Wake Up, O Tribes of Joseph
Contents:
1. Refusal to Recognize Israelite Ancestry by the Lost Ten Tribes
2. House of Jacob refers to the Lost Ten Tribes
3. Joseph Equals Jacob in Rabbinical Sources
4. More Explanation: The Breastplate (also known as Urim and Tumim)
5. Joseph Unites ALL the Tribes!
6. Joseph Must Acknowledge His Israelite Origins and be reconciled with Judah!
7. Need to Support Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations
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1. Refusal to Recognize Israelite Ancestry by the Lost Ten Tribes
Isaiah Foresaw the End Times Present Day Refusal to Recognize Israelite Ancestry by the Lost Ten Tribes:
Isaiah 2:
5 Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers like the Philistines,
And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land has also been filled with silver and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with horses
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land has also been filled with idols;
They worship the work of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
9 So the common man has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But do not forgive them.
Concerning the first part of Isaiah 5:6:
# For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob... #
Note how the translator uses a "you" with a capital "Y". He is assuming that the "you" spoken of is the Almighty.
In other words that God has abandoned HIS people the House of Jacob.
Rashi understands the verse in this way as do other of the great Commentators (Yehonatan, Radak, Metsudat, Karo, Vali).
On the other hand,
Iben Ezra and the Gra (Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna) seem to understand it as applying to Israel.
So too (Amos Chacham in Daat Mikra) understands it this way:
# You, O House of Jacob, have abandoned, deserted, left your own people and gone to other peoples to learn from them how to live and how to worship idols.... #
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2. House of Jacob refers to the Lost Ten Tribes
Once we understand that House of Jacob refers to the Lost Ten Tribes, that Jacob in this context equals Joseph, meaning the English-speaking peoples such as the USA and UK and company a more complete picture emerges.
" For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob" may be read as,
" For you, O House of Jacob, have abandoned Your people."
This means the House of Jacob have refused to acknowledge their own Israelite origin. They have also not made themselves aware that they are the same Israelite people as Judah i.e. the Jews.
We find the name "Jacob" being applied to the Ten Tribes especially those of Joseph:
cf.
http://www.britam.org/isaiah/Isaiah1to5.html
[Isaiah 2:5] O HOUSE OF JACOB, COME, LET US WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD.
Jacob stands for Israel. When the name of "Jacob" is juxtaposed with "Israel" then "Jacob" represents "Judah" but where the term "Jacob" stands alone it often refers to the Ten Tribes.
Jack and James are forms of the name Jacob.
The Union Jack is the flag of Britain. The King James Bible (as pionted out by Dempsey Brutton) is the major Bible in use. Jamestown was the first settlement in America.
The word "Yank" is also a form of Jacob.
Jacob
The name Jacob is recalled in the Union Jack of Britain meaning the Uniting of Jacob, and in the nickname "Yanki" which is short for Jacob. The Ten Tribes in the End Times are referred to in connection with the raising up the Tribes of Jacob (Isaiah 49:6), The flag of Britain is called the UNION JACK (i.e. union or covenant of Jacob) and the nickname Yank or YANKEE for North American derives from a form of the name Jacob.
[Isaiah 49:6]
AND HE SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL: I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE FOR A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THAT THOU MAYEST BE MY SALVATION UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH.
Jacob was also known as Israel:
[Genesis 32:28]
AND HE SAID, THY NAME SHALL BE CALLED NO MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL: FOR AS A PRINCE HAST THOU POWER WITH GOD AND WITH MEN, AND HAST PREVAILED.
[Genesis 35:10]
AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, THY NAME IS JACOB: THY NAME SHALL NOT BE CALLED ANY MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE THY NAME: AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ISRAEL.
[Isaiah 2:6] FOR THOU HAST REJECTED THY PEOPLE, THE HOUSE OF JACOB, BECAUSE THEY ARE FULL OF DIVINERS FROM THE EAST AND OF SOOTHSAYERS LIKE THE PHILISTINES, AND THEY STRIKE HANDS WITH FOREIGNERS.
This is against Occult religion and Philosophies. It is a criticism of NEW AGE type attitudes.
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3. Joseph Equals Jacob in Rabbinical Sources
Let us consider a short extract from the work, "Shivtei Yisroel," by Fishel Mael ("The Twelve Tribes of Israel," Baltimore, MD, 5757/1997, p.531, he in turn quotes from the work, "Avnei Nezer," by Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztain, a leading Hasidic Rabbi, founder of the Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty, d. 1910 ):
.# ..."These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph" (Genesis 37:2). The outcome of the quality of Jacob, of gathering together divergent forces, is found in Joseph [whose name in Hebrew can connote gathering together]... Joseph was the closest to his father Jacob... and was most like unto him in his cast of countenance, ... This was why the Precious Stone of Joseph [on the breast Plate of the High Priest] that had written on it the names of the Twelve Tribes.
[This was the shoham stone of which there were three: One dedicated to Joseph on the Breastplate and two on which were written the names of all the tribes, six tribes on each one. These two stones were placed on the shoulders of the High priest, one on each side. "Shoham" is translated as "onyx."
Exodus 39:
6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:
13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx [for Joseph according to Midrash Rabah], and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
#.. The writing [of the names of the 12 tribes] on the Shoham stone, his stone [i.e. of Joseph], was significant of the task of Joseph. This was to fulfill the aim of his father and to bring together all the forces of the people into one body encompassing all Israel.... # (Mael p.532).
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4. More Explanation: The Breastplate (also known as Urim and Tumim)
The Breastplate was actually a cloth garment made of wool and linen. 12 precious stones encased in gold were placed into the garment. There was one stone for each tribe. The stone of Joseph was the Shoham.
The breastplate was attached to the front of the High Priest. It overlay the ephod or colored linen overall. At the bottom two corners of the Breastplate a blue ribbon tied it to the belt of the ephod. From the top two corners of the breastplate went gold chains that were attacked to gold clasps on the shoulder straps of the ephod over the shoulders of the High Priest. Each clasp had an encased shoham stone inserted within. The names of the 12 tribes were engraved into the shoham stones, six tribes on each stome making 12 names altogether.
See Also:
Priestly breastplate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_breastplate
The Shoham stone is transalted as an onyx BUT the Temple Institute renders it as Sardonyx.
For illustrations and more explanation, see:
http://www.templeinstitute.org/beged/priestly_garments-7.htm
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5. Joseph Unites ALL the Tribes!
Other Rabbinical works expound on this theme identifying Joseph with Jacob:
cf.
Joseph Carries the Other Tribes
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/rabbi/gur.html#a7
Sefas Emes (Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, d. 1905)
on Exodus 28:12. The Shoham (translated as "onyx") TWO SHOULDERPIECES stone on which the names of the twelve tribes were engraved was also the special stone of Joseph in the breastplate in which each tribe had its own stone. "Sefas Emes" says on the significance of the Shoham stone being that of Joseph:
"The main point of the Memorial [Exodus 28:12 above] concerns Joseph and that is why on the Ephod [shoulder-piece of the High Priest] there was only the Shoham which is the stone of Joseph. By means of the stone of Joseph all the twelve stones are unified at their roots".
Brit-Am Explanation:
This means that Joseph has the power through which all twelve tribes may be unified and each find their unique expression in this unity.
Joseph Needs Judah!
http://www.britam.org/sefatemet.html#Needs
[Sefas Emes] Year 5 643
Judah said to Joseph. "OH MY LORD, LET THY SERVANT, I PRAY THEE" [Genesis 44:18]. The expression I PRAY THEE in Hebrew is "Bi Adoni" which literally means "Please, My Lord". In Hebrew the word "Bi" translated as "please" can also mean "in me". The "Sfat Emet" links the expression "in me" to "My Lord". He says that Judah was hinting to Joseph that his power of overlordship was "in me" i.e. in Judah. In other words Joseph was able to rule by virtue of the exertions of Judah.
Brit-Am Commentary: We do not always understand these matters but in general we may say that both Judah and Joseph have their own tasks and that at some level they need each other to fulfill these tasks.
Joseph is considered the main continuation of Jacob.
"Mascil Le-Shlomoh" (Reflections of Shlomoh)
http://britam.org/CarleJoseph.html
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6. Joseph Must Acknowledge His Israelite Origins and be reconciled with Judah!
We said on Isaiah 2:6
" For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob" may be read as,
" For you, O House of Jacob, have abandoned Your people."
This means the House of Jacob have refused to acknowledge their own Israelite origin. They have also not made themselves aware that they are the same Israelite people as Judah i.e. the Jews.
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7. Need to Support Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations
This is what it all means.
We have proof that the Lost Ten Tribes are among Western Peoples.
Even if this evidence is considered as not conclusive it is powerful.
At the least, it does point in that direction.
Why are people afraid of it?
it is potentially of great importance.
Much of the Bible concerns this question.
At the very least we deserve more appreciation. We deserve to have our findings examined and verified. We also deserve to receive more support from the peoples we are identifying.
Anyone who takes this message seriously should support Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations