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The Real Semitic People
The Real Semitic People
“Semitic” refers to language families (Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, etc.).
By strict biblical lineage, the Semitic peoples of Canaan/Palestine, including the Israelites, were Middle Eastern, not European.
Palestinians and other local groups actually carry closer genetic continuity to the ancient inhabitants of the land.
👉 This underscores NAMs main point: the biblical “House of Israel” were Semitic descendants of Jacob, not European converts centuries later.
Mesehti wooden model soldiers Grand Egyptian Museum
Approx. 2050-1980 BCE
40 Egyptian spearmen
40 Nubian Archers
“I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me..." -Song of Solomon 1 5-6
Semitic People: Who Are They Really?
Semitic People: Who Are They Really?
The word Semitic refers first to language families: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. The biblical Israelites were Semitic. The ancient Canaanites, Arameans, and Arabs were too. By blood and language, the peoples of Palestine and its surrounding lands today preserve more continuity with those ancient Semitic roots than the Europeans who later migrated there.
This is where modern confusion lies:
The Israelites of the Bible were Middle Eastern, Semitic descendants of Jacob.
The modern State of Israel (1948) was birthed by the Balfour Declaration (1917) and British Mandate politics. It is not the same as Jacob’s household, but a political entity established in the 20th century.
Why This Distinction Matters
Why This Distinction Matters
The Bible’s promises, covenants, and prophecies were spoken to a family line—not to a colonial project or a modern invention. When we read “Israel” in the scriptures, we must ask: are we thinking of Jacob’s children, or a political state created thousands of years later?
To blur this line is to risk confusing covenant with politics, prophecy with nationalism. To clarify it is to restore the story to its roots.
The term used today "antisemitic" takes on a new meaning when one understands the true origin of these people who “...say they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.” - Revelation 2:9
The Rise of Modern Judaism
The Rise of Modern Judaism
Fast-forward to the last two millennia:
After Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE, Jewish communities scattered across the world.
Converts joined these communities, and entire new identities formed.
Ashkenazi Jews (Central and Eastern Europe), Sephardic Jews (Spain, Portugal, North Africa), and Mizrahi Jews (Middle East and Persia) became the three major cultural groups.
While they all identify as Jews, their ancestry is diverse. The Ashkenazi, who later became the majority of world Jewry, trace much of their development to Western and Eastern Europe—not to ancient Judah.
Who are the Modern Jews?
Ashkenazi Jews → Originated in Central/Eastern Europe (Germany, Poland, Russia). Many scholars trace their ancestry to converts and diaspora communities.
Sephardic Jews → From Spain, Portugal, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Mizrahi Jews → Long-standing Jewish communities in Iraq, Yemen, Persia, etc.
👉These groups are very diverse, and while many identify as descendants of Israel, the direct biblical lineage is complicated, mixed, and highly debated.
Ashkenazi Jews refers to "Jewish" settlers from Germany who originated in Eastern Europe.
"I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."-Revelation 2.9
"Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."- Revelation 3:9
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