Introduction

The tribe of Dan is one of the 12 tribes of Israel. They are named after their Ancestor “Dan” who was one of the sons of Jacob or Israel. Dan means to “judge, govern or rule.” There are a couple hints and cryptic prophecies that seem to provide warning about this tribe. These prophecies seem to imply that Dan will eventually become mixed with the fallen angels. These also seem to imply this tribe will play some important and possibly nefarious role in the End Times deceptions. The tribe of Dan is also left out of the sealed 144,000 of all tribes of Israel (Revelation 7:4-8). This implies that the tribe of Dan will no longer be considered Israelites.

The Idolatrous Tribe of Dan

The Danites seem to be the black sheep of the Israelite family. The Danites, from the very beginning, had problems occupying their inheritance in Canaan. They instead went to Leshem and attacked it. They renamed it Dan. In the days of Judges, the tribe of Dan was still left with no inheritance. They sent out five men to search the land for a place to dwell. The five men departed and came to a place called Laish. They saw that the land was good and that the people who dwelt within were unsuspecting. 600 men from the tribe of Dan, prepared for war, set out from Zorah and Eshtoal. On the way to their destination they stopped by the house of Micah (Judges 18:13). They asked Micah’s priest to join with them and be priest to the whole tribe of Dan. This priest was an idolater and possessed carved and metal images as well as household gods (Judges 18:17). The Danites made war against the people of Laish and seized their territory and renamed it Dan.  Laish was very close to Mt. Hermon which is where the pagans would sacrifice to Baal. This might be why the Danites chose to settle there. Later the other tribes would go into the tribe of Dan’s territory to worship the golden calves (1 Kings 12:28-30). They also were very close to the Phoenicians. Their territory was close to Tyre and Sidone. They intermarried with these Phoenicians (2 Chronicles 2:14). Which was a practice that was outlawed in Israel (Deuteronomy 7:3, Leviticus 21:14).

Leap from Bashan

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. (Genesis 32:22)

The tribe of Dan had problems with their land inheritance from the very beginning (Judges 18:1). After Samson died, the tribe of Dan was forced to move to the north because they were unable to cope with the Philistines (Judges 19:47). It would seem that they, like the rest of the tribes of Israel, would eventually go further and further north (Jeremiah 31:8). Dan is compared to a serpent (Gen. 49:17). A serpent leaves a trail that is trackable as it slithers through the dirt or sand. Dan likewise leaves trackable signs as it traveled and settled in new places. Dan renamed every place that it settled after their ancestor.

When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor. (Joshua 19:47)

But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first. (Judges 18:27,29)

The tribe of Dan was skilled at sailing, assumedly many of the places that they traveled they reached by ship.

Part of the tribe of Dan split from the rest of the tribes during the exodus from Egypt. The 4th century B.C. Greek historian Hecateus of Abdera (quoted by Diodorus Siculus) wrote this:

” The worship of the Gods having been neglected on account of the foreigners in Egypt, the Egyptians were warned by a pestilence to drive away the pollution.” … “The most distinguished of the expelled foreigners followed Danaus and Cadmus from Egypt; but the greater number were led by Moses into Judæa.”

The Lost Tribes of Israel, who are the white peoples, were scattered to the north of Caanan (Jeremiah 31:8). It is no surprise to see that Dan seems to have left their mark many places in Europe. The Hebrew alphabet lacked vowels so rather than looking for the name Dan within a location name, we should be looking for the combination of D and N. The Danites left their names on the rivers that they passed as they traveled north over the Caucasus mountains, passed the DarDaNelles and then west into Europe. The DoN, DoNets, DNieper, DNiester and the Danube rivers are all seemingly named after the tribe of Dan. Dan who was said to “leap from Bashan” continued leaping further north into ScanDiNavia and DeNmark (Dan’s mark). Before traveling further west into Ireland. One of the earlier groups to inhabit Ireland were the Tuatha De Dannan (Tribe of Dan). In Ireland we find the same habit of leaving their name on the areas that they settled. According to The Essential Teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong, the Dans left their names at “Danslaugh,” “Dansower,” “Dundalke,” “Dundrum,” “Donegal Bay,” “Donegel City,” “Dunglow,” “Londonderry,” and ” Dingle,”

Herodotus revealed that some of the ancient Greeks actually came from Egypt. He claimed that DaNae, the daughter of Acrisus, was  the ancestor of the Dorian princes in southern Greece (Herodotus, VI, 1, iii). Diodorus said the following: “They say also that those who set forth with Danaus, likewise from Egypt, settled what is practically the oldest city of Greece, Argos, and that the nations of the Colchi in Pontus and that of the Jews, which lies between Arabia and Syria, were founded as colonies by certain emigrants from their country . . .” (Diodorus, Bk. I, xxviii, 1-5).

“Jonathan the high priest of the Jewish nation . . . to the ephori and senate and the people of the Lacedemonians, send greeting:

“When in former times an epistle was brought to Onias, who was then our high priest . . . concerning the the kindred that was between us and you, a copy of which is here subjoined, we both joyfully received the epistle . . . because we were well satisfied about it from the sacred writings, yet did not we think fit, first to begin the claim of this relation to you, the glory which is now given us by you. It is a long time since this relation of ours to you hath been renewed, and when we, upon holy and festival days offer sacrifices to God, we pray to Him for your preservation and victory . . . . You will, therefore, do well yourselves to write to us, and send us an account of what you stand in need of from us, since we are in all things disposed to act according to your desires” (Antiquities of the Jews, XIII, 5, 8).

The SharDaNa were an ancient peoples who lived in SarDiNia. Perhaps these were Danites. The term Sar in ancient Hebrew means “chief or ruler.” The SharDaNa settled in SarDiNia 1500 BC. Perhaps a group of Danites split off from Moses after leaving Egypt and traveled to SarDiNia.

Dan is the serpent seedline?

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward (Gen. 49:17)

Comparing Dan to a serpent is a refererence to Dan’s future miscegenation with the fallen angels. This seems to state that Dan will remain largely hidden from sight and will attack indirectly or by proxy. This miscegenation is perhaps further alluded to in Jeremiah.

“The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 8:16-17)

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. (Genesis 32:22)

Bashan is linked to the Nephilim. Og was king of Bashan and he was described as being 9 cubits (14 feet) tall.

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. (Deuteronomy 3:11)

I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots. (Amos 2:9)

The sons of God are angelic beings (Job 38:4-7), often linked with Satan (Job 1:6, 2:1). This gigantism was caused by these fallen angels breeding with humans.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:14-15)

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:2,4)

And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. 2. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children. (Enoch 6:1-2)

The area where Dan settled is located near Mt. Hermon. This is the area that the book of Enoch says the fallen angels landed on earth and took human wives.

2. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.’ 3. And Semjz, who was their leader, said unto them: ‘I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’ 4. And they all answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.’ 5. Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. 6. And they were in all two hundred; who descended ⌈in the days⌉ of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. (Enoch 6:2-6)

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards. (Song of Solomon 4:8)

Genesis 32:22 states that Dan was referred to as a Lion who would leap from Bashan, we previously connected Bashan with the Nephilim (Deuteronomy 3:11, Amos 2:9)

Mystery Babylon the Great is Israel link. Mystery Babylon the Great will have “mingled” people in the midst of her (Jeremiah 50:37). Could this mingling be the same sort of mingling spoken of in the last End Times kingdom spoken of in Daniel Chapter 7?

“(Referring to the fallen angels mating with humans)…they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay” (Daniel 2:43)

We previously identified this last End Times kingdom as being mixed between fallen angels and humans link. These fallen angels will pose as aliens link.

As we covered earlier, the tribe of Dan is the serpent seed (Genesis 49:17, Genesis 32:22), obviously therefore the tribe of Dan is mingled. Could the tribe of Dan be living in Israel amongst the Synagogue of Satan? Could the mingled people living in Babylon be referring to the tribe of Dan?

Samson’s riddle

Samson was a Nazarite from the tribe of Dan. He was given a riddle that may be relevant for these Last Days.

⁵Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. ⁶And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. ⁷And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. ⁸And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. ⁹And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. ¹⁰So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. ¹¹And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. ¹²And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: ¹³But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. (Judges 14:5-14)

The Philistines figure out the riddle though we are not told what the answer is. Instead we are given the Philistines reply to Samson, which was another riddle.

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.” (Judges 14:18)

• Bees are used to represent the Amorites (Deuteronomy 1:44). We previously linked these Amorites to the Nephilim (Amos 2:9, Deuteronomy 3:11).
• A Lion is used to represent Dan (Genesis 32:22).
• A Lion is used to represent Israel (Numbers 24:9, Numbers 23:24).
• A Lion is used to represent Judah (Genesis 49:9).

Obviously there are a couple interpretation of the prophecy. Since Dan was earlier compared to a Lion, and considering Samson is a Danite, I think the appropriate symbol for Lion in this instance is Dan.

Samson killed the Lion (Danites killed themselves). The bees (Amorites or Nephilim) were within the carcass of the Lion (Dan). Seems like the riddle is referring to the serpent seed.

Dan will judge his people

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel (Genesis 49:16). What does this passage mean when it states that Dan will Judge his people?

Judge (1777)
to judge, contend, plead
a) (Qal)
1) to act as judge, minister judgment
2) to plead a cause
3) to execute judgment, requite, vindicate
4) to govern
5) to contend, strive
b) (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel

It looks like Dan will be used as some sort of disciplinary force that punishes the Israelites for their lack of belief during the tribulation. Maybe God lets Satan uses this tribe of Dan, who seems to be living in the nation Israel, to punish the rest of the Israelites. Perhaps this is why Dan is left out of the sealed 144,000 from all tribes of Israel (Revelation 7:4-8). God will use this tribulation to get the Israelites to turn back to them. “In their adversity they will seek me earnestly” (Hosea 5:15).

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