The Rise and Fall of the United States of America

 by

Thom Milnor

 

In order to fully understand the rise and fall of the greatest nation in history, we must go all the way back to the patriarch, Abraham whose name originally was Abram but changed by Yahua to Abraham which means, "father of many nations". Abraham was of the line of Shem, the son of Noah.

 

Genesis 12:1-3 Now Yahua  had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. [2] I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; And you will be a blessing, [3] I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed. “in you” meaning the seed of Yahushua the Messiah, “all the families of the earth will be blessed”. Obviously, all of the families of the earth have not been blessed, nor will they be until Yahushua returns to establish the Kingdom of His Father on the earth, forever!

 

At this time in your knowledge of scripture, you probably know that Abram’s wife Sarai was barren and could not conceive, so she gave to Abram her Egyptian maidservant Hagar, to bear children for them. Abram complied and so we will pick up the account from there:

 

Genesis 16:4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she (Hagar) saw that she had conceived, her mistress (Sarai) became despised in her (Hagar’s) eyes. [5] Then Sarai said to Abram. “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. (Take notice, that Hagar will give birth to a son (Ishmael) who will become the father of what we will come to know as the Arab world. Hagar’s lineage is from Noah’s son Ham, not from Shem as was Abram and Sarai. The bitter hatred of Hagar for Sarai apparently did not surface until the conception of Ishmael, at least it wasn’t obvious to perhaps a naive Sarai. Nevertheless, the hatred of the Arab world toward the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has not just come about recently. It may just be surfacing full bloom now, but just as the hatred toward Sarai did not surface immediately, it was bound to erupt sooner or later. It has done so now for the United States,) [6] So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. (Do you think perhaps this really may have ticked Hagar off, and that she may have vowed to even the score someday? Just some food for thought seeing how things have been going between the United States and the Arab world lately. Bear in mind, the entire struggle in the Middle East is about ancient differences and religion, not politics, all fomented of course by none other than Satan the deceiver. If you are new to Bible prophecy, you will see how all of this ancient history applies to the United States in this twenty first century as we progress.) [7] Now the Angel of the Eternal found her (Hagar) by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. [8] And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” [9] The Angel of the Eternal said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” (“Submit yourself under her hand.” Do you believe Hagar was happy about having to do that? We have already read where Hagar despised Sarai. Human nature being what it is, tells us that Hagar would not be thrilled at the prospect of returning to Sarai.) [10] Then the Angel of the Eternal said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” (In other words, there will be so many, they won’t be able to be counted. Now that would be an incentive to return.) [11] And the Angel of the Eternal said to her: “Behold, you are with child, and you shall bear a son, you shall call his name Ishmael. Because Yahua heard your affliction, he shall be a wild man; his hand shall be against every man. And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. (Prophecy my friends, is being fulfilled before our very eyes! Moving on to verse) [15] So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

 

The next area to look at is the covenant that Yahua made with Abraham:

 

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety nine years old (13 years after the birth of Ishmael) Yahua appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty Yahua, walk before Me and be blameless, [2] And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” [3] Then Abram fell on his face, and Yahua talked with him saying; [4] “As for Me, behold My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. [5] “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. [6] “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. [7] “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a Father to you and your descendants after you. So not only was Ishmael be the progenitor of many descendants too numerous to count but from Abraham will come 12 princes and he will become a great nation (Gen 17:20). Abraham will also have other descendants who will become nations. These nations spring from Jacob, son of Isaac, Abraham’s son who is miraculously born from  Sarei, later renamed Sarah.

 

Genesis 17:15 Then Yahua said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name  Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. [16] “And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.” (Then on to verse) [19] Then Yahua said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. So now we see the everlasting covenant of many nations and kings of people has been passed on to Isaac, Abraham’s only son born to Sarah. Abraham did have children from concubines after Sarah’s death but they do not have any direct bearing on the rise and fall of the United States. They became the nations of the east (Gen 25:6).

 

Now we move on to the birth of Jacob, Isaac’s son, and we will see that the birthright covenant is passed on to him even though it was deceptively obtained from his older twin brother Esau who as the oldest, should have received the blessing. Unfortunately for Esau, he placed little value on his birthright, and sold it to Jacob for a mere bowl of lentil stew and some bread. Here then is the account of the birth of Esau and Jacob and of the selling of the birthright to Jacob:

 

Genesis 25:20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. [21] Now Isaac pleaded with the Eternal for his wife because she was barren; and Yahua granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. [22] But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of Yahua. [23] And Yahua said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.” [23] So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. [25] And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over so they called his name Esau. [26] Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. [27] So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man dwelling in tents. [28] And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. [29] Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. [30] And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. [31] But Jacob said, Sell me your birthright as of this day.” [32] And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is the birthright to me?” [33] Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. [34] And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank and arose, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

 

Rebekah was instrumental in ensuring the birthright promise was passed on to Jacob. Aged and nearly blind, Isaac was deceived by both Jacob and Rebekah and therefore blessed Jacob assuming it was Esau.

 

Genesis 27:18 So he (Jacob) went to his father and said, “My father.” And he (Isaac) said, “Here I am, Who are you, my son?” [19] Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game (food that rebekah had made for Isaac in order to deceive him into thinking Esau had prepared it), that your soul may bless me.” [20] But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because Yahua your Father brought it to me.” [21] Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are Esau or not.“ (Rebekah and Jacob had even considered this possibility. So in anticipation, Rebekah had Jacob put on some of Esau’s smelly clothes and she put on his hands and neck the skins of goats to make Jacob feel hairy like Esau). [22] So Jacob went near to his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” So having been deceived by Rebekah and Jacob, Isaac bestowed Esau’s blessing onto Jacob. And so, not only did Jacob have Esau’s birthright, but his blessing as well. Not only do we see conflict raging today between the descendants of Isaac (The nation of Israel, both the house of Judah and the house of Israel) and Ishmael (The Arab world), but look who Esau intermarried with:

 

Genesis 28:9 So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. Now some, but not all, of Esau’s descendants (most likely the Palestinians of today) are middle easterners. Historically then, these conflicts between the tribes of Jacob, i.e. the houses of Judah and Israel, and the Arab world originated thousands of years ago. That’s precisely why there will never be a resolution to the problems in the middle east until the second coming of Yahushua. The world, including the Arabs, have not the foggiest notion as to why America is hated so badly by the Arab world. The Arab world believes they hate America because we are an evil nation. The liberal American media perpetuates this belief by totally disbelieving the scriptual evidence and therefore ignoring the truth.

 

We are however getting ahead of ourselves, so let’s return to the origin of the rise of the United States. What we have determined thus far is that Shem was the son of Noah, and that Shem was a forefather of Abraham, that Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob and each had Yahua’s blessings passed on to them from one generation to the next. So now we will look at the sons of Jacob to see how they figure into this account:

 

Jacob had 12 sons who became the 13 tribes of the Nation of Israel. Just as Yahua had changed Abram and Sarai’s names, so too did He later change Jacob’s name to Israel. When scripture refers to the house of Judah, it refers to the 3 southern tribes of Judah (from whence the nickname Jew comes). These tribes were Jacob’s 3 sons, Judah; Benjamin; and Levi, with their capitol at Jerusalem. Samaria was the capitol of the northern tribes, the house of Israel, of the other 8 sons and 2 half tribes of Jacob’s favorite son Joseph. The half tribes of Joseph were Ephraim and Manasseh. It is these two half tribes of Joseph that we will concentrate on because as you will see, it is they who became Britain and the United States in prophecy.

 

A vital key to unlocking many of the Bible’s prophecies is the knowledge of the true identity of the English speaking peoples. It is inconceivable that the British descended nations would come to become the most powerful nations in the history of mankind possessing the richest portions of the globe and not be mentioned in prophecy.

 

Look now at the blessing Isaac bestowed onto Jacob thinking he was Esau and then the promise Yahua made to Jacob. First the blessing from Isaac:

 

Genesis 17:26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.” [27] And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son is like the smell of the field which Yahua has blessed. [28] ’Therefore may Yahua give you of the dew of heaven, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. [29] ’Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Curses be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who bless you.” Here two details are mentioned for the first time. The first is that Jacob’s descendants would possess great agricultural wealth. The second is that they would obtain rulership over other peoples and nationalities.

 

And now the promise made by Yahua:

 

Genesis 28:10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. [11] So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones (This same stone it is said, is the “Coronation Stone” that sits beneath the throne of England and has held that respected place for centuries) of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. [12] Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of Yahua were ascending and descending on it. [13] And behold, Yahweh stood above it and said: “I am the Father of Abraham your father and the Father of Isaac; (Now note the promise here being made to Jacob) the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. [14] “Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth (Too numerous to count); you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east, to the north and the south; So then, the descendants of Jacob would be global, it would affect the whole world. ’and in your seed (referring to Yahushua the Messiah) all the families of the earth will be blessed. Was this not the same promise Yahua made to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 and Genesis 22:18?

 

As you can see, there were two parts to this promise that was passed on from generation to generation. One was Race which is the birthright and the other had to do with Grace. The birthright was a promise of multiple seed: i.e. kings; nations; millions of progeny. This birthright part of the promise was to be carried on through Joseph:

 

1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben (France) the firstborn of Israel, he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, (Genesis 5:22, ‘While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine’) his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh), the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to birthright. [2] For Judah prevailed over his brothers (was chief among them), and from him came a ruler (King David), although the birthright was Joseph’s.

 

A scepter is the official baton, or staff, of a king and represents kingly office. Yahushua, the King of kings was to come through Judah, and therefore, the Grace part of the promise “all the families of the earth will be blessed“. was to come through Judah.

 

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah. Which means one of Judah’s descendants will always occupy the earthly throne until the very return of Yahushua at which time He will then occupy the throne forever. Well we know a throne does not exist in the nation of Israel (Judah) today but will in the future as we will soon discover.

 

First, let us examine how the birthright promises were amplified for the descendants of Joseph. This is the master key that begins to open up everything else. This is what the scholars and theologians do not understand because of their adherence to their denominational teachings.

 

Shortly before Jacob-Israel died, Joseph came to visit his elderly father and brought with him his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. Here is what transpired during that visit:

 

Genesis 48:1 Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick’; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. [2] And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed. [3] Then Jacob said to Joseph; “Yahua the Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, [4] and said to me, “Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession. [5] ‘And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine (In other words, Jacob declared them his sons). [6] ‘Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; (Accordingly, Ephraim and Manasseh are now Jacob’s, but any future offspring Joseph may have.....). ’they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. (Skipping ahead to verse) [8], Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?” [9] And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom Yahua has given me in this place.” And he said. “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.” [10] Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them [11] And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, Yahua has also showed me your offspring!” (In other words, Yahua had shown Jacob the future of Ephraim and Manasseh). [12] So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down his face to the earth, [13] And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand and brought them near him. [14] Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. [15] And he blessed Joseph, and said: “May the heavenly Father whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the Father who has fed me all my life long to this day {16} The angel who has delivered me from all evil, bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.” [17] Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand and removed it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. [18] And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head,” [19] But his father refused and said, “I know my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

 

So we see that Manasseh was to become great as was Ephraim, but Ephraim’s destiny was also to become a multitude of nations. This never happened prior to the house of Israel’s captivity of 718 BC, and therefore it had to be future because after that captivity, they were scattered throughout the nations and became known as, “The Lost Ten Tribes”. They never achieved national status after that, at least not by their tribal names. After they left Egypt, the tribes of Israel lived for centuries in the middle eastern territory. There is no record of Ephraim and Manasseh becoming a great nation and a company of nations prior to the house of Israel’s captivity. After the captivity the ten tribes of Israel disappeared from the pages of the scripture and from secular history. But those ten tribes are not lost! Scattered perhaps, but never were they lost. Millions of Americans and Britons are totally unaware of their ancient roots. Nor have they the faintest notion that the nations of the British Commonwealth of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, comprise the peoples of Ephraim. And those in the United States are the Manasseh of Bible history and prophecy. The modern day locations of the other eight tribes of the house of Israel are also known. 
 

In order to fully comprehend the providential ascension of the United States’ rise to great wealth and power, we need to look at other areas of prophecy. In Daniel the 4th chapter we find something very interesting that the politicians of today should be aware of but aren’t. 
 

Daniel 4:17 “This decision is by decree of the watchers (Angels of Yahua who never sleep and are always ready to do Yahua’s will. They are not tainted by corruption and remain holy always), And the sentence by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that Yahua rules in the kingdom of men, GIVES IT TO WHOMEVER HE WILL (Emphasis mine), and sets over it the lowest of men”. This is the lesson politicians should learn, that it is Yahua who decides who the rulers of the nations will be and when He wants them to rule. It is all a part of His great Master Plan.

 

Another key point is the seven times of Israel‘s punishment promised in Leviticus:

 

Leviticus 26:18 And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

 

What then is the significance of the seven times? If this indicated a duration of time, how long was it to last? Understanding the significance of Israel’s seven times punishment opens up history to far deeper meaning than ever before.

 

How many days would seven times be?

 

Revelation 11:2 “But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. [3] “And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

 

The above verses equate two periods of time, 42 months and 1260 days. This is easy to understand as there are 1260 days in 42 months of 30 days. This matches perfectly with the Calendar revealed to Enoch by the angel Uriel in the Book of Enoch which is a calendar based on solar events not lunar.

 

Revelation 12:6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by Yahua, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. (And then with a parallel verse representing the same time period it says in verse 14:) [14] But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

 

Scripture equates “time, times and half a time” with a three-and-a-half year period of 1260 days or, 42 months.

 

“seven times” is double the length of “time, times, and half time”, or, three-and-a-half years. Therefore, seven times would represent a duration of 2,520 days, twice the length of the 1260 days. How long a period of punishment upon Israel would these 2,520 days represent in Bible prophecy?

 

When Yahua sent the spies into the promised land to search it out, prior to Israel crossing over into Jordan to possess it, they were gone for forty days. As a result, Yahua rejected Moses from entering the land and deprived the complaining older generation of Israelites from entering the promised land. He announced they would be delayed in possessing their promised inheritance for forty years. He set each day that the spies had wandered in the land for one year, a year for a day.

 

Number 14:32 “But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. [33] And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. [34] According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.

 

The 40 years of punishment were figured on the principle of a day for a year. A similar point is made in Ezekial 4 regarding the punishments of the house of Judah and the house of Israel. With each day then representing a year of Israel’s punishment, seven times would represent, 2,520 years. So, what does the punishment of Israel 3,000 years ago have to do with the rise and fall of the United States today? As far as Bible prophecy is concerned, it has everything to do with it as we will soon learn. But first we must look at the reasons for Israel’s punishment.

 

We will start with the death of king Solomon the son of king David for up until the death of Solomon, all the tribes, both northern and southern were under the rule of the one king as one nation, the nation of Israel:

 

1 kings 11:43 Then Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

 

1 Kings 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. [2] So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), [3] that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, [4] “Your father made our yoke heavy (due to excessive taxation); now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” (Well as it turned out, not only did Rehoboam not lighten their yoke, but instead increased it. This incensed the northern tribes and they made Jeroboam their king. Now moving ahead to verse 20:). [20] Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. (Moving on to verse 25) [25] Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel. [26] And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: [27] “If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.” (So now we come to the crux of the matter as to why Israel was to be punished). [28] Therefore the king (Jeroboam) asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt! (Jeroboam sells the people on the belief that it was because of the two golden calves that they had made while Moses was up on the mountain getting the 10 commandments from Yahua as the reason for their exodus from Egypt. And therefore, these two calves he had made are now their gods. Jeroboam was causing all of the house of Israel to sin by committing idolatry and worshiping false gods). [29] And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. [30] Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. [31] He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. [32] Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah (He changed Yahua’s ordained holy days, the Feast of Tabernacles which comes in the seventh month to his own feast in the eighth month), and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made. [33] So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.

 

The ten tribes totally disregarded Yahua’s admonitions to their ancestors through Moses. They worshiped idols, violated Yahwua’s sabbaths and, in general, simply disregarded Yahua’s laws. The consequences were inevitable. Yahua had warned centuries earlier, through Moses, that a “seven times” punishment would come upon them if they persisted in disobedience. Yet knowing this, they continually practiced the pagan abominations of the heathen nations around them! They revered the Sun god, observed the winter solstice (December 25th on our Gregorian calendar of today which happens to be the birthday of Tammuz, not Yahushua); the vernal equinox, called after Ishtar (pronounced Easter) and accompanied by symbols of sex and fecundity, like rabbits, and eggs, and the lily flower, which the pagans thought looked like a sex symbol. Finally, in the mid-eighth century BC, armies of the mighty Assyrian Empire invaded Israel.

 

Now let’s look at how their captivity came about:

 

2 Kings 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria (The capitol city of the northern ten tribes, the house of Israel), and he reigned nine years. [2] And he did evil in the sight of Yahua, but not as the kings of Israel before him. [3] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal (Israel surrendered at the overwhelming might of the Assyrians and became as a satellite state), and paid him tribute money. (During this time, Hoshea turned to every source of help except to the Almighty Yahua. Just as the United States and Britain do today, he sought foreign alliances; pacts; mutual assistance treaties; non aggression pacts; all in order to stave off the terrible exploitation by Assyria). [4] And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute (extortion money) to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore, the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

 

After a three year siege by the Assyrians, Samaria fell and the Assyrians deported the population of the ten northren tribes of Israel en masse. Now they were broken as a kingdom, taken into captivity and deported as slaves. As a result of this near total dispersion and assimilation into other nations, the vast majority of the ten tribes disappeared from history. Their descendants remain ignorant of their location and identity to this very day. That is, to most everyone except Yahua and to those few to whom He has allowed it to become known:

 

Amos 9:8 “Behold, the eyes of Yahua are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahua. [9] “For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel (The house of Israel is the 10 northren tribes, it is not the nation of Israel which includes all 12 tribes) among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.”

 

The house of Israel had begun an odyssey that would last for many centuries. 2,520 years would pass before the descendants of Israel would begin to receive the birthright blessings promised to the patriarchs by Yahua. For 2,520 years, a year for a day, Israel would experience Yahua’s breach of promise. The migration and assimilations into other lands and name changes of the Israelites is not the purpose of this paper. Those details are well established in the works of others. The concentration here is about the rise of The United States as well as briefly looking at our special relationship with Britain.

 

There were many events during the years of the colonizing and eventual independence of the United States and its gradual expansion. It is not necessary to fix exact dates as the entire period of its declaration of independence and expansion fits very neatly into the 2,520 year period of the conquering and deportation of the ten tribes of Israel. Although there were several waves of invasions against Israel, the year that the largest numbers of Israelites being removed including all of Ephraim and Manasseh was 718 B.C. Twenty five Hundred and twenty years from 718 B.C. (adding one year to account for both 1 A.D. and 1 B.C.) brings us to 1803 A.D. With the stroke of a pen to cancel its debt of $3,750,000 in claims of U.S. citizens against France, the Louisiana Purchase was made which more than doubled the size of the United States.......exactly 2,520 years from the time Israel lost the major share of her national territories. The remarkable story that unfolded in the history of the English speaking people after 1803 A.D. is simply staggering.

 

In 1800, England and her former American colonies possessed only a small portion of the world’s land and wealth. Over the following decades, England emerged in possession of the vast British Empire, the largest empire the world had ever seen. By the end of the 19th century, over one quarter of the world’s land and people were under the British flag. In 1800, the United States clung only to the eastern seacoast. Within five decades the United States spanned the entire North American continent from sea to shining sea. Ephraim (the British Empire) became the most powerful company of nations and Manasseh his brother (The United States of America), became the greatest single nation, right on schedule. The 2,520 years of withholding the birthright had concluded and that part of Bible prophecy has now been fulfilled.

 

My friends, if you are still skeptical about the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and its effect on the world you live in, I would highly recommend that you reconsider your position. It’s sad to have to say this, but this great and wonderful country of ours, the United States of America, has reached its zenith of greatness and is now on a very slippery slope. Most all of Bible prophecy for us is yet future but not in the too distant future. Yahua is not being politely asked to leave the United States, He has literally been kicked out! Man truly believes that everything the United States has achieved is a direct result of the greatness of man (which by the way is the religion of the coming New World Order, orchestrated by none other than Satan, the great deceiver.), not the result of Yahua‘s blessings. What unbelievable self-righteous arrogance! Instead of being the most thankful of people, we have become the most self-indulgent.That New World Order established by man will fail. But a New World Order is coming that will be glorious, because it, will be Yahua's coming kingdom on this earth. 

 

Moses was anciently inspired of Yahua to set down a reminder for those going into the Promise Land but it applies just as much to our people today in the midst of our fabulous wealth and bounty:

 

Deuteronomy 8:7 “For Yahua is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs that flow out of valleys and hills; [8] “a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; [9] “a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. [10] “When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless Yahua for the good land which He has given you. [11] “Beware that you do not forget Yahua BY NOT KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS, HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS STATUTES (emphasis mine thoughout) which I command you today, [12] “lest_when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; [13] “and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; [14] “when your heart is lifted up, and you forget Yahua who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; [15] “who led you through the wilderness, in which fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought you out of the flinty rock; [16] “who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might test you, to do good in the end, [17] “then you say in your heart, MY POWER AND THE MIGHT OF MY HAND HAVE GAINED ME THIS WEALTH. [18] “And you shall remember Yahua, for IT IS HE WHO GIVES YOU POWER TO GET WEALTH, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as is this day. [19] “Then you shall be, if you by any means forget Yahua and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. [20] “As the nations which Yahua destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of Yahua.

 

The birth of America was a new experiment on the world scene, It was to be built as a nation for the people, ruled by the people, but under Yahua. Now after 2,520 years of punishment, would it heed the warning of Deut 8:19-20 that we just read? Would it learn its lesson and stop worshiping and serving other gods, would it obey Yahua by keeping His sabbaths and commandments? Here was the opportunity to redeem their past sins and start out anew on the right track. Yahua was now about to fulfill the blessing giving to Ephraim and Manasseh of a great nation and a multitude of nations. Would their descendents realize this and do the right thing? In 1787 several of the greatest minds in this then fledgling country got together in Philadelphia for what became known as the Constitutional Convention. The purpose of this convention was to draft a Constitution for the United States of America. A lofty goal to be sure. In attendance were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton among other notables. America was to be founded on two fundamental building blocks; religion and morality.

 

Our founding fathers recognized without exception, that America was a blessing bestowed by the Almighty in heaven. Religion and morality was the chief cornerstone upon which this country was to be built. Let’s look at some quotes of these early statesmen:

 

“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God?” (Thomas Jefferson)

 

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” (George Washington)

 

“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not on the power of government...[but] upon the capacity of each and every one of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments.” (James Madison)

 

“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (John Adams)

 

Though the Reformation removed some false doctrines, many Catholic traditions and pagan practices continued on within “Christianity“. Yet for the most part, early America was deeply religious. They were a people who read their Bibles faithfully. Angelo Codevilla wrote in The Character of Nations, “Nowhere else in Christiandom was the Old Testament read so much and the notion of God as lawgiver so widespread.” Codevilla goes on to say that, “the tendency for Americans to liken themselves to the children of Israel was so common that it even spread among the Negro slaves.”

 

What a wonderful sign, what a great start. At least the early American settlers realized that all of what Yahushua and the apostles were teaching and writing, was of the Old Testament. They knew that the law was not done away with at Yahushua’s crucifixion, they knew that it was the sacrificial laws, not the commandments that were hung on that tree on that fateful day, that day so many centuries ago on which our Savior was so heinously tortured and crucified for the sins of the world! A great sacrifice was made on our behalf on that day. Would we honor it, would we glorify it, would we finally after 2,520 years come to our senses and do the right thing? Would we recognize the blessings bestowed upon us as a wonderful yet undeserved gift from the Almighty Eternal Father? Have you ever heard someone say, “Why does a just and merciful God allow such things to happen“, whenever something terrible occurs? Looking at the condition of the world we presently live in, what do you think Yahua’s reply should be?

 

Yahua is not yet directly punishing us. He is merely letting us begin to kill ourselves by letting us suffer the automatic consequences of our own ways. In case you’ve been asleep at the wheel, allow me to enlighten you about some things Yahua considers abominable and perhaps it will help answer that last question:

 

Ezekial 22:2 “Now son of man (Yahua speaking to Ezekial), will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? (‘will you judge’, is not really a question in the Hebrew but a statement. It would be better stated as, “It is time to judge”, meaning, it is time to judge Israel) Yes, show her all her abominations! [3] “Then say, ‘Thus says Yahua; the city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; (On any given day in any given city there is at least one homicide committed, sometimes several. And there have been millions of murders committed by abortion in just the past several decades. This may be a matter of convenience for the murderers, but to Yahua, it is an abomination). and she makes idols within herself to defile herself. (Americans have become obsessed with the attainment of wealth. Big homes, fancy cars, yachts, jewelry, always wanting more, more, and still more. It is estimated that America spends over $6 billion annually on pornography which does not include the trash produced by Hollywood. This is not just ghetto pornography, this cesspool material is being consumed by mainstream America. And now even the “F” word is allowed to be used on network TV. The United States leads the world in producing pornography and divorces). [8] “You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

 

Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy [9] Six days you shall labor and do all your work, [10] but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Yahua’.  Emperor Constantine and the Catholic Church changed the Sabbath to the first day of the week to appease and proselytize the pagan sun god worshipers. The Sabbath command is Yahua’s law. Yahua did not change the Sabbath day but in fact sanctified it making it a sign between Him and His people, forever! Transgression of the law is sin and the penalty of sin, IS DEATH, eternal death! Sunday worship and keeping unclean days are abominations to Yahua as is keeping pagan feasts such as Christmas and Easter. Yahua’s feasts are: Passover; The Days of Unleavened Bread; Pentecost; The Feast of Trumpets; the Day of Atonement; the Feast of Tabernacles; and the Last Great Day.

 

Back now to Ezekiel 22:

 

Ezekiel 22:10 “in you men uncover their fathers nakedness;.... This is inferring the act of indulging in sex with their own mother or stepmother, their father’s wife. Sex today is considered a normal act between two consenting adults. It matters not who the partners are. On college campuses they call it “Hooking up”. It’s like going to have a cup of coffee together despite the fact that over 50% of the births in the United States are illegitimate.. No longer is it considered wrong, but to Yahua, it is an abomination as is pedophilia. However the ACLU is fighting hard to make it legal by their representation of NAMBLA, the man boy lovers association. And the Catholic Church is paying out millions upon millions of dollars as pay-offs for the actions of their priests). [11] One commits abomination with his neighbors wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister.

 

Need I continue, or have you gotten the picture? And to think, I haven’t even touched on Homosexuality with its Gay Rights agenda; the removal of Yahua from all public places; corporate and congessional scandals; child abuse; alcohol abuse; drug abuse; outright dirty corrupt politics; a president who became a national disgrace because of his sexual perversions and lies, yet was loved by 50% of the population, (what does that tell you about character and values, about morality and religion?). Then there’s extortion, stock fraud, insurance fraud, tax evasion and on and on it goes. Our prisons are bulging at the seams with rapists, murderers, and all sorts of evil deviate criminals.

 

Collectively our peoples have turned further and further away from Yahua even while calling themselves a “Christian Nation”. Our national sins are abominations to the Almighty Father who has given us such wonderful blessings. There are problems coming on the English-speaking peoples of the modern-day house of Israel that can scarcely be imagined. Yahua declares that He will “break the staff of bread’, speaking of a time of drought, pestilence, famine and desolation.

 

So then, let me ask the question again, “Why does a just and merciful Elohim allow such things to happen“, whenever something terrible occurs? Looking at the condition of the world we presently live in, what do you think Yahua’s reply should be? Here it is:

 

Revelation 21:7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his Eternal Father and he shall be my son. (Did you get that? Overcome! And you shall be a son of Yahua. You, yes you, reading this right now, will inherit all things. Do you understand the awesome significance of that promise? Do you even have the slightest comprehension of what that means? Do you not realize that it means the entire universe! But wait, there’s more). [8] “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murders, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

 

Americans have become a complacent and materialistic people. They have forgotten their Maker and ignored His instruction book, the Holy Scriptures. They want Him in their lives only when they are facing a hardship. Otherwise, they want Him to stay out of their affairs. Sorry! That’s not the way it works and that’s not the way it’s going to be. Yes, there is a day of judgment coming, but first will come the wrath of Yahua. And chances are, most everyone reading this will still be around when it happens. There is a way though for you and your family to escape.

 

Ezekial 18:23 “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Eternal, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live? [24] “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die. [25] “Yet you say, the way of Yahua is not fair.’ Hear now, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, (Emphasis mine) is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? [26] “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies. [27] “Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. [28] “Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. [29] “Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of Yahua is not fair.’ O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair? [30] “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Eternal. Here then is your escape! REPENT, AND TURN FROM ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS (emphasis mine), so that iniquity will not be your ruin. [31] “Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit, for why should you die, O house of Israel? (This of course is talking of the second death in the lake of fire. Not the first physical death which is appointed once to everyone). [32] “For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies.” says Yahua. “Therefore turn and live!”

 

HalleluYAH!

 

If you have not already done so, now would be a good time to read “Thy Kingdom Come”.  It will fill in many of the missing details of what you have just read.