Religions: Chapter 12f –Mesoamerica

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The Lost Tribes of Israel https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes.html#:~:text=Conquered%20by%20the%20Assyrian%20King,have%20never%20been%20seen%20since.

I only found out about Israels’ lost tribes just recently. Never knew this was a thing.

Quick History. Abrahams’ grandson Jacob was renamed Israel (meaning - “he who struggles or strives with God.”) when God appeared to him when he was leaving Paddan Aram and blessed him. Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. (Genesis 35 :: NIV)

The 12 tribes of Israel are Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda, Issachar, Zevulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph and Benjamin. In the Land of Canaan, each of the twelve Israelite tribes settled in a different region on either side of the Jordan River.

With the death of King Solomon, the state was divided in two. The tribes split along territorial and political lines, with Judah and Benjamin in the south loyal to the Davidic house. The southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin constitute the historical forbears of most of the Jewish people as it is known today.

And the Ten Tribes of the Northern Kingdom? It appeared that they had been eliminated for eternity. But the prophet Ezekiel envisioned a different future: "Behold I will take the children of Israel... and will gather them on every side (“of the world”) and bring them (“back”) into their land. And they shall be divided into two kingdoms no more."

What happened? "In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and he carried them (“the Ten Tribes”) away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of Medes."

Meaning?: In the years 722-721 BC, the Ten Tribes who comprised the northern Kingdom of Israel disappeared. Conquered by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser V, they were exiled to upper Mesopotamia and Medes, todays modern Syria and Iraq. The Ten Tribes of Israel have never been seen since. Or have they?

Kashmir https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes2.html

Between Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir lives the world's largest tribal grouping—the Pathans. All of the 15 million Pathans, who comprise some 60 tribes, claim descent from Kish, an ancestor of the Biblical King Saul. Many of them also claim to be the children of the Lost Israelites. The Pathans perform circumcision of the eighth day, wear a fringed garment similar to the Jewish tzizit, light candles on Friday nights and observe food taboos similar to the laws of Kashrut.

Ethiopia https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes3.html

The Ethiopian Jews known both as Falashas, the Amharic word for landless, wandering Jews, and as Beta Israel, the house of Israel. In the 1970's and 80's, the Israeli government airlifted thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, rescuing them from political and economic distress.

According to one tradition, the Ethiopian Jews are the descendants of one of the ten tribes, as their religion is an ancient form of biblical Judaism. Their Torah translated into their Gez dialect. Over the centuries, the Beta Israel have been connected with the tribe of Dan. This association has eased the process of their return to the state of Israel in recent times.

Japan https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes3.html

The holy Japanese Shinto temple strongly resembles the ancient holy Israelite temple, which housed a holy of holies section and several gates. Several artifacts in Japan have been traced to Assyrian and Jewish sources, among them, a well in Koryugi with the words "well of Israel" inscribed on its side. (I could not find a picture of this well unfortunately.)

Japanese Shinto temple similar to Israelite temple?

https://remnant-p.com/isracame.htm

Examples below of Japanese letters being similar to Hebrew letters?

Katakana came from Hebrew?

https://sillylinguistics.com/katakana-came-from-hebrew/

DNA Shows Connection of the Japanese and Jews (and the Chiang Chinese) https://remnant-p.com/isracame.htm

See the DNA breakdown of the Japanese and Chiang Chinese people.

Y-chromosome DNA shows strong relationship between Jews and the Japanese. Male cell has Y-chromosome, which is a hangar of DNA. Y-chromosome DNA is handed from father to son, only through the male line.

Y-chromosome DNA of Japanese males have a very specific feature which is seldom seen among the Chinese or Koreans. Nearly 40% of the Japanese have the specific gene sequence called YAP in their Y-chromosome DNA. This YAP gene sequence is seldom seen among the Chinese or Koreans, and rare in Asia. But nearly 40% of the Japanese have it.

And in the land near Tibet in China live a small tribe called Chiang (Qiang, Chiang-Min). Their faces look like the Japanese. They are descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, as recognized by Amishav in Jerusalem, a famous searching group of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The 23% of the Chiang people have haplogroup D, having YAP just like the Japanese do. The Chiang people and the Japanese are thus genetically relatives.

Japanese "Omikoshi" ark

https://remnant-p.com/isracame.htm

The Israeli ark had two statues of gold cherubim on its top. Cherubim are a type of angel, heavenly being having wings like birds. Japanese "omikoshi" also have on its top the gold bird called "Ho-oh" which is an imaginary bird and a mysterious heavenly being.

The entire Israeli ark was overlaid with gold. Japanese "omikoshi" are also overlaid partly and sometimes entirely with gold. The size of an "omikoshi" is almost the same as the Israeli ark. Japanese "omikoshi" could be a remnant of the ark of ancient Israel. https://remnant-p.com/isracame.htm

China https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes3.html

Interestingly, Sinim is the Hebrew word for China. In fort-like villages in the high mountain ranges on the Chinese-Tibetan border live the Chiang-Min of West Szechuan. It has been claimed that the Chiang-Min are descendants of the ancient Israelites who arrived in China several hundred years before Christ.

The missionary Torrance, who visited Cheng-du in the early party of this century, insisted that the Chiang-Min strongly resemble the Israelite branch of the Semitic race. He observed that several of their customs were reminiscent of ancient Israelite tradition. Said Torrance: "The plough the Chiang use is similar to the ancient Israelite plough and is drawn by two oxen, never by an ox and an ass. This in accordance with the Biblical stipulation: 'You shall not plough with an ox and ass together.'" The Chaing-Min believes in one God. During "times of calamity or acute distress," writes Torrance, "they issue a moan or cry which sounds like 'Yawei', suggestive of the biblical name of God. The Scottish missionary also claims that the Chinese conception of Sacrifice came from the ancient Israelites.

Finally, Chiang-Min priests, like the ancient Israelite priests, wear girdles to bind their robes, and bear a sacred rod shaped like a serpent, reminiscent of the brass serpent fashioned by Moses in the wilderness.

Sacred rod shaped like a serpent, reminiscent of the Biblical Nehushtan

(the brass serpent made by Moses: Numbers 21:9; II Kings 18:4).

https://www.haruth.com/ChiangMinJews.htm

The Americas https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes2.html

In the early 16th century, Bartholeme de Las Casas became the champion of the Native American Indians, devoting his lifetime to improving the conditions—in the West Indies, Peru and Guatemala.

Las Casas wrote: "These Indians can bring near the redemption. If we treat them humanely in this world and convert them to Christianity, we are preparing for the redemption of the Western world in the messianic era. Their conversion is apt indeed, as I am convinced the Indians originate in Ancient Israel. Indeed, I can bring proofs from the Bible that they are of the Lost Tribes."

Portuguese traveler Antonio Montezinos some 120 years later aroused remarkable interest. "It was a thrilling journey I took in South America. Now that I am back in Amsterdam, I must share with you some incredible news. There is a Jewish Indian tribe living beyond the mountain passes of the Andes. Indeed, I myself heard them recite the She'ma (the expression of the Jewish faith) and saw them observe the Jewish rituals."

Note: Amsterdam seems to come up as an important place with high-ranking Jews in Europe in my research. For example, the ships laden with the stolen Gold from Mesoamerica was sailing to Amsterdam after stopping at Spain to pay the King and the Catholic Church. And the first Stock Market was implemented in Amsterdam with the launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602. (I need to look more into this.)

The Book of Mormon

Well, 25 years ago, I read the Book of Mormon where it was mentioned that the Native American tribes are part of the Lost tribes of Israel. Native Americans are Jews? Jews sailed to America around 2,700 years ago? And nobody knew about it all this time?

Also, the Book of Mormon mentioned that Jesus, when he ascended to Heaven, he stopped by the Americas to also meet with the Jews (Native Americans) one last time!

The Book of Mormon is based on the premise that two families of Israelites known as Nephites escaped from Israel circa 600 BC shortly before the sacking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, constructed a ship, sailed across the ocean, and arrived in the New World. They are among the ancestors of Native American tribes and the Polynesians. Adherents believe the two founding tribes were called Nephites and Lamanites, that the Nephites obeyed the Law of Moses, practiced Christianity, and that the Lamanites were rebellious. Eventually the Lamanites wiped out the Nephites around CE 400, and they are among the ancestors of Native Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Lost_Tribes#:~:text=These%20are%20the%20tribes%20of,not%20have%20its%20own%20territory).

I thought this was nuts and totally ignored what I read. BUT! Then I got some other information recently that made me think again!!!

Muncie Indiana https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/files/delaware_jewish.pdf

The modern-day immigration of Jews to Muncie Indiana began around the 1850s. And by the turn of the century, Jewish entrepreneurs operated a large proportion of downtown businesses.

The German born Jewish settlers owned businesses in many of the same types of industries as Jews in other Indiana towns - clothing stores, tailors, merchants, junk and scrap dealers, and liquor and cigar stores.

The second wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants were equally, and in some cases more successful than their German counterparts. Some of the second-generation German and eastern European Jews also went into business, while others became pharmacists, lawyers, doctors, teachers, or civil servants.

Among Muncie’s prominent businessmen was Victor E. Silverburg. Silverburg was involved in a number of enterprises. He was a pharmacist, owning two local drug stores, was vice president of a cigar company, and president of the Machine Electric Supply Company which provided machine and electrical work, house wiring, sold electric and combination (gas) light fixtures, and sold automobiles. Victor died in 1910.

His father, Heiman Silverburg, was a merchant tailor in Muncie for many years. His sisters Nora S. and Rose S. were both teachers, and his brother, Adolphe C., became an attorney. Adolphe C. Silverberg practiced law in Muncie for over forty years, from the 1880s -1920s, also serving as vice president of Muncie Savings and Loan, and president of Temple Beth-El.3. https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/files/delaware_jewish.pdf

How about the Native American tribe called Muncie/Munsee? The name meant nothing to me until I learned about a Jewish family name (Moncy) from France. There are different variations to the name Muncie as listed below, and existing in America, France, and Britain and also in India.

Monceaux	Monse	Mouncy
Moncellis	Mounceaus	Mounsey
Monceux	Mouncey	Mounsie
Moncy	Mouncie	Muncey
		Muncie

Below is the family crest of the French - Moncy family name.

The Moncy family Crest

https://www.houseofnames.com/moncy-family-crest

The word Munsee refers to a particular dialect of the Delaware Indian people. The word can also be found spelled "Muncie:" or "Minsi."

Even though there were an abundance of different Native American tribes in the Midwest, the Europeans kept coming this way, and the Native Americans made a decision to stand their ground. In 1794, Chief Little Turtle (Miami tribe), Chief Blue Jacket (Shawnee tribe) and Chief Buckongahelas (Delaware tribe) fought for their land at The Battle of Fallen Timbers against General "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Wayne County, Fort Wayne, and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, all get their name from Anthony Wayne.

In 1790, when the Delaware tribe first arrived at their new home on the White River they established a village, they called it Munsee Town. A trading post was soon available, it would come to be known as Muncietown. https://www.through2eyes.com/post/2019/09/05/the-making-of-munsee#:~:text=Munsee%20and%20Unami%20are%20two,%3A%22%20or%20%22Minsi.%22

"Appeal to the Great Spirit"

Chief William Anderson?

(Born in Pennsylvania to a Swedish father and the daughter of great Delaware Chief)

https://www.through2eyes.com/post/2019/09/05/the-making-of-munsee#:~:text=The%20word%20Munsee%20refers%20to,decision%20to%20stand%20their%20ground

"Passing of the Buffalo"

https://www.through2eyes.com/post/2019/09/05/the-making-of-munsee#:~:text=The%20word%20Munsee%20refers%20to,decision%20to%20stand%20their%20ground.

So, could Muncie/Munsee Indiana be related to the French/British Monceaux/Moncy/Mouncy family?
Which then means the Muncie/Munsee tribe is descendant of the Jews from 700 B.C.?
Thus, just like the Book of Mormon says; the American tribes are some of the Lost Tribes of Israel?
And did Jesus stop by the Americas first before he ascended to heaven as mentioned in the Book of Mormon?