The 10-Lost-Tribes are being destroyed by "shepherds", Matthew 23:8-10.
It is true, the shepherds are guilty of leading them astray, but that doesn't mean that any man will stand in judgment and place the blame on their spiritual leaders.
Men will be held individually responsible for their sins, or they will trust in Christ.
When Christ spoke of the Lost Sheep of Israel, He wasn't referring to Ephraim or Judah, He was referring to Israel.
Jacob.
The entire Nation.
Hosea 4:6 My people are like as if they had no knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to Me; and as thou has forgotten the Law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Zechariah 11:7-17 And I will tend the sheep of the slaughter in the [land of the] Canaanites. And I will take for Myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called, A piece of measured out land; and I will tend the sheep.[8] And I will lift away the three shepherds in one month; and My soul shall be weighed down over them, for their souls roared against Me.ABP
Jeremiah 27:4-7 In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.[5] They shall ask the way till they come to Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.[6] My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place.[7] All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: He that gathered their fathers had a pasture of righteousness.LXX
John 10:1-5 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.[2] But He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.[3] To Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice: and He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.[4] And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.[5] And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.KJV
Jeremiah 3:1-3 If a man put away his wife and she depart from him, and become another man’s, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? ye thou hast gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and hast returned to Me, saith the Lord.[2] Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness.[3] And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a harlot’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.LXX
Funny, but I don't see mention of ten lost tribes in there. Could you point them out for me?
Those who don't know History are doomed to repeat it.
I agree, hence we should not be many masters, right?
God bless.
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