The Lost 13th Tribe: America in Prophecy

The Bible is actually the story and history of one man’s family, and the promises God made to that man and his family. That man was Abraham. It will be the promises made by Almighty God some five thousand years ago to this man that will be carried down to modern day America. Paradoxically, almost no one recognizes or understands that these promises were two-fold in nature, having both a spiritual AND a physical dimension.

The Bible refers to the physical part of the promise as the Birthright and the spiritual part as the Scepter. The Scepter concerns rulership, royalty, and a kingly line that culminates in Jesus Christ and spiritual blessings. The Birthright, on the other hand, is an inheritance obtained through right of birth, and concerns physical blessings.

The spiritual promise of the Scepter is well known. Innumerable books have been written about it, and millions of sermons have been preached on it, for it is the promise of spiritual salvation through the Savior Jesus Christ. HOWEVER, in comparison, hardly anyone knows or understands anything about the Birthright Promise. Ironically, even the vast majority of self-professing Christians and their teachers know absolutely nothing about the Birthright and the identity of the United States in prophecy. Yet, these so-called Bible experts and ministers expound their ideas to millions, and purport to foretell such future events as Armageddon, and to explain the book of Revelation.

It is only through a thorough understanding of the Birthright Prophecies that one can ever begin to understand the important events of history and prophecy. That is why these volumes will concentrate on the almost universally ignored and neglected promises and prophecies of the Birthright.

Sometime later, the two aspects of the promises made to Abraham were very clearly and precisely defined and delineated and then specifically divided among Abraham’s great grandchildren. For now however, let us examine the life of this man, and some important aspects of the Birthright Promise that were bestowed upon him.

Around 1900 B.C.E., Abraham was born in the Middle East in an area that comprised a flat alluvial plain called "Mesopotamia," a word meaning "between the rivers." It was here in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley that human civilization first began around four thousand B.C.E. Constant flooding and silting by the two rivers whose origins were high in the Caucasus Mountains, brought incredibly rich deposits of mineral laden soils to this area which became known as the Fertile Crescent.

This area was called the Fertile Crescent because it stretched in the form of a crescent from the Persian Gulf to the Sinai Peninsula. The crescent extended to the Mediterranean Sea on the west and was bordered on the north and east by the high and almost impassible ranges of the Amanus, Ararat, and Zagros mountains. South of the Fertile Crescent stretched the vast expanses of the Syrian-Arabian Desert, which extended on the west to the Sinai Peninsula and separated the Holy Land from Egypt. Today, the Fertile Crescent is made up of the nations of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel. The great fertility of this area was the result of two factors; flat lands and abundant water.

Eventually, the inhabitants of Mesopotamia developed extensive trading ventures that ranged far beyond their borders. Since this area had no natural barriers, it was wide open to the incursions of numerous and varied invaders, the first of whom were known as the Semites.

Around 4000 B.C.E., the first towns and villages in history began to appear in this area. Meanwhile, a second group of invaders known as the Sumerians had developed a comprehensive system of irrigation which finally enabled this area to reach its full agricultural potential. Although this area was naturally fertile, its crop production was increased ten-fold through even the least assistance of agricultural technology. Dams, reservoirs, and canals distributed the life giving and life preserving qualities of the waters from the two rivers evenly and uniformly throughout the entire area. This increased soil fertility immensely.