Re: "the claim that the House Of Windsor are direct Davidic descendants"
Ben-Ariel,
Assuming for the sake of expanding our collective knowledge that the British Royal Family, including the Prince sons of Diana, are descended directly from David HaMelech, then why hasn't this "best known secret" been proudly and publicly proclaimed by the family members themselves?
Why have no members of the family stepped forward to announce their rightful place as citizens of, and rulers in, Eretz Yisrael?
Prince Charles is virtually a crypto-Muslim.
Lady Diana was outspokenly pro-PLO, anti-Jew, and actually working with and within Muslim terrorist front groups to destroy the State of Israel before the time of her death.
One of the Princes was captured intoxicated at a masquerade party dressed in Nazi regalia, and I am unaware of any Royal visits to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or elsewhere in Israel.
It seems to me that if a person or group had publicly announced that I myself was the heir to the most famous and honored Royal Dynasty in history, I wouldn't be able to contain myself and would immediately step forward to proudly accept the honor with all that it should entail.
Or...if I was convinced that the group or person which publicly proclaimed my Royal rights was in error, I would most definitely step up and announce publicly that no such proof actually exists, and would ask the people making such claims to please desist from doing so.
The Knights Templar & others today claim that it is the French Throne which is directly descended from the children born to Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. They offer a virtual library of maps, hidden parchments, secret codes carried home from the Jerusalem Crusades, historical timelines, chapels, churches, "best kept secret" burial places where they claim the bones of Jesus were interred in France, etc... .
Other European "Secret Society" groups claim that each and every member of European Royalty are the direct line descendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Central to all of these groups is their credo that Jesus never died on the cross, but was taken down, revived, and then shipped off to southern Gall etc..
I have read and studied the writings of Herbert W. Armstrong, as well as those of the Knights Templar, Rosicrucians, etc..., yet have been unconvinced that any of these "secret knowledge" stories are anything but major ignorance combined with superstition, incorrectly translated Scriptures, and the desire to have membership in an "elite" hidden secret society laying totally illegitimate claim to what rightfully belongs only to today's Jewish remnant.
I have no problem with you believing or worshipping as you see fit, but I am personally unable to find credence in these claims of direct Davidic descent.
Your thoughts on the matter are most welcome.
I have been good friends with classmates who were followers of Herbert Armstrong, and I read every single piece of literature they presented to me, so I am not disparaging you or your faith, just ready to be enlightened if possible.