The Throne of David
The "throne" of David, - which is really the throne of Yahvah over His people: the Sons of Yaakob ("Jacob") - is still with us, and a descendant of David's is still ruling over the "Berith Ish" ("covenant people"- Hebrew) to this day! It's a long incredible story, but Yahvah's unconditional promise to David has not been broken, even though Solomon's throne and Yahroboam's ("Jeroboam's") ended, and David's regnal line through Rehoboam also supposedly ended with the deaths of Zedekiah and his sons in Yahudah's ("Judah's") Babylonian captivity!
2 Sam. 23:1 - "Now these be the last words of David, ... {Vs. 5} Yahvah ... hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure."
2 Sam. 7:12 - "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed (Solomon) after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. {Vs.:13} He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever. {Vs.14} I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: {Vs. 15} But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee. {Vs. 16} And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever."
Some have said that this refers to a re-establishment of David's kingdom and throne in the future resurrection, but this author disagrees. I will explain as we go on:
2Chron. 13:4 - "And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Yahroboam, and all 'Israel'; {Vs. 5} Ought ye not to know that Yahvah, Mighty-One of Yaakob gave the kingdom over Yaakob to David forever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt."
Psa. 89:3 - "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, {Vs.4} Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah."
Psa. 89:27 - "Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. {Vs. 28} My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. {Vs. 29} His seed also will I make [to endure] forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. {Vs. 30} If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; {Vs. 31} If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; {Vs. 32} Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. {Vs. 33} Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. {Vs. 34} My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. {Vs. 35} Once have I sworn by my 'holiness' that I will not lie unto David. {Vs. 36} His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me." {Vs. 37} It shall be established forever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."
Note carefully the stone around which the throne is constructed. The wooden structure means nothing. It is the "Lia-Fail" - "The Stone of Destiny", - also known as "Jacob's Pillar-Stone", which makes this beat-up old Coronation Chair so special. The "Divine Rights" of kings, especially those of Ireland, Scotland, and England, are all tied up in this incredible story, which has it's roots in the Writings of the Prophets; in secular history; and in the legends and myths of ancient Ireland. You may choose not to accept these conclusions, but I must lay out for you what I have learned, and have come to believe. Bear with me.
The story begins with Yirmayahvah's ("Jeremiah's") commission to the "nations" found in Jer. 1:5-10:
Jer 1:5 " 'Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.' Jer 1:6 Then said I, 'Ah, Yahvah! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.' Jer 1:7 But Yahvah said unto me, 'Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I [am] with thee to deliver thee, saith Yahvah.' Jer 1:9 Then Yahvah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And Yahvah said unto me, 'Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Jer 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.' "
2Ki 24:18 "Zedekiah [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2Ki 24:19 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of Yahvah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done."
Jer 39:1 "In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. Jer 39:2 [And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth [day] of the month, the city was broken up. Jer 39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [even] Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. Jer 39:4 And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. Jer 39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. Jer 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. Jer 39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon."
Jer 52:10 "And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah."
Jer 52:11 "Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death."
Here we see the end of the last king of Judah in the Regnal Line of David; his sons, the princes and the nobles; - effectively the end of the throne of David in Jerusalem. This happened in 585 BC. It is true that the former king Yahconyahvah (Jeconiah) was still alive in captivity, and was even restored as a vassal king after 37 years, but, Yahvah had this to say about 'Coniah's Regnal Line:
Jer 22:24 "[As] I live, saith Yahvah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; Jer 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand [of them] whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jer 22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. Jer 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. Jer 22:28 [Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? Wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? Jer 22:29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yahvah. Jer 22:30 Thus saith Yahvah, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah."
Zerubabel, Yahconyahvah's grandson, later became governor under Cyrus' decree, but neither he, nor any of his descendants ever occupied the throne. This effectively ended the Pharez line of rulership over the Tribe of Yahudah, and was the apparent end of David's regnal line!! As you will see, though, it was not the end!
Before I continue with the story of Yirmayahvah's commission, I must give a brief aside about the "breach" between the twin sons of Yahudah:
Gen 38:27 "And it came to pass in the time of [Tamar's] travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb. Gen 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. Gen 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, 'How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee': therefore his name was called Pharez. Gen 38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Now, Pharez became the father of the Regnal Line, and his sons became the carriers of the scepter promise clear through to Zedekiah. History shows that Zarah's tribe became wanderers, and emigrated to the north within the confines of the Scythian nations. Their descendants eventually migrated to Ireland in the days of king David. The tribe of Zarah was never a part of the Assyrian or Babylonian captivities, having long since left the "promised land", although they, by rights (the scarlet thread!), should have been the inheritors of the scepter promise! Zarah had been brought low by the "breach", while Pharez was raised up. As we shall soon see, that seeming injustice had a purpose in Yahvah's intricate plan!
Here are just a few important prophecies concerning the future of the ("Lost") Northern Ten tribes of Yaakob:
Amo 9:8 "Behold, the eyes of the Yahvah [are] upon the sinful kingdom, ('Israel') and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the House of Yaakob, saith Yahvah. Amo 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the House of 'Israel' among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth."
2Sa 7:10 "Moreover I will appoint a place for my people 'Israel', and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, ..."
1Ch 17:9 "Also I will ordain a place for my people 'Israel', and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more (until the 'gathering' in the last day.); neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, ..."
Psa 89:25 "I will set his hand (The Scepter!) also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers."
Jer 3:11 "And Yahvah said unto me, 'The backsliding 'Israel' hath justified herself more than treacherous 'Judah'. Jer 3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding 'Israel', saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith Yahvah, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever."
Jer 3:18 "In those days the House of 'Judah' shall walk with the House of 'Israel', and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers."
Isa 49:1 "Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far ..."
Isa 49:12 "Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim." ("Sinim" is Australia, believe it or not!)
Jer 31:7 "For thus saith Yahvah; 'Sing with gladness for Yaakob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Yahvah, save thy people, the remnant of 'Israel'. Jer 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. Jer 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to 'Israel', and Ephraim [is] my firstborn. Jer 31:10 Hear the word of Yahvah, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered 'Israel' will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock.' "
Isa 41:1 "Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment."
Isa 41:8 "But thou, 'Israel', [art] my servant, Yaakob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend."
Now take a look at these twin prophecies concerning Yahudah:
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 'Judah' shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: Isa 37:32 For out of 'Jerusalem' shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of Yahvah of hosts shall do this. 2Ki 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 'Judah' shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 2Ki 19:31 For out of 'Jerusalem' shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of Yahvah [of hosts] shall do this."
Here is a prophecy so important that it is repeated twice in the scriptures, word for word.
Before I continue, I must make a point about the Prophet Ezekiel, and his mission to "The House of 'Israel' " (not Yahudah):
Eze 17:1 "And the word of the Yahvah came unto me, saying, Eze 17:2 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the House of 'Israel'; (Note: Ezekiel was a captive in Babylon, and the "House of 'Israel' " had long since been carried away by the Assyrians!) Eze 17:3 And say, Thus saith Yahvah; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: Eze 17:4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. Eze 17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed [it] by great waters, [and] set it [as] a willow tree. Eze 17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. Eze 17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. Eze 17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. Eze 17:9 Say thou, Thus saith Yahvah; Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. Eze 17:10 Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew. Eze 17:11 Moreover the word of Yahvah came unto me, saying, Eze 17:12 Say now to the rebellious house (Yahudah), Know ye not what these [things mean]? tell [them], Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, (Zedekiah and his sons) and led them with him to Babylon; Eze 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: Eze 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, [but] that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. Eze 17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape that doeth such [things]? Or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? Eze 17:16 [As] I live, saith Yahvah, surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Eze 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with [his] mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: Eze 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape. Eze 17:19 Therefore thus saith Yahvah; [As] I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. Eze 17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. Eze 17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I Yahvah have spoken [it]. Eze 17:22 Thus saith Yahvah; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an high mountain and eminent: Eze 17:23 In the mountain of the height of 'Israel' will I plant it (Note: This is not speaking of the "promised land", but of the new "place of safety" where Yahvah has planted Ephraim.): and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. Eze 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I Yahvah have brought down the high tree, (Pharez) have exalted the low tree, (Zarah) have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I Yahvah have spoken and have done [it]."
Here we find Ezekiel's prophecies of the first half of Yirmayahvah's mysterious commission to the House of 'Israel', wherein the Pharez line of the throne is broken in Babylon with the death of Zedekiah and his sons. But take note of (Vs. 22): "a tender young twig", the importance of this will soon be seen.
Eze 21:25 "And thou, profane wicked prince of 'Israel', (Zedekiah) whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end, Eze 21:26 Thus saith Yahvah; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high. Eze 21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. (Note: A descendant of Zarah!)
Now, I shall continue with the astounding story of Yirmayahvah's mission to heal the "breach" between the twin sons of Yahudah, and to replant the "tender twig" and the throne of Yahvah in the British Isles!!
Jer 39:11 "Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning 'Jeremiah' to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, Jer 39:12 'Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.' Jer 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; Jer 39:14 Even they sent, and took 'Jeremiah' out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. Jer 40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, 'Yahvah hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Jer 40:3 Now Yahvah hath brought [it], and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against Yahvah, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. Jer 40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which [were] upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land [is] before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.' Jer 40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, [he said], 'Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go.' So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. Jer 40:6 Then went 'Jeremiah' unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land."
Jer 41:2 "Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. Jer 41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, [even] with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, [and] the men of war."
Jer 41:10 "Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that [were] in Mizpah, [even] the king's daughters, (Zedekiah's daughters!) and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. Jer 41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, Jer 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that [are] in Gibeon. Jer 41:13 Now it came to pass, [that] when all the people which [were] with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, then they were glad. Jer 41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. Jer 41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. Jer 41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that [were] with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after [that] he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, [even] mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: Jer 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, Jer 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land."
Now, Yohanan soon replaces Ishmael as leader, and he and his captains appeal to Yirmayahvah:
Jer 42:2 "And [they] said unto Yirmayahvah the prophet, 'Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto Yahvah, [even] for all this remnant; for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us: Jer 42:3 That Yahvah may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.' "
Yirmayahvah tells them:
Jer 42:15 "And now therefore hear the word of Yahvah, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith Yahvah of hosts, the Mighty-One of Yaakob; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die."
As usual, the supplicants refuse to listen to the Man of Yahvah:
Jer 43:2 "Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Yohanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Yirmayahvah, 'Thou speakest falsely: Yahvah hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: Jer 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.' Jer 43:4 So Yohanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Yahvah, to dwell in the land of Judah. Jer 43:5 But Yohanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of 'Judah', that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of 'Judah'; Jer 43:6 [Even] men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Yirmayahvah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. Jer 43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of Yahvah: thus came they [even] to Tahpanhes."
Yirmayahvah warns them again:
Jer 44:11 "Therefore thus saith Yahvah of hosts, the Mighty-One of 'Israel'; 'Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all 'Judah'. Jer 44:12 And I will take the remnant of 'Judah', that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. Jer 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished 'Jerusalem', by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: Jer 44:14 So that none of the remnant of 'Judah', which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of 'Judah', to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.' "
Now Baruch was Yirmayahvah's constant companion and secretary. Here we should note Yahvah's promise of protection to Baruch:
Jer 45:1 "The word that Yirmayahvah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Yirmayahvah, in the fourth year of Yahoiakim the son of Yosiah king of Judah, saying, Jer 45:2 'Thus saith Yahvah, the Mighty-One of Yaakob, unto thee, O Baruch; Jer 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Yahvah hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. Jer 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Yahvah saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. Jer 45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Yahvah: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
The image above shows one of the most remarkable finds in archeological history. This is a "bulla" bearing the name of Baruch, son of Neryahvah. The fingerprint of Yirmayahvah's scribe can clearly be seen on the petrified wax seal.
Once again, the twin prophecies:
Isa 37:31 "And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 'Judah' shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: Isa 37:32 For out of 'Jerusalem' shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of Yahvah of hosts shall do this."
2Ki 19:30 "And the remnant that is escaped of the house of 'Judah' shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 2Ki 19:31 For out of 'Jerusalem' shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of Yahvah [of hosts] shall do this."
In Ezekiel's parable above we have seen that Yahvah had promised to plant this remnant in the "Mountain of the height of 'Israel'." Where was "Israel" as Yirmayahvah and Baruch set out to complete their mission? The sons of Zarah had long since been established in Ireland, with a kingly line of their own. They had later been joined in the "Islands of the sea" by some of the "Lost Ten Tribes". The tribe of Dan (the "Tuatha de Danaans") set the waymarks to the Northwest all the way to Britain throughout Europe. The Danites had the habit of naming every place they settled after their patriarch. Look at a map of Europe, and you will see the "Serpent's Trail" leading from Palestine to Ireland everywhere you look. Yitsaac's sons (the Saxons!) completed the long migration of the inheritors of the "birthright promise": Ephraim and Manasseh into Britain and Ireland. It is to Ireland that Yirmayahvah and Baruch brought the daughters of Zedekiah.
Now, we must pick up the story in the ancient annals of Irish lore. In 569 BC, an elderly, white haired "saint" came to Ireland with Tea-Tephi, the princess daughter of an eastern king, and his companion, Simon Brach (or, Breck; Berech; Berach). With this royal party was a prince of Ireland who had been in Yahrushalim at the time of the siege. This prince and heir to the throne of Zarah in Ireland had married Tephi, and they had had a son, the grandson of Zedekiah, now about twelve.
Along with the royal family, Yirmayahvah, the elderly "saint", also brought with him a harp; an ark; and the "Lia-Fail".
The son of Tea-Tephi and her prince "Herreman" now healed the "breach" between Pharez and Zarah (...a royal title, this "Herreman" is not to be confused with an even earlier "Herreman" - son of Ith).
The royal dynasty of Herreman and Tephi's "seed"; (and David's!) has continued unbroken to this day, though it was moved in turn to Scotland and finally to England. The old Coronation chair itself is no longer in Westminster Abbey, but has been returned once again to Scotland, where it will likely remain until David is raised again to claim Yahvah's throne, according to His promise!
In the meantime, Yahvah's word to David remains unaltered, and his "seed" has indeed been on the "throne" of the "Sons of Yaakob", - the "Covenant People" (Berith-Ish) throughout the generations!