From Judah to the Brutus Stone

The story of Brutus stems from the Patriarch Judah, for Brutus himself was descended from one of his grandsons – Darda.  

We remember that Judah married a Canaanite woman and had three sons; Er, Onan and Shelah, but any descendants from these would not be eligible to be a part of the Royal line that was to come from him. The Sceptre line had to be pure, and in this instance, it looked as if Satan had put a spoke in the works right at the start!

As things turned out, only Shelah produced offspring. Er and Onan had none, and in fact, Tamar who was first married to Er, became a widow of both. And she was supposed to be given to Shelah when he came of age, but this did not happen – and it could be presumed that God’s hand was behind this.

So, Tamar, perhaps prompted by the Lord, removed her widow’s clothes, and disguised herself complete with vail, and went and sat on the road to Timnath, where she knew Judah would pass by.  Judah saw her, and presumed she was a harlot.  The outcome of this liaison was that Tamar conceived and bore Judah twins.  

The birth of these twins was a strange event and showed that the Lord was truly working something out here that would only become clear many years later. For at the birth, one child put out his hand, and son the midwife tied a scarlet thread around the hand. But then the hand was pulled back, and when the first child was born, Pharez, it was not he with the scarlet thread.

Still, the ‘official’ first born was Pharez, and he was the heir to the sceptred line promised to Judah, and the ancestor of King David, and the Davidic line through which Our Lord Jesus Christ was born into a human existence.

But, what of the other son, who was named Zarah? He of the scarlet thread? Well, it could be said that because of this thread, proved he had, partially at least, appeared first and was as much an heir to the throne as his brother.  And this did indeed prove to be eventually, as things worked out.

Zarah had five sons, two of whom separated from the main body of the Israelites, probably with some of the Danites who are known to have taken to their ships, and along with the Phoenicians, travelled abroad, even to the land of Britain.  And indeed, of these two sons, some of the descendants of Calcol did indeed find their way to Ireland. The Ensign of Northern Ireland contains the red cross on a white background but with a red hand in the centre of a six-pointed star, and in some cases, there is a crown above it. Through this Royal line, which saw the union of the House of King David, through the marriage of one of the daughters of King Zedekiah (after he and all his sons were killed), came a daughter, Tea Tephi, who married the King of Ireland, from whom our own Queen, Elizabeth the 2nd is descended.

What of Darda, the other son?  He and his people moved into Asia Minor, and established a nation there on the shores of the Dardanelles (named after him…).  It was here that the ancient City of Troy was brought into being, and indeed it flourished for two or three centuries, being impregnable – until the ‘Siege of Troy’, (and we all know the story of the Wooden Horse!)  And if you consider Troy to have been a ‘Myth’, in 1870 Heinrich Schliemann began to dig where he had been led to by a dream, and eventually discovered the ruins of the fabled city of Troy, and evidence of the war.

Brutus was reputed to have been the son of Aeneas, who was of the Royal blood, and he escaped from the siege with other Trojans. They came to the Island of ‘Melitta’ or ‘Malta’, and there it is said, in a ruined Temple dedicated to ‘Diana’, Brutus was told in a dream, to go to ‘The Great White Islands’.  So, he and his men sailed through the Pillars of Hercules, round the Bay of Biscay, and eventually approached the South Western shores of Britain (of the ‘White Cliffs’).

Looking for a suitable place to land, he came to the mouth of the River Dart which led him inland to a Town called ‘Totnes’. You will find embedded in the High Street of Totnes, a stone known as the ‘Brutus Stone’ signifying he actually walked upon it – and a sign is still fixed beside it verifying this.

Some time later, Brutus and his men sailed around the Southern coast and finally went up the Thames Estuary where they founded ‘New Troy’; “Caer Troia” or “Troi Novantum” – which eventually became London, the Capital City of Britain.

But let us briefly return to the South West, and note the names of two rivers in the area.  One, as we know, is the River Dart, and the other, the River Tamar.  Tamar all but divides Devon and Cornwall. Now, when we consider that Tamar was the mother of the children of the Royal Line, she would surely be considered one of the most important women in the Bible because of her descendants. So, it would seem quite fitting to name an important River after her, and not a mere co-incidence!  As to the River Dart – perhaps it should have been named Darda.

The ancient history of the British Isles is full of intrigue, and many, many pointers to the origins of the Anglo-Saxon-Celto peoples. It is sad to see in current times that much of this valuable insight into the past is being deliberately cast into oblivion.  It is up to us to attempt to bring all these gems of Truth into the light of day, and with the Lord’s help, perhaps the partial blindness of our people will – at last – be lifted, with the glorious revelation that we are indeed, Lost Israel – Found!

Amen!