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prophecy! We can pick up. Jeremiah's trail in actual his–
tory besides!
lsrael's New Land
We are ready now to search out the actuallocation of the
lost tribes of the outcast house of Israel. We know they
exist today as a nation, and a company of nations, power–
ful, looked upon as Gentiles. And when we find them, we
shall find the throne of David!
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
thes~
people by those to whom God reveals it!
First, fix in mind these facts:
T he 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 tbe Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom [house
of lsrael- 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 lo,
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will c.ommand, and
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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 condi–
tion of the J ews. But it has nothing todo with the Jews, or
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
Jews were taken to Babyl0n . This prophecy s·ays that
ISRAEL (not J udah) was to be sifted among other na–
tions-these lsraelites losing their identity- yet God has
protected and kept them: "yet shall not the least grain fall
upon the earth."
A New Homeland
It was during this time that the children of the house of
Israel were to "abide many days without a king" (Hosea
3:4). That these people did sift through. all na tions is clear.
Many New Testament passages indicate this. Although
many of them still were scattered among various nations
in the first century A.D., a portien of them had become
established in a definite location of their own by Jere–
miah's time-140 years after their original captivity.
But these lsraelites who possessed the birthright even–
tually were to cometo a new land of their own. The Eter–
na! says, in
11
Samuel 7:10 and
1
Chronicles 17:9: "More–
over
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will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will
PLANT THEM [Jeremiah was commissioned to do the
PLANTING of the throne among them], that they may
dwell in a place of their own, and
move no more."
The
context of the whole passage shows this refers, not to Pal–
estine, but a ditferent land where these scattered lsraelites
were to gather after being removed from the promised
Iand of Palestine, while that Iand was lying idle and in
possession of the Gentiles.
Notice carefully! After being removed from Palestine,
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being sifted among all nations, abiding many days without
a king, losing their identity, they are to be "planted" in a
faraway strange land now to become their own. And, note
it, after reaching this place
they are to move no more!
T hat is, of course, during this present world.
While other prophecies indicate these birthright hold–
ers 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
WERETO MOVE NO MORE. Therefore, the Jocation of this
people today is the place where Jeremiah planted David's
throne more than 2500 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 Israel
is
yet
to return, at Christ's coming, to Palestine-yet to
plant grapes in Samaria, their original country. Prophe–
cies telling where they shall, in that future day, migrate
FROM will reveal the location of "lost" ten-tribed ISRAEL!
The two succeeding "overturns" of the throne, too, must
be located in this same general locale.
Lost Israel Located
Without further suspense, Jet us see where prophecy lo–
cates these birthright holders, now possessing the throne
of David and having received earth's richest national
blessíngs. Remember they are distinguíshed from Ju–
dah-the Jews- by various names: "Ephraim," "Joseph,"
"Jacob," "Rache!" (the mother of Joseph), " Samaria"
(their former home), "Israel."
According to Hosea 12: 1: "Ephraim ... followeth after
the east wind." An "east wind" travels west. Ephraim
must have gone
west
from Assyria. When the Eterna!
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 Eterna! said: "Backsliding Israel
hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Go
and proclaim these words
toward the
NORTH, and say,
Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord " (Jer.
3:11-12). Israel is clearly distinguished from Judah. Of
course Israel was north of Judah while still in Palestine–
but when these words were written by Jeremiah, Israel
had been removed from Palestine more than 130 years
and had long since migrated,
with
the Assyrians, north
(and west) of Assyria's original location.
And in these last days messengers are to go "toward the
NORTH" (of Jerusalem) in order to locate lost Israel and
proclaim this warning. So the· location, we now find, is
toward the north, also west, and in the sea.
The 18th verse, same chapter, says: "In those days the
house of J udah shall walk with the house of Israel [mar–
gin,
to
the house of Israel], and they shall come together
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