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PROPHECY~
Never in history have two nations spurted from virtual obscurity into incredible,
unprecedented national wealth and power. Was
a
mere/y chance? Ajluke of history?
Or were they given this wealthfor a reason? This installment explains just why these
birthright peoples enjoyed nearly three-fourths of the world's wealth, and what the
Bible prophecies about them mean to you today!
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
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most <emarkable fulfillmcnt of bib\ka\ proph-
tribes or thcir dcsccndants. Thcsc two birthright tribcs
ccy in modern times was the sudden sprouting forth of the
were part of thc northern kingdom of Israel.
two mightiest world powcrs-one. a commonwealth of na-
Notice again the original promise: "A
nation
and a
tions forming the greatest world empirc of all time; the
company of nations
shall be of thce" (Gen. 35:1 1).
other, the wealthiest , most powerful nation on earth today.
In passing on the birthright promise the dying Jacob
Thcse birthright peoplcs came, with incredible sudden-
( Israel) said of Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph,
ness, into possession of more than two-thirds- nearly
"... Jet
my name
be named on
them''
(Gen. 48: 16).
three-fourths- of the cultivated wealth and resources of
Hcnce it is THEY- the descendants of Ephraim (the Brit-
the whole world! This scnsational spurt from virtual ob-
ish) and Manasseh (Americans)- not the Jews, who are
scurity in so short a time gives incontrovertible PROOF of
referrcd to in
prophecy
under thc names of
Jacob
or ls-
divine inspiration. Ncvcr, in all history, did anything like
rael. Continuing, Jacob added, ·•... and Jet
them
grow
it occur.
into a multitude."
But why did this unprecedented national wealth and
Then, speaking of Manasseh and his descendants
atone.
power cometo our birthright inheritors only afler the year
Jacob said prophetically: " ... he also shall becomc a
A.D. 1800? Why did not this national dominance cometo
pcople [nationJ, and he also shall be GREAT: but truly his
thc tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh millennia ago-in
younger brother [Ephraim] shall be greater than he, and
the days of Moses, or Joshua, or David, or Elijah?
his
seed shall become a MULTITUDE [a company, or COM–
A " Nation" and a " Commonwealth of Nations"
Remember now thc birthright promisc was given to thc
two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh- not to the other
The
PLAIN TRUTH April 1979
MONWEALTH] of NATIONS" (Gen. 48: 19).
In A.D. 1800 the United Kingdom and the Unitcd
States were small and insignificant among the earth's na–
tions. Tbe United Kingdom consisted only of thc British
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