A picture of the mysterious 1,348 ft. Serpent Mound near Peebles, Ohio. No one knows who built this prehistoric serpent effigy, but I think I may have a clue!
Lewis and Clark found Irish Indians
Ironically, when Meriwether Lewis (from the Lewis and Clark expedition) returned, Lewis was telling everyone that there were fair skinned Irish Indians in the American interior. If true this would give Ireland a claim to the Louisiana purchase and quite possible America itself. Mysteriously Lewis was soon murdered and many pages from his journal disappeared at the same time. Not to many years afterward the U.S. Army is credited with giving Smallpox blankets to the Mandan Indians reducing their numbers greatly.
Dan the pioneer of Israel, written in 1880 by Colonel JC Gawler. This is a book written about the travels of the tribe of Dan for those who wish to study this further.
Dan in the End time Prophecy
During the prophetic vision of Jacob-Israel in V. 18 Jacob states “I have waited for thy salvation, oh Lord.” I have looked at different commentaries and the explanations are all over the place. So I will throw my opinion into the mix. It's my belief that when Jacob was prophesying he saw something he didn't like and expressed something that he was seeing in his vision. Did he see the tribe of Dan conquering lands and renaming lands after their ancestor Dan, or did he see something that was to come in the final days relating to this tribe? We may not know at this time, but in the end of the age we will have a better picture. Some believe that the tribe of Dan will not enter the New Jerusalem when it comes to earth because the tribe is not specifically mentioned in Rev 7.
Dan in the New Jerusalem
In Chapter 7 of Revelation, the 12 tribes of Israel that will rule with Yahweh (Israel means to rule with God or to rule under God's law) does not include the tribe of Dan. There are three theories that exist that I know of. The first is that some how Dan was removed from the nation of Israel. I believe this is unlikely because the prophecy from Jacob specifically states that Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel V.16. The second possibility is that because Dan will judge the other tribes this may mean that Dan is to sit at the gates to judge the other Israelite tribes of the new Jerusalem and will not physically enter the city because of it. Another third possibility and is probably the reason that the tribe of Dan is not mentioned in Rev 7 is because the tribe of Dan was omitted through a translational error. The reason I say this is because Rev 7:6 mentions the tribe of Manasseh which is the son of Joseph and Manasseh came from the tribe of Joseph. Then in V. 8 it again mentions the tribe of Joseph itself. The idea behind this being an error is because the total number of Israelites that will rule from the New Jerusalem is 144,000 and the error of adding the tribe of Manassah instead of Dan means that one tribe had to be deleted to keep the total at 144,000 mathematically. So my opinion is the correct translation should have omitted Manassah and should have added Dan.
As always I encourage all to not just take my word for anything or anyone else's for that matter. I pray that all will take the time and study the Bible. Isaiah 28:10 Praise the Lord!
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