Talk:Tribe of Dan
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Should Christian views on the Tribe of Dan be incorporated? For example, its absence from the list given in the Apocalypse (Revelation 7:5-8) is notable. PeterMottola 04:12, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
The tribe of Dan is generally believed to have been founded by Dan the son of Jacob. This however is not correct. Dan was the original progenitor of the tribe of Dan. He was the original [High Caulbearer http://www.caulbearer.org] and was named as Dan as this name means “Judge.” In later times other Dans were named after the original Dan but this was later used to hide the true origins of the Danites in the course of forming the new One God religion. The Danites were the followers of The Way and would not allow their tribe be contaminated by the new belief systems. They therefore became sidelined by the other tribes of Israel and mainly dispersed themselves across the earth to wait for the coming of the Son of the Widow. The tribe of Dan, in the time of Jesus Ben Miriam, were his trusted protectors and he promised them that if they should remain true to The Way and the Covenant, then they would have their place within the seven nations that would be formed under the guidance of the Seventh Sign, who would also be known as The Lamb and [The Son of the Widow http://www.thesonofthewidow.org]
[edit] Asscociations by name
The association between the Tribe of Dan, the Ancient Macedonians and the river Danube based on the similarity of their names sounds interesting. But could someone add a source for such an idea? Dimadick (talk) 08:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
