Recently I watched a documentary on the Palestinian people. The documentary explained the ins and outs of why Israel was called Palestine for about 600 years. It was basically to demean the Jews living there. It was basically a tactic the Romans used when they held control of the Land of Israel., There was no formal Palestinian government only the Roman government. No coins were issued for Palestine which is one of the things a formal government does. The documentary also found DNA from the remains of a baby that was found in the now Gaza strip. The DNA is from a Philistine/Palestinian, but the DNA matched that of the DNA of remains found on the island of CRETE! Curiosity got the better of me, so I gathered some of my late father’s Bibles, Encyclopedias of the Bible and other books he had and started digging. It didn’t take me long to find a lot of information and I will share that with you, now. This will be a long commentary, so bear with me.
The Naves Topical Bible: A Digest of the Holy Scriptures on page 957, lists Biblical references and a few notes about these people who are supposedly the ancestors of modern Palestinians. They are called the ‘descendants of Mizraim’ in Genesis 10:6-14. They are mentioned as being descended from Ham, Noah’s son who Noah cursed for looking upon his naked body when he (Noah) lay passed out from being drunk. So, from the beginning, these people are cursed. From the Hamites (sons of Ham) comes Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. Cush was the father of Nimrod who was a mighty warrior. We are looking at people who were bad to the bone so-to-speak and from Canaan clans were bad people.
The Digest also calls them CHERETHITES from 1 Samuel 30:14-16, which means they were Philistines. Another note lists them as CAPHTORIM and through other online sources I found several references to these people being from North East Africa, so they could be a group from Egypt but prior to that they are thought to have originated from Cyprus, Crete, or Cappadocia which of all things, if you look on a map, is in the Mediterranean Sea near Macedonia!
Where I got a lot of information was from The Layman’s Bible Encyclopedia, pages 618-619. I will quote the two paragraphs here. “A people who held the coastal area of southern Palestine and were frequently at war with the Israelites in the period of the judges and the early years of the monarchy. The land which they inhabited was called Philistia and contained five major cities: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath. Each of these cities was governed by a tyrant.
Although of Aegean origin, the Philistines assimilated much of the religion and culture common to most of the inhabitants of Canaan. (See Canaan) They held a local monopoly on the smelting of iron, a fact which gave them no little military advantage over their enemies. Although not especially numerous, the Philitines were well-disciplined, skillful warriors whose superior weapons and chariots enabled them to pose a serious threat to the nation of Israel. In about 1050 BC, near Aphek, at the edge of the coastal plain, the Philistines cut the Israelite army to pieces, captured the ark of the covenant, and destroyed the central shrine at Shiloh, King Saul was able to recoup some of Israel’s losses; it was David, however, who finally broke the power of the Philistia and reduced them to a vassal state.”
In the Bible, the story of the Philistines taking the Ark of the Covenant resulted in plagues upon them until the Ark was returned to the people of Israel. After reading this information and knowing they were a cursed people, tracing back to Noah’s son Ham, is it a wonder to anyone that these people are cursed?
Let’s move on to the true origins of where these people came from. It cannot be agreed upon if they originated from Cyprus, Crete or Cappadocia. So, let’s do some thinking here. After the flood and Noah cursing his youngest son, Ham, the sons of Noah dispersed across the land and some of them ended up travelling by sea to areas away from the Land of Israel. Remember, we don’t really know where Noah’s ark landed but it is suggested possibly in modern Iraq. So, the sons of Noah scattered and went forth and multiplied. The curse of Ham followed, and it carries through to today, so it would seem. We see the Philistines who are supposedly modern-day Palestinians.
Remember God’s promise to Abraham? Genesis 12: 2-3 “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” This promise is from the time of Abraham until the end of time.
Now, why do the Palestinians want to destroy Israel? The answer is, in my opinion, not all of them want to because Israel allows the Palestinians to come work in Israel. Israel supplies electricity, internet and water for this Gaza strip that has done nothing for itself. It has beautiful beaches along the Mediterranean Sea and yet they don’t have fancy buildings and tourism. Hamas is in control of Gaza…HAMas…..Could it be that the cursed sons of Ham wants to destroy his brother Shem (from Shem came the Semites) because of jealousy. This is a story of ancient times meeting up with modern times. Hamas needs to be cut off from the world so Israel can continue so that those who bless Israel will also be blessed. You destroy Israel and we all fall under a curse of God.
Just as a side note, if you look at the photo of the map of Israel, Palestine or the state of Philistine NEVER WAS from the “river (Jordan River) to the sea”. Like Representative Rashida Tlaib and the Anti-Semites are pushing for. So what is Ham wanting to do? Erase Israel. Nope that ain’t happening on my watch.
POST NOTE: I was called out that I was wrong about all this by a woman who stated that the Philistines are Arabs and descend from Abraham, a Semite (the clan of Noah’s son, Shem). WELL, yes they do, I agree. BUT they also descend from have a mother’s bloodline. Proofs of the people of Cyprus and Crete migrating to North east Africa (Egypt) is well known. The handmaiden of Abraham’s wife Sarah, was an Egyptian, so, where did her ancestors come from? Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian) was the father of Arabs, it is true. We saw a daughter of Ham the cursed people crossed on a son of Shem. Wouldn’t it be logical to say that a family carrying the curse of Noah carry through? I will stand by my original statement that they are a cursed people.
REFERENCES:
NAVE’S TOPICAL BIBLE: A Digest of The Holy Scriptures by Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D, LL.D., Chaplain in the Army of the United States. The Southwestern Company Nashville, Tennessee Copyright by The Southwestern Company 1962.
The LAYMAN’S BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA by William C. Martin, M.A., B.D. The Southwestern Company Nashville Tennessee Copyright 1964
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