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Where are the
Consider, too, our people
today constitute the HOME— the last defense,
of Christianity. It is our people who have sent missionaries into
every land on earth— our people who have printed and distributed the Bible by unbelievable millions of copies
in the languages of all peoples.
We know Bible prophecies
definitely refer to
Assuredly,
it is not. Nor are we ignored. The fact
is, we are mentioned more often than any other race. Yet our prophetic identity has remained hidden to the many. Modern nations are not spoken of in their modern
names, except in a few cases. Usually they are referred to by the names of the
ancient ancestor from which they sprang. Thus,
The Bible story of our ancestry and our modern prophetic identity is the most amazing—yes,
astounding—the most fascinating and interesting story ever told. It is really
the story—thread of the Bible itself, from Genesis to Revelation.
Our Wealth Promised Abraham
Centuries ago, wealth and
power and national greatness was promised by the Almighty God to Abraham. Yet, few have ever noticed this astonishing fact of Scripture.
The promise of the Messiah and
of salvation through Him is well-known by the most superficial Bible student.
They know that God gave the spiritual promise to Abraham of Christ to be born
as Abraham’s descendant—and that salvation comes to us through Christ. But God
made also another, entirely different, most amazing promise to Abraham. Notice
how God called Abraham and the twofold
nature of His promise: “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out
of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land
that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a GREAT NATION...and in
thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed” (Gen. 12:1-3).
Notice the TWOFOLD promise: 1) “I will make of thee A GREAT
NATION”—the national, material promise that his flesh-born children should
become a great nation, a promise of RACE; 2) “...and in thee shall all families
of the earth be blessed”—the spiritual promise of GRACE. The same promise is
repeated in Genesis 22: 18: “And in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed.” This particular “one seed” refers to Christ, as plainly
affirmed in Galatians 3:8, 16.
Race, as well as Grace
But that the “great nation”
promise refers alone to race—not to the one seed, Christ, but to the
plural, multiple seed of natural fleshly birth, is made certain by God’s
repetition of His promise in greater detail later.
“And when Abram was ninety
years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the
Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant
between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly...and thou shalt be a father of MANY NATIONS. Neither shall thy
name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of
MANY NATIONS have I made thee” (Gen. 17:1-5).
Notice, the promise is now
CONDITIONAL upon Abraham’s obedience and perfect living. Notice, the “great
nation” now becomes MANY NATIONS—more than one nation. This
cannot refer to the “one seed,” Christ. The following verses prove that. “And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and
I will make NATIONS of thee, and KINGS (more
than one) shall come out of thee” (v. 6). Notice, these nations and
kings shall come out of Abraham—physical generations—multiple seed, not
just one descendent through whom scattered individuals may become
Abraham’s children by spiritual begettal through
Christ (Gal.
“And I will establish my
covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in THEIR generations...” (Gen.
17:7). The “seed” is PLURAL—“in their generations.”
“And I will give unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein
thou art a stranger, all the
Notice, the LAND, material
possession, is promised to the PLURAL seed, of whom He is “their,” not “his,”
God. The plural pronoun “their” is used again in verse 9: “and thy seed after
thee in their generations.”
Not
Fulfilled in
Again, notice carefully—
So here is an amazing prophecy,
a solemn promise from Almighty God, that could not be
fulfilled in Christ, in Christians, nor in
the Jewish people. We must look for a number of NATIONS apart from
either the Church or the Jewish people. Amazing as it is, we must do it or deny
God’s promise!
God put Abraham to the test,
and Abraham, through faith, OBEYED—even to being willing to sacrifice his
only son, if need be. And after that the covenant no longer was conditional.
Now it became UNCONDITIONAL.
“By
myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for BECAUSE thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies (so far the material, national promises of RACE); and in thy seed (Christ) shall all
the nations of the earth be blessed (this promise spiritual, of GRACE); BECAUSE
thou hast obeyed my voice” (Gen.
22:16-18).
The promise now is
unconditional. God has SWORN to make it good.
God does not promise these things if Abraham or his children do certain things. He promises them to Abraham
because he already has performed his part of the agreement. If these
promises could be broken or annulled, then no promise in the Bible is sure!
Abraham already has performed his
part of the agreement. Now God MUST perform His part, without fail.
Notice
an additional detail of the promise—the nations who are Abraham’s racial
descendants are to possess the gates of their enemies. A gate is a narrow passage of entrance or exit. When speaking nationally, a “gate” would be such a pass as the
A Nation
and a Company of Nations
Still later, God appeared unto
Jacob, whose name was changed to ISRAEL, even further defining the makeup of
these “many nations” thus: “And God said
unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; A NATION and a COMPANY OF NATIONS shall be of
thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins” (Gen. 35: 11).
So the
“many nations” are eventually to take shape as a NATION—One great, wealthy,
powerful nation; and another COMPANY OF NATIONS—a group, or commonwealth of nations allied.
This promise never has been
fulfilled in the Jewish people. It could not pertain to the Church, for there
is but ONE true Church acknowledged in the Bible, and it is not a nation or a
group of nations, but a collection of called-out individuals scattered through
ALL nations. Yet this amazing promise MUST stand fulfilled, unless we are to
deny the Bible and God’s sacred Word!
The
Birthright and the Sceptre
The spiritual promises—the
promise of the “one seed,” Christ, and of salvation through Him—the
Bible calls “the SCEPTRE.” This promise as
nearly everybody knows, was handed down through the Jewish people. Jesus Christ was of the tribe of
This fact is confirmed in
Genesis 49: 10: “The SCEPTRE shall not depart from
BUT—and here is the
astonishing vital fact so few ever seem to have noticed—“but the BIRTHRIGHT was Joseph’s.” Yes, Joseph, who was sold by his
brothers down into
The
birthright, which Esau sold to Jacob—the promise of national greatness and
material wealth—never was handed to the Jewish people, who are of the tribe of
The
Birthright is Joseph’s
And just
what is a birthright? It is that which comes by right of birth. The term
“grace” means undeserved, unmerited favor something that is NOT one’s right,
NOT inherited by birth, but bestowed as a free gift. But a “birthright” is inherited, by birth, as
one’s RIGHT. Consequently, the term “birthright” includes only the
inheritance of MATERIAL blessings, passed on from father to son—those
blessings one cannot take with him, when he dies.
And what is a “sceptre”? It is the badge of royal power, kingly office.
The sceptre was God’s promise of a continuous dynasty
of KINGS, culminating in Jesus Christ who shall be King of kings; and therefore
the sceptre included the promise of eternal salvation
THROUGH Christ.
So notice carefully, the sceptre, which is the spiritual promise of
GRACE, through which ALL nations may be blessed, went to JUDAH, while the
BIRTHRIGHT went to JOSEPH. And the birthright
includes possession of the land,
The interesting story of the passing on of
this birthright from the aged
Notice, Jacob adopted these
two lads, Ephraim and Manasseh, as his own
legal sons because they had an Egyptian mother. Notice, verse 16, he
says, “let my name be named on them.” Hence, THEY were to
be called, “the house of
Together they were to grow to
a multitude. But eventually, as indicated by another prophecy, Isaiah 49:20, to
be explained later, the descendants of these two lads were to separate, and Ephraim would lose Manasseh, then to become a
separate nation. So, continuing, speaking of Manasseh, Jacob said, “he also
shall become a people, and he also shall be GREAT: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his
seed shall become a multitude (or a company or commonwealth) of nations” (v. 19).
And so EPHRAIM and MANASSEH,
the sons of Joseph became the BIRTHRIGHT
holders. Who, today, are the descendants of Ephraim, and of Manasseh?
Somewhere, Ephraim must be a group, or commonwealth of
nations, while Manasseh must be the greatest single nation on earth!
Either it is so, or the Bible is not true!
David
Takes the Throne
After the
death of Jacob and his twelve sons in Egypt, their children grew in about two
and a quarter centuries to a population probably between two and three million
in that land.
But
When they reached
But soon the Israelites became
dissatisfied with God as their King and demanded that a man should be their king as in the Gentile
nations around them. And so God gave them Saul as their first human king. Saul,
however, was not a good king, nor was his heart right with God. He refused
obedience to God and was finally rejected. Saul was dethroned. His dynasty
ended with him.
Then God placed David, a man
after His own heart, of no relationship to
Saul, upon the throne of
The
Davidic Covenant
We have
space to quote but briefly from the scriptures setting forth this amazing
Davidic covenant. Like the covenant with Abraham, God made the Davidic
covenant unconditional and unbreakable.
David wanted to build a great
temple as God’s house in
“He,” God
continued, “shall build a house for my name”—and it
was Solomon who did build the temple— “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom FOR EVER” (v.13).
Notice it! The throne of
David, occupied by Solomon, was to be established FOREVER! If that throne ever
ceased to exist, then God’s promise has failed!
But some
say that promise was conditioned upon the obedience of Solomon and the future line of kings or their people.
Notice the scriptural answer to this: “ I will be his
father, and he shall be my son. IF he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men,
and with the stripes of the children of men: yes, notice this BUT, “my mercy shall not depart away from him, AS
I took it from Saul, whom
I put away before thee” (vv. 14-15). Saul’s dynasty ceased. God promises He will never take away this throne
from David’s line in this manner.
David’s dynasty SHALL NEVER CEASE! Continuing, next verse, “And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established FOR EVER before thee: thy throne shall be established FOREVER. Through
all Generations
Not only was that throne established FOREVER, it was to exist continuously forever—through ALL
GENERATIONS!
“I have made a covenant with
my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed (his dynasty) will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations” (Ps.
89:3-4). Note it! That throne was to stand forever “as the moon, and as
a faithful witness in heaven” (vv. 28-37).
“For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit
upon the throne of the house of
Some say Christ took over the
throne. But He didn’t. Instead He was out to death, resurrected, and ascended
to heaven. He SHALL come, and soon now, to
sit upon that throne as the King of kings and Lord of lords. But HOW can Jesus Christ, when He returns again to earth, take over and sit upon a throne that long ago ceased to exist?
IF the throne of David ceased
with Zedekiah, then it does not exist today.
And if it does not exist, how
shall Christ sit upon a non-existent throne? And, since it was to
continue through all generations,
how about those many generations between Zedekiah and the birth of
Jesus?
“Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night,
and that there should not be day and night in their season; then may
also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son
to reign upon his throne” (Jer. 33:20-21). Day and night still continues. Does David’s throne?
But what do the people say? “Considerest thou not what this people have
spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath
chosen, he hath even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that
they should be no more a nation before them” (v. 24). But what does GOD say?
“Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day
and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; THEN
will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David
my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed (dynasty) to be
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” (vv. 25-26). Strong words,
those! Unless you can stop this old earth from turning on its axis—unless you
can remove the sun and moon and stars from heaven,
says the Almighty God, you cannot prevent Him from keeping His covenant
to maintain continuously, through all generations, FOREVER, from the
time of David and Solomon, a descendant of David in one continuous dynasty on
that throne!
He would not necessarily rule
over ALL the house of
Remember again, the SCEPTRE
promise, which includes this line of kings until it culminates in CHRIST at His
second coming: “The sceptre shall not depart from
Judah, nor a lawgiver (margin, ruler’s
staff) from between his feet, UNTIL SHILOH (Christ) COME; and unto Him
shall the gathering of the people be” (Gen. 49: 10).
The Test of Bible Truth
Has the sceptre departed fromJudah? Has the throne ceased? Or does it, as God so
bindingly promised, exist today so that Christ can take over and sit upon a
functioning, continuous throne when He comes? The infallibility of the Bible is
at stake! God’s WORD is at stake.
The House
of Israel is not
After David’s death, his son
Solomon succeeded to the throne. Solomon taxed the people excessively, reigned in a gorgeous splendor probably never equaled
before or since. And because he also married
Gentile wives, sacrificed to their idols, and committed other sins, God
said, “I will surely rend the kingdom from
thee, and will give it to thy servant....Howbeit I will not rend away all the
kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake” (I
Kings 11: 11-13).
Israel
Separated from David’s Throne Note it! It is THE KINGDOM,
not part of it, which is to be rent away. It is the PART, one tribe, which is to remain. And
note—for right here is expressed the great
WHY of this whole question though Solomon himself deserved to have it
rent away, God will leave one tribe, not
because of leniency toward Solomon, but “FOR DAVID’S SAKE”! David’s
dynasty cannot be broken. God will not break His covenant!
When Solomon died, his son Rehoboam succeeded to David’s throne. The people at once
demanded the heavy taxes imposed by Solomon be reduced. Their spokesman,
Jeroboam (Solomon’s servant), pleaded with Rehoboam:
“Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke
which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee” (I Kings 12:4).
“My
father,” came Rehoboam’s reply, “chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions”
(v. 11).
“So
Then “Rehoboam...assembled
all of the HOUSE OF JUDAH with the tribe
of Benjamin” (v. 21). Rehoboam started to
fight to subdue and bring back the house of
Notice it
carefully! The house of
The first place in all the Bible where the word “Jew” is used is in II Kings
16:6. Notice it!
Ahaz began to reign as king of
NOTE IT! The first place in
the Bible where the word “Jew” is used, we find
Certainly this proves that the
Jews are a different nation altogether than
No place in all the Bible does
the term “
From here on, the tribe of
And now,
for the first time, the BIRTHRIGHT goes into one nation,
For many
generations
Why should ministers and
professed Bible students be in ignorance
of this, when four whole books of the Bible, I and II Kings and I and II
Chronicles, are devoted to explaining it and recording the history of these
separate, rival kingdoms? Look at the maps in the back of your Bible. There you
will see the territory of each nation plainly shown.
House of Israel not Judah
We want to
impress, here, that
The next place where the term
“Jew” is mentioned in the Bible, the house of
Immediately on becoming king
over the house of
This idolatry with
Sabbath-breaking (Ezek.
In the years 721-718 B.C., the
house of
“Therefore the Lord was very
angry with
The Eternal removed who?
In
Leviticus 26 we find God’s solemn warning to all the children of
The house of
And BECAUSE the house of
In Exodus 31:12-17 it is
recorded that God made the Sabbath the covenant sign between Him and
So “the
Lord removed
A more detailed account of the
captivity of
Now the house of
The
house of
Note
well these facts.
(1)In 721-718 B.C.
(2)More than 130 years later,
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon carried the Jewish Nation—Judah—who only remained
in
(3)Those who returned to Palestine
to rebuild the temple and restore worship 70 years after Judah’s captivity were
ALL of the house of Judah—the Jewish Nation—ALL of those whom
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away. They returned again “unto
Only
those of the tribes of
The house of
By WHAT name
are they known today? Whoever they are, wherever they are, it is THEY, and not
Judah, who are the BIRTHRIGHT possessors. It is THEY, not Judah, who, after the
ending of their punishment in A.D. 1800, must inherit the unbreakable promises to Abraham of national greatness, resources,
wealth and power. It is MANASSEH who, after A.D. 1800 was to become the
world’s greatest single nation; Ephraim a great COMMONWEALTH of nations! Who
can they be today?
Jeremiah’s Strange Commission
When the house of
But later “her treacherous
sister Judah feared not, but went and played
the harlot also,” and God finally said, “The backsliding
For this purpose God raised up
a very special prophet, whose real calling and
commission few indeed understand. This prophet was Jeremiah. He was one of the
three men, only, who were sanctified before
they were born. The other two were John the Baptist and Jesus Christ
(see Jer. 1:5).
Jeremiah,
when first given his vital calling and commission, was a young lad. Some evidence indicates he was seventeen
years of age. By the time his commission was completed, he was an aged,
white-haired patriarch, The commission is recorded in Jeremiah 1:10: “See,” God
says to Jeremiah, “I have this day set thee over the nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to
destroy, and to throw down, TO
BUILD, AND TO PLANT.”
There it is! Jeremiah was set
over NATIONS—more than one kingdom.
He was a Jewish lad, living in
Jeremiah was used of God as a
prophet to warn
But—note it in your Bible!—he
also was commissioned to PLANT and to BUILD! To build and to plant what? Why, naturally, that which he was used in “rooting out” of
So far as the world knows, the
last king to sit on that throne of David was Zedekiah of Judah. He was thrown
down off the throne and the throne rooted out of
What, then! Did God forget His
covenant with David? Did the throne CEASE? True, the KINGDOM—the
GOVERNMENT of
But see what else Jeremiah
was commissioned to do—to PLANT AND TO BUILD! To plant
and to build, then, of necessity, among the house of Israel, the ten tribes,
these many days without a king— among LOST Israel, now
supposing herself to be GENTILE! Therefore the identity and location of the
replanting must remain hidden to the world until this time of the END in
which we live!
The life
and work of Jeremiah is a most fascinating story. The first chapters of the
book of Jeremiah are devoted to his ministry, warning
of the impending captivity of
It is generally known that
But now notice an interesting
fact. The last and final king recorded either in Bible or secular history as
having sat on the throne of David was King Zedekiah of Judah (II Kings 25:18).
When the Chaldean armies besieged
Jeremiah’s
Mysterious Movements
And now the first part
of Jeremiah’s mysterious commission is accomplished! So far as the world could
see, or has seen since, the dynasty of David had ENDED! No king remained on the
throne.
But how about the SECOND part
of Jeremiah’s important commission? Was God able to keep His covenant with
David?
Jeremiah was among these
captives, yet he must remain free to carry out the second part of his
commission. So, “the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto
him...behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into
Jeremiah was left absolutely
free to perform the second half of his commission. Where did he go? We come now
to an amazing, fascinating, thrilling part of the book of Jeremiah, which has
been almost entirely overlooked.
“Then
went Jeremiah unto Gedeliah...to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were
left in the land” (v. 6).
Now this Gedeliah had been made governor over a remnant of
“Then
Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even
the king’s daughters, and all
the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard (from Babylon) had committed to Gedeliah...and carried them away captive, and
departed to go over to the Ammonites” (Jer. 41:10).
Ah! Did you catch it? Read
that passage again. Among them were the king’s daughters! Daughters of
Zedekiah, king of
King Zedekiah had died in
prison in
Jeremiah,
with Royal Seed For Replanting, Escapes
Soon a man named Johanan replaced Ishmael as leader. And in fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army, they appealed to the prophet, “and
said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we
beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us
unto the Lord thy God...that the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we
may walk” (Jer. 42:2-3).
The word
of the Lord came to Jeremiah, and He told them not to fear, that He would
protect and deliver them. But the people wanted to flee to
But, as people usually do,
they rejected God’s warning. “Thou speakest falsely,” Johanan answered Jeremiah (Jer.
43:2-3).
And so Johanan “took all the remnant of Judah...even men, and women, and children, and the
king’s daughters...and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah (Jeremiah’s scribe, or secretary). So they came
into the
On reaching
Baruch was Jeremiah’s constant
companion and secretary. It is important to note here God’s promise of
protection to him: “Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O
Baruch... Behold, that which I have
built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land...but thy life
will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest” (Jer. 45:2-5). Baruch’s
life, like Jeremiah’s, was under divine protection!
Jeremiah, Baruch, and the
royal seed for replanting and rebuilding David’s throne, all under divine
protection, were to escape, and return to the
Then Jeremiah and his company
were to journey to a strange land, which they knew not (Jer.
Now let Isaiah complete this prophecy: “For out of
This remnant with Jeremiah—at
least one of the king’s daughters—shall take root downward! That is, BE
REPLANTED!
And then bear
fruit upward! Be BUILT! Has God failed in His solemn covenant to keep alive
David’s throne? Where was this planting and building? Can we find it in God’s
Word? We can! The place and the people among
whom the throne was re-established are clearly identified!
Where did Jeremiah go with Baruch his secretary and one or
more of the royal daughters of the king? History stops short at this point.
Enlightened students of Bible history have long known that the Ten Tribes—called
by the name “house of ISRAEL”—have been lost in identity and historic knowledge, and
exist today among the Gentile nations, unrecognized. Their identity and
location God has hidden from the world.
Yet, in this end time, when
knowledge is to increase, when the “wise” are to UNDERSTAND (Dan. 12:4, 10), we
shall find the secret revealed through PROPHECY which could not be understood
until now. But first, we must now consider a mysterious “breach” that occurred
in the days of
WHY should this strange
occurrence be recorded in Bible history unless this breach was to be healed between the sons or their descendants at some future time? Yet it never
occurred in their lifetime.
Zarah, of the scarlet thread, had five sons (I Chron. 2:6). Did a descendant of Zarah finally get the throne, in a manner healing the breach? David, Zedekiah, Christ—all were of
the PHAREZ branch— none of Zarah.
Now
consider: 1) the fact of the breach means the transfer of the sceptre from the Pharez to the Zarah line. 2) Such transfer never occurred before King Zedekiah of
The Three
Overturns History shows the descendants of Zarah became wanderers, journeying to the north within the confines of the Scythian
nations, their descendants later migrating to
But meanwhile, the Pharez-David-Zedekiah line possessed the scepter—was HIGH—exalted.
The Zarah line, feeling it rightfully should possess
the scepter, and some day would, was low, abased—so far as royal power was
concerned.
Now consider a much
misunderstood passage of prophecy: If you will begin reading at the 18th verse
of the 21st chapter of Ezekiel, you will see plainly that the Eternal is here
speaking of the captivity of
Let us understand that
clearly. “Remove the diadem, and take off the crown.” King Zedekiah, of David’s
dynasty, had the crown. This says it is to be removed. IT WAS REMOVED. He died
in
“This shall not be the same.”
The diadem is not to cease, but a change is to take place—the
throne is to be overturned—another is to wear the crown. God’s promise to David
is not to go by default!
“Exalt him that is low, and
abase him that is high.” Who is “high”? King Zedekiah of
“I will overturn, overturn,
overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is.” What
was to be overturned? The diadem, and the throne. Not
once—it is to be OVERTURNED, three times. Overturned by
abasing Zedekiah, the house of
“And it shall be no more.”
Does this mean the throne, the Crown—is to cease to
exist? Not at all! How could it be overturned two more times—that is, TRANSFERRED from one to another, if it ceased to
exist? How, after these three transfers of the crown, could it be given to Him—Christ—whose right it is, at His
second coming, if it ceased altogether to exist? How could he, who was “low” now be exalted by the crown, if that crown was to be no
more? No, the meaning is: “It shall be no more overturned until the
second coming of Christ”! And then it shall be given to Him!
God will not break his
unalterable promise made to David! Through every generation David shall have a
descendant wearing that crown! The second half of Jeremiah’s commission
must now be performed. That throne must be transPLANTED,
and again BUILT. The crown must be overturned—transferred to another! But WHERE? To WHOM?
A “Riddle”
and a “Parable” Tells! The
strange truth of the PLANTING and the REBUILDING of David’s throne is revealed
in a “riddle and a parable,” couched in symbolic language never understood
until this latter day. Yet it stands today so clearly explained a little child
could understand!
It fills the 17th chapter of
Ezekiel’s prophecy. The whole chapter should be carefully read. Notice, first,
this prophetic message is addressed, NOT to Judah, the Jewish Nation, but to
the house of
First, Ezekiel is told to
speak a riddle, and then a parable. The riddle is found in verses 3 to 10.
Then, beginning in verse 11, the Eternal explains its meaning. “Say now to the
rebellious house,” God says, the “rebellious house” being ten-tribed
Know ye not what these things mean? Tell them, and then the riddle is clearly
explained.
A great eagle came to
Thus, the riddle covers the first half of Jeremiah’s commission. Now notice what is revealed concerning the second part—the PLANTING of David’s throne! It comes in the parable,
verses 22-24. “Thus saith the Lord God; I will also
take of the highest branch of the high cedar.” From God’s own explanation we
have learned that the cedar tree represents the nation of
God, through his prophet
Jeremiah, is now going to take OF this highest branch and “SET IT” (v. 22). “I
will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will
plant it upon a high mountain and eminent,” continues the Almighty God! Ah! “A
tender young twig”! The twigs of this highest branch represent the children of
King Zedekiah! Certainly a tender young twig, then, represents a DAUGHTER!
“...and will PLANT it.” Could symbolic language say plainer this young Jewish
princess is to become the royal seed for the PLANTING again of David’s throne? Where?”...upon a high mountain and eminent,” says the
Eternal! A “mountain” in symbol always represents a NATION.
“In the
mountain of the height of
Did David’s throne cease with
Zedekiah of Judah? Did God forget His covenant? NO! Compare this language with
the passage in Isaiah 37:31-32: “The remnant that is escaped of the house of
“...and under it shall dwell
all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell”
(Ezek.
“And all the trees of the
field...” (v. 24). A “tree” in this riddle and parable
is likened to a nation. In other words, “all the nations of
the earth.” “...shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high
tree.” Judah, the high tree, having the throne 130 years after Israel had been
taken captive, now is brought down to the low stature of slavery. “...have exalted the low tree.” For 130 years
Compare that language with
Ezekiel 21:26: “Remove the diadem, and take off the crown...exalt him that is
low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn...” etc. It is speaking of transferring the throne from
But WHERE did Jeremiah, with
his royal seed for the transplanting, go to find the lost house of
We
CAN! The exact, precise location is revealed in Bible prophecy! We can pick up
Jeremiah’s trail in actual history, besides!
We are ready now to search out the
actual location of the lost tribes of the
outcast house of
Many
passages of prophecy tell of these people in these latter days. Prophecies
not to be understood until this “time of the end.” Prophecies containing a message to be
carried to these people by those to whom God reveals it!
First it is necessary to fix
in mind these facts: The prophet Amos wrote, in the days of the 13th of the 19
kings of the house of Israel (Amos 1:1): “Behold the eyes of the Lord are upon
the sinful kingdom (house of Israel—Judah had not yet sinned), and I
will destroy it (the kingdom, or government,
not the people) from off the face of
the earth. For, the ten tribes, 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”
(Amos 9:8-9).
This prophecy usually is applied to the scattered condition of the Jewish people. But it
has nothing to do with the Jewish people, or the house of JUDAH, but
refers to the ten-tribed house of ISRAEL—driven to Assyrian captivity, then
migrating from there and scattering among other nations before the Jewish nation was
taken to Babylon. This prophecy says that
A New
Homeland It was during this time that the children of the house of
But these
Israelites who possessed the birthright eventually were to come to a new land of their own. The Eternal says, in
II Samuel 7:10 and I Chronicles 17:9:
“Moreover I will appoint a place for my people
Notice
carefully! After being removed from Palestine, being sifted among all nations,
abiding many days without a king, losing their identity, they are to be
“planted” in a far away strange land now to become their own. And, NOTE IT! —after
reaching this place, they are to move no
more! That is, of course, during this present world.
While other prophecies
indicate these birthright holders were to become a colonizing people, spreading
around the world, it is plain that the
spreading out must be from this appointed place, which must remain the
“home” seat of government for David’s throne.
Mark this clearly! Once this
“place of their own” was reached, and the
throne of David planted there, THEY WERE TO MOVE NO MORE. Therefore, the location of this people TODAY is the place
where Jeremiah planted David’s throne more than 2,500 years
ago!
Therefore prophecies
pertaining to this day, or to
the location of this people just prior to Christ’s return, will tell us the
location of Jeremiah’s planting. The house of
Lost
Without
further suspense, let us see where prophecy locates these birthright holders, now possessing the throne of David and
having received earth’s richest national blessings.
Remember they are
distinguished from Judah, the Jewish people—by various
names: Ephraim,
Joseph, Jacob, Rachel (the
mother of Joseph),
According to Hosea 12: I:
“Ephraim...followeth after the east wind.” An “east
wind” travels west. Ephraim must have gone west from
When the Eternal swore to
David that He would perpetuate his throne, He said, “I will set his hand (sceptre)
also in the sea” (Ps. 89:25). The throne is to be “set,” planted, “in the sea.”
Through Jeremiah the Eternal
said, “Backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous
And in
these last days messengers are to go “toward the NORTH” (of
The 18th
verse, same chapter, says, “In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel (margin, to the house of Israel), and they shall come together out of the land of the
north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.”
At the future exodus, at Christ’s coming, they are to return to
After
saying, “How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?” the Eternal, speaking through
Hosea, says, “Then the children shall tremble from the WEST” (Hos. 11: 8,
19).
Again:
“Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and
gather them from the coasts of the earth” (Jer. 31:8).
This prophecy is for consideration in the “latter days” (Jer.
30:24; 31:1) and is addressed
to “
Referring
to the house of
Hence,
The same
49th chapter of Isaiah begins with this: “Listen, O Isles, unto
me.” The people addressed,
The 31st
chapter of Jeremiah, locating
Again: “Keep silence before me, O islands...thou,
In Jeremiah 31: 10, the
message is to be declared “in the isles afar off” and is to be shouted in “the
CHIEF OF THE NATIONS” (v. 7).
So, finally, today, as in
Jeremiah’s day, the house of
Take a map of
Britain’s
Hebrew Names
The house
of
The Hebrew for “man” is iysh, or ish. In English, the ending “-ish” means “of or belonging to (a specified nation or person).” In the original Hebrew language vowels were never given in the
spelling. So, omitting the vowel “e” from berith, but retaining the “i” in its anglicized form to
preserve the “y” sound, we have the anglicized Hebrew word for covenant, brith.
The Hebrews, however, never
pronounced their “h’s.” Many
a Jewish person, even today, in pronouncing the name “Shem,” will call it “Sem.” Incidentally this ancient Hebrew trait is also a
modern British trait. So the Hebrew word for “covenant” would be pronounced,
in its anglicized form, as brito.
And the
word for “covenant man,” or “covenant people,” would, therefore, be simply, “BRITISH.” And so, is it mere
coincidence that the true covenant people
today are called the “BRITISH”? And they reside in the “
The
house of
To
Abraham, God said, “In ISAAC shall thy seed be called,” and this name is repeated in Romans 9:7 and Hebrews 11:18. In
Amos
They were descended from Isaac, and
therefore are Isaac’s sons. Drop the “I” from “Isaac” (vowels are not used in
Hebrew spelling), and we have the modern name “SAAC’S SONS,” or as we
spell it in shorter manner, “SAXONS.”
Dr. W. Holt Yates,
In Genesis 49:17, Jacob,
foretelling what should befall each of the tribes, says: “Dan shall be a
serpent by the way.” Another and better
translation of the original Hebrew is: “Dan shall be a serpent’s trail.”
It is a significant fact that the tribe of Dan, one of the ten tribes, named
every place they went after their father Dan.
The tribe of Dan originally
occupied a strip of coast country on the
In Judges 18:11-12, it is
recorded that Danites took Kirjathjearim,
and “called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day.” A
little later the same company of 600 armed Danites came to Laish, captured it, and “they called the
name of the city DAN, after the name of Dan their father” (v. 29). So notice
how these Danites left their “serpent’s trail” by the
way—set up waymarks by which they may
be traced today.
Remember, in the Hebrew,
vowels were not written. The sound of the vowels had to be supplied in
speaking. Thus, the word “Dan” in its English equivalent could be spelled,
simply, “Dn.” It might be pronounced as “Dan,” or “Den,” or “Din,” or “Don,” or
“Dun”—and still could be the same original Hebrew name.
The tribe of Dan occupied two
different districts, or provinces, in the
Irish annals and history show
that the new settlers of
But the northern colony of Danites were taken to
After leaving Assyrian
captivity, they inhabited for some time the
land just west of the
Then, in either ancient or
later geography, we find these way-marks: Dan-au, the Dan-inn, the Dan-aster, the Dan-dari, the Danez, the Don, the Dan, and the V-Don; the Eri-don, down to the Danes.
When they came to the
And so the “serpent’s trail” of
Dan sets up waymarks that lead directly to the
Ancient
Annals of
Now
briefly let us consider what is found in the ancient annals, legends, and
history of
The real ancient history of
Then, in 569 B.C. (date of
Jeremiah’s transplanting), an elderly, white-haired patriarch, sometimes
referred to as a “saint,” came to
Modern literature of those who
recognize our national identity has confused this Tea-Tephi,
a daughter of Zedekiah, with an earlier Tea, a daughter of Ith,
who lived in the days of David.
This royal party included the
son of the king of
Another
strange coincidence,—or is it just coincidence?—is that many kings in the history of Ireland, Scotland, and England have been coronated sitting over this stone—including the present monarch. The stone resided in
Westminster Abbey in
The
royal husband of the Hebrew princess Tea was given the title Herremon upon ascending the
throne of his father. This Herremon has usually been
confused with a much earlier Gede the Herremon in David’s day—who married his uncle Ith’s daughter Tea. The son of this later king Herremon and Hebrew princess continued on the throne of
Ireland and this same dynasty has continued unbroken, through all the
kings of Ireland; was overturned and transplanted again in Scotland; again overturned and moved to London, England, where this same dynasty continues today.
Another interesting fact is
that the crown worn by the kings of the line
of Herremon and the other sovereigns of ancient
In view
of the linking together of biblical history, prophecy, and Irish history, can anyone deny that this Hebrew princess
was the daughter of King Zedekiah of Judah and therefore heir to the throne of David? That the aged patriarch was in fact
Jeremiah, and his companion was Jeremiah’s scribe, or secretary,
Baruch? That King Herremon was a descendant of Zarah, here married to the daughter of Pharez,
healing the ancient breach? That when the throne of David was first overturned
by Jeremiah, it was REPLANTED in
Queen
Elizabeth II on David’s Throne
King George, who ruled before
Queen Elizabeth II, possessed a chart showing his ancestry, every
generation, back to Herrermon and Tephi, to Zedekiah, on back to David and through the
scriptural genealogy clear to Adam! The writer has a copy of this chart, and
also his own geneology back into the line of ancient
British kings, through the house of David back to Adam.
THE MOST REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT of biblical prophecy in modern times was the sudden sprouting
forth of the two mightiest world powers—one, a commonwealth of
nations forming the greatest world empire of all time; the other, the
wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth
today. These birthright peoples came, with incredible suddenness, into
possession of more than two-thirds—nearly three-fourths—of the
cultivated wealth and resources of the whole world!
This sensational spurt from virtual obscurity in so short a time gives incontrovertible proof of divine
inspiration. Never, in all history, did anything like it occur.
But why
did this unprecedented national wealth and power come to our birthright
inheritors only after the year A.D. 1800? Why did not this national dominance come to the tribes of
Ephraim and Manasseh millennia ago—in the days of Moses, or Joshua,
or David, or Elijah? The Seven
Prophetic Times In the
26th chapter of Leviticus, Israel (then one nation of 12 tribes) was given the
promise from the Eternal that if they followed His civil statutes, obeyed His
commandments and ordinances, they should immediately INHERIT the vast national
promises of the birthright. God promised to bless their land—give
them rain—make them wealthy and prosperous. They were to become so
powerful they could defeat every enemy—five of them chase a hundred; a
hundred of them put ten thousand to flight.
But, beginning verse 14, if
they disobeyed, God warned them they would become the slaves of other nations
and go into national punishment—the birthright blessings being withheld for a duration of 2520 long years! Notice verse 18: “And if ye
will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven
times more for your sins.” It is important to UNDERSTAND this!
This expression “seven times”
is translated into the English from a Hebrew word, which conveys a
dual meaning. The original Hebrew word Moses wrote is shibah. It is defined as “seven times,” and also as “sevenfold.” The “seven times”
implies duration or continuation of punishment. But the word
also conveys the meaning of “sevenfold,” or seven
times greater intensity of punishment, as a punishment that is sevenfold
more intense. In this sense, the meaning would be the same as in Daniel 3:19,
where King Nebuchadnezzar, in a rage,
commanded that the furnace into which Daniel’s three friends were to be
thrown should be made seven times hotter.
Now understand the “seven
times” —or seven prophetic “times.” For this is a prophecy. In
prophecy, a “time” is a prophetic 360-day year (in ancient biblical times, a
year was figured on a basis of twelve 30-day months). And, during
But what is a prophetic
“time”? In Revelation 12:6, a prophecy of an event which in actual history did
last 1260 solar years is spoken of as “a thousand two hundred and threescore
days.” So here, again, a prophetic day was a year in fulfillment.
In Revelation 13:5 (referring to a different event but the same amount of time) this same period of 1260 days being
fulfilled in 1260 solar years is spoken of as “forty and two months.” The same
amount of time is spoken of in still
different language in Revelation
A prophetic “time,” then, is a
360-day year—or a plain 360 days. And during those years of Israel’s
punishment, as made plain by combining Leviticus 26:18 with Ezekiel 4:4-6,
Numbers 14:34, and Revelation 12:6 and 13:5, each day of a prophetic
“time” was one year in fulfillment. In Leviticus 26: 18, and in
Revelation 12:6 and 13:5, this meaning is verified and PROVED by the fact that
the prophecy was fulfilled in precisely the time indicated.
Birthright Withheld 2520 Years
For a
while the Israelites went God’s way— but not long.
Soon they were adopting the customs and ways of the Gentile nations around
them. After Solomon’s death
The house of
It must
be emphasized that the birthright promises, to be fulfilled only in Ephraim and
Manasseh, could not be inherited until the end of their 2520-years’ national punishment. By this 2520 year punishment, God punished the people for their sins, yet
kept his promises to Abraham. The
promises, then, must be fulfilled only AFTER the duration of this punishment. The house of
The
“Nation” and “Company of Nations” Notice
again the original promise: “A nation, and a
company of nations shall be of thee” (Gen. 35:11)
Remember, in passing on the
birthright the dying Jacob (
Then, speaking of Manasseh and
his descendants alone, Jacob said
prophetically: “...he also shall become a people (nation), and he also shall be GREAT: but truly his younger brother
(Ephraim) shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a
MULTITUDE (a company, or COMMONWEALTH) of NATIONS” (Gen. 48:19).
In A.D. 1800 the
But beginning in 1800 these
two little nations began to sprout and to grow into vast national riches and
power such as no people ever possessed. Soon
And the British Commonwealth of Nations is the only COMPANY
OF NATIONS in all earth’s history. Could we so exactly fulfill the specifications of the birthright, and not be
the birthright people? The
The
Some will say, “I can believe
that the British are Ephraim, but how can the
From the prophetic blessings
passed on by the dying Jacob, it is apparent that Ephraim and Manasseh were in
a large measure to inherit the birthright
jointly; to remain together for a long time, finally separating.
In Genesis 48 Jacob first passed the birthright on to the two sons of Joseph jointly, speaking of them both together. Then, finally, he spoke of them separately—Manasseh
was to become the single GREAT nation; Ephraim, the COMPANY of nations.
And in
his prophecy for these latter days Jacob said, “Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a
fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall” (Gen. 49:22). In other words, Joseph, Ephraim
and Manasseh jointly and together—was to be a colonizing people in this latter day, their
colonies branching out from the British Isles around the earth.
Together Ephraim and Manasseh
grew into a multitude, then separated, according to
Jacob’s prophetic blessing of Genesis 48. Our people have fulfilled this prophecy.
But how can we be Manasseh,
when a large part of our people, have come
from many nations besides
Thus we have become known as
the “melting pot” of the world. Instead of
refuting our Manasseh ancestry, this fact actually confirms it. The
proof that we are Manasseh is overwhelming. Manasseh was to separate from
Ephraim and become the greatest, wealthiest single nation of earth’s history.
We alone have fulfilled this prophecy. Manasseh was in fact a thirteenth tribe.
There were twelve original tribes. Joseph was one of these twelve. But when
Joseph divided into two tribes and Manasseh separated into an independent
nation, it became a thirteenth tribe.
Could it be mere coincidence
that it started, as a nation, with thirteen colonies?
But what
about the other tribes of the so-called, “Lost Ten Tribes”? While the birthright was Joseph’s, and its
blessings have come to the British
Commonwealth of Nations and the
We lack space for a detailed
explanation of the specific identity of all
of these other tribes in the nations of our twentieth century. Suffice
it to say here that there is ample evidence that these other eight tribes have
descended into such northwestern European nations as
The Birthright Wealth
Read again the prophetic
promises of Genesis 22: 17 and 24:60. Since the birthright pertains to NATIONS,
the “GATE” of our enemies would be such passes as
Notice Genesis 39:23: “The
Lord was with him (Joseph), and that which he did, the Eternal made it to
PROSPER.” And God did prosper Joseph’s descendants,
Consider Moses’ dying prophetic blessing, foretelling what
would happen to each of the tribes in these latter days.
“And of Joseph he said,
Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious
things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, and for
the chief things of the ancient
mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the
precious things of the earth and the fullness thereof...let the blessing come
upon the head of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh both)
His glory is like the firstling (firstborn birthright holder) of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns (Great Britain’s
national seal today): with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten
thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh” (Deut. 33:
13-17).
Whoever is Ephraim and
Manasseh today must have been in possession of the earth’s choicest
agricultural, mineral, and other wealth—the great gold and silver mines;
iron, oil, and coal; timber and other resources.
What nations fulfill these
prophecies? Why, only
More than half of all
tillable, cultivatable temperate-zone lands of this earth came after A.D. 1800
into the possession of our two great powers alone! The rich agricultural lands
of the Mississippi Valley; the vast wheat
and grain fields of the Midwest, of Canada and Australia; the great
forest lands of the Pacific Northwest and many other parts of the world; the
gold fields of South Africa, Australia, Alaska and the United States; the great
coal mines of the United States and British Isles; the natural waterfalls and
means of power and consequent prosperous industrial and manufacturing districts
of England and the eastern United States;
the choicest fruit lands of our Pacific Coast and Florida. What other
nations combined ever possessed such material wealth?
And nearly all this wealth has
come to us after A.D. 1800!
How Did We Get It?
How did we come into
possession of all this vast wealth of the earth? Did we acquire it through our
own human wisdom, foresight, energy, ability and power?
Let
Abraham Lincoln answer: “We find ourselves in the peaceful possession of the fairest portion of the earth,
as regards fertility of soil, extent of territory, and salubrity of climate... We find ourselves the legal inheritors of these
fundamental blessings. We toiled not in the acquirement or the establishment
of them.”
Again, in his proclamation for
April 30, 1863, for a nationwide day of fasting and prayer, this great
president said: “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their
dependence upon the over-ruling power of
God...and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy
Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.
We have been the recipients of the choicest blessings of heaven. We have been
preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers,
wealth and power as no other nation ever
has grown; BUT WE HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD! We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and
multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the
deceitfulness of our hearts, that all
these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.”
And because Lincoln saw a
nation who had forgotten God—a nation drunk with a success not due to its own efforts— a
nation taking all the credit and glory to itself, this great president called upon the nation for a day of FASTING and PRAYER to
confess this national sin before God. The fate of the nation hung in the
balance when he issued that proclamation. But God heard and answered that great
national prayer offensive—and the nation was then preserved!
Abraham Lincoln knew these great material blessings had
not been earned, but had been given to
our people by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
And we
should face the facts today and know that we were given all this vast unprecedented
material wealth because God promised it,
unconditionally, to Abraham. And He promised it to Abraham BECAUSE ABRAHAM
OBEYED GOD, KEPT GOD’S LAWS AND COMMANDMENTS.
The birthright blessing was denied our forefathers after Moses’ day
because they REFUSED to live by God’s laws and ways.
And today
God warns us, through many prophecies in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Micah, and many others, that unless we of
this generation REPENT of our sins, and
turn to Him with fastings, and with weeping,
and earnest PRAYER, He will destroy our cities, all our fortresses, with the foreign sword; that He will punish us at the hand of a CRUEL ONE; that we shall be invaded, defeated, reduced to SLAVES! GOD HELP US TO HEED THAT WARNING!
In
conclusion, we ask: If we are
not national
No other nation or combination
of nations possessed these blessings of the birthright—for we held more than two-thirds nearly three-fourths—of all the raw materials, resources, and wealth of this
entire round earth, and all other nations combined share among them only a
small part.
Do you know of stronger proof of the divine inspiration of the Holy Bible as the revealed Word of the
living God? Could mortal men have written, without divine inspiration, those
prophecies we have considered in this booklet; made those PROMISES to Joseph
Israel; and, after a lapse of 2520 years, beginning the exact year of 1800,
have had power to bring them about in fulfillment? These are no small or
trifling promises. They involved possession of the great wealth and vast
natural resources of the whole earth on which we live!
Present these facts as a
challenge to your atheist and agnostic friends. Ask them to answer, if they
can, whether any but the power of the Eternal Creator Himself could have made
and had committed to writing such promises thousands of years ago, and, at
precisely the promised time thousands of years later, brought about their fulfillment!
How any American—any
English-speaking inheritor of God’s choicest material blessings, can—in face
of such stupendous, overwhelming fulfillment of prophecy—such
awe-inspiring demonstration of the power and might and faithfulness of
Almighty God—accept and partake of these blessings, and then carelessly
ignore God’s WARNING that our sins today are INCREASING, or fail to get to his
knees before the great Almighty God, repent, and INTERCEDE in heartrending
PRAYER for all Israelite nations, and HELP in every way he can to warn our
people now of their impending PERIL, seems impossible to conceive.
God warns
us through prophecy that our sins are fast increasing. And now the day of reckoning is here! The foreign sword always has
attacked us. In this fearful awesome atomic age, World War III will start with
nuclear devastation unleashed on London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool,
New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, without
warning! God help these nations to wake up before it’s too late!
Yes, we are God’s chosen
people
We should shout for joy at the
discovery of our true identity—and we should be brought to
REPENT—and TURN TO GOD in real heartrending
prayer for Divine deliverance.
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