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Where Did We Get the Name,

America?

In the Old Testament we find many verses containing the word "kingdom." For example:

1 Kings 1:46, "And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom."

Isaiah 34:12, "They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there,
and all her princes shall be nothing."

When you look into a Hebrew Dictionary such as that found in Strong's Concordance you will
find the word 'kingdom' in these verses comes from the Hebrew word # 4410. Here is the definition:

4410 mluwkah 'mel-oo-kaw' feminine passive participle of 4427 something ruled, i.e. a
realm:--kingdom, king's, x royal. (4427 means "to ascend to the throne".)

LOOK how that Hebrew word for 'kingdom' is pronounced. It is pronounced mel-oo- kaw! "I
am going to a kingdom" would, in Hebrew, sound in part like this, "I am going to a mel oo kaw. Or I
am going to a merica.

Schools like to teach that the continent was named for Amerigo Vespucci, but they do not teach
the meaning of his name. And ministers and pastors who have been to a Bible College or seminary
and who have studied Hebrew should know better. The Latin masculine singular for "Amerigo" is
"Americus" and feminine singular is "America" (Israel is likewise feminine singular.)

The Old Gothic form for the word "America" was "Amel Ric". "Amel" means "Heaven", and
"Ric" means "Kingdom" -- Kingdom of Heaven. Amel Ric is still found in the German language as
"Emerich", or "Himmelreich".

And as you saw above, Strong's Concordance gives the Hebrew word "Meluwkah' for king-
dom. The letter "l" and "r" under certain circumstances are interchangeable. Thus the Hebrew word
"Meluwkah" (pronounced "mel-oo-kah") became "Merukah", this became "Amerucah" which in the
Latin form is "America".

Thus "Amel Ric", "Emerich', "himmelreich", "Amerlukah", "Amerukah", and "America", became
words for "The Kingdom of Heaven". America means Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God.

What you have just read should be common knowledge. If you have you not heard this before,
why? Does your Pastor know? If he does, why hasn't he told you?

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