While looking for stuff to answer Brian's question about the KJB and the 12 Tribes of Israel, I came across this page:
"12 Tribes of Hate" which reads in part (pay special attention to the very last comments here):
"12 Tribes of Hate" which reads in part (pay special attention to the very last comments here):
- One thing that is becoming a common sight in New York City, my home town, is a group of right-wing Christians preaching hate that is rooted in their interpretation of the Bible.
These are the men commonly referred to as "the Black Israelites," the most prominent groups being the 12 Tribes, and the Israelite Church of Universal Practical Knowledge (UPK).
These men teach an absurd form of right-wing Christianity that comes off as the Black Nationalist version of the Christian Identity movement.
Their doctrine, at its most basic level, is a spin on the Bible, where the Israelites are the ancestors of modern day African and Latino Americans.
These are the chosen people of God, and the other nations are cursed. The main enemy are the Edomites, whom these groups argue are the people today referred to as "white."
This quick look into their various cults will show the idiocy behind these claims, and expose these alleged "prophets" as being men who are not at all acquainted with the text they claim to follow (i.e. the Bible).
The claim that the modern day so-called "white man" is Esau is derived from specific interpretions of Obadiah, and other books of the Bible, but rests most strongly on Genesis 25:25.
This verse informs us that Esau was "red" at birth, and based on this, the Black Israelite groups conclude that Esau, one of the most hated characters of the Biblical folklore, is the progenitor of
caucasians.
"The 'white' man isn't really white" they scream. "He's red!" The blood shows through the skin, due to lack of melanin, and thus they have proven Esau was the first white man.
....Of course, the 12 Tribers and the UPKers don't know Hebrew, so they don't know this.
In fact, they try to down play their inability to speak the original language that their folklore was recorded in by claiming that modern Hebrew is really Yiddish; they have created their own dialect, "Lashawan Kadash," which is a play on the Hebrew "Lashon Kodesh" (Holy Tongue).
Rather than referring to the Hebrew text, they rely solely on the King James translation of the Christian scriptures.
