From: Yair Davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Ephraim / Judah and Esau

NOTE FROM EDDIE:

Yair Davidi is an ORTHODOX JEW who lives in Jerusalem, Israel and
has a ministry (Brit-Am) devoted and dedicated to doing research and
spreading awareness of the Ten Lost Tribes and their reunification
with the house of Judah in the end of days.

END OF NOTE

[Zechariah 1:15] AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN THAT
ARE AT EASE: FOR I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED, AND THEY HELPED
FORWARD THE AFFLICTION.

"THEY HELPED FORWARD THE AFFLICTION" in Hebrew "azru [helped] leRa
[to make worse]".

This means that because the Jews (Judah) had sinned God was angry at
them and delivered them into non-Jewish hands as a punishment BUT the
non-Jews took advantage of the situation and oppressed the Jews.
Therefore God is angry at them.

In Scripture the Jews are represented by the terms
Jerusalem, Zion, or Judah. Judah, Reuben, and the Tribes of Joseph
(Ephraim and Menasseh) all in their own way could claim a degree of
pre-eminence:

"The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the
firstborn; but, for as much as he defiled his father's bed, his
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright."

[Zechariah 8:23] THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; IN THOSE DAYS IT SHALL
COME TO PASS, THAT TEN MEN SHALL TAKE HOLD OUT OF ALL LANGUAGES OF THE
NATIONS, EVEN SHALL TAKE HOLD OF THE SKIRT OF HIM THAT IS A JEW,
SAYING, WE WILL GO WITH YOU: FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.

These "TEN MEN" probably represent all (or many of) the peoples of the
world since it says " OUT OF ALL LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS",

Even so they may also represent the Lost TEN Tribes who will also wish to
re-attach themselves to JUDAH, i.e. to someone "THAT IS A JEW, SAYING,
WE WILL GO WITH YOU: FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU".

"ARE THE JEWS JEWISH?"

There exist some so called "Identity" movements who do not really
believe in "Identity" nor do they really believe in the Bible though
they sometimes pretend to. These groups claim that the present-day
Jews are not descended from Judah-but rather from Edomites or other
people. They claim that the "true" descendants of Judah are other
peoples, some say the true descendants of Judah are the Germans,
others say they are the Africans! Perhaps it was the Germans or the
Afro-Americans who really killed Jesus? These claims about the Jews
not belonging to Judah are stupid but they do have some influence
some times. Otherwise quite well-meaning sensible people have
sometimes gotten mixed up with racist groups and been misled by them.
In the case of the so-called "white supremacist" groups they have
sometimes been a menace to us, misled otherwise good people, and also
misled the public at large as to thinking that they represent
"Identity Identity".

In Proverbs it says:
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.
"Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own
deceit" (Proverbs 26;4-5).

In other words we do not have to reply to
the claims of every misguided or deranged person. Nevertheless in some
cases we should know enough to reply to them if necessary. Sometimes
these people can push their opinion quite forcefully at an inopportune
moment and it helps to have a ready answer. This chapter of
Zechariahariah provides it!

[Zechariahariah says that the Jews of Judah prior to their final
redemption will have endured a long history Of having been presecuted
and treated with contempt. "AS YE WERE A CURSE AMONG THE HEATHEN, O
HOUSE OF JUDAH, AND HOUSE OF ISRAEL" ([Zechariahariah 8;13).

[Isaiah 11:12] HE WILL RAISE AN ENSIGN FOR THE NATIONS, AND WILL
ASSEMBLE THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, AND GATHER THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.

OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, = The Lost Ten
Tribes who will be found gathered together in specific areas.

THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH i.e. the Jews who are scattered all over the world.

It is also true that in Biblical Times there was frequent tension
between Judah in the south and the Ten Tribes of Israel headed by
Ephraim in the north. This tension apparently was destined to continue
for a degree throughout the time of exile. In the time of the Messiah
or in the Era leading up to it there will be reconciliation between
the two entities.

[Isaiah 11:13] THE JEALOUSY OF EPHRAIM SHALL DEPART,
AND THOSE WHO HARASS JUDAH SHALL BE CUT OFF; EPHRAIM SHALL NOT BE
JEALOUS OF JUDAH, AND JUDAH SHALL NOT HARASS EPHRAIM.

"EPHRAIM" represents all the Ten Tribes.

"WHO HARASS JUDAH SHALL BE CUT OFF": Anti-Semites will be punished.

"EPHRAIM SHALL NOT BE JEALOUS OF JUDAH": A lot of anti-Semitism is due
to jealousy.

"JUDAH SHALL NOT HARASS EPHRAIM": Jewish do-gooders and
hyper-active individuals etc sometimes antagonize other people. This
verse speaks of "Ephraim" (the Ten Tribes) and "Judah" (the Jews) as
remaining separate entities sometimes antagonistic to each other right
up to the end times and that eventually they will be reconciled and
re-united.

[Ezekiel 37:16] MOREOVER, THOU SON OF MAN, TAKE THEE ONE STICK, AND
WRITE UPON IT, FOR JUDAH, AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HIS
COMPANIONS: THEN TAKE ANOTHER STICK, AND WRITE UPON IT, FOR JOSEPH,
THE STICK OF EPHRAIM AND FOR ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL HIS COMPANIONS:

[Ezekiel 37:17] AND JOIN THEM ONE TO ANOTHER INTO ONE STICK; AND THEY
SHALL BECOME ONE IN THINE HAND.

[Ezekiel 37:18] AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE SHALL SPEAK UNTO
THEE, SAYING, WILT THOU NOT SHEW US WHAT THOU MEANEST BY THESE?

[Ezekiel 37:19] SAY UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; BEHOLD, I WILL
TAKE THE STICK OF JOSEPH, WHICH IS IN THE HAND OF EPHRAIM, AND THE
TRIBES OF ISRAEL HIS FELLOWS, AND WILL PUT THEM WITH HIM, EVEN WITH
THE STICK OF JUDAH, AND MAKE THEM ONE STICK, AND THEY SHALL BE ONE IN
MINE HAND.

[Ezekiel 37:20] AND THE STICKS WHEREON THOU WRITEST SHALL BE IN THINE
HAND BEFORE THEIR EYES.

[Ezekiel 37:21] AND SAY UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; BEHOLD, I
WILL TAKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM AMONG THE HEATHEN, WHITHER THEY
BE GONE, AND WILL GATHER THEM ON EVERY SIDE, AND BRING THEM INTO THEIR
OWN LAND:

[Ezekiel 37:22] 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, NEITHER SHALL THEY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO
KINGDOMS ANY MORE AT ALL.

[Ezekiel 37:23] NEITHER SHALL THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES ANY MORE WITH
THEIR IDOLS, NOR WITH THEIR DETESTABLE THINGS, NOR WITH ANY OF THEIR
TRANSGRESSIONS: BUT I WILL SAVE THEM OUT OF ALL THEIR
DWELLINGPLACES, WHEREIN THEY HAVE SINNED, AND WILL CLEANSE THEM:
SO SHALL THEY BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD.

[Ezekiel 37:24] AND DAVID MY SERVANT SHALL BE KING OVER THEM; AND THEY
ALL SHALL HAVE ONE SHEPHERD: THEY SHALL ALSO WALK IN MY JUDGMENTS, AND
OBSERVE MY STATUTES, AND DO THEM.

[Ezekiel 37:25] AND THEY SHALL DWELL IN THE LAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN
UNTO JACOB MY SERVANT, WHEREIN YOUR FATHERS HAVE DWELT; AND THEY SHALL
DWELL THEREIN, EVEN THEY, AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR CHILDREN'S
CHILDREN FOR EVER: AND MY SERVANT DAVID SHALL BE THEIR PRINCE FOR
EVER.

[Ezekiel 37:26] MOREOVER I WILL MAKE A COVENANT OF PEACE WITH THEM; IT
SHALL BE AN EVERLASTING COVENANT WITH THEM: AND I WILL PLACE THEM, AND
MULTIPLY THEM, AND WILL SET MY SANCTUARY IN THE MIDST OF THEM FOR
EVERMORE.

[Ezekiel 37:27] MY TABERNACLE ALSO SHALL BE WITH THEM: YEA, I WILL BE
THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

[Ezekiel 37:28] AND THE HEATHEN SHALL KNOW THAT I THE LORD DO SANCTIFY
ISRAEL, WHEN MY SANCTUARY SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THEM FOR EVERMORE.

Not only will "Judah" and "Joseph" be reconciled and re-united but
they will also co-operate in transferring the Palestinian Arabs to
someplace in the West, as foreseen by the Prophet Isaiah.

[Isaiah 11:14] BUT THEY SHALL SWOOP DOWN UPON THE SHOULDER OF THE PHILISTINES
IN THE WEST, AND TOGETHER THEY SHALL PLUNDER THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST.
THEY SHALL PUT FORTH THEIR HAND AGAINST EDOM AND MOAB, AND THE
AMMONITES SHALL OBEY THEM.

The above verse (Isaiah 11;14) concerning the Philistines as it
has been translated (in the KJ and Orthodox Jewish "Koren"
translation) is consistent with the simple Hebrew and with the
context. Nevertheless, one of the intricacies of Biblical Hebrew is
that often words and expressions may intentionally have more than one
meaning. In this case the Hebrew may also be understood as saying,

"THEY SHALL FLY THE PHILISTINES AWAY WESTWARD"

The Hebrew says: "VeAFU BeCeTeF PLiSHTIM YaMaH..", i.e. word for word
from the Hebrew:

"[veafu] And they will fly ((or cause to be flown))
["becetef"] by wing [Plishtim] Phillistines [Yama] towards the Sea ((or Towards the
west)) ": this may be interpreted to mean anyone of the following:

1.That the Phillistines in the west are being flown against, OR

2. ALTERNATELY (and more consistently with the Literal Hebrew) that they
will be flown out westward, OR It is interesting to note that the word
for westward is the Hebrew "Yamah" meaning literally "to the sea", and
the sea was in the west.

The Palestinians used to repeatedly declare
their intention of driving the Jews "into the sea" though now they use
more openly that they want to kill all the Jews. On some subconscious
mystical level the Palestinians may have been trying to redirect what
is literally prophesied concerning their own destiny.

. i.e. The Palestinians shall be transported elsewhere by air flight

"towards the sea", to somewhere in the west, perhaps to North Africa
or to South America.

Not only does Scripture and its connected tradition identify
modern nations with their ancestral counterparts, the Bible also
indicates the final outcome of ancestral struggles that were begun
long ago.

From the above we see that:

1. Despite whatever faults the Jews may or may not have they are
still part of the Chosen People of God and they have their own
God-given task to play in the world. Whoever persecutes the Jews is
persecuting God and will be punished accordingly.

2. Scripture describes Judah and the religious practices of the
Jews under the term Judah.

3. It was predicted that tension would always exist
between Ephraim (the Ten Tribes) and Judah.

4. In the latter Days Judah and Ephraim will be reconciled and re-united.

5. Judah and Ephraim will co-operate together in transferring
the Palestinians to some alternate abode in the west. They will fly them out.

REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY

Replacement Theology says that Israel (meaning in their terms the
Jews) was originally the Chosen People but now the Christians have
replaced them. Similar to Replacement Theology is the position of
certain anti-Jewish Identity groups that say that the Jews are not
true Israelites but rather they themselves are and that the Jews are
Edomites. This doctrine is promoted with great persistency and
passionate conviction. There must be an explanation for this
fanaticism that derives from the pathological state of its advocates.
They themselves are most likely the descendants of Esau who lost his
birthright to Jacob. In both Replacement Theology and anti-Jewish
Identity Doctrine you have the jealousy of Esau (Edom) trying to
regain the rights of primogeniture by replacing Judah and Israel.

[Genesis 27:41] AND ESAU HATED JACOB BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING WHEREWITH
HIS FATHER BLESSED HIM: AND ESAU SAID IN HIS HEART, THE DAYS OF
MOURNING FOR MY FATHER ARE AT HAND; THEN WILL I SLAY MY BROTHER JACOB.
ESAU HATED JACOB BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING WHEREWITH HIS FATHER BLESSED
HIM":

Esau was the first anti-Semite. He cannot help hating Jacob.
This explains the anti-semites in the Identity movement and
Replacement Theology. Replacement Theology says that Israel (meaning
in their terms the Jews) were originally the Chosen People but now the
Christians have replaced them. The anti-Jewish identity people say
that the Jews are not true Israelites but rather they themselves are.

In both cases you have the jealousy of Esau trying to regain the
rights of the firstborn. The Bible says "You shall not abhor an
Edomite; for he is your brother ...the children that are begotten of
them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third
generation" (Deuteronomy 23:7-8). The anti-Jewish identity freaks
should repent. They cannot help being descended from Esau and if they
repent they too have a chance of being accepted as Israelite citizens.

On the same subject mentioned below we have produced below Quoted
Extracts from a very important article by STEPHEN COLLINS: Stephen
Collins in an article in the 6th issue of our magazine "BRIT-AM Truth"
(SEVERAL REASONS WHY THE JEWS ARE "JUDAH" by Steven M. Collins) points
out that there are other proofs in Scripture affirming the
identification of the present-day Jews with Judah: Below we bring some
extracts from the article by Stephen Collins (for the full article
please see the forthcoming 6th issue of our magazine "BRIT-AM Truth").

REASON 1: FULFILLMENT OF ZEPHANIAH'S PROPHECY

[ZEPHANIAH 2:1] GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER, YEA, GATHER TOGETHER, O
NATION NOT DESIRED;

[ZEPHANIAH 2:2] BEFORE THE DECREE BRING FORTH, BEFORE THE DAY PASS AS
THE CHAFF, BEFORE THE FIERCE ANGER OF THE LORD COME UPON YOU, BEFORE
THE DAY OF THE LORD'S ANGER COME UPON YOU.

[ZEPHANIAH 2:3] SEEK YE THE LORD, ALL YE MEEK OF THE EARTH, WHICH HAVE
WROUGHT HIS JUDGMENT; SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS, SEEK MEEKNESS: IT MAY BE YE
SHALL BE HID IN THE DAY OF THE LORD'S ANGER.

[ZEPHANIAH 2:4] FOR GAZA SHALL BE FORSAKEN, AND ASHKELON A DESOLATION:
THEY SHALL DRIVE OUT ASHDOD AT THE NOON DAY, AND EKRON SHALL BE
ROOTED UP.

[ZEPHANIAH 2:5] WOE UNTO THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEA COAST, THE NATION
OF THE CHERETHITES! THE WORD OF THE LORD IS AGAINST YOU; O CANAAN, THE
LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, I WILL EVEN DESTROY THEE, THAT THERE SHALL
BE NO INHABITANT.

[ZEPHANIAH 2:6] AND THE SEA COAST SHALL BE DWELLINGS AND COTTAGES FOR
SHEPHERDS, AND FOLDS FOR FLOCKS.

[ZEPHANIAH 2:7] AND THE COAST SHALL BE FOR THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF
JUDAH; THEY SHALL FEED THEREUPON: IN THE HOUSES OF ASHKELON SHALL THEY
LIE DOWN IN THE EVENING: FOR THE LORD THEIR GOD SHALL VISIT THEM, AND
TURN AWAY THEIR CAPTIVITY.

<<Zephaniah chapter two begins with
statements clearly indicating it is a "latter day" prophecy. Verse two
sets the time-frame of this chapter as being just "before the day of
the Lord's anger," and verse three reiterates that this prophecy
applies to the time just prior to "the day of the Lord." Verses 4 - 5
pronounce "woe" upon the cities and inhabitants "of the seacoast," and
it clear that the "seacoast" of Palestine is being discussed due to
the mention of the cities of Gaza, Ashdod, and Ekron. Verse seven
describes the "woe" that will befall these people (also called
"Cherethites" and "Philistines" in verse 5) in the following prophecy
of God: "the coast shall be for the remnant of Judah; they shall feed
thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the
evening; for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their
captivity." (Emphasis added.) <<This prophecy clearly states that God
will give the historic land of the Philistines (Palestine) to "Judah"
just prior to the "day of the Lord." It furthermore indicates that God
was not going to "turn away [Judah's] captivity" until just prior to
the day of the Lord. The phrase "turn away their captivity" is a bit
clumsy; it simply means "end their captivity." In 1948, the Jewish
nation called Israel was born in the "seacoast" region of old
Palestine, fulfilling this prophecy. Indeed, the 1988 Edition of the
Encyclopedia Americana notes this about Israel's population: "About
70% of it is concentrated in the Mediterranean coastal strip..." This
is exactly what Zephaniah 2 prophesied would occur to Judah in the
latter days. <<The historic fact is that God chose to use modern Jews
to fulfill this prophecy about "the house of Judah." This is powerful
evidence that modern Jews are the modern house of Judah. Zephaniah 2:6
also prophesies that agricultural pursuits were to prosper when the
"house of Judah" reestablished a nation in Palestine, and much has
been written documenting that the Israelis have "made the desert
bloom" with their innovative, high-tech agricultural efforts.

<<Zephaniah Verse 14 states: "Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem."
None of the other tribes of Israel is specifically mentioned in this
prophecy, but "Judah" is there in sufficiently large numbers to
warrant God's mentioning them by name.

REASON 2: FULFILLMENT OF ZECHARIAH'S PROPHECY

<<Zechariah 12 Verse two prophesies that God "will make Jerusalem a
cup of trembling to all the people round about, when they shall be in
the siege against Judah and Jerusalem."

REASON 3: FULFILLMENT OF GENESIS 49'S PROPHECY

<<Genesis 49:8-12 states (emphasis added throughout):

"Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be
in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down
before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art
gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion; and as an old lion;
who shall rouse him up? The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall
the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and
his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine,
and his clothes in the blood of grapes: his eyes shall be red with
wine and his teeth white with milk." <<This prophecy reveals much
information about modern Judah. To begin with, there is a seeming
paradox in this prophecy: Judah is referred to as both a "lion's
whelp" and "as an old lion." However, this actually fits the modern
Jews/Israelis very well. The term "lion's whelp" (a young cub)
predicts Judah will be a young (or recently-born) nation in the latter
days: a fitting description of the young Israeli nation which was
founded in 1948. This prophecy is very consistent with Zephaniah 2,
which prophesied Judah would found a nation in Palestine just prior to
"the day of the Lord." Yet, the Jews are also a people with a
continuous history traceable for over three millennia, and they also
had a nation in Palestine in ancient times (i.e. "as an old lion").

The Jews/Israelis fulfill this prophecy as they are a very young
nation which was founded by a people with an ancient tradition and
heritage. <<Genesis 49:8-9 states Judah's "hand shall be in the neck
of thy enemies," and refers to Judah "as a lion going up from the
prey." This prophecy foretells that Judah will be an aggressive nation
and victorious in warfare during the latter days, conquering its
enemies like a lion brings down its prey. This has been amply
fulfilled by Israeli victories in its wars, and this prophecy meshes
perfectly with Zechariah 12:6's prophecy which states Judah would
"devour" her enemies in the latter days. Not only have the Israelis
been successful in warfare, they have leaped out at their enemies even
as a lion leaps and stretches out toward its intended prey. The
Israelis do not "run and hide" like a prey animal; they attack like a
predator. They leaped out to attack their enemies in the 1976 raid on
Entebbe, Uganda, etc.

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