Modern Jews cannot prove they are the Israelites of the Bible, nevertheless demand the world recognize them as such. Why? Dr. Karl Skorecki (nephrologist & geneticist) is best known for discovering the Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH) in 1997. He proved Ashkenazi & Sephardi descend from one common male ancestor ~3,000 years ago. The finding launched modern Jewish population genetics. When asked "are the Jewish people of today directly related to the Israelites of the Bible?" He answered "we don’t have DNA from Israelites of the Bible, so there’s no way to provide a direct answer to your question." He goes on to state "Self-identified Jews… many Jews who come from most diaspora communities… their DNA markers show that there is a high degree of relatedness to each other, indicating common ancestry. The closest non-Jewish populations are Levantine populations — Druze, Palestinians, Syrians — rather than their non-Jewish neighbors in the diaspora." This is confirmed by more recent DNA studies. "The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant" published by The Cell revealed the Ashkenazi are genetically Canaanites (Ham), rather than Hebrews (Shem). No genetic study has extracted DNA from First Temple Period Israelite gravesites. The Cell study utilized DNA extracted from Megiddo and Ashkelon--both sites being historically riddled with Canaanites. Dr. Skorecki noted their closest genetic relatives include the Syrians. Interestingly, this is precisely where the 2nd century scientist Ptolemy said the Edomites--the descendants of Esau--originated from. “The Jews are such by nature, and from the beginning, whilst the Idumeans [Edomites] were not Jews from the beginning, but Phoenicians and Syrians; but being afterward subdued by the Jews, and compelled to be circumcised, and to unite into one nation and to be subject to the same laws, they were called Jews. They were called Jews, not because of their descent, but in regard to their religion and manner of life. Hence it was that the kingdom of Herod and his posterity were called, ‘The Kingdom of the Proselytes,’ by the Hebrews.” (Ammonius, De Differentia Vocabulorum, no. 243) This is confirmed by Antigonus, the last Hasmonean king of Judea, who denigrated the infamous King Herod as "an Idumean, i.e., a half-Jew" (Antiquities 14.15). Modern Jews cannot present ancestral records connecting them to the Tribe of Judah nor Benjamin (i.e. Jews), nor any Israelite clan. They likewise are unable to make a genetic connection to First Temple Period graves as religious authorities refuse to allow the DNA to be extracted. They demand we esteem them as the Jews of the Bible, when in reality they better fit the biblical description of the Edomites. • Jesus warned of a Synagogue “who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie” (Rev 3:9). The Edomites, like the Herodians and Judas Iscariot, are evidently who Jesus was referring to. • The Edomites were prophesied to be “small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised” (Oba 1:2). There are only 11 million Ashkenazi today. What is their historic reputation? • Esau (Edom, Mount Seir) has long desired Jacob’s lands (Eze 35:10, 36:5, Ps 83:6-12). He possessed them during the Babylonian Captivity (Oba 1:11-14, Eze 36:5), during the Herodian Dynasty (Antiquties 14-17, Jewish War 1, Ptolemy on Herod), and is prophesied to possess them in the Last Days prior to Jesus’ Second Advent (Oba 1, Zech 14:21, Luke 21:24). • Obadiah prophesies Israel will “ascend Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom will be the Lord’s” on the Day of the Lord (Oba 1:21). • Zechariah likewise prophesies “there will no longer be a Canaanite in the House of the Lord of hosts in that day,” indicating a faux-priesthood of Canaanites possess the Temple prior to Christ (Zech 14:21). • Josephus confirms both the Pharisees and Sadducees had been infiltrated during the Herodian era (Antiquities 14.9.4–5), while the Essenes—who gave us the Dead Sea Scrolls—were comprised of only ethnic Jews (Jewish War 2.8.119). • Perhaps most compelling, Israel and Judah do not repossess Jacob’s lands until the Second Advent (Jer 3:17-18, 50:4-5, Eze 37:15-28, Isa 11:10-12, Hosea 1:11, Amos 9:11-15). By default, this indicates the current rulers, and the future Antichrist, are not descendants of Jacob known as Israel. It is on these grounds that I am presenting what is called the Edomite Hypothesis: Modern Israel is ruled by Edom—the Synagogue of Revelation 3:9—who usher in the Antichrist and will be judged at the Second Coming.