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Pamphlet 1278 Ezek kc 70
Did you also know that the apostle Paul made it a point to tell us (twice) that he was not of Judah (not a Jew), but that he was a Benjamite (but a Israelite), from the tribe of Benjamin.
Did you also know that the apostle Paul made it a point to tell us (twice) that he was not of Judah (not a Jew), but that he was a Benjamite (but a Israelite), from the tribe of Benjamin.
In our last study we learned that there is something very important that our Father wants His watchman to continually teach, all their lives! And that something is who the lost tribes of the House of Israel really are. They are NOT the same as the house of Judah. They are TWO separate sticks, even two separate "branches" of the family tree. It so clearly written in God's Word that Judah was only one of the twelve sons of Israel (the name God gave to Jacob), so that while all Jews (of the tribe of Judah) are Israelites, the majority of Israelites are NOT Jews.It also clearly written and should be common knowledge among Christians that following Solomon's reign over the whole house of Israel (all 12 tribes) that the kingdom was split into TWO separate houses, the northern 10 tribes retaining their name as the House of Israel and southern Judah along with Benjamin becoming known as the House of Judah. Anyone who has a Bible with maps in the appendix can find a map showing these two separate houses. So how is it that so many people think that the little nation in the Middle East is the whole house of Israel? Let's just say it is a case of mistaken ID (Ignorance and Deception).
We have read many times already in this incredible Book of Ezekiel that both the house of Israel, i.e. the 10 northern tribes, and later the southern house of Judah, were to be taken captive and scattered among the nations, and so they were. God's Word always comes to pass exactly as it is written. Even the early apostles knew where the tribes were scattered. Have you ever noticed that the apostle James addresses his book specifically to those twelve tribes which were already scattered abroad? What postal address did he use? You should know.
It just seems so fitting that a millennium and a half later, God would raise up one of the kings of those tribes of Israel, bearing the same name as this apostle, and he would bring forth the written Word of God to the common man. His name of course was King James!James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.Did you also know that the apostle Paul made it a point to tell us (twice) that he was not of Judah, but that he was a Benjamite, from the tribe of Benjamin. Here is Paul writing in Romans:
The same thing noted earlier applies here: All Benjamites are Israelites but not all Israelites are Benjamites. And while both Benjamites and Judahites are Israelites, Benjamin is NOT his brother Judah! Here's Paul once again declaring his nationality, this time in his writing to the Philippians:Romans 11:1
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.Though they lost their identity as the house of Israel, it is written that God's children would be called by a "new name", even "His name". Today they are called "Christians".Philip. 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;We also learned in our last study that God was going to gather His lost children from among those nations and bring them into a land of their own. And so He did.
Wherever the House of Israel resides today, you will find them in their own land! But our Father will go even one step further and He will soon rejoin the two separate "sticks" of the House of Israel and the House of Judah. This will occur at Christ's second coming and Messiah shall forevermore be their King and their Shepherd.Ezekiel 37:21
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:The House of Israel will be made "whole" and will once again include all 12 of the tribes. There is even a calling out from among those tribes of Israel taking place right now, in this final generation, in preparation for that final restoration at Christ's coming. In fact, even now at this late hour in the day, they are being "sealed" in their foreheads [minds], which is to say they are being educated with the pure truth and understanding from His Word.[22] And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:Judah is listed as ONE of the tribes of Israel, NOT as Israel itself! If you do not understand this then you currently dwell in spiritual Babylon, in which case the license plate on your tail reads, from "The State of Confusion".Rev. 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.[5] Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
So even though Judah is a separate house (stick) today, all the tribes will be joined back together and restored as one house, one stick, and will be united forevermore.And when Israel and Judah are joined back together into that one stick, it will be a time not only of restoration, but of great cleansing. God's people will see their shame and idolatrous ways when Christ returns and they will turn to Him of their own free will, in great humbleness, loathing the sins which they have committed and they will begin pouring out their love for Him and for what He has done for His children.[6] Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.[7] Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
[8] Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
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