Author Steven M. Collins
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The Origins & Empire Of Ancient Israel
Topical Description of Book 1 of new series
By Steven M. Collins,
Author of previous book, “The Lost Ten Tribes… Found!" (now out of print)
BOOK ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES:
This book begins with the call of Abraham and the elements of the unconditional
Covenant which God made with Abraham and his descendants. It examines
the interpersonal dynamics of the families of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
and the ancient culture within which they lived and built relationships
with God. Modern readers will encounter several surprises as these Patriarchal
families are discussed. The family of Jacob and his twelve sons, the
progenitors of the tribes of Israel, is examined in depth,
and the insights about their successes and dysfunctional qualities offer
guidance for locating and identifying their descendants from that time
forward.
Physical evidence of the Israelites' being a slave people in Egypt is
presented, and evidence that the names of several biblical personalities
was preserved in an often-overlooked historical source. Strong evidence
is also presented that the real Mt. Horeb, on which Moses and the Israelites
received the Torah and made a covenant with God, is not in Egypt's Sinai
desert, but rather in another location identified both in the Bible and
by physical evidence existing to this day.
The role of the Israelite tribes in the ancient Sea Peoples is shown
to parallel accounts about them in the book of Judges. This book then
reveals new information about King David, the warrior king who united
the tribes of Israel, made lasting alliances with Tyre and Sidon, and
built an Israelite Empire. Both the Bible and secular history contain
evidence that David's forces crushed the Assyrian Empire (which fueled
Assyria's desire for revenge upon Israel in later centuries). Greek historians
discussed much about the power of the Phoenician Empire from about 1100-700
B.C., and they identified the land of Israel as being part of the homeland
of Phoenicia's Empire. Much evidence is offered that the Phoenician Empire
was, in fact, the Empire of Israel and its allies from Tyre and Sidon.
King Solomon then presided over a Golden Age of scientific learning and
global exploration that was made possible by the world dominance of the
Phoenician Empire led by Israel. The "birthright" and "sceptre" promises,
made to the tribes of Joseph and Judah, respectively, reached an ancient
apex at that time. This Golden Age was short and began to fade as Solomon
abandoned God and turned to idols in his old age.
The critical ethnic and historical difference between "Israel" and
"Judah" is made clear in this book. Unless modern Christians
understand this critical difference, they cannot possibly understand
either the history of the Israelite tribes or future prophecies about
them. Israel and Judah were not tiny, shepherd kingdoms clinging to an
existence on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This book documents
that the Israelites were not only major players in ancient history, but
actually became the leading power on earth under Kings David and Solomon.
Their power was so extensive that it was recorded in the ancient histories
of India. When the it is realized that the Israelite tribes had major
roles in that ancient time, it becomes easier for the reader to understand
that the ten tribes have also had major roles in the world's geopolitics
from that time forward.
Israel’s Lost Empires
Topical Description of Book 2
By Steven M. Collins,
BOOK TWO OF A FOUR-PART SERIES:
More information is presented documenting the worldwide scope of the
Israelite/Phoenician Empire. Hebrew/Phoenician artifacts and inscriptions
have been documented widely in North America, but these facts have been
suppressed by a modern world that is devoted to evolutionary fables instead
of historical truths that support the Bible. This book will offer readers
the truth about the extensive navigational and maritime skills of the
ancient Israelites and Phoenicians, and it reveals their worldwide
reach. The Israelite/Phoenicians established a network of colonies throughout
the Mediterranean Sea, in Western Europe, the British Isles and North
America. Considerable new evidence is offered to document the extent
to which they explored North America in a search for metals and raw materials
to meet the need for Solomon's Temple for God and his other gargantuan,
building projects.
Israel and Judah became two separate and often-hostile kingdoms after
the United Kingdom of Israel fell apart during a very bloody civil war.
The northern ten tribes of Israel increasingly adopted the religions
and customs of its allies: Tyre, Sidon and Egypt. Judah, the smaller
kingdom retained the capital city of Jerusalem, but they were afterwards
excluded from the Israelite/Phoenician maritime alliance. The Kingdom
of Israel gradually degenerated as a nation as they disobeyed God, but
they remained a dominant naval power. The drought in Elijah's time stimulated
waves of Israelite migrations from their homeland and they founded new
colonies for their people, including Kirjath-Hadeshath (identified in
modern texts by its Roman name: "Carthage").
There is a myth that the Israelite tribes all went into captivity when
Samaria fell. In fact, the Bible and Assyrian cuneiform records agree
that few Israelites were left in the land when Samaria fell. While many
had gone into captivity in earlier Assyrian invasions, most Israelites
migrated voluntarily by sea and land to several new locations to begin
rebuilding their national strength. There is much evidence documenting
the voluntary migrations of the Israelites out of their old homeland
to avoid Assyrian
invaders. The kingdom of Judah continued longer in the land, but its
people also eventually were removed during invasions by the Assyrians
and Babylonians.
After Israel's ten tribes relocated elsewhere, their "free" descendants
build two new empires. The ancient Greeks and Romans wrote a great deal
about both of the new Israelite empires, but modern texts have almost
completely deleted their histories from modern textbooks. This deletion
has hidden and obscured the major role of the ten tribes of Israel in
all periods of world history. The first major new Israelite Empire was
called "Carthage" by the Romans. Unlike the land-bound Greeks
and Romans, Carthage built a maritime, commercial empire linking its
colonies on several continents. Carthage's language and culture was based
on its Hebrew origins. Many Carthaginian (i.e. "Punic") inscriptions
confirm their presence in the ancient Americas and their connections
with Meso-American cultures is also documented. The interaction of Old
World civilizations
with ancient New World cultures (and specific American Indian tribes)
is periodically examined.
Carthage long warred against Greece and Rome, dominating Rome for centuries.
The true history of the Punic Wars are detailed in this book, including
an observation that it was likely God's intervention which prevented
the Carthaginian General, Hannibal, from completely conquering Rome.
If Carthage had annihilated Rome, as almost happened during the Second
Punic War, Rome could not have risen to fulfill biblical prophecies about
it. Carthage was a huge city, the richest in the ancient world at that
time. Where did its population flee before the Romans finally conquered
Carthage?
Simultaneous with the rise of Carthage to power in the Mediterranean
world, another new power rose to prominence in Asia. This new power was
Scythia, and its tribes were named the Sacae. The term "Sacae" preserves
the name of the Hebrew Patriarch, Isaac, fulfilling God's promise in
Genesis 21:12 that Isaac's name would be placed on Abraham's "birthright" descendants.
Scythia's Israelite origin is extensively documented. The names of many
Israelite tribes and clans are present and identifiable among the Sacae
tribes. The Scythians also renamed all of the rivers emptying into the
Black Sea, giving each one a name based on the name of the Israelite
tribe of Dan. The Scythians were located to the north of the Medo-Persian
Empire
and twice crushed huge Persian armies that invaded Scythia. The Scythians
are mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments, but they are called
by their Greek name ("Scythia") only in the New Testament.
The Greeks wrote extensively about the Scythians, but modern texts have
almost entirely censored this ancient power out of the textbooks.
Parthia:
The Forgotten Ancient
Superpower
Topical Description of Book 3 of new series
By Steven M. Collins,
BOOK THREE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES:
This book details the history of the greatest Israelite empire in the
post-exilic period: Parthia. Even Roman writers acknowledged it was the
equal of the Roman Empire. In fact, its forces frequently defeated Roman
armies in many wars, and Parthia was the only empire that Rome actually
feared. Just decades before the birth of Christ, its armies drove the
Romans completely out of Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor, forcing the
reigning King Herod to flee for his life. This ancient superpower rival
of Rome that lasted for half a millennium was the Parthian Empire. Its
Semitic/Israelite origins are well documented as well as the fact that
its single dynasty was descended from King David. The Parthian Empire
rose to power as Carthage fell, and the names of Israelite tribes and
clans are in evidence within the Parthian Empire. Parthia's first capital
city was named after "Isaac." Josephus, the famous Jewish historian,
records that the ten tribes were a very numerous people in Asia and he
identifies them as living in Parthia's empire. Secular histories have
long acknowledged the Parthians were related to the Scythian tribes,
and Scythian "Sacae" tribes often assisted the Parthians in
their wars against Greece and Rome. The reason for Parthia's omission
from history texts is clear: If its origins and histories were examined
in any detail, its Israelite origins would become obvious. That would
confer great credibility on the Bible and its prophecies about the Israelites,
and evidence leading to such conclusions is simply omitted from modern,
evolutionary-based history books. Parthia and Rome fought battles that
were among the largest and most pivotal ever fought in the ancient world.
The Roman Triumvir, Crassus, met an ignominious death fighting the Parthians
and Mark Antony led a large army into Parthia, but was driven out and
barely escaped with his life.
Parthia was governed by the feudal system that later resurfaced in Europe.
Its Emperors were elected by Parthian elites from the royal dynasty,
and it even offered "home-rule" to some of its larger cities.
While Rome's rulership was harsh and oppressive, Parthia's was enlightened
and much wiser. Nations sometimes fought Roman armies in order to be
part of the Parthian Empire instead of the Roman Empire. The Parthian
and Roman Empires waged epic wars, had "summit conferences" between
their emperors and even had a period of "detente"
during which Jesus Christ lived his entire life.
Some of the events of Jesus Christ's life become more understandable
when they are examined in light of the politics that prevailed between
Rome and Parthia at that time. One group of the Parthian elites that
chose Parthia's emperors was called the "Magi" or "Wise
Men." A delegation of these high Parthian officials worshipped the
young Jesus Christ.
How many Magi were there? Why did the arrival of these high Parthian
officials in Jerusalem frighten King Herod and the entire city, as Matthew
2:3 asserts? This book documents the real size of the immense caravan
of Parthians that accompanied the Magi to visit Jesus when he was a child,
and why the Magi's visit almost led to a major Parthian-Roman war. The
Roman rulers of Judea were well aware of Parthia's interest in Jesus
Christ, and some accounts in the Gospels "come alive" in a
new way when this fact is taken into account. The critical role of Joseph
of Arimathea in the life of Jesus Christ is examined, as is evidence
of where Jesus Christ was and what he was doing during the "missing
eighteen years" of his life that are not discussed in the Bible.
Parthia sat astride the trade routes between Europe and the Orient, and
they prospered in this position. This book includes information about
events between the Parthians and the Chinese along the eastern edge of
Parthia's border. Parthian technology and society was much more developed
than many have thought. Readers will find it a startling surprise to
learn the Parthians had developed a rudimentary form of a modern technology
that was not reinvented until the modern Industrial Revolution! [You
will have to read the book to learn which technology.]
After Parthia defeated the Roman Empire in an immense war in the 3rd
century BC, it was overthrown by the Persians who had been Parthian subjects
for centuries. The Persians drove the Semitic Parthians out of Asia,
and their destination is detailed in the final book in the series.
Israel's
Tribes Today
Topical Description of Book 4 of new series
By Steven M. Collins,
BOOK FOUR OF A FOUR-PART SERIES:
When Parthia fell, it triggered one of the greatest migrations of people
in human history. Many Semitic nations and tribes that had lived in the
Parthian Empire for centuries fled out of Asia into Europe in search
of new homelands. This migration took centuries to fully accomplish.
This mass Semitic migration is known to historians as the Caucasian migration
into Europe. It was given that name because the many millions of Parthian
and Scythian refugees fleeing Asia squeezed through the Caucasus Mountain
region, hence the name "Caucasian."
Parthian nations and tribes which bore such names as the Sacae, the Kermans
(Germanii), the Getae and the Jats became known as the Saxons, Germans,
Goths and Jutes when they invaded Europe. They also transplanted Parthia's
feudal system of government into Europe. The mass invasions of these "barbarians,"
as the Romans called them, eventually led to the complete fall of the
Roman Empire. Secular histories long ago documented the above facts,
but they have usually been deleted from historical accounts because modern
evolutionary historians are uncomfortable with the facts.
One Scythian/Gothic tribe, the Vandals, migrated westward across Europe
and then crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Africa. After making ancient
Carthage their base, their fleets controlled the Mediterranean Sea and
they conquered and "sacked" Rome. Then, the Vandals disappeared
from Old World accounts. These books offer a solution concerning the
final refuge of this maritime tribe. Our popular versions of the fall
of the Roman Empire are quite different than what actually occurred.
Most of the Goths were already Christians when they poured into Europe
from Asia, and secular records indicate the Gothic conquerors of Rome
actually "civilized" the Romans.
The invading Semitic Caucasians eventually conquered Europe and formed
the population base of the modern European nations as well as other nations
(i.e. the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) settled
by Europeans. These nations rose to world prominence, amassing the dominant
share of the world's power, resources, wealth, etc. Was this all an historical
accident...or was a divine purpose being worked out? The Bible prophesies
in many places that all the tribes of Israel will be present on earth
in a climactic period called the "latter days." Genesis 49
offers specific clues and prophecies about the latter-day role and condition
of
each of the tribes of Israel. The Book of Hosea prophesied that the ten
tribes of Israel would become very numerous after they left Palestine,
and other biblical prophecies assert the so-called "lost ten tribes
of Israel" will be large and powerful nations on the earth in the
latter-days. The Bible especially foretells that the brother tribes of
Ephraim and Manasseh, the "birthright"
tribes who were destined to receive most of the earth's blessings of
wealth and power, were to compose a "nation and company (or group)
of nations. Judah was also prophesied to again establish a new (and militarily
strong) nation in Palestine during the "latter days." Both
prophecies have been fulfilled. This book reveals the clear evidence
that the nations of the ten tribes of Israel are to be found among the
dominant and powerful nations of the earth, exactly as the Bible prophesied.
All the tribes of Israel are identified in the modern world.
Reading these four books will increase your understanding of both ancient
and modern history and your outlook will never again be the same. Most
importantly, you will understand that a divine plan is being worked out
among the nations, and that the God of the Bible is active in world affairs
even today!
