THE BIBLE AND THE WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 156, 17 March 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE BIBLE AND THE WAR.

SOME STARTLING BELIEFS. Is the British nation one of the ten lost tribes of Israel? Was this war predicted in the Old Testament ? These are two questions which certain peopl' known as the Anglo-Israelites readily ansv.er in the affirmative. In the Banner of Israel," a journal which deals with all branches of inquiry touching the Hebrew origin of our nation, the following Biblical references and prophecies are pojnted out. VIEWS OF THE ANGLOISRAELITES.

The scattered Israelites "would be gathered into a place ol safety Jer. xxxi 10: 2 Sam. vii. 10): evidently islands (Isa. xli. 1 xxiv. 14, 15) situated northwest from Palestine (.Tor. iii. 1?; Hos. xi. 10)..Thoir land would become too snvjl! .".nd they would spread out to the very encfc of the earth (Jst. xlix. 20, liv. 3; Deut. xxxiii. 17). They had to inherit and colonise the waste parts of the universe (lsa. xxxv. 1, xlix. b). They would lend to many nations and borrow from none (Deut. xxviii. 12). They would ru'e over many nations and Uo ruled over by none ( Deut. xv. 6). Their territory would be distinguished for nrneral and agricultural wealth (Dent, xxxiii. 10-16).

The main argument of Anglo-Israel-ism is this: God made certain specific unconditional promises to Abraham and David which they could only have understood as meaning literally what they said. Abraham's seed was to be a company of nations, and Davi 1 was never to lack a descendant to s t o't Irs throne, iul if these promises h:;ve not been fu'filled in the British ra,""; and Royal Family there seer.s 110 chance of th.eir ever being t'uH. ! l-. . and Cod unniiot break his word :an 1 .■:> nil points the British race alo'.>; fulfils the requirement it«.nenis unlikely that any others are tl*descend uus of the lost ten tnbes.

KING GEORGE DKsCiiSM:. 1 ) I ROM KING DAV.,). And there ore other di'.'lmi! ltlirences which scent to l>oar out the nnvin contention of the •cs tiiat we are identified with tlio lest toil trihles of Isnvl and tnai me progress of the Rritish race is pr.'ii ,f o'l in the Old Testament. It is poin.rd out in on,? of the many publh- n.'ons on the subject issued hy ]{"> t Rank- - and Son, of Racouet Court, Fle.et Street, that Queen Victoria, not lons hci'orj her death, admitted the Royal family to he descended from David, through the daughter of Zedokinlu the last of the Jewish longs, whilo Kin•; Edward had a chart tracing the descent step by step from David and from Abraham. There is evidence to show that the Dims and Dons of Ireland and Scothind aro descended from Dan. one of the twelve tribe's whom, in the Rook of Judges, Deborah reproaches, while the Coronation Stone, which for more than 700 years has figured in the Coronation of England's kings and (juvens, is regarded by many as Jacob's pillow.

TIIE LOST TEX TRIBES

It is pointed out that a clear d'stMiction must be made between the House of .Tuilnli and the House of Israel. After the death of Solomon the twelve tribe; were divided into two kingdoms and from that day to this they have never been re-un.ted as one nation. Ihe Israelites a.re not •lews. The Jew lias a well-defined history down to the present day, but the history of the Israelite's is not so clear, and that is why they have been called the lost ten tribes. They have wandered over the world, and, according to the Anglo-Israelites, moved across Europe until, under the name of (<oths and Saxons, etc.. they ultimately settled in the British Isles. Manv honks have been written on this subject by writers who have approached the question l'ke the Right Uev. Bishop Titcomb, with quite !1 open mind. He wrote that while the question involves "mere contingencies and probabilities," it is folly to regard the wliolo theory us ridiculous. It is pointed out that our louguage, coinage. weights and measures, and racial characteristics can be traced to the Israelite;. The English language hears very remarkable resemblance to Hie Hebrew. Again, the Israelites were hardy, virile traders and navigators, while the Book ot ( omnion I ia\el s framed almost entirely upon l at Itis 1 , t principles.

I'HACTICAL IM'vOOf

Tile HrilNh coinai'e and wei'dits and measures are oi Hebrew orijin. according to various M-.ent.sts, v.ho contend that the hasis of the measuremenis of the Great rvraimd i> the ineli. now known eonerally as the ;'»ritiv.li inch, and that the lat.• -urvev of ihe British Isles "2.un. to the .lid • i-. on the l'vram d scale.

Tljes? are only a few ol the ;-.o':i>; mentioned hv •itijmnrtor* ol the Are l <i-|.,-;e ]<(,< i,l, ill I heir I on t ell t ion ill,;' t'-e Crit Mi e 'ire the |.k{. ten r'b y. The lat" Mr. Header Harris. K ('.. of the Pentecostal f;e-i„;.e wrote on the subject, for he, Id e Many

other people, was a firm believer ill at the British race—"a people strong .u;d free —numerous as the sands it ' r.e sea—mighty in battle—a blessjng to :>l l nations—living in islands north-west ul' Palestine—her home uninvadable-

having Colonies all over the world a mother of nations" —sprang from the lost ten tribes of Israel.