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Time for a Bible lesson relying on actual written Bible Scripture and history, and not man's opinions:
Per the Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) about the origin of the title 'JEW'...
“You know, O Jews, that God hath kept our fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in mind continually; and for the sake of their righteousness hath not left off the care of you. Indeed he hath assisted me in gaining this authority of the King to raise up our wall, and finish what is wanting of the temple. I desire you therefore, who well know the ill will our neighbouring nations bear to us, and that when once they once are made sensible that we are in earnest about building, they will come upon us, and contrive many ways of obstructing our works, that you will, in the first place, put your trust in God; as in him that will assist us against their hatred, and to intermit building neither night nor day; but to use all diligence, and to hasten on the work, now we have this especial opportunity for it.” When he had said this, he gave order that the rulers should measure the wall, and part the work of it among the people, according to their villages and cities; as every ones ability should require. And when he had added this promise, that he himself, with his servants, would assist them, he dissolved the assembly. So the Jews prepared for the work. That is the name they are called by from the day that they came up from Babylon; which is taken from the tribe of Judah,. which came first to these places, and thence both they and the country gained that appellation." (Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Book XI, Chapter 5, section 7.)
Many preachers today continue to make the mistake of claiming that the JEWS ONLY represent God's Israel, even the historical Old Testament nation of Israel. That is simply not true. They are only pushing a falsehood that the orthodox unbelieving Jews started long ago.
Per the old kingdom of Israel, it was made up of 12 tribes in Solomon's day. But because of how Solomon allowed his many wives to bring their idol worship in among the children of Israel, God split the old nation of Israel into TWO SEPARATE KINGDOMS (1 Kings 11). He rent the kingdom because of what Solomon did, but He said He would do it in the day of Solomon's son Rehoboam.
Rehoboam of course was of the house of David, of the tribe of Judah, and Solomon's heir. Then another with a very similar name, so it's easy to get mixed up, was Jeroboam, of the tribe of Ephraim. Solomon had set Jeroboam up as governor over the ten tribes in the northern lands. At that time the majority of the tribes of Israel (10), lived in the northern holy lands. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived in the southern lands at Jerusalem-Judea.
God split old Israel; He gave Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to be king over ten tribes of Israel in the northern lands, its capital city at Samaria (1 Kings 11).
Then the ten northern tribes went to meet with Rehoboam, king of Judah, at Jerusalem. They asked him to ease the burden of work that his father Solomon had put upon them. Rehoboam denied them, so those leaders of the ten tribes left, and declared separation from the house of David. (1 Kings 12). Only the tribe of Benjamin remained joined with Judah in the southern land.
These became TWO SEPARATE KINGDOMS: the northern ten tribe kingdom was called the "house of Israel" and the "kingdom of Israel", with Jeroboam as king over them. Their capital city was at Samaria, a city in the northern land.
The southern 3 tribe kingdom at Jerusalem-Judea became known as the "house of Judah" and the "kingdom of Judah". Originally this kingdom was made up of only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. But because Jeroboam setup calf idol worship in the north to keep the ten tribes from going down to Jerusalem and joining with Judah, he setup common priests of the people, and this made the Levites in the north leave the ten tribes, and go south to join with Judah and Benjamin. A small remnant of the ten northern tribes also refused Jeroboam's idols, so they went south and joined with Judah also.
And all the time of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, they had war against each other:
1 Kings 14:30
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
KJV
Other names were used per God's Word to distinguish these two kingdoms...
The 3 tribed "house of Judah" was also called just "Jerusalem" at times, or just "Judah".
Then 10 tribed "house of Israel" was also just called "Samaria", or "Ephraim", or "Joseph", at times.
If the Bible student is not paying attention to that, then they can get Bible prophecies specific for each one mixed up.
Per 2 Kings 17, God got tired of the ten northern tribes still following Jeroboam's calf idol worship. So God brought the kings of Assyria upon the northern ten tribe "house of Israel" and carried them all away to Assyria and the lands of the Medes. Only the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi were left in the holy lands. The kings of Assyria then transplanted peoples from five provinces of Babylon into the northern holy lands where the ten tribes had been removed. These foreigners became known as Samaritans.
This is when the "house of Judah", the 3 tribes still left in the southern holy land, began to be known as JEWS, the title originating from the name of Judah (per Josephus). About 120 years later after the ten tribes had been removed, the "house of Judah" also began to fall away from God, so God brought Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, upon them and took them captive to Babylon for 70 years. After that 70 years a small remnant of the "house of Judah" returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city, temple, and wall. Ezra 1 & 2 gives a specific list of those who returned, and none of the ten tribes are mentioned. Only the 3 tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi are mentioned, along with foreigners, which make up the JEWS to this day.
This means... the actual MAJORITY of the children of Israel have been lost... to the JEWS, and to the world, but not to God. Some Jewish scholars believe the ten tribes will return, some do not. But still, we are talking about the MAJORITY of the children of Israel have lost their heritage as being part of the literal seed of Israel.
In Deuteronomy 4 and 28, God had warned the children of Israel that He would scatter them among the Gentiles if they rebelled against Him. That is what happened historically and is written in His Word. There were TWO separate original scatterings and captivities of the children of Israel per God's Word and Old Testament history. The ten tribes taken captive by the kings of Assyria, to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, was the first one, and only involved the northern "kingdom of Israel". Then around 120 years later, the king of Babylon took the house of Judah (JEWS) captive to Babylon for 70 years. After the 70 years, the majority of the 3-tribe "house of Judah" was scattered further through the countries like the ten tribes were. Only a small remnant of the Jews returned to Judea-Jerusalem.
So with the ten northern tribes gone out of the land, and the foreigner Samaritans in their place, only the JEWS of the "house of Judah" were left in the holy land, at Judea-Jerusalem. And all 3 tribes, Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, and the foreigners with them, called theirselves by the title of JEW.
The ten tribes were lost after a while. The Jewish historian Josephus said in his day though (around 100 A.D.), that the ten tribes were still scattered beyond Euphrates, and were a great number of people, too many to be counted. But at some point, the ten tribes became hidden as Gentiles, living as Gentiles, taking different names, and having lost their heritage of God's feast days, sabbaths, and new moons, as God said that would happen to them through His prophet Hosea.
Thus with only the JEWS remaining, that is when the idea that ONLY JEWS represent the nation of Israel began to take place in history. The ACTUAL TRUTH of the matter though, is that the MAJORITY of the children of Israel, the 10 tribes, were scattered and lost their heritage as the larger portion of Israel. Yet God prophesied of their return, so in some way God had to have kept those ten lost tribes separate from the world, but still as His chosen.
In Romans 9, Apostle Paul quoted from Hosea to Roman Gentile believers on Jesus Christ, when the Book of Hosea was written specifically to the ten tribe "house of Israel"! Doing that put the ten scattered tribes among the Gentiles in Europe. In the Scottish declaration of independence, its leaders in that document proclaimed their origins from old Israel, and having trekked through many countries, winding up in Scotland, again placing peoples of Israel among the Gentiles in Europe.
In ancient Spain, an area Apostle Paul said he planned to visit the brethren at, there is a city named Zaragossa which means 'stronghold of Zara'. Zarah was a son of Judah born of Tamar, and he was the twin brother of Pharez, of whom the house of David and our Lord Jesus Christ would be born of (see Genesis 38). Zarah actually stuck his hand out of Tamar's womb first, and as was the custom to mark the firstborn, they tied a scarlet thread on Zarah's wrist. But his twin brother Pharez pulled Zarah back in, and Pharez instead came out of the womb first. Thus in ancient Spain, a portion of Zarah's seed is revealed having migrated there. This is very important regarding the royalty of ancient Ireland, since the Milesains of ancient Spain are linked with the early kings of Ireland.
Per the Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) about the origin of the title 'JEW'...
“You know, O Jews, that God hath kept our fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in mind continually; and for the sake of their righteousness hath not left off the care of you. Indeed he hath assisted me in gaining this authority of the King to raise up our wall, and finish what is wanting of the temple. I desire you therefore, who well know the ill will our neighbouring nations bear to us, and that when once they once are made sensible that we are in earnest about building, they will come upon us, and contrive many ways of obstructing our works, that you will, in the first place, put your trust in God; as in him that will assist us against their hatred, and to intermit building neither night nor day; but to use all diligence, and to hasten on the work, now we have this especial opportunity for it.” When he had said this, he gave order that the rulers should measure the wall, and part the work of it among the people, according to their villages and cities; as every ones ability should require. And when he had added this promise, that he himself, with his servants, would assist them, he dissolved the assembly. So the Jews prepared for the work. That is the name they are called by from the day that they came up from Babylon; which is taken from the tribe of Judah,. which came first to these places, and thence both they and the country gained that appellation." (Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Book XI, Chapter 5, section 7.)
Many preachers today continue to make the mistake of claiming that the JEWS ONLY represent God's Israel, even the historical Old Testament nation of Israel. That is simply not true. They are only pushing a falsehood that the orthodox unbelieving Jews started long ago.
Per the old kingdom of Israel, it was made up of 12 tribes in Solomon's day. But because of how Solomon allowed his many wives to bring their idol worship in among the children of Israel, God split the old nation of Israel into TWO SEPARATE KINGDOMS (1 Kings 11). He rent the kingdom because of what Solomon did, but He said He would do it in the day of Solomon's son Rehoboam.
Rehoboam of course was of the house of David, of the tribe of Judah, and Solomon's heir. Then another with a very similar name, so it's easy to get mixed up, was Jeroboam, of the tribe of Ephraim. Solomon had set Jeroboam up as governor over the ten tribes in the northern lands. At that time the majority of the tribes of Israel (10), lived in the northern holy lands. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived in the southern lands at Jerusalem-Judea.
God split old Israel; He gave Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to be king over ten tribes of Israel in the northern lands, its capital city at Samaria (1 Kings 11).
Then the ten northern tribes went to meet with Rehoboam, king of Judah, at Jerusalem. They asked him to ease the burden of work that his father Solomon had put upon them. Rehoboam denied them, so those leaders of the ten tribes left, and declared separation from the house of David. (1 Kings 12). Only the tribe of Benjamin remained joined with Judah in the southern land.
These became TWO SEPARATE KINGDOMS: the northern ten tribe kingdom was called the "house of Israel" and the "kingdom of Israel", with Jeroboam as king over them. Their capital city was at Samaria, a city in the northern land.
The southern 3 tribe kingdom at Jerusalem-Judea became known as the "house of Judah" and the "kingdom of Judah". Originally this kingdom was made up of only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. But because Jeroboam setup calf idol worship in the north to keep the ten tribes from going down to Jerusalem and joining with Judah, he setup common priests of the people, and this made the Levites in the north leave the ten tribes, and go south to join with Judah and Benjamin. A small remnant of the ten northern tribes also refused Jeroboam's idols, so they went south and joined with Judah also.
And all the time of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, they had war against each other:
1 Kings 14:30
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
KJV
Other names were used per God's Word to distinguish these two kingdoms...
The 3 tribed "house of Judah" was also called just "Jerusalem" at times, or just "Judah".
Then 10 tribed "house of Israel" was also just called "Samaria", or "Ephraim", or "Joseph", at times.
If the Bible student is not paying attention to that, then they can get Bible prophecies specific for each one mixed up.
Per 2 Kings 17, God got tired of the ten northern tribes still following Jeroboam's calf idol worship. So God brought the kings of Assyria upon the northern ten tribe "house of Israel" and carried them all away to Assyria and the lands of the Medes. Only the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi were left in the holy lands. The kings of Assyria then transplanted peoples from five provinces of Babylon into the northern holy lands where the ten tribes had been removed. These foreigners became known as Samaritans.
This is when the "house of Judah", the 3 tribes still left in the southern holy land, began to be known as JEWS, the title originating from the name of Judah (per Josephus). About 120 years later after the ten tribes had been removed, the "house of Judah" also began to fall away from God, so God brought Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, upon them and took them captive to Babylon for 70 years. After that 70 years a small remnant of the "house of Judah" returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city, temple, and wall. Ezra 1 & 2 gives a specific list of those who returned, and none of the ten tribes are mentioned. Only the 3 tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi are mentioned, along with foreigners, which make up the JEWS to this day.
This means... the actual MAJORITY of the children of Israel have been lost... to the JEWS, and to the world, but not to God. Some Jewish scholars believe the ten tribes will return, some do not. But still, we are talking about the MAJORITY of the children of Israel have lost their heritage as being part of the literal seed of Israel.
In Deuteronomy 4 and 28, God had warned the children of Israel that He would scatter them among the Gentiles if they rebelled against Him. That is what happened historically and is written in His Word. There were TWO separate original scatterings and captivities of the children of Israel per God's Word and Old Testament history. The ten tribes taken captive by the kings of Assyria, to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, was the first one, and only involved the northern "kingdom of Israel". Then around 120 years later, the king of Babylon took the house of Judah (JEWS) captive to Babylon for 70 years. After the 70 years, the majority of the 3-tribe "house of Judah" was scattered further through the countries like the ten tribes were. Only a small remnant of the Jews returned to Judea-Jerusalem.
So with the ten northern tribes gone out of the land, and the foreigner Samaritans in their place, only the JEWS of the "house of Judah" were left in the holy land, at Judea-Jerusalem. And all 3 tribes, Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, and the foreigners with them, called theirselves by the title of JEW.
The ten tribes were lost after a while. The Jewish historian Josephus said in his day though (around 100 A.D.), that the ten tribes were still scattered beyond Euphrates, and were a great number of people, too many to be counted. But at some point, the ten tribes became hidden as Gentiles, living as Gentiles, taking different names, and having lost their heritage of God's feast days, sabbaths, and new moons, as God said that would happen to them through His prophet Hosea.
Thus with only the JEWS remaining, that is when the idea that ONLY JEWS represent the nation of Israel began to take place in history. The ACTUAL TRUTH of the matter though, is that the MAJORITY of the children of Israel, the 10 tribes, were scattered and lost their heritage as the larger portion of Israel. Yet God prophesied of their return, so in some way God had to have kept those ten lost tribes separate from the world, but still as His chosen.
In Romans 9, Apostle Paul quoted from Hosea to Roman Gentile believers on Jesus Christ, when the Book of Hosea was written specifically to the ten tribe "house of Israel"! Doing that put the ten scattered tribes among the Gentiles in Europe. In the Scottish declaration of independence, its leaders in that document proclaimed their origins from old Israel, and having trekked through many countries, winding up in Scotland, again placing peoples of Israel among the Gentiles in Europe.
In ancient Spain, an area Apostle Paul said he planned to visit the brethren at, there is a city named Zaragossa which means 'stronghold of Zara'. Zarah was a son of Judah born of Tamar, and he was the twin brother of Pharez, of whom the house of David and our Lord Jesus Christ would be born of (see Genesis 38). Zarah actually stuck his hand out of Tamar's womb first, and as was the custom to mark the firstborn, they tied a scarlet thread on Zarah's wrist. But his twin brother Pharez pulled Zarah back in, and Pharez instead came out of the womb first. Thus in ancient Spain, a portion of Zarah's seed is revealed having migrated there. This is very important regarding the royalty of ancient Ireland, since the Milesains of ancient Spain are linked with the early kings of Ireland.
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