It's etymology and the study of the evolution of language. Did you know there is no "v" sound in ancient Hebrew. Hebrew today is a Germanically influenced (Yiddish) version of its ancient version.
Doesn't matter though because our English version of
Acts 2 plainly describes Jews as the first recipients of the message of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and one group of those Jews is described as Arab.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God
Salvation is to the Jew first,
ergo, those Arabs were Jews. It wasn't until the conversion and ministry of Paul that salvation was offered to the Gentiles. If you believe scripture then it clearly says some of the Jews at Pentecost were Arabs, which means that there has existed and exist Arabs who are Jews.
Do you believe what is written?
A nation or kingdom has never needed the recognition of other states, nations, or kingdoms to validate its existence. This is exactly why those who went on to occupy the land in 1948 felt they had a right to declare a state, which was done before other nations recognized it. You even acknowledge in your reply that they made a declaration, not a request. It's why the colonists did the same in North America. A territory of people does not need validation from outsiders.
Notwithstanding, the political entity was Judea. It had a line of kings and religious leadership, and it governed itself for the most part...like the states of the USA. It, like every other territory under the Roman Empire, had to operate independently but paid dues/taxes to the Emperor. After the revolt, Judea didn't cease to be. Its
name was changed to disconnect its
identity from its heritage.
And as goes the land so goes the people. In fulfillment of prophecy, the people would no longer remember
who they were. This is what Paul is talking about when he mentions "blindness in part" in
Romans 11. His people would forget their identity as The Almighty's chosen people, which is the punishment prophesied in the scriptures.
Psalm 83:4
4 saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Hosea 1:9
“Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.”
This was their great trouble. "Blindness in part" isn't Jewish people not believing in the Messiah. Blindness has to do with who they believe themselves to be.
In the last days, we are looking for people who are
not claiming to be His chosen people, but who fulfill all the signs.
Go back further. War didn't break out because of Arab nations invading. It was a response to Israel's massacre of innocent people and theft of land before any two-state solution and before Israel declared itself a nation.
The following are quotes from
Professor Ilan Pappe, Israeli Historian of Hailfa University, someone who was born and raised in the land who studied the true history of the conflict, not the propagandized version that was fed to most foreigners:
"The mainstream Jewish society believed, because that's the way they had been educated, that Palestine was empty; had been empty when the Jewish settlers came there."
"After the Holocaust, it has become almost impossible to conceal large-scale crimes against humanity. Our modern communication-driven world, especially since the upsurge of electronic media, no longer allows human-made catastrophes to remain hidden from the public eye or to be denied. And yet, one such crime has been erased almost totally from the global public memory: the dispossession of the Palestinians in 1948 by Israel. This, the most formative event in the modern history of the land of Palestine, has ever since been systematically denied, and is still today not recognised as an historical fact, let alone acknowledged as a crime that needs to be confronted politically as well as morally."
"Zionism began as a European national movement but turned into a colonialist one once its leaders decided to implement their vision of national revival in the land of Palestine."
"The orders came with a detailed description of the methods to be employed to forcibly evict the people: large-scale intimidation; laying siege to and bombarding villages and population centres; setting fire to homes, properties and goods; expulsion; demolition; and, finally, planting mines among the rubble to prevent any of the expelled inhabitants from returning."
Professor Ilan's research confirms the quotes of David Ben-Gurion on their intentions when they started migrating into the land.
1878
- 448k Muslim & Christian Arabs already in Palestine
- 15k Identified Jewish already there too
- All living peacefully
1882 - 1914
- 65k
European immigrants identifying as Jewish enter
1922
- 674k Arabs
- 83k European Jewish
- As more European Jewish immigrants entered they forcibly took away land from their Arab neighbors.
1920-1931
- 109k additional European Jews migrated in and took more territory
- 176k Total European Jews in the land
- 859k Muslim & Christian Arabs
1932-1936
- Another 175k European Jews migrated in and took more from the Arabs.
- Fights increase
1937-1945
- Another 120k Europeans identifying as Jewish enter taking more land from Arabs.
- Conflict now out of control
- This is when the two-state solution was proposed to the Arabs
- European Jews would get 57% of the land and the most fertile land
- Arabs would get 43% of what was left even though they made up 69% of the population and owned 92% by written title deeds.
- European Jews started conquering major Arab cities with their military.
April 9, 1948
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The Massacre of Deir Yassin
- Israeli soldiers raided Arab homes killing whole families: men, women, and children.
- It was a shock and awe campaign to drive terror into the hearts of Arabs
- In terror, several hundred thousand refugees fled their homes into neighboring countries...and that is when the Arab nations got involved.
Not odd at all. Those who study scripture know that their identity is supposed to be a mystery until the Messiah regathers them at His second coming. And regarding the murder of 6 million Jews; here are a series of newspapers published back then that I'd like you to check out.
Video: Newspapers
Someone is lying, either God or man is. I'll stick with God and His word.
John 5:32
Romans 11:12 also says during their "blindness" that they're also poor and the nations are rich?
Revelation 3:9 also confirms that the true Jews are poor during the end times.
Do you believe all of the scripture?