In Nazarene Israel we saw how there are Ephraimites in all countries, and yet the United States of America (USA) is the land promised to Joseph’s descendants. Genesis 49:26 tells us that Joseph’s descendants were to occupy the richest of all the lands. However, this land was also to be attacked and bitterly grieved by archers. As we will see in a moment, this is a reference to Ishmael, or the Muslim people.
B’reisheet (Genesis) 49:22-26
22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
23 The archers [i.e., Ishmael] have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.
24 But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty Elohim of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
25 By the Elohim of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
Genesis 21:20 says that Ishmael became an archer.
B’reisheet (Genesis) 21:20
20 So Elohim was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
During the Crusades, the Muslim armies were renowned for their archery. This may be why Muslim armies today like missiles, is that they are arrows in another form.
Iran has been working with North Korea on their nuclear program, and if North Korea has developed miniature nukes and nuclear miniature submarines, then Iran now as this technology also. This becomes a crisis for the US in that the Canadian government is now encouraging so much Muslim immigration that some jihadis now speak of taking over Canada. Therefore, when Jeremiah 50-51 calls for an array of armies to come against the land of Babylon from out of the north, in addition to Russia and China coming over the north pole, we also need to consider the possibility of Muslim archers launching nuclear missiles from Canada.
Jeremiah 50-51 indicates that this land is the USA, in that the USA is a resting place for large numbers of Jews and Ephraimites. When Babylon falls, these Ephraimites and Jews will join together and return home to the land of Israel. As we saw earlier, this will take place after Armageddon (the Wedding Feast).
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:1-5
1 The word that Yahweh spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 “Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim — do not conceal it — Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.’
3 For out of the north a nation comes up against her, Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein. They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast.
4 “In those days and in that time,” says Yahweh, “The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek Yahweh their Elohim.
5 They shall ask the way to Tzion, With their faces toward it, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to Yahweh In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’
The USA is the most likely candidate here, as it is home to so many Ephraimites and Jews. While it is blessed as a good nation in many respects, it also commits many sins. This is why verse 8 tells us to leave the land of Babylon, for Yahweh will raise up an assembly of great nations who will shoot arrows at her. Whether this is Russia and China, or Muslims in Canada, the command to move from the midst of Babylon is clear.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:8-10
8 “Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks.
9 For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder; All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says Yahweh.
In many translations, verse 12 describes Babylon as the least of the nations. It is correctly translated as last.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:12-13
12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed; She who bore you shall be ashamed. Behold, the least [last] [אחרית] of the nations shall be a wilderness, A dry land and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of Yahweh She shall not be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified And hiss at all her plagues.
In Hebrew the word is acharit (אחרית), and Strong’s Hebrew Concordance tells us that this refers to that which is last.
OT:319 ‘achariyth (akh-ar-eeth’); from OT:310; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity:
In Nazarene Israel we saw how America is also called the completion of the nations, and here it is referred to as the last of the nations to be formed. Both the land and its materialistic, imperial spirits must be brought down, so that Yahweh’s people will want to go home.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:17-20
17 “Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18 Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the Elohim of Israel: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 But I will bring back Israel to his home, And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days and in that time,” says Yahweh, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.”
America is called The World’s Policeman. Yahweh calls America “the hammer of the whole earth”, because while the red horse media portrays its actions as good and just, it secretly carries out the red horse Esau-Roman imperial military agenda.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:23
23 “How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;”
Verse 32 says a fire will be kindled in Babylon’s cities. This is what it will take to get Babylon to let Yahweh’s people Israel and Judah go.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:32-34
32 The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him.”
33 Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “The children of Israel were oppressed, Along with the children of Judah; All who took them captive have held them fast; They have refused to let them go.
34 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Verse 37 says Babylon is filled with mixed peoples. This does not refer to ethnicity, but to a mix of religions. This describes America, which teaches separation of religion and state, and even freedom from religion. Verse 38 describes Babylon as a land of carved images, which is insane with her idols. This typifies American greed and over-consumption.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:37-38
37 A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots, And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst; And they will become like women. A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.
In verse 42, this land is called the daughter of Babylon.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 50:42
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance; They are cruel and shall not show mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea; They shall ride on horses, Set in array, like a man for the battle, Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Isaiah also speaks of the punishment of the daughter of Babylon.
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 47:1
1 “Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate.”
Verse 6 tells us that Yahweh gave His people into Babylon’s hand, when He was angry with us.
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 47:6
6 I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
In the USA, the consumers are given to pleasures. Many still consider that they dwell securely, because of their military might.
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 47:8
8 “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’;”
This is the same as Revelation 18:7, where Babylon says, “I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.”
Hitgalut (Revelation) 18:7-8
7 “In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day — death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is Yahweh Elohim who judges her.”
Three verses earlier, Yahweh says that we should leave Babylon, so that we will not receive of her plagues.
Hitgalut (Revelation) 18:4
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”
This corresponds to Jeremiah 51:6-10.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 51:6-10
6 “Flee from the midst of Babylon, And every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For this is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance; He shall recompense her.
7 Babylon was a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon, But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
10 Yahweh has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Tzion the work of Yahweh our Elohim.”
Verse 13 identifies Babylon as a land that dwells on many waters, and which is abundant in treasures. This is an apt description of America.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 51:13
13 “O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your covetousness.”
Yet many Ephraimites and Jews live in America, and even though they are in disobedience, Yahweh still loves them. Here Yahweh tells us how He used Ephraimite America as His battle-ax and weapons of war.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 51:19-22
19 The Portion of Jacob is not like them, For He is the Maker of all things; And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance. Yahweh of hosts is His name.
20 “You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider; With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman; With you I will break in pieces old and young; With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden…”
Yahweh has used American Christians to fund many good and worthy works, including funding missionary works worldwide. American Ephraimites also support brother Judah in Israel financially and militarily. Yet the USA is also part of the Three Cities of Rome’s Empire. These are three cities-within-cities, all of which operate by the Roman legal code, Lex Fori. This is how we know they are all part of the Babylonian-Roman system. They are connected by global Illuminist-Masonic networks (otherwise called the Deep State).
As a nation, the USA uses its military power to enforce unfair economic agreements. For example, the Bretton Woods banking system uses the US dollar as its reserve currency. This means the USA gets to print more money than it would otherwise have, and the net effect is that the dollar becomes much more valued than other world currencies. This means American workers do not have to work as hard as foreign workers, for the same pay. This is an unfair advantage, and so is what Scripture would call “dividing the spoil with the proud.”
Mishle (Proverbs) 16:19
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
As we saw in earlier chapters, the Babylonian-Roman system also promotes destabilization activities outside its borders in support of Roman-style democracy. This is true even though Scripture condemns democracy. While kingship leads the people to rally around their Elohim and their king, voting divides the people into parties, like opposing camps. This leads to a condition Yeshua calls a “kingdom divided,” and He says that every such kingdom is brought to desolation.
Luqa (Luke) 11:17
17 But He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls.”
Because America is a democracy, outside powers are able to polarize the people into many camps, and they are all being pitted against each other. This is perhaps why Yahweh says to leave the divided land of Babylon, and her divided system of voting, before the civil war mentioned in verse 46.
Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 51:45-46
45 “My people, go out of the midst of her! And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of Yahweh.
46 And lest your heart faint, And you fear for the rumor that will be heard in the land (A rumor will come one year, And after that, in another year A rumor will come, And violence in the land, Ruler against ruler)…”
Micah 4:10 tells us that the daughter of Tzion (Ephraim) will dwell in Babylon, and that she shall be delivered from the field.
Micah 4:10
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Tzion, Like a woman in birth pangs. For now you shall go forth from the city, You shall dwell in the field, And to Babylon you shall go. There you shall be delivered; There Yahweh will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.
If there is to be civil war in America’s cities, and nuclear missiles on the cities later, and the Babylonian system is exploitative, then the best thing is to leave Babylon, and not take part in the spoils of oppression. However, for those who do not feel called to leave, the next best thing is to dwell in field (meaning in the countryside), where Yahweh will redeem His people.
There is much more we could say, but for those who love Yeshua, this is just one more incentive to take the Great Commission into all nations.
Mattityahu (Matthew) 28:19-20
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in My name*,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amein.
[*For why we immerse only in Yeshua’s name, please see “Immersion in Yeshua’s Name Only”, in Nazarene Scripture Studies, Volume Three.]