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FOREWORD

 

 

The peoples to be discussed, are, for the purposes of this booklet, the Arabic peoples spread across the Arabian Peninsula, the Turks of Asia Minor, some of the Iranians and to some degree, the Armenians. The latter appear to be a mixture of a branch of Togarmah and the Turks. As we shall see, historians and anthropologists mistakenly call them ‘Semites’ due to the theological belief in the previous two centuries that the Arabic peoples descend from Shem.

 

This booklet will dispel for all time this notion. Shem was father of the Europeans, but Ham and Japheth fathered various other peoples. The Middle Eastern and Central Asiatic nations do not descend from Shem, except in limited mixtures as we shall see.

 

 

 

PART ONE: DESCENDANTS OF EDOM

 

 

The Turkish peoples

 

The story of the peoples of Turkey originates in Genesis Chapter twenty-five with the birth of Edom (Esau), son of Isaac. Edom married Nebojoth, a daughter of Ishmael. Ishmael was himself half Egyptian, and having married an Egyptianitess, his offspring were three-quarters Egyptian. Esau also married two Canaanitesses (Gen 28:9; 36:2-3). This meant that Edom’s offspring was approximately 50% Canaanite, 32% White and 18% Egyptian - a mixed people, but one which was very Asiatic in physical appearance (‘Semitic’ as labelled by anthropologists).

 

The Bible clearly shows that some of the Edomites inhabited the region of Petra and Mount Seir (Gen 32:3) and contains the first recorded history of Petra^[1]. The Egyptian Execration Texts (c 1800BC) mention the Edomites as chiefs of clans and itinerant pastoralists, but overall what is recorded of them may be found in a very few texts. The pattern of tent-dwelling nomadic lifestyle appears to have continued to about the 7th century BC.

 

Some of them moved westwards and became Hellenised and Judaized. As a result they became known as Idumaeans. Herod the Great was an Idumaean. Probably in the 7th century BC, the Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic tribe appear in the land of the Edomites, replacing them or displacing in some, yet unspecified way. Historians claim that the sedentary state of the Edomites had practically ceased under the lax rule of the Persians and the Edomites must have migrated out of southern Jordan: “of these early migrations we know nothing”^[2].

 

The Sons of Edom

 

            Eliphaz:

                                Teman

                                Omar

                                Zepho

                                Gatam

                                Kenaz

                                Amalek

·           Reuel:

                                Nahath

                                Zerah

                                Shammah

                                Mizzah

·           Jehush

·       Jaalam

·       Korah

 

They may have either intermarried with some of the Edomites and pushed the rest of them out of their homeland and into Hebron^[3]. When Nebuchadnezzar invaded the region he took them into captivity with the result that most of them disappeared from history for hundreds of years. Others were forced by John Hyrcanus “to integrate into not only the Jewish state but also into the Jewish religion” according to Iain Browning in his marvellous work Petra^[4]. Where did they go to? What became of a whole nation of people? Did they simple ‘disappear’ from view permanently, or may they be found as a nation or nations today?

 

The descendants of Teman

 

Each specific son of Edom is virtually impossible to trace, but Teman a grandson via Eliphaz (whose mother was Adah, the Hittite) became pre-eminent among his brethren, the leading tribe. The region of Persia and Turkestan became known as the “Land of Temani” after him.

 

One of the kings of Temani was Husham. He is the King Hushan or Hushang of ancient history. His native land was in Persia, indicating that even at such an early date. the Edomites were migrating out of Palestine and surrounding districts. Many of the Edomites dwelt in Persia at this time.

 

A descendant of Husham was Alphidun who had two sons, firstly Tur, who ruled over the Edomites in Central Asia. This may be the origin of the name Turkestan, Turk. or Turanian. The second son was Irege. Irege’s son Manougher was surnamed Phirouz, the, “Perses” of Greek legend. Persia may be named after him^[5]. It is interesting that some of the Turks claim descent from an individual named Turk, but some 19th century historians suppose him to be a grandson of Japheth or Togarmah^[6].

 

The Edomites named the rocky Persian and Turkestan plateaus the ‘land of Temani’. Historians pick up the story tracing the Turkic peoples. Many of them, known as the Oghuz or Uighurs, poured out of Central Asia and Turkestan and into Asia Minor in the 11th century. Their tribal ancestors, known as the Ertoghrul^[7], carved out the Seljuk and Ottoman empires. Many of their tribe remain in Turkestan or Turkmenia to this day^[8]. The indelible stamp of the name Teman was carried into modern history in the form of the Ottoman Empire^[9] (note “O Teman”or O-Thman in Obadiah 9). Here dwell most of Teman's descendants. Prophecy predicted that they would control the Dardanelles (Ob 14). The Khazars even called the Byzantium Emperor, “King of Edom”! It is to modern Turkey that the Central Asian Turks look to for leadership and as an example for modernisation^[10]. WOE to the West should these people ever unite under a strong leader ever again and confederate as a Gog in collusion with Meshech, Tubal and Magog! In World War One, had the Central Powers together with Turkey been successful, their intentions for Central Asia were as follows:

 

“Thirty to forty millions of Turks will become independent, and together with the ten millions of Ottoman Turks, will form a nation of fifty millions, which may perhaps be compared with that of Germany in that it will have the strength and energy to rise even higher”^[11].

 

Will the modern-day descendants of Edom ally themselves, at least temporarily, with the Assyrians (Germans) and their European allies? See Daniel 11:41 and Ps 83:1-8.

 

Historians admit that the origins of the Turks is shrouded in mystery^[12]. The Chinese called them T’u-chueh, apparently derived from the name Turket, which means to be strong or forceful, ie a warrior people. The Chinese annals reveal that the Turks were originally a branch of the Hsiung-nu. Their homeland was in the Altai mountains, but whether they came circuitously via the Zagros Mountains, where a tribe was known as the Turukkaeans, cannot be ascertained at this stage^[13].

 

In any event, the Turks were subject to the Juan-Juan (possibly descendants of Javan) until 552 when they overthrew their yoke - from this time forth they grew in stature and strength until they forged their own empire. The Ottoman Turks came over to Islam in the 10th century. It was so attractive for a number of reasons: firstly, it was intrinsically suitable to a warrior people; it had wonderful rewards, particularly for fighting-men who die in war ‘in the Path of Allah’^[14]. The Turks have remained overwhelmingly Islamic ever since. Also, all the Central Asian republics are Islamic:

 

·                 Kazakhstan - 17 million population - 42% Kazakhs, 38% Russian, 4.5%                          Ukrainian

·                 Kirghizia - 4.6 million population - 52.5% Kirghiz, 21.5% Russian, 13%                           Uzbeks

·                 Tadjikistan - 5.3 million population - 59% Tadjiks, Uzbeks 23%, 10.5%                          Russian

·                 Turkmenia - 3.8 million population - 68.5% Turkmen, 12.5% Russian,                               8.5% Uzbeks

·                 Uzbekistan - 20.4 million population- 68.8% Uzbeks, 10.8% Russian, 4.2%                   Tatars

 

Thus the vast majority of the tribes of Central Asia are Turkic by language and Islamic by religion. Still many others, though in the minority, dwell within Xinjiang province in China (the Uygur - 6 or 7 millions^[15]), northern Afghanistan, parts of north-west Iran and are basically pastoralists (14 millions), Russia, Mongolia and even Armenia. The majority of Azerbaijanis are racial Turks. Some show a mixture with Caucasoids or Mongoloids. Others appear to have fair hair which reflects admixture with the Kurds^[16]. Only the Tatars, alone of all the Turkic groups, is not provided with a homeland, although their numbers almost equal that of the Khirgiz^[17]; they are scattered across all of the Central Asian republics and Russia.

 

Hundreds of thousands of Turks dwell in south-east Europe to this day, remnants of the hordes which invaded Europe centuries ago. They approached Europe from the south of the Caspian Sea and crossed the Euphrates in 1063AD and occupied Asia minor 21 years later; Jerusalem itself was conquered in 1071AD. After two centuries, the Ottoman Turks advanced into Phrygia and into the Balkan Peninsula: Macedonia was overrun in 1373, Sophia in 1385, Constantinople in 1453 and Hungary from 1552 to 1687.

 

The Kazakhs, Turkmenians and Uzbeks are Turks by race, but many of the latter group have an admixture of Mongoloid and Tadjik blood^[18]. The Uzbeks and a close relative, the Nogai tribe, descend from the ancient Kipchak and Kazak clans^[19]. The Kazaks often rebelled against authority and preferred a rover’s life to submission. Kazak is an old Turkish word which means vagabond. The white Russians who were later also applied this name, were so called as they also wished to live a similar life (ie Cossacks). The Tadzhiks or Tajiks are not Turks by race, but are culturally and religiously identified with them^[20]. However, they claim to be of Arab descent via Persia and border on that country. Many of their ethnic group dwell across the border in Afghanistan. Historians and anthropologists classify them as Persians ethnically. Some believe that the name derives from the Arabic Taz or Taj, which was the general label given to mixed descendants of Arabs who conquered much of southern Persia.

 

One should digress slightly here to briefly make mention of the ethnic diversity of Afghanistan. The country is made up of some twenty distinct ethnic peoples, the most prominent being the Pashtuns in the south, and the Turkoman, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Nuristanis, Aimaqs and Hazaras in the northern, western and central regions. The Pathans are considered to be true Afghans. Upon scientific analysis of their physical characteristics given modern anthropological and human biological methodologies, they appear to be of the Turko-Iranian type with a considerable mixture of Indian within their eastern clans. One story ascribes them to Israelitish origin, the Beni Israel, descended via Qais from King Saul. But, except for some minor aspects such as a number of Biblical names and certain facial features to substantiate such a story, there is nothing substantial to support the theory. Also, their language has not the remotest generic relationship to Hebrew or Aramaic.

 

Some few Pathans reflect clear Nordic, Dinaric and even a little Mongoloid influences. Researcher Fraser-Tytler feels that the Pathans were originally descended from the Indo-Europeans, but over time mixed with other races to barely resemble the original type whatsoever. They occupy the south, inner west and a few are the ruling landed elite in the north. Many of their number dwell across the border in Pakistan. Should a civil war, based on the traditional north/south conflicts, ever tear the country apart, the various ethnic groups will probably be reunited with their relatives across the border and the Pathans with their Pashtun brothers in north-eastern Pakistan.

 

The Ghilzais are of Turkish origin and descended from the Khalaj tribe, a part of the larger Qarluq or Khallak confederacy. They migrated across the Oxus, perhaps with the Ephthalites into Afghanistan Major subdivisions consist of Turan and Buran with the clans of Tokhi, Hotak, Andar and Taraki. To the north of the Hindu Kush a considerable number of the tribes are clearly Turkish, the most numerous being the Uzbeks; others are the Turkmen, Khirghiz, Kazaks, Qarluq and Chagatai. A few Mongoloids, the Hazarahs were brought into the land by Chenghiz Khan or another later Mongol ruler. Unlike the other tribes which border with relatives in other countries, the Hazarahs have ended up in the very centre of the country, cut off from their kinsmen. And, unlike most of the country, they are Shiite Moslems (ie the Islam of neighbouring Iran). Because of their Shi’a faith and Mongolian origins, they have suffered immense persecution, slavery or neglect at the hands of the Pathan/Sunni ruling class.

 

Their are also some tribes in Afghanistan resembling swarthy Dravidians and also a few Arabs.

 

Let us return to the story flow. The Kirghiz in particular were known to be rather savage. Bordering on China, they are Mongoloid peoples (Magog) in the main. They regard themselves as the most beautiful of all races for, according to their aesthetic views, God made them with bones prominent like the horse, an animal which was the crowning work of creation, in their eyes^[21]. Their name has an interesting origin: Kir means field and gis or gez is the root of the word gizmelt (wander); in other words their name in Turkish means that they are wanderers in the field - nomads^[22]. Their homeland is so vast that it is roughly one third the size of the United States.

 

The Fierce Turkic Tribes

 

The fierce Turkic tribes were defeated and ruled by the Chinese for a century in the 7th century AD. In 751AD the Arabs, entering Turkestan by way of Persia defeated the Chinese and ruled until the 13th century, after which the land of Turkestan has been ruled by Turks and Mongols until the Great Russian conquests^[23]. The Mongol conquests beginning early 13th century under Genghiz Khan was especially cruel and bloody. For instance, in 1220 the Mongol hordes entered and sacked the major Turkic cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and Merv - the population was systematically murdered, raped and enslaved. Almost the entire populations of these cities were massacred, although the artisans were spared but horribly enslaved. Also, the famous irrigation dams were inexplicably destroyed.

 

The Turkomen character was famous for its fierceness and marauding activities

 

“given from remote times to intestine warfare, and living mainly on the ‘loot’ brought back from plundering raids ... All feeble or useless captives were slaughtered, the rest chained in gangs ... and either sold as slaves ... or else kept in bondage till ransomed by their friends” writes Sir Harry Johnston in his famous and comprehensive study on The Living Races of Mankind^[24].

 

Robert Brown in his masterly work The Races of Mankind writes that their

 

“... slaves are treated very cruelly - so cruelly, indeed, that even the pilgrim hadjis who are so hospitably entertained in the Turkoman’s tents that they are during their stay virtually masters, get disgusted with the inhumanity they see practised” ^[25].

 

The greatest Turkic empire was established by Tamerlane (Timur i Leng or Timur the Lame which is Aksak Temur in Turkish), who was renowned and feared having conquered foreign lands and peoples from India to the Mediterranean and having built a fantastic capital at Samarkand in Uzbekistan. He was proclaimed the sovereign of Bakhara in 1370 after many a conflict with other rivals mounted the throne at Samarkand, the capital. He defeated the Golden Horde in 1395 and formed his own oppressive empire. Cruelty and ruthlessness followed his armies wherever they invaded: whole populations were slaughtered, towns razed to the ground and slaves and treasure were brought from afar to build up his capital (Samarkand) and native town (Shahr-i-Sabz).

 

His terrible plundering hordes he led to the Persian Gulf, the Hellespont and even to the Ganges River! He was on his way to invade China when he was overtaken in death. We can only speculate what incredible manpower this Gog leader would have had at his disposal to eventually invade Europe should he have had marshalled the hordes of the Far East. The Elizabethan poet Christopher Marlowe is famous for the drama Tamburlaine in which Tamerlane is portrayed as an insane monster. Yet, like so many power driven and even demon-led dictators, he is less well known for the encouragement he gave to science and the arts as well as to the construction of vast public works. After his death, as is so often the case when a strong leader dies, his empire is divided. Group after group set up khanates and petty kingdoms (eg Bukhara and Khiva; perhaps the latter may be related to the Hivites whom Edom intermarried into).

 

Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz are difficult to specify exactly to which of the Turkic nations they apply but they are probably scattered throughout Central Asia or the Arab world today. Another son of Teman is Omar. Is there any connection between him and the name of the Mosque of Omar? Edomites are scattered throughout the Middle East, in parts of Iran with others perhaps resident among the Iraqis, Saudi Arabians and Yemenis (perhaps named after Timna, Eliphaz’s concubine).

 

Amalek, perhaps the most infamous of the sons of Edom, also migrated into Turkestan naming a city there “Amalek” after themselves according to Paul Herrmann’s Sieben vorbei und Acht Verweht  (p 451)^[26]. Amalek was borne from a union between Eliphaz and Timna, a Horite (Gen 36:12, 22). The Egyptians called the Amalekites “Amu”. In Turkestan the River Amu was probably named after them (the Oxus of the ancient Greeks); Amu is a Persian name^[27]. But that is not all. The Edomites inhabited Mount Seir anciently, as has already been mentioned. In Turkestan the Syr Dary river may be named after them as the meaning is “the river of Seir”! There can be no doubt about it, a branch of the Amalekites dwell to this day in Central Asia, Turkestan to be exact. Here then is the end-time Gog! We should expect a strong leader to emerge from this region in the future years and decades.

 

We should perhaps note that the Assyrian texts refer to the King of Lydia (in western Turkey) as Gugu and there was also a mention of Gugians in the area of Mitanni^[28]. However, whether there is any connection to the Amalekites cannot be ascertained at this point in time although it could be pointed out that the kings of Amalek were sometimes named Agag (Num 24:7; 1Sam 15:8). Josephus also sees Agag as a synonym for Amalek^[29]. We know from the scriptures that one evil man Haman, tried to exterminate the Judahites in Persia. In the book of Esther Haman was called an Agagite (3:1,10; 8:3,5;9:24); Josephus, in fact explicitly calls Haman an Amalekite: “Now there was one Haman, the son of Amedatha, by birth an Amalekite, that used to go in to the king”^[30]. All this positively indicates that many of the Edomites were migrating slowly toward Central Asia even at this time. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia reveals that Haman’s home was in an area adjacent to Media known as Agazi in the Annals of Sargon^[31], a name possibly associated with or derived from Agag or Gog.

 

Another son of Edom, Reuel, unlike his grandsons Amalek and Teman, is very difficult to trace specifically. As Reuel’s mother was Bashemath, the Ishmaelitess, he may be among the Arabs, Ruwaleh specifically. Conversely, Jehush, Jaalam and Korah were borne by Aholibamah who was daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, one of Esau’s wives. They might well be among the Turkic tribes of Central Asia along with Amalek as a result.

 

Turkey in Prophecy?

 

Dozens of prophecies concerning Turkey fill the pages of God's Word. Everywhere you read Edom, Esau, Seir, Idumea or Bozrah in the prophets, it is referring to these people, particularly to Turkey, a nation of some 55 millions. The entire prophecy of Obadiah is a blistering message of warning to the Turks!

 

When the modern Babylon/Tyre/United States of Europe invades the Middle East,

 

“these shall escape out of his hand even

Edom and Moab and the chief of the children

of Ammon”(Dan 11:41).

 

Why will Turkey escape the wrath of Europe, at least initially? The following scripture indicates that they will be closely allied with Europe in the End Time:

 

“In the day that thou stoodest on the other

side [i.e. with the enemy], in the day that the

strangers carried away captive his forces,

and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast

lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one

of them “(Ob 11).

 

From these inspired scriptures we can see that Turkey will be allied to Europe against the House of Israel and Judah!

 

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God:

‘I will stretch out Mine hand upon Edom,

and will cut off man and beast from it;

and I will make it desolate from Teman;

and they of Dedan [their north German

allies] shall fall by the sword’ ” (Ezek 25:13).

 

Who will God use to execute such destruction? Earlier in the chapter He mentions men of the east - Russia and the 200 million horde from the Orient! And of Amalek (Gog), God thunders :

 

“Amalek was the first of the nations

[against Israel]; but his latter end shall

be that he perish for ever” (Num 24:20).

 

A comprehensive list of prophecies dealing with Turkey may be found in the footnotes^[32].

 

 

 

 

PART TWO. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL

 

 

The Peoples of Arabia

 

The brown Semites of Saudi Arabia spring from lshmael. Ask any Arab, they will tell you such! Ishmael was Abraham’s son through Hagar, the Egyptian handmaid of his wife Sarai (as an interesting aside, Hagar means flight; the flight of Muhammed to Medina is known as the Hagira). A case may be made for her being white, but evidence seems to favour her being descended from the swarthy Mizraimites (Gen 16:1-4, 15). If this be the case, then lshmael was half Egyptian. And having married an Egyptian wife (Gen 21:21), this would make his descendants three-quarters Egyptian. However, being descended of Abraham the Saudi Arabians still bear inexplicably (to anthropologists) “certain resemblances” to the nations located in north-west Europe^[33]. Many researchers would agree with this viewpoint. One writes that “our investigation further revealed that the modern Arabs are more Hamitic than Semitic”^[34].

 

They are termed “Arabs” after the land they occupied, for Arabia was called such before the Ishmaelites moved into that peninsula. The Hebrews called the land ‘arab’ meaning ‘evening’, ‘dusk’ or ‘sterile’ (desert). Thus the Ishmaelites were termed “Arbim” by the Hebrews and “Aribu” or “Arubu” by the Assyrians^[35]. It should be noted that a few centuries ago the Khazars called the Arabs Ishmael.

 

As far as historians are aware, the word Arab is first mentioned in an inscription of Assyrian King Shalmaneser III who refers to the ‘Gindibu the Aribi’, a rebellious tribe he was declaring victory over. From that time on both Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions refer frequently to Aribi or Arabu^[36]. They were a nomadic people living in the Arabian desert, and they usually paid tribute to the Assyrian kings in the form of camels which they first domesticated about 1500-1200 BC. The name is first used in the Bible in 2Chronicles 17:11. Otherwise the Bible normally uses the word Ishmaelites to refer to Arabs. This asserted by all authorities.

 

The Ishmaelite Arabs were a nomadic people, wandering all over the region. However, with the arrival of the seventh century and being filled with religious zeal due to the teachings of Mohammed, these Arabs established a mighty empire which extended from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to China in the east. The Muslim inhabitants of the empire came to be called collectively ‘Arabs’^[37]. Thus many people are inaccurately termed ‘Arab’. The Berbers, Moors, Libyans and others are not Arabs by race: but they do speak the Arabic tongue and practice the Muslim religion^[38]. Many Negroid peoples from Sudan and other northern African countries are also termed ‘Arab’, however they are not racially so, but they practice the Muslim religion of the Ishmaelites^[39].

 

Today the original Arab blood constitutes a very small percentage of the populations of the nations they conquered and are largely submerged into them^[40]. The Ishmaelites are scattered throughout North Africa, Iran and even in India. Others have intermarried with the original Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrians, Kuwaitis and Iraqis.

 

The Muslim religion has had an enormous impact upon the world for centuries and holds sway over Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. It is also making huge inroads into Black Africa. It stems from Mohammed who claimed special inspiration and that he was a special prophet of God. In 622AD he was forced to flee to the city of Medina from Mecca (this is known as the hegira or hagira). He was unable to write, but nevertheless he dictated his ideas which were collated after his death and published as the Koran. He declared war upon the Christians, but died before he was able to accomplish his goals.

 

However, his band of followers gradually increased and after his death Jerusalem fell to the Muslims in 637AD. They spread themselves into Syria, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt and North Africa and within 50 years after his death they rapidly had spread to Constantinople and Gibraltar. Wherever they went they annexed the territories and compelled the nations to accept Islam under the cry “the Koran or the sword”. As the Saracens they passed into Spain and were on the verge of overwhelming Europe. The famous Merovingian King, Charles, was able to muster an army strong enough to oppose them at Poitiers in 732AD. Eighteen years later they held sway from Spain to the borders of China - the height of their power and success. Then they turned their attention to learning literature, philosophy and science, gaining techniques and inventions from various other cultures (eg the Chinese, Indians, Jews and Egyptians).

 

The Twelve Sons Of Ishmael

 

Tracing each of Ishmael's sons is difficult and some of them appear impossible to trace. But they have become great as prophesied (Gen 17:20; 25:16) yet subject to a resonance of upheavals (Gen 16:11-12). The famous Arab historian, al-Masudi indicates the Ishmaelite origins of the Arabic peoples in his book Meadows of Gold. Ishmael is honoured among the Arabians to this day as their ancestor. J S Fox, author of Today, Tomorrow and the Great Beyond, writes that he possesses “an Arab Koran which contains a genealogical tree of the Arab race on the front page, showing, according to their own testimony, their racial descent from Abram, via Ishmael”^[41].

 

The Sons of Ishmael

 

·       Nebajoth

·       Kedar

·       Adbeel

·       Mibsam

·       Mishma

·       Dumah

·       Massa

·       Hadar

·       Tema

·       Jetur

·       Naphish

·       Kedemah

 

Nebajoth or Nebaioth probably gave rise to the Nabataean Arabs who lived at Petra for centuries. The inscription of Ashur-banipal of Assyria calls them the Nabaiate^[42], the Nabajati or Nab’ati in the Accadian documents and of course the Nabataeans of the Hellenistic-Roman period.

 

The Kedars, Qedar or Qodars were a nomadic tribe which inhabited the Syro-Arabian Desert^[43].  Their name means black or swarthy, because of the colour of their tents and are known as Bedouins^[44]. They consider themselves to be the original or purest Arabs and marry only among themselves^[45]. Several scriptures refer to Kedar from which we may deduce their lifestyle (Ezek 27:21; Jer 49:28; Is 21:16-17; 40:7; 42:11; Ps 70:5).

 

From Kedar (c 1800 B.C) may be traced a line of descent to Adnan (Qais) (122 B.C.) and from him, a further twenty-one generations to Mohammed (A.D. 570-622) of the Korneish tribe. Thus Mohammed himself claimed descent from Kedar! Mishma became the Mesha of Yemen. Dumah gave his name to Dumah (modern Arabic Dumat-al-Gandal) which is the capital of a district called Gawf halfway across northern Arabia between southern Babylonia and Palestine^[46].

 

Massa settled in northern Arabia. They were called the Masa, who, along with Tema, paid tribute to Tigleth-Pileser III. Ptolemy located the Masanoi tribe north-east of Duma, in Arabia^[47] and an Assyrian text mentions a tribe known as Mas’a side by side with Tema. Tema probably settled at Taima (Tema in Babylonian), a city which is located in north-west Arabia^[48]. Perhaps others settled in the Yemen. Dumah was called the Adummatu in the Assyrian records. An oasis on the northern edge of the nefud-desert is called dumat el-gandel^[49].

 

Hardar or Hadad probably settled in Hadoram in southern Arabia; the name may also survive in the wadi el-hadad, north of Tebuk. Adbeel was known as the Idiba’leans mentioned in the Assyrian texts. Kedemah or Qedemah was mentioned by Ptolemy and Steph. of Byzantium as dwelling in the region to the east of the Nabataeans^[50]. Mibsam, Jetur and Naphish are probably scattered around Saudi Arabia and are difficult to trace.

 

The Jordanians

 

Lot, the nephew of Abraham, had two sons: Benammi and Moab (Gen 19;33-38). From them spring the Jordanians. They were originally a white people, but today have mixed somewhat with the Arabs. However, today about half of Jordan is Palestinian. Their chief town was Rabbath Ammon (modern Ammon)^[51] named after Ben-Ammi. They settled the plateau east of the Dead Sea^[52] and remain there to this day. Many have spread into Syria and Iraq. They are conservative by nature. homebodies and not adventurous pioneers like their father Lot. 

 

A prophecy in Jeremiah compares them to an old bottle of wine which has aged without being disturbed. It’s “lees” have been allowed to settle at the bottom (Jer 48:11). One prophecy in Isaiah shows them still living near Palestine in the end-time (Is 11:14) while another says that they would be a small people with no strength (Is 16:13-14).

 

The Future of the Arabs

 

All that is required of this section is a brief overview of future events. A detailed list of prophecies may be found in the footnotes^[53]. In Psalms chapter eighty-three stands a vital prophecy, a pivotal prophecy if you wish, concerning the peoples of the Middle East:

 

“Keep not Thou silence O God ...

For lo, Thine enemies make a tumult ...

They have taken crafty counsel against Thy people ...

They have said, ‘Come and let us cut them

off from being a nation:  that the name of

Israel may be no more in remembrance ...

They are confederate against thee:

The Tabernacles of Edom [Turkey], and the

Ishmaelites [Saudi Arabia], Of Moab [Jordan, with

some in Syria and Iraq] and the Hagarenes [Saudi

Arabia]: Gebal [in Lebanon] and Ammon [Jordan], and

Amalek:  the Philistines with the inhabitants

of Tyre [southern Italians, symbolic also of the

U.S. of Europe] Assur [Germany!] also is joined

with them” (Ps 83:1-8).

 

The Middle Eastern Arabs and Turks will be allies of the soon-coming National European Socialist Empire! That is why they shall initially escape the wrath of Europe (Dan 11:41). But Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya (ie the northern African nations) will be deemed enemies of Europe and worthy of invasion (Dan 11:42-43; Ezek 30:4-5; 32:17-24; Is 20:4-6; Nah 3:8-10).

 

Later, Europe will turn on them slaughtering and destroying the populace (see Is 16:7-8; 21:13-17; Jer 49:28-29; 47:1-4; Zech 9:5-6). God will punish them, as He will all nations, teaching them a lesson they will both deserve and never forget.

 

 

 

 

RECOMMENDED READING

 

Bartlett, J R (1973)                       “The Moabites and Edomites” in Peoples of Old Testament Times.                                                                              Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London.

Bromiley, G W (et al)                  “Edom”, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. (eds)         (1987)                                               William B Eerdmans, Michigan.

Czaplicka,M A (1918)                 The Turks of Central Asia. Curzon Press, London. New impression                                                              1973.

Douglas, J D (1972)                     “Ishmael”, The New Bible Dictionary. Inter-Varsity Press, London.

Liptak,P (1983)                             Avars and Ancient Hungrians. Akademiai, Budapest.

Taylor, J (1993)                            Petra. Aurum Press, London.

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Allworth, E(ed) (1967)  Central Asia. Columbia University Press, New York.

Bromiley,G W (1982)                  The International Bible Encyclopedia. (vol 2). William B Eerdmans                                                              Publishing Co, Michigan.

Brown,R (c1890)                          The Races of Mankind. (vol 4). Cassell Petter & Galpin, London.

Browning,I (1982)                        Petra. Chatto & Windus, London.

Caroe,O (1967)                             Soviet Empire. St Martin’s Press, New York.

Church,G J (1991)                       “Across the Great Divide”, Time, October:48-53.

Coates,WF (1951)                       Soviets in Central Asia. Greenwood Press, New York.

& Coates,Z

Coon,C S (1939)                          The Races of Europe. The Macmillan Co, New York.

Czaplicka,M A (1918)                 The Turks of Central Asia. Curzon Press, London. New impression                                                              1973.

Douglas,J D(1972)                       New Bible Dictionary. Inter-Varsity Press, London.

(ed) (et al)

Fox,J S (1948)                              Today, Tomorrow and the Great Beyond. (vol. 1). Association of the                                                                         Covenant People.

Fraser-Tytler,W K (1950)          Afghanistan. Oxford University Press, London.

Gaisford,J (1981)                         Atlas of Man. Marshall Cavendish Books, London.

Gibb,H A (1970)                          The Arab Conquests in Central Asia. AMS Press, New York.

Glubb,J (1969)                              A Short History of the Arab Peoples. Hodder & Houghton, London.

Grolier Society (1961)                 Lands and Peoples. Grolier Inc, New York.

Hoeh, HL (1957)                          “Truth about the Race Question”, The Plain Truth, July: 3-8,12-14,17-                                                                       23.

Hoeh,HL (1969)                            Compendium of World History. (vol 2). Ambassador College Press,                                                             Pasadena, California.

Huxley,F (1975)                            Peoples of the World in Colour. Blandford Press, London.

Johnston,H (c1890)                     The Living Races of Mankind. Hutchinson & Co, London.

Kwanten,L (1979)                         Imperial Nomads. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Lance-Poole,S (1900)                 Turkey. T. Fisher Unwin, London.

Lewis,G (1965)                             Turkey. Ernest Benn Ltd, London. 3rd edition.

Mansfield,P (1976)                       The Arabs. Penguin Books, London.

McNair,R F (1963)                      Key to North-West European Origins. Ambassador College, Pasadena                                                                       (unpublished manuscript).

Parr,P J (1994)                “The Capital of the Nabataeans”, Scientific American, special issue,                                                              vol 5, no 1:30-37.

Pfeiffer,C (ed) (1966)                  A Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology...The Biblical World. Baker                                                                               Book House, USA.

Seligman,C (1930)                        Races of Africa. Oxford University Press. reprinted 1967.

Simon, J (1959)                             The Geographical and Topographical Texts of the Old Testament. E J                                                                     Brill, Leiden, Holland.

Sindair, K (1987)                          The Forgotten Tribes of China. Child & Associates.

von Soden,W (1994)                   The Ancient Orient. William B Eerdmans, Michigan.

Whiting,J D (1935)                       Petra, Ancient Caravan Stronghold, National Geographic, vol 67, no.                                                                        2, February.

Wilhelm,G (1989)                         The Hurrians. Aris & Phillips, England.

nn (c1850)                                      The Ottoman Empire. The Religious Tract Society.

 

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