I am not one who supports British-Israelites but they have sound Biblical facts that must be considered. They have done their homework on these details. I have done much more and have followed this truth in greater detail. Of course I understand when Judahs day will come but until then God has had separate dealings with them. Some have asked the question ,why is it important to learn about the difference between The Northern Kingdom ( called House of Israel ) and The Southern Kingdom ( called House of Judah ). This article written in 1876 explains the importance very well ! Part of the article from Edward Hines in 1876: Brethren! is it not a lamentable assertion to make in 1876, that seven-eighths of the Bible are misunderstood? yet it is, too truly, a fact. By not distinguishing Israel from Judah, we set all the prophetical books at variance with each other; we make one prophet give the direct falsehood to another; we make Isaiah call into question the prophecies of Jeremiah; and Jeremiah impugn the statements of Hosea. We set Joel against Amos, Zephaniah against Zechariah, and make Ezekiel contradict them all. Hundreds of proofs are at hand to substantiate these statements, but a few must suffice. Isaiah, Hosea, and Christ declare Israel to be Lost. Isaiah 7:8; Hosea 1:10; 6:2; Matt. 15:24. Jeremiah and Ezekiel declare Judah to be Known. Jer. 24:9; Ezek. 22:4. Hosea declares Israel to be as the sand for Multitude. Hos. 1:1 0. Jeremiah declares Judah to be Few in number. Jer. 15:7. Isaiah, David, and Micah declare Israel to be the Strongest War Power upon earth. Isa. 41:11; Psa. 105:24, Micah 7:16. Whereas Jeremiah declares Judah to be Without Might. Jer. 19:7. God Almighty, Samuel, David, Isaiah, and Jeremiah declare Israel to be a Monarchy. Sam. 7:12, 13; Psa. 89:4; Isa. 37:31; 49:23; Jer. 33:26. Jeremiah states Judah to be without Government, 17:4. Isaiah states that Israel is to be an Island Nation with large Colonies, Isa 49:1. Jeremiah and Ezekiel state Judah to be strangers in all countries, without geographical inheritance. Jer. 24:9; Ezek. 22:16. Isaiah, Hosea, Micah, Habakkuk, and Paul declare Israel to be a Christian People. Isa. 44:23; Hos. 2:19; Micah 5:7; Hab. 3:13; ROM. 6:14. Whereas Ezekiel, Nahum, Zechariah, Christ, and Peter declare Judah to be under the Mosaic Law. Ezek. 43:18-27; Nahum 1:15; Zech. 9:11; Mark 7:9; Luke 13:35; 1 Peter 2:8. Many scores of such illustrations might be given. These statements are, in reality, perfectly harmonious. It is only when we read Scripture in our blindness, under the impression that each statement refers to one and the same people, that it becomes contradictory; then it is that the whole Bible seems one mass of confusion, defying the genius of man to bring forth a shadow of reconciliation, without doing material damage to other parts of the Book. Tom Paine fell into the common error of looking at the Jews as the House of Israel, and states boldly in his writings that he was led into infidelity because he saw that the Jews could never verify the promises given to Israel; he therefore gave the Bible up as a myth. Honestly, I cannot blame the man; for he did but exercise an acute judgement; and I frankly avow, that if my eyes had not been opened, and my mind instructed, to see that Israel and Judah are not the same people, I could have come to no other conclusion. I can never be too thankful to the Almighty, that in my youth He used the late Professor Wilson to show me the difference between the two Houses. The very understanding of this difference is the key by which almost the entire Bible becomes intelligible, and I cannot state too strongly, that the man who has not yet seen that the Israel of the Scriptures are totally distinct from the Jewish people, is yet in the very infancy, the mere alphabet of Biblical study, and that, to this day, the meaning of fully seven-eighths of the Bible is completely shut out to his understanding. I close this chapter by a short and powerful description of the difference between Israel and Judah, given forth by God Himself: Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants (Israel) shall eat, but ye (Judah) shall be hungry,. behold, my servants (Israel) shall drink, but ye (Judah) shall be thirsty; behold, my servants (Israel) shall rejoice, but ye (Judah) shall be ashamed; behold, my servants (Israel) shall sing for joy of heart, but ye (Judah) shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit,. and ye (Judah) shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen (Israel); for the Lord God shall slay thee (Judah), and call His servants (Israel) by another name Isa. 65:13, 14, 15 My footnote: After all House of Israel has been restored by the Gospel the blinders will be removed from Judahs eyes and they too shall see who it was that they rejected and be brought together with the House of Israel and made one again with one King.
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