Neither Jew nor Greek” never was to be understood as Jew nor non-Jew and yet most believers are repeating this concept because their pastors are teaching it this way. Did you know that by the time of Jesus’ ministry it was common knowledge that the Greeks were in fact ancient Israelites? This realization began with correspondence between the Greek Spartans and the Judeans of which was documented 1 Maccabees
Areus I (Greek: Ἀρεύς; c. 320 or 312 – 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC.
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Onias I High Priest from c. 320-290 b.c.
This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Onias:
“Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias the high priest, greeting. It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brethren and are of the family of Abraham. And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare; we on our part write to you that your cattle and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you accordingly” (1 Macc 12:19-23).
This correspondence continued:
Jonathan Apphus leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE.
This is a copy of the letter which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
“Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people to their brethren the Spartans, greeting. Already in time past a letter was sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brethren, as the appended copy shows. Onias welcomed the envoy with honor, and received the letter, which contained a clear declaration of alliance and friendship. Therefore, though we have no need of these things, since we have as encouragement the holy books which are in our hands, we have undertaken to send to renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, so that we may not become estranged from you, for considerable time has passed since you sent your letter to us. We therefore remember you constantly on every occasion, both in our feasts and on other appropriate days, at the sacrifices which we offer and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to remember brethren. And we rejoice in your glory But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encircled us; the kings round about us have waged war against us. We were unwilling to annoy you and our other allies and friends with these wars, for we have the help which comes from Heaven for our aid; and we were delivered from our enemies and our enemies were humbled. We therefore have chosen Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to Rome to renew our former friendship and alliance with them. We have commanded them to go also to you and greet you and deliver to you this letter from us concerning the renewal of our brotherhood. And now please send us a reply to this” (1 Macc 12:5-18).
The Jewish historian, Josephus corroborates these letters in his writings “Antiquity of the Jews”
and in confirmation of the Israelite identity of these people, Diodorus of Sicily, a historian of the first century B.C., states: "They say also that those who set forth with Danaus, likewise from Egypt, settled what is practically the oldest city of Greece, Argos, and that the nations of the Colchi in Pontus and that of the Jews, which lies between Arabia and Syria, were founded as colonies by certain emigrants from their country [i.e., Egypt]; and this is the reason why it is a long-established institution among these peoples to circumcise their male children . . . the custom having been brought over from Egypt. Even the Athenians, they say, are colonists from Sais in [the Nile Delta of] Egypt" (Book 1, sec. 28, 1-5).
The famed Greek poet Homer often used the term Danaans for the Greeks. For this name, or variants such as Danai or Danoi, is what they called themselves. Dr. Robert Latham, a respected ethnologist of the 19th century, made the connection, writing: "Neither do I think that the eponymus [eponym or ancestral name] of the Argive Danai [i.e., Greeks of Argos] was other than that of the Israelite tribe of Dan; only we are so used to confining ourselves to the soil of Palestine in our consideration of the history of the Israelites that we . . . ignore the share they may have taken in the ordinary history of the world . . . Yet with the Danai and the tribe of Dan this is the case, and no one connects them" (Ethnology of Europe, 1852, p. 137).
Hidden in plain sight, the Jews response to Jesus in John 7 shows us their concern that Jesus would go to teach the scattered Israelites of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, commonly known as the “dispersion”
“The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
John 7:35,36
Paul made it clear in his epistle to the Corinthians, which were Dorian Greeks living in the city of Corinth, that they were all kinsmen
“1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 10:1-5
Christians cannot understand the scripture if they do not understand history. The subject of the Greeks being Israelites of the dispersion in the time of Christ’s ministry is imperitive to our understanding of Gods will in according to the prophets and of the timing of Christ’s arrival. Paul refers to this as “the fullness of the time” in Galatians 4. I strongly urge my brethren to first read Gods word cover to cover, again and again but also to use the access to the internet to study history. There is so much historical documentation that can be used to prove that the Greeks were Israelites indeed.
Jesus gave his life to redeem his people and reconcile divorced Israel who had been scattered, yet established throughout Europe proving that God kept his promises to Abraham that his seed would become many nations. For far too long the church has been inventing man made doctrine that stands opposed to the will of God.
Jesus told us:
“He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.”
Matthew 12:30
Peace to all my brethren
Areus I (Greek: Ἀρεύς; c. 320 or 312 – 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC.
to
Onias I High Priest from c. 320-290 b.c.
This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Onias:
“Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias the high priest, greeting. It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brethren and are of the family of Abraham. And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare; we on our part write to you that your cattle and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you accordingly” (1 Macc 12:19-23).
This correspondence continued:
Jonathan Apphus leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE.
This is a copy of the letter which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
“Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people to their brethren the Spartans, greeting. Already in time past a letter was sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brethren, as the appended copy shows. Onias welcomed the envoy with honor, and received the letter, which contained a clear declaration of alliance and friendship. Therefore, though we have no need of these things, since we have as encouragement the holy books which are in our hands, we have undertaken to send to renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, so that we may not become estranged from you, for considerable time has passed since you sent your letter to us. We therefore remember you constantly on every occasion, both in our feasts and on other appropriate days, at the sacrifices which we offer and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to remember brethren. And we rejoice in your glory But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encircled us; the kings round about us have waged war against us. We were unwilling to annoy you and our other allies and friends with these wars, for we have the help which comes from Heaven for our aid; and we were delivered from our enemies and our enemies were humbled. We therefore have chosen Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to Rome to renew our former friendship and alliance with them. We have commanded them to go also to you and greet you and deliver to you this letter from us concerning the renewal of our brotherhood. And now please send us a reply to this” (1 Macc 12:5-18).
The Jewish historian, Josephus corroborates these letters in his writings “Antiquity of the Jews”
and in confirmation of the Israelite identity of these people, Diodorus of Sicily, a historian of the first century B.C., states: "They say also that those who set forth with Danaus, likewise from Egypt, settled what is practically the oldest city of Greece, Argos, and that the nations of the Colchi in Pontus and that of the Jews, which lies between Arabia and Syria, were founded as colonies by certain emigrants from their country [i.e., Egypt]; and this is the reason why it is a long-established institution among these peoples to circumcise their male children . . . the custom having been brought over from Egypt. Even the Athenians, they say, are colonists from Sais in [the Nile Delta of] Egypt" (Book 1, sec. 28, 1-5).
The famed Greek poet Homer often used the term Danaans for the Greeks. For this name, or variants such as Danai or Danoi, is what they called themselves. Dr. Robert Latham, a respected ethnologist of the 19th century, made the connection, writing: "Neither do I think that the eponymus [eponym or ancestral name] of the Argive Danai [i.e., Greeks of Argos] was other than that of the Israelite tribe of Dan; only we are so used to confining ourselves to the soil of Palestine in our consideration of the history of the Israelites that we . . . ignore the share they may have taken in the ordinary history of the world . . . Yet with the Danai and the tribe of Dan this is the case, and no one connects them" (Ethnology of Europe, 1852, p. 137).
Hidden in plain sight, the Jews response to Jesus in John 7 shows us their concern that Jesus would go to teach the scattered Israelites of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities, commonly known as the “dispersion”
“The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
John 7:35,36
Paul made it clear in his epistle to the Corinthians, which were Dorian Greeks living in the city of Corinth, that they were all kinsmen
“1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 10:1-5
Christians cannot understand the scripture if they do not understand history. The subject of the Greeks being Israelites of the dispersion in the time of Christ’s ministry is imperitive to our understanding of Gods will in according to the prophets and of the timing of Christ’s arrival. Paul refers to this as “the fullness of the time” in Galatians 4. I strongly urge my brethren to first read Gods word cover to cover, again and again but also to use the access to the internet to study history. There is so much historical documentation that can be used to prove that the Greeks were Israelites indeed.
Jesus gave his life to redeem his people and reconcile divorced Israel who had been scattered, yet established throughout Europe proving that God kept his promises to Abraham that his seed would become many nations. For far too long the church has been inventing man made doctrine that stands opposed to the will of God.
Jesus told us:
“He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.”
Matthew 12:30
Peace to all my brethren
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