bible. According to the geography of the biblical era, Ethiopia was predominantly understood to be the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.

In Psalm 87:4, it is written that like the Egyptians and Philistines, the cushites were born in Zion.

Psaumes 87:4 "I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.”

If Misraim represents Egypt, Nimrod (son of Cush) represents Babylon, Canaan represents the Philistines, Puth represents Tyre, and Cush represents Ethiopia, then Psalm 87:4 is implying that Mount Zion is in Africa.

Ancient Ethiopia

When we examine ancient maps dating from the Middle Ages, we can clearly observe that most of sub-Saharan Africa, including the Congo Basin, East Africa and part of southern Africa, was known as Ethiopia or "Ethiopia Sub Egypto”..

If at the time the first Bible (of Gutenberg) was written in 1455, Ethiopia referred to the whole of sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa on geographical maps, it implies that the biblical Ethiopians do not generally refer to those who occupy the country that today bears the name Ethiopia, nor does the biblical term Ethiopia refer to the modern country that bears that name, but rather to the black population who mainly inhabited the following regions:

Congo Basin, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. But also neighbouring countries such as Congo Brazzavile, Cameroon, Gabon, South Africa and South Sudan.

Ex-Abyssinia is not biblical Ethiopia

Note that the country that now bears the biblical name Ethiopia was formerly known as Abyssinia throughout the Middle Ages. It wasn't until 1932 that Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) was renamed "Bank of Ethiopia" after being indemnified by Emperor Haile Selassie. And in 1945, after regaining its independence and taking part in the founding of the United Nations, Abyssinia was officially registered as Ethiopia, making the name Abyssinia obsolete.

We must then understand that when the Bible and the Scriptures speak of Ethiopia, they are not referring exclusively to ex-Abyssinia, but rather to the whole of sub-Saharan and South Africa. It is therefore historically erroneous and biblically misleading to teach that only Ethiopians from ex-Abyssinia, in other words modern Ethiopians, are the “true biblical Ethiopians”

Statements about the Jews by respected and renowned historians of antiquity

We find numerous statements concerning the biblical Jews, published by highly respected and credible ancient historians... All this evidence reinforces the hypothesis that the Jews who lived in Judea (Judaei), the province of ancient Rome that included the regions of Samaria and Idumaea, were people of black descent from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Here's an excerpt from “The Histories: The Jews - Book 5 Chap. 2” by Cornelius Tacitus (56 - 120 A.D.), Roman orator and politician considered the greatest Roman historian, in which he asserts that the Judeans (Jews) who populated Judea originated from ancient Ethiopia.

"Others assert that in the reign of Isis the overflowing population of Egypt, led by Hierosolymus and Judas, discharged itself into the neighboring countries. Many, again, say that they were a race of Ethiopian origin, who in the time of king Cepheus were driven by fear and hatred of their neighbors to seek a new dwelling-place".

Abd Allah Mohammed Al-Idrissi, the greatest geographer and cartographer of the Middle Ages, toured the world and observed the indigenous populations. In 1154, he was able to write the world's first geography with detailed descriptions. His works are preserved in the most prestigious libraries, such as Oxford's Bodleian Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Interestingly, in his maps, he indicated that Jews populated the southern regions below the Sahara desert, including all of West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa:

Senegambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Liberia, Malia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, South Africa, Angola, Congo Basin (DRC), Congo Brazzavile, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Here's a quote from what Al-Idrissi wrote in his book entitled “Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne”, on page 4 of the chapter 'Premier Climat - Première Section', referring to the sub-Saharan regions and Central Africa.

""The inhabitants are traveling merchants and obey the prince of Tacrour. To the south of Barisa is the country of Lamlam, distant about 10 days. The inhabitants of Barisa, Silla, Tacrour and Ghana make forays into the Lamlam , reduce the inhabitants to captivity, transport them to their own country, and sell them to the merchants, who come there and send them elsewhere. big as villages. One of them is called Mallel, and the other Daw. They are distant from each other by 4 days. According to what the people of this region report, the inhabitants are Jews, but for the most part they are steeped in impiety and ignorance. When they have reached the age of puberty, they brand their faces and temples with fire. These are signs that serve to make them recognised. All the dwellings of their country are built on the banks of a river which throws into the Nile. Beyond the Lamlam, to the south, there is no inhabited country. That of Lamlam touches on the western side to Magzara, to the east to Wangara, to the north to the country of Ghana, to the south to deserts. The language of the inhabitants of Lamlam differs from that of the Magzarians and that of the Ghanaians."

Here are more statements made by Al-Idrissi in which he asserts that the Jews populated the empire of Kanem or Cânem (the Camnouria), part of the region formerly known as Nigritie. Cânem included at various times what is today southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger and southern Libya.

"“[There used to be] remarkable towns and residences in Camnouria, belonging to the Negroes, but the Zaghawa and Lamtouna of the desert, who inhabited both sides of this country (I mean Kamnouria), conquered it, exterminated most of the inhabitants and dispersed the rest. The inhabitants of Camnouria, according to the report of the merchants, claim to be Jews. Their religion is a confused mixture of all things; they are nothing and have no fixed beliefs; they have no king themselves and do not obey a foreign king, but are the playthings of all the neighboring tribes. In the past, there were two flourishing towns in Camnouria, one known as Camnouri, the other Naghîra. Both were densely populated, with chiefs and shaikhs administering affairs and dispensing justice in criminal cases and disputes; but in time, these institutions were lost, and discord prevailed among them; Incursions from neighboring towns desolated the country, and the inhabitants fled, seeking refuge in the mountains or dispersing into the deserts, falling under the yoke of their neighbors or placing themselves under their protection, so that only a small number of individuals belonging to the Camnourians remain, living, scattered in these deserts or on the shore, on dairy and fish. They lead a hard life, having barely enough to live on, and wandering ceaselessly...”..." |Deuxième Climat - Première Section pg 35-36|

Ludovico di Varthema, also known as Barthema and Vertomannus (c. 1470 - 1517), was an Italian traveler, chronicler and aristocrat known for being the first non-Muslim European to enter Mecca on pilgrimage. Almost everything we know about his life comes from his own travel account, Itinerario de Ludouico de Varthema Bolognese, published in Rome in 1510. Here's an excerpt from what he wrote about Ethiopia and the Jews on page 22 of his book “The Travels of Ludovico de Varthema, in Egypt, Syria, Arabia, Persia, India and Ethiopia in 1503-1508.

Historical facts and loss of identity

Often, those who attempt to establish the table of nations do not provide a direct account, but rather use a religious, metaphorical or cryptic language, while focusing solely on modern societies and cultures. The problem with such an approach is that it creates contradictions because it fails to take account of ancient history, and, to some extent, renders a misleading account of God's Word. But The Lord urges people to examine their past in order to build a collective memory that will help guide us into the future and strengthen our relationship with Him.

The following is intended to help you understand and realize that if you keep reading the Bible from the perspective of modern migratory societies, not taking into account ancient history, your understanding of God's Word may be entirely flawed. The preservation, study and teaching of ancient historical sources and evidence are biblical prescriptions.

Isaiah 46:8-9 "Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! Remember what happened long ago..."
Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers."

Flavius Josephus, a Jewish priest, scholar and historian born in 37 A.D., made the following statements, claiming that some historical names had been altered. This reinforces the hypothesis that the narrative may have changed in an earlier version of human history, and that certain truths had been suppressed before the first century:

"The children of Ham possessed the land from Syria and Amanus, and the mountains of Libanus; seizing upon all that was on its sea-coasts, and as far as the ocean, and keeping it as their own. Some indeed of its names are utterly vanished away; others of them being changed, and another sound given them, are hardly to be discovered; yet a few there are which have kept their denominations entire." |Flavius Josephus of the Antiquities of the Jews — Book I, Chap. 6:2|

Cush, son of Ham, is traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Cushites or Ethiopians, and his descendants lived in a land known as the land of Cush. The word Kush/Cusch has two meanings: It can be translated either as ‘bow’ or as ‘land of burnt-faced peoples or the homeland of dark people.

In some versions of the Bible, ‘Kush’ is translated as ‘Ethiopia’. Brieftly, the term "Ethiopian" is derived from the Greek name Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopia) which comes from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops) that is a composition of two Greek words: αἴθω (aíthō,) "burned" + ὤψ (ṓps) "face"; and is correctly translated into a noun as "burned faced" and into an adjective as "red-brown". From Homer's time, the exonym was used to refer to the dark-skinned people living in regions below the Sahara and in what was then known as Nubia. However, in biblical times, the terms ‘Kush’’, ‘Kushite’ or ‘Ethiopian’ used in the Hebrew Bible did not refer to the inhabitants of the country now known as Ethiopia, but sometimes to black skin, sometimes to black Africa, more specifically Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Africa.

Jeremiah 13:23 "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?"

Cush begat Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raemah, Sabtecah and Nimrod.

According to the official account, most of his descendants settled east of the Red Sea and occupied Petra Arabia and Felix Arabia to the south-east of the Red Sea, i.e. present-day Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman. Yet there are early maps that situate most of Kusch's descendants in sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of his son Saba ( shown below is a map published by cartographer Rob Wilkinson on 11 April 1818).

Why such confusion? How then will the average reader be able to discern the true identity of the Cuschites/Ethiopians?

History no longer attributed to black people

Firstly, historically, the Greeks were Romans of a sort, as they were ruled by the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, and until 1700 CE, many Greeks still called themselves Romans. Ancient slavery was present in civilizations as ancient as Mycenaean Greece, which stretched from 1750 to 1050 BC, including ancient Egypt, and the Roman Empire. As the Roman Empire expanded, entire populations were enslaved, as this was an important element in the development of cities. Those reduced to servitude were enslaved because of debt, punishment for crime, prisoners of war, child slavery or the birth of the children of slaves. They were mainly used for labor.

Let's not forget that in the first century AD, the modern state of Israel didn't exist, nor did the term “Jew” to designate the European Ashkenazi and Sephardic peoples. But there were black Greco-Romans known as Judeans or ioudaios (in Greek), who lived in the Roman province of Judea (called Judaei) in southern Palestine. This region was once called Eretz Kna'an (the land of Canaan) and the borders were known as the “borders of those who came out of Egypt”. (Numbers 34:2, Deuteronomy 1:6-8). Although the skin color of these first-century slaves was recognized, it generally didn't have the same social implications of racism as today. These black Greco-Romans played a variety of roles, notably as slaves, but also as soldiers, craftsmen, musicians and scholars. They were allowed to practice their religion and were free to mix with other racial and ethnic types.

Acts 16:1 "Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father."

Briefly, according to the historical record, all was well in the Roman Empire until 66 AD, when a revolt broke out in Judea (Judaei). Decades of latent tension between the Judeans and the Roman authorities escalated into a full-scale revolt, culminating in the second destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the definitive exile of the Judeans.

► In the year 68, the resistance in the northern part of the province was eradicated and the Romans turned their full attention to enslaving the Judeans. That same year, Emperor Nero died, creating a vacancy in Roman leadership. In the ensuing chaos, Vespasian was declared emperor and made his way back to the Imperial City. The task of leading the remaining army in the assault on the Judeans was passed to his son, Titus. The Roman legions surrounded the city and slowly began to wipe out the Judean resistance forces.

► In the year 70, the attackers broke through the outer walls of the Judean cities and began to slaughter them mercilessly. The climax of the assault was the burning and destruction of the Temple. The sacred relics of the Temple were transported to Rome and displayed in exhibitions as a sign of victory celebration. The Romans killed thousands of Judeans. Of those who escaped death, some were scattered to the arenas of the Empire to be exterminated for the amusement of the public; others were deported to Egypt to work in the mines.

► In the year 132 there was the Bar Kokhba revolt, a large-scale armed rebellion by the Judeans of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba. The uprising had a devastating effect on both the population and their homes. The death toll was staggering, while multitudes of Jews were taken into captivity to fill the slave markets near and far. The Hebron slave market was particularly famous as a center for the sale of Jewish slaves sent into captivity by Hadrian. The Jews were so numerous that they were sold for crumbs.

"The toll of the Bar Kochba uprising was devastating both on the population and on the places of habitation. The numbers of dead were awesome, while multitudes of Jews were taken captive to fill the slave markets near and far. The slave market of the Terebinth of Hebron was particularly famous as a center where Jewish slaves, sent into captivity by Hadrian were sold. So many Jewish slaves were available that, recording to one report, a Jew was sold for as little as the price of a portion of horse feed" |History of Am Yisrael in Ancient Days (Hebrew, Devir), 1971, p.321.|

"Now that Betar had been captured, everything came under Human control, while Palestine [Judah] was reduced to a desolate mound. Captives were sold into slavery in numbers too great to count. First they were brought to the grand annual market at the Terebinth-Eloh tree in Hebron, or in the words of Hyranumous, to the Tent-Ohel of Abraham near Hebron. Each slave sold for the price of a horse. Those captives who were not sold there were brought to the market place in Azza [Gaza] which, because of the great multitudes of slaves who were sold there, was called Hadrian’s market place. And those who were still not sold there were herded into ships and were taken to Egypt. Many died in transit, whether by starvation or by shipwreck, while many also were killed by cruel masters" |Munter, Primordia Eccl. Africanae, pp. 85f., 113|

"Because the soldiers were now growing weary of bloodshed, and survivors appeared constantly, Caesar orders to kill only those who offered armed resistance and to take alive all the rest. (415) The troops, in addition to those covered by their orders, slaughtered the aged and infirm; people to their prime who might be useful they herded into the Temple area and shut up in the Court of the Women (lcl. (416) Caesar appointed one of his freedmen as their guard, his friend Fronto, to decide the fate appropriate to each. (417) All those who had taken part in sedition and brigandage (they informed against other) he executed. He picked out the tallest and handsomest of the lot and reserved them for the Triumph (418). Of the rest, those who were over seventeen he put in chains and sent to hard labor in Egypt while great numbers were presented by Titus to the provinces to perish in the theaters by sword or by wild beasts; those under seventeen were sold”. |Josephus, “The Jewish Wars”; Book vi 9:2.|

It should be noted that the above-mentioned events are no longer attributed to the black Greco-Roman slaves of Judea, but rather to the modern Jews of today's State of Israel. However, systematic excavations of ancient Greek sites have uncovered a plethora of sculptures dating between 400 and 100 BC, depicting black Greco-Roman Judeans.

In addition, Russian iconography, the catacombs* of Rome, as well as the backgrounds of many Orthodox and Catholic churches, also feature a considerable collection of ancient sculptures and paintings that seem to represent Hebrew patriarchs and prophets of black descent. (See video below)

*Catacombs are the underground cemeteries of ancient Rome, created by early Christians to bury their dead. The catacombs consist of a system of passageways, often forming labyrinths, and rectangular niches of varying size dug into the walls for burials. They were created by excavating a very soft, porous sedimentary rock called tuff. Before being exposed to air, tuff is a very malleable rock, relatively easy to excavate with hand tools. But after exposure to air, it gradually hardens. As a result, excavated passages become firm and do not collapse. There are over 60 different catacombs in Rome, most of them underground and located along the Appian Way, and nowadays, almost all the niches are open and empty, but some are still closed.

Scholars have speculated that the icons darkened over time, as a result of varnishing, candle smoke, incense burning, lead brushing and so on. Although these factors sometimes do darken paintings, in this case the characters do have distinctive features such as frizzy or curly hair and nasal structure.

► In 650 AD, the trans-Saharan slave trade began, and continued throughout the Middle Ages until 1500. Millions of black slaves from sub-Saharan Africa were transported across the Sahara to the eastern Arab nations and to Constantinople (the Roman Empire). The Arabs regularly acquired slaves through violent raids, then captured them and sent them on dangerous forced marches across the Sahara to slave markets in Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Egypt. Arab slave traders referred to these African populations as Zanj or Soudan, meaning “black”.

► In 1526, the Portuguese made the first transatlantic slave voyage to Brazil, and other Europeans soon followed suit. Almost half of the slaves transported to the United States and southern Europe came from two regions: Senegambia, the region comprising the Senegal River, the Gambia River and the lands between them, Guinea-Bissau and Mali; and Angola, Congo-Brazza, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon. The Gambia River, which links the Atlantic to Africa, was an essential waterway for the slave trade; at its peak, around one in six West African slaves came from this region. While the other half came from the West African nation of Ghana, as well as neighboring Côte d'Ivoire, the Bay of Biafra (which included parts of today's eastern Nigeria and Cameroon), a maritime entrance to Atlantic waters on the west coast of Africa, was the center of important slave-trading operations. The descendants of those Africans who were taken into captivity today make up considerable sections of the population of the USA, Brazil and many Caribbean islands.

All these events hark back to the divine prophecies proclaimed following Israel's exodus from Egypt. While the Exodus was a divine act of grace and love, the return to Egypt was a reconsideration, a reversal of the whole Exodus process and the annulment of the blessings, should Israel disobey the Lord's covenant laws.

Deuteronomy 28:68 "The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."

"And Hashem will exile you hack to Egypt in ships by way of the Reed Sea that you once crossed and concerning which I said: You shall not see it again! And there you will be sold into servitude to your enemies for large sums of money as crafts-men. And afterwards (you will be sold) cheaply as slaves and maidservants, until you will be cheapened (and try) to sell yourselves for nothing, and no one will take you in." |Deutéronome 28:68, paraphrase de la traduction araméenne connue sous le nom de "Targum Yonatan ben Uziel”|

All this evidence reinforces the hypothesis that the Judeans who lived in Judea (Judaei), a province of ancient Rome, were of black descent, and more than ever before, our era is increasingly facilitating the recognition of such an important fact.

Conference of Berlin?

In Joel 3:1-6, the Lord declares that the nations of Judah and Israel were scattered and sold to the sons of Javan, who transported them far from their homeland.

Joël 3:1-6 "1“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there because of My people, My inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided up My land. They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia — what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads. For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasuresm to your temples. You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.

According to some theologians and scholars, this passage refers to the division of the land of Canaan in Israel between the 12 tribes of Israel. However, if the “sons of Javan” represent the Greeks as well as many European nations such as the Romans, the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the French... then it is clear that the division spoken of in this verse does not refer to the Land of Canaan, since there is no historical account of such a division in Israel among these European nations. However, if we go back in history, this passage seems more like a prophecy echoing the Berlin Conference concerning the division of Africa.

During the conference, fourteen northern countries divided Africa among them. The countries represented at the time were Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey and the United States of America. The end result was a hodgepodge of geometric borders that divided Africa into 50 irregular countries. This new map of the continent was imposed on the 1000s of indigenous cultures and regions. The new countries were devoid of meaning and logic, as they divided homogeneous groups of people and merged disparate groups who didn't get along at all.

You be the judge, and we encourage you to do your own research.

Ruth 4:11 “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel.”

Eber

Jacob - The House of Israel

Judah (Yehudah) - The House of Judah

Genesis 49:9-10 "Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his."

Psalm 78:68 "But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved."

1 Chronicles 28:4 "For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father’s family."​​​​​​​​

Hebrews 7:14 "For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood."

Revelations 5:5 "Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Amos 9:7 "Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD"

Jeremiah 50:33 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together"

​Jeremiah 33:24 "Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation."

► They will feel frustration and envy towards other nations.

► They will not achieve prosperity and will lack basic essential resources.

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► They will become the laughingstock of all nations and the subject of mockery.

► Cannibalism will become a common practice in various cities of Judah.

►Their leaders will be like little children, concerned above all with their own personal well-being and incapable of governing.

► They will be subjected to servitude and slavery.

​► They will be subjected to violence and oppression wherever they go.

► All the other nations of the earth will reject them with the same zeal, and will neither conceive nor tolerate them as being the true Jews and Israelites for their identity has been concealed.

► They will not know their true identity. In other words, Israelites and Jews don't know who they are, and don't consider themselves as such.

► They will be handed over to the violent and ruthless nations of the Septentrion. The Septentrion is the North.

► The invaders will come with boats and disperse them across the world via ships.

► Their lands will be devastated, and their wealth plundered.

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Psaumes 87:4 "I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.”

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Congo Basin, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. But also neighbouring countries such as Congo Brazzavile, Cameroon, Gabon, South Africa and South Sudan.

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Isaiah 46:8-9 "Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! Remember what happened long ago..."

Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers."

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Jeremiah 13:23 "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?"

Acts 16:1 "Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father."

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Deuteronomy 28:68 "The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."​

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1 Chronicles 28:4 "For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father’s family."

Jeremiah 33:24 "Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation."

► They will be subjected to violence and oppression wherever they go.

Deuteronomy 28:68 "The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."