Whats going to make all the Isreali's go back to Isreal?

[LittleLambofJesus]

First off, Israel was already restored after Ezekiel, but even then, no one has still given me any prophecies. And even THEN, all the prophecies in the world don't change the fact that the Israelis today have no more connection to the ancient Israelites than the Chinese.

It appears the one thing that distinquished jewish Israelites from non-jewish Israelites was the Priesthood and Sanctuary.
So it appears there were 3 phases. The first Tabernacle applied to all 12 of the original Hebrew Tribes. After the Split of Solomon, the Temple/Jerusalem was controlled by the tribes Judah, Levi and Benjamin. Now without a temple and Priests, both jewish and non jewish Israelites can worship anywhere in the world. That is True Freedom.

John 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 "You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

 

[zaire]

Verses taken from a site i was given by someone on CF.

Deuteronomy 28:63-67 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

Deuteronomy 30:1-3 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

Hosea 3:4-5 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

Amos 9:9 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.

Isaiah 11:11-12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Ezekiel 48:1-7 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

Ezekiel 48:22-29, "Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD."


Ezekiel 48:31-34 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

Revelation 21:12-13

Zechariah 9:1 says, "The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."

Zechariah 10:6-7 says, "And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD."

Jeremiah 16:14-15 says, "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

Ezekiel 34:12-13 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

Ezekiel 37:1-2 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Ezekiel 37:5-8 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

Ezekiel 37 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

Ezekiel 37:11-14 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 37:15-17 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 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: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

Ezekiel 37:18-22 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. 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: 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.

Ezekiel 37:23-24 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

Ezekiel 37:25-26 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore." What kind of covenant? An "everlasting covenant", not for a few years, not until they mess up, but "for evermore

27-28, My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Revelation 7:1-3 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads
Revelation 7:4-8 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

 

[Sephania]

At this point, only the Father knows who the Israelites' descendants are. They are many who THINK they are Israelites, but they have no basis for it.

You know that as a fact? What are Jews to you if not of Israel?

Additionally, rabbinical tradition has it that Jewishness is passed down on the MOTHER'S side. That is clearly unbiblical. So even those who think they can trace their lineage back to ancient Israel, go through the mothers' side. That is biblically illegitimate.

Not everyone does that.

God doesn't care about land. If land was truly the issue, He can make land.

Do I have to pull out all the verses that contradict that ?

No one knows.

There's quite a few million that would debate that with you if they thought it would do any good.

According to rabbinical tradition, there are 10 lost tribes. Every Jew today, according to their tradition, belongs to either Levi or Judah. And Levi isn't even a tribe in the Old Testament. The other 10 tribes are "lost". Judaism, like Christianity, allows you to convert to it; and when you convert, you are arbitrarily assigned a tribe and a new Hebrew name. Any connection with the tribes of the ancient Israelites is purely legendary.

Where do you get your information from? Not every Jew today belongs to only Levi or Judah. There are other tribes as well that are even mentioned in the Gospels who were know in Jesus' time. For a couple, Asher and Benyamin. Jesus called Nathanael a true Isralite, and Paul was from the tribe of Benyamin and called himself an Israelite.

Where do you get the Idea that Levi was not a tribe? here are nine references alone in the whole bible that state otherwise.

I just don't understand what some people believe

 

[Sephania]

First off, Israel was already restored after Ezekiel, but even then, no one has still given me any prophecies. And even THEN, all the prophecies in the world don't change the fact that the Israelis today have no more connection to the ancient Israelites than the Chinese.

Ever hear of DNA? Quite common now , especially since they are looking for those 'non-existance' Levites to popular the new temple.

 

[Sephania]

The OP's question, how many Jews in Israel?

Last count I heard around 7 million which leaves 6 million around the globe.


Pre- WWII the total was 18 million, it still hasn't recovered after 60+ years from the Holocaust.

 

[zaire]

Where do you get your information from? Not every Jew today belongs to only Levi or Judah. There are other tribes as well that are even mentioned in the Gospels who were know in Jesus' time. For a couple, Asher and Benyamin. Jesus called Nathanael a true Isralite, and Paul was from the tribe of Benyamin and called himself an Israelite.

Where do you get the Idea that Levi was not a tribe? here are nine references alone in the whole bible that state otherwise.

I just don't understand what some people believe

True. The Bible never says what happened to the 10 northern tribe which were taken captive. But some people from those tribes appear in the NT so some of them must have made there way back to the area of Israel at some point.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Ever hear of DNA? Quite common now , especially since they are looking for those 'non-existance' Levites to popular the new temple.

They have to use DNA just to find a Priest!? I suppose they could do the same thing "if" or when their messiah ever shows up to make their temple "desolate" again.[btw, He is overdue for Him coming to them by about 2000yrs.] The jews do not even believe their 2nd temple was destroyed by "divine" intervention.

Matt 23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 38 "See! Your house is left to you a Wilderness;

John 11:48 if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

This could mean those Jewish Israelites that failed to come to Christ bowing at the feet of those Jewish and non-jewish Israelites that did come to Christ. Sometimes difficult to understand this verse.

Revelation 3:9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

 

[visionary]

John 11:48 if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

That would be a political fear, not a spiritual fear. It was not in the Jewish mind at this point to even consider that all the gentile nations of the world would be interested in a Jewish Messiah let alone believe in Him.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

John 11:48 if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

That would be a political fear, not a spiritual fear. It was not in the Jewish mind at this point to even consider that all the gentile nations of the world would be interested in a Jewish Messiah let alone believe in Him.

Umm, who did God use to bring His wrath on them? You look at the prophecies a lot different than I do, but then I can't debate revelation with the jews to get their views on it.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the Wrath did come upon them--to the end!

2 thess 2:11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie, 12 that they may be judged--all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

Jeremiah 17:1 "The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond [it is] engraved On the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars, 2 While their children remember Their altars and their wooden images By the green trees on the high hills. 3 O My mountain in the field, I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures, [And] your high places of sin within all your borders. 4 And you, even yourself, Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you; And I will cause you to serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger [which] shall burn forever."

 

[visionary]

Umm, who did God use to bring His wrath on them? You look at the prophecies a lot different than I do, but then I can't debate revelation with the jews to get their views on it.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the Wrath did come upon them--to the end!

2 thess 2:11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie, 12 that they may be judged--all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

Jeremiah 17:1 "The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond [it is] engraved On the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars, 2 While their children remember Their altars and their wooden images By the green trees on the high hills. 3 O My mountain in the field, I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures, [And] your high places of sin within all your borders. 4 And you, even yourself, Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you; And I will cause you to serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger [which] shall burn forever."

I can understand our Heavenly Father's frustration with the Jewish nation for their sins. Here they were to be the light unto the nations, shining forth the wonderous love found in the Torah which they hold sacred, and from what you see, they have failed, and still fail, thus salvation is still safe in the hands of the gentiles. But there is hope for the time of the gentiles is about to be fulfilled then the end will come.

 

[Dave Taylor]

they have failed, and still fail, thus salvation is still safe in the hands of the gentiles.

They didn't fail, and the don't still fail, and their salvation has not been postponed.

Jews and Gentiles alike have been coming to trust, follow, and believe in Jesus Christ as their redeemer for century upon century.

The Day of salvation for the house of Abraham is not postponed until some future endtime date.

It is today.

Or as Isaiah and Paul taught, "Today is the day of salvation".

Luke 19:9 "And Jesus said unto Zacchaeus, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham."

 

[applepowerpc]

Where do you get your information from? Not every Jew today belongs to only Levi or Judah. There are other tribes as well that are even mentioned in the Gospels who were know in Jesus' time. For a couple, Asher and Benyamin. Jesus called Nathanael a true Isralite, and Paul was from the tribe of Benyamin and called himself an Israelite.

I don't even know where to start. First, you say not every Jew TODAY belongs to Judah or Levi, and you back that up by mentioning Jews from 2000 years ago. That is clearly flawed.

Second, Numbers 1 is the census of the tribes. The 12 tribes are listed out by name, and Levi is plainly not one of them:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=4&chapter=1&version=31&context=chapter
The 144,000 in Revelation cannot be relevant, since Jews don't even believe in the New Testament.


Third:

Ever hear of DNA?

I'm sure you've got Aaron's DNA sitting around somewhere? Because first you've got the common-sense issue that before you can DNA test anything, you first have to produce the DNA of _one single Israelite_. Second, it's incredibly odd that "DNA testing" has proved the Levitical heritage of the black Ethiopian Jews, white Jews, and Yemenite Jews all at the same time. And third, common sense should raise anyone's eyebrow that 6 million white people, in a narrow strip of land surrounded by a bunch of Arabs, somehow share the same semitic DNA. For so many people with Middle Eastern descent, they sure don't look it. But that's just common sense talking....

If you want to debate the case further, I will be happy to share with the rest of this board how rabbinical Jewish history traces itself to the Khazar Empire, in RUSSIA. Not Israel. And how Gog and Magog can mean "north" and "from the north". Which is exactly where these rabbinical Jews invaded Israel from.

 

[BarbB]

Men of the tribe of Levi passed down the knowledge that they were of the priestly tribe, even to this day. DNA testing of European Jews has shown that those who have been told by their fathers that they are Levites share a certain DNA characteristic together. The Ethiopian Jews share other Jewish DNA characteristics but not the Levite genes. Also, that Northern India group were shown by DNA testing to be Jews, but not Levites. (I just checked the reference provided and I may be wrong about this).

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b59b3a25429.htm

 

[zaire]

Ezekiel 36
24 " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness.


This doesnt sound like the current Israel!!!!!!!!! Is the current Israel not the real Israel?

 

[Dave Taylor]

Ezekiel 36
24 " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness.


This doesnt sound like the current Israel!!!!!!!!! Is the current Israel not the real Israel?

That passage is speaking of Israel coming out of the Babylonians Captivity (530 BC) and its subsequent expectation of the coming of Jesus to fulfill the prophecies of the scriptures circa (0-33 AD).

It has nothing to do with the current government that wears the label 'Israel', but is in a state of rejection of God and Jesus Christ.

 

[visionary]

That passage is speaking of Israel coming out of the Babylonians Captivity (530 BC) and its subsequent expectation of the coming of Jesus to fulfill the prophecies of the scriptures circa (0-33 AD).

It has nothing to do with the current government that wears the label 'Israel', but is in a state of rejection of God and Jesus Christ.

That is like saying God is not current, nor are His words valid for today.

 

[ikester]

I find it rather odd that Satan....his angels...his children on this earth and a host of nations on this planet desire the destruction of these people and claim to their piece of real estate...and how many times has it been attempted over the last sixty years....but it ain't going to happen....yet one day all nations will gather against them....but they will have to deal with the King of Kings.....

 

[visionary]

I find it rather odd that Satan....his angels...his children on this earth and a host of nations on this planet desire the destruction of these people and claim to their piece of real estate...and how many times has it been attempted over the last sixty years....but it ain't going to happen....yet one day all nations will gather against them....but they will have to deal with the King of Kings.....

amen

 

[zaire]

That passage is speaking of Israel coming out of the Babylonians Captivity (530 BC) and its subsequent expectation of the coming of Jesus to fulfill the prophecies of the scriptures circa (0-33 AD).

It has nothing to do with the current government that wears the label 'Israel', but is in a state of rejection of God and Jesus Christ.

Ez36:24 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.

Is this verse not talking about all the Israelites? Because not all the Israelites came back. The Bible doesnt say what happened to the 10 northern tribes who were taken captive by the Assyians (?). Though some are mentioned in the NT. And only some of Judah who were taken captive by the Babylonians came back.

 

[Dave Taylor]

Ez36:24 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.

Is this verse not talking about all the Israelites? Because not all the Israelites came back. The Bible doesnt say what happened to the 10 northern tribes who were taken captive by the Assyians (?). Though some are mentioned in the NT. And only some of Judah who were taken captive by the Babylonians came back.

That notion that the 10 tribes were missing and didn't return from captivity is a modern false-myth.

All we have to do is examine the post-captivity return passages from Jeremiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Zechariah; as well as the N.T. to see that the house of Israel did return as did the house of Judah.

The northern kingdom was captured by Assyria. Later, Babylon conquered Assyria and then captured the Southern Kingdom. So the Babylonian captivity contained all Israel, all 12 tribes.

Nehemiah, Ezra, and Jeremiah both teach that all the 12 tribes were regathered....and returned to the land.

That is why many of the northern tribe descendants do appear in the writings of the NT and weren't lost.

Jeremiah 29:10 "For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive."

Jeremiah 33:7 "And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first."
Jeremiah 50:4 "In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together"

Nehemiah 7:6 "These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this"

Nehemiah 7:73 "So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities."

Ezra 6:16 "And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy "

Zechariah 9:1 "The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."


N.T.

Matthew 15:28 "But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Luke 2:36 "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser"

Acts 26:6 "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews."