Status of the Ten Tribes Now and in the Future.
"THEY HAVE NOT YET GOT A FOOT IN THE DOOR BUT ALREADY THEY WANT TO RE-ARRANGE THE FURNITURE" (Anonymous).
Descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes are now mainly among Western Peoples. This does not mean that all of them are that way or that any of them can take it for granted. The best we can do for the present is to reach out to the Almighty for guidance, deepen our knowledge of possible Israelite Ancestry, spread the message to others like ourselves, and also help Brit-Am if possible. So too other matters are also pertinent such as efforts to make America great again, make Britain great again, make the other Israelite nations more Hebraic, and help the Jews and the State of Israel. Eventually, the Messiah son of Joseph, or the Messiah son of David, or events connected with them will engender a solution. Until then we will not know for sure but need to do the best we can with what we have. Spreading the information that does exist i.e. Brit-Am teachings, should be the first priority in this regard. Helping Brit-Am with offerings is what is needed.
The Jews are Judah according to the Bible.
Judah, rerepsented by its Sages, has the right accept or reject as Jews whomsoever it wishes.
Deuteronomy (NASB) 17:
11 "ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LAW WHICH THEY TEACH YOU, AND ACCORDING TO THE VERDICT WHICH THEY TELL YOU, YOU SHALL DO; YOU SHALL NOT TURN ASIDE FROM THE WORD WHICH THEY DECLARE TO YOU, TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.
Judah is recognized as its own entity.
Most of Judah is descended from the Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi, and representative minorities from the other Tribes.
The Ten Tribes were originally part of the Israelite Nation but they forfeited their membership through idolatry, conscious alienation, and intermixing with others.
See Psalms (TCT Tanak) 106:
34 THEY DID NOT DESTROY THE PEOPLES WHOM THE LORD HAD TOLD THEM [TO DESTROY].
35 AND THEY MINGLED WITH THE NATIONS AND LEARNED THEIR DEEDS.
36 THEY WORSHIPPED THEIR IDOLS, WHICH BECAME A SNARE FOR THEM.
37 THEY SLAUGHTERED THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO THE DEMONS.
38 THEY SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHOM THEY SLAUGHTERED TO THE IDOLS OF CANAAN, AND THE LAND BECAME POLLUTED WITH THE BLOOD.
39 AND THEY BECAME UNCLEAN THROUGH THEIR DEEDS, AND THEY WENT ASTRAY WITH THEIR ACTS.
40 AND THE LORD'S WRATH WAS KINDLED AGAINST HIS PEOPLE AND HE DETESTED HIS INHERITANCE.
41 AND HE DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HANDS OF NATIONS, AND THEIR ENEMIES RULED OVER THEM.
Hosea (CTV) 5:
7 THEY BETRAYED THE LORD FOR THEY BEGOT STRANGE CHILDREN...
Also translated as:
Hosea (ESV) 5:
7 THEY HAVE DEALT FAITHLESSLY WITH THE LORD; FOR THEY HAVE BORNE ALIEN CHILDREN...
The words translated here as "pagan children" or 'alien children' in Hebrew are "bonim zarim" i.e. "strange [or foreign] children." This is understood as referring to children born from non-Israelite mothers which is one of the reasons (says the Talmud, Yebamot 17) the Ten Tribes were disowned until the End Times. The Ten Tribes in their places of exile did not always hold themselves back from intermarriage with non-Israelites. Legally the Ten Tribes now have the same status for religious matters as Gentiles so membership of their ethnicities may be determined by the father. When the Messiah, or an agent preceding him, arrives we will have answers to these matters.
The Talmud and the Law.
The Talmud, Yebamot 17 a/b says that the Lost Ten Tribes are to have the status of Gentiles for all intents and purposes.
The Commentary "Keren Orah" (R. Yitzchak of Karlin, 1780s) sums up the case quite succinctly:
# FROM THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE (HOSEA 5:7 ) THE SAGES DECLARED THE TEN TRIBES TO HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS GENTILES FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
THEY MADE THIS DECISION THROUGH THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROPHETS AND THE DIVINE INSPIRATION THEY [I.E. THE SAGES] HAD...
ALL OTHERS WHO WERE [likewise] ASSIMILATED AMONGST THE GENTILES ARE ASSUMED TO HAVE THE SAME STATUS [as the Ten Tribes, i.e. to be Gentiles, though they are destined to return. ] #
The Ten Tribes before their exile worshipped idols (2-Kings chs. 17,18). They were in fact pagans. For Rabbinical Religious Scholars who find this concept difficult to accept (as many seem to do) it should be mentioned that according to the Torah (as explained by authorities such as Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna) Israelite inhabitants of an "ir ha-nidachat" (city whose inhabitants have all committed idolatry, Deuteronomy ch.13) are also all considered legally the same as Gentiles, regardless of their indisputable Israelite ancestry.
In the future the Ten Tribes will return and will once again receive the yoke of the Torah. This is confirmed by the simple meaning of the Bible. The Abarbanel ("Mashmia Yishua") implies that whosoever does not accept the eventual return of the Ten Tribes in effect is guilty of denying the Truth of Scripture.
Legally since the majority of Gentiles are not descended from Israelites any Gentile who claims Israelite Descent must prove it (Talmud, Yebamot 17). In addition to that any Israelite family whether Jewish or not, that worshiped idols for more than three generations, probably needs to renew the Covenant in order to be re-accepted.
Hosea (TCT) 7:
8 EPHRAIM MINGLES WITH THE PEOPLES; EPHRAIM WAS AS A CAKE WHICH WAS NOT TURNED OVER.
Hosea (NLT, New Living Translation) 7:
8 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MINGLE WITH GODLESS FOREIGNERS, MAKING THEMSELVES AS WORTHLESS AS A HALF-BAKED CAKE!
Hosea (YT Yair Translation) 7:
5 EPHRAIM AMONG OTHER PEOPLES WILL BE ASSIMILATED. EPHRAIM is like an UNTURNED CAKE.
In the future the Israelite Identity of the Ten Tribes will be restored to them.
The Ten Tribes are not yet re-recognized. They are still lost.
Not only were they physically expelled but also spiritually. They became legally and spiritually Gentiles, non-Israelites.
We can show where most present-day descendants of the Ten Tribes probably are.
We do this through the Bible and Rabbinical sources helped by history and all the other relevant disciplines.
Individuals from the relevant stock and areas may therefore feel certain that they descend from Hebrews.
This is necessary. It is a beginning of a process.
BUT it is not enough of itself.
Until they are re-accepted they are not a people of the Almighty. At the most they are a collection of individuals banded together of possible (but not yet definite) Hebrew origin.
There will come a time when the Lost Ten Tribes (LTTs) will be re-accepted. They should begin to prepare themselves for this. Helping Brit-Am may be considered part of this preparation.
At firstn the LTTs were rejected
Hosea (TCT) 1:
8 AND SHE WEANED LO-RUHAMAH (THE ONE WHO IS NOT SHOWN MERCY), AND SHE CONCEIVED AND BORE A SON.
9 AND HE SAID: NAME HIM LO-AMMI (NOT MY PEOPLE), FOR YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL NOT BE YOURS.
In the End Times they will be accepted.
Hosea (TCT) 2:
1 AND THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, WHICH SHALL NEITHER BE MEASURED NOR COUNTED; AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT, INSTEAD OF SAYING TO THEM, "YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE," IT SHALL BE SAID TO THEM, "THE CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD."
2 AND THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND THEY SHALL APPOINT FOR THEMSELVES ONE HEAD, AND THEY SHALL GO UP FROM THE LAND, FOR GREAT IS THE DAY OF JEZREEL (INGATHERING BY GOD).
3 SAY TO YOUR BRETHREN, "AMMI," (MY PEOPLE) AND TO YOUR SISTERS, "RUHAMAH." (BE SHOWN MERCY).....
21 AND I WILL BETROTH YOU TO ME FOREVER, AND I WILL BETROTH YOU TO ME WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WITH JUSTICE AND WITH LOVING-KINDNESS AND WITH MERCY.
22 AND I WILL BETROTH YOU TO ME WITH FAITH, AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE LORD.
23 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS ON THAT DAY, [THAT] I WILL ANSWER, SAYS THE LORD; I WILL ANSWER THE HEAVENS, AND THEY SHALL ANSWER THE EARTH.
24 AND THE EARTH SHALL ANSWER THE CORN AND THE WINE AND THE OIL, AND THEY SHALL ANSWER JEZREEL (INGATHERING BY GOD)
25 AND I WILL SOW HER FOR ME IN THE LAND, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION UPON THE UNPITIED ONE, AND I WILL SAY TO THEM THAT ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, "YOU ARE MY PEOPLE," AND THEY SHALL SAY, "[YOU ARE] MY GOD."
Maimonides (1138-1204). Laws of Kings.
Chapter 12:
3. DURING THE ERA OF THE MESSIANIC KING, ONCE HIS KINGDOM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ALL OF ISRAEL HAS GATHERED AROUND HIM, THE ENTIRE NATION'S LINE OF DESCENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF HIS WORDS AND THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT WHICH WILL REST UPON HIM, AS MALACHI 3:3 STATES: "HE SHALL SIT AS A REFINER AND PURIFIER."
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