December 1, 1776: Seal Date for the tribe of Manasseh

This seal date provides the point in history where we should be looking for the ancient tribe of Manasseh to be signing a document, or doing something of a similar nature. The tribe has already been identified as the modern nation of The United States of America. The document is the Declaration of Independence. The date? When Congress opened under this new government organization. If this was the date of the last signature, a distinct possiblity, it appears lost to history.

Background

In another article we explored the March 12, 1941 Seal Date for Joseph. That date was the date when Lend-Lease was signed indicating that the United States and United Kingdom were both tribes of ancient Israel. In that identification Manasseh was the ancient tribal name that became the modern United States.

The tribal name Manasseh has another date when the tribe of Manasseh alone is sealed. This is consistant with Manasseh as the holder of the double portion of the inheritance and the expression "double" or "double portion" is a way to identify the tribe. Manasseh's singular seal date is given in the following report:

Readers familiar with the history of the United States should instantly recognize the year as the year of the Declaration of Independence. The signing of that document is the likely event consistant with the other seals in the story. What is rather strange is the date. December 1, 1776 (or perhaps December 2, 1776) is not a date that is popularly linked to this document.

The Declaration of Independence was voted on in the Congress in August of 1776. This vote is celebrated each year on July 4th. The document itself was signed beginning in early August. 50 of the 56 eventual signers of this document put their signatures on the official copies in August.

Throughout the fall of 1776 the remaining signers added their signatures. Of the 56 final signatures on the document 55 were of elected delagates, the 56th was of the secratary.

The date of the last signature appears lost to history, with no last signing date being given in any of the main references to this document.

In January of 1777 the Congress voted to have official copies of that document sent to each state, ending the period of signing and turning the document into a historical document.

The question, though, is what happened on December 1 (or 2), 1776?

The last normal signature went onto the declaration of independence several days before. This was signature 55, one of the prophetic numbers for the United States. A 56th signature would come later, but under a special authorization from Congress.

By Phil Stone
Posted Tuesday, Issachar 23, 12999