The Israelite Origin of the Scythians - 6 of 6

[LWolken]

THE ISRAELITE ORIGIN OF THE SCYTHIANS – 6 of 6
By Steven M. Collins


Conclusion: This article has offered convincing evidence that the Sacae Scythians were the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel which were relocated to Asia. The history of the Scythians, who inhabited and ruled a territory much larger than many other “empires,” is an important, but oddly missing, element of world history. The important role of the Scythians in world history has been all but omitted from history text books. Could it be that the Scythians are largely ignored in modern history texts because if their history and culture was examined in any meaningful detail, their Israelite origins would become evident?

Modern secular mankind is much more comfortable with a worldview which allows it to think that there is no Creator God who not only made them but also will hold them accountable for their actions in this life. The theory of evolution is so pervasive in modern academic and educational systems that most people assume this anti-biblical world view has been proven to be true. Nothing could be further from the truth. Atheistic and evolutionary writers adopt a biblically “minimalist” view of world history which assumes that the Bible is unscientific and that the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah were small, insignificant kingdoms on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
The truth is that the kingdoms of Israel and Judah both emerged from the break-up of the global Phoenician Empire which had previously also included the city-states of Tyre and Sidon. The two greatest kings of this global Phoenician Empire were the biblical Kings, David and Solomon. When the Israelite kingdom fell, many of its people were either taken into captivity or migrated to other parts of the far-flung Phoenician Empire to preserve their independence. This fact is attested to by the prophet Daniel who, while confessing the sins and scattering of the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, refers to the people of Israel (the ten tribes) as being both “near and far off” from the Persian location in which he lived (Daniel 9:7). Many of the overseas colonies of the Phoenician Empire were, indeed, “far off” from Persia. This article has shown; however, that the greatest portion of the exiled people of the ten tribes of Israel migrated to the Black Sea region and became known as Scythians or “Sacae.”

In order to successfully trace and locate the ten tribes of Israel in history, one must apply a “maximalist” approach to the Bible and world history. Such an approach takes the Bible literally as the inspired Word of a Creator God. A dispassionate examination of world history confirms the maximalist approach to the Bible is the correct one because biblical narratives do coincide with secular accounts. The Bible declares in Hosea 1:10 that the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel would not “die out,” but would rather grow in population to the point they could scarcely be numbered. Genesis 21:12 also prophesied that they would perpetually be known by the name of their progenitor, Isaac. Classical historians confirm that the Sacae Scythians were both incredibly numerous and bore the name of Isaac. An examination of their history and culture also confirms the presence of many Hebrew names and customs amongst the Scythian tribes. It is also noteworthy that the Scythians were divided into strong tribal units; they did not have a central Emperor ruling over all their many tribes. This is a typical trait of Israelite history, which often featured the individual tribes acting independent of each other.

The reality that the Scythians were the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel radically alters the standard paradigm via which world history is understood in the modern world. The modern view of world history ignores or downgrades the history and proper role of the many kingdoms and empires which have descended from the combined twelve tribes of Israel. Scythia is not the only Israelite world empire or major power whose role in world history has been ignored or understated. For a full history of the nations, empires and kingdoms which have descended from the tribes of Israel from the time of the patriarchs to the modern era, readers are referred to this author’s 4-book series which unveils the true role of the tribes of Israel throughout world history. Israel’s Lost Empires, which examines the origins and history of the Scythians, is the second book in the 4-part series. The remaining books in this series document the true history of the ten tribes of Israel, and identify their descendants in the modern world. Many other articles by this author can be read or previewed at the following websites: www.stevenmcollins.com, www.bibleblessings.net, www.israelite.info and www.britam.org.


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Col. J.C. Gawler, Our Scythian Ancestors Identified with Israel, p. 9
Encyclopedia Americana, 1988 Ed., Vol. 24, p. 471
Tamara Talbot Rice, The Scythians, pp. 19-20, 44
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1943 Ed., Vol. 20, p. 238
Herodotus, The History, 7. 64
Tamara Talbot Rice, The Scythians, p. 45
Xenophon, Cyropaedia, V. ii. 23-26
Pliny, Natural History, IV, xii, 80
Herodotus, The History, 7. 64 and 96
Paul Cartledge, Thermopylae, pp. 232 and 239
Herodotus, The History, 4. 63
Ibid, 4. 76
Ibid, 4. 78-80
Ibid, 4. 46
Collier’s Encyclopedia, Vol. 17, p. 434
George Rawlinson, The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy, p. 232
Boris Piotrovsky, Liudmila Galanina and Nonna Grach, Scythian Art, plates 118-119, 126-129,158-159,166-173184-187, 196-198, 202, 267-268
John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, Vol. IX, see “Scythian,” pp. 489490
Zenaide Ragozin, Media, p. 414
Georges Charriere, Scythian Art: Crafts of the Eurasian Nomads, Introduction, p. 13
Werner Keller, The Bible as History, pp. 272-273
Ibid, p. 272
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1943 Ed., Vol. 2, p. 857
Herodotus, The History, 1. 105

[Leon County Slayer]

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[Johnny Dangerr]

Interesting read................

[Dusty Britches]

I thought there were 12 tribes of Isreal? now I want to go back and see what else you said about this.


post edit - I see, so you are saying the 10 tribes do not include the tribes of Isreal and Judah.

[LWolken]

Dusty,

That is correct 12 total. The 10 northern tribes were scattered into the world. The two tribes which remained in the land being Judah and Benjamin. This is where we get the term "Jews". All Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jews. The scattering is prophetic from the old testament.

Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you. For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. "When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples(heathen), and you will be left few in number among the nations(heathen) where the LORD will drive you. And there you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
(Deu 4:23-28)

Bible prophecy of what has happened and how we got to this land. Notice what Jesus says in Matthew.

But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Mat 15:24)

Why did God so love the world that He sent His only begotten Son? Because thats where His sheep have been scattered.

Speaking to the Pharisees Jesus says this in John.

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
(Joh 10:16)

And I said: "I pray, LORD God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments, please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father's house and I have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, "If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.'
(Neh 1:5-9)

[Dusty Britches]

I always wondered about the other tribes. And this lends credence to the time period in which Jesus travelled north and was absent for about 10-15 years before returning. Perhaps He travelled to the 10 tribes.

[LWolken]

I always wondered about the other tribes. And this lends credence to the time period in which Jesus travelled north and was absent for about 10-15 years before returning. Perhaps He travelled to the 10 tribes.

Consider that His uncle Joseph of Arimathea had a fleet of ships and was very wealthy. He certainly would have had the ability to travel abroad.

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. (Mat 27:57-61)

Jesus was buried in a rich man's tomb(Isa 53:9) which was made for Joseph of Arimathea.

The name Britain in Hebrew means "covenant" people. There is lots of evidence that europe is where many of the ten nothern tribes went, then eventually to North and South America.