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To: Lee N. Field
Is this two peoples of God scheme a given (an axiom, unproven), or do they get it from somewhere?

Sure. Scofield Reference Bible, for starters.

63 posted on 08/10/2006 4:42:21 PM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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To: jude24; OrthodoxPresbyterian; Alex Murphy
Sure. Scofield Reference Bible, for starters.

Well, actually in it's more mature form, you're correct. The genesis of this 'axiom' begins with Mary Campbell and Margaret McDonald in the congregation of Edward Irving, a defrocked, and disgraced Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) minister in the 1830's. From there the doctrine was picked up and refined by John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Bretheren. THEN Schofield picked it up.

In it's most recent incarnation much of the excesses have been removed.

That said, British Israelism was most recently popularised by Herbert W. Armstrong and the World Wide Church of God. The basic story is that a daughter of Zedechaiah named Tea Tephi was brought to Ireland by the Prophet Jeremaiah, where she married a "King Herramon" of Ireland. The Line of David supposedly continues through Herramon's offspring, to Scotland, and with the Stuart/Stewart kings. Armstrong claimed that the throne of Britain IS the throne of David. BTW, Armstrong claimed to be a descendent of King Herramon.

Oddly enough, King Herramon himself was a mythological Character, and probably never really existed.

EVEN IF the story is true, it would still not be the throne of David. If one reads the Old Testament, (s)he would realise that Zedechaiah was a usurper put in place by Nebuchadnezzar, and was not the true king. The true king was in Babalonian captivity. (see II Kings 24 through chapter 25). The British Israelites have not a single iota of factual evidence for their claims.

122 posted on 08/10/2006 11:02:13 PM PDT by Calvinist_Dark_Lord (I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper)
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