As an Israeli artist, I find myself astonished by the
ignorance of the masses regarding the ancient history of
the Jewish nation while promoting fabricated history in
the name of "Liberation" or various political agendas.
This newsletter is dedicated to the pieces of Jewelry I've
made that were inspired by ancient artifacts from the
ancient kingdom of Israel/Judea. In a way, it is also a
fulfillment of an ancient prophecy.
The
Ancient Kingdom of Judea
So, though it's impossible to summarize 3500 years of
history, I'll do my best. Here we go…
First of all, the State of Israel is not a "safe haven"
for Jews. It is simply the ancient homeland of the Jewish
nation known as Judea, the Land of Israel or Zion. The
land here is literally "soaked" with millions of
artifacts, monuments, and even cities from thousands of
years of Jewish history.
The Israeli nation is the twelve tribes that cultivated
this land as one nation, the Israeli nation that later
became the Jewish nation after Israel "assimilated" with
the tribe of Judah; thus, this land became known as Judea,
and its people are the Jews/Judeans. The Jews/the Israeli
nation were an agrarian culture. That is why most Jewish
festivals and religious holidays are linked to the most
important times in the annual agricultural events, such as
harvesting (for example, the Sukkot holiday, also known as
Hag Ha'Asif - the harvesting holiday). So, there is an
unbreakable connection between Judaism and this piece of
land, the Land of Israel.
As a matter of fact, at every Jewish wedding for the past
2000 years, the groom takes a symbolic oath to remember
and rebuild Zion/Jerusalem, and in every prayer book (a
"siddur"), you will find prayers that commemorate the
longing for the return of the Jewish nation to Land of
Israel.
The name Palestine was given to the kingdom after the
second revolt against the Romans between 132 -136 AD when
the Romans changed the name of the province of Judea to
Syria Palaestina in order to eradicate the memory of Judea
after the failed rebellion, though some Jewish communities
remained in various locations such as the galilee the
majority were slaughtered or sold as slaves.
The land became part of various empires and was actually
mostly desolated with some Jewish and Arab communities
mostly in the major cities such as Jerusalem Jaffa and
Safed, that is because it was just a minor part of each
empire, so there was no independent state (Arab or Jewish
for that matter) for almost two millennia up until 1948.
These are a few pieces of jewelry that are based on
ancient artifacts from ancient Israel/Judea:
The Lion's Cub of Judah
Based on ancient seals from the 8th century BC from the
kingdom of Israel, which later became the kingdom of
Judea. This specific seal was found in Megiddo in 1904. It
was a jasper seal bearing the name of "Shema Slave of
Jeroboam" (the king of Israel). I've used the same ancient
Hebrew Phoenician fonts so that the Hebrew words say: "Gur
Ariye Yehuda"- The Lion's Cub of Judah; that is because
the Lion's Cub was also the symbol of the tribe of
Judah, as can be found in the ancient blessing/prophecy of
Israel (Jacob) in the book of Genesis to his sons on his
deathbed. " Judah, your brothers will praise you; your
hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's
son will bow down to you. You are a lion's cub, Judah."
It symbolizes courage, faith, grace, and the fulfillment
of the ancient prophecies.
The Rebel's Pendant and Ring
Based on Jewish coin that were stamped between 66-73 AD
during the Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire.
The ancient Priestly blessing pendant ring and
bracelet:
Here is an interesting story about
resurrection:
Between 1963 and 1965, excavations at Herods's palace on
Masada revealed a cache of date palm seeds preserved in an
ancient jar. They had experienced a very dry and sheltered
environment for millennia. Radiocarbon dating confirmed
the seeds dated from between 155 BC to 64 CE. The seeds
were held in storage for 40 years until Dr. Sarah Sallon
came up with the initiative to germinate some ancient
seeds. Eventually, in 2005, she and her friend Dr. Elaine
Solowey managed to sprout several seeds. Nowadays, these
trees, which became extinct centuries ago, are already
bearing fruit, and the ancient date palm of Judea is alive
again.
The ancient prophecies predicted that the Jewish nation
would return to its ancient homeland and that the lost
tribes would return (that actually happened when the
Ethiopian Jews were brought back (Israel was the only
nation in history that actually fought to rescue
communities of black men and women and bring them as free
people), and they are the descendants of the tribe of Dan,
or Jews from India who returned to their ancient homeland
and they are the descendants of the tribe of Manasseh.
Last but not least, the silver coin at the bottom was
stamped after the failure of the first rebellion and
depicts a Roman soldier standing above a Jewish captive
with the words "Judaea Capta" occupied Judea. Well, I hope
that's not going to happen again. Judaea Liberata.
Thank you,
Have a Blessed Day
David and Ka-Gold Team
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