Israel didn't exsist during his time, it was created as a homeland for the Jews after WWII am I right?...Your thoughts, please answer both the main question and/or the am I right question!
Thanks! Little Fluffball of Doom
2007-11-22 13:57:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay what I meant I guess was(I admit I had read wrong) Israel wasn't a COUNTRY until the '40's...sorry to waste your time good people.
2007-11-22 14:05:12 · update #1
The people Israel existed for thousands of years before WW2. The land was theirs as well. They reclaimed it in the forties.
Do a little research on Israeli history.
2007-11-22 14:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by TroothBTold 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Okay what I meant I guess was(I admit I had read wrong) Israel wasn't a COUNTRY until the '40's...sorry to waste your time good people.
First, understand the the answers given *are* addressing this point. Israel, in fact, normally refers to the descendants of Jaboc (Israel). In the most general terms, the "land of Israel" is the land where the descendants of Israel lived, and the "king" of Israel is the ruler of those descendants.
Second, there *is* another answer which seems more on point to your question. During the occupation/invasion of Canaan (and surrounding areas) by the Israelites, the land was divided between the (12) tribes. King Saul was the first king of this entire people and their land (the kingdom of Israel), and David took over afterwards. The largest section was controlled by the "combined" tribes Judah and Simeon, and David was of the tribe of Judah. When his son Solomon died, Solomon's son Rehoboam essentially demanded too many taxes from the Israelites. The 10 northern tribes broke away from Rehoboam, and so was born the 2 kingdoms - Judah and Israel. Rehoboam remained king of Judah (and Simeon), and the northern Kingdom of Israel chose one of their own tribesmen (a descendant of Saul) as king. The two kingdoms were either allies or at odds for roughly the next 350 years, at which time Assyria conquered Israel and then, shortly afterwards, Babylon conquered Judah. Thus, this first "nation" of Israel existed about 750-800 years, while a "kingdom of Israel" existed for about 350-400 years.
When Cyrus conquered Babylon, he gave permission for the Jews to return and rebuild their temple, and the kingdom of Judea (a subject nation of Persia) existed again. This lasted (under occupation during most of this period) until the Roman conquest (about 450-500 years), and even then Judea was considered a kingdom under Rome's authority. It wasn't until Rome destroyed Judea and enslaved the Jews, about 70 C.E., that a "nation of the Jews" again ceased to exist.
Thus, a true political nation of "Israel" existed for roughly 800 years, under control of one leader for roughly 350 years, while a Jewish nation in that very location (Judea) existed afterwards for roughly 600 years.
Kingdom of Israel map
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461532970/Kingdom_of_Israel.html
Judah and Israel map
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461532971/Kingdoms_of_Judah_and_Israel.html
Independent Judea (after the Babylonian captivity *and* after the death of Alexander the Great but prior to the Romans)
http://www.zionism-israel.com/maps/Palestine_Maccabees.htm
Roman Judea (and Samaria - the traditional land of the northern Kingdom of Israel, populated by "heathens" after the Assyrian captivity)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iudaea_Province
Interesting note: Samaria was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel (after the split with Judea), and the Samaritans (of renown) are people of this territory. Samaritans believe only in the 1st 5 books of the bible, which has (mostly) minor differences with the traditional Jewish Pentateuch.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-11-22 22:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually Israel was a country long before WWII. Israel was merely reorganized into a modern country in the 1940's.
2007-11-22 22:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by arikinder 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isreal was a nation (people group) since the time of Jacob (aka Israel).
Abraham lived about 2000 BC. One of his sons was Isaac. One of Isaac's sons was Jacob (who as called Israel). His descendants were called the Israelites.
Cordially,
John
http://www.GodSci.org
2007-11-22 22:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by John 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Israel was another name for Jacob, and the nation of Israel existed long before Israel.
In fact, G-d promised the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants through Isaac, an event which occured long before the birth of Jesus.
It is in the book of Genesis.
2007-11-22 22:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by kismet 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
The Jews are the descendants of Jacob who was named Israel by God
They kept the name and it later applied to all of Jacobs descendants....The twelve tribes of Israel
2007-11-22 22:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
the Word says that Jesus will
sit on the "throne of David" who was the King of Israel, and
that the throne of David will
be established forever. Don't
ask me to interpret all that,
we must wait and see.
2007-11-22 22:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isreal is used in several places in the old testament. It refers to the land that moses leads his people to.
Isreal also refers to the people themselves who have decended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
2007-11-22 22:03:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Dude, you need to read more. That is such a bad argument. Israel did exist in the time of Christ. It was occupied much as Iraq is now.
2007-11-22 22:03:05 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Oh brother, I hope you are kidding.
This is about the most ignorant question I have ever read on here.
2007-11-22 22:14:40 · answer #10 · answered by realchurchhistorian 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋