Old Israel Made Into TWO Nations, TWO Houses

[DavP]

One of the Bible studies that my Heavenly Father and His Son blessed me with is His Word concerning the ten lost tribes of Israel. There exists Bible prophecy that God gave of what the ten scattered tribes of Israel were to accomplish in connection with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Church. And I am not pointing only to Jewish converts to Christ with that either.

1. God's Birthright:
Did you know that God Himself has a Birthright that He gave to His "firstborn"? Afterall, He is a 'Father' to children also. In Psalms 89, God called king David His 'firstborn'. And then later in Jeremiah 31:9 God said Ephraim is His 'firstborn'. Moreover, in 1 Chronicles 5 we are told that the "birthright" went to the sons of Joseph, because Reuben, the firstborn son of Jacob, defiled his father's bed by having intercourse with one of Jacob's concubines.

1 Chron 5:1-2
5 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's
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That above reveals that God's Birthright, which involves the covenants and promises God first gave through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, eventually fell upon Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. And one of the blessings that fell upon Ephraim, the younger, from his father Jacob, was that Ephraim's seed was to become "a multitude of nations" (Genesis 48). Might that have something to do with why... God said Ephraim was His firstborn? I am certain it does, for the Birthright is to go to the firstborn, unless the firstborn does something to lose it (like Reuben did, or like Esau did by willing to sell it like it was mere wares to be sold or traded).

You will not find that Birthright above not being transferred anymore once it fell upon Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. That means, upon Ephraim and Manasseh is still... where God's Birthright is to this day. Ephraim was the head tribe over the northern ten tribes of Israel and was scattered with the rest of the ten tribes, including most of Manasseh, and very few know where God scattered them and where they are today. Yet God's Birthright still was never moved from Joseph's two sons.

2. What all is included in God's Birthright?:
a. One of God's first blessing of promise to Abraham per Genesis 13 & 17 was that He would make Abraham's seed as the dust of the earth for so many. He promised Abraham a seed as many as the stars of the sky. Abraham believed God, and God counted Abraham's Faith as righteousness.

b. In Genesis 22, God adds another promised blessing for Abraham and his seed. Abraham's seed would possess the gate of his enemies. What that means is, God's Birthright blessing also included great military strength, God even promised to Israel at one time a 10:1 victory ratio over its enemies. This blessing has continue by God's Hand in His Birthright to this day. But where, you might ask? Ah... you'll have to study His Word more to find out, and be careful not to listen to men's doctrine.

c. then God's Birthright would continue to Isaac. In Genesis 26 some of the same promises God gave to Abraham were given to Isaac. This is about God's transfer of His Birthright through a specific chosen seed that He selected in with duty in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that Christ would be born through. The unbelieving Jews do not represent the Promise by Faith first given to and believed by Abraham (see Galatians 3 and Romans 4).

d. After Isaac, God's Birthright continued to Isaac's son Jacob. Because there was a stir in Rebekah's womb being pregnant, the wife of Isaac, she prayed about it. God told her there two manner of people in her womb, and that the younger would rule over the elder. Jacob was the younger, and Esau was his elder brother. God has showed Rebekah that His Birthright would go to the younger Jacob. Esau, who was a hunter, couldn't find game one day and was hungry. Jacob had food cooking, and Esau being the elder upon whom the Birthright was to go to, sold the Birthright to Jacob for the food. And thus Jacob received the transfer of God's blessings from his father Isaac (see Genesis 25 thru Genesis 27). (A translation issue in Gen.27 is about Esau returning from the field and begging for the blessing from his father Isaac also, after Isaac had already given it to Jacob. In most Bible translations, Gen.27 shows Isaac giving Esau the exact... same... blessing that was to Jacob. Some scholars claim that is a scribe error in the Hebrew; that Esau's blessing is actually the idea of "away from"... all those blessings given to Jacob, which appears to be more accurate.)

More description of God's Birthright was mentioned by Isaac when giving it to Jacob. Isaac said, "God give thee the dew of heaven", and "the fatness of the earth", and "plenty of corn and wine". If you look at those blessings in today's earth, where are those blessing most manifested on earth? In the Christian West and free nations in Christ. And that may have applied to old Israel before God sent the kings of Assyria and the king of Babylon upon it and scattered all 12 tribes, but those blessings in the nation state of Israel still cannot compare to those things in the Western nations. This is not by chance. It is about God's Birthright blessings.

e. Now Jacob is in possession of God's Birthright. Jacob went to Haran for the night, and made a stone pillar his pillow. He dreamed of a ladder with angels ascending and descending from Heaven, with The LORD standing above it. He then told Jacob and his seed would inherit that land, that Jacob's seed would be as the dust as the earth, and that they would spread to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and that in Jacob's seed all the families of the earth would be blessed (Gen.28:10-14). Jacob then woke up in the morning and anointed the stone pillar with oil, calling the name of that place Beth-El, which means 'house of God'. That is the name of that stone pillar too, the Bethel Stone. The Israelites carried it on their journeys.

f. then in Genesis 32, Jacob wrestled with The Angel of The LORD, and would not release Him until He blessed Jacob. God then gave Jacob the new name "Israel", because Jacob as a prince prevailed with God. But the name Jacob would still be used throughout The Bible after that, giving us a hint about that new name Israel. The new name Israel points to God's Birthright blessings first given through Abraham, then to Isaac, and then to Jacob. What is truly very important to note about that is, per Apostle Paul in Galatians 3, the Promise by Faith which Abraham believed and God counted it to Abraham as righteousness, Paul said is the same Faith those in Christ Jesus have believed. Now just what Faith is that about? It is about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Thus God's Birthright blessings INCLUDE care of The Gospel Promise by Faith! That is what that reveals.

g. then in Genesis 35, God gives Jacob (or Israel) another Birthright blessing. God told Jacob that He make of Jacob's seed "a nation, and a company of nations". OK, now think for a moment. Just how many nations has the nation of Israel ever been? Just one. So who in the world is that "company of nations" about that God promised would be of Jacob's seed? (Genesis 35:11).

That promise of Jacob's seed making up a "company of nations", that is actually part of the blessing God gave to Abraham that in his seed all the families of the earth would be blessed. That is not only... pointing to The Gospel going to the nations also and those nations who accept Christ Jesus being blessed, but is also literally pointing to a "company of nations" from Jacob's literal bloodline offspring, literally a company of Israelite nations! Where did that happen? Has it happened yet? That is yet another part of God's Birthright blessings involving the seed of Jacob spreading to four corners of the earth per Genesis 28:10-14.

h. then God's Birthright fell upon Jacob's son Joseph. In Genesis 37, Joseph dreamed that his symbolic sheath would rule over his 11 brethren, and he told the dream to them, which made them jealous. Joseph then had another dream about reigning over his parents, which he also told them about. This would happen when Joseph was sold to Egypt when his 11 brothers kidnapped him. Joseph married a priest while in Egypt and had two sons, Manasseh the elder, and Ephraim the younger. God's Birthright fell upon Joseph, thus God exalted Joseph in Egypt even while separated from his brethren.

i. now we're back to 1 Chronicles 5 regarding God's Birthright falling to Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. In Genesis 48, Jacob blessed Joseph's two sons, saying to let his name Israel be named upon the two lads, and he then transferred God's Birthright blessing upon the younger Ephraim's head. Joseph tried to correct his father Jacob's hands, because Manasseh on the right side was the elder, but Jacob knew what he was doing, and said that Manasseh would indeed be "great", but that his younger brother Ephraim's seed would become "a multitude of nations".

So there's that Birthright promise of a seed as the dust of the earth, and as many as the stars of the sky. What becomes a major eye-opener about this, once it is properly understood per God's written Word, is that the head tribe over the northern ten tribes of the old nation of Israel before God split it up, was the tribe of Ephraim. And those northern ten tribes were not known as Jews. Those known as the Jews was about the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and Levi, called the "kingdom of Judah" after the split of 1 Kings 11. God even made Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim king over the northern "kingdom of Israel" per 1 Kings 11. So the northern ten tribes actually made up the 'majority' of the seed of Israel. Around 732 B.C., the kings of Assyria removed all of the ten northern tribes out of the northern holy lands, and took them captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return (2 Kings 17 & 18). The Jews of the southern "kingdom of Judah" remained in the holy land at Jerusalem-Judea. Thus the majority of the seed of Israel were removed by 732 B.C. The Jewish historian Josephus who lived around 100 A.D. said the ten tribes were still beyond Euphrates, and were a great number, too many to be counted. So at least up to his day, the Jews in Jerusalem still knew where the majority of the ten scattered tribes were. But then centuries later the ten tribes became lost to the Jews, and to the world, but not to God.

 

[DavP]

One of the next major events involving God's Birthright Promises given through the seed of Abraham, is God splitting the old kingdom of Israel into 2 separate kingdoms in the days of Solomon's son Rehoboam. The beginning of this split and why God did it is laid out starting in the 1 Kings 11 chapter.

1. per 1 Chronicles 5, we learn that the tribe of Judah received the Birthright part of the royal throne. The kings over Israel were thus to be born from Judah, and further from the house of king David who also was born of the tribe of Judah. Even our Lord Jesus Christ had in His flesh bloodline origin from the tribe of Judah. The shocker from God rending the kingdom from Solomon per 1 Kings 11 is that throne of Israel will go to a different tribe than Judah, and that was done by God's Own Hand.

2. Per 1 Kings 11:1-12, king Solomon had embraced the idols of the pagan religions of his many foreign wives, and brought those things in among Israel. It was for such reasons that God had commanded the children of Israel to not go into those foreign women, nor allow them to come into you, because they would turn your heat away from God and instead to their idols. 1 Kings 11:2 says Solomon clave to these in love. God warned Solomon about it twice to no avail. Then God said He would rend the kingdom from Solomon's hand, but not in his day, but in the days of Solomon's son Rehoboam. Then God stirred various adversaries against Solomon.

3. two similar names come into this that can confuse, but it's very important to keep them separate as per the 1 Kings 11 & 12 scripture. The son of Solomon that ascended to his throne was Rehoboam, of Judah, of the house of David. Then there is Jeroboam, born of the tribe of Ephraim. Solomon had set Jeroboam of Ephraim as governor over the "house of Joseph" (i.e., the ten northern tribes). But Solomon and Jeroboam at some point had a falling out, and Solomon sought Jeroboam's life, so Jeroboam fled to Egypt.

4. What made Solomon want to kill Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim was because God's prophet Ahijah found Jeroboam on his way out of Jerusalem, and gave Jeroboam a prophecy of setting him up as king. Ahijah had a new garment, and he took it and tore it into 12 pieces. Then he told Jeroboam to take "ten pieces", and then God said to Jeroboam...

1 Kings 11:31
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
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God said He would make Jeroboam "king of Israel".

But God also said He would leave one tribe at Jerusalem for His servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake. That would be the tribe of Judah under the reign of Solomon's son Rehoboam, and then the tribe of Benjamin joined with Judah. Because of God offering the ten northern tribes of Israel to Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim, this made Solomon try to kill Jeroboam, so Jeroboam fled to Egypt. God said He would not afflict the seed of David in this forever, suggesting a rejoining of all 12 tribes in final per prophecy for the end of this world.

5. then when Solomon's son Rehoboam was at Shechem to be crowned king, those of the northern tribes of Israel sent for Jeroboam in Egypt to return, and then Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam. They asked Rehoboam if he would lighten the burden that his father Solomon had put upon them (i.e, work), then they would follow Rehoboam as king. Solomon's son Rehoboam refused, and even said his little finger would be comparable to Solomon's burden he had put upon them. So the leaders of the congregation of Israel said,

1 Kings 12:16-20
16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David." So Israel departed unto their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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Now these events are a very, very important Biblical matter of Israel's history. Why? Because...
a. God actually split the old nation of Israel under Solomon in two, like He said He would do.
b. God gave Jeroboam, OF THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM, to be "king of Israel". But originally, God had promised the king tribe would always be from Judah, of the house of David. So this is a MAJOR delineation from His previous promise to David and his seed.
c. Since Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim was made king over "ten tribes", and made "king of Israel", then how does that work, since it omits the tribes of Judah and Benjamin that remained under king Rehoboam at Jerusalem-Judea in the south? Isn't the title "Israel" always meant to be only about ALL 12 tribes of Israel? NO! Not per God's Word here with this event in 1 Kings 11 forward about the split of old Israel.

6. This then began the separation of old Israel into TWO separation kingdoms, with different names and different capital cities.

a. the southern kingdom under Solomon's son Rehoboam became known as the "kingdom of Judah", and "house of Judah". Prophecies after the split also use simple titles for this kingdom, like the sole word "Judah", or just "Jerusalem", or "house of David". This southern kingdom under king Rehoboam, Solomon's son, is where the title of JEW originated. It came from the sole tribe of Judah, and was applied to all living in the southern lands of Judea-Jerusalem. That title of JEW did NOT apply to the ten northern tribes of Israel, nor to the northern kings of Israel.
b. the northern kingdom of Israel under king Jeroboam, of the tribe of Ephraim, after the split, was then called the "kingdom of Israel", or "house of Israel", or just "Israel", or "Joseph", or "Samaria", and even just "Ephraim" because of Ephraim being the head tribe over the other northern tribes, and its king Jeroboam who was of the tribe of Ephraim. (There's yet another deeper reason why the title "Ephraim" was also used for the northern ten tribe kingdom of Israel, but that's for later.)

God's Word after this split then gives Bible prophecies 'specific' to each 'house' or kingdom, the "house of Judah" and the "house of Israel". At this point of the split, the term "house of Israel" ONLY is applied about the ten northern tribes that God gave Jeroboam of Ephraim to rule over, and is called "Israel" at that point.

So I see errors made all the time... with preachers that have not done their Bible study homework on this matter, confuse... those Bible prophecies, applying them to all 12 tribes, or to the Jews (southern kingdom), and not knowing there are 'specific' prophecies only to each Israelite kingdom or house. I've even heard some of those preachers vainly claim there is NO SUCH split of old Israel that God did in The Bible, and that the 'two houses' idea is a false claim! Sorry my faithful brethren in Jesus Christ, but those who claim such vanity against God's written Word are not of Christ's fold.

The following Scripture confirms the existence and division of the two 'houses' per God's written Word, of the two separate kingdoms that God made as punishment for what king Solomon did...

1 Kings 12:21
21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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Someone who refuses to understand God's split of old Israel into two separate kingdoms will look silly if they reject how the above is about two separate 'houses', with one house ("house of Judah", tribes of Judah and Benjamin in the southern kingdom under Rehoboam) preparing to attack the other house ("house of Israel", ten northern tribes under Jeroboam).

How often then, have YOU, the reader, missed this distinction in God's written Word about the two separate kingdoms or houses that God caused because of Solomon's sin?

1 Kings 14:30
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
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When you continue in 1 Kings 12 forward thru to 2 Kings 18, you will find the two 'houses' warring against each other, each with their own king, the "kingdom of Judah" with their capital city at Jerusalem, and the "kingdom of Israel" with their capital city in the north at Samaria.

Understanding about God's split of old Israel into two separate houses is important even when doing New Testament Book study. Here's how...

Matt 15:24
24 But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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What Jesus said above is often confused by the preachers who haven't done this Bible homework about the two houses. The above meaning by Lord Jesus is that He was sent to the lost sheep of the scattered ten northern tribes of Israel, the "house of Israel" that king Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim was given to reign over, and was called "Israel". What all does that point to? It points to this -- that the Jews of the "house of Judah", those which Lord Jesus came to first at Jerusalem, would REJECT HIM, and have Him crucified, but The Gospel would instead go to the ten scattered tribe "house of Israel" who were like lost sheep, scattered among the Gentiles, and no longer in the holy land at Jesus' 1st coming! That is what Lord Jesus was showing by that above statement.

Yet some preachers will claim He meant the Jews there at Jerusalem at His 1st coming that rejected Him and The Gospel. That is how many have their Bible history twisted in some of today's churches.

 

[DavP]

5. Once God had split old Israel into two separate kingdoms, king Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim, who was over the northern ten tribe kingdom of "Israel", considered that if the ten tribes went down to Jerusalem to worship, which was God's requirement at that time, then they would join with the "kingdom of Judah" and augment the southern tribe kingdom of Rehoboam, king of Judah.

So Jeroboam setup common priests of the people among the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel", and made 2 gold calf idols, placing one in the city of Bethel in the north, and the other in Dan in the north. Then he told the ten northern tribes there was their 'gods' (1 Kings 12:26-33). This prevented the Levite priests among the northern ten tribes from performing their priest duty among the ten tribes, so they left the northern kingdom and went south, and joined with the "house of Judah", Rehoboam's kingdom at Jerusalem. Likewise a small remnant of the northern ten tribes also refused Jeroboam's calf idols, and also left and went south and joined with Judah (see 2 Chronicles 11:13-17). Thus the southern "kingdom of Judah" became made up of the 3 tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi, and a small remnant of the northern ten tribes, and the strangers that lived in the southern lands of Jerusalem-Judea. These would become known as JEWS, that name being derived from the tribe of Judah.


6. That gold calf idol sin among the ten tribes was continued by all the kings of the northern "kingdom of Israel", which was a bother to our Heavenly Father. Eventually, God put up with it enough.

a. thus God then sent the kings of Assyria upon the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel"...

2 Kings 17:1-6
17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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* (I want to bring up a point about the above 2 Kings 17 Scripture. Notice that verse 1 mentions "Ahaz king of Judah" distinct from "Hoshea the son of Elah to regin in Samaria over Israel". That is because king Ahaz was the king over the 3-trib "kingdom of Judah" at Jerusalem. But Hoshea then was the king over the 10-tribe "kingdom of Israel" in the north at Samaria. When God gave ten tribes to Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to rule over per 1 Kings 11, the name 'ISRAEL' became the name ONLY for the northern 10-tribe "kingdom of Israel".

Many won't believe that, but will still try to say the JEWS of the "kingdom of Judah" only represent ISRAEL. Sorry to be the barer of sad news, but that simply is not true. The "kingdom of Judah" is no more, but the Jews still represent the "house of Judah" even to this day, because God gave prophecies about the "house of Judah" and the "house of Israel" being eventually joined back together in final, and no more being two nations (see Ezekiel 37 about the two sticks). So that means the "house of Israel", i.e., the ten northern tribes of Israel that were scattered first, still represent the "house of Israel" today also.

So which is God's true ISRAEL per Bible history? After He split old Israel into two separate kingdoms in Solomon's days per 1 Kings 11, the Ten Tribes represent His ISRAEL. That is even why God's Word calls the ten northern tribe kingdom, the "kingdom of Israel", and the "house of Israel". And also recall, God set Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim over it. If you check me out on this in God's written Word, then you will begin to understand why the majority of Jews today definitely do not... like these Biblical events exposed to the world. However, it is God's written Word. And God put it in His Word for our learning. And what would become of the split reveals a huge part of God's Plan of Salvation in Jesus Christ to both His chosen seed of Israel and the Gentiles.)

b. Here then is a list of which tribes made up the two kingdoms, which is still this way today, though the scattered ten tribes are hidden from the Jews and from the world, but not from God:

ISRAEL, or the "house of Israel", or "kingdom of Israel" at Samaria = northern 10 tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Reuben, Asher, Dan, Gad, Naphtali, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun. Known as ISRAEL.

JUDAH, or the "house of Judah", or "kingdom of Judah" at Jerusalem = tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi. Known the Jews.

c. When God brought the kings of Assyria upon the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel", and removed ALL... the ten northern tribes out of the land, captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, the JEWS of the southern "kingdom of Judah" then became known as historical Israel. The Jews of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi were NOT affected by the kings of Assyria removing the ten tribes. The "kingdom of Judah" remained in the southern land. Mind you all 12 tribes of Israel are Israelites of the old kingdom. But God called the northern ten tribe kingdom only by the name ISRAEL, while they still were established as a kingdom in the holy lands. This concept is very important. Why?

It is because the name ISRAEL is actually a name that represents God's Gospel Promise through Jacob. The Promise by Faith was first to Abraham, 430 years PRIOR to the giving of the law, per Apostle Paul in Galatians 3 and Romans 4. So that Promise did not involve a work by the law. God gave it to Abraham, and Abraham believed, and Abraham's Faith was counted by God as righteousness. This is why Paul said that Abraham's Faith is the same Faith (in The Gospel of Jesus Christ) that we in Christ have believed! That concept of the Promise by Faith is what continued... in God's Birthright Blessings through Abraham's seed! And that seed after Abraham was to his son Isaac, and then to his son Jacob, upon whom God gave the new name ISRAEL to represent that Gospel Promise by Faith on Jesus Christ. After Jacob, we learn that God's Birthright which includes that Gospel of Jesus Christ, then went to Joseph, and then per 1 Chronicles 5 wound upon Joseph's two sons born to him Egypt by the daughter of the priest of On, Ephraim and Manasseh, the main part of the Birthright falling upon Ephraim, who's seed (Jeroboam) would become ruler over the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel", the actual majority... of the peoples of Israel.

So once again, sorry to say, but Biblically, the orthodox unbelieving JEWS, which made up just 3 tribes as it still is to this day, have hi-jacked the meaning of that name ISRAEL which is for those of the 'seed' that are in God's Birthright. It's because that name ISRAEL is hard-connected with The Gospel of Jesus Christ. This... is why Apostle Paul would use that "commonwealth of Israel" title in Ephesians 2 when speaking to believing Gentiles having come into the covenants and promises given to ISRAEL. (see Ephesians 2:11-13). So yeah... we believing Gentiles on Jesus Christ are part of GOD's ISRAEL, which name God gave to Jacob to represent the Promise by Faith! And most wrongly think the Scripture about blessing Israel is about blessing the Jews? No, it is about blessing GOD's version of Israel that is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, of which the majority of Jews today still are not part of, by the blindness God put upon them (Romans 11).

 

[jeremiah1five]

My first question: Where in Scripture does it say "lost ten tribes"?

 

[DavP]

7. God had gotten fed up with the false idol worship the northern ten tribes of Israel were still doing, which king Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim had started when God made him king over the "kingdom of Israel". Thus got brought the kings of Assyria upon the 'northern' "kingdom of Israel", the ten tribes, and removed them all captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return...

2 Kings 17:5-12
5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, Which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, 'Ye shall not do this thing.'
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2 Kings 17:18-23
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of His sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
Which "Israel" does that above mean? ALL... of the children of Israel? No, not at this point in Bible history, but He would eventually get fed up with Judah's rebelliousness later... for they too later fell away from Him into idol worship, which would be around 120 years after this event of the ten northern tribes being removed.
Notice that in red when God had those of the "kingdom of Israel", the northern ten tribes, removed, that Judah (i.e., the "house of Judah", 3-tribes) was still left in the holy land. That is another Scripture pointer to God having split old Israel into two separate kingdoms, and houses, with different events and different prophecies specifically for each house.
2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
Likewise the 3-tribe "house of Judah" also fell into false worship about 120 years after the ten tribes had been removed. So this timeline is jumping ahead in history.

The ten tribes were taken captive by the kings of Assyria. Their captivity was first. But the house of Judah would be taken to Babylon years later by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

Those were 2 separate captivities of God's chosen, at 2 different times. A small remnant of Judah would return to Jerusalem-Judea after their Babylon captivity (see Ezra 2); but the ten tribes as a majority to this day have never returned. Those returning to the holy lands in the past few centuries and today have been small 'remnants of the Jews'; of the "house of Judah" from the 3 tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, along with a very small remnant of the ten tribes, and the rest are foreigners, all calling themselves Jews.
21 For He rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
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In place of the ten northern tribes of Israel in their northern portion of the holy lands, the kings of Assyria took five different pagan peoples from five pagan cities, and placed them in the holy land where the ten tribes had been (see 2 Kings 17:24). These pagan Gentile foreigners became known as the Samaritans. (remember the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 which had had five husbands?).

At this point in history, the ten northern tribes of Israel remained captive in Assyria and the lands of the Medes. There exist archaeological artifacts which describe the captivity of the ten tribes. Below is a picture of the Behistun Rock carved on the side of a mountain in northern Iraq. It is displaying ten tribal chieftans all bound together, with the final one bound wearing the traditional Hebrew pointed cap. One chieftan is laying down with the Assyrian king's foot on him...



Ancient Assyrian records mention Jehu, king of Israel (ten tribes), and his campaigns. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser III said he received tribute from Jehu of the house of Omri. Omri was a previous king of the house of Israel. Thus there are archaeological records that establish the ancient captivity and removal of the ten tribe northern kingdom of Israel.

According to the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that lived in Roman times, the ten northern tribes of Israel were still scattered beyond Euphrates...

"There are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes are beyond Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers.” (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book IX, Chapter 5.2)

 

[DavP]

8. Why is the fate of the ten tribes of Israel popularly called the 'Ten Lost Tribes'?
It is because at this point in Bible history, with their captivity to Assyria and the lands of the Medes by the kings of Assyria, they were still... into their false BAAL idol worship, which was why God removed them in the first place. One of the earliest warnings God gave for the children of Israel to not join, not marry, and don't let them come in to live among you, was right after He had saved the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Even while Moses was speaking with God upon Mount Horeb, the children of Israel got tired of waiting for Moses, so they cast a gold calf idol and began worshiping it and doing abominations! When Moses came down from the mount and saw it, he got so angry at their idol worship that he broke the stone tablets God had given him in two.

This ain't no laughing matter. Many of God's people are still today... practicing the dark arts of occultism and are members of secret societies built from the old pagan 'mysteries' of occult initiation, and think they aren't doing false worship against God, while the architecture and temple symbology around them is full of pointers to Lucifer worship. The Ezekiel 8 & 9 chapters are a good lesson of how God Personally feels about those kind of things, and how He is going to handle it in final, with His Judgment beginning at His Church (Ezekiel 9:6, 1 Peter 4:17).

Eventually, the captive ten tribes began to take other names, and practice and live as Gentiles. They would forget God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, etc., and also forget their heritage as part of old Israel. Our Heavenly Father even prophesied about this happening to them, through His prophet Hosea.

Whereas, the JEWS, those of the 3-tribe "kingdom of Judah" (or "house of Judah") that remained in the holy land after the ten tribes were removed, they never did forget their heritage as part of Israel, God's feast days, new moons, sabbaths, and keeping and teaching of God's law. God promised that to Judah also. But Judah did... lose... knowledge about the identity and locations of where the ten northern tribes had been scattered after they left Assyria. The world lost knowledge of what happened to the ten northern tribes of Israel also. THIS... is where the idea of the ten tribes having become LOST originated. And Jewish scholars are divided about the return of the Ten Lost Tribes too, some of them claiming they will return and being joined with Judah, and others of them claiming the ten tribes are lost forever, and have mixed their bloodlines beyond recognition as God's chosen seed of Israel.

But God never lost the ten tribes of the "house of Israel" that were scattered first. He knows where they are today...

Amos 9:8-9
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
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This is why 2 Kings 18 forward, after Hezekiah, king of Judah, you will not find any more kings made for the ten tribe "kingdom of Israel" at Samaria. Hoshea, king of Israel was the last king over the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel", because the ten tribes had been removed captive to Assyria.

 

[DavP]

9. In James 1:1, Apostle James addressed all 12 tribes scattered abroad, so James knew that the majority of BOTH the ten tribes, and the Jews of the 3-tribe house of Judah, were scattered through the countries.

James 1:1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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So not only were the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel scattered 'abroad'? (i.e., from the holy land through the nations) That's right. There were TWO separate captivities of the children of Israel removed from the holy land. The ten northern tribes were removed first by the kings of Assyria, never to return as a people. Then years later, the "house of Judah" (Jews) also fell into false worship against God, and He removed them also from the holy land, to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. And God through His prophet Jeremiah had told the Jews to go and not to try and escape the captivity to Babylon, as He promised to take care of them in their captivity of 70 years. Yes, 70 years is all they were to be in captivity to Babylon.

And God did indeed take good care of the Jews while captive to Babylon for 70 years. Their number of seed increased, they built houses, planted vineyards, got very comfortable in Babylon. They got so... comfortable in Babylon, that when the 70 years was over and their captivity ended, the majority of the Jews chose to remain in Babylon! Per Ezra 8, Ezra is looking around at the people returning to Jerusalem from Babylon, and he notices there are NO Levite priests in the crowd returning! Gotta' have priests for the Levitical priesthood once they rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, so Ezra sends the head Nethinim servant back to Babylon to get Levite priests. Like I said, the Jews got comfortable in Babylon. This is why only a very small... remnant... of the JEWS actually returned to Jerusalem from the Babylon captivity to rebuild Jerusalem and the wall and temple. The majority... of the Jews that remained in Babylon by choice, were later further scattered abroad through the countries. And that is how James would address all 12 tribes scattered abroad in his day.

Who then became known as ISRAEL after the ten northern "kingdom of Israel" had been removed, and lost their heritage as part of Israel? Well, what tribes were left remaining in the holy land after the ten tribes had been removed? The 3-tribe "house of Judah" at Jerusalem-Judea, in the southern holy lands, that's who. Since those 3 tribes of the "house of Judah" were the only remaining ones of the seed of the old kingdom of Israel before God split it in Solomon's day, that is who became known as ISRAEL. And mind you, that title of JEW was not used by the northern ten tribes. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, the title of JEW is what those of the "house of Judah" that returned from the 70 years Babylon captivity began to call theirselves; and all peoples, the strangers too living in the land of Judea, began calling theirself by that title of JEW which originated from the name of the tribe of Judah.

The matter then is this; even though the majority of the ten tribes today are still LOST... to the Jews, and to the world, but NOT to God, then the ten tribes MUST have some duty to fulfill that God gave them, even by being scattered among the Gentiles!

 

[jeremiah1five]

On the day of the Feast of Harvest in Jerusalem Peter stood up and addressed the people who thought they eleven disciples were drunk because they were speaking in tongues of the people at the feast.
Peter speaks to the twelve tribes that are present in Jerusalem in Acts 2. Notice the tribes of Israel you say are "lost," but they weren't lost. They were present at this feast.
First, Peter addresses the two tribes of Israel that made up the southern kingdom:

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: Acts 2:14.

Peter also addresses the ten tribes of Israel of the northern kingdom:

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Acts 2:22.

So, all the twelve tribes were represented in Jerusalem on the Day known as Pentecost and the Holy Spirit through Peter addresses the twelve tribes of Israel proper.
The ten northern tribes are not lost.
It was necessary for them to be there when the Holy Spirit arrived so that they can know surely that God has kept His promise and has sent the Promised Holy Spirit to Israel as per the New Covenant spoken by Jeremiah:

31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
That I will make a new covenant
With the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer. 31:31.

ALL twelve tribes represented on this eventful day.

 

[EclipseEventSigns]

This ridiculous myth about "10 Lost Tribes" is so easily refuted. Just read the Scripture. And as well as the myth about there being a 70 year Babylonian exile. It was less than 50 years - but anyway.

As an historical note for those that do not know their history - Assyria conquered the northern tribes of the Kingdom of Israel and removed some of the population. Not all the population. Mostly the leaders and people around the capital Samaria:
[2Ki 17:24 LSB] 24 And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled [them] in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.

Then the Empire of Babylon conquered Assyria so any of the people of the 10 tribes now became exiles living under Babylonian rule. Then when the Medo-Persians conquered Babylon, all these exiles - from ALL 12 tribes were under the dominion of Cyrus.

To debunk this "10 tribes" malarkey, start with the end of the exile and the decree of Cyrus. He allowed ALL exiled Hebrews to return. (Now I have to use that term because of the ignorant people who will immediately say "Jew" only refers to those from the tribe of Judah/Benjamin). Cyrus even refers to the "God of Israel"; not the "God of Judah".
[Ezr 1:3 LSB] 3 'Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Ezra lists the returnees: [Ezr 2:2 LSB] ... The number of the men of the people of Israel:

They resettled in all Israel: [Ezr 2:70 LSB] 70 So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

[Ezr 3:1 LSB] 1 Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel [were] in the cities. And the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

When the temple was finally completed, look at how many tribes they made offerings for - 12 tribes.
[Ezr 6:16-17 LSB] 16 And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17 They brought near for the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.

[Ezr 6:21 LSB] 21 Then the sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to [join] them, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate [the Passover].

Ezra's caravan included settlers from all tribes of Israel:
[Ezr 7:7 LSB] 7 And some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

As the decree of Artaxerxes allowed:
[Ezr 7:13 LSB] 13 I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who freely offer to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

[Ezr 7:28 LSB] Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God upon me, and I gathered chief men from Israel to go up with me.


So this ridiculous myth about there being "10 lost tribes" through these many centuries is total and absolute hogwash.

 

[DavP]

On the day of the Feast of Harvest in Jerusalem Peter stood up and addressed the people who thought they eleven disciples were drunk because they were speaking in tongues of the people at the feast.
Peter speaks to the twelve tribes that are present in Jerusalem in Acts 2. Notice the tribes of Israel you say are "lost," but they weren't lost. They were present at this feast.
First, Peter addresses the two tribes of Israel that made up the southern kingdom:

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: Acts 2:14.

Peter also addresses the ten tribes of Israel of the northern kingdom:

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Acts 2:22.

So, all the twelve tribes were represented in Jerusalem on the Day known as Pentecost and the Holy Spirit through Peter addresses the twelve tribes of Israel proper.
The ten northern tribes are not lost.
It was necessary for them to be there when the Holy Spirit arrived so that they can know surely that God has kept His promise and has sent the Promised Holy Spirit to Israel as per the New Covenant spoken by Jeremiah:

31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
That I will make a new covenant
With the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer. 31:31.

ALL twelve tribes represented on this eventful day.

Nah... that doesn't work about that part you're pushing using the term "Israel" to mean all the 12 tribes were there at Pentecost.

1. Per 2 Chronicles 11:13-14, a 'remnant' of the northern ten tribes LEFT Jeroboam's northern "kingdom of Israel" when Jeroboam setup calf idols in the north, and that remnant, along with the Levites in the north, joined with the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi at Judea. That was just a remnant of the northern tribes that joined with Judah, not all of them.

2. After God had removed all the northern ten tribes captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes (per 2 Kings 17), only the "house of Judah" was left at Jerusalem-Judea in the south. IT... then became known as ISRAEL. And that is who Peter was addressing, JEWS of the southern kingdom, NOT scattered ten tribe Israelites.

Even the Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) said in his day the ten tribes were STILL scattered beyond Euphrates, and were a great number, too many to be counted. So Acts 2 with Pentecost happened when?? Definitely before Josephus' day.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Nah... that doesn't work about that part you're pushing using the term "Israel" to mean all the 12 tribes were there at Pentecost.

1. Per 2 Chronicles 11:13-14, a 'remnant' of the northern ten tribes LEFT Jeroboam's northern "kingdom of Israel" when Jeroboam setup calf idols in the north, and that remnant, along with the Levites in the north, joined with the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi at Judea. That was just a remnant of the northern tribes that joined with Judah, not all of them.

2. After God had removed all the northern ten tribes captive to Assyria and the lands of the Medes (per 2 Kings 17), only the "house of Judah" was left at Jerusalem-Judea in the south. IT... then became known as ISRAEL. And that is who Peter was addressing, JEWS of the southern kingdom, NOT scattered ten tribe Israelites.

Even the Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) said in his day the ten tribes were STILL scattered beyond Euphrates, and were a great number, too many to be counted. So Acts 2 with Pentecost happened when?? Definitely before Josephus' day.

As you want to believe.

 

[DavP]

Don't listen to the Judaizers here brethren in Christ, for their Jewish leaders are against the idea that the 10 tribes are still split, and do you know why? It's because their 'orthodox' Jew leadership in today's Jerusalem are trying... to push the LIE that all 12 tribes are now joined as Jews returning to the holy land, and are getting ready for Messiah's coming!

The joining back together of the two parts of old Israel which God separated back in Solomon's day per 1 Kings 11 is a specific point of Bible prophecy given by God's prophets, about the future restoration of Israel in the holy land. This is why the orthodox unbelieving Jews do NOT WANT anyone to think that the two 'houses' are STILL separated today!

Yet they still ARE... separated today. The majority of the 10 tribes are STILL lost today as a people that descended from old Israel before God divided it into two nations. The Jews of the "house of Judah" (3 tribes) have a small remnant of the ten northern tribes that joined with them long ago, and became Jews. The majority of the ten tribes remained in the north, and they ALL went captive to Assyria, not just their leaders like the Judaizer on this forum has lied about...

2 Kings 17:6
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Kings 17:18
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
KJV

Those who went captive to Babylon for 70 years per God's ordained penalty, did NOT involve the northern 10 tribes of the "house of Israel". The ten tribes were already gone, by the time of Judah's captivity to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. The Judaizers against this per God's Word are telling lies.

Ezra 1:5
5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 2:1
2 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
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Ezra 1 defines that ONLY those of the southern kingdom of Judah went into captivity to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezra 2 defines those who at Jerusalem and the cities of Judea ("Judah"), returned from the Babylon captivity. That NO WAY involved the northern ten tribes which were still captive to Assyria at that time.

And one will NOT... find written ANY of the names of the northern ten tribes of Israel returning in those Ezra chapters!

 

[EclipseEventSigns]

And one will NOT... find written ANY of the names of the northern ten tribes of Israel returning in those Ezra chapters!

I showed all the places in Ezra where you false statement is proven wrong. Come on, read the Bible properly and not with your agenda.

 

[jeremiah1five]

@DavP

https://berean-apologetics.community.forum/threads/when-is-a-jew-not-a-jew.890/

 

[DavP]

I showed all the places in Ezra where you false statement is proven wrong. Come on, read the Bible properly and not with your agenda.

You showed nothing of the sort. The mere appearance of the name Israel DOES NOT PROVE all 12 tribes were present.

The specifics of Bible Scripture does... prove who is being spoken of...

Ezra 4:1-4
4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
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In that time, after the small remnant of the "house of Judah" returned... from their Babylon captivity back to Jerusalem, they... that remnant that returned to Judea became known as the nation of Israel, even though it was only just a 'remnant' of 1/3 of the total number of tribes of Israel. That happened because the MAJORITY of the tribes of old Israel were already scattered among the Gentiles, and no longer considered as Israel (i.e., the ten lost tribes).

Therefore, one CANNOT simply assume... by the mention of the name ISRAEL that always means all 12 tribes. It does NOT! And nor did the name ISRAEL even mean the JEWS of the southern "kingdom of Judah" when the ten northern tribes were still PRESENT IN THE HOLY LAND as the "kingdom of Israel".

So someone needs a whole lot more Bible study, and it ain't me.

 

[DavP]

Once against brethren in Christ Jesus, I WARN you against listening to the Judaizer converts to Jesus Christ which do not want you to understand Bible history about the ten lost tribes of Israel, and the Bible history of God having split the old nation of Israel in Solomon's day per 1 Kings 11 forward.

King Solomon, king over all 12 tribes of Israel in his day, had many wives of the nations, and allowed his many wives to bring in among Israel their pagan idols, something God had warned the children of Israel about long before. God even personally warned Solomon about it twice, as written in 1 Kings 11, but Solomon refused to repent and change.

Thus God 'rent' the kingdom from Solomon, but said He would do it in the days of Rehoboam, Solomon's son. Then God sent His prophet to Jeroboam, one born of the tribe of Ephraim, to tell him He would give Jeroboam 'ten tribes', and make Jeroboam "king of Israel". Here is God's prophecy of giving "Israel" to Jeroboam...

1 Kings 11:29-38
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

31 And he said to Jeroboam, "Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

32 (But he shall have one tribe for My servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel

God promised to give Jeroboam of Ephraim ten tribes. Per this 1 Kings 11 chapter, king Solomon had setup Jeroboam before as governor over the ten northern tribes.


33 Because that they have forsaken Me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is right in Mine eyes, and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as did David his father.

That is why God rent the kingdom from Solomon, and his son Rehoboam, because of Solomon allowing PAGAN IDOLATRY among the children of Israel.

34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David My servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept My commandments and My statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David My servant may have a light alway before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen Me to put My name there.

God promised He would always keep one tribe at Jerusalem for His servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake. That was the tribe of Judah at Jerusalem-Judea in the south, which along with the tribes of Benjamin and Levi would become the southern "kingdom of Judah", and called the "house of Judah" per God's written Word.

Then God continues the prophecy that He would given Jeroboam of Ephraim ten tribes to reign over as "king over Israel"...

37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
KJV

I posted all the above simply because of the Judaizer fibbers here on this forum. They will lie against the very Scripture of God's Word and not think a thing about it.

The PROOF of the above is about GOD HIMSELF labeling "Israel" above as the TEN TRIBES in the northern lands of the holy land at that time of Jeroboam's days. This meant the "house of Judah" in the southern lands STOPPED being called the nation of ISRAEL, even though they were still born Israelites from the seed of Jacob.

Once God removed ALL the seed of the northern ten tribes captive by the kings of Assyria, in stages, then the southern "kingdom of Judah" would become known as Israel, just as it still is today, even though the JEWS in today's land of Israel still ONLY... represent God's promised one tribe that would stay at Jerusalem. The ten northern tribes are STILL lost today, lost to the JEWS, and lost to the world, but not to God.

God did NOT say He would give 12 tribes to Jeroboam of Ephraim, but only 10 ten tribes, and that meant the ten northern tribes, not Judah, not Benjamin, that dwelt in the south under king Rehoboam, son of Solomon at Jerusalem.

And the reason God did that SPLIT of old Israel was... because Solomon allowed PAGAN IDOLATRY to creep into Israel!

 

[EclipseEventSigns]

You showed nothing of the sort. The mere appearance of the name Israel DOES NOT PROVE all 12 tribes were present.

LOL. Wow. Can't trust the plain words in the Bible. Hmmmmmmm. You know best.