"Brit-Am Now" no. 3527.

13 May 2024, 5 Iyar 5784 Ten Tribes Studies. Hebrew Awareness

Contents:
1. New Article.
On One Leg-3.
Brit-Am Rabbinical and Related Sources.
EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. Britain and America.
2.  Answer to Query: The Apocryphal Book of Esdras describes the Ten Tribes after being exiled as returning to keep the Law. How do you relate to this?
3. The Importance of Knowing Our Message.
Extract from "Joseph USA now in preparation.
4. Steven Phillips: Worthwhile Source Now Available.
5. Psalm 22.

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1. New Article.
On One Leg-3.
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/rabbi/oneleg3.html
Brit-Am Rabbinical and Related Sources.
EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. Britain and America.

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2. The Apocryphal Book of Esdras describes the Ten Tribes after being exiled as returning to keep the Law. How do you relate to this?

Brit-Am Reply.

Esdras" is a Latinized form of the Hebrew name "Ezra." Esdras purports to be an extension of the Book of Ezra in the Bible. In point of fact it is a much later work and not really a Biblical work at all though some assume it is such. 2 Esdras is also called 4 Esdras. It is an Apocalyptic book found in some English versions of the Bible. Later Non-Jewish Tradition ascribed it to Ezra, in the 300s BCE, but scholarship places its composition between 70 and 218 CE. It is reckoned among the Apocrypha by Roman Catholics, some Protestants, and most Eastern Orthodox Christians. It is NOT known from any Hebrew original but from a Latin text.  It may or may not be of Jewish origin but the Rabbis did not know of it, or simply ignored it. It may also have been written by Jewish sectarians or by Christians. At all events it is part of the Apocrypha i.e. mainly Greek language books possibly written by Jews but not recognized by Jewish Sages.

Here is the relevant passage:

2-Esdras 13:
40 THOSE ARE THE TEN TRIBES, WHICH WERE CARRIED AWAY PRISONERS OUT OF THEIR OWN LAND, IN THE TIME OF  HOSEA THE KING, WHOM SALMANASAR THE KING OF ASSYRIA LED AWAY CAPTIVE, AND HE CARRIED THEM OVER THE WATERS, AND SO CAME THEY INTO ANOTHER LAND. 41 BUT THEY TOOK THIS COUNSEL AMONGST THEMSELVES, THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE THE MULTITUDE OF THE HEATHEN, AND GO FORTH INTO A FURTHER COUNTRY, WHERE NEVER MANKIND DWELT, 42 THAT THEY MIGHT THERE KEEP THEIR STATUTES, WHICH THEY NEVER KEPT IN THEIR OWN LAND.

          The idea that the Lost Ten Tribes in their places of Exile would be keeping the Law in some way or other is mentioned by Esdras but it is mistaken. The source, Esdras, is not reliable. It was not recognized by the Rabbis, and may have been written by some sectarian element. At all events it is not Biblical.
The Ten Tribes in their places of Exile were not to keep the Law neither was it necessarily intended that they do so. They had a task to fulfil that necessitated them becoming like unto the Gentiles. Isaiah says the Ten Tribes when they return will not be recognizable by Judah.

 Isaiah (KJV) 49: 21 THEN SHALT THOU SAY IN THINE HEART, WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE, SEEING I HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN, AND AM DESOLATE, A CAPTIVE, AND REMOVING TO AND FRO? AND WHO HATH BROUGHT UP THESE? BEHOLD, I WAS LEFT ALONE; THESE, WHERE HAD THEY BEEN?

In their places of Exile the Lost Ten Tribes will have remained pagans.

Hosea 11 (KJV) :12 EPHRAIM COMPASSETH ME ABOUT WITH LIES, AND THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WITH DECEIT: BUT JUDAH YET RULETH WITH GOD, AND IS FAITHFUL WITH THE SAINTS.

 cf.
Hosea 11 (MSB):12 EPHRAIM SURROUNDS ME WITH LIES, THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WITH DECEIT; BUT JUDAH STILL WALKS WITH GOD AND IS FAITHFUL TO THE HOLY ONE.

          
 The Prophet Hosea (chs. 1 and 2) describes the Lost Ten Tribes as divided into three sections represented by his three children from "Gomer" his wife. All of them will have been without the Law until the time of Reconciliation in the End Days. There are more sources confirming this.

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3. The Importance of Knowing Our Message.
Extract from"Joseph USA" (a revised slightly changed new version of "Joseph", now in preparation).
As pointed out in our other words the "Anglo-Saxon" nations are really the only cultural-ethnic bloc that is capable (barring supernatural miracles) of physically fulfilling the role ascribed to "Joseph" in Biblical and Rabbinical sources. They are the only ones capable of defeating the combined forces of Edom (Germany and Europe) and Ishmael (the Moslem peoples) in armed confrontation. They are also the only ones who unto now have actively assisted the Jews in settling the Land of Israel. They have taken this task upon themselves almost as part of an obligation springing from their own national heritage. This point holds despite mistaken and negative stands often taken by certain politicians and national leaders against the Jewish-Israelis. There are some bad Israelites, some bad Jews, and some bad people of other origins in Israelite nations. The "Anglo-Saxon" nations in the past have proved themselves capable of successfully organizing the orderly and secure mass movement of their own peoples in colonization enterprises. 

Quite a few non-Jewish people have expressed to us a wish to come and settle in the Land of Israel. They say that since they belong to the Lost Ten Tribes then the State of Israel should recognize their right to come and live here. This may be a symptom of an upcoming spiritual arousal amongst them. It is not however the message we are promoting. The Jewish People are not ready for such innovations and neither are the Lost Ten Tribes. Joseph and Judah will re-unite. They will re-unite as groups not as masses of individuals making partisan decisions on their own. If someone feels an attachment to the Jewish people and wishes to identify with the Jewish people that is his own blessing or problem or both together. It is not the major import of the Brit-Am message. We say that the Lost Ten Tribes can be identified as being on the whole amongst certain peoples. They have an identity of their own. They should be made aware of this identity. Someone who believes in our message should endeavor to spread knowledge of the truth of this identity. He should endeavor to do the will of God will and encourage others to do so as well. The result can only be for the good. People who believe in this message are being called on to better themselves and assist others and not necessarily abandon them. There are exceptions. A re-union will eventually occur. The sooner the better. Spreading this knowledge is a first step in this process and can speed it up.

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4. Steven Phillips: Worthwhile Source Now Available.
https://www.ancienthistoryreconsidered.com.
This site has some interesting and valuable articles.
Some of the material there we disagree with but it is still worth perusing.
So too, he has a Video Clip (a few hours long) about the Phoencians in Spain.
Sp far we have managed to look at only a portion of it but it seems interesting.
See:
www.ancienthistoryreconsidered.com/Videos/Phoenicians_who_founded_Spain.php.

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5. Psalm 22.

PSALM (NET) 22
FOR THE MUSIC DIRECTOR; ACCORDING TO THE TUNE MORNING DOE; A PSALM OF DAVID.

1 MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU ABANDONED ME?
I GROAN IN PRAYER, BUT HELP SEEMS FAR AWAY.

2 MY GOD, I CRY OUT DURING THE DAY,
BUT YOU DO NOT ANSWER,
AND DURING THE NIGHT MY PRAYERS DO NOT LET UP.

3 YOU ARE HOLY;
YOU SIT AS KING RECEIVING THE PRAISES OF ISRAEL.

4 IN YOU OUR ANCESTORS TRUSTED;
THEY TRUSTED IN YOU AND YOU RESCUED THEM.

5 TO YOU THEY CRIED OUT, AND THEY WERE SAVED;
IN YOU THEY TRUSTED AND THEY WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED.

6 BUT I AM A WORM, NOT A MAN;
PEOPLE INSULT ME AND DESPISE ME.

7 ALL WHO SEE ME TAUNT ME;
THEY MOCK ME AND SHAKE THEIR HEADS.

8 THEY SAY,
COMMIT YOURSELF TO THE LORD!

LET THE LORD RESCUE HIM!
LET THE LORD DELIVER HIM, FOR HE DELIGHTS IN HIM.

9 YES, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ME OUT FROM THE WOMB
AND MADE ME FEEL SECURE ON MY MOTHERS BREASTS.

10 I HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON YOU SINCE BIRTH;
FROM THE TIME I CAME OUT OF MY MOTHERS WOMB YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD.

11 DO NOT REMAIN FAR AWAY FROM ME,
FOR TROUBLE IS NEAR AND I HAVE NO ONE TO HELP ME.

12 MANY BULLS SURROUND ME;
POWERFUL BULLS OF BASHAN HEM ME IN.

13 THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS TO DEVOUR ME
LIKE A ROARING LION THAT RIPS ITS PREY.

14 MY STRENGTH DRAINS AWAY LIKE WATER;
ALL MY BONES ARE DISLOCATED;
MY HEART IS LIKE WAX;
IT MELTS AWAY INSIDE ME.

15 THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH IS AS DRY AS A PIECE OF POTTERY;
MY TONGUE STICKS TO MY GUMS.
YOU SET ME IN THE DUST OF DEATH.

16 YES, WILD DOGS SURROUND ME
A GANG OF EVIL MEN CROWD AROUND ME;
LIKE A LION THEY PIN MY HANDS AND FEET.

17 I CAN COUNT ALL MY BONES;
MY ENEMIES ARE GLOATING OVER ME IN TRIUMPH.

18 THEY ARE DIVIDING UP MY CLOTHES AMONG THEMSELVES;
THEY ARE ROLLING DICE FOR MY GARMENTS.

19 BUT YOU, O LORD, DO NOT REMAIN FAR AWAY!
YOU ARE MY SOURCE OF STRENGTH! HURRY AND HELP ME!

20 DELIVER ME FROM THE SWORD!
SAVE MY LIFE FROM THE CLAWS OF THE WILD DOGS!

21 RESCUE ME FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LION,
AND FROM THE HORNS OF THE WILD OXEN!
YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME!

22 I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY COUNTRYMEN!
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ASSEMBLY I WILL PRAISE YOU!

23 YOU LOYAL FOLLOWERS OF THE LORD, PRAISE HIM!
ALL YOU DESCENDANTS OF JACOB, HONOR HIM!
ALL YOU DESCENDANTS OF ISRAEL, STAND IN AWE OF HIM!

24 FOR HE DID NOT DESPISE OR DETEST THE SUFFERING OF THE OPPRESSED;
HE DID NOT IGNORE HIM;
WHEN HE CRIED OUT TO HIM, HE RESPONDED.

25 YOU ARE THE REASON I OFFER PRAISE IN THE GREAT ASSEMBLY;
I WILL FULFILL MY PROMISES BEFORE THE LORDS LOYAL FOLLOWERS.

26 LET THE OPPRESSED EAT AND BE FILLED!
LET THOSE WHO SEEK HIS HELP PRAISE THE LORD!
MAY YOU LIVE FOREVER!

27 LET ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD AND TURN TO HIM!
LET ALL THE NATIONS WORSHIP YOU!

28 FOR THE LORD IS KING
AND RULES OVER THE NATIONS.

29 ALL OF THE THRIVING PEOPLE OF THE EARTH WILL JOIN THE CELEBRATION AND WORSHIP;
ALL THOSE WHO ARE DESCENDING INTO THE GRAVE WILL BOW BEFORE HIM,
INCLUDING THOSE WHO CANNOT PRESERVE THEIR LIVES.

30 A WHOLE GENERATION WILL SERVE HIM;
THEY WILL TELL THE NEXT GENERATION ABOUT THE SOVEREIGN LORD.

31THEY WILL COME AND TELL ABOUT HIS SAVING DEEDS;
THEY WILL TELL A FUTURE GENERATION WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED.


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Genesis (NIV) 28:
18 EARLY THE NEXT MORNING JACOB TOOK THE STONE HE HAD PLACED UNDER HIS HEAD AND SET IT UP AS A PILLAR AND POURED OIL ON TOP OF IT.
19 HE CALLED THAT PLACE BETHEL, THOUGH THE CITY USED TO BE CALLED LUZ.
20 THEN JACOB MADE A VOW, SAYING, IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME AND WILL WATCH OVER ME ON THIS JOURNEY I AM TAKING AND WILL GIVE ME FOOD TO EAT AND CLOTHES TO WEAR
21 SO THAT I RETURN SAFELY TO MY FATHERS HOUSEHOLD, THEN THE LORD WILL BE MY GOD
22 AND THIS STONE THAT I HAVE SET UP AS A PILLAR WILL BE GODS HOUSE, AND OF ALL THAT YOU GIVE ME I WILL GIVE YOU A TENTH.


MALACHI 3:
10 BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE,
THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE,
AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS,
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS,
'IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
AND POUR OUT FOR YOU SUCH BLESSING
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT.

Proverbs 3:
9 HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH
AND WITH THE FIRST OF ALL YOUR PRODUCE,
10 SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH ABUNDANCE,
AND YOUR VATS WILL BURST OPEN WITH NEW WINE.

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