What is the Difference?
23 May, 2022; 22 Iyar, 5782.
re
Yair Davidiy: Ephraim NOT to Convert!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcDqSKbEjZ4
Question from:
Tim McKinney
Thank you for your video.
Please tell what is the difference between what you share and the Two Houses teaching?
We are just now learning and trying to understand.
Brit-Am Reply:
Brit-Am says the Jews have to Keep the Torah, Joseph has to Rule the World!
The Ten Tribes have their own separate TASK and National Duty which is different from that of Judah.
The Two House Doctrine is an attempt to abandon the Task of Joseph and to interfere with that of Judah.
Maybe they are long-lost Jews from Judah but cannot cope with it?
Brit-Am says there are two parts of the Israelite People according to the Bible:
Judah and the Ten Tribes who are sometimes referred to in Scripture as Israel, Samara, Joseph, or Ephraim.
Judah means the Jews, i.e. adherents of the Jewish Religion which is based mainly on inheritance and/or a minimal willingness to abide by the terms of the Biblical Covenant. Being a Jew or not being a Jew is determined by the Jews who as a group never got lost. Jews should keep the Torah and if possible live in the Land of Israel and develop it.
Ten Tribes means being descended from the Ten Tribes who lost consciousness of their ancestry and got lost.
NO-ONE i.e. no single person, may be certain whether or not they belong to the Ten Tribes. Nevertheless, we can say that based on different criteria that a significant portion of the people in certain areas may well be descended from them.
Not only that but according to Prophecy they will act in certain ways, have historical goals of their own to fulfill, and in the future their identity will be made known in a more definite way than at present. They are responsible for becoming great and mighty nations and elevating all of humanity.
We understand they are not Jews, and are not (at least for the present) obligated by Jewish law, and do not have to settle the Land. They should however be pro-Jewish and help Judah.
The Promised Land stretches from the Nile to the Euphrates. The present State of Israel occupies only a small portion of the Promised Land. Living in the Land west of the Jordan involves keeping the Law. There are indications that the stringency of keeping the Law may temporarily be less certain east of the Jordan, and north of the Galilee. When the Lost Ten Tribes return they will first come via the Bashan and Gilead, and Lebanon, i.e. northern Syria, Jordan, Lebanon. Let us call this region OUTERLAND. Some of them will discard paganism ONLY AFTER they begin to return to OUTERLAND,
cf.
Ezekiel 11:
17 Therefore say: Thus says the LORD God: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18 When they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19 I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Brit-Am understands that for the present:
The Jews should strictly keep Judaism .
The Lost Ten Tribes have their own tasks to fulfill OUTSIDE of the Land. They should help Judah from outside and not strive to settle in the Land unless they convert to Judaism. They may however endeavor to set up independent colonies in OUTERLAND i.e. Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.
They should also study the Bible and live good lives.
Two Houses Teaching is synonymous or closely associated with the Ephraimite Movement and with so-called "Commonwealth Theology."
They seem to say:
The Israelite nation is divided into two:
1. The Jews.
2. The Ten Tribes or "Ephraimites" meaning in their terms Christians who know by Grace that they descend from Israel and should be allowed to have equal rights in the State of Israel alongside the Jews. They explain this claim of theirs using analogies and excerpts from Christian Theology. They also, sometimes quite aggressively, attempt to have Jews in Israel agree with them.
Brit-Am explanations of Hebrew Ancestry, according to them, are of secondary importance, if any.
Some of them have missionary intentions and wish to convert as many Jews as possible to Christianity. There are also those among them who seem to have anti-Jewish inclinations.
At one time some of them tended to be supportive of Brit-Am but in recent years a degree of hostility to us has revealed itself.
We on our part are not pleased with these people since they detract from Brit-Am teachings that emphasize an ancestral connection to Israel confirmed by the Bible.
See:
Two Houses
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/eph/two.html
The Two House Doctrine and Ephraimites
https://britam.org/TwoHouse.html
Extract:
In the Last days the Lost Ten Tribes will return and re-unite with Judah (Ezekiel 37). They will return as a result of Judah gong out to them and bringing them back (Jeremiah 3:18 31:8). They will return as a body. The return of the Lost Ten Tribes will include the occupation of Syria, Jordan (Micah 7:14) and Lebanon (Zechariah 10:10). This will precede the coming back to the Land of Ephraim which nevertheless will take place (Jeremiah 31:5). Ephraim is in fact called upon to return to his cities (Jeremiah 31:19-20). This however can only be done with the agreement of Judah and in coordination with Judah. Judah needs the return of the Lost Ten Tribes (Ezekiel 37:19-28). Not all the Lost Ten Tribes will necessarily return physically to the Greater Land of Israel but rather representative portions (Jeremiah 3:14). The Holiness of the land of Israel will spread to all the world. The other peoples who come to acknowledge the Almighty will do so through the God of Israel and the Almighty will be recognized as such (Isaiah 45:14). Judah and Joseph are the chosen people of God (Psalms 60:9). Judah will lead the way and prepare the path for the others (Hosea 6:11). Brit-Am does not encourage people to come to live permanently in Israel or to convert to Judaism. Neither does Brit-Am discourage people from converting to Judaism. It is simply not our calling one way or the other.
The Ten Tribes have their own separate TASK and National Duty which is different from that of Judah.
The Two House Doctrine is an attempt to abandon the Task of Joseph and to interfere with that of Judah.