Joseph of Arimathea
Most of us are familiar with the Claim of the Davidic Throne; being a direct link to Jesus. I was not familiar with the merger of Judah and Ephraim, (House of Zarah-Judah Eschaidh and the House of David-Pharez-Judah Tea Tephi); combined to unite the House of Israel and merged the twelve tribes of Israel. Davidic covenant marriage of the two lines of Judah in Ireland through Jeremiah.
"Joseph of Arimathea was previously known as Joseph de Marmore as he lived in Marmorica in Egypt before he moved to Arimathea. There is speculation that Joseph of Arimathea, or Joseph of Glastonbury as he later became known, was the uncle of Mary, mother of Jesus. The relationship to Mary made him a Great Uncle of Jesus. From this, we may presume that he was an elderly man at the time of the crucifixion. We have few verifiable details about Joseph except that he was he was quite wealthy. Some claim that Joseph of Arimathea was a merchant in metals and took young Jesus with him on his business trips to England, India, and even to South America. It is a well documented fact that Britain led the world at this time with its tin mining. Joseph of Arimathea was referred to by the Romans as 'Nobilis Decurio' or Minister of Mines to the Roman Government."
"Joseph of Arimathea was not one of the original 12 apostles, but he was a disciple of Jesus and was an important man in his own right. He is mentioned in all four gospels (Matthew: 27:57-60; Mark 15:43-46; Luke 23:50-55; John 19:38-42). He was a high counselor, a voting member of the Sanhedrin which officially wanted Jesus condemned to death. We may speculate that he had not consented to, or agreed with, the decision to push Pontius Pilot to impose the death penalty upon Jesus. In spite of his relationship with Jesus, his loyalty to Him was largely kept secret (John 19:38). Jesus was obviously unpopular with the elders of the church, and to outwardly support Him did not bring favor in their eyes (John 19:38)."
"Even though Joseph of Arimathea had attempted to keep his love for Jesus a secret, he boldly went to Pilot and asked for the body of Jesus to be placed in his trust. This is significant in and of itself. Joseph of Arimathea, not Mary Jesus' mother, not Mary Magdalene, or any of the apostles were entrusted with the act of taking Jesus down from the cross. Most of the apostles had fled anyway. Joseph took the body and put it in his own tomb. According to various historical sources, Joseph's actions provoked both the Roman and Jewish elders and he eventually did spend time in prison for his support of Jesus."
"Other historical sources report that Joseph of Arimathea went on a preaching mission to Gaul with the apostle Phillip, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus, and others sometime between the years A.D. 37 and A.D. 63 (the year is in dispute). At Marseilles, Lazarus and Mary parted company with the main group who continued on further up North. When Joseph's party reached the English Channel, Phillip sent Joseph with 12 disciples to the furthest corner of the Roman Empire, the Island of the Britons. Legend has it that Joseph sailed around Land's End at the southern tip of England with the intent of catching up with old business acquaintances in the lead and tin mines. They ran aground in the Glastonbury marshes. Once again, it is reported that after climbing a nearby hill to survey the countryside, they were exhausted and Joseph thrust into the ground a staff made from the 'Holy Crown of Thorns' worn by Christ. He announced that he and his traveling companions were all weary. It is legendry that the thorn staff immediately took root and the thorn bush can still be seen today on 'Wearyall Hill.' Joseph built a church (Vetusta Ecclesia) of mud and wattle on the site and decreed that 12 monks should always reside in that most sacred place. It is interesting to note that a spirited shrub which grows near the now ruined Abbey is of the same type that grows in the Eastern Mediterranean and flowers only twice a year - Christmas time and Easter."
"It is also claimed that Joseph collected some of the blood and sweat of Christ after His side was pierced as He hung on the cross. The chalice or cup which Joseph used to collect the fluids is reported to be the same one used during the last supper. Joseph took the cup with him on his voyage to England and is said to have hidden it on the site at Glastonbury, at the bottom of a deep well, called the 'Chalice Well', or the 'Blood Well.' The well is a rather curious place, 25 thousand gallons of red-tinted water pass through the well area each day. The red tint is caused by high iron content in the water."
"Joseph of Arimathea: To the Biblical data about him romance adds the following. Joseph was a soldier of Pilate who gave him the cup from the Last Supper. After the Resurrection, he was thrown into a dungeon where Jesus appeared to him and gave him the cup which had fallen out of his possession. After the fall of Jerusalem to Vespasian's army, he was set free and, with his sister Enygeus and her husband, Hebron or Bron, went into excile with a group of fellow travelers."
"Joseph was said, not only to have come to Britain, but to have settled at Glastonbury where he was given land by King Arviragus. A local tradition, perhaps not older than the nineteenth century, says he buried the cup of the Last Supper above the spring in Glastonbury and hence the water has a red tinge. A tradition amongst certain metalworkers was that, sometime before the Crucifixion, Joseph actually brought Jesus and Mary to Cornwall. Joseph may be identical with Joachim, the father of the Virgin Mary in the Protevangelium of James, an apocryphal work; but the two names are quite distinct in origin. In the Estoire Joseph is given a son, Josephe. In Sone de Nausay he had a son named Adam, while Coptic tradition claims he had a daughter, Saint Josa."
"It is speculated that Joseph of Arithamea was the Virgin Mary’s uncle, and the great uncle of Jesus; that became his guardian after the death of Joseph the Carpenter."
"Joseph of Arithamea became the “Minister of the Mines” of Britain for the Romans; and he became a very wealthy man. His daughter Anna married King Beli the Great (BC100), and produced the lines of Queen Elizabeth, King Arthur and the Royal family of the Roman Church."
"Joseph of Arithamea’s sister Ann, became the Great Matriarch of Jesus’s immediate family and was the great-grandmother to half of the Apostles."
"Joseph’s of Arithamea’s sister Bianca was the grand-mother to both Jesus and John the Baptist."
"From King Beli the Great comes “Constantine the Great” (AD242-306), born and raised in Britain and half Britain on this mother’s side; establishing the “Byzantine Dynasty”."
"If credit be given to these ancient authors, this Church without competition was senior to all Christian churches in the world." "Britain," wrote the erudite Polydore Vergil, "partly through Joseph of Arimathea, partly through Fugatus and Damianus, was of all kingdoms the first that received the Gospel." It is a matter of distinct interest, which we commend to modern Roman Catholics, that Cardinal Pole, twice over, when solemnly reconciling England to the Pope and the Church of Rome, at the beginning of Queen Mary's reign, claimed that Britain was the first country to be converted to Christianity."
Cardinal Pole's
lineage appears in the Lineage of Sir Gilbert Poole; one of our ancestors.
"The Venerable Bede, writing about AD 740, says: "The Britons
preserved the Faith which they had received under King Lucius uncorrupted, and
continued in peace and tranquillity until the time of the Emperor
Diocletian." (Venerable Bede of
St Martin Epson, Ewell, Surrey)
"Queen Victoria spent an unbelievable amount of time and money to have her genealogy researched, documented and confirmed by R. H. Milner; author of “Genealogy of the Royal Line”.
"Brutus, the grandson of The Trojan King Aenean was sent to Britain to establish “New Troy” which became London and the final resting place of the Davidic Throne."
This brings reality and a new meaning to the phrase “we are ALL God’s children”.
Collected and posted by: Wanda Bostic Dunlap December 2009
Sources: Asis
“Did the Virgin Mary Live and Die in England” by: Victor Dorstan
“Did the Apostle Paul visit Britain” by: R. W. Morgan
“Genealogy of the Royal Line” by: R.H. Milner
“Missing Linds Discovered in Assyrian Tablets” dated 707BC
“A Complete Study of the Twelve Tribes of the House of Israel”
discovered by Sir Henry Laynard in 1843.