Nations Changed Names



Nations Changed Names

Aram = Syria
 
Arabia Nations that join the East side of the great river Euphrates = Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Parts of Turkey, parts Syria, parts Iraq, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Smith Bible Dictionary) 6th vial
 
Amalekites = Russia
 
Ashkenaz = Scythians
 
Asshur = Assyria
 
Assyria = Syria and Iran = these took the ten tribes captivity
 
Babylon = Iraq
 
Damascus = Syria
 
Ephrath, which is Bethlehem
 
Ethiopia = Cush =  Ethiopians = Cush. Mercenaries, forming the chief part of the Egyptian forces.
 
Edom = Russia
 
Egypt is recognized as the "land of Ham. Ham, Noah son. Noah curse Ham, Ham lieth with his father's wife. The sons of Ham are stated, to have been "Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
 
Grecia = Greece.
 
Javan = Greeks
 
Joktan = Arabia
 
Judah, the Jews, the tribe of Judah = The Nation Israel = not all people are of Judah, Watch the Nation
 
Kings of East = The word east is two words = Kedem and Mizrach (Rev 16) 6th vial
 
Kittim = Cyprus
 
Libya = Put
 
Lud = Lydia
 
Lubim = Libyans
 
Lydians. Not those in Western Asia (Gen 10:22). All belonging to Africa
 
Madai = Medes
 
Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron
 
Midianites
 
Mizrach = Far East China
 
MIZRAIM = (the two Egypt's; red soil), the usual name of EGYPT in the Old Testament the dual of Mazor
 
Mizraim = Egypt
 
Nineveh = Tiger River = Iran
 
Put = Iran's
 
Ulai = Persia, Iran of today
 
Ram, a ram. In Dan 8:20 this is interpreted of Persia. A ram is always the symbol of Persia. Found to-day on ancient Persian coins. The king wore a ram's head of gold, and rams" heads are to be seen on the sculptured pillars of Persepolis.
 
Shushan, the chief city of All Persia.
 
Sodom, and Gomorrah = Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
 
Tarshish = far west
 
Cities and names
 
Ephrath, which is Bethlehem
 
Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron
 
Kings of East = The word east is two words = Kedem and Mizrach
Kings of East = Where did he tells us to go?
We're talking about the place. Some love the Lord and some don't. We are to watch the nations.
Euphrates is the borders between Truth and Baal (Babylon means confusion)
The Arabia Nations that join the East side of the great river Euphrates = Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia = Parts of Turkey, parts Syria, parts Iraq, Libya, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
East =The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied to the east form the custom of turning in that direction when describing the points of the compass, before, behind, the right and the left representing respectively east, west, south and north.
 
Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
 
The term as generally used refers to the lands lying immediately eastward of Palestine, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia; on the other hand mizrach is used of the far east with a less definite signification.
Isaiah 42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Isaiah 42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Isaiah 43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west
Isaiah 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
 
Mizrach = Far East China
 
MIZRAIM = (the two Egypt's; red soil), the usual name of EGYPT in the Old Testament the dual of Mazor, which is less frequently employed. Mizraim first occurs in the account of the Hamites in Genesis 10:1. In the use of the name Mizraim for Egypt there can be no doubt that the dual indicates the two regions, upper and lower Egypt, into which the country has always been divided by nature as well as by its inhabitants. = from Smith's Bible Dictionary
 
 Where did he tells us to go?
 
Euphrates is the borders between Truth and Baal (Babylon means confusion)
 
The Arabia Nations that join the East side of the great river Euphrates = Palestine., Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia = Parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan (EAST = From Smith Bible Dictionary)
 
Jeremiah 25:20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
  • Mingled people = Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
  • Daniel 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
  • In the Urbi are joined with the Arameans (nomad tribes west of the Euphrates).
  • Hezekiah had some "Urbi" soldiers with him in Jerusalem.
  • Uz. Job's country near Idumea
  • Lam 4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
  • Philistines = Jer 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
  • Ashkelon. Now "Askalan. Azzah. Hebrew "Azzah = Gaza.
  • Ekron. Now "Akir.
  • Ashdod. Now "Esdud.
Jeremiah 23:Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
  • Dedan = On the borders of Edom
  • Jeremiah 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
  • Ezekiel 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also 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 shall fall by the sword.
  • Tema, and Buz. The country of Elihu.
  • Job 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
  • That are in the utmost corners = all with their hair clipped at the corners.
Isaiah 66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
  • I will set a sign = God's elect teaching His word
  • Tarshish = far west
  • Pul and Lud = Put are the African peoples. They are mentioned together, as serving in the Egyptian
    armies.
  • Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
    6 Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.
  • We're talking about the nations, there are good and bad in all nations.
  • Tubal = Meshech = Russia
  • Ezekiel 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
  • Javan = Asia Minor
  • To the isles afar off = Maritime countries
  • Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
    12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
    13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
    14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
 
 
Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
 
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25

 
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