Repentance and Return
Judah and Joseph Come Together.
Contents:
1, Judah and the Ten Tribes should endeavor to draw closer together.
Origins: Judah.
2. Origins: The Ten Tribes and Joseph.
3. Mutual Respect.
4. We all may be Inter-mixed.
5. Converts in Judaism.
6. Barriers to Re-Unification to be Removed.
7. The Ten Tribes Would Not Be the Same as the Jews.
The two sections will re-unite in many ways but remain separate!
8. The Two Halves of Israel should look out for /each other!
9. The Land of Israel.
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1, Judah and the Ten Tribes should endeavor to draw closer together.
Origins: Judah.
The Jews pertain to the Jewish People. They derive from the Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi, and in some cases minority elements from other Tribes.
Among the Jews are many descendants from David. Also among the Ten Tribes are to be found some who descend from David.
In Biblical terms the Jews are referred to collectively as Judah.
Even if some are descended from non-Israelite converts in Biblical terms they are all considered as part of Judah.
A significant portion of the Jews may by now actually be descended from King David.
David was promised that his descednants would be extremely numerous.
Jeremiah (NKJV) 33:
14 BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, THAT I WILL PERFORM THAT GOOD THING WHICH I HAVE PROMISED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH:
15 IN THOSE DAYS AND AT THAT TIME
I WILL CAUSE TO GROW UP TO DAVID
A BRANCH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS;
HE SHALL EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH.
16 IN THOSE DAYS JUDAH WILL BE SAVED,
AND JERUSALEM WILL DWELL SAFELY.
AND THIS IS THE NAME BY WHICH SHE WILL BE CALLED:
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
17 FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD: DAVID SHALL NEVER LACK A MAN TO SIT ON THE THRONE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; 18 NOR SHALL THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, LACK A MAN TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS BEFORE ME, TO KINDLE GRAIN OFFERINGS, AND TO SACRIFICE CONTINUALLY.
19 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAH, SAYING, 20 THUS SAYS THE LORD: IF YOU CAN BREAK MY COVENANT WITH THE DAY AND MY COVENANT WITH THE NIGHT, SO THAT THERE WILL NOT BE DAY AND NIGHT IN THEIR SEASON, 21 THEN MY COVENANT MAY ALSO BE BROKEN WITH DAVID MY SERVANT, SO THAT HE SHALL NOT HAVE A SON TO REIGN ON HIS THRONE, AND WITH THE LEVITES, THE PRIESTS, MY MINISTERS. 22 AS THE HOST OF HEAVEN CANNOT BE NUMBERED, NOR THE SAND OF THE SEA MEASURED, SO WILL I MULTIPLY THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID MY SERVANT AND THE LEVITES WHO MINISTER TO ME.
23 MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAH, SAYING, 24 HAVE YOU NOT CONSIDERED WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, SAYING, THE TWO FAMILIES WHICH THE LORD HAS CHOSEN, HE HAS ALSO CAST THEM OFF? THUS THEY HAVE DESPISED MY PEOPLE, AS IF THEY SHOULD NO MORE BE A NATION BEFORE THEM.
25 THUS SAYS THE LORD: IF MY COVENANT IS NOT WITH DAY AND NIGHT, AND IF I HAVE NOT APPOINTED THE ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, 26 THEN I WILL CAST AWAY THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB AND DAVID MY SERVANT, SO THAT I WILL NOT TAKE ANY OF HIS DESCENDANTS TO BE RULERS OVER THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. FOR I WILL CAUSE THEIR CAPTIVES TO RETURN, AND WILL HAVE MERCY ON THEM.
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2. Origins: The Ten Tribes and Joseph.
The Lost Ten Tribes comprise majority populations or very large minorities in the followings countries:
Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh): Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, the White or partly-white people of South Africa, and others.
The Jews of Judah are dominant in the State of Israel with large minorities in the USA, France, UK.
Here is a rough breakdown of the Tribes involved.
Reuben and other Israelite Tribes. France:
Simeon: Scattered groups in France, Britain, Ireland, possibly Italy.
Levi: Mainly among the Jews with possible minorities in Ireland, Wales, and Italy.
Joseph (Ephram and Manasseh) - mainly USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and others.
Dan: Denmark and Ireland.
Naftali: Norway.
Asher: Ireland.
Gad: Sweden.
Zebulon: Netherlands.
Issachar: Switzerland.
Benjamin: Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, especially the USA.
Judah: Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, especially the USA.
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3. Mutual Respect.
There is a Need for a Closer Rapport between the two bodies..
Judah and Joseph need to come closer together.
All this does not mean the Jews become Christians or anything like that.
Nor does it entail Gentiles from Joseph converting to Judaism.
It means each being aware of the other, appreciating each other, and lending each other a hand when the occasion arises.
Joseph (i.e. the Ten Tribes) should know who they are. Judah should also be aware of it.
Joseph should also know who Judah is.
Judah is the Jewish people. There should be no doubts about this and no hangups concerning it.
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4. We all may be Inter-mixed.
We may as well admit it straight out. We may be all intermixed to a degree. The Jews over the centuries have taken in converts. So too, has Joseph.
Most of the white Afrikaner People in South Africa have some African or Asian intermixture. In many cases this is very clear in their physical appearance but not always.
Very often it does not show at all.
So too, many whites in the USA have some Amerindian ancestry or Afro-American forebears.
The same applies to everybody to some degree or other.
Nevertheless, the Bible tells us where the Ten Tribes will be in the End Times so we can rely on that.
If you feel you descend from Israelites and may have ancestors from Israelite Peoples or from Jews,then you probably are descended from Hebrews, from the Lost Ten Tribes.
This applies even if there is some admixture there.
Anecdote.
A Genealogy researcher related how sometimes in the 1700s a German soldier deserting his mercenary band hired by someone in Scandinavia settled in a certain village. Today everyone in that village is somehow related to him.
See below.
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5. Converts in Judaism.
An example of intermixture of Jews with converts may be seen in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem.
Mea Shearim is an Ultras-Orthodox suburb. Many consider it to be the most strictly observant Ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclave in the world.
It was established in 1874 by a building society of 100 shareholders. At that time the Ottoman Turks ruled over the area.
Wikipedia tells us;
Mea Shearim was structured as a courtyard neighborhood. It was surrounded by a wall, with gates that were locked every evening. By October 1880, 100 apartments were ready for occupancy... With its Haredi, and overwhelmingly Hasidic, population, the streets retain the characteristics of an Eastern European shtetl (ghetto) as it appeared in pre-war Europe. Life revolves around strict adherence to Jewish law, prayer, and the study of Jewish religious texts. Traditions in dress include black frock coats and black hats for me....and long-sleeved, modest clothing for women......The men have beards, and many grow long sidecurls, called peyot. Many residents speak Yiddish in their daily lives, and use Hebrew only for prayer and religious study...
Other rfeports tell us:
Among the original settlers of Mea Shearim were two brothers from Ireland who had converted to Judaism. Today all the old families are in some way or other related to these two Irishmen.
Judaism has always accepted converts.
Leviticus 19:
34: THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNS WITH YOU SHALL BE UNTO YOU AS THE HOME-BORN AMONG YOU, AND YOU SHALT LOVE HIM AS YOURSELF; FOR YOU WERE STRANGERS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD.
One of the first converts was Ruth.
Ruth was an inhabitant of Moab. When her first husband died her Jewish mother-in-law, Noami, decided to return to Beth-Lehem in Judah. Ruth wanted to go with her. Noami tried to persuade Ruth not to come with her but Ruth insisted:
Ruth 1:
16 BUT RUTH SAID: ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU,
OR TO TURN BACK FROM FOLLOWING AFTER YOU;
FOR WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO;
AND WHEREVER YOU LODGE, I WILL LODGE;
YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE,
AND YOUR GOD, MY GOD.
17 WHERE YOU DIE, I WILL DIE,
AND THERE WILL I BE BURIED.
THE LORD DO SO TO ME, AND MORE ALSO,
IF ANYTHING BUT DEATH PARTS YOU AND ME.
Ruth later married Boaz and from that union merged King David and the Future Messiah who will be a descendant of King David.
In the End Times non-Israelites who settle among Israelite Tribes and identify with them will receive an inheritance alongside them.
Ezekiel (NKJV) 47:
21 THUS YOU SHALL DIVIDE THIS LAND AMONG YOURSELVES ACCORDING TO THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. 22 IT SHALL BE THAT YOU WILL DIVIDE IT BY LOT AS AN INHERITANCE FOR YOURSELVES, AND FOR THE STRANGERS WHO DWELL AMONG YOU AND WHO BEAR CHILDREN AMONG YOU. THEY SHALL BE TO YOU AS NATIVE-BORN AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; THEY SHALL HAVE AN INHERITANCE WITH YOU AMONG THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. 23 AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN WHATEVER TRIBE THE STRANGER DWELLS, THERE YOU SHALL GIVE HIM HIS INHERITANCE, SAYS THE LORD GOD.
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6. Barriers to Re-Unification to be Removed.
Zecharaiah (NKJV) 11:
14 THEN I CUT IN TWO MY OTHER STAFF, BONDS, THAT I MIGHT BREAK THE BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN JUDAH AND ISRAEL.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/zechariah/impediment2.html
Zechariah 11:14 can be rendered to read (as explained by Rabbi Moshe Valle) "I WILL ROOT OUT MY SECOND STICK, BRUISER, WHOSE AIM IS TO UNDO THE BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN JUDAH AND BETWEEN ISRAEL." This interpretation is actually a more literal one than the NKJV!
The Prophet Zechariah (according to Rabbi Moshe Valley, 1697- 1776, Padua, west of Venice, Italy) explains that Up until then there will have been a cause, a negative force, that disallowed brotherhood between Judah and the Lost Ten Tribes. This was the stick called "Hovelim" translated as "BONDS" but also capable of meaning "BRUISER,"i.e. cause wounds, bruises. . The stick preventing re-union between Judah and the Ten Tribes will be broken. The negative cause of unnecessary disunity will be removed!
This verse is potentially VERY IMPORTANT!
After that time it will be possible for Judah and Israel (i.e. the Ten Tribes) to re-unite and they will do so!
The Book of Zechariah (ch. 11) therefore speaks of certain barriers that Divine Providence deliberately placed in order to prevent Judah and the Ten Tribes coming together.
In the future these will be removed and the two sides may re-unite.
This may already be taking effect.
See:
Unification.The Future Re-Union of Judah and the Ten Tribes.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/unification.html
Impediment Removed!
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7. The Ten Tribes Would Not Be the Same as the Jews.
The two sections will re-unite in many ways but remain separate!
Ezekiel (NKJV) 37:
21 THEN SAY TO THEM, THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD: SURELY I WILL TAKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM AMONG THE NATIONS, WHEREVER THEY HAVE GONE, AND WILL GATHER THEM FROM EVERY SIDE AND BRING THEM INTO THEIR OWN LAND; 22 AND I WILL MAKE THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND, ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL; AND ONE KING SHALL BE KING OVER THEM ALL; THEY SHALL NO LONGER BE TWO NATIONS, NOR SHALL THEY EVER BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS AGAIN. 23 THEY SHALL NOT DEFILE THEMSELVES ANYMORE WITH THEIR IDOLS, NOR WITH THEIR DETESTABLE THINGS, NOR WITH ANY OF THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS; BUT I WILL DELIVER THEM FROM ALL THEIR DWELLING PLACES IN WHICH THEY HAVE SINNED, AND WILL CLEANSE THEM. THEN THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD.
24 DAVID MY SERVANT SHALL BE KING OVER THEM, AND THEY SHALL ALL HAVE ONE SHEPHERD; THEY SHALL ALSO WALK IN MY JUDGMENTS AND OBSERVE MY STATUTES, AND DO THEM. 25 THEN THEY SHALL DWELL IN THE LAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN TO JACOB MY SERVANT, WHERE YOUR FATHERS DWELT; AND THEY SHALL DWELL THERE, THEY, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, FOREVER; AND MY SERVANT DAVID SHALL BE THEIR PRINCE FOREVER. 26 MOREOVER I WILL MAKE A COVENANT OF PEACE WITH THEM, AND IT SHALL BE AN EVERLASTING COVENANT WITH THEM; I WILL ESTABLISH THEM AND MULTIPLY THEM, AND I WILL SET MY SANCTUARY IN THEIR MIDST FOREVERMORE.
Each Tribe will receive its own SEPARATE Tribal Inheritance.
Ezekiel (NKJV) 47:
13 THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD: THESE ARE THE BORDERS BY WHICH YOU SHALL DIVIDE THE LAND AS AN INHERITANCE AMONG THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. JOSEPH SHALL HAVE TWO PORTIONS. 14 YOU SHALL INHERIT IT EQUALLY WITH ONE ANOTHER; FOR I RAISED MY HAND IN AN OATH TO GIVE IT TO YOUR FATHERS, AND THIS LAND SHALL FALL TO YOU AS YOUR INHERITANCE.
Ezekiel (NKJV) 48:
1 NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE TRIBES: FROM THE NORTHERN . THERE SHALL BE ONE SECTION FOR DAN . BY THE BORDER OF DAN, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR ASHER; 3 BY THE BORDER OF ASHER, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR NAPHTALI; 4 BY THE BORDER OF NAPHTALI, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR MANASSEH; 5 BY THE BORDER OF MANASSEH, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR EPHRAIM; 6 BY THE BORDER OF EPHRAIM, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR REUBEN; 7 BY THE BORDER OF REUBEN, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ONE SECTION FOR JUDAH; 8 BY THE BORDER OF JUDAH, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, SHALL BE THE DISTRICT WHICH YOU SHALL SET APART, .
23 AS FOR THE REST OF THE TRIBES, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, BENJAMIN SHALL HAVE ONE SECTION; 24 BY THE BORDER OF BENJAMIN, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, SIMEON SHALL HAVE ONE SECTION; 25 BY THE BORDER OF SIMEON, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ISSACHAR SHALL HAVE ONE SECTION; 26 BY THE BORDER OF ISSACHAR, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, ZEBULUN SHALL HAVE ONE SECTION; 27 BY THE BORDER OF ZEBULUN, FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST, GAD SHALL HAVE ONE SECTION; 28 BY THE BORDER OF GAD, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, TOWARD THE SOUTH 29 THIS IS THE LAND WHICH YOU SHALL DIVIDE BY LOT AS AN INHERITANCE AMONG THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, AND THESE ARE THEIR PORTIONS, SAYS THE LORD GOD.
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8. The Two Halves of Israel should look out for /each other!
The Israelites from Judah and from the Ten Tribes are of the same original stock and have a mutual destiny.
Mutual beliefs.
Most of the Ten Tribes are Christians whereas the Jews are Jewish.
Both sides believe in the Hebrew Bible.
This is a point of Mutual Interest.
In our time when pagan and atheistic doctrines are seeking to dominate and corrupt us we should both return to the Biblical Values we hold in common.
In many ways we have Mutual Interests, Mutual Ams, Mutual Needs.
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9. The Land of Israel.
The Jews have began to return to the Land of Israel. The State of Israel was set up and helped to function by the UK, France, and the USA.
Britain provided much of what was needed for the initial start in terms of an administrative framework, support, and protection from Arab Marauders.
In recent years the USA has assisted the State of Israel very much.
Many people in Ten Tribes countries who are interest in Ten Tribe teachings are also very interest in the State of Israel.
Some of them would like to come and live here.
Eventually all the Tribes will return to the Land at least in part.
Meanwhile a small portion of the Land of Greater Israel (from the Nile to the Euphrates River) has been entrusted to Judah.
Judah has its own uniqueness and its own religious obligations.
This will chance in the future.
The Tribes will also keep the Law or a version of it and receive their own Tribal portions in the Land.
The Messiah will have his own portion around Jerusalem and the Temple.
Within Jerusalem each Tribe will have its own section.
Israelites from all the Tribes will frequently visit Jerusalem and the Temple that will be rebuilt.
We have not reached that stage yet.