Overview
Since the time of Noah our Father in Heaven has given us
signs and symbols to remember the promises he gave us. These signs and symbols were inherited and
passed down through the generations. The
Israelites received their symbols based on the meaning of their name and the
blessings they received from their father Jacob Israel and the blessing they
received from Moses. The Israelites had
banners with their symbols on them that represented their tribe. These banners
later became own as [bible] heraldry symbols that are inherited and passed down through
the generations. After the Exodus from
Egypt, our Father in Heaven instructed the Israelites to camp in a specific
order with their banners that are also known as standards.
“Let the children of Israel encamp fronting each other, every man
keeping his own rank, according to their standards [banner], according to
the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about
the tabernacle of witness.” Sep Num 2:2
The picture below represents each tribe’s position and
banner at this camp described in Numbers chapter 2. The inner ring is the Number camp and the
outer ring is the New Jerusalem City Gates to the Kingdom that was described in
Ezekiel. For more information about this
arrangement and how it represents the Zodiac which is also called the Mazzaroth,
see this page.
Just prior to the Israelites receiving their Promised Land,
our Father in Heaven warned them that if they did not follow the laws of Moses
they would be removed from the land and scattered among the nations. The descendants of Israel did not obey and
were scatted upon the earth. When they
were scattered they brought their symbols with them and continued to use these
symbols and developed new symbols represent new family lines.
“If thou wilt
not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this
book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God; then the Lord shall magnify thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great and
wonderful plagues, and evil and abiding diseases. And he shall bring
upon thee all the evil pain of Egypt,
of which thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave to thee. And the Lord shall
bring upon thee every sickness, and
every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of
this law, until he shall have destroyed
thee. And ye
shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky
in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.
And it shall come to pass that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good,
and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you; and ye shall be quickly
removed from the land, into which ye go to inherit it. And the
Lord thy God shall scatter thee among all nations, from
one end of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood
and stone, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers.” Sep Deu 28:58-64
As promised, due to our disobedience we have
been receiving the curses in Deuteronomy chapter 28.
Children of Jacob Israel’s Symbols in Heraldry
Today we can use these symbols to track the Israelites
migration to their new homeland; however, we must also use other historical
information to track their movement also.
On this page I’m only identifying places where the each tribe’s symbol
is being used; however in many situations the symbols are now being used by a
different group of people that are not Israelites. I have used the Septuagint to determine their
symbols also known as bible heraldry. This table is a summary that is in birth order and more information is
provided below.
Our Father in Heaven Blesses Noah
Our Father in Heaven made a covenant with Noah on the Feast
of Weeks (Pentecost) where he promised that the seasons and time will not be
changed. Noah’s name means ‘rest’.
Our Father in Heaven Blesses Abraham & Sarah
Abraham was promised
on the Feast of Weeks that he would become a father of many nations and many of
his descendants would be kings. The sign of this covenant his covenant the
circumcision of his male descendants. Abraham’s
descendants would all be blessed. The
name Abraham means ‘exalted father of a multitude’.
“And I will make my covenant
between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly. Abram
tell flat on his face. And God said to him: I AM, and my covenant is with thee,
and thou shalt be a father. of many nations. Neither shall thy name be called
any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many
nations. And I will make thee increase, exceedingly, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will
establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy sad after thee in
their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy
seed after thee. And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy
sojournment, all the land of Chanaan for a perpetual possession, and I will be
their God. Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my
covenant, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant
which you shall observe, between me and you, and thy seed after thee: All the
male kind of you shall be circumcised: And you shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskin, that it may be for a h sign of the covenant between me and you.
An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in
your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant
shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock: And my covenant
shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant. The male, whose
dash of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out
of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.” DR Gen 17:2-14
Our Father in Heaven
also blessed Sarah stating she would be a mother of nations and she will have
descendants who are kings. Sarah means ‘lady, princes, queen’ ;
therefore Sarah became a queen.
“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her,
and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother
of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.” DR Gen 17:15-16
Paul confirms that
the seed of Abraham has not been cast away in his letter to the Romans, the
Latin speaking people. He confirms that
the Romans of that day are Israelites.
“I
say then: Hath
God cast away his people? God forbid. For I
also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham,
of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew.”
DR Rom 11:1-2
The House of Israel’s Bible Heraldry & Inheritance
The house of Israel consisted of Jacob Israel’s 12
sons. In birth order the sons are as
follows:
“These are the names of the sons
of Israel; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,
Nephthali, Gad, Aser.” Septuagint 1 Ch 2:1-2
Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau
Jacob Israel received the birth right, the blessing and the
royal scepter linage. Jacob means ‘heal catcher’ and Israel means ‘God strives’.
Jacob Israel & Rachel
Isaac’s Blessing to
Esau – Esau means ‘rough’
“And Esau
said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I
pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and
wept. And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall
be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. And thou shalt live
by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a
time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau was
angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him;
and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that
I may slay my brother Jacob. And the words of Esau her elder son were reported
to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him,
Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee. Now then, my son, hear my
voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into
Charran.” Sep Gen 27:38-43
Our Father in Heaven’s Blessing to Jacob Israel
Jacob received the covenant
from our Father in Heaven on the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost). Jacob was promised and blessed that his seed would
be a gathering of nations and royal linage.
For more information about Jacob’s pillar and the coronation
stone, see this page.
The Two Olive Branches
The house of Israel is represented by two olive branches in
scripture. The house of Israel became 13
tribes when Joseph received the double portion blessing inherent (Deu
21:15). Ruben, Simeon, and Levi were
disqualified from receiving the double portion due to behavior issues. Judah
received the royal scepter linage and Joseph received the double blessing of
the first born.
During different times of history the tribes were associated
with either Ephraim or Judah; therefore I did not assign them to a specific
house because of this. Manassah was
divided since half the tribe wanted land near Ruben and Gad that was east of
the Jordan. The other half received land
next to their brethren Ephraim on the west side of the Jordan.
“And we inherited that land at that time from Aroer, which is by the
border of the torrent Arnon, and half the mount of Galaad; and I gave his
cities to Ruben and to Gad. And the rest of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom
of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasse, and all the country
round about Argob, all that Basan; it shall be accounted the land of Raphain.
Sep Deu 3:12-13
“And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of
Manasse. From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it
them: the great sea shall be the boundary. But to the two tribes and to the
half tribe of Manasse, to Ruben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond
Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward, from Aroer,
which is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, and the city in the midst of the
valley, and all Misor from Maedaban.” Sep Jos 13:7-9
Our Father in Heaven promised to make the House of Juda and
the House of Israel one nation and bring them back to their own land. America is where this verse is being
fulfilled.
“And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: And thou son of man, take
thee a stick: and write upon it: Of Juda, and of the children of Israel his
associates: and take another stick and write upon it: For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and
for all the house of Israel, and of his associates. And join them one to the other into one stick,
and they shall become one in thy hand. And when the children of thy people
shall speak to thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by this?
Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph,
which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that are associated
with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Juda, and will make them one
stick: and they shall be one in his hand. And the sticks
whereon thou hast written, shall be in thy hand, before their eyes. And thou
shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from the
midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every
side, and will bring them to their own land.” Eze 37:15-22
More verses about the olive branches:
“For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be
holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken, and thou,
being a wild
olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and
of the fatness of the olive tree, Boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say
then: The
branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. Well: because of
unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded,
but fear. For
if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare
not thee.” Rom 11:16-21
“For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the
people, as if a few
olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree:
or grapes, when the vintage is ended.” Isa 24:13
“And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon
the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive
branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels
of gold? And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I
said: No, my lord. And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of
the whole earth.” Zec 4:11-14
“These are the two olive trees and
the two
candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth. And if any man
desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and
devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this
manner must he be killed.” ASV Rev 11:4-5
Ruben's Heraldry
Ruben means ‘be hold a son’.
Simeon’s Heraldry
Simeon means ‘hearing’.
Levi’s Heraldry
Levi means ‘attached or joined’.
Breast Plate Stones
Below are the stones for the breast plate of righteousness
that the Levitical priesthood wore.
For more information see this page.
Judah ‘Praised Hand’.
Judah’s Red Hand of Praise
This 1898 news article called ‘The Writing on the Wall’ talks about a ‘red hand’ on many hieroglyphs in the United States. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1898-04-17/ed-1/seq-25.pdf
Also see more pictures of the ‘red hand’ on petroglyphs here: http://geology.com/articles/petroglyphs/more-pictographs.shtml
Oldest Rock Art in North America Revealed http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/08/oldest-rock-art-in-north-america-revealed-2737272.html
Hand Paintings in Many Places http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/hands/index.php
Judah’s
symbol is the ‘Red Hand’: https://britishisrael.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/judah-the-people-of-the-open-hand/
King David’s Heraldry
The Anointing of Queen Alexandra at the Coronation of Edward VII
Sources and more information:
For more
information regarding King David’ royal linage, see this page.
For more
information about past coronations, see this page.
For more
information about the DNA and family tree of the European monarchies, see this page.
Issachar’s Heraldry
Issachar means ‘he will bring reward’.
Zebulon’s Heraldry
Zebulon means ‘habitation’.
Dan’s Heraldry
Joseph’s Heraldry
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
Reflected below is Jacob Israel’s blessing given to Ephraim
and Manasseh:
“And
it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph,
Behold, thy father is ill; and, having taken his two sons, Manasse and Ephraim, he came to Jacob.
And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee;
and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed. And Jacob said to
Joseph, My
God appeared to me in Luza, in
the land of Chanaan, and blessed me, and said to me, Behold, I will increase
thee, and multiply thee, and will make of thee multitudes of
nations; and I will give this land
to thee, and to thy seed
after thee, for an everlasting possession. Now then thy two sons, who were
born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim
and Manasse,
as Ruben and Symeon they shall be mine.
And the children which thou shalt beget hereafter, shall be in the name
of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances. And as for me,
when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land
of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land of
Chanaan, so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course;
this is Bethlehem. And when Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he said, Who are
these to thee? And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God gave
me here; and Jacob said, Bring me them, that I may bless them. Now the eyes of
Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to
him, and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, Behold,
I have not been deprived of seeing thy face, and lo! God has showed me thy seed also. And Joseph brought them out from
between his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the
ground. And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left
of Israel, and Manasse on his left hand, but on the right of Israel,
and brought them near to him. But Israel
having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim,
and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasse, guiding his
hands crosswise.
And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight my fathers were well
pleasing, even Abraam and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth
until this day; the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and
my name shall be called upon them,
and the name of my fathers, Abraam and Isaac; and let them be increased to a
great multitude on the earth. And Joseph having seen that his father
put his right hand on the head of Ephraim--it seemed grievous to him; and
Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of
Ephraim to the head of Manasse. And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father;
for this is the first-born; lay thy right-hand upon his head. And he would not,
but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted,
but his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall
become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them in that day,
saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and
Manasse; and he set Ephraim before Manasse. And Israel said to Joseph, Behold,
I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.
And I give to thee Sicima, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took
out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.” Sep Gen 48
Sources:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/protosinaitc.htm
1900 BC Picture Hebrew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranis
8 spoked wheels
Benjamin’s Heraldry
Benjamin means ‘son of the right hand’
Naphtali’s Heraldry
Naphtali means ‘my wrestling’. Most people do believe
that Naphtali is represented by a deer based on the King James translation;
however, the Septuagint was documented in 400 BC and is much older than the text
of King James and it does not reflect a deer.
Gad’s Heraldry
Gad means to ‘invade or attack’.
Asher’s Heraldry
Asher means ‘blessed’.
Clothing with Decorative Hems
The children of Israel wore decorative hems as instructed by
the laws of Moses in Numbers 15:38. It was a symbol to reflect who they were
and to indicate they followed the laws of Moses.
Jacob-Israel’s Blessing to the 12 Tribes
Below is the full blessings given to the Jacob Israel’s sons
that were to be accomplished in the last days:
“And Jacob called
his sons, and said to them, Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you
what shall happen
to you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your
father.
Ruben, thou art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of
my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed. Thou wast insolent like water,
burst not forth with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father;
then thou defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.
Symeon and Levi,
brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off [sword].
Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts
contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their
passion they houghed a bull. Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and
their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
Israel.
Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of
thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do thee reverence. Juda is a lion's whelp [young offspring]: from the tender plant, my son,
thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall
stir him up? A ruler
shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the
things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations. Binding his
foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch of it, he shall wash
his robe in wine,
and his garment in the blood of the grape. His eyes shall be more
cheering than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he shall be by a haven of ships, and shall extend
to Sidon.
Issachar has desired that which is good; resting
between the inheritances. And having
seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he
subjected his shoulder to labour, and became a husbandman [farmer].
Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel. And let Dan be a serpent in the
way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall
backward), waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Gad, a plundering
troop shall plunder him; but he
shall plunder him, pursuing him closely.
Aser, his bread
shall be fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son,
turn to me. Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed
hard upon him. But their bow and arrows were
mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of
the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of
thy father; and my God helped thee, and he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from
above, and the blessing
of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of
the womb, the blessings
of thy father and thy mother--it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting
mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be
upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the
lead.
Benjamin, as a ravening
wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
All these are the
twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he
blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing. And he said to
them, I am added to my people; ye shall bury me with my fathers in the cave,
which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite, in the double cave which is
opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron
the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.
There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac,
and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea; in the portion of the field, and
of the cave that was in it, purchased of the sons of Chet. And Jacob ceased
giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died,
and was gathered to his people.” Sep Gen 49:1-33
Moses’ Blessing to the Children of Israel
Below is the blessings that Moses give to the children of
Israel that were to be an inheritance.
“And this is the
blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before
his death. And he said, The Lord is come from Sina, and has appeared
from Seir to us, and has hasted out of the mount of Pharan, with the ten
thousands of Cades; on his right hand were his angels with him. And he spared
his people, and all his sanctified ones are under thy hands; and they are under
thee; and he received of his words the law which Moses charged us, an inheritance
to the assemblies of Jacob. And he shall be prince with the beloved one, when
the princes of the people are gathered together with the tribes of Israel.
Let Ruben
live [Lily, Fleur-de-lis sign of new life],
and not die; and let him be many in number.
And this is the
blessing of Juda;
Hear, Lord, the voice of Juda, and do thou visit his people: his hands shall contend for him, and thou shalt be a help
from his enemies.
And to Levi he
said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they
tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife. Who says to
his father and mother, I have not seen thee; and he knew not his brethren, and
he refused to know his sons: he kept thine oracles, and observed thy covenant.
They shall declare thine ordinances to Jacob, and thy law to Israel: they shall
place incense in the time of thy wrath continually upon thine altar. Bless,
Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his
enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up.
And to Benjamin
he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, and God overshadows
him always, and he rested between his shoulders.
And to Joseph
he said, His land
is of the blessing of the Lord, of the seasons of sky and dew, and
of the deeps of wells below, and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in
season, and of the produce of the months, from the top of the ancient mountains,
and from the top
of the everlasting hills, and of the fullness of the land in season:
and let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush come on the head of
Joseph, and on the crown of him who was glorified above his
brethren. His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, his horns are the horns of a unicorn;
with them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth:
these are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasse.
And to Zabulon
he said, Rejoice, Zabulon, in thy going out, and Issachar in his tents.
They shall utterly destroy the nations, and ye shall call men there, and there
offer the sacrifice of righteousness; for the wealth of the sea shall
suckle thee, and so shall the marts of them that dwell by the sea-coast.
And to Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: as a lion he rested, having broken the arm and the ruler. And he saw his first-fruits, that there the land of the princes gathered with the chiefs of the people was divided; the Lord wrought righteousness, and his judgment with Israel.
And to Dan he
said, Dan is a lion's
whelp, and shall leap out of Basan.
And to Nephthali he
said, Nephthali has the fulness of good things; and let him be filled with
blessing from the Lord: he shall inherit the west and the south.
And to Aser
he said, Aser is blessed with children; and he shall be acceptable to his
brethren: he shall dip his foot in oil. His sandal shall be iron
and brass;
as thy days, so shall be thy strength.
There is not any such as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament. And the rule of God shall protect thee, and that under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, saying, Perish. And Israel shall dwell in confidence alone on the land of Jacob, with corn and wine; and the sky shall be misty with dew upon thee. Blessed art thou, O Israel; who is like to thee, O people saved by the Lord? thy helper shall hold his shield over thee, and his sword is thy boast; and thine enemies shall speak falsely to thee, and thou shalt tread upon their neck.” Sep Deu 33:1-29
Jesus Christ
Christ also has symbols that represent HIM.
Early Israelites painted Jesus with a halo which is a crown of light rays or circle that surrounds a person’s head in art work. The halo meant the person in the artwork was holy. Christ is shown many times with the cross within his halo which is known today as the Celtic cross. The Celtic cross was used as a staff to find direction similar to how we use a compass today; therefore the picture is stating that Jesus provides directions for us to live and follow.
“Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me,
walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in
the face of Christ Jesus.” 2 Cor 4:6
Sources:
Conclusion
The tribes of Israel were never really lost since our Father
in Heaven always knew where they were located.
The tribes were only stated as lost since they forgot who they were and
they stopped following the laws of Moses. In the verse below James addressed
the twelve tribes in his opening statement.
“James the servant of God, and of our Lord
Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,
greeting.” DR James 1:1
It is important we understand that these symbols represent
our heritage; therefore it is important that we preserve them for future
generations. Our heritage is America.
“Fear them not therefore: for there is
nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.”
ASV Mat 10:26
Bible Heraldry Sources
http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Kluftern
