And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden
cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Revelation
17:4-5
As a rule, theories of a Jewish conspiracy for world
domination condemn all Jews as megalomaniac conspirators and
the enemies of mankind. However, any treatment of a Jewish conspiracy
must take into account the ancient schism that divided the nation
of Israel in Biblical times. This division was precipitated by
the apostasy of King Solomon, whose idolatry was afterward carried
on by the northern tribes. This ancient schism has profoundly
affected the subsequent history of the Jews and is the dynamic
of the alleged Jewish conspiracy of the present day.
Following the death of King Solomon, the tribes of Israel separated
into two independent kingdoms. The ten northern tribes formed
the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern tribes of Judah
and Benjamin were thereafter called the kingdom of Judah. The
schism between Judah and Israel, from which the Israelites never
recovered, is recorded in 1 Kings. The Daily Bible Study gives
a brief overview:
One of the most misunderstood subjects of Bible study involves
the total political division of Israel and Judah
that occurred at the time of King Rehoboam. Before then, all
twelve tribes of Israelites were a united kingdom through the
reigns of David and Solomon, but after Solomons death they
split into two completely separate and independent kingdoms -
the southern kingdom of Judah, consisting of the
tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with part of Levi since the Levites
were distributed among the other tribes (1 Kings 12:23) with
their capital at Jerusalem, and the northern kingdom of Israel,
consisting of the other ten tribes (Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali,
Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim and Manasseh (Joseph was
divided into Ephraim and Manasseh), with part of Levi since the
Levites were distributed among the other tribes), with their
capital up in Samaria.
Israel and Judah were never united again... Surprisingly,
they even fought wars against each other from time to time...
A very important fact that many do not realize is that Judah,
that is, the Jewish people of today, are only one of the tribes
of Israel - while all Jews are Israelites, not all Israelites
are Jews.
Because of their forsaking of Him, God permitted the two
kingdoms to be destroyed. First, the northern kingdom of Israel
was gradually conquered by the Assyrians,
and by 721 B.C.
they had practically all been taken into exile to Assyria (2
Kings 17:1-23). The vast majority of them never returned, and
have become known as the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
Then, about 135 years later, by 586 B.C., the southern
kingdom of Judah was completely conquered by the Babylonians,...
and the people of Judah were taken into captivity to Babylon.
The original Temple of God in Jerusalem was destroyed at that
time... The people of the southern kingdom of Judah however did
return after the Babylonians fell to the Persians..., and their
descendants have become the Jewish people of today - but that
return in the time of Nehemiah, or the founding of the modern
state of Israel in 1948, were not the fulfillment of the many
prophecies dealing with the future (as the context of the prophecies
clearly show) gathering of all of Israel, Israel and Judah.
The designation Jew belonged exclusively to the southern
kingdom of Judah, the very word Jew having been derived
from Judah. And so technically, only the kingdom
of Judah was Jewish and the other tribes of Israel
have no right to call themselves Jews. That this distinction
was understood in the Old Testament is seen in II Kings 16:5-6
(KJV) where the people of Israel and the King of Syria fought
against the Jews of the southern kingdom.
In the New Testament, in His message to the Church at Smyrna,
the Lord Jesus Christ referred to a synagogue of Satan
as them which say they are Jews, and are not. In
other words, there was a synagogue of Israel that was not Jewish:
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou
art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are
Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. I know thy
works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are
not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things
which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation
ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life. (Rev. 2:9-10)
The Synagogue of Satan which is the subject of this
series must not be confused with the Remnant of Jews,
who will receive the Lord Jesus Christ at His Second Coming and
be saved by Him. The Synagogue of Satan are an occult power elite
which, having rejected Jesus Christ as the Messiah of Israel,
conspire to substitute another messiah made in the image of their
master, Satan, and to establish a world kingdom under Satan.
The Synagogue of Satan claims Jewish descent, but does not fit
God's definition of a Jew, either in the Old Testament or the
New: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision
is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God. (Romans 2:29)
The Synagogue of Satan have contempt, not only for Jesus Christ,
His Church and the Gentile masses, but for the Jewish Remnant
who are Torah-observant and anti-Zionist are, therefore, awaiting
the kingdom of Israel to be restored when the Messiah appears,
and not before. As well, the Synagogue of Satan have conspired
to eliminate all people, whether Jew or Gentile, who stand in
the way of their world kingdom. To this end they have developed
a staggering number of fronts, as well as the capacity to create
blinds and diversions, to obscure the fact that they are Cabalist
Jews with an anti-Christ agenda. Through the centuries, the Synagogue
of Satan have, by means of false identities, infiltrated Gentile
institutions where they act as agents provocateursundercover
agents who provoke violence and beget scandals, which are used
to bring reproach upon Jesus Christ and His Church.
The division within Jewry is no longer neatly delineated along
tribal boundaries; rather the lines have been spiritually drawn
between the Synagogue of Satan and the Remnant of Israel
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather
the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep
of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall
make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Micah
2:12)
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak
lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth:
for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
(Zeph. 3:13; see also 2 Chron. 34:9, Isaiah 10:20, Jer. 6:9,
31:7, Ezek. 11:13)
Scripture is clear that the plans of the Synagogue of Satan shall
utterly fail, and that they will ultimately be destroyed. What
fraction of all Israel does the Synagogue of Satan represent?
The Old Testament prophets foretold their proportions at the
time they attack Jerusalem, whose rescue and restoration will
be accomplished by the Lord Himself:
The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that
the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. In that
day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he
that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and
the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD
before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem...
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith
the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the
third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part
through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,
and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall
say, The LORD is my God. (Zech. 12:7-10; 13:8,9)
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth,
and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have
afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her
that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign
over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. And thou,
O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion,
unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom
shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:1,2,6-8)
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak
lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth:
for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
(Zeph. 3:13; see also 2 Chron. 34:9, Isaiah 10:20, Jer. 6:9,
31:7, Ezek. 11:13)
Scripture is clear that the plans of the Synagogue of Satan shall
utterly fail, and that they will ultimately be destroyed. What
fraction of all Israel does the Synagogue of Satan represent?
The Old Testament prophets foretold their proportions at the
time they attack Jerusalem, whose rescue and restoration will
be accomplished by the Lord Himself:
The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that
the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. In that
day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he
that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and
the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD
before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem...
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith
the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the
third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part
through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,
and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall
say, The LORD is my God. (Zech. 12:7-10; 13:8,9)
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth,
and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have
afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her
that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign
over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. And thou,
O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion,
unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom
shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:1,2,6-8)
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