1063 LORD said He would bring Promised Land of Canaan Eze.20.42 He fulfilled it in PCG Eze.16.3 Tarshish and Sheba offer gifts to Him Ps.72 Ophir made known by article of TRUMPET PART 1--Eze.20 proves that LORD gives the promise of Canaan for EVERLASTING POSSESSION to the PRESENT SEED of Abraham which is PCG PCG was prophesied to be brought to LAND OF ISRAEL –Eze. 20: 42 Eze. 20:42 -And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up Mine hand to give it to your fathers. It was FULFILLED in Eze. 16; 3--Eze.16: 3 -And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. · LORD in HIS SPIRIT of prophecy, Rev. 19; 10, prophesied that PCG would continue SERVING as in Canaan!—(Believe in ALL WORKS of CHRIST done by HIM from FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD to be established in view of SECOND COVENANT for which HE COUNSELED the LAMB, 1 Pe 1; 19-20, ----HIS NAME would NOT TEACH HIS WORKS, BUT HIS PROPHECIES DO!—therefore SPIRIT OF PROPHECY OF JESUS CHRIST is HIS TESTIMONY, Rev. 19: 10) Read in this article HOW WE HAD DONE according to HIS PROPHECIES, PCG as captives, witnesses as Sarah and Hagar –LORD had performed OUR WORKS in US TO BRING PEACE, Isa 26: 12 (Read in No. 1062 in www.restoringcaptivity.com · Then LORD forgives and would establish them GRANTING them the PROMISE TO FATHERS, as giving land of Canaan for an EVERLASTING POSSESSION, Gen.17: 8. Part 2---Ps. 72, a psalm of King Solomon, recorded how LORD JUDGES HIS PEOPLE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, and the POOR with JUSTICE, VS. 1-4—SERVICE of GENTILES a lesson to PCG (The POOR are the 1st born of Poor, who trust in ZION , Isa 14; 30, 32)---LORD made gentiles to SERVE PCG as CHOSEN ISRAEL, Rom. 9: 4-6 Isa 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Part 3— QUEEN OF Sheba knew JUDGMENTS of King Solomon, and BLESSED THE LORD for she knew that LORD LOVED ISRAEL, 1 Ki 10: 9—ships of Tarshish from OPHIR served King Solomon to BUILD TEMPLE OF GOD OF ISRAEL Part 4—PROOF OF THE MYSTICAL “GOLD OF OPHIR” DISCOVERED –a Hebrew Ostracon provides proof of the enigmatic region of OPHIR –AN ARTICLE from Trumpet, December 2020, By Marianna Bala’a • December 14, 2020 Part 5—BIBLICAL COMMENTS on the article of PCG TRUMPET (copied in Part 4) PART 6—When ancient Serendib lured Jewish ships –an article on Sri Lanka --Friday, March 12, 2021 -—CEYLON DAILY NEWS --written by Dishan Joseph Read in No.1025--A PCG writer wrote in Trumpet (In 2020) that Tarshish is Japan! · Article by Marianna Bala’a in TRUMPET Dec 14, 2020 and · Article of Dishan Joseph in “DAILY NEWS”, (Of 12th March 2021) proved Ships of Tarshish is from Sri Lanka which had served King Solomon. INTRODUCTION As promised to Abraham LORD gives land of Canaan To present day ISRAEL as an EVERLASTING POSSESSION And LORD would be their GOD, Gen. 17: 8 Eze. 20:42 -And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up Mine hand to give it to your fathers. · That is LORD bringing present day ISRAEL, Rom. 9; 4, 6, to Canaan which was given to fathers, which then became LAND OF ISRAEL! · In short LORD would bring PCG to land of Canaan and it fulfilled in Eze. 16; 3-- Eze.16: 3 -And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. · (PCG given service of Covenant Eze. 16: 8, to serve as David, Isa 22; 20-24,was GIVEN to serve as in Canaan) · LORD in HIS SPIRIT f prophecy, Rev. 19; 10, says PCG would continue SERVING as in Canaan!—that is why PCG has to believe in Isa 7: 9, which proves they had failed as kings of ISRAEL in history! !— · (Believe in ALL WORKS of CHRIST to be established, HIS NAME would NOT TEACH HIS WORKS!) · Then LORD forgives and would establish them GRANTING them the PROMISE TO FATHERS, as giving land of Canaan for an EVERLASTING POSSESSION, Gen.17: 8. Ge 17:8-And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting Possession; and I will be their God. WE COME TO KNOW that ALL our WORKS are WHAT LORD had WROUGHT in US, to BRING IN PEACE Isa 26; 12--LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. (Read Isa 26; 12 in No. 1062 in www.restoringcaptivity.com) LORD makes us to do DESTRUCTIVE WORKS And says RETURN, ye children of men, Ps.90; 3 But, IT IS TO BRING IN PEACE FOR US, Isa 26: 12 Ps. . 90: 3-Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Look at some destructive works-- · PCG leader made as prophet, was to PULL DOWN and DESTROY NATIONS, and then to BUILD and PLANT —Jer. 1; 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. To fulfill Jer. 1; 10, LORD made PCG as in captives, spiritually dispersed in nations (countries), Eze 12:15, even from wilderness, Eze 20:23, the reason is to REMOVE FILTHINESS Eze 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. · In Canaan, there are many nations! When PCG is in Canaan, Eze. 16; 3, they form NATIONS!---IN MANY COUNTRIES! · PCG leader was made as MAN of CITIES, Jer. 20: 16 -And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not:--- 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? · LORD made him as King of Assyria, Isa 7: 17, as King of Babylon, Isa 14; 4, as Pharaoh LORD made, Rom. 9; 17, as cedar, Eze. 31; 1-3—as Tyrus, Eze. 28: 1-16 We have to understand, WILL of LORD is Second Covenant to be made with HIS ONE OFFERING, Heb. 10: 7-10, 14, written in whole volume of BIBLE, SECOND COVENANT is the WILL of GOD, Heb. 10; 7. And on DAY OF LORD, He counseled a SHORT ACT with SABBATH keepers, Rom. 9: 28,. 29, a strange act, Isa 28; 21, therefore HE MADE PCG to defile SABBATHS by their many acts following H. W. Armstrong – Isa 26; 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. · PCG following baptizm of John introduced by H. W. Armstrong, could not follow AD 31 church, as LAW and prophets were until John, after that KINGDOM OF GOD s preached, Lu. 16; 16, when one is baptized to John, they are to follow OLD COVENANT under LAW!---in NEW COVENANT we are to have FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST and HIS SACRIFICE to be built upon “CHRIST IN US” , Gal. 3: 26-29. Therefore OLD COVENANT was introduced as a practice to SECOND COVENANT!---IT WAS TO FAIL, Dan 9: 11,---ISRAEL is partly blind, Gentiles became the ELECT, Rom. 9, AND Rom. 11— · OLD COVENANT WAS TO VANISH AWAY, Heb. 8: 13!---therefore ALL ISRAEL kings in history failed, even King Solomon failed in COVENANT, Kin 11. David was made as the obedient King, he was readily repenting and he LOVED GOD ALMIGHTY, to perform HIS SERVICE TRULY, 2 Ch 23; 30-31. WRITTEN PROPHECIES would ACT ON US, on the PRESENT SERVANTS OF CHRIST LORD made gentiles to serve to be a lesson to ISRAEL, Rom. 11; 30-31, gentiles who serve in Rev. 11: 1-4, do WORSHIP ONE GOD, we do not exalt MEN like PCG which exalts H. W. Armstrong and Gerald Flurry! Na 1:2 -God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. · PCG leaders would NOT TEACH CHURCH PEOPLE to honour H. W. Armstrong If PCG leaders read these prophecies –even if they read, they are BLIND to prophecies, BECAUSE LORD MADE THEM BLIND, as they had MADE A COVENANT with DEATH, Isa 28: 13,-15 · When they HONOUR AND BOW DOWN to JESUS CHRIST , LORD would MAKE THEM LIVE through HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, making them SPIRITUAL, 1 Co 15; 44-57. · Spiritual means, they would UNDERSTAND WORD OF GOD, which is HIS SPIRIT, Jn. 6; 63. LORD MADE TWO COVENANTS out of Gentile Witnesses To teach many things ISRAEL OUGHT TO KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD ALMIGHTY GW1’s works shows errors, (example Kedar in wilderness, Isa 42; 11, and kedar as having lying lips, Ps.120, glory of kedar fail, Isa 21; 16, ---and then corrected, for they return to ALTAR, Isa 60; 6, 7— · GW1 taught earlier just as PCG, honouring baptizm of John taught by H. W. Armstrong –then it was fulfilling Ps. 83; 4-8 (cutting off name of ISRAEL) · But NOW GW1 understand CRUCIFIED CHRIST, Gal. 3; 1, as she had honoured Baptizm written in Rom. 6 during PASSOVER 2021— · That is LATER GW1 understood, Rom. 6, Col 2; 11-13, Gal. 3; 26-29, on PASSOVER 2021, similarly PCG would be made to follow, a lesson to PCG, formerly Hagarenes joined Assyrian to cut off name of ISRAEL, Ps. 83; 4-8! GW1 would be as queen of Sheba, (she comes from Sheba, Ps. 72, Isa 60; 6, 7, she had also claimed as that queen) , she would know PRAISES OF CHRIST for HE IS GREATER than Solomon, Lu. 11: 31 2Ch 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: -- Isa 60; 6-7 –GW1 comes on camels bringing gold and incense, they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 7-- All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. Lu 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Ships of Tarshish as isles Isa 60; 9- Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. 10- And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.—so strangers were used to BUILD WALLS OF ISRAEL –this is LORD GIVING PEOPLE FOR LIFE OF ISRAEL, AISA 43; 3,4! GW 2 written as queen of Ophir, Ps. 45; 9-- Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. · Two witnesses as olive trees, Rev. 11: 4, stand on right and left sides of God, Zec.4:11-14, and servant of Tarshish, Ps.48:7-14 as Ophir, 2 Ch 9:21, 1 Kg 9:28, 1 Kg 10:11,21,22, stands on Right, Ps.45:9 (read in Nos. 601, 1007--Ophir work from right, Ps. 45: 9) read in www.restoringcaptivity.com LORD divided good and evil amidst two witnesses— · GW 2 honoured SERVICE as David did, 1 Ch 23; 30-31, Num 28, and Num 29. (SABBATHS, Worshipping on Beginnings of months, Nu 28: 9-14, commonly written as new moons, a part of continual performed by David, 1 Ch 23: 30-32, and holy days). Thus served from right side, Ps.45; 9 –LORD needs HIS SERVICE KEPT truly according to His words, Jn. 4; 23,24—so that HE COULD HAVE HIS PERFECT REST peacefully, Heb. 4. · GW1 did not keep as David did, GW1 was defiled through marriage of Rom. 7: 3, new covenant wife has to serve GOD, Rom. 7; 4 (read in No. 975)---, so that was a work being in LEFT!—LORD purposed so as she had to serve as Sheba!—PCG is taught how ALL FLESH would not keep His service in TRUTH AND IN SPIRIT! · PCG too broke marriage Covenant, Eze. 16; 15, Eze. 44; 7 · God’s people should understand to SERVE in HIS REST, in the EVERLASTING COVENANT, serving according to HIS SPIRIT. · So that understanding had been given to PCG through the TWO COVENANTS amidst gentiles · PCG in captivity became like ALL FLESH—they should understand to SERVE AS ISRAEL! · All to have CIRCUMCISED HEARTS, Eze.44: 9, Rom. 2; 29 PCG magazine the TRUMPET (Dec 2020) had an article on OPHIR as India or Sri Lanka and also a Sri Lankan wrote of Ophir (Read in PARTS 4 and 6) –Also Sri Lanka was reported to have gold in NUWARA ELIYA, which was written in No. 1007 The following facts I do write to GLORIFY THE MIGHTY WORKS Of WONDERFUL COUNSELLOR, JESUS CHRIST, Isa 9: 6, 7 Written in No. 1007in www.restoringcaptivity.com A report on NUWARA ELIYA GOLD Written by Professor Atula Senaratne Professor of Geology, University of Peradeniya The native gold found in the mine had shapes varying from nuggets to dendritic form and sizes up to several centimeters in length. During the British rule of the country gold has been mined (Le Mesurier, 1893) from a vein like body in Ramboda (Fig. 1), which had a concentration of 28g per tonne of ore and also they found small quantities in the Nuwara Eliya area. Gold in small amounts has been reported (Ceylon Administrative Reports: Part IV, 1905) In modern Sri Lanka, two main episodes of gold mining are evident. The first in 1850s in Mahaoya area, the second in early 1900 in Nuwara Eliya among tea plantations and the third being the last in 2014 Gold rush at Kelaniya river, not too far away from Colombo. In 1903, Dr. Coomaraswamy, the Government Mineralogist of then Ceylon, has reported to the Government of Her Majesty, Gold has been found in extractable quantities in rivers from many areas of Sri Lanka. · It is to THE GLORY of CHRIST our LORD, I record here that I had been given life in my mother’s womb while in NUWARA ELIYA district, my father working in Tea plantations! My sister GW1 was born later after our father was transferred elsewhere. · Well, we both were of Tarshish, (Sri Lanka), when LORD broke ships of Tarshish, Ps. 48: 7-14, incidentally, our GREAT-GRAND UNCLE, Sir James Pieris had a shipping company, but later he did not do well in it! · Later marriage of GW1, Rom. 7; 3, took her to Sheba!--- · THESE ARE ALL WORKS LORD does IN US, Isa 26: 12 (read in No. 1062), ---HE MADE TWO COVENANTS in us, of Sarah and Hagar, Gal. 4; 22-31, TO DEPICT ISRAEL (from Isaac) AND ALL FLESH (Hagar)— · COULD ANY MAN counsel SUCH WONDERFUL PROPHECIES THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, and BRING IT TO PASS on the time He ordained as DAY OF LORD! · It is ONLY GOD OF ISRAEL, GOD OF WHOLE EARTH Who could do such wonders! Above facts written in No. 1007 in www.restoringcaptivity.com Ships of Tarshish brought gold of Ophir 2 Ch 9:21-- For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 1 kg 9:28-- And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 1 Kin 10:11- And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 21- And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. · The MIGHTY GOD ALMIGHTY made ships of Tarshish to serve in FIRST TEMPLE, and made them to serve in HIS EVERLASTING TEMPLE, Zec. 6; 15! “Ophir” as “Nuwara Eliya-Sri Lanka” was recorded in an English history book I had read, (Of William Smith) –I had also read in a book of gemology that a man named Ophir from Hyderabad, India who was a specialist in gems, had visited Nuwara Eliya for gold! PART 1— Eze.20 proves that LORD gives the promise of Canaan for EVERLASTING POSSESSION to the PRESENT SEED of Abraham which is PCG · LORD in HIS SPIRIT of prophecy, Rev. 19; 10, prophesied that PCG would continue SERVING as in Canaan!—(Believe in ALL WORKS of CHRIST done by HIM from FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD to be established in view of SECOND COVENANT for which HE COUNSELED the LAMB, 1 Pe 1; 19-20, ----HIS NAME would NOT TEACH HIS WORKS, BUT HIS PROPHECIES DO!—therefore SPIRIT OF PROPHECY OF JESUS CHRIST is HIS TESTIMONY, Rev. 19: 10) Read in this article HOW WE HAD DONE according to HIS PROPHECIES, PCG as captives, witnesses as Sarah and Hagar –LORD had performed OUR WORKS in US TO BRING PEACE, Isa 26: 12 (Read in No. 1062 in www.restoringcaptivity.com Eze.16: 8-- Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. Eze. 16:59 -For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 - Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. · Eze. 20: 16-48 is written below for understanding of PCG and gentiles (as ALL FLESH would see HIS FIRES) SABBATHS defiled by PCG— Thus COVENANT was broken Eze.20: 16-Because they despised My judgments, and walked not in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. · PCG absorbed physical possessions of H. W. Armstrong, his books, and cultural things and many other vain things UNNECESSARY to be in GOD’S TEMPLE! · Service of Covenant was thus defiled by PCG ---prove how LORD is giving THE PROMISED Canaan to PCG through WORD OF GOD, when He is pacified, through HIS Atonement, Eze. 16: 60-63. SPIRIT of prophecy of JESUS CHRIST, Rev. 19: 10 said HE WOULD bring PCG to LAND given to fathers of ISRAEL, Eze.20: 42---(PCG is written as CHOSEN ISRAEL, Rom. 9; 4, 6 church which was given Covenant and service, as she was married to the LORD, Eze. 16; 8—they prove it as they have KEY OF David, Isa 22: 20-24, but it was removed, vs. 25) LORD brought PCG to Canaan, Eze.16: 3— PROVE from SPIRIT OF GOD, in His prophecies-- Eze. 20:42 -And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. SEED of Abraham (His descendants) NOW THEY ARE PCG, Eze. 16: 3 RECEIVE Canaan for an EVERLASTING POSSESSION— Ge 17:8-And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting Possession; and I will be their God. Just as Eze.20: 42 said, PCG was brought to JERUSALEM of Canaan, Eze. 16; 3--- Eze.16: 3 -And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. Ex 33: 2 -And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:-- · Ex 33: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: Ge 17:8 -And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. –so now is the time HE GIVES IT AS AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION---and HE CORRECTS THEM, to be THEIR GOD! HE REMOVES their sins, forgives, and establishes them in EVERLASTING COVENANT, Eze. 16: 60-63 · Ex 6:4 -And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. PCG WOULD UNDERSTAND their EVILS----Eze. 20:43 -And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 -And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. ALL FLESH from SOUTH to NORTH would SEE HIS FIRE Eze. 20: 46-Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47 -And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.—eunuchs of Isa 56: 1-7, were required NOT TO SAY they are DRY!—but GW1 made errors in service---ALL people among called out, would be BURNT OF THEIR ERRORS as EVIL! 48 -And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? PCG could read Eze. 20 to see how their service had been And understand WHETHER GOD COULD SAVOUR ANY SWEETNESS From their service Eze. 20: 16 -Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17 -Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.(In wilderness of Rev. 12; 14) 18 -But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: (PCG writers’ articles had been shown as OPPOSING WORD OF GOD, but they do not understand –then how could LORD establish them in EVERLASTING COVENANT?—AN EXAMPLE--J Jacques’ of PCG wrote Kittim is China, but Kittim is an Isle, Jer 2; 9,10, Eze. 27: 6)—read in No. 944 in www.restoringcaptivity.com PCG needs to CHANGE their UNDERSTANDINGS according to WORD OF GOD 19 -I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.—IF YOU LOSE SABBATH SIGN, you would be removed from HIS SABBATH REST in kingdom of God! 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 -Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. PCG captivity in NATIONS, these are the nations Given to PCG leader, Jer. 1; 5-10, LORD considers them as Nations in Canaan! 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols. 25 -Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; · When His SABBATHS were polluted, HE GAVE THEM UP, and gave BAD STATUTES---so they continued in BAD STATUTES! 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. PCG did as FATHERS who lived in Canaan Eze. 20: 27 -Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. PCG too went to Bamah as fathers did Eze. 20: 29 --Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. 30 -Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? Read Bamah matter (Where PCG caused covenant breaking sin at Bamah, PCG brought men of all flesh into ministry –just as Jeroboam son of Nebat did)—Nos. 839, 856, 116, 260, 46, 115, --1010 in www.restoringcaptivity.com Jeroboam 1 is written in -1Ki 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite, Solomon’s servant, 1 Kin 13; 33-34—sinned—caused LORD to destroy house of Jeroboam from off the face of the earth. But LORD saved ISRAEL -- 2Ki 14:27-And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. LORD saved them because of HIS COVENANT with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob 2Ki 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. GOD OF ISRAEL would rule PCG to correct them Eze. 20; 31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. 32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. 33 -As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34-And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35-And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.(Rev. 12; 14 is a wilderness of people) 36 -Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.—it is ships that would bring messages of HIS, Eze. 30; 9, from gentiles on DAY OF LORD, Eze.30; 3—therefore LORD broke ships of Tarshish with an east wind, Ps. 48; 7-14 PCG would be brought to the BOND OF COVENANT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE to GOD OF ISRAEL, Mt. 19; 26 Eze. 20: 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. Eze. 20: 40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. Eze. 20: 42 -And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. So it came to pass in PCG! 43 -And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.—wicked ways cannot be in EVERLASTING COVENANT! Part 2--- Ps. 72, a psalm of King Solomon, recorded how LORD JUDGES HIS PEOPLE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, and the POOR with JUSTICE, VS. 1-4—SERVICE of GENTILES a lesson to PCG Ps. 72: 4-- He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. Ps. 72 gives understanding how kings of Tarshish, Isles---Kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts, vs. 10, Sheba offer PRAYERS CNTINUALLY, DAILY PRASING LORD, vs. 15, Isa 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. · LORD brought kings and queens amidst gentiles to teach them RIGHT and WRONG from their works, all for the LIFE OF ISRAEL , Isa 43; 3, 4 Read Isa 43 explained in No. 980 –in www.restoringcaptivity.com Then, JERUSALEM shall flourish, having grain and fruit on TOP OF MOUNTAIN, those of CITY shall FLOURISH, vs. 16. Read in part 2-- Woman JERUSALEM is in WILDERNESS, Rev. 12: 14 ALL FLESH as KEDAR is in wilderness, Isa 42: 11 Isa 42; 11 -Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 12 -Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. 13 -The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 -I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. A NEW SONG unto the LORD, Isa 42; 10-16 Isa 42: 16-I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. Isa 42: 10-- Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 15- I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.—ISRAEL mountains and hills (In Canaan as PCG, Eze. 16: 3, as the land given to fathers, Eze. 20: 42) made waste, herbs dried, (Famine of word, Amos 8; 11) –rivers of water would be sent from ISLANDS! 16- And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. THIS SAME PSALM 72 says of SUN and MOON Those scriptures PROVE CALENDAR through EQUINOX Ps. 72: 5-physical SUN and MOON would ENDURE throughout GENERATIONS, giving them NATURAL LIGHT. SPIRITUAL MOON would be NO MORE, vs. 7 LORD’S NAME shall continue as long as the SPIRITUAL SUN, VS. 17. WHAT DO those scriptures MEAN?? (Scriptures written bellow) Physical SUN and MOON would be forever, for people need SUNLIGHT for they live on food from plants which makes carbohydrates using SUNLIGHT---Ps. 72; 5 Spiritual SUN created for HIS EVERLASTING NAME, vs. 17 and Spiritual MOON would be NO MORE, vs 7, --- (SPIRITUAL MOON given for ERRED PROPHETS to serve IN NIGHT, Mic 3; 6, according to CALENDAR based on months based on moon) Equinox of SUN taught to HIS servants SERVING in Righteousness ON DAY OF LORD · For LORD divides DAY and NIGHT, LIGHT and DARKNESS—Gen. 1: 3-5 · HE DIVIDED LIGHT as Righteousness, Ps. 37: 6, and DARKNESS as wickedness, Prov. 4; 19, THUS HE JUDGED HIS servants, Eph. 5; 11-13 --- · Those who defiled SABBATHS, WHO DID NOT KEEP CONTINUAL as David did in 1 Ch 23; 30-31 did not UNDERSTAND EQUINOX of SUN given for NEW COVENANT! Ps. 72; 5— They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.—that is natural people having SUN AND MOON becomes SPIRITUAL, 1 Co 15; 44-46, to serve THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS in EVERLASTING COVENANT, Isa 59; 21! 7-- In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.---UNTIL MOON goes on (Endureth)—Righteous shall flourish (Righteous would keep Commandments of God, keeping SABBATHS, Worshipping on Beginnings of months, Nu 28: 9-14, commonly written as new moons, a part of continual performed by David, 1 Ch 23: 30-32. ---Righteous have abundance of Peace with GOD, when LORD is ruling them from KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, of 89; 29! SPIRITUAL MOON would be OVER--- NKJV—Ps.72: 7-- In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace, Until the Moon is no more. · Then CALENDAR through Spiritual Moon would be OVER · FOR LORD upholds SUN as bridegroom, Ps. 19: 1-6 because He approves Commandments, Ps. 19: 7-14 · ALL COMMANDS HE HAD GIVEN through EVERY WORD through HIS SPIRIT is the BASE FOR SECOND COVENANT! · Ships of Tarshish using calendar through EQUINOX receives NEW WINE as you see in these writings! SPIRITUAL SUN IS FOREVER just AS HIS NAME IS EVERLASTING, Ps. 72: 17— Ps. 72:17 -- His name shall endure forever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. · That is HIS NAME ENDURES FOREVER in EVERLASTING COVENANT, generation after generation serving Him, Isa 59; 21! From No. 1060 on EQUINOX · NIGHT time in the earth gets light from moon-while moon gets light from SUN- · Moon rotates around the earth while Earth rotates around Sun · The GREATER LIGHT IS SUN, planets rotate around SUN! NIGHT of Mic 3; 6 given to ERRED PROPHETS, Mic 3; 6! Just like that LORD gave bad statutes for those who defiled SABBATH, Eze. 20:20,24-25 · He did not give Equinox knowledge to know Ex. 12:2 to THOSE WHO DO NOT FEAR GOD TO KNOW COVENANT, Ps. 25: 14,, to receive knowledge of beginning of months—Read in No. 1016 http://www.restoringcapivity.com, · LORD begins to take His Rest when sun shines clearly, Isa 18:4. That means—He had begun the short work with True SABBATH Keepers, Rom. 9:28,29 (It is ships of Tarshish who keep SABBATH, beginnings of months, evening and mornings, holy days as David did, 1 Ch 23:30,31, Nu 28,29. Truly keep beginning of SPRING MONTH Ex.12:2 according to Equinox of SUN, exalting, Ps. 19:1-6. Tarshish understands that He makes all things new-Rev. 21:5 Do we accept the Most important new thing ---EQUINOX of Sun HE HAD SHOWN to know Ex.12:2, when LORD makes NEW COVENANT!! In No. 1058--PART 5--Calendar through MARCH EQUINOX is PROVED from Online Bible edition of Authorized Version (Larry Pierce’s) refer “scripture comments on word “ABIB” –and following description could be read--- From Bible commentaries (AV)—on ABIB Month of Abib— An ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain Ex 13:4 23:15 the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal equinox, on 21 March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity Ne 2:1 On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered unto the Lord on the sixteenth Le 23:4-11 Le 23:4 -These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. Le 23:5 -In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S Passover. Le 23:6 -And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Read of calendar based on EQUINOX in · CALENDAR based on equinoxes compared to old calendar we used WRITTEN IN—Nos. 796, 798, 799, 813, 824, 840, 872, 875, 876, 922, 1016, 1023, 1027, 1037, 1041, 1048, 1049, 1058, in www.restoringcaptivity.com · PASSOVER month is beginning of year, Ex 12; 2, ---equinox is result of EARTH being TILTED 23. 4 degrees causing SEASONS, (scientific knowledge as men’s research) IT is LORD who drew the circle of earth as TILTING, Prov. 8; 27, through HIS WISDOM, Prov. 8; 1. · ALMIGHTY required His chosen to worship in SEASONS, the APPOINTED TIMES, Lev. 23; 4—(Gen. 8: 22--While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease).-----Gen. 8: 22 means seasons would REMAIN FOREVER---that MEANS—HIS WORSHIP SERVICES in seasons, Lev. 23 are FOREVER—in the EVERLASTING COVENANT, Isa 59; 21, to begin shortly, Eze. 16; 60-63 · We should note how EXACT LORD is to create FIRST DAY of FIRST MONTH, Ex 12; 2, for HIS SERVICE in SECOND COVENANT to begin with PASSOVER, causing to PASS OVER to HIS MOUNTAIN, Isa 30; 29, to accept TRUE SERVICE from HIS PEOPLE, Eze. 45: 18-25, for all are to worship through HIS WORDS (SPIRIT), --Which is worshipping in TRUTH and in SPIRIT, Jn. 4; 23, 24 · From EVEN of 1st day of 1sr month, we could find the SEVENTH DAY to keep SABBATH! · When captives return they are to keep TRUE PASSOVER, in Ezekiel temple, Eze. 45: 18-25. · ERRORS should be ERASED from minds! · According to CALENDAR through EQUINOX, we note TWELVE MONTHS (No ADAR 1 or ADAR 2) – · For, there would be TWELVE MONTHS, Rev. 22; 1-2—Rev. 22; 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: · ALMIGHTY names the GATES OF CITY by names of TWELVE Tribes- Eze 48:31-And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: Re 21:12 -And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: · LORD honours number TWELVE, we should be mindful of No. TWELVE! We in ships of Tarshish had kept HIS SERVICE according to David, 1 Ch 23; 30-31, according to Ex 12; 2 (First day of First month) from 2019 in view of SECOND COVENANT the VISION of ALMIGHTY and LAMB, Heb. 10: 7-14, when ALMIGHTY and LAMB are the TEMPLE, Rev. 21: 22, 23, And we receive NEW WINE as written in Pentecost 2021-- In article of Pentecost 2021 it was written of NEW WINE—No. 1044 TWO WITNESSES performing WORK OF GOD as WAVE OFFERING Nu 8.11 REJOICE WITH NEW WINE Pentecost 9. 17 ON DAY OF Pentecost 2021 · Now we see NEW WINE is given even from HISTORY OF ISRAEL! · LORD made PCG as continuing from Canaan, Eze. 16; 3, from land Canaan given to fathers of ISRAEL, Eze. 20; 42 · Therefore Isa 7: 9 SAYS OF REMALIAH’S SON –read in Nos. 1046, 1047 In No. 1046, Isa 7 was explained-- ISRAEL would not be established unless they believe in the WARNING in Isa 7.9 (explained in No. 1046) Isa 7:9 -And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. · Pekah the son of Remaliah became king of ISRAEL, 2 Kin 16. 27 and committed sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel sin, vv 27-28 – Isa 7; 9 makes us understand that ISRAEL was sinning as Jeroboam!—so PCG has to believe how church had sinned as Jeroboam and the fact that LORD had made Jeroboam repeating in GOD’S CHURCH (PCG broke COVENANT under the sin of Jeroboam, PCG sinned as in Eze.44; 7) as explained in No. 1046 . In Mic 6: 16 we see--Omri bought Samaria and followed sins of Jeroboam—1 Ki 16:23-26, ----he was followed by kings of ISRAEL –Mic 6; 16 shows prophecy for today--- followed by present day ruler in house of God where judgments began, 1 Pe 4; 17 Mic 6: 16- For the statutes of Omri are kept, Mic 6: 16- For the statutes of Omri are kept, Present ruler (of PCG) committed Jeroboam sin in Eze 44:7 (Read in No. 1010 in www.restoringcaptivity.com) PCG was descending from Canaan, Eze. 16; 3-- And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. When PCG was given Covenant, Eze.16; 8, (PCG leader wrote that he was given more understanding of Ezekiel book) so he should know, Eze. 37; 19 --rights of Ephraim would fall on PCG and they would be established as Ephraim, as 1ST FRUITS OF ISRAEL, granting COVENANT rights, Eze. 16; 60-63 WCG and PCG had served as Samaria and JERUSALEM Eze 23:4-And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were Mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. Isa 10:11-Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? · In Mic 6: 16 we see—about Omri who bought Samaria and followed sins of Jeroboam—1 Ki 16:23-26 (Samaria is where ISRAEL 10 tribes serve, given to Jeroboam son of Nebat, 1 Ki 11: 29-31)--- · For the sake of David, Solomon’s descendants were given JERUSALEM (Judah) 1 kin 11: 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) CHRIST hastens HIS WORKS in HIS LAND For He has to take over Government of Peace, Isa 9: 6, 7 And Mahershalalhashbaz, means He hastens it Making the earth His footstool (Earth is Sanctuary, Ps. 78: 69) CHRIST as Immanuel, Isa 7: 14, CHRIST as Mahershalalhashbaz, Isa 8; 1-4, For unto us a child is born,--- his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, Isa 9: 6 · Read explanations in this article--- “Mahershalalhashbaz” means (as Margin says) “hastens the booty” hastens the prey”---so CHRIST hastens HIS WORK as explained in SCRIPTURES – · As Immanuel, --Wonderful counselor--“Mahershalalhashbaz”(hastens prey) ---CHRIST hastens HIS WORKS! HE as Mahershalalhashbaz” HASTENS HIS WORKS through the COUNSEL In 1 King 14; 13-14 In 1 Ki 14:13,14—is written of death of Abijah son of Jeroboam (Abijah fell sick, 1 Ki 14; 1, and was prophesied to die, because of sins of Jeroboam, vs. 5-13 1 kin 14: 13—All ISRAEL shall mourn for him and bury him for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of ISRAEL in the house of Jeroboam (—NO sons of Jeroboam would SERVE GOD, like Jeroboam---so that was the GOOD THING toward LORD GOD OF ISRAEL from house of Jeroboam!) · This is why IMMANUEL was given as a sign, Isa 7: 14 · This is why Mahershalalhashbaz means that HE HASTENS through the GOOD THING toward the LORD God of ISRAEL in the house of Jeroboam, 1 Kin 14; 13---for HE created an ASSYRIAN in HIS LAND, Isa 7: 17, Isa 14; 4 to destroy him, Isa 14; 25, 26, like how HE DID NOT ALLOW a SON of Jeroboam to rule in HIS LAND! So when PCG leader was made as ASSYRIAN –he would have NOT produced A RULER for EVERLASTING COVENANT, Eze. 16; 60-63, Jer 22:30 -Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. · Leader is surrounded by thorns—Eze. 2; 5, 6— Pr 22:5 -Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. · SO THORNS cannot be made to serve GOD OF ISRAEL RULER JESUS CHRIST BECAME the 1st BORN of many brethren, Rom. 8; 29,— And HE IS HEAD OF BODY, 1st born from DEAD, Col 1; 15, 18, In heavenly church of 1st born, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12; 23. GODHEAD had anointed SON, THE WONDERFUL COUNSELOR as KING OF ISRAEL Heb. 1: 8 -But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 -Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Through HIS DEATH HE WON OVER THE principalities and powers Through HIS CROSS and TRIUMPHED over ALL OTHER RULERS! Therefore THE ERRED SERVICES would not judge sheep IN NEW COVENANT, Heb. 13; 20 For SECOND COVENANT is made through HIS ONE OFFERING, Heb. 10; 7-14 Col 2; 15- And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 14 -Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 16 -Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 -Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. · ALL THINGS in EVERLASTING COVENANT is according to RICHES OF CHRIST OUR LORD! THE WONDERFUL COUNSEL of 1 Kin 14: 14 PROVES HOW CHRIST HASTENS HIS WORKS”IN THAT DAY”! 1 Ki 14: 13—All ISRAEL shall mourn for him and bury him for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of ISRAEL in the house of Jeroboam 14- Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over ISRAEL who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day, but what? Even now. 1 Kin 14: 14—Prophecy of “that day” makes you understand “DAY OF LORD”—the whole volume of bible is written for SECOND COVENANT, with HIS ONE OFFERING, Heb. 10: 7-10, 14. · For “DAY OF LORD” to begin EVERLASTING GOD FIRST HAD TO BE BORN as Child Immanuel and DIE to reconcile sinners, 2 Co 5: 19---(LORD allowed us to sin, makes us understand sins—teaches HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS and then GIVES US HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS through HIS ONE OFFERING, Heb. 10: 7-10, 14, As HIS BAPTIZM, Rom. 6. · CHILD as IMMANUEL, Isa 7: 14, CHILD as Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, Isa 9: 6.—His work leading to His government, Isa 9: 6, 7, and as Mahershalalhashbaz”, Isa 8: 1-4, HASTENS HIS WORKS through the COUNSEL In 1 King 14; 13-14 (Read more explanations in Nos. 1046, 1047—in www.restoringcaptivity.com Woman JERUSALEM is in WILDERNESS, Rev. 12: 14 ALL FLESH as KEDAR is in wilderness, Isa 42: 11 Ps. 72: 9 -They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 18 - Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. Some facts on Kedar A summary written in No 999 in www.restoringcaptivity.com, Shows gentiles were given for LIFE of ISRAEL, Isa 43:3,4. These gentiles were sent to ISRAEL, Isa 14: 1, 2, for ISRAEL to see THE GLORY OF CHRIST, to see the LIGHT OF CHRIST through their works, Isa 60:1-12 (Sheba, Kedar, Nebaioth, ships of Tarshish—serve the LORD to bring ISRAEL sons from far, Isa 60: 6-9) Gentile work is to beautify the place of His Sanctuary, Isa 60:13, then ISRAEL would become the “City of the LORD, ZION of the Holy one of ISRAEL , Isa 60:14, ISRAEL then become an ETERNAL EXCELLENCE—vs. 15. Read more in No. 1000 GW1 as Kedar glorifies the NAME OF ALMIGHTY –Kedar and Chittim has NO OTHER GODS –they DO NOT HONOUR “men gods”, Jer. 2: 10, 11 --Jer 2:10 -For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11-Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.—Gen. 10: 4 says Chittim and Tarshish are brothers—Kedar and Nebaioth are sons of Ishmael, Gen. 25: 13—so Chittim, Tarshish, kedar, Nebaioth (gentiles) HAD NOT CHANGED their GOD! Read in No. 986 Read in No. 984 Prophesied words against KEDAR require SPOILING THEM Jer. 49. 28 LORD bring CALAMITY to them FROM ALL SIDES Jer. 49. 32 CONFESS do not make GOD a liar Jer. 49: 28, 29, 32 shows God is against kedar from all sides—that is to make her join in clouds, when she repents, understanding the MEANING OF CLOUDS, Rev. 11: 12, GW1 has to understand SPIRITUAL GRACE as tasting death for everyone, Heb. 2: 9, Riches of His GRACE, Eph. 2; 7, so that GW1 would PRAISE THE SACRIFICE of JESUS CHRIST and EXALT AND TEACH of BAPTIZM UNTO HIS DEATH, Rom. 6, that is the BAPTIZM TO BE SAVED as CHRIST said, Mr. 16: 16—(PCG and GW1 honoured baptizm of John as taught by H. W. Armstrong for some time, but now GW1 had written of PASSOVER and BAPTIZM in 2021) well all His servants should know THAT WE ARE TO GO TO HIS HOLIEST by HIS FLESH AND BLOOD, therefore there is NO TIME TO WASTE—THE END OF AGE is here NOW! ---all wars should be stopped, and concentrate on BEING PART OF NEW COVENANT, as He is establishing HIS EVERLASTING COVENANT, amidst PCG, Eze. 16; 60, NO ONE would want to MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY! He came a second time to GIVE SALVATION, Heb. 9: 28, and HE HIMSELF TEACHES, Heb. 1; 2. Therefore according to Jer. 49: 28 29, 32, Judgments on work of GW1 in recent articles—are written in No. 984 in www.restoringcaptivity.com Read in No 975 (die to law to be married to CHRIST to bring forth fruit unto God, Rom. 7; 4) How should we be “dead to law’ to be married to CHRIST who raised, Rom.7: 4----CHRIST glorifies the chosen sons according to HIS VISION in whole volume establishing Second Covenant, Heb. 10: 7-10 Ships of Tarshish were ordained as written in No. 975--HOW CHRIST “QUICKENED US” COULD BE LEARNT FROM EXAMPLE OF GENTILES WHO ARE QUICKENED, Eph. 2: 5 to serve as EUNUCHS, Isa 56; 1-7,-(it is LIFE GIVING WORDS that QUICKEN, Jn. 6: 63) --- Eph.2: 5--Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Understanding service of Eunuchs of Isa 56, who would serve in kingdom of Heaven, Mt.19: 12, are raised, Eph.2: 5, ------Understanding Isa 60: 6-7 (Sheba, kedar, who had left ships of Tarshish when broken as in Ps. 48: 7) and Isa 60: 8-9 (flying clouds, the ships of Tarshish) ---- Ministry has to understand Rom. 1: 26—28 –natural use of man and women –it was misunderstood (natural use is for HIS WILL of Second Covenant , for whole volume is written for SECOND COVENANT Heb. 10: 7-14, ---It is to produce children who would know to serve in SECOND COVENANT, and they received PENATLY OF THEIR ERROR, Rom. 1: 16-28, (They are judged as dead) because they did not like to RETAIN WILL of GOD in their KNOWLEDGE—therefore they were given DEBASED MINDS to go after their lusts, deserving death, 28-32 (Therefore Power of death, the devil, Heb. 2: 14 entered)------ CRUCIFIED CHRIST removes the STING OF DEATH, 1 Co 15: 51-58------------people are to AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUESNESS BEING SPIRITUAL, 1 Co 15; 44-46---------------SPIRITUAL GLORIFYING of His glorious sons through GLORIFIED CHRIST for glorious church, Eph. 5; 27, is through HIS ONE OFFERING by allowing them to PUT ON CHRIST by HIS BAPTIZM, Gal. 3: 26-29, that is the GIFT of SPIRITUAL GRACE (By tasting death for everyone, Heb. 2;9) granted by HIS AWESOME BLOOD. All above explained in No. 975 in www.restoringcaptivity.com Tarshish serving indignation of Day of LORD (Jer 10:9-10—No. 934 Ships of Tarshish declared end of Kedar, No. 920 and of PCG, No 921, FOR THEIR NEW JOYFUL BEGININGS --(because they would RETURN TO ALTAR OF ALMIGHTY LAMB, for LAMB marries church, Rev. 19: 7, 8). ALL ERRED people would keep GOD’S SERVICE truly! TWO COVENANTS teach us that Bond or free are to be baptized –read in No. 924— PCG is shown as Meshech living in Kedar (Therefore LORD made GW1 as Kedar, Isa 60: 6, 7, Ps. 120) (That is the meaning of GENTILES GIVEN FOR LIFE OF ISRAEL, Isa 43; 3, 4) ISRAEL PCG is in captivity as gentiles, Eze. 36; 6, 7, they are as ALL FLESH ---LORD gave GW1 and her followers as ALL FLESH who serve as in Kedar, and Kedar are LIARS, LORD’S counsel of coals of Juniper would burn their lips, Ps.120. (GW1 had taught against SABBATHS in 2010—that was defiling SABBATH as PCG did, Eze. 20; 16, 20-25---then LORD made TWO COVENANTS amidst gentiles, GW1 as ALL FLESH as Hagar, GW 2 as Sarah exalting Isaac, and Jacob, Gal. 4; 22-31—therefore GW1 acted as ALL FLESH! GW 2 acted as how Jacob should do! · Thou also hast wrought all our works in us Isa 26.12— · He made us DO HIS works in US!--- · The works HE CREATED for US---were made to be PERFORMED by US! · If you follow prophecies you would understand ALL WORKS written as done by people, were GIVEN THOSE ROLES! · The whole bible is such WONDERFUL WORKS HE HAD COUNSELED—that is the meaning of WONDERFUL COUNSELOR! · Read in Isa 26: 12, 13, in No. 1062 –in www.restoringcaptivity.com Ps. 120-- Ps. 120: 1--- In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 -Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 -What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 -Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper 5 -Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! · —the FALSE TONGUES of Meshech and kedar are given COALS OF JUNIPER AND SHARP ARROWS---for they DEFILED SABBATHS—DO NOT KEEP TRUE SERVICE OF GOD OF WHOLE EARTH according to David, 1 Ch 23; 30-31, Num 28, 29. 6-My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7-I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. · Church people had dwelt long with LEADERS WHO HATE PEACE---BUT THOSE WHO LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS of LORD work for PEACE---for COVENANT of PEACE, Eze. 37: 21-28, for GOVERNMENT of PEACE, Isa 9; 6, 7 Gog –Meshech are captives of PCG As descendants of Noah –as ALL FLESH Eze.39: 1---O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: SPIRITUAL NATIONS are MADE OF CAPTIVES—they as ISRAEL and Judah RETURN as in Isa 11: 9-12 Land of living terrorized, they are as NATIONS –read in Eze. 32 (of Meshech, Egypt, many other nations who support spiritual Pharaoh {compared to PCG leader} in Last days)—read in Nos. 843, 854, 874, -Pharaoh and Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar –in No. 962-- Gog, Magog, Tyre, No. 221—Captive nations, No. 642—Meshec, Tubal, Gog, Magog, No. 289 Assyrian caused rottenness in Judah, in No. 227---Assyrian, Tyre, in No. 641—Rosh, No. 643— No. 1002 LORD made people to be BORN in ZION Ps.87 to SERVE IN HIS SHORT WORK Isa 10.12 they are Egypt, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, Ethiopia and singers---read in www.restoringcaptivity.com Part 3— QUEEN OF Sheba knew JUDGMENTS of King Solomon, and BLESSED THE LORD for she knew that LORD LOVED ISRAEL, 1 Ki 10: 9—ships of Tarshish served King Solomon to BUILD TEMPLE OF GOD OF ISRAEL READ in No. 1007-- · Service from ships of Tarshish, Ps. 45 and Ps.48: 7-14--As from descendants of Levi as singers (Of psalms), Ps.87: 7, for LORD purges Levi of PCG as gold and silver, Mal 3: 3 · LORD HAD DIVIDED WITNESSES on HIS RIGHT HAND AND LEFT The amazing facts of OPHIR, Ps.45:8,9 praises the King of Glory All His works among people PRAISE HIM for His marvellous counsels!—we are just pots which would vanish away—BUT THE LORD AND HIS SECOND COVENANT IS EVERLASTING!! 1 Kin 10: 22-- the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. Queen of Sheba knew HOW LORD LOVED ISRAEL, 1 Ki 10: 9. 1 Kin 10: 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 11- And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13-- And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, 14- Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15-- Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 22- For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23- So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. Part 4— PROOF OF THE MYSTICAL “GOLD OF OPHIR” DISCOVERED –a Hebrew Ostracon provides proof of the enigmatic region of OPHIR –AN ARTICLE from Trumpet, December 14, 2020 By Marianna Bala’a • December 14, 2020 Read in this article--- An ostracon (a pottery shard containing an inscription) found during the 1946 archaeological excavations of Tell Qasile (a site in Tel Aviv) validates the existence of that “pot of wealth”—Ophir. It’s possible the fleet went to Australia or even east Africa, but it appears the gold of Ophir most likely came from the area of India, or perhaps Sri Lanka. Proof of the Mystical ‘Gold of Ophir’ Discovered A Hebrew ostracon provides proof of the enigmatic region of Ophir. By Marianna Bala’a • December 14, 2020
Following is content of the article on GOLD of OPHIR copied from “THE TRUMEPT MAGAZINE” (Of Philadelphia Church of God) By Marianna Bala’a • December 14, 2020 Gold mining in Ophir akg-images The ancient region of Ophir—a place of wealth and gold—has captivated the imagination of men for centuries. You might recall the book by Henry Rider Haggard titled King Solomon’s Mines—or maybe the 1950 movie of a similar name, or perhaps the tv miniseries. The location has been a common quest for ancient explorers: A Portuguese explorer of the 15th century claimed it was in the Shona lands of Zimbabwe. Christopher Columbus thought he had found Ophir in Haiti; Sir Walter Raleigh thought it was in the jungles of Surinam. A Spanish captain in 1568 discovered an archipelago and, believing it to be Ophir, named them the Solomon Islands. All this search with no concrete discovery can lead one to question: Is this place real? An article published in 2017 by the Independent stated, “King Solomon’s gold mines, which the Bible says helped him store wealth amounting to more that £2.3 trillion, are a complete myth, historians believe.” The article quoted British historian and author Ralph Ellis, who said finding the lost mines was “about as likely as taking a dip in the Fountain of Youth,” concluding, “There comes a point when we either have to accept that the biblical account is entirely fictional, or that we may be looking in the wrong location and for the wrong things.” The author of that 2017 article wrote, “[E]xperts now say the pot of wealth is unlikely to have ever existed.” Not so fast. An ostracon (a pottery shard containing an inscription) found during the 1946 archaeological excavations of Tell Qasile (a site in Tel Aviv) validates the existence of that “pot of wealth”—Ophir. This ostracon, along with another discovered with it, served as an invoice and testifies to the importance of this settlement in the eighth century b.c.e. as a center for imports and exports. One of these ostraca, likely from an Israelite official in charge of the royal exports from Tell Qasile, describes 1,100 measures of oil for the king. The other reads as follows: Ophir gold to Bet Horon – 30 shekels.
Ostracon with inscription: “Gold from Ophir to bet Horon – 30 shekels” akg-images / Erich Lessing Renowned Israeli archaeologist Prof. Benjamin Mazar (who at the time went by his original surname “Maisler”) wrote in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies that “Bet Horon” is “apparently the twin-city, Upper and Lower Beth Horon, known as the city of the Levites (administrative center) in the district of Ephraim, a store-city in the period of Solomon, an important fortress on the road leading from the plain up to the mountains and situated on the border of Israel and Judea.” He postulated that the name referred to a temple of the Canaanite god Hauron. Either way, this ostracon confirms the veracity of the Bible in its reference to Ophir in the ancient world. Professor Mazar wrote, “The Ophir gold … so called after the country of its origin, is apparently of an especially fine quality.” The Bible repeatedly describes the gold of Ophir as precious: Job 28:16 says that wisdom does not have a price, and “It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.” Isaiah 13:12 says that in the Day of the Lord, a man will be “more rare than fine gold, Even man than the pure gold of Ophir.” Solomon, with the help of the Phoenician king Hiram, built ships and sent servants who had knowledge of the sea to Ophir to bring back the greatly desired gold (1 Kings 9:26-28). Solomon had two navies: one based on the Mediterranean and one in Eilat. Sending servants who had “knowledge of the sea” shows that these ships were not taking short expeditions. They traveled extensively.
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to Watch Jerusalem magazine But where exactly did they travel? Theories abound. Some believe Ophir is in Sri Lanka or India; others think it is in Pakistan at the mouth of the Indus River or in Saudi Arabia; others believe it is in South America; and some theorize that Ophir was located in Australia—with India and other places as possible transit stops between the Red Sea and Australia. 2 Chronicles 9:21 tells us that the king’s ships were gone for three years at a time, and when they came back, they brought gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks. The port from which the king’s ships left to gather gold of Ophir is described in 1 Kings 9, referring to the one in the south—near Eilat, located in the Gulf of Aqaba, which connects to the Red Sea. Considering this port opened out to the Indian Ocean, it wouldn’t make sense for this fleet to go to South America for the gold, and Saudi Arabia would be too close for such a long trip. In addition, Saudi Arabia does not have many of these exotic items. It’s possible the fleet went to Australia or even east Africa, but it appears the gold of Ophir most likely came from the area of India, or perhaps Sri Lanka. The Hebrew words translated as “ivory,” “apes” and “peacocks” in 2 Chronicles 9:21 are all of a foreign origin, relating commonly to India. Gensenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon says the word used for ape is “a word of Indian origin.” It’s likely that travelers from the land of Israel would have learned the foreign names for these exotic items, calling them by their foreign names when they returned to Israel. Considering India’s plenteous supply of all these commodities, it seems highly likely Ophir might be in or around India. With all of this trade, Solomon’s accumulated wealth rose to almost unfathomable heights. His drinking cups were made of gold. He had 300 shields beaten from gold. His throne was made of ivory and overlaid with the best of gold. The steps leading up to the throne had 12 golden lions facing 12 golden eagles. Additionally, the temple in Jerusalem was adorned with 3,000 talents of gold (with a low-end valuation of $4.2 billion). Other than the name, the Bible doesn’t give much detail about Ophir. And with so many unfruitful expeditions, it appears elusive. But the ostracon found near Tel Aviv does confirm its existence and the veracity of the Bible. Part 5— COMMENTS on the article of PCG TRUMPET (copied in Part 4) COMMENTS 1 Kin 10: 11- And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 22- For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. 14- Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 23- So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. The ABOVE ARTICLE in TRUMPET Dec. 2020 wrote— Solomon, with the help of the Phoenician king Hiram, built ships and sent servants who had knowledge of the sea to Ophir to bring back the greatly desired gold (1 Kings 9:26-28). Solomon had two navies: one based on the Mediterranean and one in Eilat. Sending servants who had “knowledge of the sea” shows that these ships were not taking short expeditions. They traveled extensively. But where exactly did they travel? Theories abound. Some believe Ophir is in Sri Lanka or India It’s possible the fleet went to Australia or even east Africa, but it appears the gold of Ophir most likely came from the area of India, or perhaps Sri Lanka. LORD had given daughter of Tarshish The work of STAINING the PRIDE of honourable princes Of PCG as merchants who ADVERTISE their VAIN BOOKS As a WORK OF MERCHANDISE Isa 23: 8-Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth---PCG books are spoken as their MERCHANT WORK, of Tyre, leader exalting as “G” god, and the strangers given to MAR their PRIDE, Eze.28: 1-16 9 -The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.—so Tarshish is given the COUNSEL AGAINST Tyrus (Tyre) 10 -Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. In the article of trumpet shown in Part 4, they advertise BOOKLET ON JERUSALEM” as you would have seen!----Thus proves the PCG merchandise works!--- CHURCH is NOT A PLACE for MERCHANDISE WORKS--- Mr 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; PCG MERCHANDISE WORKS made them VAIN, and MADE THEM NOT CONCERNED OF EVERLASTING COVENANT and SERVICE OF GOD! They would END THEIR WORKS AS Babylon Na 3:16-Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. Re 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Re 18:11 -And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: Re 18:15-The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, Re 18:23 -And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. PART 6— When ancient Serendib lured Jewish ships Friday, March 12, 2021 - 01:00—CEYLON DAILY NEWS Print Edition Features Dishan Joseph
King Solomon’s Temple The resplendent island of Sri Lanka has been the envy of many for its strategic maritime position. This geographical position together with our natural resources drew the attention of traders from across the world. Ancient records show details of Arab trading vessels which were later followed by the Portuguese and Dutch. Subsequently the British arrived here lured by our tropical pearls and cinnamon. Many know these stages of our maritime history. The people of Israel had established trading links with ancient Serendib (the Persian name for Ceylon). It is believed that by the 12th century there were around 3,000 Jews living on this island engaged in business. They had lived in peace, sharing in our prosperity. Jews had resided in Colombo, Kandy and Galle in a bygone era. It is said that a Jewish synagogue had existed along Steuart Place, Colombo 3. King Solomon’s fleet Did King Solomon’s ships sail thousands of nautical miles to Ceylon? Ruling for 40 years, King Solomon was Israel’s wealthiest and visionary king. He was the son of King David who wrote many of the Old Testament Psalms and also killed the giant warrior Goliath. The Bible narrates how Solomon (Hebrew name Yedidyah, and in Islam – Suleiman) asked God for wisdom, and in turn was blessed with all things. His father King David desired to build the Temple on Mount Moriah, to keep the Ark of the Covenant, a gold chest containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The project was begun and completed by King Solomon. He was able to wield his powerful influence across Israel, and is said to have collected 18,125 Kg of gold (666 talents) in a single year. Extending his prudent diplomacy, he made an alliance with King Hiram, and further consolidated his reign over Israel. It was in this background of blissful abundance that he was ordered by the High Priests to procure cinnamon oil to be used at religious rites in the holy Temple. This custom is found in the Book of Exodus where Moses is directed by God to use cinnamon oil. The book of (1 Kings, Chapter 8) talks about the magnificent feast when the Ark of the Covenant was brought in the month of Ethanim (possibly July) and placed inside the holy Temple. The massive temple was built to a Phoenician design (a clan of people famous for their purple Tyrian dye, who can be traced to present-day Lebanon). After building the Temple, Solomon spent 13 years building a royal palace in Ophel, Jerusalem. The location of Tarshish?
King Solomon is said to have sent out his experienced naval fleet to an island in the East. The East in that era referred to the Orient, including Asia. It is from these ports that he obtained his cinnamon oil, along with peacocks and animals. He procured sandalwood, pepper, ivory, pearls and gems – items found abundantly in Sri Lanka. The long return journey took three years, a most daunting voyage (Book of Kings, Chapter 1, verse 23). Solomon had an established naval fleet which empowered Israel to excel in commercial trading. Chapter 9 of 2nd Chronicles talks of Solomon’s alliance for trade. For decades, theologians and historians have intensely debated about the location of Tarshish, on the ancient mariner’s map. Many opine it is either the ancient port of Ophir located in India or Galle in Serendib (Sri Lanka). Others opine it could be Carthage (the second largest city in the Hellenistic period) in the sea of Tunisia. Ophir in India is said to be on the Kerala coast, in the Trivandrum District. In contrast, the 10th century lexicographer David Abraham thinks Ophir was an exotic location in old Ceylon. Psalm 72 says that Tarshish was an island far away; it had rivers and forests. The Old Testament book of Ezekiel mentions trade ties with Tarshish, and ships of commerce. Whether Sri Lanka was known to the ancient Jews as Tarshish we can’t confirm, but can we assume that King Solomon got all his tropical delights from here? We must realize that the name Tarsus in the New Testament episode of Saul (who converted as Paul the Apostle) is a different town in south central Turkey.
The old skill of trading in peacocks is attributed to the Dravidian people. Ancient Tamils used this skill, and to date the peacock is a revered bird in the Hindu kovils in India and Sri Lanka. In his book of 1863, Sir William Smith attests that the classical Tamil name for peacock ‘thogkai’ was assimilated into Hebrew lingo for peacock, as ‘thukkiyyim’. This can support the cause that Solomon’s fleet sailed to our exotic island which still has thousands of peacocks. In 1845, James Emerson Tennant, the presiding Colonial Secretary also supported the fact that Solomon’s fleet had traded in Galle. Samuel Bochart (French Biblical scholar) tries to convince us that the Kudiramalai area of old Ceylon was the port of Tarshish. The old Phoenicians also recorded their trade in Tarshish where they got ivory and gems, from an island. Some opine the Phoenicians lived in Galilee, Israel, in lands gifted to Hiram by King Solomon. Solomon probably acquired expensive sapphires and rubies from ancient Serandib, which directs us to another fact. After building the Temple of Jerusalem, Solomon was instructed on sewing of the attire of the high priests (of the chosen Levite clan). Their ‘ephod’ (breastplate) had to be adorned with 12 gems, one for each tribe of Israel. These gems may have been taken from Tarshish. King Solomon’s throne (1 Kings, Chapter 10) was made with ivory and gold and inlaid with precious stones. The arms of the throne depicted two lions. Among the birds and animals engraved into the throne is a peacock. Did Solomon purchase these gems from Serendib? The Queen of Sheba may have traded with the island of the East. She gifted Solomon with spices and precious stones. She was of Ethiopian descent (old Kingdom of Nubia) but some say she is from Saba (South of Saudi Arabia) towards Yemen. She is depicted in art with exotic animals and birds, including peacocks. Her chief merchant agent was a man named Tamrin. Jews: from India to Ceylon Certain parts of India still have an active Jewish population. The original Jews had come to Cochin and settled down in Kerala. They were dark skinned Malabar Jews. Their colony was called Anjuvannam, and their leader was Rabban. They lived here for 1,000 years. Later, in the 16th century, Jews of Spanish and British origin came to Madras and engaged in the lucrative diamond business. These migrants learnt to speak Malayalam and Tamil. The third wave of Syrian Jews came to the Kanyakumari region of India. Another segment of visiting Jews settled down in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar until the Partition of India in 1947. Interestingly there is a small community of Telugu-speaking Jews claiming lineage from Ephraim. The Jews of Cochin claim that their forefathers supplied King Solomon’s Temple with teak trees. The teak was shipped to Judea. It is believed that with time the Jews intermarried and shifted to Ceylon. The Jewish communities in 16th century Ceylon were subject to persecution by the Portuguese. In fear they abandoned their faith and surnames. Among them was a sub clan of Vishvakarma people. They were skilled blacksmiths, metalworkers, goldsmiths and stonemasons. These artisans embellished temples in India. It is said some goldsmiths assimilated into the Tamil community and identified as Thattar (opinions differ on this). Even today, the Tamil-speaking Thattar caste exists and they are master goldsmiths. They were once moneylenders who made good profit. In addition, there were Burghers in Ceylon who came from Jewish lineage. J.B. Muller identifies some of these surnames as Altendorff, Felsinger, Joseph, Koch, Schneider, Martensteyn, Werkmeister and Oppenheimer. For the record, Ceylon had two Jewish Chief Justices, Sir Alan Rose and Sir Sidney Abrahams. A Jewish memory I was able to locate two other gravestones in the Borella cemetery in Colombo, when I went there with my friend Gunashantha. They had Hebrew inscriptions chiseled into the hard stone. One is of Joseph Bin Boim who died in 1888. The gravediggers said there should be a few more graves but we could not find them on this day. It is rare that someone would venture into the cemetery looking for Jewish graves. Sustaining a solitary flame of Jewish culture in Colombo is Chabad House. This former colonial bungalow is located opposite Cinnamon Red Hotel. Chabad House caters to a few folk from Israel and visiting Jewish businessmen. There was a Rabbi (Jewish priest) but I haven’t met him after the Covid pandemic. Was Tarshish an enigmatic port or a real trading paradise? The Jews of Ceylon have disappeared into history. Their ancient generations once enriched our island.
SABBATH is a sign forever, Ex. 31.17— Worshipping on SABBATHS and HOLY DAYS glorifies GOD OF ISRAEL for saving ISRAEL from Egypt, and for ISRAEL to know HIS ALMIGHTY POWERS over HIS WORLD, to understand their GOD, HE is the POSSESSOR OF HIS CHURCH, Deut.5:12-15, Ex 20: 1, 8-10-- Num 15.37, 41, 38-40-- Deut. 16:9-12, Nu 16: 9. · Read No. 954 HIS MIGHTY ACTS of SAVING ISRAEL FROM EGYPT to be remembered on SABBATHS and HOLY DAYS when HE REPEATS spiritual Egypt as JERUSALEM, Rev. 11: 8, abominations in JERUSALEM as made known to PCG leader, Eze. 16: 1-2, SHORT WORK of LORD is TO PERFECT SONS as HAVING FAITH of Abraham for SECOND COVENANT – Read Faith of Abraham in Nos. 1000, 1018, 1028, 959, prophecies are for ISRAEL in Covenant, Nos. 955, 1050, 1046, 1043, 1038, PCG confirmed as descendants of Canaan, Eze. 16: 1-4, read in No. 958, access to GRACE of GOD—No. 1027, praise God understanding CRUCIFIED CHRIST—No. 998—LORD made Cyrus as a potsherd, Isa 45; 9, --read in No. 962—LORD gives divine strength to MINISTRY-No. 949—Covenant breaking sin of PCG in No. 1010---SECOND COVENANT needs much understanding –read all above in www.restoringcaptivity.com ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING GLORY AND HONOUR POWER AND MAJESTY BELONGS TO LAMB THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST, AMEN AND AMEN Gentile Witness 2 restoringcaptivity@gmail.com |
