The Luck Of The Irish
What is better than the luck of the Irish?
When I was in middle school, one of my classmates wore a green tee-shirt with the words, "Erin Go Braugh", emblazoned under a four leaf clover on Saint Patrick's day. I asked him what, "Erin Go Braugh" meant, and he told me "Go with the luck of the Irish". I did not know any Gaelic at the time so I took his word for it. (Actually, it literally means "Irish until Doomsday".)
"Go with the luck of the Irish" seems to be a rather ironic statement considering the history of Ireland in general. It turns out that "Go with the luck of the Irish" is an American expression that came about during the California gold rush when a disproportional amount of Irish prospectors found gold. Most Americans did not like Irish people at the time and contributed any success that Irish people had to luck rather than hard work and ingenuity. Of course, that has long changed now that many Americans of every color have Irish ancestry somewhere in the mix. After all, America is the great melting pot.
The Irish came to America from Ireland but where did they come to Ireland from? Most of the Irish, along with the Scots and Welsh came from an ethnic group known as the Celts. The Celts first invaded the British Isles and Ireland from the main land of Europe around 500 BC. There were obviously other people there before the Celts but the Celts came to dominate the entire area to the point of the culture of the original natives disappearing completely. They were apparently assimilated into the the Celtic culture through intermarriage since modern day DNA shows that many people in Ireland share a non-Celtic ancestry with people in the Basque region. Nonetheless, the people of Ireland, Scotland, Welsh and certain minorities in England today identify themselves as being Celtic. There is Celtic music, Celtic literature, and efforts to keep Celtic languages from going extinct. Of course, the granddaddy of all things Celtic is Celtic Christianity which gave the Celtic people the tools like writing to preserve all things Celtic and generally brought peace between the historically warring Celtic clans.
Where did Celtic Christianity come from?
Contrary to popular belief, Saint Patrick was not Irish and he was not Catholic. He was not even named Patrick until he began his work in northern Ireland. His birth name was "Patricius". He was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Ulster in northern Ireland at age sixteen where he became a shepherd. He spent six years in slavery during which time he learned the language and culture of northern Ireland. He then escaped using a plan that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) showed him in a dream and went back home to the southern most part of present day Scotland that had been controlled by the Romans for a brief time. He was actually of Roman and British ancestry. He later had a dream where a man from Ulster (northern most part of Ireland where he had been enslaved) begged him to bring Christianity to the people of Ulster. He returned to Ulster after completing his education that had been disrupted by his slavery.
He then explained Christianity using everyday objects to the people of Ulster leading to the many of the ideas of Celtic Christianity. For example, the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) was explained as being like a wild goose because like the wind people did not know where they came from or where they were going. Also the relationship between the Father of Truth, the Man of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) and the Spirit of Truth was explained as being like a three leaf clover that had three parts but one substance. This is the most important symbol of Celtic Christianity that is the basis for the Celtic cross that is usually on Irish gravestones. Patrick remained working among the Irish of Ulster and Connacht in northern Ireland until his death during which time he taught them how to read and write. This was very important because the Bible as well as extensive Celtic literature was preserved in Ireland during the great chaos that ensued in mainland Europe with the fall of the Roman Empire. Within one hundred years, the Celtic animism of northern Ireland had been totally replaced by Celtic Christianity. Patrick was declared to be the patron Saint of Ireland by the Catholic church years after his death even though he was not even Catholic. Even to this day, most of northern Ireland is not Catholic. There is no more truth to idea that Saint Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland than there is to catching a leprechaun will get you a pot of gold.
If Saint Patrick was not the first to bring faith in the Man of Truth to Ireland, then who was?
About the same time that Patrick went to northern Ireland, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius to Munster and Leinster in southern Ireland prevent the Catholics that were already there from falling into a heresy known as Pelagianism. In fact, Catholicism had made its way into southern Ireland by the time of Ciaran the Elder who was the first bishop of Ossory in southern Ireland. The Irish born Ciaran the Elder died before Saint Patrick was born. However, even he was not even close to being the first in Ireland to tell people about the Man of Truth for there were already believers there when he arrived along with enough Catholics in Ossory to warrant a bishop to oversee them. Faith in the Man of Truth had brought to Ireland by other Celts from the mainland of Europe by perhaps 200 AD or even earlier.
Where did these Celtic merchants and sailors get their faith in the Man of Truth that they shared?
The Book of Truth (aka The Bible) tells that story. That story begins with who the Celts were in the first place and where they came from. The Jewish historian Josephus, who was born a few years after the Man of Truth was crucified, tells us that the Celts were a subgroup of the Galatians that settled in a land called Cilicia (pronounced "Kel-ik-ee-ah" in New Testament Greek). The Galatians were called Galatians by the Greeks because their skin color. The Greek word translated as Galatian literally means "milk white skin". Josephus says that the people that Greeks called Galatians were called the descendants of Gomer by the Jews. The Jews had kept track of these things because they were entrusted with the Word of God (Romans 3:1-2). Gomer was the son of Japheth who was the son of Noah (Genesis 10:1-2).
When I was in middle school, one of my classmates wore a green tee-shirt with the words, "Erin Go Braugh", emblazoned under a four leaf clover on Saint Patrick's day. I asked him what, "Erin Go Braugh" meant, and he told me "Go with the luck of the Irish". I did not know any Gaelic at the time so I took his word for it. (Actually, it literally means "Irish until Doomsday".)
"Go with the luck of the Irish" seems to be a rather ironic statement considering the history of Ireland in general. It turns out that "Go with the luck of the Irish" is an American expression that came about during the California gold rush when a disproportional amount of Irish prospectors found gold. Most Americans did not like Irish people at the time and contributed any success that Irish people had to luck rather than hard work and ingenuity. Of course, that has long changed now that many Americans of every color have Irish ancestry somewhere in the mix. After all, America is the great melting pot.
The Irish came to America from Ireland but where did they come to Ireland from? Most of the Irish, along with the Scots and Welsh came from an ethnic group known as the Celts. The Celts first invaded the British Isles and Ireland from the main land of Europe around 500 BC. There were obviously other people there before the Celts but the Celts came to dominate the entire area to the point of the culture of the original natives disappearing completely. They were apparently assimilated into the the Celtic culture through intermarriage since modern day DNA shows that many people in Ireland share a non-Celtic ancestry with people in the Basque region. Nonetheless, the people of Ireland, Scotland, Welsh and certain minorities in England today identify themselves as being Celtic. There is Celtic music, Celtic literature, and efforts to keep Celtic languages from going extinct. Of course, the granddaddy of all things Celtic is Celtic Christianity which gave the Celtic people the tools like writing to preserve all things Celtic and generally brought peace between the historically warring Celtic clans.
Where did Celtic Christianity come from?
Contrary to popular belief, Saint Patrick was not Irish and he was not Catholic. He was not even named Patrick until he began his work in northern Ireland. His birth name was "Patricius". He was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Ulster in northern Ireland at age sixteen where he became a shepherd. He spent six years in slavery during which time he learned the language and culture of northern Ireland. He then escaped using a plan that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) showed him in a dream and went back home to the southern most part of present day Scotland that had been controlled by the Romans for a brief time. He was actually of Roman and British ancestry. He later had a dream where a man from Ulster (northern most part of Ireland where he had been enslaved) begged him to bring Christianity to the people of Ulster. He returned to Ulster after completing his education that had been disrupted by his slavery.
He then explained Christianity using everyday objects to the people of Ulster leading to the many of the ideas of Celtic Christianity. For example, the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) was explained as being like a wild goose because like the wind people did not know where they came from or where they were going. Also the relationship between the Father of Truth, the Man of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) and the Spirit of Truth was explained as being like a three leaf clover that had three parts but one substance. This is the most important symbol of Celtic Christianity that is the basis for the Celtic cross that is usually on Irish gravestones. Patrick remained working among the Irish of Ulster and Connacht in northern Ireland until his death during which time he taught them how to read and write. This was very important because the Bible as well as extensive Celtic literature was preserved in Ireland during the great chaos that ensued in mainland Europe with the fall of the Roman Empire. Within one hundred years, the Celtic animism of northern Ireland had been totally replaced by Celtic Christianity. Patrick was declared to be the patron Saint of Ireland by the Catholic church years after his death even though he was not even Catholic. Even to this day, most of northern Ireland is not Catholic. There is no more truth to idea that Saint Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland than there is to catching a leprechaun will get you a pot of gold.
If Saint Patrick was not the first to bring faith in the Man of Truth to Ireland, then who was?
About the same time that Patrick went to northern Ireland, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius to Munster and Leinster in southern Ireland prevent the Catholics that were already there from falling into a heresy known as Pelagianism. In fact, Catholicism had made its way into southern Ireland by the time of Ciaran the Elder who was the first bishop of Ossory in southern Ireland. The Irish born Ciaran the Elder died before Saint Patrick was born. However, even he was not even close to being the first in Ireland to tell people about the Man of Truth for there were already believers there when he arrived along with enough Catholics in Ossory to warrant a bishop to oversee them. Faith in the Man of Truth had brought to Ireland by other Celts from the mainland of Europe by perhaps 200 AD or even earlier.
Where did these Celtic merchants and sailors get their faith in the Man of Truth that they shared?
The Book of Truth (aka The Bible) tells that story. That story begins with who the Celts were in the first place and where they came from. The Jewish historian Josephus, who was born a few years after the Man of Truth was crucified, tells us that the Celts were a subgroup of the Galatians that settled in a land called Cilicia (pronounced "Kel-ik-ee-ah" in New Testament Greek). The Galatians were called Galatians by the Greeks because their skin color. The Greek word translated as Galatian literally means "milk white skin". Josephus says that the people that Greeks called Galatians were called the descendants of Gomer by the Jews. The Jews had kept track of these things because they were entrusted with the Word of God (Romans 3:1-2). Gomer was the son of Japheth who was the son of Noah (Genesis 10:1-2).
Irish oral tradition, which was written down after Saint Patrick introduced formal writing of history, says that the Celts came from Riphath the son of Gomer which would make them related to the the people of Finland among others (Genesis 10:3).
However, according to Josephus and other ancient writers, the Gauls and the Gaels were originally the same people group when they moved into Turkey from northern Middle East. They were still able to speak to each other at that time. It is possible that the Gaels arrived after the Gauls, causing there languages and genetics to diverge to some degree. The Gaels later became known as Celts.
The
linguist and genetic evidence shows that the Irish were not related to the descendants of Riphath, except for a possible
connection between the maternal lines of some Irish and Finnish people.
Whatever the case, their history was inexplicably tied to Ashkenaz, whom the Germans came from, who was also a son of Gomer (Genesis 10:3). The Galatians were called the Hurrians by the people of the area between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea where they migrated from. They were still in this area when Jeremiah the Prophet of Truth wrote around 600 BC that they would help the Medes destroy Babylon (Jeremiah 51:27-29).
They were soon pushed out of their homeland by Turkish tribes and settled in Cilicia. In Cilicia they had many encounters with the Greeks including the Ionians that greatly influenced them. This is why the sacred isle of the Celts that is in the middle of the Irish Sea is named Iona. The main group, then migrated north to central Anatolia to the area that was called Galatia. Within a hundred years time, the majority of them migrated out from Galatia to western Europe. They had spread throughout Europe from Switzerland to Spain to France, which the Romans called Gaul because it was occupied by the Galatians. They had also migrated to Germany and even to the British Isles and Ireland.
These Celtic people were noted as worshiping animals, trees and the like without idols until the Romans influenced them to worship idols. They sacrificed their children to the Spirits of Lies (demons aka devils aka unclean spirits aka gods), particularly by burning alive in a wicker man, until Julius Caesar stopped their practices through a great war which was similar to what Israel had done until Nebuchadnezzar stopped their practices through a great war (Psalm 106:37). They worshiped in sacred groves of oaks on high hills similar to the idolatry that Israel had committed (Ezekiel 6:13). They truly worshiped the creation instead of the Creator (Romans 1:25). They committed all kinds of terrible acts because their ancestors had not retained the knowledge of the Father of Truth (Romans 1:28-31). Like all Gentiles they were lost without hope (Ephesians 2:11-12).
It has been noted that the luck of the Irish seems to be mostly bad luck. In fact, some have went so far as to say that it seems as if the Father of Truth hates the Irish considering all the bad things that have happened to them. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Father of Truth had all nations, including the Irish, in mind when He promised to bless all nations through the Seed of Abraham because Abraham had not withheld his son of promise from Him (Genesis 22:16-18). The Father of Truth was preparing the Man of Truth for the salvation of all Gentiles, including the Irish, when they had forgotten Him just like the Jews (Isaiah 49:6). The Father of Truth sent the Man of Truth to save the Irish as well as the Jews in the fullness of time (Galatians 4:3-4).
The language called Gallic by the Romans was called Celtic by those that spoke it. It was testified by the historian Saint Jerome as still being spoken from Switzerland to Spain to France to Germany as well as Briton and Galatia by the fourth century AD although it would fade completely out of use everywhere except the British Isles, Brittany and Ireland within one hundred years. There were plenty of speakers of Gaelic, the language of the Celts, when the Man of Truth was crucified and then resurrected. The Father of Truth was now ready to put His plan to save the Irish into action.
First the Father of Truth sent his best man, Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) to bring the Gospel to Tarsus - the capital of the land of the Celts (Acts 9:30). Then the Father of Truth let it be known the door of salvation was open to the Gentiles (Acts 11:18). Paul the Jew continued to work among the Celts of Tarsus until Barnabas came for him (Acts 11:25). The Celts of Cilicia were among the first to assured that they did not have to become Jews through circumcision to be saved (Acts 15:23). The Celts of Cilicia were the first Gentiles that Paul the Jew strengthened before he ever went on a single mission (Acts 15:41). Then Paul the Jew went to Iconium, the major city of the Celts of southern Galatia, on his first mission trip (Acts 13:51). Paul the Jew strengthen many of the Celts of Iconium to stand up under persecution on his way back home from his first mission trip (Acts 14:21-22). The closest associate of Paul the Jew was well known to the Celts of Iconium (Acts 16:1-2). Paul the Jew again strengthened the Celts of southern Galatia on his second mission trip (Acts 16:6). Paul the Jew even strengthened the Celts of southern Galatia on his third mission trip (Acts 18:23). Paul the Jew received an offering from the Celts of southern Galatia to help the poor, persecuted Jews of Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 16:1). Paul the Jew even wrote an epistle to help the Celts of southern Galatia not be taken in by false doctrine (Galatians 1:2). Paul the Jew even sent Crescens, a Celt from Galatia that he had trained, to keep the Celts of southern Galatia on the right path when he knew that he was facing certain execution (2 Timothy 4:10). The Father of Truth even sent Peter the Jew (Cephas aka Simon aka Simeon) to bring the Gospel to the Celts of northern Galatia (1 Peter 1:1).
Paul the Jew was a man of Tarsus, the capital of the land of the Celts, that understood how to reach the Celts (Acts 9:11). Paul the Jew was a Jew of Tarsus that knew how to bridge the gap between the Jews and the Celts (Acts 21:39). Paul the Jew was born and raised in Tarsus until he went to Jerusalem for his education at the feet of the greatest Biblical teacher of his day (Acts 22:3). The Father of Truth had been preparing this Jewish man named Paul the Jew his whole life to take the Gospel to the Gentiles, particularly the Celts (Galatians 1:14-16). The Irish were first brought the Gospel from those that could trace their faith back to the efforts of Paul the Jew.
The Father of Truth spent more attention on bringing the Gospel to the Celts early on than any other people group except the Jews. The reason is obvious looking back through history. The Celts of Cilicia and Galatia brought the Gospel to other Celts via their common language and culture until the Gospel spread all across western Europe until it finally reached Ireland by no later than 200 AD. It has been primary people that descended from Gomer, including the English and most white Americans, that have brought the Gospel to almost everywhere else.
Those Celts that do not accept the message of the Man of Truth will one day be destroyed when they join others against Israel (Ezekiel 38:5-7). All who come into the House of Truth by believing that the Father of Truth raised the Man of Truth from the dead and submitting to the Man of Truth, Irish or otherwise, will be saved (Romans 10:9). So instead of saying "Go with the luck of the Irish" it would be better to "Go with the Blessing of Abraham" by being counted as his seed (Galatians 3:29).
Come into the House of Truth.
They were soon pushed out of their homeland by Turkish tribes and settled in Cilicia. In Cilicia they had many encounters with the Greeks including the Ionians that greatly influenced them. This is why the sacred isle of the Celts that is in the middle of the Irish Sea is named Iona. The main group, then migrated north to central Anatolia to the area that was called Galatia. Within a hundred years time, the majority of them migrated out from Galatia to western Europe. They had spread throughout Europe from Switzerland to Spain to France, which the Romans called Gaul because it was occupied by the Galatians. They had also migrated to Germany and even to the British Isles and Ireland.
These Celtic people were noted as worshiping animals, trees and the like without idols until the Romans influenced them to worship idols. They sacrificed their children to the Spirits of Lies (demons aka devils aka unclean spirits aka gods), particularly by burning alive in a wicker man, until Julius Caesar stopped their practices through a great war which was similar to what Israel had done until Nebuchadnezzar stopped their practices through a great war (Psalm 106:37). They worshiped in sacred groves of oaks on high hills similar to the idolatry that Israel had committed (Ezekiel 6:13). They truly worshiped the creation instead of the Creator (Romans 1:25). They committed all kinds of terrible acts because their ancestors had not retained the knowledge of the Father of Truth (Romans 1:28-31). Like all Gentiles they were lost without hope (Ephesians 2:11-12).
It has been noted that the luck of the Irish seems to be mostly bad luck. In fact, some have went so far as to say that it seems as if the Father of Truth hates the Irish considering all the bad things that have happened to them. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Father of Truth had all nations, including the Irish, in mind when He promised to bless all nations through the Seed of Abraham because Abraham had not withheld his son of promise from Him (Genesis 22:16-18). The Father of Truth was preparing the Man of Truth for the salvation of all Gentiles, including the Irish, when they had forgotten Him just like the Jews (Isaiah 49:6). The Father of Truth sent the Man of Truth to save the Irish as well as the Jews in the fullness of time (Galatians 4:3-4).
The language called Gallic by the Romans was called Celtic by those that spoke it. It was testified by the historian Saint Jerome as still being spoken from Switzerland to Spain to France to Germany as well as Briton and Galatia by the fourth century AD although it would fade completely out of use everywhere except the British Isles, Brittany and Ireland within one hundred years. There were plenty of speakers of Gaelic, the language of the Celts, when the Man of Truth was crucified and then resurrected. The Father of Truth was now ready to put His plan to save the Irish into action.
First the Father of Truth sent his best man, Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) to bring the Gospel to Tarsus - the capital of the land of the Celts (Acts 9:30). Then the Father of Truth let it be known the door of salvation was open to the Gentiles (Acts 11:18). Paul the Jew continued to work among the Celts of Tarsus until Barnabas came for him (Acts 11:25). The Celts of Cilicia were among the first to assured that they did not have to become Jews through circumcision to be saved (Acts 15:23). The Celts of Cilicia were the first Gentiles that Paul the Jew strengthened before he ever went on a single mission (Acts 15:41). Then Paul the Jew went to Iconium, the major city of the Celts of southern Galatia, on his first mission trip (Acts 13:51). Paul the Jew strengthen many of the Celts of Iconium to stand up under persecution on his way back home from his first mission trip (Acts 14:21-22). The closest associate of Paul the Jew was well known to the Celts of Iconium (Acts 16:1-2). Paul the Jew again strengthened the Celts of southern Galatia on his second mission trip (Acts 16:6). Paul the Jew even strengthened the Celts of southern Galatia on his third mission trip (Acts 18:23). Paul the Jew received an offering from the Celts of southern Galatia to help the poor, persecuted Jews of Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 16:1). Paul the Jew even wrote an epistle to help the Celts of southern Galatia not be taken in by false doctrine (Galatians 1:2). Paul the Jew even sent Crescens, a Celt from Galatia that he had trained, to keep the Celts of southern Galatia on the right path when he knew that he was facing certain execution (2 Timothy 4:10). The Father of Truth even sent Peter the Jew (Cephas aka Simon aka Simeon) to bring the Gospel to the Celts of northern Galatia (1 Peter 1:1).
Paul the Jew was a man of Tarsus, the capital of the land of the Celts, that understood how to reach the Celts (Acts 9:11). Paul the Jew was a Jew of Tarsus that knew how to bridge the gap between the Jews and the Celts (Acts 21:39). Paul the Jew was born and raised in Tarsus until he went to Jerusalem for his education at the feet of the greatest Biblical teacher of his day (Acts 22:3). The Father of Truth had been preparing this Jewish man named Paul the Jew his whole life to take the Gospel to the Gentiles, particularly the Celts (Galatians 1:14-16). The Irish were first brought the Gospel from those that could trace their faith back to the efforts of Paul the Jew.
The Father of Truth spent more attention on bringing the Gospel to the Celts early on than any other people group except the Jews. The reason is obvious looking back through history. The Celts of Cilicia and Galatia brought the Gospel to other Celts via their common language and culture until the Gospel spread all across western Europe until it finally reached Ireland by no later than 200 AD. It has been primary people that descended from Gomer, including the English and most white Americans, that have brought the Gospel to almost everywhere else.
Those Celts that do not accept the message of the Man of Truth will one day be destroyed when they join others against Israel (Ezekiel 38:5-7). All who come into the House of Truth by believing that the Father of Truth raised the Man of Truth from the dead and submitting to the Man of Truth, Irish or otherwise, will be saved (Romans 10:9). So instead of saying "Go with the luck of the Irish" it would be better to "Go with the Blessing of Abraham" by being counted as his seed (Galatians 3:29).
Come into the House of Truth.
Labels: Celtic Christianity, Celts, History, Ireland, Saint Patrick
posted by The House Of Truth @ March 16, 2013
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