Biblically prophecied chocolates...who knew...who cares!
Church of God false prophets have made a living out of using every imaginable piece of history as proof to prop up their idiotic fantasies that the think prove British Israelism.
Almost-arrested and jailed Elisha, Elijah, Joshua, Amos, Habakkuk, doubly blessed and self-appointed Bob Thiel is all excited right now by the writings of a former WCG member, Bert Otten, on his belief that Belgium and Luxembourg are of the tribe of Asher. Even though none of this is relevant to a New Covenant Christian, those who worship at the altar of Moses still think it is important.
This is what the non-ordained and self-appointed false prophet of the improperly named "continuing" Church of God is excited about:
2nd Clue: Asher – his bread shall be fatAs for Asher, his BREAD [lechem] shall be FAT [shamen] … (Gen 49:20a, KJV).
Asher’s FOOD will be RICH … (Gen 49:20a, NIV).Literally it says that Asher’s bread will be fat. It is noteworthy that bread in England and Holland has the form of a big brick, a loaf. In France they sell the typical French bread, long thin pieces of bread. In Belgium they sell bread in big, round, ‘fat’, loaves.However, lechem also means food in general, and not just bread. Asher’s food would be rich in content, and it would be plenteous…
3rd Clue: Asher – royal daintiesOut of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal DAINTIES (Gen 49:20b).[Asher] will provide DELICACIES fit for a king (Gen 49:20b, NIV).This is up to a point a repeat of the fact that Asher’s food would be fat or rich. We think of all the delicacies – fries, mussels, oysters, fish, venison, etc. – served in the Belgian cuisine, but ‘delicacies’ contains much more…
Belgian BeersWikipedia: For a comparatively small country, Belgium produces a very large number of beers in a range of different styles – in fact, it has more distinct types of beer per capita than anywhere else in the world. In 2011, there were 1,132 different varieties of beer being produced in the country…
Belgian ChocolateWikipedia about Belgian chocolate: Belgium is famed for its high quality chocolate and over 2,000 chocolatiers, both small and large…
Waffles and sweetsThere are also Belgian waffles (Brussels, Liège), speculoos, vlaaien (Limburg), sweets, etc. Asher’s food would be rich and he would yield royal dainties.
Tapestries, lace, comic booksDelicacies or dainties is a translation from ma’adan:Ma’adan – or (feminine) ma’adannah {mah-ad-an-naw’}; from ‘`adan’ (Strong, 5727); a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully):–dainty, delicately, delight.
Some writers about the tribes link this with the typical Belgian delicate tapestries (made for royalty!) and with Belgian lace…
See the rest of this absurdity here: Former WCG member tying clues of the biblical tribe of Asher to Belgium and Luxembourg