Posted on 04/17/2018 1:12:41 AM PDT by Patriot777
Ezekiel referred to “the utmost parts of the north and all its wings” (depending on the translation one might be reading from) along with the mentions of Gomer and Togarmah. Interesting.
Here are some references that are terse and lacking in some ways, but there are leads (footnotes, etc.) for further study. The material will be very interesting to some readers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togarmah
Putin will keep Iran in check if it suits him. And it does suit him. Also note that iran’s show against Israel is all bluff, playing to a non-existent “arab street” that hates persians more than it hatesjews
The Arabs from Saudia will firghtIsrael - you are talking about the states, but the people are very anti-Is
it's been nearly 3000 years since the formation of the state of Lydia - more than enough time for the genes of Lydians to have spread across all of the West + the Middle East and maybe among some other peoples
I forget, sometimes, that perspectives of the Prophets who mentioned the attack against Jerusalem were perspectives of the times of the Greek/Macedonian and Roman empires. Their references to times long before those periods makes it even more difficult to tell others about a study--especially in impromptu social media comments. -- the Old Testament refers to "societal memories" - Gog of Lydia (Gyges) was prominent during the time of the Israeli kingdom, and he was a strong force, which is why his name is preserved
Ditto with Nimrod i.e. Sargon of Assad - the creator of the first Empire, even if it was ephemeral, his memory is preserved
Similarly, in Iran, Alexander's memory was preserved as a ram-headed demon
Before long, we might see maps of the historical migrations of mankind.
There are such maps, let me find them for you -- the best studied is the Indo-European group as it was comparatively recent - look up studies on haplogroup R1b which is strewn from Northern india to Ireland
Also the Indo-Europeans merged with different other peoples in their 4000 year history -- the ones in india and Iran merged with the Sumerian-Elamite-Dravidian peoples, the ones in Grece with the Pelasgians, the ones inAnatolia with hurrians (Georgians, north caucasus etc.), the ones in Western europe with relatives of georgians/basques etc. and also Indo-europeans have about 2% neanderthal blood, while East asians have about 3% (sub-Saharan Africans don't)
Or you can find genetic studies abotu the Andaman islanders (who were in the Andamans 40,000 years ago) and their relationship with the Papua new Guineans and the Australian Aborigines
And one migration that is both far news (only in the past 2000 years) and the most wide-spread is the spread of Austronesian langauges (malayo-polynesian) from Madagascar to Christmas Island - these people speak the same sub-branch of the Austronesian language!
The Cimmerians came earlier (about 300 years earlier) and settled in the same area and quickly disappeared as a distinct people.
As you pointed out, we are all mongrels and those of us with "European" ancestry will find we had Cimmerians, Jews, Lydians, Egyptians, Dravidians, Sumerians, Turkics, Mongols, Berbers, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Basques, even sub-Saharan african etc. ancestors
See comment # 17 of 26 by “Wuli”.
Is this the same Saudi Arabia that cant even handle Yemen? And theyre going to do what? And all their neighbors, excluding Israel, are weaker than they are, and their going to help? Good luck with that idea.
the prophecy is not really relevant.
A more accurate assessment is that the various Arab Nations have a direct interest in the establishment of the new Sunni/Kurd nation in former Syria/Iraqi territory along the Euphrates river. It is going to be a while until the eastern and western borders are negotiated and secured. The western border will eventually include Aleppo and extend to the Med.
At some point soon, the sorting out will be between the noted Arabs and a Turkey intent on glomming on to lost Ottoman territory.
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