... from another thread ....... sourced from Gen 21:12, ... above Scripture leads some to extrapolate interesting views:Like most early Semitic alphabetic writing systems, the alef-bet has no vowels. People who are fluent in the language do not need vowels to read Hebrew, and most things written in Hebrew in Israel are written without vowels. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsourc...m/alephbet.htmlWhilst most tribes on earth practice lineage from father through son, God established through Moses that Israelite daughters can also inherit and carry on the lineage (Num 36:1-13), under certain conditions only. It has been accepted practice to continue a line through sons (Isaac, Jacob, 12 sons/tribes)Hence, the words we read as: Isaac's Sons - scssns (without the vowels) - have been corrupted over time into (english, old celtic, germanic) by the nomadic people who called themselves SAXONS. Nomadic, since the scattering of the tribes in 604 B.C., with King Zedekiah's demise. 2 Chronicles 36:11-23'Saxons' = anglizised corruption of 'Isaac's sons'Hence the celtic/nordic races lay claim to be the natural extension of Israel, a people through whom the earth has continued to be blessed. Blessed much in a spiritual sense, as well as physical - with the advance of technologies, discoveries and progress to profit the whole world.One only needs to take a world map and colour-in the areas where the knowledge of the true Word of God has prevailed since the dark ages, a different colour for areas where the roman influence is greatest, and a different colour again for areas where 'Godly light' has not reached and pagan gods & belief systems rule the souls.It immediately becomes evident that the 'true blessings' for this world mainly originated from areas where people attained enlightenment from God. Some inventions had their origin in other countries - but implementation to the service of God, protection of life, respect of freedom has not come from the countries to which generally very few people would wish to migrate to. Utter corruption in the countries ruled by the 'Whore of Babylon/RC", utter spiritual darkness and disregard of life in the remote continents. The idea of the 'noble savage' who serves his spirit is really simply another perversion - acknowledgement that even savages & primitives CAN see the signs of God all around them, but misguided by the tricks of satan - trying to 'safe themselves' by adhering to rituals and sacrifices.Naturally the war against the saints has been waged since the beginning, and the blessings which we have taken for granted since the Reformation & Shaking off of the Dark Ages - have slowly been eroded through the introduction of more & more humanistic philosophies in our schools, universities. The encroaching corruption we see now is not how the reformation started. Humility and service, seeking of truth were their motivation. Today satan employs the greed and selfrighteousness of self professed scholars, 'ever learning - never coming to the knowledge of truth', holding sway over people too weak willed to defend what previous Christians have given their lives for. It would only seem logical that God never left earth without a continuation of 'His' people, keeping his promises to Abraham, Isaac, David, etc .... and if the people known as Saxons are really an extension thereof - one shouldn't be surprised at their failings, infightings, submissions to other gods, choosing of pagan kings and the like ..... it really is just a continuation of the failings of Israel.Nothing works without Jesus!......Jules