THE HEBREW ISRAELITE AND THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE CONNECTION throughput the Bible the Israelites constantly rebelled against the Most High by disobeying his Commandments.In the book of Deuteronomy Moses forewarned the Israelites of the punishments that would befall them if they did not observe His commandments. Part of that punishment was that the Israelites would be scattered throughout the different parts of the Earth. In Deuteronomy 28: 64the Bible says this:‘And The Most High shall scatter thee among all people, from one end of the earth even unto the other…’ASSYRIAIn 721 B.C. Shalmanesser, the King of Assyria conquered theTen Northern Tribes. They were deported out of the land ofIsrael and into the land ofAssyria. In II Kings 18: 11-12 it says this:‘And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Because they obeyed not the voice of the Most High, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Most High commanded, and would not hear nor do them’ BABYLONIn 586 B.C. approximately 200 years later, the same fate happened to the three Southern Tribes when Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, destroyedJerusalem and the Temple and lead thousands of Israelites into captivity in Babylon. PERSIANSAfter serving captivity for 70 years in Babylon the Persian King Darius conquered the Babylonians and allowed a remnant of Israelites to return and rebuild the kingdom.GREEKSIn the year 331 B.C. Alexander the Great conquered the Persians. The Greeks became the next world power. After Alexander’s death, his kingdom was divided. Around 176 B.C. Antiochus came against Israeland destroyed it. The city was burned down and the women and children were taken captive.He also wrote a decree to his entire kingdom that people should abandon their practices and adopt the customs of the Greeks. All people should be one.During this time the Maccabbean revolt took place against the Greeks and in the year 165 B.C. the Greek empire fell to the Romans. ROMANSThe Romans persecuted the Israelites just as the Greeks, forbidding them from circumcising their boys, observing the Sabbath and reading the Bible. In Matthews 24: 15-16 Christ foretold the destruction of the Temple and the overthrowing of Jerusalemby the Roman armies:‘When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whosoever readeth, let him understand). Then let them whichare in Judea flee into the mountains.’This destruction of the Templeand the final dispersion of the Israelites took place in 70 A.D. as Christ had prophesied.In Luke 21: 24 Christ also says this:‘And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive unto all nations: andJerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled.’AFRICAIn his book ‘From Babylon toTimbuktu’ Rudolf R Windsorgives an account of this scattering of the Israelites:‘In the year 65B.C. the Roman armies under General Pompey captured Jerusalem. In 70 A.D. General Vespasian and his son, Titus put an end to the Jewish state, with great slaughter. During the period of the military governors of Palestine, many outrages and atrocities were committed against the residue of the people. During the period of Pompey to Julius, it has been estimated that over 1,000,000 Jews (Israelites) fled into Africa, fleeing from Roman persecution and slavery. The slave markets were full of black Jewish slaves.’Millions of Israelites who escaped the persecution of the Roman-Jewish War fled into the interiors of Africa. In his book ‘Jewish Roots in Africa,’ Mr Litchtblau, speaking of the Israelites that ran into Africa, says this:‘Pressed under sweeping regional conflicts, Jews settled as traders and warriors in Yemen, the Horn of Africa, Egypt, the kingdom of Kush and Nubia, North African Punic settlements (Carthage