“Leading Khazars professed Judaism” and in column 948 says, “Khazars became known to their neighbors as Jews”.

“A People of Turkish origin, whose life and history are interwoven with the very beginnings of the history of the Jews in Russia. Historical evidence points to the region of the Urals as the home of the Chazars”.

The historian H. G. Wells in The Outline of History p. 494: says,

History details the fall of the Khazar empire and how they were driven Westward towards Poland, the Baltic States and Western Russia. There were pockets of Israelites in Europe prior to the Ashkenazim invasion, but they were a different people.

Mr. Keostler says that all the facts about the Jews being one people “looks like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated”.

"Among the Turkic powers to emerge were the KHAZARS, who until 630 C.E. were part of the western Turkish Empire....After that empire's collapse, the Khazars established a Central Asian empire of their own along the Caspian Sea that converted to Judaism in the ninth century C.E. Although we do not know how much of the general population of Khazaria may have converted, correspondence between Khazaria and Jewish officials in Moorish Spain records Judaism as the STATE RELIGION of Khazaria.

"From the tenth century on, the major Khazar Jewish documents were written in Hebrew....In its time, Khazaria fought the Arabs to the south, maintained friendly relations with Byzantium, and corresponded with the Jewish chief minister of the Cordoba caliphate in Muslim Spain. Eventually, however, Khazaria succumbed to the expanding Slavic peoples. In 1016, Khazaria fell to the new Viking nation of Kievan Rus" (ibid., pp. 71-72).

"The Khazar Empire stood to the east of the Ashkenazi Jews, between the Dnieper and Volga rivers, and reached south into the modern nation of Georgia. Critically, although Khazaria was established by Central Asian Turkic-speaking peoples, it encompassed the Slavic heartland. The citizens of the empire, therefore, were most probably Slavic and no doubt rich in R-M17. Could Khazaria, I wonder to this day, be the source of Ashkenazi Levite R-M17 Y chromosomes?....

"The Khazar connection seems no more far-fetched than the spectacular continuity of the Cohen line or the apparent presence of Jewish genetic signatures in a South African Bantu people. And then there is that troubling Y chromosome that is so common in the Ashkenazi Levites but seemingly nowhere else to be found. I cannot claim the evidence proves a Khazaria connection. But it does raise the possibility, and I confess that, although I can not prove it yet, the idea does now seem to me plausible, if not likely" (ibid., pp. 72-74).

Dr. Eran Elhaik is a world-class geneticist at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. His research into Jewish origins has produced a similar earth-shaking thesis. He solidly agrees with Koestler that the majority of Jews today can claim no ancestry to Abraham. They’re primarily descendants of the Khazars. Not since Koestler in 1976 has an academic so successfully challenged accepted “facts” about the beginnings of modern Eastern European (“Ashkenazi”) Jewry.

In an interview with Ha’aretz last December Elhaik says his genetic research reveals decisively that “Central European Jews (primarily Polish) are 38% Khazar while Eastern European Jews (primarily Russian) are 30% Khazar.” Yet he says other genetic components include those of Middle Eastern origin whose source is probably Mesopotamian, although it is possible part of that component could be attributed to Israeli Jews. (This could include authentic Jews who were transported to Babylon in the sixth century B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar and flourished there for 1600 years).

Such genetic influence, however, is not strong enough, says Elhaik, to suggest a Mideast or Israeli origin of Ashkenazim Jews. But he says there is very strong genetic evidence linking the Jews of Iran, the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, and Georgia with the European Jews, i.e., those people whose ancestors are Khazars. Elhaik rejects the “Rheinland” hypothesis that Jews from Germany and the West migrated into Poland and Eastern Europe around the 15th century A.D., creating in only five centuries a European Ashkenazi population of about 11 million. He says Khazar Ashkenazim of the East bear no genetic similarity to Sephardim of the West who were supposed to have largely helped sire them.

"…among the various groups of European and non-European Jews, there are no blood or family connections. The various groups of Jews in the world today do not share a common genetic origin. We are talking here about groups which are very heterogeneous and which are connected solely by religion."

He says, “The genome of European Jews is a mosaic of ancient people and its origin is largely Khazar.”

Sephardic Jews

There is a prophecy in the Old Testament that tells you who, in the future, would take the land and the name of YEHOVAH's people as their own. Notice!

"...therefore this is what the LORD God says: In My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, which appropriated My land as their own possession, with wholehearted glee and utter contempt, to plunder it. Therefore prophesy concerning land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, This is what the LORD God says: Listen now, I speak in My jealousy and in My wrath, because you have endured the ridicule of the nations. Therefore this is what the LORD God says: I swear that the nations which surround you, they too will endure ridicule" (Ezekiel 36:5-7, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible).

This scripture prophesies that the heathen (Idumea which is Edom -- the Edomites) would take the land of Israel and call as their own with joy of heart. When the so-called Jews took the land of Palestine, Israel in 1948 and called it as their own, they did it with terrorism -- and until this day they have used terror as a means to take the Land. Who are these so-called Jews in the land of Israel today? They are those that the scriptures say they are, those professing themselves to be Judahites but are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. The scriptures specifically tell you that the land of Israel would be trodden down of Gentiles until the fullness of the gentiles be come in. This is more confirmation that the people in the land of Israel today cannot be true Jews but are, in fact, gentiles of Turkic/Edomite ancestry.

Sephardic Jews, constituting less than 10% of modern Jews, trace their ancestry back to Palestine. However, many different peoples combined to mold the heritage of this portion of Jewry. Notably, Israel's ancient adversaries, the Edomites, were conquered by the Judahite leader John Hyrcanus and forcibly converted in the second century, B.C. If the Biblical prophetic blessings for Israel were fulfilled in the Sephardic strain of world Jewry, then the prophecies concerning Edom would equally be fulfilled in these same people; a strange and confusing situation, to say the least.

The Messiah did not want these proselytes -- converted so-called Jews -- to know the mysteries of the Kingdom. These proselytes had literally taken over Israel. They were the High Priest, the Sadducee and the Pharisee, and the scribes also. Think about it -- even Herod the Great was an Edomite King as were many of the religious community leaders, and Herod was king of Judea! These Edomites ruled in Israel, but Yeshua the Messiah made it clear that he came ONLY for the lost tribes of Israel and NOT for these religious converts.

The American People’s Encyclopaedia, (1925) indicates that the Sephardic Jews descended from Edomites who were cast out from Palestine by Prince Titus in A.D. 70. From thence they spread to North Africa and to Spain converting Berber tribes and others to Judaism. There were Cardinals and Popes who were Sephardim Jews. They have no simple blood line, being Edomites diluted with Syrian, Canaanite, Phoenician and North African blood.

There is much evidence from recorded history that the seed of Esau may certainly and safely be identified with “the Sephardic Jews” and modern Jewry. There is much in the Encyclopaedia Britannica that points this out when the words indicated above are looked at. The historian Josephus details much about Esau and gives much coverage of wars and the Amalekites’ continuous hatred of Israel through the time of Antiochus Epipanes until after the fall of Jerusalem. He does not identify Esau with Israel, but with those he calls “the Jews” whom he says were not Israelites.

The Idumeans came also to be known as “Jews” when John Hyrcanus destroyed their cities and incorporated them into the Judean state. He forced observance of circumcision and Jewish laws, and to all outward appearances they became as Jews.

It is recorded that Aristobulos annexed Iturea and forced them to accept Judaism at about 105 B.C. They no longer were a separated people and they were considered one people by virtue of their embracing Judaism. This mixture, together with others who later took on Judaism, constitute modern Sephardic Jewry. As such, they -- along with the Ashkenazic Jews -- have absolutely no right or claim on Palestine today under the Abrahamic covenant.

The binding force of the Judean religious leaders was the Babylonian Talmud. The name suggests that this started to develop when Judah was in captivity in Babylon. This passed on eventually to the religious leaders in Judea at the time of the Messiah. Their religion, the tradition of the elders, was condemned by the Messiah. The practice of this religion by peoples of various races has created a pseudo-race which has perpetuated isolation through religion. Marriage was mainly confined to be with people of the same religion and hence with the pseudo-race. This creates the appearance of being a race, but it is not.

Using the Old Testament, or their interpretation of it, as their religion, the Jews appear to worship the LORD God. It may be remarked that Roman Catholicism does likewise. But Yeshua says they worship YEHOVAH God IN VAIN. Some may think that they are worshipping YEHOVAH, but they are in the synagogue of Satan. The Messiah says this is so!

Notice Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 --

"I know how you are suffering and how poor you are (though in fact you are rich!), and I know the insults of those who call themselves Jews [Judahites] but aren't -- on the contrary, they are a synagogue of the Adversary [Satan]" (Jewish New Testament).

"Here, I will give you some from the synagogue of the Adversary [Satan], those who call themselves Jews [Judahites] but aren't -- on the contrary, they are lying -- see, I will cause them to come and prostrate themselves at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you" (ibid.)

Since this was written by John long before the Ashkenazic Jews came on the scene, these verses obviously refer to those who eventually became know as the Sephardic Jews.

Today there is this controversy about who should be in possession and control of the Holy Land. Should it be Judah in Judea and Jerusalem, or should it be Esau’s mixed descendants? Today the Pope is seeking control of the holy places and the Papacy has never renounced its false claim as King of Jerusalem. The prophecy is not pretty. Like so many other Scriptures, the picture is of a land becoming devoid of grass, birds and even fish. There has never at any time in history been such a judgment upon the Holy Land. But YEHOVAH’s true nation Israel will return to a cleansed land, and will dwell secure without any enemies at all after all this destruction and cleansing by fire. Some might like to say that the grass, birds, fish and the fire are symbols, but they do not appear to be so. “Esh” is used of literal fire. This is to happen at Jerusalem! This is not the present situation in the State of Israel with a return to a land totally cleansed by fire happening first!

Amos 1:10-12: “But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah”.

This judgment upon Edom is the consequence of Esau’s anger which “Did tear perpetually against Jacob and for Edom’s wrath which he kept”. The destruction of Edom in prophecy is always by burning.

Isaiah 63:1-6: “Who is this that cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah, this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength...for the day of vengeance is in Mine heart, and the year of My redeemed has come...and I will tread the people down in My anger.”

Jeremiah 49:7-22: “Concerning Edom...for I [YEHOVAH God] will bring the calamity of Esau upon him the time that I will visit him...but I have made Edom bare...he shall not be able to hide himself”.

Edom is certainly hiding himself now and is an impostor in the Holy Land. Any serious study of the “re-gathering of Israel” will show that the timing factors are ignored in the majority of the books found in Christian bookshops. Edom does not seem to exist in all the popular books on prophecy that relate to end-time events. Neither does the time and the place of Edom’s destruction ever get a mention. If there is one major reason for this, it is because Edom is hiding himself as the latter Scripture says, and from his hidden position he promotes what must be a lie in saying that “the Jews” and Israel are one and the same people. This goes on to influence much New Testament doctrine and what is taught in the "Christian" denominations today.

Revelation 2:9: “I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan”.

Just as Satan wanted the Messiah to bow down and worship him, and as Lucifer (=Satan) wanted to be like YEHOVAH God and be worshipped, so Satan wants to be worshipped today. Yeshua refers to people calling themselves “Jews” (=“Ioudaios” or Judean) who “are not” as being of the synagogue of Satan. So the Messiah says Satan has a synagogue among peoples calling themselves “Jews” today. As the Messiah said in John 8:44 their father was, and still is, the Devil. Would there be a better place to start a deception, than to begin with the seed of Abraham? The Christian denominations still refuse to agree with the Messiah that the synagogue of Satan still exists and is active right through the church age against YEHOVAH’s true people.

The word, ”Jews,” cannot always be taken in the way that is commonly accepted. Modern international Jewry is primarily of Edomic or Japheth/Ashkenazic or Sephardic origin, and the Jewish Encyclopaedia agrees that “Edom is modern Jewry”. Edomites are not Israelites; it was Esau who sold his birthright. The descendants of Japheth cannot be Israelites. Neither are “Jews” of other races necessarily Israelites by race.

Modern Jewry relates to Edom, Khazaria, Zionism, World Government and the State of Israel -- but not to Biblical Israel! At the end of the age it will be the Edomite-Jewish association with their Babylonic enmity that will be burned by fire (Obadiah 1:16-18; Revelation 18:6-8).

But there is a final twist declared in Encyclopedia Judaica 1971 Vol. 10, p. 23:

This coincides with the cry, “anti-Semitism”. If Zionists began this late in history to pretend that they were Israelites or Hebrews, this confirms the hoax that suggests that “the Jews” as a general term are the Israel of the Bible.

There appears therefore, to be little scriptural or historical basis for consigning the prophetic designation of Israel to any other than a people known as Celtic/Anglo-Saxon/Nordic Christendom, YEHOVAH's Kingdom, in this era. And there is scant basis for supposing that YEHOVAH God considers His Israelite Christian people to be outsiders or gentiles who snuck in under Shem's tent, as it were. To refer again to the prophecy in Genesis 9:27, since a majority of the world's Jews have come and settled in Western Christian lands, it may be more correct to say that they are dwelling in our tents!

The fact remains that according to the clear word of YEHOVAH God, we of Israel are YEHOVAH's covenant people, "the children of Abraham," and the "heirs according to promise." These things were known to our Calvinistic and Covenanter forefathers, and should be known to us. Let's let our young people know that when they read about YEHOVAH's provision for His people Israel, that we are that people, the sheep of His pasture! Genesis 9:27 was truly prophetic of what we see in the Christian Israelite lands today!