November 14, 2007

  • Was Jeremiah Speaking of You? A Message To Zionist Christians

     

     Was Jeremiah Speaking of You?
    A Message To Zionist Christians

    by Aviel E. Rodriguez 

                                                                                  Early Discipleship

    Are you a lover of Israel? That is to say, are you among the growing number of Bible-believing, Zionist Christians who feel curiously and irresistibly drawn to the Land of Israel… to the Jewish people… and to the Feasts and Customs of Israel?

    If you relate to these feelings, then discover the Biblical reason for it! It will amaze you and fill you with joy!

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    PLEASE READ ON SO THAT YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE YOUR TRUE IDENTITY! FOR THERE EXISTS A DIVIDED ISRAEL AT THE MOMENT; BUT NEVERTHELESS, READ ON ABOUT ITS SOON RESTORATION AND REUNIFICATION. MOREOVER, READ ON ABOUT THE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU, THE ZIONIST CHRISTIAN, WILL PLAY IN THESE EVENTS!!!

    This is what Jeremiah said about YOU!

    “FOR THERE SHALL BE A DAY WHEN THE WATCHMEN ON MOUNT EPHRAIM SHALL CALL OUT, ARISE, AND LET US GO UP TO ZION TO YHWH OUR ELOHIM! FOR THUS SAYS YHWH, SING WITH GLADNESS FOR JACOB, AND SHOUT AMONG THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS. CRY OUT, GIVE PRAISE AND SAY, O YHWH, SAVE YOUR PEOPLE, THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL.” (Jer. 31:6-7)

    How do the underlined words in the above verse of Scripture relate to you? I think you’ll be utterly amazed once you’ve discovered the secret… please read on.

    Let us consider for a moment that in chapter 48 of the book of Genesis, the patriarch, Jacob/Israel, is seen blessing his two grandchildren. These grandchildren are the sons of Yoseph ben Yaacov [Joseph the son of Jacob], and these children were called Manasseh and Ephraim.

    Joseph was not Jacob’s firstborn. Nevertheless, he was the son who received the bekhor (right of the firstborn) from his father Jacob- just as Isaac had received it in place of Ismael (i.e., by election). This, therefore, meant that upon his father Jacob’s death Joseph would inherit the place of authority- as head of the clan. It also meant that he would receive a ‘double portion’ as regards to the material inheritance regarding the land of promise. Finally, it also included a special blessing called ‘the blessing of the firstborn’ which confirmed his headship and pronounced a special blessing for ‘fruitfulness’ upon him [e.g. Gen. 27: 28-29; 49:22-26].

    This ancient blessing was inherited from the patriarch Abraham by virtue of some very important promises which Abraham received from El Shaddai (also known as YHWH/Yahweh). One of Yahweh’s specified promises to Abraham was that his seed would become a great and fruitful multitude in the earth. [Gen. 12:1; 13:14-16; 15: 5-7, 18; 17:4-7]

    This “Firstborn blessing” was always imparted to the ‘bekhor’ with the use of the right hand. Therefore, when the time came, Joseph naturally assumed that his father (Jacob/Israel) would place his right hand upon the head of Manasseh- Joseph’s firstborn son- in order to impart the special blessing of the bekhor upon him. However, that was not to be the case.

    “AND ISRAEL STRETCHED OUT HIS RIGHT HAND, AND LAID IT UPON EPHRAIM’S HEAD, WHO WAS THE YOUNGER, AND HIS LEFT HAND UPON MANASSEH’S HEAD, GUIDING HIS HANDS WITTINGLY; FOR MANASSEH WAS THE FIRSTBORN. AND HE BLESSED JOSEPH, AND SAID, ELOHIM, BEFORE WHOM MY FATHERS ABRAHAM AND ISAAC DID WALK, THE ELOHIM WHICH FED ME ALL MY LIFE UNTO THIS DAY, THE ANGEL WHICH REDEEMED ME FROM ALL EVIL, BLESS THE LADS; AND LET MY NAME BE CALLED ON THEM, AND THE NAME OF MY FATHERS ABRAHAM AND ISAAC; AND LET THEM GROW [Strong’s #1711 ‘dagah’- to spawn as teeming schools of fish] INTO A MULTITUDE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH.

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    AND WHEN JOSEPH SAW THAT HIS FATHER LAID HIS RIGHT HAND UPON THE HEAD OF EPHRAIM IT DISPLEASED HIM: AND HE HELD UP HIS FATHER’S HAND, TO REMOVE IT FROM EPHRAIM’S HEAD UNTO MANASSEH’S HEAD. AND JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS FATHER, NOT SO, MY FATHER: FOR THIS IS THE FIRSTBORN; PUT THY RIGHT HAND UPON HIS HEAD. AND HIS FATHER REFUSED, AND SAID, I KNOW IT, MY SON, I KNOW IT: HE ALSO SHALL BECOME A PEOPLE 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 FULNESS] ‘OF NATIONS’ [OF GENTILES]… AND HE SET EPHRAIM BEFORE MANASSEH.” (Genesis 48:14-20)

                                                                                     Jacob blesses Ephraim_2  

     

    Ephraim’s name actually meant ‘doubly fruitful’. He was to become Joseph’s ‘fruitful bough’ [Gen.49:22] which is by a well [Isa.12:3] whose branches run over the wall [i.e., beyond its borders]. The Scriptures relate that Ephraim’s descendants went on to become the head of what later became known as the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel [or the Kingdom of Israel] as separate from the Kingdom of Judah to the south.

    These ten northern tribes came to be collectively known as ‘Ephraim’ or ‘Israel’. However, because of their idolatries and spiritual adulteries, Yahweh eventually judged them and gave them over to their enemies. Thus, Hosea- a prophet of Yahweh to the Northern Kingdom of Israel/Ephraim- wrote the following:

    “Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure. For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.” (Hosea 8:8-9)

    “…And Elohim said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.” (Hosea 1:6)

    “Then said Elohim, Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your Elohim.” (Hosea 1:9)

    “And YHWH said unto him, Call his name Jezreel… and they shall hear Jezreel.” (Hosea 1:4; 2:22) [‘Jezreel’ Strong’s #3157 meaning ‘God will sow’; stemming from the root word ‘zara’; i.e, the cultivation process of disseminating, sowing, planting, bearing, conceiving seed; and a yield]

    “And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my Elohim.” (Hosea 2:23)

    “Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living El [B’nei El-Chai]. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel [Ephraim] be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.” (Hosea 1:10-11)

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    Based upon these understandings of Ephraim’s prophetic future, we begin to get the inkling that Jeremiah’s prophecy- concerning ‘THE WATCHMEN ON THE MOUNT EPHRAIM’- is actually talking about YOU, dear ‘Zionist Christian’! You, who were not a people; but now, are a people. You, who were once foreigners and strangers to the covenants; but now, are part of the household of FAITH… and citizens in the commonwealth of ISRAEL! [Romans 9:23-27; Ephesians 2:11-14] You, who have been born of the “incorruptible seed” of the word of YHWH [1Peter 1:23]; and who have a deep yearning to see the salvation of All ISRAEL! [Roman 11:11; 25,26]

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    Jeremiah is speaking of You… of a people who’ve made ‘shuva’- i.e., a repentant return to YHWH; and thus, a return to the ancient paths/the Hebraic roots- in the latter days! For Jeremiah states the following clearly:

    “…in the latter days ye shall consider it. At that same time, saith YHWH, will I be the Elohim of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people”… And again he proclaims:

    I (YHWH) have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art YHWH my Elohim.

    Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.” (Jeremiah 30:24; 31:1; 18-19)

    It is clear to me that the Zionist Christian/Hebraic Roots movements are literally the corporate awakening of the House of Ephraim, and the beginnings of their ‘shuva’/return to the ancient paths of their Hebraic, Biblical roots. This was confirmed to me in relation to the Jeremiah 31:6 prophecy when I discovered an old copy of a book entitled ‘The Pentateuch & Haftorahs’; edited by Dr. J.H. Hertz, C.H. This man, Dr. Hertz, was once the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire; moreover, this was the second edition of a work which he had edited and which the Jewish publishing house, Soncino Press of London, England subsequently published in 1960.

    While thumbing through the book one day, I came across the above verses from Jeremiah- and more. In fact, on pages 956-957 of this work, I found the whole passage- Jeremiah 31; verses 2 through 20. It was printed in Hebrew with English translation; and it had some very interesting commentary; but it was a few basic points which caught my eye.

    Beginning with Jeremiah 31:2-3, it said the following:

    “Thus saith the LORD: The people that were left of the sword

    Have found grace in the wilderness,

    Even Israel, when I go to cause him to rest.”

    The ‘Soncino’ commentary, below the verse, states:

    “‘that were left of the sword’… The survivors of the carnage which accompanied the overthrow of the Northern Kingdom. The use of this phrase discounts the interpretation that the prophet is alluding to the exodus from Egypt.” [pg.956]

    I was very intrigued by this statement, in that I knew that the “Northern Kingdom”- being referred to here- is synonymous with the House of Ephraim. [Hosea 5:14-15]

    But, of even more interest to me was the Soncino commentary on the following:

    ’the wilderness’…The land of their exile. They will find favour in God’s eyes. The verbs are in the prophetic past, although applying to the future.” [pg.956]

    Did you catch that?!….. “They [Ephraim] will find favour in God’s eyes.” This was clearly prophesied; and yet, to the modern Israeli/Jewish people the ‘House of Ephraim’ (the Northern Kingdom of Israel) were dispersed and lost to them- swallowed up among the Gentile nations long long ago [Hosea 8:8].                           

    Yahweh knew it would be so; and so, He declared to Ezekiel:

    Son of man, thy brethren, [even] thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, [are] they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from YHWH: unto us is this land given in possession.

    Therefore say, Thus saith Adonai YHWH; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezekiel 11:15, 16)

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    YHWH’s words, here, through the prophet Ezekiel, are absolutely profound and amazing when you see their relationship to the statements that were later made by Yahshua HaMashiach during his earthly ministry- as follows:

    “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:14-15; cf. Num. 21:8-9)… and

    “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.” (John 10:15-16)

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    Just a bit further along in John’s Gospel – as if to confirm Yahshua’s amazing “other sheep” statement – it would seem that the Ruach HaKodesh is giving us a tremendous clue regarding the identity of these “other sheep” whom he (Yahshua) would shepherd.  I believe this is given as a prophetic and symbolic illustration enacted by Yahshua, himself.  An illustration which would herald the next major stage in the salvation process for both Houses of Israel:

    “Then from that day forth they [the chief council of the Judaens] took counsel together for to put him [Yahshua] to death. Yahshua therefore walked no more openly among the Jews [Judaens]; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness’, into a city called Ephraim’, and there continued with his disciples.” (John 11:53-54)

    Returning to the Soncino commentary on Jeremiah 31 and verse 3, we see that in defining the term “Israel”- it says:

    “Israel . The Ten Tribes of the north.”

    The Soncino Press- a Jewish commentary- confirms that those who ‘found grace in the wilderness’ were those of the Northern Kingdom of Israel/Ephraim!

    Today, the average Jew is a descendant of the Southern Tribe of Judah- hence the moniker, Jew. Our brother, Judah, retains little to no recollection of his banished and “vanished” brethren, Ephraim/Israel. But not so with our Heavenly Father; for He loves both Judah and Ephraim dearly… and thus, He says:

    “Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith YHWH.” (Jeremiah 31:20)

    “I will ransom them (Ephraim) from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction…” (Hosea 13:14)

    I believe it was for this very reason that the apostle John wrote the following:

    “And this spake he [Caiaphas] not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Yahshua should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of Elohim that were scattered abroad. (John 11:51-52)

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    “The children of Elohim that were scattered abroad”…?!?! Could there be any clearer allusion to Yahweh’s promise to ransom and regather Ephraim, the Ten Lost Tribes of the Northern Kingdom? [Jer. 31:9-11]

    In his classic work “The Life And Times Of Jesus The Messiah”, the Messianic Jewish believer, Alfred Edersheim wrote:

    “As regards the ten tribes [the Northern kingdom (Israel/Ephraim] there is this truth… that, as their persistent apostacy from the God of Israel and His worship had cut them off from his people, so the fulfilment of the Divine promises to them in the latter days would imply, as it were, a second birth to make them once more Israel.” (Book I, Vol. I, Chapter I; page 15).

    “Second birth”?….. That is, as in ‘born again’!

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    Are you aware, dear Zionist Christian, that even as Joseph’s son, Ephraim, was to become “the fullness of the nations” [see Jay Green Interlinear Bible... Gen. 48:19] that, so too, this same exact expression was used by the Apostle Paul when referring to ‘born again’ believers who would be grafted into the Olive Tree of Israel in the latter days?!

    I declare to you that the same FULNESS OF THE NATIONS (GENTILES) that was prophesied concerning  Ephraim in Genesis 48:19 is the exact same fulness of the Gentiles alluded to by the Apostle Paul in Romans 11:25!  Moreover, the “fulness of the Gentiles” is not some sort of arbitrary heavenly quota that’s been designated as the permissable number for gentile salvations.  It speaks, rather, of a cohesive Hebraic storyline that links the Old and New Testaments together.  It is, in point of fact, referring to YOU, dear Zionist Christians, but in a way that you’ve never likely considered.  It’s actually referring to your true identity and to your latter-day role in All Israel’s salvation:

    “…..that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved…..” (Rom. 11:25, 26)

    This begs the following question: If the Zionist Christians are related to the ‘fulness of the Gentiles’ then what exactly is it that they must come into in order for All Israel to be saved???”

    Answer: They must come into the knowledge of their true identity as repentant, blood washed, Spirit-filled, regenerated, renewed, transformed, Torah-loving, red hot ISRAELITE Ephraimites!… capable of provoking Judah to jealousy; and then ALL ISRAEL shall be saved!!!

     

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    Therefore, going back to my original text in Jeremiah 31, I’d like you to also know, dear Zionist Christian, who are praying and interceding for Israel as a Watchman’: that in Jeremiah 31:6 the Hebrew word for ‘watchmen’ is the word “Notzrim”- as it is found in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Scriptures. This is the exact Hebrew word used by modern-day Israelis when referring to CHRISTIANS; or to those of the CHRISTIAN faith!!!

    “For there shall be a day, That the watchmen (NOTZRIM/ CHRISTIANS) shall call upon the mount Ephraim [WHICH REPRESENTS THEIR HERITAGE; AS WELL AS, THEIR 'STRONGHOLD'] saying: ‘Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, Unto YHWH our Elohim.” (Jeremiah 31:6)

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    Therefore, what is our latter-day commission as Ephraim/Israel; i.e., as the Notzrim [watchmen/guardians]?… It is to sing, proclaim, announce, praise and intercede as follows:

    “FOR THUS SAITH YHWH: SING WITH GLADNESS FOR JACOB, AND SHOUT AT THE HEAD OF THE NATIONS [USA?… Certainly, this is where the awakening is visibly the greatest]; ANNOUNCE YE, PRAISE YE, AND SAY: ‘O YHWH, SAVE THY PEOPLE, THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL.” (Jeremiah 31:7)

    In closing, let us be ever mindful of this as well:

    “THUS SAITH ADONAI YHWH; BEHOLD, I WILL TAKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM AMONG THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THEY BE GONE, AND I WILL GATHER THEM ON EVERY SIDE, AND BRING THEM INTO THEIR OWN LAND:

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    AND I WILL MAKE THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND UPON THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL: AND ONE KING SHALL BE KING TO THEM ALL: AND THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWO NATIONS [JUDAH & EPHRAIM], NEITHER SHALL THEY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS [JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY] ANY MORE AT ALL…” “…AND DAVID MY SERVANT SHALL BE KING OVER THEM; AND THEY ALL SHALL HAVE ONE SHEPHERD…” (Ezekiel 37:21-22,24).

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                               Barchu et shem YHWH!… see videos below

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               Awaken and Arise as EPHRAIM!!!… TO YOUR TRUE CALLING AS THE ‘NOTZRIM’ (watchmen/guardians/preservers) of ISRAEL!!!                    

                             

                                                                 See: Ephraim’s March Through the Arch!

                            

     

    Also… see an amazing prophecy revealed:  The end of Ephraim’s Exile is at hand! 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Comments (10)

  • Aviel,
       This is, indeed, a most interesting “study” … but it only confirms what others have told me, in recent years, about the possibility that I could be a descendant, unknowingly, of one of the “lost tribes” of Israel.  wow!   What an honor that would be, to figure out that it could actually be traced back directly to one of the tribes, even that of Joseph.
        YHWH is so good, to let us “find” some of these missing puzzle pieces, in our lives, or so it seems.
    Only time will tell.  I have had this interest for over 12 years!  … and … now I do have a desire to move to Israel. And it does not bother me that some say it would be dangerous to live there.  It does not bother me.  But … I am a bit of an adventurer. (though a cautious risk taker, weighing my “options”)
         Thank you for sharing this with me.  I will finish by re-reading what you shared, and … reading further, … as well as finishing seeing the video portions I did not get to see, yet.
    You are kind to share this, Aviel.  Thank you!
    ElElyonYoel
    Am praising The Lord Almighty, YHWH, for using others to teach me more about the meanings of most of His Names, over a period of time.  Am glad to know that The Name “El Elyon” is one that is a powerful One to use in praying!  And I am learning more about spiritual warfare, also.  So, … I do get in the middle, at times, of a spiritual attack going on, due to my praying using Names of God, such as this one.  The enemy apparently does not like me using that Name.  But that gives me more reason to praise YHWH using El Elyon, as His Name, sometimes.  Hallelujah!!

  • @ElElyonYoel - ElElyon Yoel… let it indeed be a confirmation to you, brother!  Consider this for a moment… that the Church is fond of singing “When the Saints Go Marching In”.  One might ask, however, “marching in to where?”  Well, the New Jerusalem of course.  However, how many of those same saints stop to consider that the twelve pearly gates are for none other than the Twelve Tribes of Israel?!  Moreover, how many have considered this about that “New Covenant” that get’s them there?  What I mean to say is that this “New Covenant” has brought them/us salvation (without a doubt); and yet, the Prophet Jeremiah states that this Brit Chadasha/ New Covenant will be cut with the  House of Israel and the House of Judah.  So then, what happened to the “New Jerusalem’s gate” that’s for the Gentiles???  Also, what happened to the New Covenant between God and “the Gentiles”?!  Did God forget?  NO, He did not; but we- of the Churches- have indeed forgotten that God’s program has never changed.  From time immemorial, it has been to call out a people for His name… the name of YHWH, the God of Israel!  Therefore, we are the people of Israel!  For, if we belong to Messiah, we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.  We, once, were gentiles and strangers to the covenants; but now, we’ve been brought near through the blood of Messiah.  We are now full-fledged citizens of the Household of God… i.e., of the commonwealth of Israel!  Welcome home, brother Yoel!  Welcome home, Ephraim!…. Shalom, Avi   

  • @Aviel_8 - Aviel,  Shalom!
    Your words are encouraging.  I have not yet had time, since your last message to me, to read any more than this one “entry” on your xanga site, Aviel, so … have only read that one.
    Will try to catch up soon.
    Thank you very much for sharing the “ebook” by the Rabbi Z.
    Will read it a s a p.
    Life just seems to get busier — much to read, and … now, it is again time to pray …!
    The Lord is good and His Mercy endureth forever, and His Truth is everlasting!
    … Kathy …
    note:  El Elyon Yoel is my xanga “site name” because I wish it to honor The Most High, and that Yoel (Joel) means “YHVH is Might.”
    He is my deliverer and is my Strength, my Might!
    p.s.  My husband is a writer.  I am the one who tries to learn all I can about my possible Jewish roots; have no idea of the “exact” connection, but can only say that if there is one, then that only confirms my concern for, and interest in, and love for, people in Israel, and anywhere else, who are Hebrew / Jewish in heritage, but mostly who are “still” in search for, or in hopes of, The Messiah.  They do not realize He has come, already and has made full atonement for them, reconciling them to our Father in Heaven, and that He was truly resurrected from the dead on the third day.  The account is paid in full!  Hallelujah!
      I just rejoice in all that The Lord YHWH is teaching me and all who seek His Face, and … rejoice in all that He is!  He is mine, and I am His!  He is my Life, and all that I am or have belongs to Him!  — the Son of God, the Messiah, the Holy One of Yisrael!
    … thought you might wish to know I am a mom of 6.  Those are our children in the photo.  Three who are adults, and three who are under 18. The photo needs to be updated; was taken about 2 years ago, now.  ;o(
       Am a calligrapher, but cannot seem to “get the knack of” writing the parts of Hebrew letters, yet.  Am hoping to learn it.
    Have learned enough Greek, so far, to know how to read it, but only phonetically.  So, … have only memorized “some words” in Greek, and … am amazed at how many words used in America, are based on Greek, … but it is fascinating, for example, … beyond that, to see how many times The Name “Ye’shua” is “in” The Word, especially in David’s Psalms!  Amazing, how YHWH made it so that if we replace words like salvation (when the word, in Hebrew, is “ye’shua,” with The Name of the Son of God, … then it only adds a newer, richer meaning to the verse, in the Psalm we’re reading!  God is so awesome!  He even thought of doing that!  I wish I’d known this about 35 years ago!  ;o)
    … just some thoughts to share with you, sir.
        Thank you for what you have shared.
    Will pray, and then, soon, will get back to reading some more, to learn more, as time allows.
    Right now, am putting together some Scripture readings for the days, between now and the end of the month.
    I turn 51 near the end of December.  Should be … fun — would like to ride on a horse, but the weather here is quite cold, already.  Am an odd mom — I learned to snow ski after age 35.  Went to England more than 16 years ago, for the first time.  And went to Mexico my second time, about 10 years ago, on a short mission trip.  But … I’ve never been to Israel — and I’d much rather go there, … for a much longer time.  We shall see if The good Lord decides He can use that for some good, and … would allow it.  ;o)  My husband would also like very much to go there, though sometimes he think my interest in the Jewishness of celebrating, on a weekly basis, times of worship of our Lord … in the way I’d like to do it, a bit too Jewish for him!  He is concerned it would be a bit like something legalistic.  I’ve just said it is an interest, and that I am learning things that enable me to know more, and that is exciting.  Then, he says, it is okay.  And that is good.  It is just fascinating to me, as I learn more, to see how many things that “begin to connect” and make more sense, because “more puzzle pieces” are now “found.”
    God is good — He is patient to teach us just enough, at each stage of our lives, to open one more door, for us to see something new that He can use for good, in us and through us, … so we can enlighten someone else, … and then, they know more about Him.  And it all leads us all to praise Him more, seek Him even more, and … rejoice in Him more!  And that is good, and … He gets all the thanks for bringing it all about!  Hallelujah!

    … from a friend at … El Elyon Yoel
    http://www.lifeinthebible.org/
    http://www.openwordbase.com/

  • @ElElyonYoel - Shalom Kathy!… and all the while, I thought I was talking to the ’Papa’ in your family photo.  You do indeed have a beautiful family, sister; and I’m so happy to hear that you’ve been blessed by my article, ‘Was Jeremiah Speaking of You…’; and moreover, that you’ll soon be blessed by the beloved Rabbi Zwirn’s work.  Btw, speaking of blessings, I had a chance to visit your foundation’s website… “Life In The Bible“… excellent vision… education… and videos.  Keep up the good work!  Also, I wanted to say that regarding your comments on the Hebrew for salvation being ‘yeshua’… you might find my brief weblog entry, entitled ‘Revelations of Yeshua/Jesus’; along with its accompanying  videos, very edifying in that regard…. shalom, shalom…. Avi

  • @Aviel_8 - Shalom Aviel: I always come back to your site from time to time to fill my heart with joy! your sister in Yahshua HaMashiach, jill

  • @dew110 - I seldom receive comments, and it was for me a special blessing to have heard from you, Jill…Thank you.  Stop in more often and please do recommend this article to any Christian Zionists [a.k.a. 'Dormant Ephraimites' ] that you may come across.  May YAH richly bless you, your family and ministry…. shalom…. Avi 

  • Aviel 8,

      It looks like the last comments on this subject were posted over three (3) years ago. It’s certainly answers questions to by own background that was buried as being a descendent of both houses Judah and Ephraim. You just gave it much more clarity especially for my wife.

      Not to diverge on the subject, you may have unwitting discovered an answer for Post Psalm 83 War prophecy. Which has been a recent topic on many sights especially Bill Salus author of Israelstine and Revelation Road. The question, Where will “Greater” Israel get the additional population to fill an Israel dwelling in the “Midst of the Land”. (By the way Rabbi Jonathan
    Cahn is my Rabbi and Friend). After reading your presentation it seems to be another piece to the puzzle to answering this important question regarding:

    Israel’s Territorial Expansion Post Psalm 83 (War) By Ken Nieglos – Yonah Yitzhak , May 2012

        Only the L-rd knows what Israel’s actual territorial expansion will be post Psalm 83 conflict. As for Israel taking on their full territorial mandate as stated in the scriptures will ultimately see their total fulfillment with the return of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) and the setting up of His Messianic Kingdom. However, until that glorious day Israel’s expansion my come about in stages or phases.

        This is what I believe will happen in the relative soon in near future. Post Psalm 83 I see Israel expanding north into Lebanon perhaps up to the Latani River which was the northern border for the tribes of Asher and Naphtali circa 1200 BCE. They might even expand north to modern day Beirut as was done in the First Lebanon War in 1982 and if necessary take the whole of Lebanon. With the destruction of Damascus and its metro area, by an
    Israeli Nuclear strike(s) this area just might be too hot “radioactively” to occupy initially. Once things “cool” down a gradual expansion North Eastwards to the Euphrates is quite possible. Until then I see Israel satisfied with occupying the Bashan the eastern allocation to the tribe of Manasseh of south western Syria. Judea and Samaria i.e. the West Bank will be under total Israeli control and perhaps the first areas to be fully annexed.

       As to Jordan, the western half or third will fall to Israel taking back the areas allocated to the tribes of Gad and Reuben as well as territory of Amman, Moab and Edom down as far to the port of Aqaba. After perhaps post Gog – Magog /Ezekiel war, I can see Israel expanding fully eastwards to Euphrates.

         There have been some discussions and articles published in the past about the true location of Mt. Sinai. Traditionally located in the South Sinai Peninsula, However, there is some speculation that loosely based on Gal 4:25 that  Mount Sinai is located in the Land of Median, Arabia or North West Saudi Arabia east of the Gulf of Elait/Aqaba. There is a mountain known as Jubal Al Laz or Mountain of the Law which is considered a prime candidate. It would be interesting to know as the scriptures indicate. Is this one more reason Israel acquires this area, to have in its possession the “true” Mt. Sinai where they originally received the Torah form G-d to Moses?

         Finally, Israeli expansion will cover all of the Sinai and including the west bank of to Suez Canal on to the River of Egypt or Nile River. Especially North East Nile Delta region or the original Land of Goshen with it’s ancient city sites of Ramses, Pithom and On and perhaps Alexandria, a city that was home for prominent Jewish community throughout antiquity.

         What is also interesting is when one looks at a map of the Middle East and compares it with the sojourning and travels of father Abraham from Ur of the Caldees on Euphrates to Paran in now North West Iraq on down the Fertile Crescent and to finally Canaan. His son’s Isaac and Jacob travels, the 10 brothers of Jacob and the sons of Joseph, the growth of the 12 tribes in
    Egypt, their Exodus, wanderings on to Mt. Sinai (in Arabia) and their final arrival and entry in The Promised Land. Followed by the conquests of Joshua, through the expansion of territory under Kings David and Solomon. Post Psalm 83 War and perhaps the Ezekiel War, ALL this new territory could be under Israeli/Jewish control!  Imagine a tourist being able visiting ALL the holy sites pertaining to the genesis of the Jewish People in this greater Israel!  

      With Israel now expanded and dwelling the “the midst of the land”, Where is the Jewish population going to come from to fill this land area vacuum? Current estimation of the total global Jewish population outside of Israel is about 15 million. Even if all 15 million of the world’s Jewish population was to emigrate after Psalm 83 war. It is still not enough people to fill the expanded territories.

        However, this may be a partial answer. Over the last twenty or so years remnants of the twelve tribes especially the 10 lost ones have been found scattered across the globe. Based on a prophecy in Obadiah (Obadiah

    1:19-21) One group of people is known as the “Anusim” Hebrew: אֲנוּסִים Hebrew meaning the descendents of the coerced ones. This is a group of people who are descended from (Sephardim) Spanish/Portuguese Jewish population who were expelled in 1492-93 from Spain and Portugal. Originally fleeing “The Inquisition” forced conversions and final expulsion a portion of this group settled in and around the Mediterranean Sea and Western Europe. However, a majority came to the Western Hemisphere with Spanish and Portuguese explorers. They mixed and intermarried with them and the indigenous native populations. A large portion of today’s Hispanic community living in the Western Hemisphere today makes up a large part of this group. Only now are they beginning to rise, discover and claim the Jewish/Hebraic heritage. Some experts estimate there are perhaps 66 million “Anusim”. Obadiah may be speaking of this group as repossessing the Negev. So if only half of this estimated populations were to respond and emigrate that’s 33 million people! Perhaps this is another reason for Israel’s expansion
    after the Psalm 83 War.
         Other areas where this population may come from to participate in this future aliyah or migration to this “greater” Israel post Psalm 83. I believe this population is part and parcel of the aforementioned 15 million Jewish people currently on the planet outside of Israel. Including a march larger puzzle piece found in a new population arising out of the ten lost tribes of Israel or the House Ephraim as mentioned in an article Was Jeremiah Speaking of You? A Message To Zionist Christians  by Aviel E. Rodriguez dated Wednesday, 14 November 2007.

          Since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 there has not been a significant emigration to Israel of the Jewish People of North America in fact of the entire western hemisphere. What will drive this group of Jewish / Israelite people of the Diaspora back to Israel? 

       Here is the answer found in Jeremiah 16:15-17 (NASB)

    15 but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.

    16 “Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares the LORD, “andthey will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. 17 For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.

          The United States has the largest Jewish Population outside of Israel and especially the entire Western Hemisphere. With the possible quickly approaching economic collapse of the US, who is most likely is going to get the blame for this collapse? The bankers and stock brokers etc… As in the past, even in the recent 20th century, history will soon repeat itself. It has been one particular group of people, the Jewish people.

         Since 1948, it has been relatively and pardon the pun “a fishing expedition” when it comes to the Jewish people of the Western Hemisphere especially North America making aliyah and returning home to Eretz Israel.

         Possibly, are the L-rd’s hunters a form of persecution that will drive them out? Will America follow 1492 Spain’s policy to even drive out and perhaps even expel them including the aforementioned House of Ephraim which includes the Anusim? And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face.

    Thanks and Shalom

    Yonah Yitzhak

  • Shalom,
    Yonah… Thank you for your very interesting comment; and I would tend to agree
    with you. In keeping with that, I believe the Scriptures offer yet another
    indication as to when this end-time migration of Judah & Ephraim- back to
    Eretz Yisrael- will begin to occur… for it says in the book of Daniel that “in the days of these kings will the
    God of Heaven set up a kingdom”
    . Of which “kings” does
    Daniel speak?  They are the ‘kings’ whose
    kingdom was symbolized by the feet of the statue in King Nebuchadnezzer’s
    dream. John the ‘Revelator’ gives us to understand that ‘these kings’ are ten
    in number (Revelation 17:12-14). Thus, they would correspond to the ten toes of
    the feet of Nebuchadnezzer’s statue. We can also see that it says “in the days” of these
    kings… and please notice that it
    doesn’t say ‘prior to’, nor ‘after’ their days
    ; but rather, it
    says “in the days” (i.e.,
    as in, ‘during their rule’)
    . This verse was once commented upon by the
    Jewish sage, Rashi, who said concerning these kings and the establishment of
    ‘YHWH’s Kingdom’: “While the heirs to the Roman Empire are yet in existence.”
    So, we can reasonably say that ‘during
    the days of these kings’
    the God of Heaven will set up a kingdom. That leads me
    to also surmise that the antichrist and these 10 kings will, likely, arise as a
    result of the geo-political shifting of power that will occur in the aftermath
    of the ‘Psalm 83 War’ which you’ve spoken about in your comments.And again,
    Daniel says that ‘in their days’ the
    God of Heaven will set up a kingdom. The word for “set up” is
    Strong’s# H6966 ‘quwm’; and it’s used in the Aphel Imperfect tense. Strong’s
    explains the Aphel Imperfect tense as: “…the imperfect adds colour and movement by suggesting the “process” preliminary to its completion.
    Therefore, on the basis of this explanation, I believe that while the
    antichrist and his ten kings are establishing their new world order YHWH will
    begin His process for the complete ingathering of Judah and Ephraim (i.e., all
    Twelve Tribes of Israel) and the building up of Zion. And then it will occur
    just as it is written in Psalm 102:16… When YHWH shall ‘build up’ [Strong's# H1129
    'banah' (build up) in the Qal/Perfect Tense... i.e., as a completed action]
    Zion,
    he shall appear in his glory.Shalom
    u’bracha……… Avi

  • Avi,

         Good insight here too from the scriptures. However I tend to agree with author Bill Salus in his two books Israelstine and Revelation Road. I believe this emigration process will be in phases post psalm 83 due world economic collapse. The process may then be exacerbated after the Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38,39) episode along with the possible going home of the Ecclesia any time between now and the signing of the seven covenant between a greater Israel and the Anti Messiah which then triggers the seven year time of Jacobs Trouble.
       Many eschatologist teach the Seven year “Tribulation” begins with the going home of the Ecclesia or Rapture.  I believe this is an error; the 70th week of Daniel begins with the covenant “with sheol”.  There seems to be an intermediate or undefined time period between the Rapture and the Covenant signing. This time period could be days, weeks, months’, years or even decades. I believe the time period has to be long enough to allow the following. The order is not to be considered exact but is to be considered a progression with some items taking place consecutively while others concurrently.  
    •    Rapture anytime now forward…
    •    Israel to dwell in the midst of the land securely especially Post Psalm 83.
    •    The formation of a One World Government especially economically post Psalm 83.
    •    Greater Israel begins to develop its newly acquired territory and assets “booty” from the Psalm 83 war.
    •    Greater Israel over time becomes a regional military and economic super power.
    •    Some respect for Israel but mostly Anti-Semitism continues to arise around the world including the western hemisphere.
    •    Persecution starts of and the coming of “The Hunters”
    •    Emigration of the 12 tribes starts as a trickle to Greater Israel.
    •    Israel begins to build the third Temple
    •    Walls and security fences taken down Israel. Unwalled villages with out bars and gates are built and populated with the new and expected Olim.
    •    Gog Magog begin their alliance and planning
    •    Gog Magog launches their invasion of Greater Israel and are defeated by YHVH.
    •    The one world government splits into 10 global kingdoms each with its own king as an 11th or little horn begins to arise.
    •    Persecution increases with possible expulsion of large “Hebraic” populations to Greater Israel. However this is for a 
         malevolent and never overtly sated reason: To gather them together in one place for total extermination.
    •    The scattered 12 tribes begin in earnest emigration to Greater Israel post Gog War.
    •    Little Horn (Anti Messiah) overthrows three kings and he assumes mastery over the remaining seven kingdoms.
    •    Anti Messiah with cunning and deception negotiates with Greater Israel. (Although Israel is negotiating from a position
    of strength) and some surrounding countries or powers sign the seven year convent. Tribulation Begins.
    •    Completion of the Third Temple
    •    During the first three and a half years of false peace the remaining 12 tribes come in as a flood.

    Shalom

    Yonah

  • Well, Yonah, as much as I agree with the general understanding of the ‘Psalm 83 War’ scenario; and though I’ve not read the ‘Israelstine’ book, I would yet have to say that there seems to be quite a bit of conjecture involved in prognosticating the war’s aftermath. I, therefore, prefer to simply stick with the “road sign” that (as explained earlier) I believe YHWH has given us in

    Daniel 2:44… i.e., “…in the days of ‘these kings’ shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed.” 

    We shall see how things unfold in the interim between now and the appearance of ‘those kings’. 


    Shalom, 

    Avi 

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