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The Birthright – Part 2 No Prophecy Can be Truely Understood Without this Information
THE BIRTHRIGHT – PART 2
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Part 1 of this series may be read at the following link: The Birthright Part 1
The historical northern kingdom of Israel consisting of the current so-called lost ten tribes are legally ordained by God as the holders of the birthright promise. The house of northern Israel was originally deemed the wife of God but the Lord divorced His wife, however the future Israel will be the bride of Christ. The first appearance of Jesus was to accept the scepter and establish His Kingship of the Kingdom of God as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. This secured His throne rights as the Messiah. His second appearance will be to the tribes of Joseph to secure His birthright inheritance and establish the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God which will be His Kingdom. It was the actual Kingdom inheritance that went into captivity and that Kingdom is not lost.
Misunderstood Prophecy Some deluded Bible teachers insist all twelve of the tribes are present in modern Israel but that is completely untrue. There may have been a few individuals during the Idumean times of Jesus first appearance and there may be some in current Israel but they do not hold the birthright title and no one in modern Israel will ever hold or have access to that title. The name Israel signifies the holders of the birthright but Judah, in the form of Idumeans, and current Israel of Judahite/Edomites do not hold that title. These same deluded Bible teachers insist the lost ten tribes as well as British Israelism is a myth initiated by Herbert W. Armstrong of the original Worldwide Church of God. Mr. Armstrong had some faulty doctrines, but he may have been led to discover the true nature of the so-called lost tribes, therefore, it is not a myth as will be explored later.
Unfulfilled prophecy cannot be properly comprehended without understanding the true Biblical nature of current Israel as opposed to the Biblical northern Israel of ten tribes. As an example, go to Ezekiel 38-39 and plug in true Israel in the place of modern Israel at each occurrence of the word “Israel” and it completely changes the understanding or misunderstanding of the prophecy(s).
Current Bible teachers and exegetes can write books and make money while convincing readers of their misunderstood concepts of the fulfillment of prophecy by current Israel and the surrounding areas and peoples but they are wrong if they consider as the entire twelve (or 13) tribes living in the Promised Land. In 1948 the Idumeans proclaimed their new nation as Israel. The evangelical world proclaimed that prophecy had been fulfilled. The restoration of the Kingdom was at hand. They were the chosen people of God and they would fulfill the remaining prophecies of the Bible. The Christian world immediately placed their support behind the state that illegally took the name of Israel which could only be employed by the tribes of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.
Judah only had the legal right to produce the Messiah as the inheritor of the scepter, which was done from 2 BC until the death and resurrection of Jesus in 33 AD. When Jesus was born and secured His legal throne and Kingship rights the prophetic role of Judah concerning the salvation of the world was concluded. The destruction of Jerusalem, the temple, and the Judean/Idumean remnant in 70 AD defines the final fulfillment of Judah regarding the Messiah-ship of Jesus. One prophecy remaining to be fulfilled would be one final restatement of the cursed fig tree bearing many leaves but no fruit, which is the current Israel which is in the process of being fulfilled.
Northern Israel The northern ten tribes began their nation around 930 BC due to a disagreement concerning taxation and leadership. Jeroboam of the nation of Ephraim, the holder of the birthright, was the leader and first king of the nation. A split or breach occurred when the birthright tribes were taken away from Solomon’s son, Rohoboam. This nation lasted for 210 years and officially ended at the fall of Samaria in 721 BC.
Although the northern nation of Israel was destroyed and the majority of the population carted away by Assyria, the Old Testament prophets continued to prophesy the restoration of the House of Israel with the House of Judah, and the current nation of Israel is not that restoration and never will be in this present age regardless of the deluded teachings of Bible exegetes.
The “dry bones” prophecy of Ezekiel 37 was not fulfilled in 1948 as proclaimed by deluded Bible teachers, but will be fulfilled at the second coming of Jesus. This passage speaks of the repair of the breach between Judah (Judeans) and Joseph (the northern nation of Israel). It also speaks of resurrection from the dead.
Ezekiel 37:12 NET Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.
In verse 12 above, the Lord specifically says, “I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves”. That will truly occur at the rapture (harpazo, catching (away), gathering (up)) and it did not happen symbolically or otherwise in 1948 because no individual from the ten northern tribes were present and no one was raised from the dead, even symbolically.
As stated in Part 1, Ezekiel was a type of missionary sent to the tribes of Israel by God. He writes that Israel (10 northern tribes) have no shepherd and have become scattered over the face of the earth and that no one is earnestly searching for them. The Lord states that He will search for them and deliver them in the “cloudy and dark day” which is a reference to the wrath of God prior to the complete fulfillment of the Kingdom of God during the Millennium era.
Ezekiel 34 KJV (2) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel….. ( 5) And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. (6) My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (12) KJV 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. (13) 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.
The Messiah, Jesus, is the King. The house of Israel was His wife but will become His bride. The House of Israel (Jacob, Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh) will be the future bride. Israel is the birthright nation but all races and nations can join the wedding as bridesmaids (just be prepared and make certain your lamp has oil before the door closes). It is my opinion that Israel is beloved by God and that Israel is the “apple of God’s eye”, but the current nation of Israel is NOT the birthright Israel and is not the “apple of His eye”. Real Israel is among the nations soon to be the Bride of Christ, the future completely fulfilled Kingdom of God, and are currently among the righteous God-worshipping Christians referred to as the Church. Members of the current nation of Israel who are actual tribal members of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi can be restored as the breach will be restored but will require a belief in Jesus Christ as the Messiah of Judah just like anyone else. There is not two ways to salvation.
Dr. Stephen E. Jones: God’s Kingdom Ministry While historians throughout history, and even the apostles in the New Testament, have continued to write about the Israelites, it is amazing that modern Bible teachers seem to ignore the facts completely. Their zeal to give the birthright to the Jews today blinds them to the entire flow of prophecy in its outworking among the modern nations.
The Location of Lost Israel The Tribes by Yair Davidy: [Copied from Stephen Jones book entitled, Secrets of Time] This book published in Hebron, Israel relates “the Israelite Origins of Western Peoples.” Its Jewish author even has a Letter of Commendation from Rabbi Abraham Feld of the prestigious Maccabee Institute in Jerusalem.
This book shows how most of the ancient Israelites were exiled and lost their identity and that today their descendants are to be found mainly amongst the “Gentile” peoples of North America, Northwest Europe, Australasia and South Africa. The present-day Jews in the Diaspora and Israel [i.e., the Israeli state] are mainly descended from only two of the original twelve tribes whereas the offspring of the remaining majority are in the above areas.… (p. 1)
These claims are not far-fetched. They are supported by Biblical, Historical, and other evidence much of which is, in effect, even recognized by the academic world, which simply has not sufficiently co-related the information in its possession and has not drawn the necessary conclusions from the proof it already acknowledges. (p. 2)
The Israelites were transported en-masse first mainly to areas in northern Mesopotamia and to Hara and from those regions they later moved northward into “Scythia” (roughly the area encompassed in the past by the U.S.S.R.) whence they migrated in several waves to the extreme north and west of Europe from which their descendants settled North America, Australasia, and South Africa. The peoples in these said nations today are thus in the Biblical and historical sense brothers of the Jews who came from the remaining southern kingdom of Judah and comprised the second half of the Hebrew nation with the Lost Ten Tribes comprising the remainder. The Jews and the Lost Ten Tribes together form the Israelite HEBREW nation. (p. 7)
More location information coming next in Part 3
“The house of northern Israel was originally deemed the wife of God but the Lord divorced His wife, however the future Israel will be the bride of Christ.”
The wording here invites potential confusion, but you clarified the matter later on in the article when you wrote:
“The house of Israel was His wife but will become His bride.”
This is proof positive WHO is doing the speaking throughout most of the Old Testament. It also squelches any argument that Messiah is not God. According to the Law, a wife (and Israel WAS the wife of God) could never divorce and then marry her husband’s son. That would be an appalling violation of the Law. She could only divorce and remarry her husband. Even though she has not been faithful to Him, she will be purified and made, well, unadulterated. Messiah’s Blood: the fuller’s soap that cleanses all things.
“The evangelical world proclaimed that prophecy had been fulfilled.”
Likely the kingpin of the setup; first to fall and wipe out all the other pins, as long as the game is played just right. And we don’t see the Adversary or his Learned Elders bowling too many gutter balls, do we.
“The Christian world immediately placed their support behind the state that illegally took the name of Israel which could only be employed by the tribes of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Amen and amen. I just love seeing those words expressed in writing.
“Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.”
Yet another of the fantastically plainly-worded verses of Scripture that mysteriously transforms itself into illegible smoke when read by almost all Christians.
“…it is amazing that modern Bible teachers seem to ignore the facts completely.”
There is nothing quite like the brand of self-induced myopia that occurs whenever men busy themselves about examining and discussing the Word of God.
“Their zeal to give the birthright to the Jews today blinds them to the entire flow of prophecy in its outworking among the modern nations.”
And there it is.
Daniel 12:4
…many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Prophetic fulfillment in action, right here on these boards.
…walter…I think the biggest hurdle, to overcome, is an obvious, but conspicuously ignored fact, that though we are in a position to see the spiritual side of things , we are unable to communicate it to any level of satisfaction. Trying to understand God’s mind with human intellect, is totally futile. Attempting to pass on ‘revelations’, is even more so.
….Lately I’ve had a peculiar intellectual/emotional state of mind, with me, off and on, throughout the day. Its sort of like a ‘deja vue’ kind of feeling….and these moments are filled with correlations of what I’m doing at the time and all sorts of scripture phrases and verses and memories….Its instantaneous , and gives me quite a rush….but I can’t express how it does what it does to me. My old lady feels it. My tiny flock knows something is different. There is definitely something going on in my private personal spirituality. I love it.
She could only divorce and remarry her husband.
Thanks for the compliment Walter, but I don’t consider myself a groundbreaking evangelist. I would like to use the information above in an article if you don’t mind.
Ephraim,
You can use anything I write at any time. But I have something I would like to say to you off-site if you don’t mind. You’re one of the few brethren here I’ve not communicated with behind the scenes and what I have to say would best be said in private.
I think you know the drill. If you email me at this address I’ll respond from another address which I don’t post to the live board:
[email protected]
Is it too far from the topic to ask about the Ezekiel prophecy?
Does the narrative contain a post battle, post earthquake but pre cleansing victory celebration? I’ll eat a horse, no problem, but i’m not so keen on eating the rider nor drinking blood (Deut 12:23 – Gen 9:4 – Lev 3:17 – Acts 15:20). Or is it symbolic of a stultifying euphoria that comes from the barbarism that the circumstances will require? I imagine a sense of detachment would be useful when it came to the clean-up and wonder if that is the intended message.
Because i’m never keen on overt self aggrandizement but that might be more of a Kiwi-ism than anything else. And presuming, of course, that i was called to be on the winning team which isn’t a given.
Great articles, Ephraim, much learning being done. I like the way it’s split up rather than an overwhelming multi page article but that’s likely just an admission of my attention span.
ephraim
Ezekiel 37 will not take place until after the 1000 year rule of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 20
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Verse 6 states those in the 1st resurrection shall reign with Christ 1000 years.
Do you see in verse 4 they lived and reigned with Christ 1000 year and then in verse 5 It states “the rest of the dead lived not again — UNTIL – the 1000 years were finished?
The first resurrection comes at the return of Christ and the 2nd resurrection comes after the 1000 year reign.
Flesh and blood is returned to life to be given a chance for salvation that they never had, this is foreshadowed by the Last Great Day the 7th Feast and is the Great White Throne Judgment. What do you suppose would happen to all those human babies they are cutting up to sell?? They will live and get their chance as will 100% of all the people that have ever lived and died.
There is a 3rd, 3 is God’s number of completeness, and that come at the very end and is the physical resurrection of those that are about to be cast into the Lake of Fire –the 2nd death. The Resurrection to condemnation.
Ephraim
have you had a chance to review my comment?
Sorry, I didn’t realize you were expecting a reply.
To be honest, I am not certain who will or will not be resurrected to live during the Millennium. In the back of my mind, I always thought the righteous dead and righteous living would be caught up at the return of Christ and be given glorified bodies, and constitute the first resurrection. This would leave the unrighteous dead still dead and the unrighteous living still living during the Millennium.
The living would be ruled by an iron rod and of course have children. Although they may live much longer than those of today, people would continue to die. The second resurrection would consist of the previous unrighteous dead and those who died during the Millennium, including those who died at the end of the Millennium Satanic Magog assault. I currently do not have an opinion of a 3rd resurrection or if there is one.
I recently read an article saying the lake of fire is not death but rather the fire that flows from the throne of God as a type of atonement fire but I will be researching that topic later, hopefully. As of now, I have no clear answer.
Again, I am not certain about the resurrections and who will be involved and what their fate will be. It’s one of those topics that will require thinking and study but right now I have no theological answer.
ephraim
what then do you see Revelation 20 sayings?
Revelation 20
4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:”
This is all of God’s called and chosen from the beginning until the return of Christ.
and below are all those that come out of the 5th, 6th and 7th Seals because it clearly states the did not worship the beast.
and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand.
Both groups are in the 1st resurrection and reign on earth with Christ and the rod of iron is for the gentile nations that survive the last 3 seals, that would be only 10%.
Ephraim are you aware there is a 2nd Exodus so great it will make the exodus of Moses nothing? see Jeremiah 16: 14, 15
During the 1000 years the physical remnant of all 12 tribes come by the 2nd exodus to Jerusalem to receive the Promised Land for the 3rd and final time.
The promise to Abraham MUST BE delivered – must be fulfilled, How else could David rule over all 12 tribes and each apostle over one tribe?
Revelation 20:4 KJV And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Well let’s see. The millennium has just started I believe. There are thrones and those sitting on the thrones are empowered to judge. In my opinion the remainder of the verse is only describing groups of people not the ones being judged since they live and reign for 1000 years.
The next verse is problematic. It makes it appear as though the beheaded and others are the first resurrection and are being judged. It occurred to me that the phrase, “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished” is a parenthetical sentence placed inside this comment when it should have been placed somewhere else.
Revelation 20:5 KJV But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
I checked the NET version and that particular sentence is in parenthesis. The NET notes also says, “This statement appears to be a parenthetical comment by the author”. A lucky guess on my part and it may or may not be true.
Revelation 20:5 NET+ (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) N12 This is the first resurrection.
Since this section is the Millennium and Jesus rules with an iron rod, then maybe those sitting on the thrones are judging the living survivors during the Millennium. Don’t take anything said above as doctrine, it is just my current opinion which may change tomorrow.
thank you, now I understand where you are coming from.
…guys…. as I read it, there’s no physical body from the seventh trump sounding on into the future. Millennium time is spent in spiritual body. All humans alive will be changed (“in the blink of an eye”) to join all, they, who have past before.
remember…the LORD grieved making physical man….this whole scenario, from the Katabole to this end-time craziness….Is the story of His successful campaign to seduce the devil out into vulnerable openness…..once and for all time.
Max,
Have you ever considered the possibility that ‘spiritual bodies’ will be MORE real, more substantial, than the bodies we inhabit now?
Perhaps you shouldn’t be thinking of the higher realm as less substantial than this one — only different. Super-physical; more complete and abiding.
….Walter…Oh yes, You have it nailed. There’s nothing I wrote that diminishes the real-ness of the spiritual body, I’ve seen a human footprint in a piece of granite, dated 50 thousand years ago. The Naphal were substantial enough to impregnate the daughters of Adam.
..The timelessness of the next age is so far out of human understanding, it could make any reasonably intelligent person think he’s going crazy. Our 4 dimensional world is what limits us to having to have a brain….and the brain just can’t work “out of time”. Seventh trump is directly related to our “sense” of time….I am sure of it.
..Have you noticed how many of our brethren cling to the paradigm of keeping these sickly, weak, and ‘mortal’ physical bodies forever. Just too attached to a self-image, an identification with one’s own human personality. Your spirit is the Intellect of the body AND the soul….but they can’t seem to be able let go, spiritually, of the earthly identification…. Understandable, when you figure we don’t have a way to really talk about it.
..We are all spiritual beings…. to live, born of the water, (amniotic fluid) one time each. Spiritual beings playing out the Lord’s version of the dating game…The players who choose rightly, avoid trouble and participate in the second resurrection….because they live in the Gospel armor.
…Walter…
Since Lucifer and the seven thousand Naphal left their first estate, cause they got lusty for the daughters of Adam, they’ve been relegated to a state of super-natural, “imperfection’….they are angels without the holiness. Advanced beings without viable souls…..they can’t exist without the physical universe, just like our earthly,human incarnation. We have the Holy Spirit to keep us clean and give us the path….but that doesn’t come to fruition till the seventh trump. Despite what Ephraim has deduced about it, the sixth trump is just now sounding….