Willie Martin
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 Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:44 am Post subject: Japheth and Ham - 19 |
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So we can see that Solomon ruled an area greater than the Caesars of Rome.
The Mediterranean was an Israelites lake; it was ruled by Israel and its
allies the Phoenicians and Egyptians; he was in charge of the Mid-East and
the Mesopotamians were ruled by Israel; but we don't know how far that went
into Asia; Egypt was his ally and he had extensive presence in the new
world; America was extensively explored and colonized.
Historians also record that Cadez, a city in Spain that is called Cadez now,
was founded by the Phoenicians about 1000 B.C., which, again, was during the
reign of David and Solomon.
When one looks at the historic records of the Phoenicians the period of 1000
B.C. is very common when they mark their ascension to greatness, which the
Bible also identifies as the time when David and Solomon began their golden
age.
Early British historians record that the Phoenicians were heavily involved
in colonizing and mining in the British Isles. In Raymond Capt's book "The
Traditions of Glastenbury" mentions some of the early historical accounts of
the Tribe of Asher of Israel overseeing the mining operations in Britain.
Now when Israel split into Israel and Judah this alliance weakened. Wars
were fought between the Israelites and the Judeans, and yes at times they
were allied.
But Israel went very deep into the Baal worship of Phoenicia and around
870-850 B.C. Israel was ruled by King Ahab, who was married to a Phoenician
princess by the name of Jezebel from the city state of Sidon. Which shows
that the Phoenician/Israelites alliance was still followed.
When God sent a prophet name Elijah in the middle of the ninth century B.C.
Israel's King Ahab had gotten to a point where he was so evil that Elijah
had prayed for a drought on the land of Israel. James 5 shows that it lasted
3˝ years.
"Elias (Elijah) was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the
space of three years and six months." (James 5:17)
1 Kings 17 and 18 show that the drought was so severe that the creeks dried
up, and there was no vegetation was left for the animals. Starvation was
prevalent in both Israel and the Phoenician city states as we can see from
the example of Elijah when he was sent to the home of the Sidonian widow. 1
Kings 18 states that King Ahab had searched for Elijah in all the nations.
"As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my Lord
hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an
oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not." (1 Kings 18:10)
Now that we know those international maritime routes included the area now
known as the United States in the new world, that takes on new meaning as it
was not just in the mid-east where the search took place.
For Israel was still among the great nations of the earth with a large
population. During this drought, they had one choice, they could either stay
and starve or they could migrate elsewhere and live.
Now Israel had a colonial empire that was quite large, and they had many
places to go. However, when one has women and children you do not want to
put them on a boat and cross the ocean to America, or Great Britain or even
to Spain, you wanted to take them somewhere as close to home as possible, to
avoid the rigors of distant travel, yet was away from the drought.
History records that Cartage was founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of
the 9th century B.C. Which coincides, roughly with the same time that Israel
was experiencing its drought. Alfred Church's book called "Cartage" written
in 1890 shows that the name Cartage was the Roman name for the city but that
is not the name the Carthagenians called themselves.
They called the city, according to Alfred Church's book, the Carthegians
called themselves Cherjaf-habashaf, which Hebrew meaning "new town." A very
appropriate name for a new colony, which was being started. Now several
historians of Cartage records the magistrates were called the Saphetes by
the Romans, but again, that is not the name they called their own
magistrates.
In the Carthagenian language when looking at their artifacts, they called
them the Shepheta, which is also Hebrew for the word judges. The name of one
of the Books of the Bible - Judges. One of their early kings was named
Marcus, a Hebrew name, still present during the time of Christ, when the
High Priests servant was named Marcus. Remember, he's the one who had his
ear cut off, when Peter tried to cut off his head but got his ear instead.
Also they had a reference to the Hebrew El, which is depicted in Carthagian
artifacts as sitting between the Cherubims.
In the book "Daily Life in Cartage" it states the priestly laws of Cartage
was: "A very significant resemblance to the Book of Leviticus, and many of
the sacrifices corresponded exactly to those of the Hebrews."
Many historians have noticed the similarity of the Carthagenians or as the
Romans called it the Tunic tongue, to Hebrew. As late as the fourth century
A.D., which was many centuries after Cartage fell, remnants of the Tunic
culture were recognized by early church writers such as St. Augustine and
St. Jerome as having their roots in the Hebrew language.
The Encyclopedia Judicia, when it talks about the fall of Samaria, to the
Assyrians it mentions that the Africans, which was their word for the
Carthagenans contested with the Jews over the rights of Arab-Israel, or the
land of Israel.
Now this would make no sense at all if Cartage did not consist of the
descendent of the Tribes of Israel. Who had gone into captivity, or had left
that area. But they clearly recognized that the land of Palestine was a
cultural heritage to the people of Cartage, since they claimed that land as
their own at that time.
Cartage became very powerful in the middle of the first millennium B.C. In
their early days they were much stronger than Rome and imposed a treaty on
Rome, which basically forbade them from sailing in the Western Mediterranean
and telling them where they could sail their ships.
They were the enemies of Greece and Rome, they kept them out of the Atlantic
Ocean with the Carthagenian Navy. But the Greeks did record some information
about what Cartage had found in their Atlantic voyages. And a lot of this
will probably be quite new to you. The Greeks record:
"In the sea outside the pillars of Hercules, that's Gibraltar, an island was
found by the Carthagians, a wilderness having wood of all kinds, and
navigatable rivers; remarkable for various kinds of fruit, many sailing
distance day away. When the Carthagenians, who were the masters of the
western ocean, observed that many traitors and other men were attracted by
the fertility of the soil and the pleasant climate, they frequented it. And
some resided there. They feared that knowledge of the land would reach other
nations."
You can check the historical accounts and see that Cartage at that point
became very protective of what was going on west of the Atlantic Ocean, and
did not allow the sailors of other nations past Gibraltar. |
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