How We Became Black Hebrew Israelites A Story Of Love

HOW WE BECAME

BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITES

A Story of Love

Jeremiah and Jael Israel

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MISSION STATEMENT

Jeremiah and Jael do not take part in any organized religion, whether Christian or Israelite. We call ourselves Hebrews, and we are the Israelite descendants of Abraham the Hebrew. The Holy Bible, scientific, and historical records; give us evidence of who and where the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are in the world today. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are our forefathers.

We believe in salvation through Christ. We believe Christ, the Son of God, is our savior and that he died for us to show us the way. We believe in following the laws, statutes, and commandments of the Bible.

Not all of them, the ones that the Most High tells us we are still supposed to follow today. We believe in honoring the Sabbath, eating clean foods, and not partaking in any of satan’s holidays.

We believe in baptism by full water submersion.

We do not believe in speaking in tongues.

We do not believe in taking drugs of any kind recreationally. We do not drink, but we believe the Bible says it is okay to drink alcohol in moderation.

We believe a man should be upright and follow the laws of the Most High God. A man should work and provide for his family. We believe a woman should be submissive to a GOD-FEARING HONORABLE LAW-ABIDING man. We believe a woman should dress modestly and be a helpmeet to her husband. We believe in a monogamous marriage between one man and one woman; we do not believe in multiple wives.

We do not teach hate against any group or groups of people in this world. While we believe homosexuality is a sin, according to the Bible, we do not believe in mistreating homosexuals or any other person on this earth. We believe anyone that repents is under God’s laws has a chance to make it to Heaven.

We believe anyone who follows God’s laws, statutes, and commandments has a chance to make it.

We write our books to inform our people about their history; however, that does not constitute hate for any people on this earth. We are a peaceful Israelite group. Although we teach our people the truth according to God’s Word, we do not set out to teach hate against any group of people or individuals.

Our objective is to educate our people, and that is our primary goal and only motive.

We believe that the Israelites are scattered around the earth. We do NOT believe God’s chosen lineage of people are done away with and no longer exist, nor do we believe that they have been ASSIMILATED or ABSORBED into the population. There are STILL Biblical Israelites that PHYSICALLY exist in this world today. We do NOT believe in SPIRITUAL Israelites. Physical Israelites exist in the world, and their numbers are in the millions. Our mission is to reunite them with Christ, our savior.

CONTENTS

0 Mission Statement

00 Introduction

01 Stepping out on Faith

02 Trouble in Church

03 A New Place

04 A New Chapter

05 Bible Studies

06 You are Not Welcome Here

07 No place like…Georgia?

08 Going to Get Mama

INTRODUCTION

The title of this book is How We Became Black Hebrew Israelites; however, we did not become Black Hebrew Israelites. We are considered Black by the label that has been placed upon us over the years, and we are Hebrew Israelites, according to our Biblical lineage.

The Bible is the history and law book of the Hebrews and Israelites. When we read scriptures about slavery and curses in the past, present, and future, it is easy to determine who the physical Israelites are in the world today.

There has been much controversy surrounding the term Black Hebrew Israelites lately. The name has been splattered all over the news in a very horrific and negative way. We are here to set the record straight about who they are and about who we are not.

Even the most active churchgoer does not know a lot about what the Bible says. That is a fact. They know scriptures their pastors teach them week after week, but these scriptures are tailored to match their pastor’s doctrinal beliefs.

While it is great to be able to quote random scriptures to match a person’s doctrinal beliefs, pastors should teach their members the entire Bible.

In general, when someone discovers they are a Black Israelite, the first thing we are taught is how to study everything for ourselves and how to read the Bible for ourselves. That alone let us know we were heading in the right direction.

You should never again trust someone to "tell" you what the Bible says. You should know what the Bible says for yourself. In this book, we are going to tell you how we became Black Hebrew Israelites.

Now, a person who does not know God or a person that does not believe in God may not understand what I am about to write. They may label us as crazy people.

I am not writing for those people. I am writing to those who know something about having a belief system, and for those who know something about stepping out on faith.

This journey includes a lot about our marriage and personal life; therefore, you will read about both in this book. The following is our story about how we discovered who we are.

***If you are not a fan of detailed information, Do NOT read this book. I am a very detailed writer; I tell everything!

Chapter One

Stepping out on Faith

I grew up in church my entire life, up until my 20s, I was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. My grandparents on both sides of my family were people of faith. My dad is a, whatever, I just want to live in peace type of man. However, my mom is the biggest Jesus lover you would ever want to meet.

In my husband Jeremiah’s younger years, he went to St. Paul AME’s church with his mom, brother, and sister. Then when he got older, he started going to an Apostolic Church. Jeremiah’s dad died when he was a young boy, and his mom and siblings became Jehovah’s Witnesses.

When I got married, neither my husband nor I were actively attending church anymore; we were both living an unsaved lifestyle. I had never been married before, but my husband had been married and divorced.

We have a blended family: yours, mine, and ours. I had a daughter, Keeks, before I met my husband; Keeks was 5 when we got married. He had two sons that were 16 years old from previous marriages when I met him.

Then we had a daughter together, Anna. My oldest daughter Keeks was 6 ½ years old when my youngest daughter Anna was born.

Jeremiah and I were in our 10th year of marriage, and we were in the car heading for an appointment with my divorce attorney. My husband, Jeremiah, looked at me and said, I do not want to get a divorce, what can I do to save this marriage?

I looked over at him while he was driving and said, I want to get back in church! And I mean, really get back in church!

He said, Okay.

I said, One more thing, I want you to take me on a trip.

He said, Okay.

Now that may seem simple to some people, but it was wayyy more complicated than that. What was it that had torn our marriage apart? Was it physical abuse? Was it an affair? No, it was nothing like that; it was neglect.

Looking back over the past two years, I felt neglected as a mother, wife, and lover. My husband was a firefighter, and he had been on the job for sixteen years at the time. I was a stay-at-home-mom, and a homeschool mom, and I felt utterly underappreciated by everyone.

I felt completely disrespected. My children had zero appreciation for me trying to protect them and give them the best a mother can offer her children, love, affection, time, attention, and protection.

I felt my husband had zero appreciation for how taxing and difficult it was to cook three plus meals a day. I did that while continually keeping the house and children clean and educating them.

On top of this, I was fully taking care of my husband, Jeremiah, and supporting him as his wife. I gave him a massage every night and hand served him all his meals. On top of that, I also ran a full-service home-based business, a moving company, with two big moving trucks and employees.

My husband pretty much felt all the same negative feelings I felt. He felt disrespected entirely as a father that worked three jobs to take care of his family. That also may seem simple, but respect is everything to a hard-working family man.

Jeremiah felt the children, and I did not do enough work around the house, keeping it in a condition that most humans would agree is standard. He also felt disrespected as a father and husband because we did not see eye to eye on discipline issues.

I was also challenging to live with at that time. I was as crazy as ten road lizards. I was severely damaged in my past relationship with my daughter Keek’s father. I was so jealous and insecure that it was destroying my marriage.

Jeremiah told me, If you do not let this go and fix this within yourself, you will never be right for me or anyone else. He said, That dude is off living his life, and he is not even thinking about you. You are sitting here, letting him control your life and our relationship.

I feel that sometimes people think it is one person or the other that needs to change in a relationship. In reality, it is often BOTH people that need to change.

I knew I needed to change; we both needed to change. I felt like we just needed a vacation, and some time away to rejuvenate our relationship.

We also needed some time away from the kids, work, and the monotony of our daily lives. Our sex life also was suffering. That was a problem we rarely had, even amidst all the chaos.

Growing up, my family was poor, and traveling was never much of an option. I had been to a handful of places on family vacations as a child; most of the sites were close to Iowa.

I think the longest we had driven was the time we went to Ohio. I really dreamed of taking a cruise or going someplace exotic overseas.

My husband was not in favor of me traveling alone or with other people, yet he did not want to take me either. I finally got him to agree on taking a cruise, and then he canceled at the last minute, he said, it was due to weather issues, but he did not want to go. He will not admit it, but he is terrified of flying.

We had disagreed about vacations for a full two years before we got in that car and were headed to the divorce attorney. I had traveled with my husband from Iowa to Minnesota to attend three NBA games.

We had also been to Georgia to visit his family for our first ever vacation in 2000, and he went to an NFL game when he was there. I planned everything on those occasions for his optimal happiness. However, I felt that Jeremiah refused to do the same when it came to me and traveling.

The problem was…the places I wanted to go to we would have to get on an airplane, and he did not like to fly. Therefore, we were at an impasse. Okay, I can understand that.

However, this is where it became a HUGE problem for me. I found out Jeremiah had flown on an airplane before. He had been on an airplane to hook up with some chick that he liked.

I said to Jeremiah, You mean to tell me you will not get on an airplane for me, the love of your life, and the mother of your children? Yet, you got on an airplane to hook up with some chick!!??

Oh, heck, no! That was not going to fly with me. I am sure I did not say it that nicely back then. That is when I used to use curse words; however, I do not curse anymore.

We started disagreeing about the kids and everything else under the sun. Then Jeremiah started talking crazy to me. I felt he was being a jerk, and I did not appreciate how he was treating me.

He was complaining all the time about everything, like the house was not clean enough, the food was not good enough, and the kids were not disciplined enough.

I can only write this book from my point-of-view so you will hear about my issues and my sicknesses. However, I welcomed Jeremiah to add anything he wanted to this book on many occasions, and he did add his thoughts and ideas throughout the book.

I felt like I was not good enough for Jeremiah like I could never make him happy no matter what I did. However, I was no angel; I was a jealous maniac.

I constantly tortured Jeremiah about looking at this girl or liking that girl. I am not like that anymore, but I cannot imagine what I put him through back then.

I was insecure about everything. If you read my autobiography titled, "The Chronicles of Sweetie Bee, by Sweetie Bee" that is my pen name, you will learn more about that.

I was also only 21 years old when I met my husband, and he was 34 years old, so the age gap created a problem. I had much growing up to do, and Jeremiah had to make some changes as well.

He had been through a lot with his previous marriages, so he was damaged too. Life was not good. I knew Jeremiah was exhausted, so I had been giving him a pass for some time. I am sure he had given me many passes as well on my craziness because I was also exhausted.

Jeremiah was a full-time firefighter that actively went on fire calls, automobile accidents, and medical calls. On top of that, he was working full time as a mover for our moving company.

A year before that, he was doing all of that, and then he also had a third job as a Glazier installing glass with another firefighter when the moving season was slow.

Nobody can ever tell me anything wrong about my husband. I watched him work three REAL jobs and literally work his mustache to the bone.

One winter it was so cold in Iowa, that Jeremiah’s mustache broke off when he was outside working. He was on his third job outside installing windows, and he was at an apartment building.

Jeremiah called me to bring him something warm to drink, as I often did. I would bring him food and drink so that we could see each other throughout our busy days. I came out to the apartment building where he was installing windows.

It was the coldest day I could ever remember. We both had lived in Iowa all our lives, and this was too cold, even for Iowa. It was somewhere around -10 to -20 below zero.

It was so cold I could barely stand outside my car for more than 5