THE ORIGIN OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES
Division from Judah
The Lost Ten Tribes Went to the West. They lost knowledge of their ancestry. Their descendants today are to be found amongst western peoples.
In the following series of talks we will systematically examine where the lost Ten Tribes went and which peoples they became. This study involves the present-day identity of the USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavian countries, and related nations.
In the article below we describe how the two sections of Israel, Judah and the Ten Tribes, initially divided off from each other.
THE ORIGIN
OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES The DIVISION FROM JUDAH
Originally there were Twelve Tribes of Israel.
These twelve tribes split into two sections: ten tribes were in the north, two
in the south. The Tribes in the north were exiled and lost their identity.
They forgot who they were and where they came from. They became known as the
Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
The two tribes that remained became the ancestors of the Jews, i.e. of the
present Jewish People.
We trace the Ten Lost Tribes to Western nations.
We trace the Ten Lost Tribes to Western nations.
We have proven that the Lost Ten Tribes are now to be found amongst non-Jewish
peoples in the west.
It is worth while however beforehand that we show how the Two sections of the
Israelite Nations split apart from each other and how the Ten tribes were
exiled.
Let us consider the Dvision between Judah (the Jews) and the Ten tribes.
As we said, at the beginning, there were Twelve Tribes of Israel.
These 12 Tribes were named after the 12 sons of Jacob. Jacob was also known as
Israel. Jacob was the son of Isaac and he of Abraham. We thus have Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob who was re-named Israel. Jacob had four wives: Leah, Rachel,
Bilhah, and Zilphah. Bilhah was the maid-servant of Rachel and Zilpah was the
maid-servant of Leah. The interrelationships of the main wives and their
maid-servants was later reflected to some degree in the attitude of their
offspring to each other.
The Twelve sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and
Zebulon from Leah. Gad and Asher were the sons of Zilpah. Joseph and Benjamin
were the sons of Rachel. Dan and Naphtali were the sons of Bilhah. Joseph later
had two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. These two sons of Joseph became fully-fledged
Tribes in their own right (Genesis 48;5).. Taking Ephraim and Manasseh each as
separate Tribes and each as equal to the other Tribes we actually get 13 tribes.
Since however in Biblical Thought the number twelve has special significance
whenever the Bible lists the tribes a quorum of twelve tribes is always
maintained. This is done by either counting Ephraim and Manasseh as the one
tribe of Joseph, or by counting Ephraim and Manasseh as separate tribes but not
counting Levi who was the Priestly Tribe and separate from the rest. In one case
Ephraim, Manasseh, and Levi are counted but the Tribe of Simeon is left out and
assumedly included with Judah. The Commentators give their reasons as to why in
particular instances one tribe is counted and another is not. At all events a
quorum of Twelve Tribes is maintained.
The Twelve sons of Israel went down to Egypt where they increased and multiplied
and became twelve tribes. In Egypt they were oppressed and cried out to God to
save them. The Almighty sent Moses who took the Israelites out of Egypt with
great signs and wondrous miracles and lead them through the Wilderness. In the
Wilderness they received the Torah. Moses was followed by Joshua from the Tribe
of Ephraim who lead the Israelites in conquering the Land of Canaan.
After several hundred years of ups and downs the Israelites were united in one
kingdom of Israel. The first king was Saul from the Tribe of Benjamin. After
Saul came David. In Biblical Terms the only legitimate ruling dynasty of David
in the long term must come from David. The son of David was Solomon who built
the Temple in Jerusalem. The son of Solomon was Rehoboam. Rehobam at the
beginning of his reign received a deputation from the Tribes of Israel
requesting an alleviation in taxes. Rehobam refused so the ten northern tribes
seceded and established their own kingdom with Jeroboam the son of Nebat from
the Tribe of Ephraim as their monarch.
So Israel rebelled
against the house of David unto this day" (1-Kings 12:19).
After the secession, King Rehoboam wanted to attack the seceding
northern tribes in order to punish and re-unite with them but was told by the
Prophet Shemaiah,
"So says The LORD, you shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel:...for this thing is from me.... (1-Kings
12;24).
The division had a Divine Purpose, each branch of the Israelite
nation was to be given its own historical mission which required separation of
the two parts. Various Scriptural passages show that a subtle rivalry for the
hegemony over Israel had always existed between the Tribes of Judah and Ephraim.
After the division the two separate entities known as the Kingdom of Judah and
the Kingdom of Israel remained apart from each other for more than 200 years
until the Northern Ten Tribes were exiled.
This mutual antagonism will, however, not last forever. At some time in the
future there will be a Re-Unification and reconciliation : "And he shall set up an
ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather
together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
"The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim"
(Isaiah 11;12-13).
ca. 9.14 minutes
Yair Davidiy from the Brit-Am Movement of the Ten Tribes describes the initial division between the Jews of Judah and the Ten Tribes who were exiled, lost their identity and migrated to the west.
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