Two of the most confusing words in The Bible for modern readers are Gentiles and Jews. These words can be a block over which many stumble; since most will not bother to actually research these terms, there is great confusion over their actual use and meaning. Further:

• what exactly is a Jew in today's society?
• Is America at all mentioned in prophecy?
• What happened to the Ten so-called Lost Tribes of Israel?

Lot's of questions in this study, and I think you will be surprised by the answers. Let's start with the basics - This section will cover the Hebrew words goi (singular) and goyim (plural), as they are used in The Old Testament, and the Greek words ethnos (singular) and ethne (plural), as used in The New Testament. The Hebrew word goi appears over 550 times in the Old Testament, while the Greek word ethnos appears over 160 times in the New Testament. The Hebrew word goi and the Greek word ethnos have been translated nations more than any other word. The word gentile comes from the Latin word gentilis and means a clan, a race, and can either be your own clan or race, or can be applied to a foreigner. Ecclesiastically it was used in the past to signify pagans or heathens.

The Following verses show the terms goi and ethnos in reference to Israel and the Judeans.

Goi  - Gen. 12:2: I will make of thee a great nation. --- Gen. 17:4,5: A father of many nations have I made thee. --- Gen. 20:1: Lord, wilt thou slay a righteous nation? --- Gen. 25.23: Two nations are in thy womb. --- Gen. 35:11: A nation and a company of nations. --- Gen. 48:19: Thy seed shall become a multitude of nations. --- Isa. 1:4: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --- Isa. 10:6: Send him against an hypocritical nation. --- Jer. 31:36: Shall cease from being a nation before me.

Ethnos - Luke 7:5: He loveth our nation and hath built us a synagogue. --- John 11:48: The Romans will come and take our place and nation. --- Acts 24:2: Worthy deeds are done unto this nation by the providence. --- Acts 24:17: I came to bring alms to my nation.

These verses show the terms goi and ethnos used to describe Non-Israelites. In these New Testament verses, the term ethnos is translated as gentiles, nations, and people.

Goi - Gen. 14:9: With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations. --- Gen. 21:13: And also the son of the bond woman will I make a nation. --- Gen. 21:18: For I will make of him a great nation. --- Ex. 9:21: ...There was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. --- Ex. 34:24: ...For I will cast out the nations before thee. --- Isa. 37:12: Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my...

Ethnos - Matt. 10:5: Go not in the way of the gentiles. --- Matt. 24:7: For nation shall rise against nation. --- Luke 21:24: ...by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations. --- Acts 7:7: And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God.  --- Acts 8:9: ... the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria. --- Acts 10:45: ... Because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gifts .... --- Gen. 22:18: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. --- Gen. 25:23: Two nations are in thy womb. --- I Chron. 16:23,24: Declare his glory among the heathen...his marvelous works among the nations. --- Psa. 9:19,20 : ...Let the 'heathen' be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, oh Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men.

These last two verses have the words heathen and nations translated from the same word in the same passage!

Matt. 24:9,14 "...and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake," "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached for a witness to all nations.  --- Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations. --- Acts. 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

The Greek word Hellen is even translated as Gentiles 27 times in the New Testament, when in fact it actually means Greeks!

Hebrew Definitions:

Jew # 3064 Yehuwdiy : yeh-hoo-dee'; patron. from # 3063 ; a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or desc. of Jehuda (i.e. Judah):-Jew. # 3063 Yehuwdah : yeh-hoo-daw'; from # 3064 ; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Isr.; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of it's territoy. # 3034 Yadah : yaw-daw'; a prim. root; used only as denom. from # 3027; lit. to use (i.e. holdout) the hand; phys. to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; espec. to reverse or worship (with extended hands):-cast (out), (make) confess (-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank (-ful, -s, -s giving). # 3027 Yad : yawd; a prim. word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, dircetion, etc.], in distinction from # 3079, the closed one); used (as noun, adv., etc.) in a great variety of applications, both lit. and fig., both proximate and remote [as follow]:-(+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, [broken-] handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion,X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand [-staves,-y work], X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, [left-] handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, [way-] side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Jewry  # 3061 Yehuwd :(Chald.) yeh-hood'; contr. from a form corresp. to # 3063; prop. Judah, hence Judea:-Jewry, Judah, Judea.
Jews  # 3062 Yehuwdaiy : yeh-hoo-daw-ee'; partial from # 3061; a Jehudaite (orJudaite), i.e. Jew:- Jew.# 3054 Yahad : yaw-had'; denom. from a form corresp. to # 3061; to Judaize, i.e. become Jewish:- become Jews.
Jews'  # 3066 Yehuwdiyth : yeh-hoo-deeth'; fem of # 3064; the Jewish (used adv.) language:- in the Jews' language.

Greek with The Hebrew Root.

1. Jew (# 2448). # 3194 Yuttah : yoot-taw'; or Yuwtah : yoo-taw'; from # 5186; extended; Juttah (or Jutah), a place in Pal.:- Juttah. # 5186 Natah : naw-taw'; a prim. root; to stretch or spread out; by impl. to bend away (includ. mor. deflection; used in a great variety of application (as follows):- + afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.# 2453 Ioudaios : ee-oo-dah'-yos; from # 2448 (in the sense of # 2455 as a country); Judean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah;- Jew (-ess), of Judea. 2448 Iouda : ee-oo-dah'; of Heb. or. [# 3063 or perh. # 3194]; Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of ( or place in) Pal.:- Judah.# 2455 Ioudas : ee-oo-das'; of Heb. or.[# 3063]; Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Isr.; also of the psoterity of one of them and it's region:-Juda(-h, -s); Jude.
2. Jewess (# 2453)
3. Jewish
4. Jewry  # 2451 Ioudaikos : ee-oo-dah-ee-kos'; from # 2453; Judaic, i.e. resembling a Judean:- Jewish.# 2449 Ioudaia : ee-oo-dah'-yah'; fem. of # 2453(with #1093 impl.); the Judean land (i.e. Judea), a region of Pal:- Judea .# 1093 Ge : ghay; contr. from a prim. word; soil; by extens. a region, or solid part or the whole of the terreneglobe (includ. the occupants in each application):- country, earth (-ly), ground, land, world.
5. Jews. # 2450 Ioudaizo : ee-oo-dah-id'-zo'; from # 2453; to become a Judean, i.e. "Judaize:- live as the Jews.# 2452 Ioudaikos : ee-oo-dah-ee-koce'; adv. from # 2051; Judaically or in a manner resembling a Judean:- as do the Jews.
6. Jews'. # 2454 Ioudaismos : ee-oo-dah-is-mos'; from # 2450; "Judaism", i.e. the Jewish faith and usages:- Jews' religion.
7. Judea (# 2449 and # 2453).

When was the word 'Jew' first used in the Bible versions;
are modern day so-called Jews the chosen of God in the Bible?

First of all, God made His covenant with Israel, not with so-called Jews. The Jews didn't come into being until approx 500 b.c. during (and after) the Babylonian captivity. God made His covenant with Israel well over a 1000 years before there was any such thing as a "Jew."   Those today who call themselves "Jews" are impostors and are not of Israel. For a "Jew" is a religion, not a race. You have black Jews and Chinese Jews...I'm sure that you haven't heard this in the mainstream 'controlled' Media, nor in the 'controlled' Universities and History curriculums.

The word "Jew" did not appear in any Bible until the 18th century:

The word "Jew" did not appear in any Bible until the 18th century. The modern day word “Jew†is the 18th century contracted and corrupted English word for the 4th century Latin “Iudaeus†found in St. Jerome’s Vulgate Edition. Two best known 18th century editions of the New Testament in English are the Rheims (Douai) and the King James Version Bible (the A.V. or Authorized Version). The Rheims (Douai) translation of the New Testament was first printed in 1582 but the word “Jew†did not appear in it.  The King James Authorized translation of the New Testament into English was begun in 1604 and first published in 1611. The word “Jew†did not appear in it either. The word “Jew†appeared in both these well known editions in their 18th century revised versions for the first times.

Herein lies the confusion that is exploited by the impostors. What are commonly referred to as "Jews" today are not the people that the Holy Spirit was speaking of in the Bible. In the Bible, the word "Jew" means Judean. But today (from the 1700's on) a 'certain' people adopted the title "Jew" and have moved right into the place of chosen Israel. In the Bible, the word “Jew†means anyone of the region of Judea, or, any of the house of Judah. One must take each Scripture by itself to determine which meaning is to be affixed.

However, today, the word “Jew†means a follower of Judaism, which is the corrupted religion of the Old Testament era Hebrews founded during the Babylonian captivity of approx. 500 b.c. It is not the religion of the Hebrews in the Old Testament handed down from God to Moses on the Mount, but rather, it is a Babylonian corruption of that religion founded not on the Old Testament Scriptures but rather upon the Babylonian Talmud (added writings, the oral TRADITIONS of the ancient Rabbis) and the Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). These facts are not disputed by the Rabbis themselves (Quotes supplied momentarily).

The word "Jew" in the Bible isn't used in the same sense that we use the term today:

In the Bible you see the term "Jew" used quite a bit. But it isn't in the same sense that we today use the term "Jew." The Word Jew in the Bible can mean two different things: either a descendant of the tribe of Judah OR a person from the land of Judaea (the region in which Jerusalem resides, a 'county' or 'province' so to speak) but not necessarily of the tribe of Judah. It's like you can be an Irishman and live in Germany and yet not be a German. Don't let the different languages and the names in them confuse you on this. Observe:

Jew:  Greek word #2453 Ioudaios (ee-oo-dah'-yos); from #2448 (in the sense of #2455 as a country); Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah ["Judah" in Hebrew language of Old Testament] :  KJV-- Jew (-ess), of Judaea.

Greek word #2448 Iouda (ee-oo-dah'); of Hebrew origin [Hebrew word #3063 or perhaps #3194]; Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine: KJV-- Judah.

Greek word #2455 Ioudas (ee-oo-das'); of Hebrew origin [Hebrew #3063]; Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region: KJV-- Juda (-h, -s); Jude.

Judaea:  1).  In a narrower sense, to the southern portion of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, and Idumaea.  2).  In a broader sense, referring to all Palestine.

So in the Bible when you see someone referred to as a "Jew" it could mean a 'good' one like those Jews whom believed upon Jesus Christ, OR, it could mean a 'bad' one like the Jews that sought to kill Jesus Christ:

Acts 2:5 (good)
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.  (KJV)

John 7:1(bad)
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.  (KJV)

Just because you see someone called a "Jew" in the Bible does not necessarily mean that they are a devote chosen man of God, nor, necessarily an evil person with corrupt religion. You have to take each one in context of the Scripture, the Scripture will let you know which kind of 'Jew' is being spoken about. That is what "Jew" means in the Bible, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called  "Jews" of today.

The true ‘Israel peoples,’ descended from the Ten ‘Lost’ Tribes of Israel are the Anglo/Saxons who migrated north over the Caucasus Mountains (later being called Caucasians) and settled Europe and eventually the Americas. However, the modern day so-called Jews are primarily Edomites (of Esua, Jacob/Israel's brother). A great part of the commonly referred to as "Jews" of our day are descended from the Khazar Jews of Russia. The Khazars are a Turkish people who trace their genealogy to Esau, NOT Jacob. These are facts.

Christians have been betrayed and deceived by the impostors. The impostors are they who say that they are "Jews," but are NOT, and do lie. Our Lord was quite clear on the matter:

Rev 2:9
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. (KJV)

Rev 3:9
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. (KJV)

Why haven't you heard this in your church? Ask your Pastor, he will probably tell you that the Jews are a sister religion (or worse, a mother religion) to Christianity, because he has been himself misled.  You may believe whatever you like. But what is happening here is that you may really believe that you are defending the ‘chosen of God,’ (Israel) but are in fact, defending the impostors (Jews).  

So therefore, in ignorance, many Christians assume that someone is blaspheming ‘God’s chosen,’ when in reality, they are merely pointing out who the imposters are that are trying to steal Jacob/Israel’s birthright and usurp God’s Kingdom in the process by turning the truth into a lie and a lie into the truth. We were warned of as much so many many times in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments. That is the very thing that the New Testament says shall befall the last days. MYSTERY BABYLON, began in Babylon (Babylonian Talmud, the holy book of the Judaism) and shall occupy the Holy City Jerusalem with the antichrist sitting on the throne of God claiming to be God (1st Thes 2:1-4).

You most likely have been conditioned (trained) to reject what I am saying as anti-Semitism. But the “Jews†are not a Semitic people! In addition to being descended from Esau, they also traced their founding fathers to the Tribe of Japheth, Shem’s brother by Noah (of Noah’s Ark fame), who's daughters Esua TOOK AS STRANGE WIVES:

A History of ESAU and JACOB/ISRAEL

Gen 28:6-9
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (KJV)

Gen 27:11
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: (KJV)

Gen 27:41
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. (KJV)

So you may let the imposters convince you that the teaching of this topic is so-called anti-Semitic, but it is not, it is the truth; and substantiated with ample documentation, much of it from Jews themselves. You must make up your own mind: Believe what you will.

the re-formation of israel in the west israel's migrations to "the appointed place"  (Right click on picture (2 pictures) and "zoom-in" for greater detail)
Map courtesy of The Lost Tribes of Israel by Richard N. Stuart.  For 2'x3' foot poster: Christian research  P.O. Box 385 Eureka Springs, Ark. 72632 ($6 + S&H)

 

Old Testament Israel are now the Anglo-Saxon Christian peoples of The U.K. and the Americas.
The story from Gen 2:7 - Rev 7:8:

 

There has been much confusion over who is Israel and who are Christians in regards to the end-time prophecies in the book of Revelation. Much of the confusion is due in no small part to the false teaching of a Rapture doctrine wherein they 'need' the Christian Church to be gone after {Rev 4:1} for support of their errant theories. And if they were to accept that the 144,000 'sealed of Israel' {Rev chp.7} are not Jews but rather Christians from the 10 lost tribes of Israel then their Rapture theory washes off it's foundation of sand.

The entire Bible, the Old Testament, the New Testament, the book of Revelation, even past {Rev 4:1} all the way to the last chapter "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches..." {Rev 22:16}is written to and/or about the Christian Church, that faithful church of God, some of it history, some prophecy, some warning and admonition, some instruction, but all of it for God’s chosen people, the planting of the Lord {Isa 61:3} as they moved from the Garden of Eden into present day history and then beyond into the eternity. It is the true Christian, the followers of Christ who are the light to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus the Son of God, that shall fulfill the prophecy and, for God, by God, spread the Gospel of God during the end-time troubles:

Jesus Christ prophesied of in approx. 603-588 B.C.:

Isa 42:6-9
6 I the LORD have called thee [Jesus Christ] in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. (KJV)

The prophecy fulfilled in Jesus Christ’ birth 600 years later:

Luke 2:27-33
27 And he [Simeon] came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. (KJV)

And since then, it is the followers of Jesus Christ, the Christians, that are the true religion of and from God, ALL other religions are false and vain plantings of satan - period! The Old Testament religion of the Hebrews became Christianity when God sent His Son with the New Covenant (Testament). The religion of Judaism never was the Old Testament Hebrew religion of God, it was, and is, a corruption of it. Judaism (Jews) added 'oral traditions' called The Talmud to the Old Testament Scriptures and totally corrupted God's Old Covenant (Testament) into an ungodly, unscriptural religion.

So then, when we use the term "Jew" today what are we saying? Allow us to answer that with an excerpt from the Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, and the  The Jewish Almanac themselves:

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Who are the so-called "Jews" of today?
A reasonable question answered from logic and historic fact

The word Jew comes from a Greek word meaning descendent of the tribe of Judah, or someone living in the land of Judea. Today's Jews call themselves Jews to falsely imply that they are somehow descendent from the Biblical tribe of Judah. When asked the question, "Who is Israel? - Who is a Jew?",  the Israeli Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) unhesitatingly answered thus [emphasis added]:

• The term Israelite is purely Biblical.
• An Israeli is a citizen of Israel, regardless of religion.
• A Jew is a person anywhere in the world born to a Jewish mother, or converted to Judaism, who is thus identified as a member of the Jewish people and religion.

-- Information Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem; Feb, 1998.

"Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew."  Or to call a contemporary Jew [an] "Israelite," or a "Hebrew."  The first Hebrews may not have been Jews at all, and contemporary Palestinians, by their own definition of the term "Palestinian," have to include Jews among their own people."

--The Jewish Almanac, Oct., 1980, page 3, Bantam Books, Inc. Under a headline entitled... 'Identity Crisis'.

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On the sixth day God CREATED all the peoples, tribes, races, ethnics (ethnos’), on the earth (White, Black, Hispanic, Oriental, ...), male AND female He CREATED them. God saw that they were all VERY good {Gen 1:31}, and He rested on the seventh day. On the next day (the eighth) God FORMED Adam in the Garden of Eden (and took Eve from him) for a very special reason.

The peoples of the earth, all the different peoples, were incapable of living up to God’s standards of sinless-ness. So God FORMED Adam to be the great Patriarch of the redemption of mankind. And 4000 years later, from Eve, umbilical cord through umbilical cord would be born Mother Mary, through who, by the gifting of the Holy Spirit of God would be born the Messiah of ALL MANKIND who would believe upon Him.

Jesus was the Son of God in the strictest genealogical way. For God FORMED Adam (‘eth ha-adaam =  this very particular man Adam) in His own express image. Then from that man Adam God made Eve. So as we see, they were both in that 'likeness' of God even though one be male and one be female, they were become one in marriage. Then through time and 4000 years of childbirth within that family unit: From Adam to Eve to  Able who was killed, then to Seth...Eber (Hebrews name came from him)...Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (name changed to Israel by God)...Judah & Levi...David...Mother Mary - would be born the Messiah Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit of God.

Jesus was one unbroken physical seed from God {Gen 3:15}. It is this Jesus that is the Savior to the world, not only Israel from Adam, but also the gentiles from the sixth day creation. Look at it this way: God through Adam through Eve through Mother Mary + the Holy Spirit of God = Jesus Christ, God manifested in the flesh (Emmanuel - God with us).

In the Old Testament we had a man in Christ’s genealogy named Eber {Gen 11:16} (spelled Heber in N.T. {Luke 3:35}). From him we get the name Hebrews. Then in the process of time, through Heber’s family we came to Abraham, who begat Isaac, who begat Jacob. Now God changed Jacob’s name to Israel and he had 12 sons.

These twelve sons are the Patriarchs (founding fathers) of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. There was no such thing as Israel in the Bible until these twelve sons were born (approx. 1775-1728 B.C.). And God changes Jacob's name to Israel in (Gen 32:28 - approx.1739 B.C.). So prior to this the family of Adam (Formed in 4004 B.C.) was God’s chosen and it was they whom through the promise was to come. And by 'chosen' I mean that through them God would save ALL peoples. God loves all His children! Please do not read racism or anti-Semitism into this, there is no racism or anti-Semitism with God’s Word, but satan so loves to plant seeds of discord, so resist the temptation to be used in this manner. In the process of time these Twelve Tribes had a rift, and the split into two Kingdoms:

The Southern Kingdom:
Consisted of two of the tribes (Judah and Benjamin) and were called Judah with their capital in Jerusalem.

Judah punished:
Because of idolatry, God also punished Judah, and the Two Tribe Southern Kingdom Judah was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. In 477 B.C.* Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple of God (the same location of the Temple Mount in modern Israel). At this time there are still no Jews, there is only the Kingdom of Judah. ‘Jew’ is a term that we will explain later, but for now understand that it is a religious designation and not a national identifier. In other words, contrary to popular misconception, you are not born a Jew but become one by that particular brand of religion (Judaism). More on that later.  [ *all dating as per Companion Bible by E.W. Bullinger] 

The Northern Kingdom:
Consisting of the other Ten Tribes were called Israel and their capital was at Samaria.

Israel punished:
Because of idolatry, God punished Israel, and The Ten Tribe Israel nation was taken into captivity by the Assyrians and Israel became a province of Assyria in 611 B.C.* and the people Israel dropped out of the Biblical narrative and profane history as well for the most part. They became not a people (lo-ammi).

In the process of time SOME of the Kingdom of Judah were allowed to return to Jerusalem, most did not. So this small contingent of the Tribe of Judah stayed in Jerusalem and intermarried with the Babylonians, as well as the Edomites (sons of Esau Jacob/Israels’s brother by Isaac) and the Kenites (sons of Cain, which was the son of the serpent/satan {Gen 3:15}). These formed their own religion that was much different than the Old Testament religion of the Hebrews. These who are now called "Jews" added to the Old Testament Scriptures their own "Oral Law" called Talmud. This of course was a corruption of God’s Old Testament religion and the work of satan.

It is these Jews that were in control of the Temple during Christ’s time, it is them that Christ so often chastised and rebuked, it is them that Jesus told:

John 8:44
44 Ye are of [progeny; Greek word #1537 ek (out of)] your father the devil [satan - the serpent in the Garden of Eden], and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning [Cain - Kenites], and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it [satan/serpent uttered first lie (Gen 3:4)].  (KJV)

And it is them that killed the Son of God Jesus Christ by forcing the hand of pagan Rome. So today, when someone calls themselves a Jew they most likely aren’t, they are just ignorant to the preceding events. Not all of Israel or Judah are Jews and none of the Jews are Israel or Judah. It is these Jews that are in large number in modern day Israel (though there are also some true Judah and Israel there as well - they should be properly called Hebrews not Jews - but they don’t know this, it has been kept from them, they don’t know who they are, they have been betrayed by their parents ... parents ... parents). But all can be saved through Christ Jesus!

So in a perversion of truth, these Jews call themselves the chosen of God but in fact are the offspring of Judah that intermarried with the heathen peoples and formed their own perverted religion that disobeys God at almost every turn. The Jewish Anti Defamation League (among others) has suppressed this type of information and labels those who teach it as "anti-Semitic" or "racist" to discredit them, hide the truth, and proliferate the apostasy away from God (though some racists take this teaching and equally in ignorance use it in hate, we are not among that group). But the term "anti-Semetic" is itself a misnomer, for those called "Jews" have very little if any Semitic blood in their veins and they have apostate into heathen religion and forsook God. They have more blood of Cain (Kenites) and the Edomites (Esua - Khazer Jews of Russia) in their veins than blood of Israel or true Judah for that matter.  Call it the fox in the hen house if you will. But NOT ALL HEBREW PEOPLE ARE JEWS, in fact, very very very few Hebrew peoples became Jews, and true Israel and true Judah know not who they are.

Ok, so what happened to Israel, the Ten Tribe Northern Kingdom? Did they die off? God forbid, for had they, then God’s Word would have failed, for God promised Abraham that his seed should be as the sand of the sea for multitude:

Gen 32:9-12
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee................(Gen 32:12) And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. (KJV)

Well, there are only 13 million Jews on the Planet of over 6 billion people (less that one percent) so where is the multitude as the sand of the sea? Did God make a mistake, or lie to Abraham in the Covenant? Of course not!!! This is not possible, God cannot lie {Titus 1:2}! Below we shall show where Israel is today, and we will also clarify who Judah is and the Kenites and the Gentiles. 

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        In the Bible, who Are The People Of The House Of Israel,
the House Of Judah, The Jews, And The Kenites?
The difference between the peoples of Israel, Judah, the Jews,
 and the Kenites (the sons of Cain, the first murderer)

First of all, when studying Biblical history and prophecy, you mustn't confuse the House of Israel with the House of Judah. When you see the 'House of Israel' written of in the scriptures, it refers to the Ten Northern Tribes of Israel (now referred to as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel). But when you see the 'House of Judah' spoken of, it refers to the Southern Kingdom consisting of peoples of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

Originally, when the Houses were still joined together, there were twelve Tribes. These Twelve Tribes became split into two Houses, one called the Northern Kingdom with it's Capitol at Samaria, and the other called the Southern Kingdom with it's Capitol at Jerusalem. To this very day they are split, with the Ten Northern tribes having lost all knowledge of their identity, as was prophesied of to happen in Scripture:

Rom 11:25
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. (KJV)

But what ever became of Israel (the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel)? After a three years siege and the final fall of Samaria with it's becoming of an Assyrian Province in 611 B.C. (722 B.C. by profane history), Israel ceased to be and dropped out of history. But Israel (the Ten Lost Tribes) were never lost to God, they migrated North over the Caucasus Mountains (where we get our word 'Caucasian' from) and settled Europe, eventually populating Scotland, Ireland, Britain, Iceland, and ultimately crossing westward over the seas and established the Americas.

Yes we are the descendants of the lost Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. We are the chosen people of God. Look around the world, who is the last light of hope in the world? That does not mean that we are Jewish, for as you see by the division of the original 12 tribes descended from Jacob/Israel; Judah is only one of those twelve tribes, and Jews are only a small portion of them who mixed with the heathen both physically and religiously. As of June 14th, 2006, there are 2.1 Billion Christians and only 14 million Jews on the planet (as per www.adherents.com ), that is less than 1% of the total global population (United States Population Estimate: 298,978,137)...World Population Estimate: 6,522,219,624; as of June 14th, 2006 per www.popclock.net PopClock.  But in God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob He promised:

Gen 13:16
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (KJV)

Gen 17:4
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. (KJV)

Gen 28:14
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (KJV)

Gen 35:11
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; (KJV)

Gen 32:12
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. (KJV) 

Rom 9:27
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: (KJV)

You do believe God don't you? I know you do. Well then, where are all these people now?!? Those that we now call 'Jews' today are only a portion of the true Tribe of Judah who have intermixed with their Babylonian captors, the heathen and profane descendants of Cain, the first murderer. In other words, all those of the tribe of Judah are not Jews, and none of the lost Ten Tribes are Jews. It is important to understand the differences so that you know who the Bible is speaking about in a particular verse.

That is why in the New Testament, those who betrayed Christ and forced Pontius Pilot's hand into crucifying Jesus Christ were the High Jewish Priest Ca'-ia-phas and the Jewish Temple Hierarchy. They were corrupted both in morals and genealogy, and this explains why Jesus called them 'sons of Cain,' the son of the devil {Jn 8:44} whom was the first murderer in the Garden of Eden.  Cain was not of the 12 tribes of Jacob (Israel and Judah combined), but his offspring, the Kenites, which means sons (offspring, no gender implied) of Cain, had intermixed with some of the true Tribe of Judah. These Kenites have mixed with all races and tribes of people on the earth. A Kenite is a descendant of Cain, the same Cain who was the first murderer in the Garden of Eden. Below is a definition from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance:

Kenite: Hebrew word #7017 Qeyniy (kay-nee'); or Qiyniy (1st Chron. 2:55) (kee-nee'); patronymic from Hebrew word #7014 (see below); a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin [Cain]:

Cain: Hebrew word #7014 Qayin: As a proper noun, masculine: Cain = "possession"; the oldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer, having murdered his brother Abel.

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"...and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name..." {Isa 62:2}

The Old Testament Prophets told that God would change the name of His people. They would be named after Him. And by the name "Christians" they were named after God.  Jesus, which in the Hebrew language is: Yehoshua, which means: Yehovah’s (God’s) Savior, Salvation of Yehovah (God).  And with Christ, His followers are called Christ men, hence: Christians.

So then, in the New Testament prophecies in the book of Revelation, Christians are Israel, God’s chosen, called by a new name (Isa 62:2 below), called by His name - Jesus Christ - Christ men - Christians.

Isa 62:2
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. (KJV)

Isa 62:12
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. (KJV)

Isa 65:15
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name (KJV)

Jer 33:16
16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. (KJV)

Acts 11:26
26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (KJV)

This should clear up Revelation chapter seven where the 144,000 "sealed of Israel" are mentioned, they are Christians who, since the Assyrian captivity and deportations of 611 B.C. were stripped of their name Israel! As it is written, because of idolatry, God caused Israel to not know who they are, and the rest of the world is also ignorant as to who true Israel is today:

Deut 32:26 (God speaking)
26 I said, I would scatter them [Israel] into corners [all corners of the world], I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men (KJV)

They (Israel) are mentioned in the New Testament though, for example, the book of James is written to them, written to us: "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting." {James 1:1}.  And again: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." {1 Pet 1:1-2}.

Do you know who you are? God Bless!

See these fantastic books, also:

The first Christian Church A.D. 37 at Glastonbury; Britain Founded by St. Joseph of Arimathaea, Christ's great-uncle:  The reason, today, we are so unaware of the fact that the British church was the true church established by Joseph of Arimathaea, by the direction of St. Philip, is because most all the records have been destroyed There have been enough records to survive, though, to establish beyond all doubt that the church of Britain (not to be confused with the present day Anglican Church of England) was the true church, before being Romanized. For this reason most everyone has assumed that the true church was the Roman Catholic Church, which is entirely false. Neither the Roman Catholic Church nor her Protestant daughters represent the true church established by our Messiah. Very good book.

Tracing Our Ancestors: by Frederick Haberman - Where did the Caucasians of America come from? Did they originate in Europe?  Who were the Aryans?  Where was the Deluge, or Noah's Flood? Who are "the Covenant Race"? The answers to these questions are given as our ancestors are traced Eastwards. Also covered is "the Golden Age of Phoenicia" Druidic Britain. Ancient Ireland, the Throne of David and the United States in prophecy. (Approx.$7 - going out of print!)

The Abrahamic Covenant (Highly Recommended!) by E. Raymond Capt. An Interesting historical evidence tied in with Biblical prophecy regarding God's covenant people. Follows the migrations of the Ten 'Lost' Tribes of Israel. This outline of the identity of God's people, as revealed in this study of God's Covenant with Abraham, was compiled as a guide for Bible students. Traces Abraham's descendants through the formation of the Tribes of Israel, their captivities and migration to their appointed land in Europe and later on to America (with Ephriam identified with England and Manasseh with America). Manasseh means "forgetfulness" and if there has ever been a people forgetful of their past it is this Manasseh-Israel people of the United States!
Abrahamic Covenant is "the" little blue book that opened the eyes of thousands of Christians to their Israelite heritage and how that one single discovery has changed the way they now view all Bible doctrine and prophecy! Mr. Capt has said "Much research and study is still necessary before every facet of this wonderful truth is known in all its perfection. This remains to be done by honest and sincere searchers for truth, who may not only correct error but add to our understanding of God's truth."
Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened. Then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Missing Links Discovered in Assyrian Tablets:  This is an excellent book, with breadth far beyond its title. I recommend it to anyone interested in the history of the movements of the Hebrew tribes, especially the so-called "Lost Tribes". They are well documented by Dr. E Raymond Capt in this fine little book. (Approx.$17.00)

The Origin and Early History of Christianity in Britain - Author: Andres Gray - Presents reliable evidence that St. Joseph of Arimathea established the first Christian church in Britain between 36 - 39 A.D. Reprint of 1880."
The long held belief that Christianity was introduced into Britain around 600 AD by St. Augustine is shown by the author to be unfounded. He presents the evidence that St. Joseph of Arimathea visited Britain around 36 to 39 AD and established the first Christian Church, then called 'Culdee', where is now the West country town of Glastonbury. The author states: The first converts are said to have been members of the royal family of Siluria. It is asserted that there were two cradles of Christianity in Britain ----'the Chrystal Isle,' called by the Saxons Glaston, in Somersetshire, where Joseph is believed to have settled and taught; and Siluria, where Churches and Schools were founded by the Silurian dynasty. . . This decision laid down the principle that the Churches of France and Spain were bound to give way, in point of antiquity and precedency, to the Church of Britain, which was founded by Joseph of Arimathea, 'immediatly after the passion of Christ.' . . . Regarding this date (given by Gildas) as our starting point, we have several testimonies assigning the first introduction of Christianity in or about the same year to Joseph of Arimathea.
The Culdee Church flourished for many centuries, independent of Rome, and knew no supremacy of the Bishop of Rome, held no dogmas concerning the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary nor the "Infallibility of the Pope". In short, it was far from being a "Roman Church." Gray: We possess evidence that Churches were erected in Britain before the close of the second century, and whatever direction our investigations take, we find authority for the statement that the Church of Joseph of Avalon, or Glastonbury, was the first and oldest of them all, many affirming that it was the oldest or senior Church in the whole world.
Dr. Gray has painstakingly researched the material covered in this informative, as well as exciting, historical study and has carefully substantiated the majority of his claims with solid documentation. Makes for a most reliable reference book.

           

 

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