Jerusalem Is Wrong Temple
(Conspiracy
Nation, 06/12/08) – The Queen
of Sheba is said to have visited King Solomon in the 10th
century B.C. The Queen of Sheba
“came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing
spices, and very much gold, and precious stones...” (1 Kings 10:2).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, is supposed to have ruled a
mighty Jewish empire. The problem is, historians are unable to find
evidence of such an empire, per se.
Both “King David and King Solomon, the most celebrated kings of Judaic history, could not be found in the historical record,” writes Ralph Ellis in his stunning book, “Solomon: Falcon of Sheba”. (Edfu Books, U.K., and Adventures Unlimited, U.S., 2002)
The story of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba is based on fact, however, but not as interpreted by the Old Testament. There was a great empire at the time, but it was based in Egypt, not in the Levant. The Egyptian monarchy invaded Judaea and Israel during the tenth century B.C. “and became regarded, by the later Judaean scribes especially, as being purely local Judaic monarchs.” (Ellis, op. cit.)
Relying upon the Kebra Nagast, linguistic analysis of Egyptian hieroglyphics compared with Hebrew words, recent archaeological finds, the works of Flavius Josephus, and his own profound understanding, Ralph Ellis has succeeded in deciphering actual history hidden in the Old Testament.
The Queen of Sheba who visited Solomon (Sheshonq, a pharaoh) was truly Solomon/Sheshonq's mother, Bath-Sheba. The legendary “King Solomon's Mines” were looted New Kingdom tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The land of “Sheba” was not in southwest Arabia, where Yemen is today. The Queen of Sheba visited from Thebes, hoping to patch up a rift between Egypt's Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
Most importantly, as shown by Ellis, Solomon's Temple was built in Tanis (Egypt), not Jerusalem. HRH Prince Michael of Albany, controversial claimant to the Scottish throne, also does not locate the original Temple in Jerusalem. The most important secret uncovered by the Knights Templar while excavating the site of later Temples was that “the original Jerusalem of Solomon, the pre-Babylonian-invasion Jerusalem, was not that which the crusaders were occupying in Palestine.” Digging to uncover the first foundation, the Templars were startled to find there was no first foundation, not there, in Jerusalem. (“The Knights Templar of the Middle East,” by HRH Prince Michael of Albany. San Francisco: Weiser Books, 2006)
This has implications. In the 1880s, European Jews began immigrating to Palestine. Succeeding waves increased the population. They experienced growing financial difficulties. Luckily for them, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, head of the French branch of the Rothschild banking empire, stepped in to assist. "Along with key Jewish bankers, he established the Jewish Colonial Trust, the first Zionist funded bank, through which he started purchasing extensive territories in Palestine." (“Start Of Israel”, http://www.shout.net/~bigred/StartOfIsrael.html).
It was to be a return of the Jews to their original homeland. Except Palestine was not the original homeland! A misunderstanding caused a tremendous mistake.
In 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon unearthed papyri documents in King Tutankhamun's tomb. Later, stymied by bureaucrats, Howard Carter exploded: “Get those bureaucrats off my back, or I will publish the papyri documents, giving the true account of the Exodus!” (“Curse Of King Tut”, http://www.shout.net/~bigred/KingTut.html)
Ever since the state of Israel began, in 1948, there has been nothing but trouble. Is Yahweh trying to say something, like, “Hey! You're in the wrong place!”? Rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem will not bring back Jesus either, for the same reason.
Friendly advice to Israelis: The glory days of the Hyksos/Egyptian pharoahs are long gone. Don't you know, You can't go home again? (Read Thomas Wolfe.) Already extended has been the Conspiracy Nation Peace Plan. This offer was broached in November 2006. Like ancient Egypt, Illinois has an Upper Kingdom and a Lower Kingdom. Come to the Lower Kingdom of Illinois, and build your Temple here. (Background: “Olmert: It Is 'Moment Of Truth'”, http://www.shout.net/~bigred/Olmert.html)
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