The Duties of the Ten Tribes in Our Times
The Ten Tribes are amongst Western Peoples. The Bible speaks of them and instructs them as to how to behave and what to strive towards.
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What should Joseph and the Ten Tribes do now? What are the duties of Ephraim? "Ephraim" in this case may be understood as referring to the Lost Ten Tribes in general. The blessings are not only gifts but also goals. What then according to the Bible are the duties of Ephraim (the Lost Ten Tribes) today? The Ten Lost Tribes are Israelites. The Bible is their book. Nevertheless since the Tribes got lost and on the whole are no longer conscious of their ancestry, their precise obligations under the Law are not clear. Nevertheless the Prophets spoke of them and to them. Here and there were messages directed in general to all Israel but from the context especially to them.
Here is a List of Exhortations from the Bible to the Ten Tribes. It is followed by brief explanations and relevant verses.
Seek the Almighty
Return to the Almighty.
Repentance
Justice
Justice, Compassion, Humility
Do Good, Resist Evil, and Justice
A Reward will be Given for Good Behavior
Faults to Rectify
Positive Behavior and Good Characteristics
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Patriotism
Separation from Others
Unity of Judah and Joseph
A Future End to Hatred of the Jews
Joseph Shall Defeat Esau
The Temple
Study the Pathway of Hebrew Origins
Seek the Almighty
The Children of Israel and the Children of Judah in the Last Days will seek the LORD their God (Jeremiah 50:4). Pray, and learn, and do what you can in this regard.
Return to the Almighty.
Joseph needs to repent. How and what exactly this should be done is not clear but steps forward must be taken.
Deuteronomy 28:
9 The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you.
Repentance
In the Last Days the Lost Israelites shall Return to God and seek the Kingdom of David (Hosea 3:5).
Justice
One of the purposes of the promises was that through the blessings the descendants of Abraham would be enabled to do justice and judgment (Genesis 18:19). On both the national and personal levels we should strive to do justice and judgment and be a source of blessing to everyone.
Justice, Compassion, Humility
We are commanded to be good to others.
Micah 6:
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
Do Good, Resist Evil, and Justice
Amos 5:
14 Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken.
15 Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
We are "THE REMNANT OF JOSEPH" which is exhorted to seek good and ESTABLISH JUDGMENT IN THE GATE.
"JUSTICE" and everything connected with it is what is required of the Lost Ten Tribes.
If we do all these things we will be blessed.
Positive Behavior and Good Characteristics
Redemption will come through righteousness, judgment, loving-kindness, and mercies. If we make ourselves faithful to God Almighty He will be faithful to us. The Prophet Hosea spoke mainly to and about the Ten Tribes and he speaks of this principle.
Hosea 2:
19 I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; 20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD.
Faults to Rectify
Isaiah described the drunkards of Ephraim negatively (28:1). Amos condemned the sexual immorality of Ephraim (Amos 2:7), and business dishonesty (Amos 2:8). Other sources note a tendency to violence in Joseph especially in Gilead of Manasseh (Hosea 6:8).
A Reward will be Given for Good Behavior
Which includes Honoring our Parents and Seeking Confirmation of our Ancestral Hebrew Origins
Malachi 4:
4 Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
We have an obligation to honor our parents and also to enable our children to honor us as it says above,
"And the hearts of the children to their fathers." This verse [Malachi 4:6] also refers to the Lost Ten Tribes returning and identifying their ancestral fore-fathers from the Tribes of Israel. The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel must be made aware of their Brit-Am Hebrew Nations ancestry. Judah must also know. This should be accompanied by a mutual arousal towards repentance, reconciliation, and re-unification.
Be Fruitful and Multiply
God chose Abraham to be blessed and to bring a blessing upon all the peoples of the earth (Genesis 12:2-3, 18:18-19, 22:18 cf. 24:4). Abraham was promised that his seed would be extremely numerous (15:5, 22:17). The Blessings are obligations to be both received and strived towards. Those who can have children should do so.
Abortion is forbidden.
Patriotism
It is the will of the Almighty that the national blessings be fulfilled. If on our level we can do anything to further that aim we should do so.
Isaiah 61:
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the peoples. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed.
We should seek the good of our nations. This applies even if the country we live amongst is not an Israelite one (Jeremiah 29:7). How much more so should we work for the good of our people when they are mostly Israelites, or at least Hebraic to a significant degree?
Separation from Others
Israel will exist separately from other nations (Numbers 23:9) Joseph can be beneficial without losing his uniqueness.
Unity of Judah and Joseph
The pagan prophet Balaam intended to separate the aspects of Jacob from Israel (Numbers 23:7). Jacob and Israel represent in Scripture the two bodies of Judah and the Ten Lost Tribes. Division is a curse. The two halves of Israel (headed by Judah and Joseph) need to be united. The curse of Balaam concerning division would appear to have been partially fulfilled. The intention of Balaam was however confounded in so far as despite the Division the Divine Plan concerning both halves of Israel has gone ahead. Nevertheless, we should do what we can to further the cause of re-unification between Judah and Joseph. This is the Divine Will. There is a principle that if we are aware that the Almighty desires a certain process one should usually do what is possible to forward it. Differences and Friction Will Nevertheless Remain. Isaiah (9:21) recalls situations in which the various sections of Israel will be opposed to each other:
Isaiah 9:
21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; Together they shall be against Judah.
For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
Manasseh is identifiable with the USA, Ephraim with Britain and her daughters, Judah with the Jewish people. There will be some degree of friction between the divisions of Israel until the Last Days.
A Future End to Hatred of the Jews
In the future there will be an end to anti-Semitism on the part of Ephraim and fiction with Judah:
Isaiah 11:
13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Antagonism between the different sections of the Israelite nation is described as negative and should be avoided. Judah should help the USA and the West. The West and the USA (Manasseh and Ephraim) should not be anti-Semitic but in favor of Judah.
Joseph Shall Defeat Esau
Joseph will defeat Edom who is Esau. This is described several times in Scripture.
Obadiah 1:
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau, For the Lord has spoken.
The destruction of Edom is the major theme of the Book of Obadiah (cf. Isaiah 63:1) and also recalled in Rabbinical Literature (Baba Batra 123:b). We saw how Rabbi Kook in his "Eulogy in Jerusalem" said that Joseph will take upon himself aspects of materialism otherwise associated with Esau in order to defeat him. Other Commentators in various ways expand on this theme. Joseph is compared to Esau by being the same in some fashion or by being opposed, e.g. Esau lost the birthright he was born with whereas Joseph gained it even though it was not his by birth. At all events a symbiosis exists between the two. The Zohar says that by Joseph being prepared to fight (in the End Times, Obadiah 1:18) on behalf of all Israel he shows that there is no rancor on his part against his brothers who had sold him into Egyptian servitude (Genesis 37:28). Due to his natural purity of heart Joseph will merit to be victorious. Joseph therefore has the task of representing all of Israel and of acting on their behalf.
The Temple
The returnees will worship God in the Holy Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Isaiah 27:13).
Study the Pathway of Hebrew Origins
"Joseph" should study his Hebrew Roots and prove them to himself and others:
Jeremiah 31:
21 Set up signposts, Make landmarks; Set your heart toward the highway, The way in which you went. Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back to these your cities.
Abarbanel: "The prophet therefore spoke concerning the Kingdom of Israel [of the Ten Tribes] SET THEE UP WAYMARKS saying that when you go into Exile make signs by the routes and waymarks like piles of rocks [i.e. cairns] or stone monuments [Hebrew: Matzavah, i.e. dolmen] so that you may set your heart to the route and remember in order that you may return in the way you went in, return to your city."
Joseph should study and learn his Israelite origins. He should internalize them. These studies should include supporting the whole Hebrew Nations/Brit-Am program of Biblical and secular researches. Jeremiah according to the Commentators was referring to a particular archaeological phenomenon. There is a pathway of dolmens and megalithic monuments leading from the Middle East to Western and Northern Europe. This could help prove the Israelite Origin of peoples in those areas. Conventionally it is claimed that these monuments date to the Stone and Bronze Ages long before the Israelites were exiled. Proofs however exist showing that they should be dated much later, to well after the period of Israelite Exile. What applies to archaeological findings is pertinent to other matters. Historical and other evidence exists showing the Israelite Ancestry of many in the west. We should study and publicize this evidence. It deserves to be noticed!
As a descendant of Israel you have a Biblical obligation to study your origins and also spread this knowledge to your community.