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If you can not get your head around the FACT that the Church, The Jewish Remnant, The Tribulation Saints, and the Old Testament Saints are ISRAEL, then you need to really study the KING JAMES BIBLE for yourself and not listen to REPROBATES like Andy Woods and the literally thousands of other false teachers.
Start here Homework Assignment: Read Genesis Chapter 17 carefully and then read and compare Romans Chapter 4 and Galatians Chapter 4. Focus specifically on Genesis 17:7 and Romans 4:16. The land of Israel in future prophecy is for the TRUE ISRAEL and National Israel today is only the Prestage gathering to bring "UNREPENTENT - STIFF NECKED ISRAEL" into the Time of Jacob's Trouble - Daniel's 70th Week - The Tribulation. After the true Jewish Remnant comes out (only 1/3 ZECHARIAH 13:9) , they will join the Church, The Tribulation Saints, and the Old Testament Saints at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb Revelation 19 and REIGN WITH JESUS CHRIST in the Millennial Kingdom. The current state of National Israel are only the caretakers of this land acting as tenant caretakers - husbandmen (READ MATTHEW 21 Husbandmen Parable) tending land before the true ISRAEL inhabits our land.
Just because a so called Jew claims the inheritance by DNA through their mother, this does NOT mean anything, but what counts is IF a jew or gentile is CIRCUMSIZED IN their heart. Romans 2:29
“But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
You tell me Saints.
In Acts chapter 8, Simon the sorcerer, reputed to be one of the first false converts in the early church, ushered in the leaven of Gnosticism. Augustine of the Rome Harlot, later wove this vain philosophy of man into Romish doctrines.
Wait till you see the symbol used. Ie the six pointed star, and its meaning.
Fascinating is that this symbol appears not only throughout the Vatican, and on the Popes little hat, (Vatican meaning “diving serpent” in Latin) but also it appears on ISRAEL's NATIONAL FLAG.
GOD Forbid!
The same serpent motif appears throughout the Vatican and in London and other masonic lodges, which of course, are all presided over at the top by Rome coadjutors and their banking arm.
“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.”
King James Version (KJV)
Acts 7:43
“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
c. 1300, "to condemn, curse," also "to destroy utterly;" from Anglo-French confoundre, Old French confondre (12c.) "crush, ruin, disgrace, throw into disorder," from Latin confundere "to confuse, jumble together, bring into disorder," especially of the mind or senses, "disconcert, perplex," properly "to pour, mingle, or mix together," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + fundere "to pour" (from nasalized form of PIE root *gheu- "to pour").
From mid-14c. as "to put to shame, disgrace." The figurative sense of "confuse the mind, perplex" emerged in Latin, passed into French and thence to English by late 14c. The Latin past participle confusus, meanwhile, became confused (q.v.). The meaning "treat or regard erroneously as identical" is from 1580s. also from c. 1300
Once again, we find our credentialed and highly esteemed by his apostate peers, Dr. Andy Woods stick his foot in his mouth and spew more lies referencing his perverted bible translation regarding the STAR OF DAVID.
Yes, Dr Woods we who study our King James Bible without our credentials from apostate seminaries mock you... Yes, Dr Woods, Satan get thee behind me. What does the Bible say about Andy Woods using a perverted Bible NASB and literally change take away from God's word. I wrote Dr Woods a 3 page letter warning him. Now here he is telling us about doctrines of demons. Cry😢. I know you keep following after those that teach out of perverted bibles. Always learning and never coming to an understanding. Going to expose this duo. The so called Jewish star of David is two inverted Pyramids .. 666 This is no coincidence. Shame on you Dr Woods for detracting and diverting the truth and gravity of Acts chapter 7 in the context Stephen was talking. True Israel is not National Israel but rather the final gathering of the Jews for the time of Jacob’s Trouble and the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ to reveal the True Israel. = The Church + The True Remnant of Jews (only 1/3 of Jews ) The Tribulation Saints and the Old Testament Saints. Amen!
Brannon House of WVW This REPROBATE pumps up Andy as the great man with all the credentials and all the ones who disagree are the low life children of Satan "Satanists" that grab a microphone and a computer.
THE LORD REBUKE YOU BRANNON HOUSE
THE LORD REBUKE YOU ANDY WOODS
You are both judged and marked in the name of Jesus Christ. You are both the same as the Pharisees that stoned Stephen the same as the lost Pharisees that mocked and rebuked Jesus Christ. You call us children of /Satan the same manner the Pharisees CALLED Jesus of Satan. John 8:42-47 KJB.
HOW DARE YOU call us who read our King James Bibles as being under demonic activity for calling out National Israel. The Pharisees did the same to Jesus and Paul and Stephen and the apostles. All God's children, his true remnant are under persecution.
As John Bunyon - the author of Pilgrims Progress wrote, "those who Satan hates are counted as his friends and his those whom he loves are counted as his enemies."
National Israel today is NOT God's people of scriptures.
The reasons you can't see the truth is because the TRUTH is not in you but you are as your father the devil. John 8:42-47 KJB
Dear Saints - I set before you 2 altars and ask you to allow the SPIRIT OF TRUTH to reveal the truth behind this question of the STAR OF DAVID ON THE FLAG OF ISRAEL:
STAR OUT OF JACOB = Jesus Christ Numbers 24:17 KJB
Stephen was chosen by the 12 disciples, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost and anointed as a deacon of the early church.
It was his miracles and power of the Holy Spirit that raised attention to him and most likely because of his power to persuade and grow new converts to the new church, the Religious Jews hated him in the way they did Jesus Christ and the Devil moved them abruptly to put him to death.
No doubt the same high priest that presided over Stephen's council was the same Caiaphas - THE HERODIAN NOT in the bloodline of Aaron appointed high priest of God but of the Roman government that presided over the trial of Jesus Christ.*
Stephen's POWERFUL sermon to the council has been examined over the ages as profound. I personally believe it is equal to the spiritual power delivered by Paul in the book of Hebrews, specifically chapters 11 and 12. FAITH and the NEW JERUSALEM - MILLENIAL KINGDOM.
The deeper I have studied this sermon, I believe it is the same SHOCK and AWE of Hebrews*
Stephen is literally saying, "Hey, Ya'll think you are Israel because you call Abraham and Moses your father and Patriarch, but allow me to speak and let you in on a little secret: YOU AINT ISRAEL CUZ you denied the MESSIAH.
(Background: Look at sweet conversation between Jesus and the Pharisees in John 8 KJB. Read with me.)
Let me make clear what God has been making clear from the Patriarchs as follows:
ABRAHAM - living as a HEBREW -A Pilgrim in a strange land the Father of the Church and of the Jewish Remnant.* See my study on who is ISRAEL.
JOSEPH - Rejected by his brethren, A stranger in a strange land marries an Egyptian, type and shadow of Jesus Christ.
MOSES - rebuked and rejected by the people raised in a strange land as an Egyptian.
God clearly calls people OUTSIDE the places most revered by the JEWS* See study notes below by Matthew Miller at Stack Exchange "God calls people outside the temple and the Holy Land.
(1) God calls people outside the temple and the Holy Land.* See notes below
FOCUS ON VERSE 43
Why?
I SET BEFORE THE READER 2 ALTARS* May the Holy Spirit reveal the TRUTH by FIRE - the cleansing of his WORD - Jesus Christ within you- The Spirit of Truth John 16:13 KJB
Israel's Flag today represents the STAR out of Jacob - The Messiah = Jesus Christ.
Stephen puts ISRAEL - UNREPENTENT Stiff necked (see notes below on the meaning of stiff necked) ISRAEL on report as YOU who hate Jesus Christ and do not recognize him as the Messiah but rather looking for the coming Messiah - which they will embrace the false messiah - See Daniel 9:24-27, Zechariah 13:9, Isaiah 10:22, 50:1, Hosea 1:10,11, Revelation 2:9, 3:9.
This clearly identifies the present state of Israel today. A nation is represented by a flag, a nation declaring itself as a Jewish Nation of God's chosen people claiming a land given to them by their Patriarch Abraham. But take heed you false prophets and apostate teachers the land promised to Abraham is to ISRAEL the real true ISRAEL who is The Church, The Jewish Remnant (true Jews), The Tribulation Saints, The Old Testament Saints.
Read Romans 9-11 (Paul addressing the Jewish Remnant in the future Tribulation - heed Romans 10:9,10 and see that it does NOT harmonize with the GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJB; Read Acts 2:21 (Peter addressing the Remnant in the future Tribulation) Joel 2:32 (Joel addressing the Jewish Remnant in the future Tribulation)
God's amazing sense of humor is the star they use brings them into judgement which is coming soon to bring them into Daniel's 70th Week aka The Time of Jacob's Trouble aka The Tribulation.
Stephen declared the state of Israel's forefathers as STIFF NECKED (referring to an ox not submitting to the yoke) who worshipped and chased after strange gods as proven by Solomon and his wives bringing in the Canaanite god - and Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor - Numbers 25:3.
The Star on Israel's flag is NOT the so-called Star of David and is certainly NOT of God, but rather the STAR OF REMPHAN. Acts 7:43.
See notes below.
Is NOT the star out of Judah as prophesied by Balaam the false prophet which God did allow him to point to the MESSIAH - A Star out of Jacob. Numbers 24:17.
When reading Numbers 24 we must read Numbers 25 for the entire picture. Balaam the false prophet for hire is given the true vision of the Messiah, and immediately afterwards we're shown the DOCTRINE OF BALAAM that leads Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor - Numbers 25:3.
“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
The story of the prophet Balaam is perhaps one of the quirkiest in the Old Testament. It begins as the Israelites are encamped on the border of Moab, ready to conquer the land. Balak, the king of Moab, decided that he had to take drastic action to stop this happening.
In desperation, Balak contacted Balaam, a foreign prophet who lived in what is now Iraq. Balak proposed that in exchange for money, Balaam would use his magical powers to curse the Israelites. Balaam told Balak’s messengers that he wanted to sleep on the idea.
However, God spoke to the prophet in the night to warn him not to curse his people, so he decided against the idea. However, he did agree to travel to meet King Balak. While he was on the journey, an angel appeared on the road to block his path. Unlike Balaam, the donkey he was riding was able to see the angel. The animal retreated in fear and then lay down.
Unaware of why the donkey had stopped, Balaam struck the poor beast to try to get it moving again. God then enabled the donkey to speak – to give Balaam a telling-off! Only then was the prophet able to see the angel, and after apologizing for striking his animal, was allowed to go on his way.
On arriving in Moab, he was met by King Balak, who asked him again to curse the Israelites. But God spoke to Balaam, instructing him to bless them instead. After he did so three times, the Spirit of God inspired Balaam to utter a series of prophecies. One was of a distant figure who would come to save Israel: “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near — a star shall come out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel.”
From the very beginning of the Church, this was understood as a reference to the future arrival of Christ. In particular, the “star” was understood to refer to the star followed by the Magi on their journey to meet the newborn Christ in Bethlehem."
"That he knew the knowledge of the Most High; this is added here. A man may be full of the knowledge of God and yet utterly destitute of the grace of God, may receive the truth in the light of it and yet be a stranger to the love of it. 4. That he saw the vision of the Almighty, but not so as to be changed into the same image. He calls God the Most High, and the Almighty; no man could speak more honourably of him, nor seem to put a greater value upon his acquaintance with him, and yet he had no true fear of him, love to him, or faith in him, so far may a man go towards heaven, and yet come short. II. Here is his prophecy concerning him that should be the crown and glory of his people Israel, who is,1. David in the type, who not now, not quickly, but in process of time, should smite the corners of Moab. (v. 17), and take possession of Mount Seir, and under whom the forces of Israel should do valiantly, v. 18. This was fulfilled when David smote Moab, and measured them with a line, so that the Moabites became David' servants, 2 Sa. 8:2. And at the same time the Edomites likewise were brought into obedience to Israel, v. 14. But, 2. Our Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah, is chiefly pointed at in the antitype, and of him it is an illustrious prophecy; it was the will of God that notice should thus be given of his coming, a great while before, not only to the people of the Jews, but to other nations, because his gospel and kingdom were to extend themselves so far beyond the borders of the land of Israel. It is here foretold,(1.) That while: "I shall see him, but not now; I do see him in vision, but at a very great distance, through the interposing space of 1500 years at least." Or understand it thus:-Balaam, a wicked man, shall see Christ, but shall not see him nigh, nor see him as Job, who saw him as his Redeemer, and saw him for himself, Job 19:25, 27. When he comes in the clouds every eye shall see him, but many will see him (as the rich man in hell saw Abraham) afar off. (2.) That he shall come out of Jacob, and Israel, as a star and a sceptre, the former denoting his glory and lustre, and the bright and morning star, the latter his power and authority; it is he that shall have dominion. Perhaps this prophecy of Balaam (one of the children of the east) concerning a star that should arise out of Jacob, as the indication of a sceptre arising in Israel, being preserved by a tradition of that country, gave occasion to the wise men, who were of the east too, upon the sight of an unusual star over the land of Judea, to enquire for him that was born king of the Jews, Mt. 2:2. (3.) That his kingdom shall be universal, and victorious over all opposition, which was typified by David's victories over Moab and Edom. But the Messiah shall destroy, or, as some read it, shall rule over, all the children of Seth. (v. 17), that is, all the children of men, who descend from Seth, the son of Adam, the descendants of the rest of Adam's sons being cut off by the deluge. Christ shall be king, not only of Jacob and Israel, but of all the world; so that all the children of Seth shall be either governed by his golden sceptre or dashed in pieces by his iron rod. He shall set up a universal rule, authority, and power, of his own, and shall put down all opposing rule, 1 Co. 15:24. He shall unwall all the children of Seth; so some read it. He shall take down all their defences and carnal confidences, so that they shall either admit his government or lie open to his judgments. (4.) That his Israel shall do valiantly; the subjects of Christ, animated by his might, shall maintain a spiritual was with the powers of darkness, and be more than conquerors. The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits, Dan. 11:32. III. Here is his prophecy concerning the Amalekites and Kenites, part of whose country, it is probable, he had now in view.1. The Amalekites were now the chief of the nations (v. 20), therefore Agag was spoken of (v. 7) as an eminent prince, and they were the first that engaged Israel when they came out of Egypt; but the time will come when that nation, as great as it looks now, will be totally ruined and rooted out: His latter end shall be that he perish for ever. Here Balaam confirms that doom of Amalek which Moses had read (Ex. 17:14, 16), where God had sworn that he would have perpetual war with Amalek. Note, Those whom God is at war with will certainly perish for ever; for when God judges he will overcome. 2. The Kenites were now the securest of the nations; their situation was such as that nature was their engineer, and had strongly fortified them: "Thou puttest thy nest (like the eagle) in a rock, v. 21. Thou thinkest thyself safe, and yet the Kenites shall be wasted (v. 22) and gradually brought to decay, till they be carried away captive by the Assyrians," which was done at the captivity of the ten tribes. Note, Bodies politic, like natural bodies, though of the strongest constitutions, will gradually decay, and come to ruin at last; even a nest in a rock will be no perpetual security. IV. Here is a prophecy that looks as far forward as the Greeks and Romans, for theirs is supposed to be meant by the coast of Chittim, v. 24.1. The introduction to this parable; this article of his prophecy is very observable (v. 23): Alas! who shall live when God doeth this? Here he acknowledges all the revolutions of states and kingdoms to be the Lord's doing: God doeth this; whoever are the instruments, he is the supreme director. But he speaks mournfully concerning them, and has a very melancholy prospect of these events: Who shall live? Either,(1.) These events are so distant, and so far off to come, that it is hard to say who shall live till they come; but, whoever shall live to see them, there will be amazing turns. Or, (2.) They will be so dismal, and make such desolations, that scarcely any will escape or be left alive; who shall live when death rides in triumph? Rev. 6:8. Those that live then will be as brands plucked out of the fire, and will have their lives given them as a prey. God fit us for the worst of times! 2. The prophecy itself is observable. Both Greece and Italy lie much upon the sea, and therefore their armies were sent forth mostly in ships. Now he seems here to foretell,(1.) That the forces of the Grecians should humble and bring down the Assyrians, who were united with the Persians, which was fulfilled when the eastern country was overcome, or overrun rather, by Alexander. (2.) That theirs and the Roman forces should afflict the Hebrews, or Jews, who were called the children of Eber; this was fulfilled in part when the Grecian empire was oppressive to the Jewish nation, but chiefly when the Roman empire ruined it and put a period to it. But, (3.) That Chittim, that is, the Roman empire, in which the Grecian was at length swallowed up, should itself perish for ever, when the stone cut out of the mountain without hands shall consume all these kingdoms, and particularly the feet of iron and clay, Dan. 2:34. Thus (says Dr. Lightfoot) Balaam, instead of cursing the church, curses Amalek the first, and Rome the last, enemy of the church. And so let all thy enemies perish, O Lord!
There is no reference to the Star (or shield) of David in the Bible. There are several rabbinical tales as to the origin of the Star of David. These range from the star being the shape of King David’s shield, to being the symbol on King Solomon’s signet (seal) ring, to being an invention of Bar Kokhba, the Jewish leader who led what is known as the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in A.D. 132. Mekubbalim (followers of Kabbala) claim that the symbol has magical powers. There is no explicit historical or archaeological support for any of those claims.
It was customary for the idolaters of all nations to carry images of their gods about them in their journeys, military expeditions, etc.; and these, being very small, were enclosed in little boxes, perhaps some of them in the shape of temples, called tabernacles; or, as we have it, Acts 19:24, shrines. These little gods were the penates and lares among the Romans, and the tselems or talismans among the ancient eastern idolaters. The Hebrew text seems to refer to these when it says, the tabernacle of your Molech, and Chiun, your images, צלמיכם tsalmeycem, your tselems, τους τυπους, the types or simulachres of your gods. See the note on Genesis 31:19. Many of those small portable images are now in my own collection, all of copper or brass; some of them the identical penates of the ancient Romans, and others the offspring of the Hindoo idolatry; they are from an ounce weight to half a pound. Such images as these I suppose the idolatrous Israelites, in imitation of their neighbors, the Moabites, Ammonites, etc., to have carried about with them; and to such the prophet appears to me unquestionably to allude.
I will carry you away beyond Babylon - You have carried your idolatrous images about; and I will carry you into captivity, and see if the gods in whom ye have trusted can deliver you from my hands. Instead of beyond Babylon, Amos, from whom the quotation is made, says, I will carry you beyond Damascus. Where they were carried was into Assyria and Media, see 2 Kings 17:6; : now, this was not only beyond Damascus, but beyond Babylon itself; and, as Stephen knew this to be the fact, he states it here, and thus more precisely fixes the place of their captivity. The Holy Spirit, in his farther revelations, has undoubted right to extend or illustrate those which he had given before. This case frequently occurs when a former prophecy is quoted in later times." Source: here
There is a great deal of speculation on what the star was. Some suppose it to have been Saturn because of the worship of the Egyptians and Arabs. Its Coptic name may have been Remphan, or a form thereof. But in Hebrew it was apparently Chiun. An excerpt from Gil's Exposition:
"and Chiun is indeed, by Kimchi and Aben Ezra (h), said to be the same with Chevan, which, in the Ishmaelitish and Persian languages, signifies Saturn; and so does Rephan in the Egyptian language: and it is further to be observed, that the Egyptians had a king called Remphis, the same with Apis; and this may be the reason why the Septuagint interpreters, who interpreted for Ptolomy, king of Egypt, put Rephan, which Stephen calls Remphan, instead of Chiun, which they were better acquainted with, since they both signify the same deity, and the same star; and which also was the star of the Israelites, called by them because supposed to have the government of the sabbath day, and therefore fitly called the "star of your god". " Source: here
Mostly intended to be a type or form of their idolatry.
That Stephen called them stiff-necked (proud, not bowing before God) and uncircumcised (not of the true circumcision of the faith of Abraham) in verse 51, countered all that they believed and angered them greatly (vs 54, 57). Their history of turning away from God, fornicating with idols and making treaties with idolatrous nations caught up with them. God destroyed their temple in A.D. 70 just as Christ and Stephen told them He would.
If you examine the so-called ‘Star of David,’ or hexagram, closely, you discover something astonishing. It has six points, forms six equilateral triangles, and in its interior forms a six sided hexagon. Thus, it has been intentionally designed with a 666 message. God specifically warns against this kind of thing in His written word. Christians and Jews must not look to or dabble in the occult, not even for fun and entertainment.
The star was mentioned and condemned by the God of Israel in Amos 5:26 and it was called by Him, the star of your god, Moloch' or otherwise calledChiun'. Reference to Amos 5:26 and the Israelites having it in the wilderness was also made in Acts 7:43. Here it was called the Star of Remphan. All these names refer to the `god' Saturn. The hexagram was brought to the Jewish people by Solomon when he turned to witchcraft and idolatry after his marriage to Pharaoh's daughter in 922B.C. It became known as the Seal of Solomon in Egyptian magic and witchcraft. David had absolutely nothing to do with the hexagram and that star most certainly did not, in any way, represent God's people. Solomon gave himself up to satanic worship and built altars to Ashtoreth and Moloch (Saturn).
The Star of Remphan is a serious, deep end times study of thousands of years-old prophecies from the Bible, and it is relevant today because some of it has been fulfilled already and some will be fulfilled in the near future. Our subject today is the Jews in the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great Tribulation and the covenant with death and Hell that the Jews will make with Antichrist.
where did it come from originally?
The Star of Remphan is a serious, deep end times study of thousands of years-old prophecies from the Bible, and it is relevant today because some of it has been fulfilled already and some will be fulfilled in the near future. Our subject today is the Jews in the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great Tribulation and the covenant with death and Hell that the Jews will make with Antichrist.
The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia declares that the six-pointed star—according to the star-worshipping Rosicrucians—was known to the ancient Egyptians. The religion of the ancient Egyptians is known to have consisted preeminently of sun-worship. Moses sternly warned the Israelites against worshiping the sun, moon, stars, and all the host of heaven.
Deuteronomy 4:19 And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
Moses' warning was emphatic. The prohibition of making and worshiping any image of that which is in heaven above emphasizes the stars and implies also the other celestial bodies.
The six-pointed star can be traced through the worship of Ashtoreth (also known as Astarte, meaning ‘star’) and Chiun and Remphan (meaning 'star') from the Egyptians before King Solomon's time.
The first biblical mention of an idolatrous star among the Israelites is in the 8th century BC, mentioned in Amos 5 regarding their trek from Egypt to Canaan. God is thinking back and talking them about what had transpired.
Amos 5:25-27 "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? You also carried Sikkuth [i.e., tabernacle of Moloch, the god to which they sacrificed children] your king and Chiun, [i.e., a pagan deity] your idols, the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves. Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus," says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
It cannot be determined whether this star is the occult six-pointed star we know today as the Star of David; nevertheless, this verse does establish that the worship of pagan gods used a star or stars to symbolize them.
Regarding star worship, the Jewish Encyclopedia says,
This is perhaps the oldest form of idolatry practiced by the ancients. The observation of the stars in the East very early led the people to regard the planets and the fixed stars as gods. The ancient Israelites fell into this kind of idolatry, and they had the image of Siccuth and Chiun, “the star of their gods.” The star of the pagan deity Chiun is generally believed to represent the planet Saturn.
In the book The History and Practice of Magic, Volume 2, the six-pointed star is called the talisman of Saturn. The obverse side has the five pointed star, commonly called the pentagram; and the reverse side has the Seal of Solomon with the hexagram at its center. The hexagram is also known as the "King’s Star" in astrological circles, and was an important astrological symbol in Zoroastrianism. It was also used by the Druids during the highest Sabbath of occultists and witches, now called “Halloween.” The hexagram is also found in Arabian magic and witchcraft through the Middle Ages.
The Shield or Star of David is not mentioned in rabbinic literature at all. Notably, not a single ancient archeological proof exists as yet concerning the use of this symbol in the Holy Land in ancient times, even after King David. It has been noted in two isolated cases in the 3rd century AD: on a Jewish tombstone at Tarentum, in southern Italy, and it was used in the Capernaum synagogue in the same century.
The earliest Jewish literary source which mentions it is the 12th century Eshkol ha-Kofer, written by the Karaite Jewish scholar Judah Hadassi. He writes,
Seven names of angels precede the mezuzah: Michael, Gabriel, etc…. YHWH protect thee! And likewise the sign called “David’s shield” [the Star of David] is placed beside the name of each angel.
The name “Star of David” originated in the 13th century in Kabbalah—the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible—where it is a magic symbol associated with the pentagram. It is very commonly known that the pentagram is directly associated with witchcraft and occultism.
The star symbol continues down through the occult to the Jewish Mayer Amschel Bauer, who, in the 18th century, changed his name to depict the red six-pointed star (or shield) which he had hung on his door in Germany, and thus began the family of the “Red Shield” or Rothschild. Also, several Rothschild descendants have the star of David on their coat of arms. They were a Jewish family, but it is not a symbol of Judaism.
The Rothschilds were instrumental in raising up the Zionist Movement in 1896, in funding its activities, and then forcing the occultist leaders of Israel in 1948 to adopt the hexagram as their national symbol.
The “Star of David” was adopted by the First Zionist Congress (in 1897) as a symbol, and it is seen on the flags of the Zionist Organization and of the State of Israel.
There is no biblical evidence, whether Scriptural or archeological, that the so called ‘Star of David’ is a God-given symbol for the Israelites (or, more specifically, the Jews). The Israelite view of God under Moses, which permitted no images of God, was and still is, opposed to the acceptance of any symbols to represent God, and neither the Bible nor the Talmud condones them.
There is extensive evidence that the ‘Star of David’ originated in very ancient occult practices and continues to occupy a place in those practices today. Sadly, this practice is prevalent within Judaism and Christianity today. It is an interweaving of occult mysticism with the Holy Scriptures.
The so-called ‘Star of David’ is essentially a hexagram, nothing more, nothing less. There is no biblical, archaeological or Jewish evidence that traces this ancient occult symbol to king David of Israel.
Some Orthodox Jewish groups reject the use of the hexagram Shield of David because of its association with magic and the occult. They do not recognize it as a Jewish symbol.
If you examine the so-called ‘Star of David,’ or hexagram, closely, you discover something astonishing. It has six points, forms six equilateral triangles, and in its interior forms a six sided hexagon. Thus, it has been intentionally designed with a 666 message. God specifically warns against this kind of thing in His written word. Christians and Jews must not look to or dabble in the occult, not even for fun and entertainment.
Witches, magicians, mediums or sorcerers will not guide you in your walk with God, neither will “good luck charms” protect you. And we are certainly not to use their symbols as representative of God or His People.
