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I think it was that the northern kingdom, called Israel that broke away, separated itself from Solomon's kingdom, choosing to go with Jerhoboim who had worked for Solomon.The House of Judah lost its claim to be Israelite, when they separated from the House of Israel about 3000 years ago.
And the southern kingdom, Judah, was the continuation of Solomon's heir Reheboam, his son.
I don't think either had to do with not being an Israelite any more - as you are claiming. The people in both the southern kingdom and northern kingdom were Israelites. The northern ten tribes, and the southern two tribes.
In Ezekiel 37, the house of Judah the southern kingdom and the house of Israel the northern kingdom are to be one nation again in the land of Israel. Since 1948 Israel is one nation, not separate nations.
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
Judah is the 'fig tree'
Judah the southern kingdom is the fig tree? I don't see how you can apply Judah to the parable of the fig tree. Israel in 1948 did not reform as Judah, but one nation, fulfilling Ezekiel 37:16-17.
Why isn't Jerusalem and it inhabitants the Jews the fig tree? That generation of Jerusalem rejected Jesus. And to them in Jerusalem, Jesus said
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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