raggedy cottage and garden: Could you, friends, family etc be Jewish???

Monday, March 12, 2018

Could you, friends, family etc be Jewish???

Watch the video given. She appears to be generally European.

Now she does happen to have heritage from southern Europe. Her family "traveled" around, even though they lived among a certain group of people.

The chances you, friends, family etc. could have Jewish or even indigenous biblical people (countries mentioned in the bible) is quite high if you know of any of the following:

1. You have middle eastern relatives (If they are first cousins like John the Baptist and Jesus were first cousins...that is even better indication) who have heritage indigenous to countries to the bible (go ahead search for countries like India, Egypt, Persia, Syria, Armenia etc in the bible)

2. You know you have ancestors that had "darker skin tone."

3. Someone in your family said you were part "Indian" or of any other indigenous biblical country, like number 1.

4. Your family members left "Germany" before or during WW2. For some reason things didn't feel right living among the "Nazi's."

5. Your family members, or your-self have lived among Jewish people within the last 200 years. Right in the same town. Very close connections in the same state.

6. You or a family member have dated, married, or had very close relationship with Jewish person.

7. You know you have ancestry from a country that is closer to Israel (Poland is closer than Norway, Somalia is closer than Nigeria, Pakistan is closer than Japan etc)

8. You look "Jewish," or some family members look "Jewish" and/or middle eastern. Try Celebrity look-alike thing.

9. You have "Native American" heritage that is "mixed." MANY indigenous people have middle-eastern ancestry, even Latino and south american ancestry are mixed with middle-eastern herritages.

10. You love Jewish people (heritage, culture, friends etc) and can't stand anti-semetism (racism bothers you a lot). Maybe someone you know even visited Israel.

11. You have a relative whom they say "looks like Jesus." With the right beard and things, I suppose this would occur.

12. You feel more interested in "meditation," "prayer," "supernatural" things or deep thinking than the average population. You recognize "sin" and it "stinks."

13. You have a family member (maybe that distant cousin seems to act like this interesting guy) who "acts Jewish"....... ummm well, what can I say?

Even if you are not Jewish, you could have middle -eastern ancestry and your ancestors could have played a role or two in the bible history. And that is great too!

All in all, having a certain heritage does not "save" you, as Jesus did address this issue (Matt 3:9), but it is quite enlightening (less burden/ lighter load) to know certain things about indigenous heritage.

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