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NORDIC ANTIQUITIES:

ANCIENT NORTHMEN HISTORY reveals Origins of Goths ...

Records of Ancient Scandia show trail back to Israelites

The origins of the NORDIC PEOPLES (and early Ancient Northmen) has long
been a mystery to most of those of Western Civilization. As the story usually
goes, Europe was supposedly in depths of the Dark Ages during the rise of the
Ancient Scandinavians, so we usually have very little real information on what
actually went on then. So, Nordic Antiquities has remain a clouded issue for
centuries.

Even worse, with the commonly held Mediterranean prejudice of modern
historians, nobody really seems to care what went on, up North, either! It is a
part of history that many feel is better off forgotten (and just swept under the
carpet).

However, for us of the Nordic RETURN (and others descended from these Ancient
Northmen), this time period of Nordic Antiquities is extremely fascinating! And,
though complete histories cannot be found, what scraps of records that can be
uncovered provide a most tantalizing picture. There is a whole world and a great
civilization just waiting to be discovered here--and uncovered for the world to
see! So, let us begin to look.

THE SCANDIA ERA - THE GOLDEN REIGN OF IVAR VIDFADMI

The reign of IVaR ViDFahDMy (or Ivar Vidfadmi) is held, by legends, to be
the Golden Age of Ancient Northmen (much in the same way that Camelot and the
reign of King Arthur is held to be the Golden Age of Britain). This Scandia Era
was approximately in the mid to late 600s A.D. (while Arthur is now placed at
about 480 to 520 A.D.--a good century, earlier).

According to the sagas of Nordic Antiquities, and the Ancient Northmen
legends (and probably reasonably close to actual history) holds that IVaR
conquered the 12 Kingdoms (or major Nordic Tribes) of the Northern Nations or
Nordic Peoples, subduing all of Scandia under his reign--and eventually most of
Northern Europe (including the British Isles), and a good deal of Western
Russia, too. So, as his name implies, he really was a far-grasper or
wide-ranger!

(Incidently, the legend also holds that he married 12 Princesses, one from
each of the 12 Northern Nations he conquered--what a romancer and womanizer!
And, as he seems to have had numerous children thereby, his descendansts keep
popping up on the Thrones of other Countries in the Region for centuries
afterwards.)

And, at about this time, the form of the great Viking Longships came into
being, along with their far ranging trade network (for by 700, they were more
than well known abroad).

Needless to say, this wonderful Golden Era of Scandia is all but buried and
forgotten these days. Or, villified in the historical accounts of the rest of
Europe as mere barbarianism or Paganism. (But, we, of the Northmen Movement,
will remember it! And honor it! And we would hope that Our fellow Vikings and
Nordics will also.)

THE ANCIENT SCANDIA FAITH - Messianic History?

The modern media is fond of poking fun at the so called Paganism (and
barbarianism) of the Northmen (Vikings), the founders of modern Scandinavia (and
Northern Europe).

However, what true facts that can be found of this early Era greatly dispute
that view! IVaR ViDFahDMy (or Ivar Vidfadmi) was unquestionably Christian, for
the flag that he developed according to the legend (a version of which is still
flown by all the Scandinavian Nations, today) features the Cross of Christ (in
varying color combinations). Moreover, what shreds of evidence that can be found
on him verify his strong Judeo-Christian Faith (much in the same way that King
Arthur is well established in historical records as being a Christian King).

So, how come the typical sterotype of Pagan Vikings, then? Well, actually,
there does appear to be something of a logical, historical explaination for
that. History shows that as Revivals come and go, people get on fire for their
Faith for one or two generations and then they cool off in the next three or
four, so by the fifth generation, they are often terribly backslidden and
perhaps even returned to Paganism. Thus, while the Scandia Era of Ivar Vidfadmi
seems to have had a great Revival of the Faith in around the 600s A.D., by the
800s and 900s (when the Vikings were attacking Western Europe), this had waned
and their religious fever had cooled off.

Moreover, there appears to have been a split then among the Ancient Northmen
or People of Scandia at this time. The Judeo-Christian ones (of the more Hebrew
style heritage) tended to migrate Eastward with the VaRayNGeYaNs or Varangians
into the Lands of RuRRiK or Rurrik (Ancient Russia). But, on the other hand, the
Pagan ones tended to raid (and then settle) Westward, into the rest of Western
Europe (which we are more familiar with).

Thus, most Western History is tainted with a slanted view that all Northmen
(Vikings) were Pagans, because that was what mainly came their way in the West.
But, what about the Eastern Vikings?

KAZARIA AND THE MESSIANIC VARANGIANS

The ancient legends tend to support the fact that RuRRiK was also of the
Judeo-Christian Faith (and that he was also a descendant of IVaR). And, there
are suggestions that a great Revival also broke out among his followers in
Ancient Russia (in the mid to late 800s). But, as the shreds of evidence become
more clear as the records of history get more detailed (as time progressed), we
begin to see that the VaRayNGeYaNs or Varangians (Russian Vikings) were
Messianic (Jewish-Christians)! Which, in turn, would suggest that the Ancient
Northmen (before them--Scandia) were also Messianic. How can this be?

Well, one of the most dramatic evidences is that KaZahReYa or Kazaria shows
signs of orginally being something of a Messianic State, though in its later
stages, in slid into more of a totally Jewish State. It began in around the 700s
A.D. and lasted until about 1100 and its domain stretched from the North Coast
of the Black Sea all the way to the gates of China, laying astride (and
controlling) the Silk Road. Most notable, its founder or rulers were reputedly a
descendant(s) of IVaR, too. (Yes, not only did he get around to all the ladies,
but his sons seem to have gotten around a lot, as well!) So, the Messianic
thread, seems to run all the way back into those dimly recorded Golden Days of
his. Thus, Scandia and the Ancient Northmen must have been Messianic, too!

Is this possible? How could the Ancient Northmen or Scandia (the Peoples of
Nordic Antiquities) have been converted and become Jewish-Christians (or
Messianics)?

THE APOSTLES AND MESSIANIC MISSIONARIES

In tracing this Messianic thread of the Ancient Northmen, we need to go
all the way back to the original Apostles. Without question, Jesus or Y'Shua was
Jewish. Corespondingly, most of HIS original followers were also Jewish. And,
when they travelled to spread the Good News, they tended to go to other Jews.
So, though Paul's missionary work among the Gentiles (in Greece and Rome) is
well known today in the West, the Messianic missions of the other Apostles have
basically been ignored or forgotten.

Perhaps the most famous of these, that we have record of, is Joseph of
Arimathea. Being a Saducee or Son of Zadok, he was very wealthy and as the rich
young ruler, was recorded in the Scriptures (Luke 18:18-23). But, in his later
days, history shows that he forsook his wealth and went as a missionary to
Britain to establish the early Celtic Church there. The end results of his work
was that King Arthur was reportedly one of his descendants, not to mention the
long history of the Christian Kindgom of Britain.

In a similiar manner, other Messianic missionaries seem to have gone directly
Northward, from the Holy Land, into the Lands of Ancient Russia and Eastern
Europe, shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. These workers appear to
have penetrated all the way to Scandia, making converts and bringing Revival
there among the Ancient Northmen (the Peoples of Nordic Antiquities). Some of
the later ones (in following centuries), we even have some famous names of--such
as the followers of Arius and the Nestorians. Now, while these Nordic groups
were condemned as heretics by the Mediterranean (Southern) or Latin churches
(mainly because they would not accept the immaculate conception of Mary nor her
Divinity), they found ready followers in these areas of Northern and Eastern
Europe, among the so called Goths. Thus, the Goths, also, appear to have become
Messianic, as well, through these missions!

What? How could the Goths or GahTSK have become Jewish-Christians (or
Messianics)?

THE ABRAHAMIC ORIGINS OF THE HEBREW GOTHS

So, then, as we trace this Messianic (or Jewish-Christian) thread back,
we have to ask, just who were the Goths (the Ancient Northmen of Nordic
Antiquities)?

The word Goth or GahTSK comes from Got or Gudt, meaning God. Thus, these were
the Ancient Northern Peoples of God. And, from what we can find out about their
social life and customs, they appear to be a Hebrew Peoples, walking in the Laws
of God--Israelites. So, were they Jewish?

The answer to this lies even farther back in the dim recess of Ancient
History (beyond Nordic Antiquities). And, to establish their foundation we need
to turn to the Bible. As you may recall, Abraham was married to Sarah who
produced Isaac and then Jacob, from who the Jews claim descent. But, he also had
a slavegirl named Hagar, who bore him Ishmael, from which the Arabs (and
Muslims) claim descent. Now, he also had a concubine, named Keturah, who bore
him a whole batch of children (Genesis 25:1-6 and I Chronicles 1:32).

Yet, the children of Keturah were sent away by Abraham into the East (Genesis
25:6) and many settled in Northern Mesopotamia (which became Assyria). But, a
branch of them, the Midianites, stuck around in the Sinai, and there Moses
stayed with them (with Jethro, their Head-Priest) and was set on fire by the
Revival that the Midianites were having then! Thus, Revivals tend to follow
these Peoples. (And their history is very closely bound up with ancient Hebrew
History.)

THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL - Northern Peoples of God (Goths?)

Then, as Moses brought the children of Israel to the Holy Land and they
established the Kingdom of Israel, the Revival cooled off. As centuries passed,
the Israelites slid away from God and the Kingdom was split in two: the Northern
Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. And, for their rebellion
against God (mainly Idolatry), HE gave the Israelites (or Northern Kingdom) over
to conquest by the Assyrians and they were carried away as captives and served
as slaves for the Assyrians.

Now, the Descendants of Keturah, who were also living in Assyria at this
time, bought extensively of these Israelite slaves and mingled with them to form
a new People of God (or GahTSK)--the Ancient Goths.

(NOTE: Incidently, the Southern Kingdom of Judah endured for many more
generations, but eventually slid into idolatry, too, and was subsequently
conquered and carried off to Babylon, where they formed into what became the
Jews--those of Judah. Consequently, this split Kingdom of Israel still
experiences rivalries between the Northern and Southern branches, today.
However, they are ALL Hebrew Peoples or Israelites in God's eyes! And,
consequently, Our brothers in the Faith of Abraham--that is Believers in
monotheism.)

Next, from Assyria, the GahTSK or Goths then migrated Northward, to the
Northern Coast of the Black Sea, and from there, on up the Rivers into Eastern
Europe and Russia. By Classical Times (Greco-Roman), they were firmly
established in the Baltic Region and Scandinavia, as the Svear. And, there, they
became the founders of the Ancient Northmen (later, Vikings)--and hence, modern
Scandinavia (and other Northern Nations or Nordic Peoples).

Now, here, history becomes more clear and we have something of a record of
migration. For, the Visigoths or Western GahTSK as Messianics (from the
missionary works above), swept over Western Europe at the collapse of Rome
(circa 400s A.D.), destroying what they called were Pagan and Idolatrous
heresies of the Latin Church (which had then mixed the Roman gods with the
Faith, not to mention the issue of the Magna Mater--Mary's godhood). For,
historically, the Latins had fallen into what, theologically, is called a
syncretistic heresey: mixing local Pagan beliefs and gods with Orthodox and
Scriptural teachings. Consequently, the Latins countered, labling the Goths as
Arian heretics (as they denied Mary's godhood) that must be rooted out and
destroyed. (Ah, such name calling among brethren!)

Also, later, the Ostrogoths or Eastern GahTSK, pushed into the Balkans and
even came to settle in Northern Italy, attempting to purge the Latin church of
its heresies.

Then, later still, the Yugogoths or Southern GahTSK went Eastward and help
develop Kazaria (discussed, above, in about the 700s).

That left the Norigoths or Northern GahTSK in the Baltic and Scandinavia.
These Goths, or Northern Peoples of God, developed into Ivar Vidfadmi's Scandia
and then into the Ancient Northmen (or Vikings)--thus the trail of Nordic
Antiquities becomes clear.

Therefore, as the track of history shows, the Northmen or Nordics (and
Vikings), from their descent from the earlier Goths or GahTSK, are Hebrew
Peoples or Isrealites, similiar to the Jews (and Arabs).

*** THE MEANING OF NORDANITY ***
This concept, that the Northmen or
Nordics (Vikings) are the MAIN trunk of the Descendants of the Northern Kingdom
of Israel, is referred to as Nordanity. And, it is one of the key elements of
Our Northmen RETURN. For, we hold that the Northern Nations were once Hebrew
Peoples (or Israelites)--the Northern Peoples of God (Goths or GahTSK). And, we
(NORDESEL) are now trying to bring them back to God, once again. For, this is
the Nordic ShuVaH or RETURN (or Northmen Renewal), prophesied about in the Holy
Scriptures (Jeremiah 16:14-15). And it also fits with the RETURN of the
Assyrians (Isaiah 19:23-25), too!

(NOTE: While we share something similiar of this Judeo-Christian Theology
with the so called Christian Identity Movement, our interpretations of it are
quite different. Christian Identity tends to see themselves as a pure race and
becomes rather White Supremacy orientated--and a good deal anti-Semitic as well.
However, NORDESEL sees themselves as a mixed race, cosmopolitan Nation, composed
of many Peoples and various racial groups--and tends to be rather Philo-Semitic!
The main difference here seems to be that Christian Identity see Nordics as the
ONLY branch of the Northern Kindgom of Israel. Whereas we of NORDESEL see
Nordics as the primary branch, but lots of other Peoples got mixed in along the
way--and it was a long and twisted trek from the Holy Land (with many smaller
branches going all over the world)! And ALL of them are more than welcomed and
adopted into us!)

GahTSK or GOTHIC REVIVALS - TIME AGAIN?

Thus, as we have seen, the Goths or GahTSK are Hebrew Peoples, descended
from Abraham, much like the Jews and Arabs (or Muslims). And, as such, these
Northern Peoples of God have tended to have a variety of Revivals or RETURNS to
God down through their history. For they tend to walk in the Faith of their
fore-father, Abraham (and hold firmly to the belief in a ONE TRUE GOD, as
opposed to Paganism and its polytheism).

Now, we have covered the Revivals of the Messianic Missionaries in the 100s
A.D. And, we have seen the Great Revival of Ivar Vidfadmi and his Scandia Era in
about the late 600s. Then, in about the 1000s, the Roman Catolic Church was
blooming (cleaning up their previous problems) and brought a Revival among these
Northern Peoples, also. Moreover, in around the 1500s, the Protestant
Reformation broke out (as the Catholics backslid), finding fertile soil among
the Nordics and bringing in the Lutheran Revival among them. So, as you can see,
in recent history, there have been Revivals or RETURNS to God among these
Peoples about every 500 years.

Now, as we are rounding the year 2000, isn't it time for another Revival
among these Northern Peoples?

Well, that is exactly our point! Now, is the time for the Northern Peoples or
Nordics to get revived again--to get on fire for serving God, put away their
idols and false gods, and make their RETURN to God and His Ways.

So, won't you yield to that moving of God's Spirit in your heart? Let your
the conscience of your heartstrings tug on the reins of your mind. Hear God's
cry to RETURN!

And, come with us -- back to God...

RETURN, Oh Israel!

Come back to the Lord!

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