Mount Zion?
Click on the links below to discover some interesting facts about Mount Zion.
The Mountains of the Moon at the Center
How the location of Mount Zion was occulted
The Bible reveals spiritual truths about ELOHIM, love, salvation, faith, morality and ethics that surpass the realms of science, and the more you will seek to deepen your knowledge and understanding, the more you begin to notice the existence of two realities: the Truth which is no longer known to mankind, and the falsehoods we have long been taught, and that have become our altered version of Reality and Truth, and upon which the whole world relies on. Although our human identity remains elusive, our conscience speaks to us. Let the Truth be told in accordance with the Word of God and historical evidence.
Throughout Scripture The Lord instructs people to examine ancient history in order to build a foundation from written records.
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Isaiah 46:8-9 "Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! Remember what happened long ago..."
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Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers."
We encourage you to do your own research, and may the Holy Spirit guide you in understanding this message.
According to Scriptures, Shem begot Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. His descendants are the Semites.
Here is the portion allocated to SEM according to the Bible.
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Genesis 10:30 “And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.”
It should be noted that the term “East” could refer to the Middle East, eastern Persia, India, or East Asia. How did medieval scholars and contemporary theologians manage to draw up the table of nations based on such vague information?
Yet, when we take a closer look at the territories of SHEM from the perspective of these apocryphal books, another reality emerges. To understand the passages in the Book of Jubilees, it is essential to understand the meaning of the terms highlighted in red. Here is our analysis of what is written in the Book of Jubilees concerning the division of the Earth.
Division of the territories of SEM according to the Book of Jubilees
Chap 8:12-21
12. There came out on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth that he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the generations of eternity. From the middle of the mountain range of Rafa, to the mouth of the water from the river Tina, and his portion goes towards the west through the middle of this river, and it extends until it reaches the water of the abysses, out of which this river goes out and pours its waters into the sea Me’at, and this river flows into the great sea.
13. All that is towards the north is Japheth’s, and all that is towards the south belongs to Shem. And it extends until it reaches Karaso, this is in the center of the tongue of land that looks towards the south.
14. His portion extends along the great sea, and it extends in a straight line until it reaches the west of the tongue that looks towards the south, for this sea is named the tongue of the Egyptian Sea.
15. And it turns from here towards the south towards the mouth of the great sea on the shore of its waters, and it extends to the west to Afra, and it extends until it reaches the waters of the river Gihon, and to the south of the waters of Gihon, to the banks of this river.
16. It extends towards the east, until it reaches the Garden of Eden, to the south of it and from the east of the whole land of Eden and of the whole east, it turns to the east and proceeds until it reaches the east of the mountain named Rafa, and it descends to the bank of the mouth of the river Tina.
17. This portion came out by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it forever to his generations forever.
18. Noah rejoiced that this portion came out for Shem and for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his mouth in prophecy; for he had said, “Blessed be Yah Elohim of Shem and may Yah dwell in the dwelling of Shem.”
19. He knew that the Garden of Eden is the purest place, and the dwelling of Yah, and Mount Sinai the center of the desert, and Mount Zion which is the center of the navel of the earth, these three were created as pure places facing each other.
20. And he blessed the Elohim of elohim, who had put the word of Yah into his mouth.
21. And he knew that a blessed portion and a blessing had come to Shem and his sons and to their generations forever which was the whole land of Eden and the whole land of the Red Sea, and the whole land of the east and India, and on the Red Sea and the mountains of it, and all the land of Bashan, and all the land of Lebanon and the islands of Kaftur, and all the mountains of Sanir and Amana, and the mountains of Asshur in the north, and all the land of Elam, Asshur, and Babel, and Susan and Ma’edai, and all the mountains of Ararat, and all the region beyond the sea, which is beyond the mountains of Asshur towards the north, a blessed and spacious land, and all that is in it is very good.
The River Tina and Karaso
The Tina River is a watercourse located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Karaso is an intermittent watercourse located in central Africa, north of Rwanda.
The Great Sea and The Sea Meat
The Great Sea is either the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, or the Pacific Ocean. The Mediterranean Sea is the only sea that draws a visible line between the North (the European continent) and the South (the African continent). Given that the Mediterranean Sea flows into the Atlantic Ocean, we can deduce that, in this context, the Great Sea refers to the Atlantic Ocean and the Sea Meat refers to the Mediterranean Sea. This implies that Sem would have inherited the continent located directly south of the Meat/Mediterranean Sea, namely Africa.
The Egyptian Sea
Seems to refer to either the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, or the Red Sea.
Afra
Afra has often been considered another form of the toponym “Africa.”
The Gihon
In the Book of Jasher, it is written that the Loire flows into the Gihon, but in reality the Loire flows into the Atlantic Ocean. So the passage suggest that the Gihon is the Atlantic Ocean.
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"The children of Riphat are the Bartonîm (Bretons) who live in the land of Bartonia (Brittany) near the Ledah river (Lira or La Loire), which pours its waters into the great sea of Gehon, which is the Ocean." |The Book of Jasher, Chap 10:9|
In Genesis 2:13 it is written that the Gihon surrounds the land of Cush. However, according to ancient maps, the land of Cush encompassed central and southern Africa, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Genesis 2:13 "The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush."
If Shem's portion of land is surrounded by the waters of Gihon (the Atlantic Ocean) and extends to the southeast of the earth, then the passage essentially establishes that Shem would have inherited the African continent.
The Center of the Earth
There came out on the writing as Shem’s lot the middle of the earth that he should take as an inheritance for himself and for his sons for the generations of eternity... He knew that the Garden of Eden is the purest place, and the dwelling of Yah, and Mount Sinai the center of the desert, and Mount Zion which is the center of the navel of the earth, these three were created as pure places facing each other.
Fleur-De-Lys au Centre
In ancient texts, such as the Second Book of Ezra it states that God chose the lily as his Own personal flower, and that flower represents Zion.
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2 Esdras 5:24-25 "And of all lands of the whole world You have chosen for Yourself one region: and of all the flowers of the world You have chosen for Yourself one lily: And from all the depths of the sea You have filled for Yourself one river: and of all built cities You have set it apart and made Zion apart to Yourself." |The Book of Ezra|
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Hosea 14:4-5 "I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon."
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Songs 2:2-3 "Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters."
Due to its beauty and rarity, the lily was already an important symbol in ancient Egypt and Greece. Its official use dates back to the early Middle Ages, with its association with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, whose three petals represent the Holy Trinity, thus becoming a major religious emblem. The lily symbolizes purity, as well as the strength and power that reside in a mother's eternal love for her child. Later, it became an emblem of monarchical and heraldic legitimacy.
However, in virtually all maps prior to the 16th century, we can see the fleur-de-lis in the Centre of Africa. Furthermore, When we consult ancient maps dating from the 14th to 16th centuries, we find a multitude of maps inscribed on parchment, with wind roses and crossed rhumb lines. These wind roses were the basic elements used for navigation. Yet they all feature a very large compass rose at the center of Africa, indicating that this is not only the center of the Earth, but also the throne of a high priest. See the video below.
Interestingly, in Tabula X of his African maps in books 10 and 12, Livio Sanuto, the famous geographer to the king of the time, described the habits and customs of Africa and listed the names of all the populations of Ethiopia and Lower Ethiopia, referring to their territory as “Judaeorum Terra” in Latin, meaning “the Land of the Jews”. The map was published posthumously by his brother Giulio in 1588.
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Livio Sanuto (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 output marked the transition from Ptolemy's maps to those of Mercator and Ortelius. Livio and his brother Giulio designed a massive, comprehensive atlas featuring maps and descriptions of the entire world, which they believed to be more accurate than any previously published atlas. When Livio noticed that Africa was imperfectly described, he set to work on a book containing 12 large maps he had drawn himself and which were engraved by his brother. When compiling his African maps, Sanuto relied on Gastaldi's map of 1564 and Portuguese nautical charts for coastal mapping and inland information, using the accounts of Duarte Barbosa and João de Barros.
The Case of Abraham
In Genesis 13:1, it is written that when Abraham (a descendant of Shem) left Egypt, he went to the south of Egypt. Some Bibles mention that he went to the Negev, which is northeast of Arabia.
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Genesis 13:1 "Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South."
However, the Apocryphon of Genesis, another book classified as apocryphal, gives a detailed description of Abraham's journey. Not only does the text support the writings of the Book of Jubilees, but it also suggests that Abraham began his journey on the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean (west of North Africa), headed east, and traveled along the Mediterranean coast to Mount Taurus. He then traveled along the shores of the Red Sea and the junction of the Sea of Reeds (Gulf of Suez or Gulf of Aqaba), before continuing south to Africa and reaching the southern Atlantic Ocean. While this achievement may seem impossible, it should not be forgotten that, just like the other patriarchs of old, Abraham was also a man of gigantic stature.
Apocryphon of Genesis: 1Q20
Thereafter God appeared to me in a vision of the night and told me,"Go up to Ramath-Hazor, which is on the north of Bethel where you now live, and lift up your eyes. Look to the east, west, south, and north. Survey all this land that I am about to give to you and your descendants forever.' So I went up the next day to Ramath-Hazor and surveyed the land from that height from the River of Egypt to Lebanon and Senir, and from the Mediterranean to the Hauran, and all the land of Gebal as far as Kadesh, and all the Great Desert to the east of the Hauran and Senir as far as the Euphrates. And He said to me,"I will give all this land to your descendants; they will inherit it forever. Moreover, I will multiply your descendants like the dust of the earth that none can count. Your descendants shall be numberless. Arise, walk about, go see how long and how wide it is, for I wilI give it to you and to your descendants after you, forever." Then I went -- I, Abraham traveling in a circuit to survey the land. I began the circuit at the Gihon River, traveling along the Mediterranean until I reached the Mount of the Ox. I circled from the coast of this great saltwater sea, skirting the Mount of the Ox, and continued eastward through the breadth of the land until I came to the Euphrates River.I journeyed along the Euphrates until I reached the Red Sea in the east, whence I followed the coast of the Red Sea until I came to the tongue of the Reed Sea, jutting out from the Red Sea. From there I completed the circuit, moving southward to arrive at the Gihon River. Afterwards I returned home safely and found all my men well.
Tudor Parfitt, historian, writer, radio host, traveler, and explorer specializing in the study of Jewish and Judaic communities around the world, particularly in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, wrote on page 12 of his book Black Jews in Africa and in The Americas that Africans are in reality the descendants of Abraham. You can read this book by clicking on the link below
Based on the above information, Sem would have inherited the African continent, the Middle East, India, and Eastern China. The division of his territories would correspond to the following:
Mount Zion
He knew that the Garden of Eden is the purest place, and the dwelling of Yah, and Mount Sinai the center of the desert, and Mount Zion which is the center of the navel of the earth, these three were created as pure places facing each other.
The Bible teaches that the biblical Mount Zion and the tribe of Judah are closely linked. It also teaches that it was not Shem but rather Ham, Noah's second son, who was the father of black peoples. He fathered Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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Psalm 78:68 "But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved."
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Psalm 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."
Cush is Ethiopia
Misraim is Egypt
Put is Phoenicia
Canaan is Philistia
Nimrod (son of Kush) is Babylon
When reviewing ancient maps dating back to the Middle Ages, we can effectively observe that most of Central Africa was once called Ethiopia. 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, but rather to the black population who mainly inhabited the following regions:
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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.
Aegyptus and Aegypto?
Yet one cannot speak of Mount Zion without mentioning Egypt. In order to better understand the information below, it would be useful to first put things into context by briefly discussing the etymology of the words.
The Arabic word for Egypt is Misr, derived from the Hebrew Misraim (son of Khem / Cham). The ancient name for Egypt is kmt (in its present written form “Kemet, Kemit, Kamit”), meaning “black”, “land of the blacks” or “black land”. Note that the word "Alchemy" has its origins in Kemet. Kimia (Greek χυμεία) is derived from Khem or Cham and means "to melt or mold a metal". The Hebrew AL or EL means "God" or "The Most High". The syntax is Al-Kimia, meaning "to merge with The Most High". In fact, Kemet transmitted its first texts about medicine to the world in the form of medical papyri, moreover, "Western science" and medicine, originated in Kemet.
Around 332 BC, when the Greeks reached northeast Africa with Alexander the Great, Egyptian culture underwent a sudden change. First, Alexander founded the city of Alexandria to serve as the Greek-style seat of government for the Nile nation. Then the name Aegyptus was adopted for the whole of Lower Egypt. While the sub-Saharan region south of Upper Egypt was named Aethiopia, Sub Aegypto or Aegypto.
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Aegyptus: In Greek mythology, Aegyptus, whose name means "supine goat", was a legendary king of ancient Egypt. The twin brother of Danaus, he was the son of Belus and Anchinoe.
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Aegypto: whose Greek pronunciation is that of the Egyptian name "Hwt-Ka-Ptah", means "Temple of the spirit of Ptah". Ptah was an ancient Egyptian deity associated with Memphis, symbolizing God the creator and ruler of craftsmen and architects.
Interestingly, there are some old maps dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, on which the name “Aethiopia sub Aegypto” or “Aegypto” refers to the entire Congo Basin. Note that in ancient times this part of the Earth was also known as the navel or center of the Earth and called Ethiopia (which translates as “Burnt Face”). Here are a few examples
Here's an ancient map from 1632 by Pascoal Roiz (Portuguese cartographer and portolan producer), written on parchment and preserved in the Musée de Dinan. On the back of the manuscript is written: "donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lecourt de La Villethassetz, September 4, 1844. G. Buisson". Frédéric Lecourt de La Villethassetz (1798-1871) was a jurist and collector of old volumes, titles and other authentic archaic documents. Some of these he donated to the museum. Notice how this authentic map shows the cross of Jesus Christ in the center of Africa, with the inscription Egipto just above the cross. It also shows two Jerusalems: one in the Middle East and one in the Congo.
Interestingly, Revelation 11:8 seems to indicate that Jesus Christ was crucified in Egypt (or Aegypto).
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Revelations 11:8 "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."
Some scholars argue that this verse should not be interpreted in a literal sense but rather in a spiritual context, as the "great city" more likely refers to Rome, which can be spiritually called "Sodom" for its abominations and "Egypt" for its tyrannical cruelty and persecution of the Jews. Now, if modern interpreters thought that this verse could only be understood in a spiritual context, they would never have replaced "our Lord" with "their Lord", because in a much deeper sense, this change suggests the existence of two parallel realities: The Altered Narrative and The Truth.
The Truth: Our Lord who was crucified in primitive Egypt, or rather Aethiopia sub Aegypto.
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Revelations 11:8 "And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." - La Bible de King James 1611
The Altered Narrative: Their Lord who was crucified in the ancient land of Canaan.
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Revelations 11:8 "Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified." - Berean Standard Bible
According to the Book of Jubilees, Adam was created in the land of Elda, at the Center of the Earth. Elda comes from the Hebrew Eldaah (אלדעה), meaning "God called" or "knowledge of God". This is where Adam first stood before he was taken to the Garden of Eden, on the eastern side of our earthly borders. His body was buried on the very site of his creation. It was also on this very site that YESHUA was crucified.
Firstly, The Bible teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth. Much of his adult ministry took place in the town of Capernaum (Kefar Naḥum), where he regularly taught in the synagogues. It was the Lord's second home, and he made it his home. The Bible calls Capernaum (Kefar Naḥum) "the temple of Jesus Christ".
Yet, there is an engraving in the center of the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Capernaum (Kefar Naḥum), whose shape matches the map of the Democratic Republic of Congo - (See below)
What should we understand?
Now, if the word Aegypto means “Temple of the Spirit of God” and Capernaum was the “Temple of Jesus Christ”, we can assume that the engraving of the map of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the center of the synagogue in Capernaum is intended to communicate subliminally to the world that the Congo Basin is closely linked to Aegypto, i.e. the “Temple of the Spirit of God”. Any logical explanation or interpretation indicates that the Congo Basin, also known as the Center or Navel of the World, is a Holy Land: it is the Earthly Temple of the Lord.
KIMPA VITA
If there are so many writings about her, “it is because she greatly worried the Portuguese colonists and the Inquisition. Enough, in fact, that they wanted to kill her,” explains historian Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch.
Portuguese colonists first arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo around 1483 by ships and were welcomed by the king as trading partners. In the early 16th century, Christianity became the state religion of Kongo. Its capital was M'banza-Kongo, but the Portuguese called it São Salvador. M'banza-Kongo then became the largest slave port on the west coast. However, it was not the citizens of Kongo who were usually sold, but rather prisoners of war from neighboring countries. The latter were sold to traders and then shipped to the South American colonies of Brazil to work on sugar cane, coffee, and other commercial plantations.
Kimpa Vita, whose Christian name was Dona Beatriz, was born in 1684 in the Kingdom of Kongo, which no longer exists today. Born into one of the richest families in the village, she belonged to the upper social class. In those days, the Kingdom of Kongo covered a huge area of central Africa, stretching from present-day Angola to Gabon, including both Congos. Beatriz Kimpa Vita's epiphany occurred during an illness in 1704. While she was bedridden, she had a vision of Saint Anthony of Padua, one of the Portuguese saints widely promoted by missionaries in Kongo. She rose from her sickbed, convinced that she had a calling to fulfill, and proclaimed herself a “messenger of God.” She then began preaching the following message in the villages:
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The missionaries are sorcerers who profit from the slave trade in the provinces, and it is unthinkable that the disciples of God could also be their oppressors.
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They have been lied to, and the images of Jesus and Mary with European features that adorn Catholic churches are false.
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The truth is that Jesus Christ is not white, but black. The fathers of the Church are African, and Kongo is the Holy Land. She explained that Jesus was born in Congo, in the city of M'banza-Kongo. His mother Mary had been the slave of a Congolese nobleman, and she had fled with Jesus to the northern province of Nsundi. This is what the Scriptures called “Nazareth.”
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Baptism is useless; God only retains the intention. Confession is useless; God only retains the intention. Good works are useless; God only retains the intention.
Deemed a heretic and enemy of the king, she was burned alive at the stake on July 4, 1706, by the Capuchins, at the age of 22. Those who witnessed her death reported seeing a shining star at the site of her execution.
The Center: An Unknown Land
In the Bible, Phut or Puth is the third son of Ham. Unfortunately, there are very few references about him and the regions where his descendants settled. Phut is also described as a country or people from which some of Egypt's mercenary troops originated.
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Jeremiah 46:9 "Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow!"
In biblical times, Africa was called Libya, which translates as Phut in Hebrew. In ancient Greece, Libya was one of three well-known continents, along with Asia and Europe, and it referred to the entire African continent. In the Scriptures, whenever the name "Libya" is used, the Hebrew term is "Phut" (פוּט), whose Hebrew transliteration means "unknown".
Phut = Unknown = Libya = Africa
Phut is also associated with the land of Punt, a region rich in natural resources and where slaves could be acquired. Note that the Land of Punt is also called "Ta netjer", and described in ancient Egyptian texts as "The Land of God". Ancient literature held that the term "Land of God", interpreted as "Holy Land" or "Land of the Ancestors", meant that the ancient Egyptians regarded the Land of Punt as their ancestral homeland.
Some historians believe that Punt was the aboriginal home of the Egyptian dynastic race. In the 1876 Exposition Universelle by Auguste Mariette, Chap. 5 Couloir Circulaire, Pg. 24, Pount's inhabitants are described as black and dark-skinned.
**"They carry spears and shields. A general is leading them. Ahead of them, the people of Pount stand beseechingly. They are remarkable for the dark color of their skin. In the lead marches the chief. His long hair is woven into tight braids. A dagger hangs from his belt. His wife and servants are escorting him." |Auguste Mariette, Chap. 5 Couloir Circulaire, Pg. 24|
Greek historians situate and refer to the river west of Mauritania (modern Morocco) and the adjacent country as Phoute. Others believe that Phut's descendants settled in the area known as Carthage, Karthago, Karthajen, or Kart-hadasht, which encompasses Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. Some historians have also speculated that the Land of Punt was probably located on the southern shores of Arabia.
But we refute these assumptions that the Land of Pount would be located in Arabia, for the following reasons: around 1477 B.C., Queen Hatshepsut undertook an expedition to the land of Punt, depicted on a relic at Deir el-Bahri, in present-day Luxor. It shows ships carrying men and loaded with gold, aromatic resins, ivory, elephants trunks, ebony, and exotic animals such as leopards, monkeys and giraffes. However, none of the resources of the Land of Punt are naturally present in Arabia.
vestige de Deir el-Bahri à Louxor
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Elephants are only found in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the tropical forests of Central Africa and West Africa. In Asia, some male elephants have tusks, while African elephants, either male or female, all have tusks. To this day, most ivory is illegally sourced from Africa and manufactured and sold in Asia.
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Black ebony is a rare type of tree found mainly in parts of Central Africa (Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania) and Southeast Asia (Sri Lanka and India).
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Leopards are found in a wide variety of habitats, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India and China.
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Old World monkeys such as guenons, macaques and baboons are widespread in Central Africa and Asia.
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Giraffes are naturally found in fragmented habitats throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and along its coastline.
Puth: Unkown Land
As previously mentioned, in Hebrew, the transliteration of the name Puth (פוּט), means “unknown”. Although the kingdom of Pount is the subject of much speculation, its exact location remains unknown to this day.
Interestingly, around the 1700s, the region known as Ethiopia, which encompassed the Congo Basin, was suddenly reset. They began publishing maps identifying the entire Congo Basin, its cities and its terrain, as "unknown" or "unexplored" lands, even though more than thirteen centuries earlier, this so-called "unknown land" had been supplying the Arabs with slaves, minerals and natural resources without interruption, and was not entirely unknown to the Europeans, who had named it "Ethiopia", which means "burnt face" or "black". (See video)
Interestingly, in the James Moffatt Bible published in 1901, we read in John 21:8,
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“While the rest of the disciples came ashore in the Punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish.” -
This passage is the one where Jesus performed a miracle on the shores of the Sea of Galilee near the Jordan river. The famous Sea of Galilee is where Jesus walked on the water, calmed the storm and made Peter and Andrew "fishers of men". It's also where Jesus fed the masses with a few loaves and fishes and delivered his Sermon on the Mount. The Jordan River is the site of Jesus Christ's baptism, and the source of all holy water in Christianity.
If the location of the land of Punt or Phut is in the middle of Africa, this would imply that, Jesus was in the vicinity of Punt when he performed this miracle. In other words, the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River are not in northern Israel, but possibly in Africa.
Interestingly, although Moffatt relied heavily on the Greek text of Hermann Freiherr von Soden, who was a renowned German biblical scholar, priest of the Jerusalem Church in Berlin, professor of theology and literary theologian, Roman Catholics and Lutherans were particularly offended by Moffatt's Bible, as they felt it was controversial in several respects and put forward skeptical views.
The Mountains of the Moon at the Center
Firstly, the African continent is much larger than most people realize. In fact, with a surface area of around 30,365,000 km², Africa is 78% larger than Russia, China, India, the contiguous USA and most of Europe combined. Furthermore, the Congo Basin is also exceptionally rich in natural resources. Its soil is rich in world-class mineral deposits, including cobalt, gold, copper, timber, potash, lead, zinc, phosphate, manganese, uranium, niobium and tantalum derivatives, and iron ores. It produces 30% of the world's diamond reserves and 80% of the world's coltan reserves, and holds the second-largest reserves of gas and crude oil in Central and Southern Africa. It's the world's second-largest rainforest, with an abundant and very rich biodiversity, housing a huge array of rare animals.
However if you look closely at ancient maps of Central Africa prior to the 19th century, you'll notice several mountain ranges located in what was formerly known as Aegypto (Ethiopia sub Aegypto), and which mainly encompassed the Congo Basin, but also Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi.
In 1665, the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher published the story of Paez in his Mundus Subterraneus, a work that focused in part on the idea that a network of underground waterways maintains the circulation of water throughout the earth. Kircher illustrated Paez's story with the fascinating map below, depicting the source of the waters in the core beneath the Mountains of the Moon.
These legendary mountains range correspond to the region known as Aegypto (Ethiopia sub Aegypto) and they were known to cartographers as Jibbel El Kumri or Mountains of the Moon, and claimed by the Greek scholar Ptolemy to be the source of the White Nile, which supplied lakes Zaire to the north, Zembere to the south and Zaflan to the east. However, towards the end of the 19th century these mountain ranges were removed from maps on the grounds that such theory could not be proven. In the 1870s, explorer Henry Morton Stanley was the first European to report seeing the Mountains of the Moon or the Ruwenzori range, and he later affirmed that the source of the White Nile was Lake Victoria, rather than the lakes Zaire, Zembere and Zaflan previously mentioned by Ptolemy.
The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenjura, or Rwenzururu, known to the natives as the Mountains of the Moon due to the whiteness of the snow-capped mountains, are a high range of mountains located in the heart of equatorial Africa, mainly in the Congo Basin, and bordering Uganda. These mountain ranges feature many vast, elevated forest peaks, permanently covered by ice and snow.
The numerous rivers and stream-fed lakes of these mountain ranges flow into Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and second largest freshwater lake. Its gigantic basin crosses the borders of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, and extends into Rwanda and Burundi, forming the main reservoir of the White Nile.
💡The Nile, the longest river in the world, flows from the south to the north of Africa. It rises in the rivers that flow into Lake Victoria (located in present-day Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) and flows northwards for over 6,800 kilometers. The river's three main tributaries are the Atbara, the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The White Nile appears slightly cooler than the Blue Nile. Most of its water supply comes from rainfall. The White Nile and Blue Nile meet in Sudan. From there, they form a single river that eventually flows into the Mediterranean Sea on the Egyptian coast. The entire Nile basin - made up of interconnected streams, lakes and rivers - flows through 11 African countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
What does the Bible says about Mount zion?
Here are some verses about the Temple of the Lord that might deepen your understanding of Mount Zion.
The Bible declares that Mount Zion is the place where the God of Israel has established his earthly Temple, it's His dwelling place on earth.
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Psalm 74:2 "Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt."
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Psalm 76:2 "In Salem also is His tabernacle, And His dwelling place in Zion."
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Isaiah 8:18 "We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion."
Mount Zion is also the seat of the Lord's action in the history of mankind, for it is in this part of the world that He will establish His king, David.
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Psalm 2:6 "I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain"
The Bible mentions that The Messiah comes from Mount Zion. Now, if the Real Mount Zion is the center of Africa, inevitably The Messiah would have walked on human soil as a man of black descent.
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Romans 11:26 "And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob."
Mount Zion represents the tribe of Judah.
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Psalm 78:68 "But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved."
The Bible teaches that in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, it was prophesied that impenitent Jerusalem and Mount Zion would remain covered with forests and thickets, and also be the object of mockery until He establishes His king David on His holy mountain.
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Jeremiah 26:18 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest."
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Michah 3:12 "Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket."
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Jeremiah 18:16 “To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.”
The Bible also teaches that Jerusalem will remain in ruins, deserted, uninhabited, and a den of jackals.
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Jeremiah 44:2 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them.”
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Jeremiah 10:22 “Behold, the noise of the report has come, And a great commotion out of the north country, To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.”
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Jeremiah 9:11 “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
💡**Note that the jackal is an animal that lives in humid and open savannahs, swamps, bushes, mountains and dry grasslands. Its range extends from the west to the east of tropical and central Africa. A few species can be seen in north-east Africa, south-east Europe and around Burma. It is rarely found in the Middle East.
By contrast, according to the official narrative and the teachings of traditional Christianity, Mount Zion is a small hill just outside the walls of modern Jerusalem in what is now the State of Israel (see image below). An arid region with many drought conditions.
Is it logical to believe that the Lord will gather vast nations from all generations on this small dry hill? 🤔
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Revelations 14:1 "Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads."
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Revelations 7:9 "After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands."
If the authentic Mount Zion refers to sub-Saharan Africa, then we can assume that the harsh conditions affecting those living in this part of the world are directly linked to the implications inherent to this region, notably the spiritual battle between the Lord and forces of evil. When the world's elite refer to the Congo with humor or mockery, it's not by mere coincidence.
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"Many, many people come from the Congo. I don't know what that is, but they came from the Congo and all over the world they came in" - Donald Trump
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"Expel Them to Congo!" - Benjamin Netanyahu
Consequently, this part of the world will not know peace and subjected to constant conflict until the Messianic Kingdom is established.
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"Africa is shaped like a revolver, and the Congo is the trigger," - Frantz Fanon
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Let us be sure never to forget it: the fate of all of us is at stake in the Congo.” - Frantz Fanon
How the location of Mount Zion was occulted
The Centre of the Earth according to scientists
Some people argue that with new technologies, it has been proven that the center of the earth lies in the Middle East. In 1877, Joseph Augustus Seiss, a Lutheran pastor known for his religious writings on pyramidology, asserted that the pyramid of Khéops (Gizeh) is located at the exact intersection of the longest line of Latitude and the longest line of Longitude; in other words, at the center of the entire earth's mass. Regarding the Great Pyramid of Kheops, calculating its apothem (the distance joining the top of the pyramid to the middle of one of the sides of the base) by the half-base of the pyramid is equal to the golden number "π" = Pi = 22/7 = 3.14
💡Note that 22 represents the 22 acts of Creation and 7 represents the time ELOHIM took to create the world, then rested.
The problem with these statements is this: All modern maps follow the Mercator projection created in 1569 by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. His map excessively amplifies the areas at the poles, in order to create straight lines of constant orientation or geographical direction, so that the countries to the north appear larger than they really are, compared to the countries near the equator.
Mercator projection map distorted along the equator
Lambert cylindrical projection which is undistorted along the equator
Thus, defining the center of the Earth on a Mercator projection map will produce inaccurate results. Note that modern critics are accusing the mercator projection of being biased, distorting our perception of the world and tied to racial supremacy. On the basis of these statements, although there is definitely a great mystery hidden from the general public, neither the Great Pyramid nor the Middle East can be the Center of the Earth.
The inversion of maps
In some ancient Bibles, Psalm 48:2 states that Mount Zion lies in the Aquilon or northern side of the earth. That is, to the north of the dry lands.
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Psalm 48:2 "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." |King James Bible|
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Psalm 48:2 "Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; Even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, The city of the great King. |Jps Tanakh|
First and foremost, it's important to remember that the Earth is circular, meaning it has no top or bottom but extends from east to west. And yet, the position of north at the top of the map was imposed with the rise of European exploration and navigation using the compass. And, the predominance of maps with north at the top has had the effect of creating a preconceived notion that the northern hemisphere is more important or more central.
If you study the geography of ancient Egypt, you will observe that Upper Egypt is located in the south and Lower Egypt in the north, whereas logically it should be the other way around. And if you examine ancient maps dating from before the 16th century, you will find several that are upside down, with north positioned in the south and vice versa, while the texts are printed right side up (see maps below). That's because contemporary maps are inverted and printed upside down.
Map from 1568 by Pierre Hamon
Map from 1554 by Giovanni Battista Ramusio
Now, if the orientation of maps prior to the 14th century was reversed, this would mean that at the time the first Bible (Gutenberg Bible) was written in 1455, the southern hemisphere of the Earth was what is now considered the northern hemisphere. Knowing that the orientation of a map is not a scientific imperative but a choice, and given that any direction can represent North or South, it must be understood that by reversing the maps and placing North at the top as if it were an absolute fact, the true location of Mount Zion was concealed in favor of the western lands.
Psalms 68:15-16
Formerly, Psalms 68:15-16 read:
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The mountain of God is like the mountaine of Bashan: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Bashan. Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever" - Geneva Bible of 1587
The allusion in this passage was that Mount Zion is comparable to Mount Bashan. Here the psalmist introduced Mount Zion by contrasting it with the vast expanses of Bashan. Symbolically Sion is in the image of a Mountain to express stability, robustness, reliability, unalterability, strength and confidence. But physically speaking, just like Mount Hermon, Mount Sinai and Mount Bashan, Mount Zion is not just a simple hill or isolated mountain, but rather a chain of high mountains with many elevated peaks or summits covered with forest and thicket as well as snow.
Interestingly, Psalm 68:15-16 was later changed in most recent Bible versions, and the allusion is now that the Mountain of God is Mount Bashan and not Mount Zion.
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The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of God; The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks. - NASB Bible
This change is surprising because in the old times, Mount Bashan, also called “the gates of hell”, was known as a place of sinister reputation and controlled by two kings: Sihon and Og - who were associated with the ancient giant clans: the Rephaim and the Anakim. The region of northern Israel variously called Bassan and later Cesarea-Philippi, was initially the center of the cult of Ba'al, then subsequently of the cult of Pan under Roman rule. Israeli literature associated Ba'al with the godless and the underworld, with Mount Hermon in the background. According to the Book of Enoch, the arrival of the fallen angels on Earth took place on Mount Hermon, and the whole region was considered cursed.
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Enoch 6:6 "And they were, in all, two hundred and they came down on Ardis, which is the summit of Mount Hermon. And they called the mountain Hermon because on it they swore and bound one another with curses."
In Psalm 22:12, Jesus Christ describes those who crucified Him as strong bulls or mighty men of Bashan.
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Psalm 22:12 "Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me."
Why have contemporary scholars altered the meaning of Psalms 68:15-16? Why did the Mountain of the Lord change from Mount Zion to Mount Bashan that? 🤔
You be the judge, and we encourage you to do your own research.
THE APOSTROPHE TO ZION
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I will remember you, O Zion, for a blessing; with all my might I love you; your memory is to be blessed for ever.
Your hope is great, O Zion.
Peace and your awaited salvation will come. Generation after generation shall dwell in you and generations of the pious shall be your ornament.
They who desire the day of your salvation shall rejoice in the greatness of your glory.
They shall be suckled on the fullness of your glory and in your beautiful streets they shall make tinkling sounds.
You shall remember the pious deeds of your prophets and shall glorify yourselves in the deeds of your pious ones.
Cleanse violence from your midst; lying and iniquity, may they be cut off from you.
Your sons shall rejoice within you and your cherished ones shall be joined to you.
How much they have hoped in your salvation and how much your perfect ones have mourned for you?
Your hope, O Zion, shall not perish and your expectation will not be forgotten.
Is there a just man that has perished? Is there a man that has escaped his iniquity?
Man is tried according to his way. Each is paid according to his deeds.
Your oppressors shall be cut off, from around you, O Zion.
All who hate you shall be dispersed.
Your praise is pleasing, O Zion.
It rises up in all the world.
Many times I will remember you for a blessing.
I will bless you with all my heart. You shall attain to eternal righteousness. And shall receive blessings from the noble.
Take the vision that speaks of you. The dreams of the prophets requested for you.
Be exalted and increase, O Zion.
Praise the Most High, your Redeemer. May my soul rejoice in your glory.