http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/july2014/pastorbob727-2.htm
Um,
I disagree. Let me preface by saying that I am not trying to insert
history as doctrine. I don't take British/Israelism seriously, but there
is a huge body of historical anomaly that needs explanation. You said:
"A
book that was published just last year has shown that 90% of the Jews
in Israel today are not "Biblical" Jews at all, but have genetic DNA
that connects them with the "Khazars" a tribe that once occupied the
region of central Eurasia. In Israel today, the two major groups are
either "Sephardic" or "Ashkenazi", the "Ashkenazi" are tracked back to
the "Khazars" in the Step Plateau of central Eurasia. The "Sephardic"
Jews can track their Biblical identity back to Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
"
The Khazars were anything but a tribe. THEY WERE A MAJOR AND POWERFUL KINGDOM!
I'll
start with the Khazar Kingdom. To it WE TWICEFOLD OWE WESTERN
CIVILIZATION! 1. They allowed the Parthians to pass through the Kingdom
to the Caucasus Mountains and into Europe. Ballpark 300 AD. 2. They
barred the same route to Islam. The kingdom was noted for its religious
tolerance. All three monotheistic faiths coexisted in the kingdom plus a
number of others. Yes, a small minority of the ruling class converted
to Judaism.
I
think we all look for tidy, everything happens at once historical
occurrences. For instance, it's assumed that the ten tribes were lost
with the Assyrian invasion.
Are
we serious? The Assyrians moved a relatively small number of people ...
50, 000 or so. THIS FROM A NATION THAT COULD ONCE FIELD AN ARMY OF
500,000!!!!!!!!!!! No, the migrations had been going on piecemeal for
many years, much of it famine and drought driven.
I'll
leave detail and reference for a later paper. There was seaward route
via Phoenicia to Carthage to Europe. There was the northern land route
to what would become Parthia. And there were other minor routes eastward
and southward.
The question is this: Were the Parthians in whole or in part Israeli? I'll address this in later missives.