WHO ARE THE EDOMITES?
5-31-2019
Oh, the unimaginable delusion
suffered by the evangelical Christian Zionists.
Believing that the modern state of Israel is actually the Israelites of
the Old Testament. Claiming that modern
Israel is the fulfillment of prophecy.
None is more blatant than the
Cutting Edge website. For years
they have been claiming that Palestinians are the descendants of Esau, also
known as Edomites and Idumeans. It is
not certain the exact racial makeup of the Palestinians but they are not Edomites.
David Bay, the official voice
of the Cutting Edge website, has maintained that Palestinians as
Edomites, will be completely destroyed by the so-called twelve tribes of Israel
in fulfillment of the Obadiah prophecy found in verse eighteen.
Yes, this Obadiah prophecy
will be fulfilled. The Edomites will be
burned and devoured (this may be
metaphoric or not) and there will not be a single survivor of the
descendants of Esau. But the problem
which is completely unknown by the Cutting Edge, and others of their ilk, is
that the Edomites are posing as Israeli Jews and the fake Edomite Israeli Jews
will be the ones that will be destroyed.
From an article by Tom
Martincic which appears below: The
Edomites who resided in Israel, later proclaimed
themselves to be the house of ISRAEL, and are now recognized as Israel
today by the majority of the world.
From the Cutting Edge Newsletter officiated
by David Bay
This
Palestinian journalist continues, proclaiming that Israel today is comparable
to Hitler's racial genocide attempt against the Jew 75 years ago. Then, this
video dropped the bomb.
"Hawwa
added that Israel is the biggest 'winner' from the Holocaust and that it uses
the 'same justification' as a 'launching pad for the racial cleansing and
annihilation of the Palestinians'."
What did God foretell 2,600 years ago?
"Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in
battle ...there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau ..."
(Obadiah 1, 18, KJV)
Obadiah 1:18 NET The descendants of Jacob will
be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will
be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a
single survivor of the descendants of Esau!" Indeed, the LORD has spoken
it.
Do
not be too quick to dispel these words of warning as simply propaganda
hyperbole. Since May, 2000, when God first opened my eyes to the reality of
this passage, I have been amazed that the Palestinians seem so ignorant of
Israel's plan to annihilate her, man, woman and child, and do so with a weapon
of fire (Fuel Air Bomb), precisely as Obadiah foretells.
How
do you keep your public preparations for this genocidal action a secret? For
example, Israel has constructed a border fence to separate the population, Jew
from Palestinian, but this fence is outlandishly more than anyone would need if
the goal were simply to keep Palestinian terrorists from infiltrating and
setting off terrorist bombs.
Indeed,
these fences are 15-feet high and constructed of solid concrete. These concrete
barriers are set in place to act as a heat-shield to deflect any over-spray of fire
from the Fuel Air Bomb).
This
example is but one whiabch should have alerted Palestinian Authorities that
Israel was planning to eradicate all Palestinians.
The Assimilation of the Edomites
The Edomites were absorbed
into the tribes of Judah and Benjamin during the 100 years of freedom from a
beast nation after the death of Antiochus Epiphanes prior to the arrival of the
Roman Empire. By the advent of Jesus
Christ there was no distinctive difference between an Edomite and a Judahite.
Josephus, the Jewish historian, recorded
in his Antiquities of the Jews.
“Hyrcanus
took also Dora and Marissa, cities of Idumea, and subdued all the Idumeans; and
permitted them to stay in that country, if they would be circumcised, and make
use of the laws of the Jews; and they were so desirous of living in the country
of their forefathers, that they submitted to the use of circumcision and the
rest of the Jews’ ways of living; at which time therefore, this befell them,
that they were hereafter no other than Jews.”
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia,
edited by Dr. Cecil Roth and Dr. Geoffrey Wigoder (1970 edition), page 587
“The
Edomites were conquered by John Hyrcanus who forcibly converted them to
Judaism, and from then on they constituted a part of the Jewish people, Herod
being one of their descendants. During Titus’ siege of Jerusalem, they marched
in to reinforce the extreme elements, killing all they suspected of peace
tendencies. Thereafter, they ceased to figure in Jewish history. The name in
the Talmud is a synonym for an oppressive government, especially Rome; in the
Middle Ages, it was applied to Christian Europe.”
The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1925 edition: Judas
Maccabeus conquered their territory for a time (B.C. 163; Ant. Xii, 8 par. 1,
2). They were again subdued by John Hyrcanus (c. 125 B.C.) by whom they were forced to observe Jewish rites
and laws (ib. 9, par. 1; xiv. 4, par. 4). They were then incorporated with the Jewish nation, and their
country was called by the Greeks and Romans ‘Idumea’ (Mark iii. 8; Ptolemy,
Geography v. 16). With Antipater began
the Idumean dynasty that ruled over Judea till its conquest by the Romans.
Immediately before the siege of Jerusalem 20,000 Idumeans, under the leadership
of John, Simeon, Phinehas, and Jacob, appeared before Jerusalem to fight in
behalf of the zealots who were besieged in the Temple (Josephus, B.J. iv. 4,
par. 5). From this time the Idumeans ceased to be a separate people.
Tom Martincic, Eliyah.com "Edomites"
are the descendants of Esau. Esau was called Edom after he sold his
birth-right. He later became known as the progenitor of the Edomites. {SEE
OBADIAH}
The
Edomites were in Israel when the JEWS were in Israel. King Herod which was not
a JEW was an Edomite. They dwelled amongst the JEWS, ate with the JEWS adopted
their practices, culture etc. Later when Titus besieged Jerusalem and killed
the Israelites and sold the younger ones to the Ethiopians, Arabs, and
Egyptians.
The Edomites who resided in Israel, later proclaimed themselves to be the house of ISRAEL, and are now recognized as Israel today by the majority of the world.
The Edomites who resided in Israel, later proclaimed themselves to be the house of ISRAEL, and are now recognized as Israel today by the majority of the world.
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary, p. 333. The significance
of the Edomite population merging with the Jews is often overlooked. But it is
not really any secret. Many modern Biblical scholars admit that the historic
event did, indeed, occur. For example: “But during the warlike rule of the
Maccabees (Hasmonean dynasty of the Jews) they were again completely subdued
and even forced to conform to Jewish laws and rites and submit to the
government of Jewish perfect. The Edomites were then incorporated into the
Jewish nation, and the whole providence was often termed by Greek and Roman
writers ‘Idumea’...From this time, the Edomites as a separate people disappear
from the pages of history.”
Considering the modern
location of the Edomite ancestry, it would appear that Obadiah is prophesying of the burning and destruction of modern
Jerusalem and Israel. Recall the above
words of Tom Martincic:
The Edomites who resided in Israel,
later proclaimed themselves to be the house of ISRAEL, and are now recognized
as Israel today by the majority of the world.
There are some authentic
Judahites, and possibly Benjamites, living in Israel and referring to
themselves as Jews. This group will also
be judged as shone by the following verses, although there are many more). Jesus may have been speaking to Edomites, who
had apparently taken over the majority of the priesthood, or He was speaking to
both Edomites and Judahites.
Matthew 21:41 NET They said to him, "He
will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other
tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."
Matthew 22:7 NET The king was furious! He
sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on
fire.
Luke 19:27 NET But as for these enemies
of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter
them in front of me!' "
The
other group of Israeli Jews are the Khazarians.
Their end will be fulfilled according to the Ezekiel 38 and 39
prophecies.
