Using the DNA of Saka-related peoples to find the Lost 10 Tribes of Israel
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- Our Scythian Ancestors Identified with Israel
Genetics and Ancient History (especially Parthian-Saka-Scythian history) are extremely complicated and riddled with speculation and assumption on almost every level. Even so, the two fields of study are quickly becoming synergistic allies in the search and discovery of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
Parthian-Saka-Scythic-related peoples are by far the most probable candidates for being descendant of those 10-Tribes of Israel scattered and deported by the Assyrian Empire between 740-722BCE. The list of reasons is too long to innumerate fully here, yet a short list of the thought pattern is provided below:
- Assyria deported 10-Tribe Israel to their Empire’s northern and northeastern borders (a region now including eastern Turkey, northeastern Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and western Iran… all “East of the Euphrates River”).
- About 900 years later (consider the Exponential Human Population Growth), Jewish Rabbis indicated 10-Tribe Israel had NOT rejoined the Jewish people (the House of Judah); and near the same time, the historian Flavius Josephus indicated 10-Tribe Israel had become an immense and innumerable multitude in the same region they had been originally deported to. That is (and he clearly states): “East of the Euphrates River”.
- The “people” who largely populated this region (East of the Euphrates River) during the 1st Century CE were Parthian-Saka-Scythic-related peoples, evidentially all the same stock of people according to many scholars even though the borders and national identifications of Parthia, Scythia, and Saka changed depending on the time-frame and national point-of-view (i.e. Greek or Persian perspectives) and even though they waged war with one another from time to time.
- There is a long list of modern ethnic groups who have a wide range of strong to mild proofs indicating Saka-Scythic descent. Because we have a growing pool of genetic haplogroup data from all these various people groups, we now have the ability to compare and analyze the possibilities (most notably the possibility of a prophesied “Multitude of Nations“).
- There is substantial evidence that Saka-Scythic peoples expanded and became the predominant population in the regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Punjab of India while the northwestern branch stretched all the way into the heart of Europe and Russia. And what is supremely fascinating about this reality is that most all these peoples communicate within the same family of Indo-European languages AND more importantly, their male populations appear to be predominately made up of the genetic Haplogroups R, N, and I.
There is no doubt the founder of these peoples was a founder of a “multitude of nations”. The mysterious question is: Who was this Founder? We believe he wore a “Coat of Many Colors”!
This thought pattern is outlined in greater detail in Israelite and Noahic Haplogroup (DNA) Hypotheses.
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If Germany had known of the Two House Reality, there would have been NO Jewish Holocaust
I’m convinced that millions have perished and many more millions are going to perish because of ignorance of the promises of יהוה and their historical fulfillment. You see, יהוה promised a “multitude of nations” to a man named Abraham. That promise was then passed down to Isaac, and then to Jacob, and then to Joseph, and then to Ephraim (verify it here). And it just so happens that many (not all) of those multitudes migrated into Europe before and during a time known as the Great Migration Period. And yes, the bulk of Europe and even Germany is made up of this people.
So I ask myself now in utter horror: Would the Jewish Holocaust have happened had the Germans been accurately aware of who and where they came from? Would the ridiculous Nuremberg Laws have ever had a basis for formation and consideration in the years leading up to World War II? Would the German Christian population have turned a blind eye if they had known it was their own brother, the House of Judah (Jew da), who was being exterminated by racist mad men?
You see, I know much of the German and European population is Israelite because of modern Population Genetics, a science which was barely conceivable in the 20’s and 30’s of the previous century. And I also know that the entire human race is 99.8% genetically identical because of modern genetics. There is no such thing as “races”. There is only ONE human race. And the German population is not superior, nor is any population more superior genetically than any other segment of this ONE human race.
Unfortunately, the pessimist in me is assured that much of the human race still harbors ancient and ignorant racist ideals and they’ll likely explode in ever more violent and bloody manifestations in the years to come. Much of the world is still unaware of the Two House Reality in which much of that world fits. יהוה was right, as He is always right, when He said “My people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). “Jacob’s Trouble” only started with the Jews. It will continue in due time and it will consume the whole House of Joseph as well (Jeremiah 30:7).
יהוה, send Your Messiah soon… for the coming cup of trembling is more than we can drink!!
Sadly, some think the House of Judah has another Holocaust coming. See The Holocaust that was and the Holocaust that will be.
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Radio-Carbon Dating, scientific idiocy
The origin estimation dates of all genetic haplogroups are largely obtained by haplogroups are largely obtained by Radiometric and/or Radiocarbon (Carbon-14) dating of ancient human remains and other archaeological materials, such as tools, pottery, etc. Unfortunately, Radiometric dating of any kind is enormously unreliable and consequently, the official estimation of 35,000 to 40,000 years is discarded in my Israelite Haplogroup (DNA) Hypotheses.
Radiometric dating techniques are a precious tool for evolutionists, particularly because they make what appear to be a frontal and successful attack on the credibility of the Scriptures and the Elohim of the Scriptures. Being able to accurately date archaeological materials is and should be a pursuit of science, but evolutionists who use radiometric dating systems transform too many assumptions into unquestioned constants which in turn have resultants that (of course) figure nicely into Evolutionism’s “old earth” doctrine. Any reasonable person can see many of those time-zero assumptions can’t possibly be known, especially not from a scriptural point of view. For example, the makeup of elements and radioactive elements within the atmosphere prior to the Great Flood is certainly not the same as it is today. In addition, there have been Calderic events which likely damaged the accuracy of dating resultants. Note: many of the larger Calderas, such as Yellowstone, likely erupted during the Great Flood.
To see a list of many misleading assumptions that radiometric dating methods are based upon, see 16 basic reasons why radioactive dating methods are notoriously unreliable.
In the very least, we should regard such dating methods with enormous suspicion, especially when it is zealously defended by individuals who insist on such religious ideals as: “Everything came from nothing” or “All matter was always present, but then started becoming more complex matters without any Intelligent intervention.”
Salvation and Genetics
When I bring up the “10 Lost Tribes of Israel” and/or the origin of nations, many Christians or Messianic Jews instinctively counter with questions regarding personal/individual “salvation”. I’m never quite certain on how to move pass those knee-jerk reactions to get to the thrust of my purpose of bringing awareness to the promised Israelite multitudes. Let me just state my personal view: “genetics” and “an individual’s salvation” are mutually exclusive!!!!!!!!!!!
When I write about genetics, I’m in no way attributing “salvation” or “superiority” on any particular ethnic group. One’s genes do not “save” his/her soul. And there is NO superior race!!!! On a DNA level, the human race is 99.9% indistinguishable [Ref. Deep Ancestry by Spencer Wells pg.40]. Population Geneticists are proving that reality in the laboratory. The genetic make-up of a Jew-hating Nazi is almost entirely identical to an Ethiopian Jew (African and Jewish, what an abomination!).
0.1% of the human genome accounts for all the physical variance in mankind. That’s right. In a very real sense, we are all family, however dysfunctional. We all have a common ancestor (There is no reliable evidence he lived 65,000 years ago. I personally believe he was Noah and he walked this earth not terribly long ago).
To further drive home the mutual exclusivity of genetics and salvation, let me add one more thing. I believe there will be a Great Judgment in the End, and there will be many people within the same ethnic group who will be found standing on opposite sides of that Judgment. Their DNA will not work against them or in favor for them. Just because you’re an Israelite doesn’t mean you’re issued a Get-out-of-hell-free card.
Purpose Explained
My interest in genetics and my theories about the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel are primarily and exclusively focused on confirming what the ancient prophets of YHVH foretold regarding Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Ephraim. The promise of a “multitude of nations” was ultimately passed down to Ephraim (Genesis 48:19), hence my haplogroup theories tend to be more centered on his descendants.
But let me reiterate. Ephraim’s descendants are not more special or more superior to other peoples or the other Israelite tribes. I simply believe they are the recipients of a unique promise, which few historians have drawn attention to or even tried to identify. The Creator repeated the same promise numerous times in the Hebrew Scriptures and I refuse to think He did so with some flippant, frivolous, superficial, offhanded, insignificant reason.
I believe when we see how marvelously the Almighty accomplished His promise to Abraham, the Nations will be stunned. Many will marvel at how they fit into the promise. But all will know the Creator of the Universe is NO Liar.
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Wrong Assumptions Yield Wrong Answers
One of the biggest difficulties in tracking the migrations of the lost tribes of Israel with the use of genetics (haplogroups) is the fact that the evolution-based theories grossly inflate time-frames for various migration routes from the Middle East and Central Asia. Unfortunately, radio-carbon dating is the instrument largely used to peg the migration timelines. But can radio-carbon dating be trusted?
Most people don’t understand how different dating methods work. And many scientific articles and/or papers on various topics frequently do not reference what dating method is used to come up with their respective dates. Maybe the authors assume we’re just dumb sheeple and we’ll swallow whatever they feed us. Sadly, often they’re right concerning what we’ll swallow as fact.
I recently found a short article that explains in simple language why radio-carbon dating isn’t reliable. It is called “Wrong Assumptions Yield Wrong Answers” by Bruce Malone. Click here to read it.