Signs of the two Brother tribes Ephraim(Britain) and Manasseh(America).......

I have only scratched the surface of this book so I will add more stuff to this thread when I find it.

Sharon Turner, in his "History of the Anglo-Saxons,"
says : "The Anglo-Saxons made their appearance in Media seven centuries before Christ ; but that, according to Herodotus, Media was not their cradle, but Palestine." And he adds : "My sole object is to give a true solution to the difficult question, Who were the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons?"This is an important point, from the fact that in tracing the Saxons back to Media, we find it to be the exact place and time that the house of Israel went into the Assyrian captivity, and if we call to our aid some of the ancient writers, we can prove that the Saxons came from that part of the country where Israel was lost, and that our forefathers occupied the northwestern part of Asia in the days of Christ, and that He sent His Apostles into these very places.

After the Israelites were carried into the Assyrian captivity, they remained in Media until Christ came, for you remember He said to His disciples, "Go not into the ways of the Gentiles, nor into any of the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," which fulfills the prophecy, "Yet doth He devise means that His banished be not expelled from Him." From Media they went into Pamphylia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Lydia, and Bithyania, for we have the testimony of Josephus in the year 70 A.D., that the two tribes, viz., Judah and Levi, were captured by Titus, but the ten tribes were beyond the river Euphrates, an immense number of people. Christ's mission on earth was to redeem Israel, for He says, "I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Under the Mosaic law Paul finds them, and tells them of a crucified and risen Redeemer. This is why we are keeping the first day instead of the seventh. Again Paul tells them to avoid foolish questions and genealogies, and endless fables, and from that point of time they lose all trace of their genealogy and become a distinct people. Thus we see prophecy fulfilled to the letter of the law, viz. : Unknown in name, speaking another tongue; in fact, the little stone, cut out of the mountain without hands, which became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

The works examined, to which I am deeply indebted, are Herodotus, Josephus, Rollins, Chambers, Hine and the voluminous parts of the " Heir of the World," from which the pages of this Preface were compiled.

Birthright blessings:

Part 3: Jacob to Joseph

Jacob marries two sisters: Leah and Rachel. (29:15-30)

From Leah, Rachel, and their two maidservants (Bilhah and Zilpah),

Jacob has 12 sons (35:23-26):

(These sons are listed in order from oldest to youngest)

1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
5. Dan
6. Naphtali
7. Gad
8. Asher
9. Issachar
10.Zebulun
11.Joseph
12.Benjamin

God changes Jacob’s name to Israel (35:10).

Joseph, who is #11 of the 12 sons, is sold into slavery by his brothers. (37:28)

God ends up exalting him to the highest rank in Egypt as promised to him. (41:39, 40)

ALL of the blessings and birthright promises given to Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, and Jacob (Israel) are passed on to Joseph.

Reuben (the first born) does not receive the blessings and
birthright promises and neither does Judah (as assumed).


Genesis 49: 22-26

22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall:

23. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and
hated him:

24. But his bow abode in his strength, and the arms of his hands
were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;
(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

25. Even by the God of the father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts,
and of the womb:

26. The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings
of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting
hills:they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown
of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

Part 4: Joseph to Ephraim
(and Manasseh)

In Egypt Joseph had two sons: Ephraim and Manasseh. (41:50-52)

All 12 brothers become tribes except for Joseph.

Joseph is not made a tribe but his two sons (Ephraim and Manasseh)

become tribes, as a double portion, a blessing. (48:5,21,22)

The birthright is passed through Joseph and goes to Ephraim
and Manasseh, but Ephraim is given the greater blessing (48:12-20)

Ephraim is given the right to the father’s name: Israel.

***Realize that there are actually 13 tribes altogether.***
Even though Levi does not have land possession, Levi
is still a tribe!






Moving forward through history........



After Joseph’s death,the children of Israel become slaves in Egypt.

After 400 years they are led out of Egypt under Moses and
wander in the desert for 40 years.

The children of Israel are then led into the Promised Land under Joshua.

The 13 Tribes of Israel eventually become a nation, occupying the territory promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

After the reign of King Solomon over the nation of Israel,
the tribes split into two kingdoms: Israel and Judah.


Israel is the Northern Kingdom, headed by the tribe of Ephraim.


Judah is the Southern Kingdom, headed by the tribe of Judah.


There are 9 ½ tribes to the North, 2 ½ tribes to the South, and the Tribe of Levi is scattered throughout.


The people of the Northern Kingdom: Israel, are called Israelites

and

the people of the Southern Kingdom are Judahites (or Jews).


Only the Israelites of the Southern Kingdom are Jews.


Ephraim (Israel) is taken into captivity 745 B.C. by the Assyrians.

Judah is taken into captivity 573 B.C. by the Babylonians.

The Jews returned from captivity after 70 years.
The northern tribes never return.


These northern tribes are
the 10 “lost” tribes of Israel.

But are they really lost? Or do they just have different names?

Wherever these "lost" tribes are, they must be as numerous as "the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore".

Remember:

Ephraim and Manasseh receive the birthright, not the Jews!

The birthright promises AREN’T fulfilled when they become tribes.

The birthright promises ARE fulfilled when they become nations, a multitude of nations, and many kings!



"To Ephraim and Manasseh :
Blessed be everyone that blesses you,
cursed be everyone who curses you,
you will be exceedingly fruitful,
you will possess the gates of your enemies,
you will be a blessing to all nations

you will be as numerous as the sand on the
seashore and as the stars in heaven."


Hosea 1:9-11

9 Then God said:
“Call his name Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.
10 “Yet the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,

‘You are not My people,’
There it shall be said to them,
You are sons of the living God.’

11 Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!

Note:
The children of Judah and the children of Israel
are not the same.

Becoming a son of the living God can only be
obtained through being born again
by the Spirit of God.


Where & when did the children of Israel become
"not my people",then as numerous as the sand
on the seashore,then a multitude of nations,
and then "sons of the living God"?

funny you say John Bull...been doing ancestry and am related to John Bulls.

There are many on this site who would have you deceived in regards to your true heritage but don't worry, I will resist and rebuke them!

These are only two tribes out of the ten 'lost' tribes of Israel but you can also find Israelites in the nations of Ireland, France, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Canada.

I hope I didn't forget anyone, I will double check and if you ever want to learn your awesome heritage that this evil World does not want you to know, this E-book is the best historical source I have found. God bless you O Israel! Soon you will all know who you are!

Just scroll down. This guy really knows his stuff.

The "Lost" Ten Tribes of Israel...Found!

[link to stevenmcollins.com]

Double-checked, that is all of the tribes.

Last Edited by TheSeventhGate on 12/18/2012 02:43 PM

Cool.

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The British-Israelites made ONE FATAL mistake
that cost them their empire and their race.

When they [correctly] embraced their Israelite
heritage, they also [mistakeningly] embraced
the satanic antichrist impostors, Edomite-jews,
descended from Jacob's brother who God hated -
the patriarch of perdition, Esau.



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Excellent post OP... tis an Irish thing!!


NOBODY'S PAST…

Your Nobody is not Italian or from the USA, he is Irish. He is of ancestral Milesian blood. To clarify, he is of the descendants of the Hebrew-Egypto lineage who left Egypt after the Moses saga. His ancestry was also present at the fall of the Tower of Babel.

This lineage then moved on to Spain and from Spain to Ireland. Remote Viewers think he is Italian is due to his dark hair, dark eyes and swarthy skin. In Ireland this particular tone is known as Black Irish. In other words he is not descended from the Tuatha Dé Danann, and therefore not the more typical ginger and pale Irish.

Your Nobody is a master of both the schools of the Ancient Egyptian Mystery Traditions and the Hebrew Kabbalah. Both are distinctly intertwined to the discerning eye. Ask the 33rd?

He is, dare I say it, guardian to the story of Jacob’s Ladder. The stone on which Jacob laid his head to have the dream is called the Stone Of Scone or Stone of Destiny and now sits underneath the Coronation Chair of the Germanic English Queen. Your Nobody’s lineage are the rightful guardians of the Stone Of Destiny.

Your Nobody is a true and rightful King to the Celtic Tribes of the Northern regions.

His lineage later moves to Scotland and his generations take part in the Crusades. His Templar ancestry was present at the unearthing of Solomon’s library (if only you knew what was found here!!) and the discovery of Solomon’s treasure.

Your Nobody’s linage and 12 other families begin the first credit system using Solomon’s Treasure as collateral. These ‘13’ become the Illuminated… They were not the Illuminati...

After the Papal Templar purge… ‘13’, his ancestry was instrumental in the formation of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

does any of this mean anything to any of you?

For 90 days shall the world writhe in turmoil.
And that which was Land would now Be an Ocean.
And that which was Sea would now be Mountain.
Of all the Nations in the world would still remain only 3.
The Mountains of Ozymandias raised high,surrounded by the sea.
The Underground World of Tunguska its mighty gun revealed.
Of all the people in the world would number 999999.
And of the women in the world will they number 333333.
So shall men in total be 666666.
Of the Ant men and The Hairy men shall be in total 1099.
Of the grey men and the yellow men will be only 3

The Southern lands of England a haven for the wretched.
This sovereign land of Israel, Last Kingdom of the World.
The fury of the Evil winds,
Shall drive them to the North.
Among them stands a King, who leads those last men.
With the Hermit of England at hand.
What once were icy seas, is now a valley born.

Nope, Judah is in Jerusalem where the Bible Prophesied them to be. Judah never lost her identity like the House of Israel did.

THE TRIBES OF JOSEPH (EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH):
Ephraim and Manasseh were the chief tribes of the House of Israel, and the Bible offers considerable information about them. The tribe of Joseph was subdivided into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (the two sons of Joseph), and they jointly received the “birthright” blessings, one of which promised exceptional population growth (Genesis 48:16). This division of the tribe of Joseph resulted in there being thirteen tribal units in Israel.
Joseph is a well­known biblical personality. His “coat of many colors,” his being sold into slavery and his promotion to be Egypt’s leader under Pharaoh are oft­repeated Bible stories. As a youth, Joseph had dreams which prophesied that he would
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become the greatest among his brethren (Genesis 37:5­11), and he was the favorite son of Jacob (Genesis 37:1­4). Unfortunately, Joseph tended to be naive as he told his family about his dreams (that he would be exalted over them) without realizing that this would offend them. As a result, his brothers developed a hatred toward Joseph, and later sold him into slavery.
After Joseph was exalted to a rulership position in Egypt, he had to overcome his own feelings of vengeance as he tested his brothers incognito. Joseph came to see that the other brothers had developed real remorse over what they had done to him (Genesis 42:18­23), and this facilitated their reconciliation. When Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, they were too scared to speak (Genesis 45:3)! They knew Joseph exercised life and death power in Egypt and had the power to execute them or sell them all into slavery (as they had done to him). However, Joseph mercifully forgave them, and magnanimously cared for them and their families. This account shows that a merciful, magnanimous attitude toward former enemies was a core personality trait of Joseph. This trait of being merciful to former enemies also characterized Joseph’s progeny, as we shall see.
Many Bible scholars are familiar with the “birthright” promise which was given to Joseph. This “birthright” promise identified which tribe of Israel would receive the extraordinary promises made by God to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel). These included: (A) great nationhood, God’s blessing of their friends and cursing of their enemies, and the ability (and willingness) to bless the other nations of the earth (Genesis 12:2­3), (B) great population growth (Genesis 13:15­16), and (C) the promise of growth into many nations (Genesis 17:4­7). In Genesis 22:16­ 18, God reiterated his promise of explosive population growth,
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and added a promise that Abraham’s descendants would “possess the gate of his enemies.” These birthright promises were passed from Isaac to Jacob with the following words (Genesis 27:26­29):
“God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let people serve thee: and nations bow down to thee...cursed be everyone that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
Immense agricultural blessings were added to this birthright (soil fertility, food surpluses, good climate), and the promise included prominence over other nations. This promise of agricultural bounty indicates Joseph’s descendants would live in the earth’s temperate zones (which are most suited for agricultural surpluses). In Genesis 28:10­14, God promised Abraham’s seed would:
“spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south.”
This shows that Jacob’s descendants would not only have huge populations, but would spread abroad all across the earth. God again reaffirmed the promise of a huge population growth for Jacob’s descendants in Genesis 35:11­12, and added a promise that:
“a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee.”
Significantly, the above promises were not conditional on the obedience of the future generations who would receive these promised blessings. God gave these blessings to future descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob because of the
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obedience of those patriarchs. While all of Abraham’s descendants would share these blessings, the “lion’s share” of these blessings were inherited by the tribes of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh).

wow,excellent work ,totally interesting to me.ive searched along the lines of england beung ephraim before and found the evidence very compelling.i searched my family tree and found one of my great great great grandfathers name to be israel holdsworth......so i always thought i could be of the tribe of ephraim...its like thhe stuff of dreams,to be an isralite afterall would mean a great deal to me.have you heard the english hymm jerusalem before??? If someone could post the lyrics im sure you would find it very insigtfull!also what of the futures of manassah and ephraim..??? Great post.

In Genesis 48 Jacob (or “Israel”) gave these accumulated birthright promises to Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph. They were each to be reckoned as individual tribes of Israel (verse 5), and were presented by Joseph to Jacob for the formal act of passing on the birthright. When Jacob put his right hand on Ephraim (Joseph’s younger son) it made Ephraim the primary recipient of the blessing. Manasseh was the eldest son, but Jacob’s blessing him with the left hand made him a joint (but secondary) recipient of this birthright promise. Symbolically, this meant that Ephraim inherited Joseph’s status as one of the twelve tribes of Israel, but that Manasseh was added as a “thirteenth” tribe of Israel. Jacob (Israel) blessed them with these words (verses 14­16):
“And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head...and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head...and said...let my name be named on them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac: and let them grow into a multitude...”
With these words the birthright promises of the Abrahamic covenant were given to Ephraim and Manasseh. The other tribes of Israel were not specifically named as inheritors of the “birthright” blessings. Ephraim and Manasseh were destined to become the most populous tribes of Israel (meaning they would also need the greatest amount of territory for their large populations). It is particularly important to notice that this prophetic blessing involved the name “Israel” and the name “Isaac” being placed on the Israelite tribes of
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Ephraim and Manasseh. For this reason, whenever the Bible thereafter uses the term ‘Israel” in history or prophecy, it must designate primarily the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh! After Israel went into captivity, the name “Isaac” was firmly placed on many of the Israelites in Asia as they were called “Sacae,” “Saka” or “Saxones” in Scythia and Parthia.
In an earlier chapter we saw evidence that Ephraim’s clans formed the backbone of the tribes which united to form the Parthian Empire, while one of the dominant tribes of the Sacae Scythians was the Massagetae (Manasseh). Even as the term “House of Israel” included the rest of the tribes of Israel who remained associated with Ephraim and Manasseh, the term “Sacae” was also applied to the tribes of Israel which were led by Ephraim and Manasseh (Parthia and Scythia) while in Asia.
When the Scythians and Parthians migrated to Europe, the names “Sachse,” or “Saxons,” (“Saac’s sons”) remained upon them as they settled in the British Isles, but this name also remained on some related tribes who stayed on the mainland (i.e. “Saxony” in Germany and “Alsace” in France).
In Genesis 48:19, Jacob prophesied that Manasseh “shall become a people, and he also shall be great,” but added that Ephraim’s descendants “shall be greater than [Manasseh], and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.” With these words Jacob prophesied that Manasseh and Ephraim would receive the blessing of Genesis 35:11 that the “birthright” promises would eventually include “a nation and a company of nations.” Genesis 48:19 specifically foretold the descendants of Ephraim (the younger brother) would become the “multitude of nations” while Manasseh’s descendants would become the single great nation.
The modern nations which descended from an Anglo­Saxon
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heritage are England, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These nations have perfectly fulfilled all prophecies about the birthright tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
They easily fulfill the prophecy about large population. When you combine the populations of the above modern nations, they are, by far, the most numerous nations of the modern tribes of Israel. They have uniquely fulfilled the prophecy about becoming “a great nation” and a “company of nations.” The single great nation is the United States of America and the Caucasian nations of the British Commonwealth (Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) are the prophesied company of nations. Therefore, the “birthright” prophecies identify the United States as Manasseh, and the Caucasian nations of the British Commonwealth are identified as Ephraim.
Since Ephraim was to be the “greater” of the two, and received its birthright blessing first, we should expect that Ephraim would receive its inheritance before Manasseh. History fulfilled that expectation. Great Britain rose to international prominence before the United States, and was a major international power for centuries before being replaced by the United States in the post­World War II period. At its zenith, the British Empire also ruled over many more nations and a far greater geographic area than the United States ever has. For a time, it was true that “the sun never sat on the British Empire” because the British Empire ruled much of the world! At its zenith, it ruled over Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, many Black African nations, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, eastern New Guinea, and many islands in Oceania. It was without question, the most expansive empire in the history of our planet. According to the 1943 Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
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the British Empire once ruled 13 million square miles of the earth’s land surface.3 [And that was before British rule was temporarily extended over Palestine, Jordan and Iraq after World War II!] Britain’s navies also controlled much of the world’s sea surface as well. “Britannia rules the waves” was a common axiom in Britain’s glory days. The British Empire inherited the “birthright” promises of controlling the “gate of its enemies” (strategic “chokepoints” such as the Suez Canal, Gibraltar, and the Cape of Good Hope). British ownership of the Falkland Islands controlled access around Cape Horn between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and its colony in Singapore controlled the strategic Strait of Malacca between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.

The United States of America (Manasseh) inherited its “birthright” portion after Ephraim had inherited its dominant portion of the “birthright.” At its height, Manasseh ruled the United States, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii (which later became states), Cuba and various islands in Oceania. The United States long controlled the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most strategic “gates.” While the United States is clearly more powerful than Great Britain in our modern world, the British Empire was far greater in a historical sense. While the British sought to expand its empire, the United States has exhibited an “isolationist” tendency in its history, and has not sought to rule a large empire. While the British used their armies to conquer and hold territory, America typically withdraws its armies quickly from conquered territory. In World Wars I and II, the Persian Gulf War, etc., America has exhibited no desire to create an empire out of conquered territory, even though it had the power to easily do so.
The above traits of the British and Americans were also exhibited by the Parthians and Scythians. The Parthian Empire began as a
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union of the clans of Ephraim, and Parthia was comfortable with ruling an empire of diverse nations, using its armies to conquer and hold territory. The British emulated this Parthian trait in the time of the British Empire, further cementing their identity as modern Ephraim. The ancient Scythians, however, preferred to live in the “wide open spaces” of the Russian steppe and were isolationist (content to “live and let live”). One of the dominant tribes of the Scythians were the Massagetae (i.e. “Manasseh”). After the Scythians conquered Mesopotamia and virtually the entire Mideast (circa 620 B.C.), they completely withdrew their armies in a few years, disdaining to rule an empire when they could easily have done so. The Americans have emulated this Scythian trait. At the end of World War II, America could have enforced a “Pax America” on the entire earth! It ruled (or dominated) the Western Hemisphere, its armies occupied Japan, much of Europe and North Africa, most Pacific islands and only America had the atomic bomb. Americans, like the ancient Scythians, disdained having an empire. It quickly withdrew most armies from conquered nations, mothballed much of its fleet and returned its soldiers to civilian life as soon as they could be transported home.
Even as the Parthians and Scythians were allied fellow kinsmen in the ancient world, the British and the Americans have had a “special relationship” in the modern world. When Parthia needed military help in the ancient world, the Scythians regularly came charging to the rescue. The British and Americans have repeated this Parthian­Scythian tradition. When the British needed military help in World Wars I and II, the Americans came charging to the rescue! These ancient and modern alliances are no accident. Ephraim and Manasseh are “brother” tribes (with a common culture and language) and their descendants have traditionally acted as “brother nations” in the world.
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At this juncture, a few readers may say: “Wait a minute, this sounds like British­Israelism;” however, this book does not espouse that doctrine. “British­Israelism” was a doctrine that developed during the Victorian heyday of the British Empire. It began with people who saw (correctly) that the Anglo­Saxon people were exhibiting the characteristics of the “birthright” tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and who saw that the Christian British Empire was expanding its power throughout the earth. They then came to believe (erroneously) that the British Empire was (or would develop into) the kingdom of God on earth. This doctrine was discredited when it became clear that the British Empire would never become the millennial “kingdom of God.” Although the Messianic nationalism of British­Israelism was proven incorrect, the evidence that the Anglo­Saxons were the modern tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh remained as solid as ever.
Since their initial struggles in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the British­American alliance has dominated world politics, fulfilling the Genesis 27:29 birthright promise that “nations would bow down to thee.” This has been true in both war and peacetime. Many nations have “bowed down” to the United States and Great Britain in warfare over the last few centuries. In peacetime, a map of the immediate post­World War II world indicated that a large percentage of the earth’s population was subject to either the British Empire or the United States (either as colonies, protectorates or occupied territories). This British­American alliance was typically merciful to conquered enemies, exhibiting a characteristic of their forefather Joseph. This attribute of wise and benevolent rule was also common among the Scythians, the Parthians and among the Goths who conquered the Romans. The example of America’s mercy and magnanimous behavior in restoring the people and economies of its former enemies, Japan and Germany, after World War II is a
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marvelous example of this trait of the tribe of Joseph. After America and Britain conquered much of Germany in World War II, the Americans worked around the clock to feed Germans in “the Berlin Airlift” necessitated by Russia’s grab for power over West Berlin.
The United States of America may be the most generous, magnanimous, and merciful nation in the history of our planet! Besides rebuilding and restoring Japan and much of Europe after World War II, the USA has poured mega­billions of dollars into nations everywhere (usually without repayment or even gratitude) in the form of the Marshall Plan, foreign aid, the Peace Corps, etc. When natural disasters strike anywhere on earth, American agencies (public and private) rush to the scene to offer aid and assistance (even to enemy nations). When American TV sets show suffering and starving people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Rwanda (to name recent examples), it isn’t long before American aid rushes to those affected areas. This world would be a grim place if Americans were not such a philanthropic people. Indeed, America is generous to a fault. So many nations which owe so much to American generosity and help are frequently anti­American in their policies. Americans see this, but simply go on giving anyway. They can’t help it; its in their genes that date back to Joseph.

In doing so, the United States has fulfilled the birthright promise of Genesis 12:3 that “in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Whatever America’s faults are (and there are many), America has historically been “a cheerful giver” to friends, enemies and neutrals alike. II Corinthians 9:7 states that “God loves a cheerful giver,” and Proverbs 10:12 and I Peter 4:8 mention a divine principle that “love covers a multitude of sins.” Perhaps herein lies the reason why God withholds due punishment from America for its various sins: God “covers”
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(pardons) some of America’s sins because of its unusually generous and merciful attitude toward other nations.
Great Britain has also fulfilled this promise, but in a different way. When Ephraimites formed the backbone of the Parthian Empire, they ruled subject nations with wisdom, providing an environment of peace and stability. History records that nations fought the Greeks and Romans in order to live under Parthian rule. History repeated itself when the English (modern Ephraim) ruled an empire of many nations, providing an environment of peace and stability. In the wave of nationalism that swept the post­war world, many British colonies were granted an “independence” which proved to be a great curse. Many of these nations had so little capacity to govern themselves that they have been prey for despots ever since.
Besides the above, the birthright promises included wealth and agricultural abundance. This also typifies the United States and the British Commonwealth. It is common knowledge that these nations have a disproportionate share of the world’s material wealth. While it is true that some of this can be attributed to English doggedness and Yankee ingenuity, the primary reason is that God (the invisible Ruler) was simply keeping his promises to the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh. God could direct their migrating descendants to land masses which had strategic advantages, soil fertility, favorable climates, and an abundance of natural resources. The fact that the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh didn’t grasp their Israelite ancestry did not cancel out God’s promises. God was faithful even if Israel’s nations didn’t recognize him as their primary benefactor.
Even as Joseph dispensed grain from huge surpluses to hungry nations during the seven lean years in Egypt, so the peoples of Ephraim and Manasseh have “fed the world” through vast agricultural production in our time. The United States, Canada,
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and Australia are perennial grain exporters. This has been an Israelite trait throughout history, as earlier chapters documented that Israel, Carthage and Scythia were regular grain exporters as well.
Literally, all of the ancient biblical prophecies connected with the “birthright” promises given to Abraham have been fulfilled in the British and American people. That the above prophecies have been precisely fulfilled in the British and American nations confirms (A) that the British and American people are the modern tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and (B) that there has to be a powerful, invisible God who exercises sufficient control of world events to personally guarantee that his prophecies come true.
Earlier Israelite nations and empires also fulfilled many of the birthright promises to Abraham. The Phoenician/Israelite Empire under King Solomon controlled Gibraltar, many land trade routes, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and much of the Indian Ocean. Carthage also controlled Gibraltar, the Western Mediterranean, and the Atlantic sea routes to North America. The Parthians and Scythians were land powers, not naval powers, but their strategic location controlled the world’s overland trade routes between the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, and Parthia controlled the strategic “Caspian Gates” which sat astride the invasion routes of ancient Asia.
The evidence that Great Britain (and her “company of nations”) and the United States are the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh is overwhelming. There are other parallels to examine as well.
When Manasseh received its inheritance in ancient Palestine, it was given an unusually large area of land. It included two portions of land divided in the middle by the River Jordan. Even at the beginning, the tribe of Manasseh preferred “wide­open
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spaces.” When the Israelites left Palestine, the tribe of Manasseh went in two separate directions. The half­tribe of Manasseh living in Gilead (east of the Jordan River) went into Assyrian captivity years before the fall of Samaria, and migrated to territories east of the Caspian Sea where they became the Scythian tribe named the Massagetae. The other half of the tribe of Manasseh migrated in about 721 B.C. with other fleeing Israelites to a new homeland near the Black Sea (they were also called “Getae”). One historian of the Scythians has observed the following:
“since all the mounted nomads of the Scythian age spoke the same...tongue, whether they came from the Dniestr [Western Scythians] or the banks of the Oxus [Eastern Scythians], there seems reason to think that...the majority were linked by some sort of racial tie.” 4
A common language, culture and name (the Sacae) confirms their common origin. Both halves of the tribe of Manasseh found new homelands in the “wide open spaces” of the Russian steppe.
When America was being settled, Manassehites were especially drawn to North America because of its promise of considerable living space. When Americans spread westward toward the Pacific Ocean, they migrated in wagon trains. In doing so, they carried on a tradition of the ancient Scythians. The Scythians also migrated via covered wagons, which are described in the following words:
“The wagons in which the women and children traveled had from four to six wheels. They were covered with felt roofs and the space inside was divided into two or three compartments. Little clay models of these prototypes of the modern caravan have been
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found in some...Scythian burials.” 5
Like the cowboys of the American “West,” the Scythians also “excelled at lassoing.” 6 With their horse riding, lassoing, and “wagon trains,” Scythian culture resembled the pioneer days of the American West (without the six­shooters). Perhaps the power of genetic influence is more potent than generally realized. As in ancient times, the modern Manassehites found their home in the “wide open spaces” of North America.
The original twelve tribes of Israel grew to became thirteen when Joseph was subdivided into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. Since Ephraim was given its portion before Manasseh, Manasseh essentially became “the thirteenth tribe.” The number “13” has uniquely been associated with the founding of America. The United States of America was born as a union of thirteen separate colonies, with its flag exhibiting thirteen stripes and thirteen stars. The prominence of the number “13” in the founding of America indicates a divine hand influencing world events to appropriately place the number “13” on this new Manassehite nation. Given the fractious history of the tribes of Israel, it is not logical that these thirteen American colonies could have formed a cohesive new nation unless they collectively represented regathered Manasseh. Interestingly, just as ancient Manasseh’s territory in Palestine was divided in half by a river (the Jordan River), modern Manasseh has become a nation with two halves on either side of a river (the Mississippi River).
It is apparent that God drew Manassehites from Europe to North America to found the United States of America (the great single nation of Manasseh that was prophesied in Genesis). God stated in Amos 9:9 that he “wouldn’t lose a single grain [a person or family unit]” of the Israelites as they were “sifted” through the nations, showing that God “kept track of all the families of the Israelite tribes in order to fulfill his prophecies about them.
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While Manasseh loves wide­open spaces, Ephraim has a habit of sending out colonies from a cramped homeland. Although Ephraim was the chief tribe of Israel, its inheritance in Palestine was very small. Since Ephraim, like Manasseh, was promised a huge population by God, where did their growing numbers go? As we saw in chapter three, Israel colonized widely in North Africa, Europe and even North America. Because Ephraim’s inheritance in Palestine remained small, it had to “export” its growing population to new colonies. As chapter three demonstrated, Israelite­Phoenician colonies bore the Hebrew root word for “covenant” (B­R­T) in their names and coins. Since Ephraim and Manasseh were the “covenant” or birthright tribes, and since Manasseh had more room than Ephraim in Palestine, it is logical that most of the “B­R­T­ish” people colonizing under ancient Israel’s banner were Ephraimites. The ancient Hebrew word for “covenant” still forms the root word for the modern English word “British.” Since “ish” is also a Hebrew word meaning “man,” 7 the word “Brit­ish” is Hebrew for “covenant man.” The modern “British” people, one of the main “covenant” tribes of the house of Israel, are still known by a Hebrew name which proclaims to the world that they
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One of the early waves of Celtic immigrants into ancient Briton also bore the B­R­T name upon them. These Bryth­onic Celts also included the Hebrew word for “covenant” (B­R­T) as a recognizable root word in their tribal name. The Brythonic Celts settled largely in England and Wales,8 further strengthening the Israelite population of the “Brit­ish” Isles. Indeed, one historical source has noted that the Celts were a “distant relation” to the Teutons9 (i.e. Saxons, Goths, Germans, etc.). The Celts also inherited the “birthright” promise of greatly increased population and expansion in all directions. During the time of their migrations to find homelands for their expanding populations,
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they settled in Europe from the Atlantic coasts to Asia Minor. A large portion of the Iberian Peninsula became known as “Celtiberia,” and some Celts in Asia Minor merged with the Scythians, becoming known as “Celto­Scyths.” 10 It is likely that many “Celts” were descendants of Ephraimites who had colonized regions outside of Ephraim’s cramped little homeland in Palestine.
Parthia also had the B­R­TH root word in its name, identifying it as the “covenant” tribe of Israel (an earlier chapter pointed out the interchangeability of “P’s” and “B’s” in some ancient languages). Parthia began with a fairly small homeland southeast of the Caspian Sea, but expanded into a huge empire ruling over many different nations. The modern British Empire also eventually ruled over many nations, even though its homeland in the British Isles was fairly small. While Manasseh is more isolationist, the British (like the Parthians of old) displayed an aptitude for managing an empire of diverse people in a organized manner.
The British can also be remarkably determined in warfare. Their “standing alone” against Hitler despite impossible odds was, as Winston Churchill described it, their “finest hour.” A few thousand Ephraimites who refused to flee from the Assyrians withstood a siege of three years in Samaria before succumbing (II Kings 17:5). Chapter eight also discussed a war in which the Parthians emerged victorious by refusing to “give up,” despite losing three major battles against a superior force of Seleucid Greeks. Parthia had its capital burnt and its citizens massacred by the Romans after their faked “peace offensive” in 216 A.D., yet they came back to defeat the Romans. In spite of Britain’s dramatic post­war decline, some of this old fighting spirit was revived when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched English forces to defeat Argentina after it had seized the Falkland
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Islands.
Genesis 49:22­26 prophesies the following for Ephraim and Manasseh in the latter days. That it refers to them jointly as “Joseph” shows their fates will be closely linked in the “last times.”
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall: the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee: and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: the blessings of thy father...shall be on the head of Joseph.”
This accurately describes Britain’s Commonwealth and America in our century. The analogy that these tribes are like spreading vines parallels the fact that Great Britain and America projected their power and influence far beyond their homelands. Even though they have divested themselves of many colonies and protectorates, they still occupy most of two continents (North America and Australia), the British Isles, and a variety of commonwealth nations and protectorates. The analogy to water (“by a well,”) indicates that the nations of Ephraim and Manasseh (Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA) will be located adjacent to major bodies of water (i.e., “located on seacoasts”).
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and Americans have been envied because of their material wealth and national power. Phrases like “Yankee, go home” personify the jealousy and envy that part of the world has toward the “Anglos.” The old Soviet Union worked hard to stir up anti­Americanism among the largely uneducated third world nations by characterizing Americans as “Yankee imperialists.”
Genesis 49 also prophesies that the tribe of Joseph will have considerable military strength in the latter days. The phrase “his bow abode in strength” refers to weaponry. This also has been true in the modern world, as the greatest collection of military power in recorded history was in the hands of America and Great Britain at the end of World War II. America has been a world superpower in the post­World War II period with its forces garrisoned in Europe, Korea, and many other places around the world. Even though Presidents Bush and Clinton have steadily reduced the size of the American armed forces, America is still one of the two most powerful nations on earth (the other being Russia). While the British have scrapped most of their famous naval fleet in recent decades, it still has a respectable nuclear arsenal. Both the British and the Americans have won wars in recent years. Great Britain defeated the Argentines in the Falklands War, and the Americans (supported by the British, French and others) routed the army of Saddam Hussein in the Persian Gulf War.
God’s use of the word “bow” to depict the weaponry of Ephraim and Manasseh is significant. Bows and arrows were favored weapons of ancient Israel, Parthia, Scythia, and England in the Middle Ages. Parthia dedicated half of its cavalry to bowmen who fired arrows at their enemies, and English soldiers of the Middle Ages were famous for their use of the longbow. When Scythia sent a symbolic message to King Darius depicting how the Persians would fall under Scythian attack, they sent a clump of
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arrows to symbolize their military power.11 Genesis 49:22’s reference to Joseph as a “fruitful branch” in the latter days is also interesting. What nation in the modern world is symbolized by the twin symbols of “a branch” and “arrows,” as prophesied in Genesis 49?
A common symbol of the United States of America is an eagle clutching “an olive branch” and a “group of arrows” in its talons. The olive branch signifies America’s desire for peace while the arrows signify prowess in war. Is it only coincidence that the ancient Scythians (a “Sacae” nation) used the same war sign as modern America (a “Saxon” nation): a clump of arrows? Furthermore, the eagle was also a common Scythian symbol.12 One Scythian eagle­crest was found in a pose resembling the eagle­crest of the United States:13 both show eagles with modern outstretched wings and flared tail feathers (the Scythian eagle holds prey in its talons, while the American eagle holds a branch and a clump of arrows in its talons). Indeed, the eagle­crest of the United States not only has its roots in the Scythian eagle­ crest, but also proclaims a Manassehite origin by having thirteen arrows in one talon, thirteen leaves on the olive branch in the other talon, thirteen stars over the eagle’s head, thirteen bars in the shield over the eagle’s body, and even thirteen letters in the phrase “E PLURIBUS UNUM” (Manasseh being the thirteenth tribe of Israel!)

The national symbols of Great Britain are also found in Bible prophecies. Deuteronomy 33 contains prophecies about the futures of the tribes of Israel which are not “latter day” prophecies, per se, but they do assist in identifying some of Israel’s tribes. After reiterating in verse 13­16 that “Joseph” will be blessed with remarkable prosperity in material things, verse 17 states:
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and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.” (Emphasis added.)
Also, in Numbers 23 and 24, Balaam was compelled by the spirit of God to pronounce blessings on the tribes of Israel before they entered Palestine. In Numbers 23:22­24, Israel’s strength is likened to that of a “unicorn” and a “great lion.” Numbers 24:8­9 repeats that Israel will be likened to the strength of a “unicorn” and a “lion.”
What modern nation has been jointly symbolized by a unicorn and a lion? The royal arms of Great Britain include a unicorn and a lion, and the British Empire truly did “push together” (conquer and govern) many nations “to the ends of the earth” under these symbols! The axiom “the sun never sets on the British Empire” expressed the fact that the British Empire extended “to the ends of the earth.” The “bullock” symbol also is attached to the British people as the term “John Bull” has traditionally described them.
The subject of Deuteronomy 33:17’s prophecy is that the tribes of Joseph will “push together” (rule, conquer or govern) many other people “to the ends of the earth” (throughout the globe). The “people” referred to in this prophecy are not the populations of Ephraim and Manasseh, but rather the “people” conquered or ruled by Ephraim and Manasseh! The “ten thousands of Ephraim” and the “thousands of Manasseh” refer to the numbers of “people” who are respectively “pushed together to the ends of the earth” by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. This also reflects the reality of what occurred in world history. Ephraim (Britain) “pushed together” or ruled many more people and
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nations around the earth than did Manasseh (the United States).
Deuteronomy 33:13­16 also prophesy that Ephraim and Manasseh will inherit great material wealth. Their prophesied inheritance of the “blessings of the heaven above...precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth” mean that these tribes will have blessings of temperate climate, agricultural prosperity, natural resources (oil, iron ore, coal, gold, silver, etc.) All these things were inherited by America and the English nations. The great wealth of the Anglo­Saxon nations has not been a result of “good luck,” but has been caused by the intervention of the Creator God in world affairs to implement his prophecies among the nations.

Another point is worth making about the tribe of Ephraim. The kings of the ancient kingdom of Israel were seated in Samaria, located in the territory of Ephraim. In Asia the main branch of the Arsacid kings (descended from King David) were seated in the empire of Parthia which had been formed by a reunification of the clans of Ephraim. Parthian Emperors were called “King of Kings,” the same title given to Jesus Christ at his return (Revelation 19:16) when he assumes “the throne of his father David.” Throughout history, the primary throne of Israelite kings has been located in the region of Ephraim, the chief “birthright” tribe of Israel. Earlier, it was noted that the royalty of the British ruling house are direct descendants of King David.14 So, once again in modern times, the “throne of David” is located among the modern Ephraimites in Great Britain.
The Bible notes an interesting difference between the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh which has been fulfilled in modern times. Isaiah 11 is a prophecy about the Messianic kingdom being established among the nations, and verse 13 prophecies that “in that day:”
“Ephraim shall not vex Judah, and Judah shall
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not vex Ephraim.”
Notice that while “Ephraim” is prophesied to have a “vexing” relationship with the tribe of Judah until the Messianic Kingdom (the “kingdom of God”) is established, “Manasseh” is not mentioned as having a vexing relationship with Judah. By omitting Manasseh, this prophecy indicates that Manasseh will not have a “vexing” relationship with Judah in the latter day period preceding the Messianic kingdom on earth. How has this been fulfilled in our modern times?
The British and Jews have had a difficult relationship in modern times. In fact, much “bad blood” between the two was caused during the time of the English Mandate over Palestine from 1945 till 1948. The Jews felt the English had a pro­Arab bias during this period of English rule which predated Jewish Independence, and the English regarded the Jews as “terrorists” who killed British troops, blew up the King David Hotel, etc. The British navy intercepted boatloads of Jewish refugees, preventing their arrival in “the Holy Land” (the movie “Exodus” offers insights into this period of time). The British blockade (along with Jewish acts of sabotage and English executions of Jewish saboteurs) led to very hostile Jewish­British relations.
While the British (Ephraim) and Jews (Judah) were barely on speaking terms, the United States of America (Manasseh) was one of the Israelis’ strongest advocates in the United Nations, and the United States officially recognized Jewish Independence as soon as it was proclaimed. In the various Jewish­Arab wars, the United States of America was Israel’s great ally and protector, rushing arms and support to the Jewish state in its wars. Sometimes, the United States was the only friend Israel had at the United Nations. It was the United States which midwifed the famous “Camp David Accords” which united President Jimmy Carter with Anwar Sadat of Egypt and
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Menachem Begin of Israel in 1978 in a famous photo of reconciliation.
The prophecy of Isaiah 11:13 has been fulfilled in modern times. While Ephraim (the British) and Judah (the Israelis) have, indeed, “vexed” each other, Manasseh (the United States) has had a very favorable relationship with the Israelis.
In conclusion, the United States of America and the Anglo­Saxon nations of the British Commonwealth are, unmistakably, the Israelite “birthright” tribe of Joseph in the modern world. The United States is Manasseh, and Great Britain and her Saxon Commonwealth nations are Ephraim. If this sounds surprising, consider the fact that in 1857, two messages were given by a Rev. F. E. Pitts to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, presenting evidence that the United States of America was descended from the ten tribes of Israel! Pastor Pitts had little of the information presented in this book available to him, so he based his conclusion on biblical prophecies alone. He utilized prophecies in the books of Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Hosea to show that America had fulfilled many prophecies about the ten tribes of Israel. Pastor Pitts wrote:
“The United States of America, our great country, is foretold in the Holy Scriptures...The United States of America is the nationality that is promised in the prophetic Scriptures to arise in the latter times as Israel Restored...Such...was ancient Israel, and such is the United States of America.” 15
While Pitts mistakenly thought America constituted all the tribes of Israel (He felt the thirteen colonies represented all thirteen of the tribes of ancient Israel), he nonetheless saw how the number “13” connected the original thirteen colonies of America to the
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thirteen tribes of ancient Israel.
The above shows how radically the social and political environment has changed in America in the last century. Can you imagine today’s U.S. Congress convening in a joint session dedicated to the theme of biblical prophecy? The fact that the U.S. Congress, in the nineteenth century, heard evidence that the United States was descended from the ten tribes of Israel shows that the conclusions of this book are neither radical nor unprecedented.

Thank you and God bless you!

Never heard of that. What's it from?

OP... modern jews are descendants of Edomites
who lost a war with Israel [real Judah] in the
second century BC and were forced to "convert."
It was the ONLY time in Israel's history that
a Prince/High Priest of Israel [he was both]
had committed such an abomintion... creating
an abomination, Edomite-jews. But his family
dynasty was punished for this grave sin...
they lost their power to the Edomite-jews,
the Herods.

At the time of Christ, there were two sets
of very different "jews" in Jerusalem...
true Israelites [who followed Christ and
became Christians] and the satanic antichirst
Edomite-jews who, like their Edomtite-jew king,
Herod, tried to destroy true Israel's Messiah,
Jesus Christ.




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Hi, thank you and I am glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it is really wonderful to realize our great heritage, isn't it? And no I haven't heard of the English hymn Jerusalem before and it is my opinion that the future of all the tribes is in truoble unless they repent and put their faith in our Messiah Yeshua as I believe that the Great Tribulation is on our doorstep. God bless you fellow Israelite

Nope, because as I already told you, it was only the House of Israel who lost it's identity, not Judah.

And when I say repent of their sins, I mean the Holy Law of God, the Torah. All of the tribes are breaking the Covenant that God made with our ancestors and us. That is why things are falling apart right now and will continue to get worse.

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Any nation... especially an Israelite [Aryan] nation...
who embraces satanic antichrist Edomite-jews will be destroyed.

Any Leader/Monarch... who supports/promotes satanic
antichrist Edomite-jews is as blind as King Zedekiah
and will suffer a similar fate.



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You have obviously been blinded to the Truth. Prophecy of the Lord proving those in Jerusalem now are Judah!!!

Here let me help you,

REASON 1: FULFILLMENT OF ZEPHANIAH'S PROPHECY

Zephaniah chapter two begins with statements clearly indicating it is a "latter day" prophecy. Verse two sets the time-frame of this chapter as being just "before the day of the Lord's anger," and verse three reiterates that this prophecy applies to the time just prior to "the Day of the Lord." Verses 4 - 5 pronounce "woe" upon the cities and inhabitants "of the seacoast," and it clear that the "seacoast" of Palestine is being discussed due to the mention of the cities of Gaza, Ashdod, and Ekron. Verse seven describes the "woe" that will befall these people (also called "Cherethites" and "Philistines" in verse 5) in the following prophecy of God: "the coast shall be for the remnant of Judah; they shall feed thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity." (Emphasis added.)
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This prophecy clearly states that God will give the historic land of the Philistines (Palestine) to "Judah" just prior to the "Day of the Lord." It furthermore indicates that God was not going to "turn away [Judah's] captivity" until just prior to the Day of the Lord. The phrase "turn away their captivity" is a bit clumsy; it simply means "end their captivity." In 1948, the Jewish nation called Israel was born in the "seacoast" region of old Palestine, fulfilling this prophecy. Indeed, the 1988 Edition of the Encyclopedia Americana notes this about Israel's population: "About 70% of it is concentrated in the Mediterranean coastal strip..."] This is exactly what Zephaniah 2 prophesied would occur to Judah in the latter days.
Because the Jews had been a stateless people scattered among the nations for centuries (even millennia), the prophecy's language that their captivity would be "turned away" (i.e. "ended") is very descriptive of the fate of the Jews, a people who had not had their own nation for a very long time.
Furthermore, we must accept the fact that God, in his perfect knowledge, has always known where "the house of Judah" was! The historic fact is that God chose to use modern Jews to fulfill this prophecy about "the house of Judah." This is powerful evidence that modern Jews are the modern house of Judah. Zephaniah 2:6 also prophesies that agricultural pursuits were to prosper when the "house of Judah" reestablished a nation in Palestine, and much has been written documenting that the Israelis have "made the desert bloom" with their innovative, high-tech agricultural efforts.
A prophecy in Zechariah 14 supports the above analysis of Zephaniah 2. Zechariah 14:1 begins with "Behold the Day of the Lord cometh..." This is the same time frame as Zephaniah 2 (just prior to the Day of the Lord). Zechariah 14:2-3 prophesies that "all nations" will be gathered to battle in the region of Jerusalem, and that the Lord will come to fight against the nations attacking Jerusalem when "his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives." Christians understand this to be a prophecy of the second coming of Jesus Christ, and verse five adds that the Lord will bring "all the saints" with him (an obvious reference to the resurrection of the dead). The rest of the chapter gives more information about this climactic battle and the establishment of the Lord's rule on earth. Verse 14 states: "Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem." None of the other tribes of Israel is specifically mentioned in this prophecy, but "Judah" is there in sufficiently large numbers to warrant God's mentioning them by name. This is consistent with Zephaniah's prophecy that Judah will build a nation in Palestine in the latter days. Zechariah's prophecy indicates that Judah will be fighting to defend Jerusalem in a great war which climaxes with the return of the Conquering Messiah! What people now live in and have sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem? The Jews! Again, Bible prophecies for the latter days indicate that modern Jews are the house (or tribe) of Judah.
To conclude this point, it is acknowledged that placing the name "Israel" on the modern Jewish nation is a misnomer which causes much confusion to many students of the Bible. The Jewish state was named after the historical land of Israel, even though the people establishing the nation were from the house of Judah, not the house of Israel (the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel). A prophecy in Ezekiel 37:15-28 confirms that "Judah" and "Israel" will remain separate entities on the earth until they are reunited under a resurrected King David after the return of Christ.

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REASON 2: THE JEWS ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

Some material sent to me argues that "the Jews can't be an Israelite tribe because they did not become Christians like the rest of the tribes." In fact, there is a biblical prophecy which foretells that "Judah" will not "become Christian" until Jesus Christ returns as the "Conquering Messiah" (this terminology reflects the Christian viewpoint of Messianic prophecies).
Zechariah 12 is a prophecy devoted to the reaction of the house of Judah (and Levi, a large percentage of whom remained with Judah) when the Messiah returns and saves them from imminent destruction. Many times the phrase "in that day" is repeated in this chapter, a phrase indicating the general time of the latter days and/or the Day of the Lord. Verse two prophesies that God "will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege against Judah and Jerusalem." This parallels Zechariah 14 which speaks of a time when "all nations are gathered against Jerusalem." Notice that many nations are besieging "Judah and Jerusalem." The Bible presents "Judah and Jerusalem" as so closely linked with each other in the latter days that they are mentioned together. This has happened as the Israelis have made Jerusalem the capital of the Jewish state, and Jerusalem has become a "cup of trembling" (a major flashpoint) in world politics. Verse six prophesies that God will make: "...the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood...and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem."
God prophesies that "Judah" would be a militarily victorious nation in the Middle East (the geographic setting of this entire chapter is the region around Jerusalem) during the latter days. This prophecy also indicates that Judah will "devour" the people who border them ("devour" indicates not just conquering people but an absorbing of their territory as well). This has been dramatically fulfilled by the Israelis in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973; the Israelis conquered ("devoured") territory all around them, taking control of the Egyptian Sinai, Syria's Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and Jordan's West Bank. Some of this territory has been bartered away as part of the "Mideast Peace Process," but the prophecy was fulfilled nonetheless.
This prophecy also indicates a time will come when God will intervene personally to "save Judah" and "defend Jerusalem" (verses seven and eight). Zechariah 14 prophesies that Judah and Jerusalem will be invaded just prior to the Lord's return, and the phrase "Mount of Olives" in Zechariah 14:4 confirm the setting is the geographical city of Jerusalem in the modern Jewish nation. This chapter parallels Acts 1:9-12 which states Jesus Christ ascended to heaven from the "mount called 0livet" (the Mount of Olives), and as He ascended to heaven an angel announced that He would return "in like manner." Revelation 16:12-16 shows an invading army headed by "the kings of the east" will march westward toward Jerusalem across the Euphrates River toward the valley of Megiddo (i.e. "Armageddon") in the Israeli nation.[1]
Zechariah 12:9 prophesies the Messiah will "destroy" the nations that come against Jerusalem, and verses 10-14 reveal some surprising information. Judah, the house of David,
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"the inhabitants of Jerusalem," and the Levites (all these groups are part of the house of Judah) are astounded and dismayed at the identity of their Messiah!
The God of the Bible who inspired this prophecy declares that "Judah" (the Jews) will "look upon me whom they have pierced," and will "mourn" for him as for an "only son" as God gives them "the spirit of grace and supplication." This prophecy indicates that "Judah" and "Levi" will not accept or recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah until he rescues them from an invading army at the culmination of this age. Judah never accepted Jesus Christ when he came as the "suffering Messiah," but they will accept him when he returns as the "conquering Messiah."
This prophecy further answers the question of who is modern Judah. Did the Jewish leadership of Judea (the Sanhedrin) cause Jesus Christ (Yeshua the "Anointed One") to be "pierced" by the Romans when He was crucified? Yes. His hands and his side were "pierced" in the crucifixion process (John 19:34, 20:25). Do modern Jews now live in the area of Jerusalem, and are they non-Christian? Yes. Does Zechariah 12's prophecy support the view that modern, non-Christian Jews living in the Jerusalem region are the descendants of "Judah" and "Levi?" Yes. Therefore, does God's Word indicate that today's Jews are the modern "house of Judah?" Yes!

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