Up to this point, we have seen that Yahweh made a covenant relationship with the seed of Abraham, and only the seed of Abraham, from all the names of people on the earth. We have seen the promises that have come with the blessing of that covenant relationship.We have also seen the rebellion of the nation of Israel against Yahweh’s laws and the Diaspora or captivity that followed. Then we looked at the Messiah, Who was to come and redeem Israel back to the original covenant relationship. This process started with the death and resurrection of Yahshua of Nazareth with one tribe, Judah (His own tribe from the seed of David), and continues today as His true disciples go all throughout the world redeeming the sons of Israel back to our Heavenly Father, through a New Covenant that was not ratified with the blood of bulls and goats, but was ratified with the very blood of His only Son, Yahshua.

So what does this mean to us today? Absolutely everything! By understanding this knowledge of the plan of salvation though the covenant of Israel, it enables us to know exactly what our Heavenly Father is doing in the world today. It helps us to see world events  and understand why they are happening, and most of all  it helps us to see that the coming of our Master Yahshua is very near. It also helps us to understand why we still need to obey the eternal law of our Heavenly Father. Once we understand that that covenant  was  only made through the seed of Abraham, and that even today one of the Gentiles or Nations who comes to join the one covenant of Israel must do so by joining the one tree of  Israel,  it makes perfect sense why all believers, whether Israelite born or grafted in gentiles, would have to obey the same covenant laws of the Torah.

Rom 11:11 I say, then, Did not  they stumble that they fall? Let it not be! But by their slipping away came salvation to the nations, to provoke them to jealousy.

Rom 11:12-24 But if their slipping away is the riches of the world, and their default the riches of the nations, how much more their fullness? For I speak to you, the nations, since I am an apostle of the nations, (I glorify my  ministry), if somehow I may provoke to jealousy my flesh, and may save some of them. For if their casting away is the reconciliation of the world, what is the reception, except life from the dead? Now if the first fruit is holy, so also the lump. And if the root is holy, so also the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you. You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well! For unbelief they were broken off. And you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded,  but fear. For if Yahweh did not spare the natural branches, fear that it may be He will not spare you either. Behold, then, the kindness and severity of Yahweh: On those having fallen, severity. But on you, kindness, if you continue in the kindness. Otherwise, you will also be cut off. And those also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in. For Yahweh is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive tree?

This Scripture in Romans is very interesting for two reasons. First of all, it dogmatically proves the point of this book, about the one-Israel principle. If you read Romans chapter 9-11, who can argue the point that a Gentile, when he becomes a believer in Yahshua, joins the one tree of Israel? That Yahweh does NOT somehow become a pagan Elohim, but that the new believer of the Nations is grafted into the one tree of Israel and becomes a seed of Abraham through the Messiah? Now, he is no different than a home-born Israelite. He has the same promises, he is under the same covenant relationship, and he also must keep the same rules and laws as the home-born Israelite under the covenant agreement.

Num 15:15-16  As for the congregation, there shall be one statute both for you and for the stranger that lives with you, a never ending statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before Yahweh. There shall be one law and one ordinance both for  you and for the stranger that lives with you.

Yahweh is not a respecter of persons. He will not honor a native Israelite more than a grafted-in gentile simply because of his lineage.

Eph 2:19 So, then, you are no longer strangers and tenants, but you are fellow citizens of the saints and of the family of Yahweh,

I cannot stress this point enough,  about both Israelite and gentiles being required, under the terms of the covenant, to keep the laws of Yahweh to the best of our ability. We do not keep the law to be saved, as the blood of Yahshua already has achieved that, but we keep the law because we are saved. Remember, a whole Nation of Israel went into captivity for this very thing. They served other “gods” and they broke Yahweh’s  commandments and covenant.

Secondly, and just as important, this Scripture shows that Yahweh has not cast away Israel forever and that they can be grafted back into their own tree. Let us look now and see the Bible come alive as we put together all the Scriptures about Yahweh calling back the children of Israel in the end of days.

In the book of Hosea, the 1st chapter, we see that Yahweh told Hosea to marry a prostitute, whom represented Israel, and to call his children “Elohim will sow,” “No mercy,” and “Not my people,” This seems pretty definitive. At first glance it would appear that Yahweh has completely cast away Israel, but that is thinking from a human standpoint. Yahweh is so faithful, that even when we are unfaithful, He continues to be faithful, as it is His nature.

2nd Tim 2:11-13 Faithful is the Word: for if we died with Him, we also shall live with Him; if we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, that One will deny us; if we are unfaithful, that One remains faithful; He is not able to deny Himself.

Even when we falter He remains faithful, as He cannot deny Himself. What does this mean? How could He deny himself, if He turned away Israel for breaking  covenant with Him? The answer is very simple. A covenant is an agreement by two parties. At first glance, many believe the parties were Yahweh and Abraham. But were  these  the two parties of the Everlasting covenant agreement?

Gen 12:3b And in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.

The promise to Abraham was that through his “seed” all the earth would be blessed; not through Abraham himself. And who was this seed?

Gal 3:16 But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his Seed (it does not say, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” which is Messiah)

Do you remember the third step of the blood covenant ceremony? It is the actual cutting of the animal, shedding the blood and walking in a figure eight through the pieces and ending up face to face with your covenant partner. This is the most important step of the blood covenant, because without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.

Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to atone for your souls; for it is the blood which makes atonement for the soul.

Jewish people have a very hard time today with this verse. They know that there is no atonement without the shedding of blood. Yahweh made this clear in the Garden of Eden, by being the first High Priest and  killing  the animal to clothe Adam and Eve. Jewish people have been desperately trying to rebuild a Temple for the slaying of animals for nearly 2,000 years, for this very reason.

Now if we go back to the covenant agreement between Abraham and Yahweh, we see something very interesting in this most vital 3rd step of the blood covenant.

Gen 15:9-10 And He said to him, Take for Me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three  years  old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, even a nestling. And he took all these for Him, and he divided them in the middle; and he laid each piece against one another, but he did not divide the bird.

Gen 15:12 And it happened, the sun was going, and a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, a terror of great darkness was falling on him!

Gen 15:17 And it happened, the sun had gone down, and it was dark. Behold! A smoking furnace and a torch of fire that passed between those pieces!

Gen 15:18 On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Did you catch the point made in verse 17? Abraham never walked between the pieces of the dead  animal. It was a smoking furnace and a torch of fire that walked between those pieces! The promise to Abraham was not that the Everlasting covenant was to be made by him, but because of his faithfulness, it was to be made with his seed (Messiah). As faithful as Abraham was, he was not perfect. We are all humans, and we are all sinners. Only the perfect Son of Yahweh could truly qualify to be the perfect sin offering, without spot or blemish, to redeem Israel, the seed of Abraham, from the death penalty set to them for breaking covenant with Yahweh.

Heb 6:13 For Elohim having made promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, “He swore by Himself,”

Heb 6:17 In which way, desiring to more fully declare to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His counsel, Elohim interposed by an oath,

Heb 6:18 that through two unchangeable things, in which it was not possible for Elohim to lie, we might have a strong consolation, those having fled to lay hold on the hope set before us,

Heb 6:19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, both certain and sure, and entering into the inner side of the veil,

Heb 6:20 where Yahshua entered as forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.

Abraham never sealed the covenant with Yahweh; only the promise of sealing it later by the blood of  Yahshua was made. Yahweh (torch of fire) made covenant with Yahshua (smoking furnace), the future Seed of  Abraham. It is important for us to  grasp this point. Mankind, even in his best form, is a weak sinner in need of redemption. There is no human who is good, there is none who truly seeks Yahweh. Any good that comes from us is only a reflection of His spirit and His light  that is shining within us. No man that ever lived, except Yahshua, the very Son of Yahweh, could qualify to seal the everlasting covenant.

Isa 59:15-16 And the truth is lacking; and whoever turns from evil makes himself a prey. And Yahweh saw; and it was evil in His eyes, that there was no justice. And He saw that there  was no man, and He was astonished that there was no intercessor. And His own arm saved for Him; and His righteousness sustained Him.

The two things that are spoken of in Hebrews 6, where it is impossible for Yahweh to lie, is the promise by the Father, and the confirmation by the Son. No man who ever lived had the authority to make the promise, and no man that ever lived had the faith to make the confirmation. Because of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice  everything he had for a relationship with Yahweh, including his only son Isaac, Yahweh blessed him with the true covenant partner, Yahshua, coming through his lineage. Now remember, once you are in covenant with someone, that covenant is extended to all family members of the covenant partner. So all family members of  Abraham would also be covenant partners. This is why a gentile becomes a seed of Abraham at conversion, for there is only a covenant relationship with the seed of Abraham. This is also why a Messiah had to come to the seed of Abraham called Israel, to redeem them from the broken covenant they entered with Yahweh at Sinai. Let’s look at that covenant agreement for a moment.

Exo 24:3 And Moses came and told all the words of Yahweh to the people, and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, We will do all the Words which Yahweh has spoken.

Exo 24:6-8 And Moses took half of the blood, and he put it in basins. And he sprinkled half of the blood on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people. And they said, We will do all that Yahweh has spoken, and we will hear. And Moses took the blood and sprinkled on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant which Yahweh has cut with you concerning these words.

Yahweh made a covenant agreement with the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai. Yahweh said He would bless Israel, and Israel agreed to obey all the words of the Torah, to do them, something that was impossible for them to do. Yahweh knew that Israel could not obey His law, and pleaded with them in the book of Joshua the  twenty-fourth chapter, not to enter this covenant.

Jos 24:15 And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve, whether the gods whom your fathers served Beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.

Jos 24:16 And the people replied and said, Far be it from us to forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods.

Jos 24:17 For Yahweh our Elohim is He who has brought us and our fathers out of the land  of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, and who has done these great signs before our eyes, and has preserved us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the people through whom we have passed.

Jos 24:18 And Yahweh has cast out all the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land before us. We also will serve Yahweh, for He is our Elohim.

Jos 24:19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Yahweh, for He is a holy Elohim; He is a jealous Elohim. He will not lift up from you your transgressions or your sins.

Jos 24:20 When you forsake Yahweh, and shall serve strange gods, then He will turn away and do evil to you, and consume you, after He has done good to you.

Jos 24:21 And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Yahweh.

Jos 24:22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen Yahweh for yourselves, to serve Him (for they said, We are witnesses).

Jos 24:23 And now turn away from the strange gods among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh the Elohim of Israel.

Jos 24:24 And the people said to Joshua, We will serve Yahweh our Elohim, and we will listen to His voice.

Jos 24:25 And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and laid on them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Jos 24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the Law of Elohim, and took a great stone and raised it up there under the oak by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

Jos 24:27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of Yahweh which He has spoken with us. And it shall be against you for a witness, that you not lie against your Elohim.

So we see that Yahweh warned the people not to enter covenant with Him, because He knew they could not keep it. If they even broke one law, it meant the death penalty under the agreement they were entering.

Deut 27:26 Cursed be he that does not confirm all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Then Yahshua came to earth to magnify the law and show us that sin starts in the mind; that if I even think anger, I have already killed my brother;  if I even  think lust, I  have already committed adultery; so that no man can stand justified before Yahweh by works of law. Every man that ever lived has a death penalty hanging over his head. The only difference is that Yahweh can show more mercy to the gentile nations on judgment day because they never entered covenant with Him. With Israel, He can’t. He must keep His word, and punishment must be rendered for covenant breaking. The only way to have the penalty blotted out for the sins of the Sinai covenant is to accept Yahshua as your Messiah; to believe that  He became a curse, to save you from the curse that law- breaking brings.

Gal 3:10 For as many as are out of works of Law, these are under a curse. For it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things having been written in the book of the Law, to do them.” (Deut 27:26)

Gal 3:13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us; for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone having been hung on a tree;”

Let’s look again what Yahweh said to the nation of Israel when they broke His covenant.

Jer 34:18 And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not stood on the words of the covenant which they have cut with Me when they cut the calf in two, and passed between its parts,

Jer 34:19 the rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and  all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf;

Did you catch that? Unlike Abraham, who never walked through the pieces, Israel did do the 3rd step of the blood covenant and sealed their own fate. Abraham, by allowing Yahshua to take His place and walk through the  pieces with Yahweh, never entered the judgment that comes by breaking covenant with the Almighty. Israel, on the other hand, in their zeal to receive the blessings of the covenant, walked through the pieces, and entered a covenant agreement that was impossible for them to keep.

This is why the Sinai covenant is called a covenant of death in 2nd Cor 3:9.

2nd Cor 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.

Many people wrongly assume  today that 2nd Corinthians 3 is speaking about the law of Yahweh being done away with. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is talking about the Sinai Covenant being a covenant of death, because there is no provision in that covenant for sins being forgiven. Furthermore, the only reason it became a covenant of death was because of their law-breaking.  If they had never broken the law and sinned,  they would have only received blessings. Yahshua qualified, as the perfect sacrifice and guilt offering, only because He never sinned. Isaiah 42:21 states:

Isa 42:21 Yahweh is delighted for His righteousness’ sake; He will magnify the Law and make it honorable.

This is exactly what Yahshua did. He did not make the law honorable by sinning, but by keeping it perfectly.

Israel was not just the only nation on earth with which Yahweh entered covenant, but they were  the only nation on earth who broke His covenant and had a death penalty hanging over their heads. That is why the Messiah had to come to Israel, and only Israel. The law or Torah (which is perfect) is merely a protective measure under the covenant agreement to protect the covenant partner. It merely teaches the covenant partner right from wrong. When we purposely disobey the Torah, then in essence we are telling Yahweh, our covenant Partner, that we know more than He does. We are not exhibiting faith in His perfect sense of creation, to see that everything He laid down in the Torah was only for our good.

Deut 10:12-13 And now, Israel, what  has  Yahweh your Elohim asked of you, except to fear Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to  serve Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul; to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and His statutes which I am commanding you today, for your good.

Do you believe this? Do you believe that everything Yahweh said in His law is for your good? If so, then why on earth would it be done away with? It is totally illogical.

Don’t be deceived by the false clergy of today, peddling easy answers only to keep you quiet in a chair, coming back every week and giving them your money.

Not only was there no forgiveness of sins in the Sinai Covenant, but originally, when they made the covenant with Yahweh, there was not even anything mentioned concerning animal sacrifices. Even that came later.

Jer 7:22 For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out from the land of Egypt, concerning matters of burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jer 7:23 But I commanded them this thing, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your Elohim, and you shall be My  people. Also, Walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.

The sacrificial system was not part of the original law of Yahweh, but was only added when sin or transgression came in.

Gal 3:19a Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,

The only law added by our heavenly Father was the sacrificial law, due to sin, to remind them that they were in need of a Redeemer. That is why Yahshua Messiah came to earth, to save sinners who have broken Yahweh’s covenant agreement. This brings us back to Hosea the first chapter and Yahweh telling Hosea to name his children “Elohim will sow,” “No mercy,” and “not My people.” Now let us go down just a few verses, and let us see the redemption that comes through our covenant partner, Yahshua Messiah.

Hos 1:7 And I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will save them by Yahweh their Elohim. And I will not save them by bow or by sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen.

Hos 1:10 Yet the number of the  sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor numbered. And it shall be, in the place where it is said to them, You are not My people, it shall be said to them, Sons of the Living Elohim.

Hos 1:11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be gathered together, and shall set over themselves one Head. And they shall go up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

How great is Yahweh’s faithfulness! He did not cast away his covenant partner, Israel, but as we have  seen  in Romans the 11th chapter, He merely dispersed Him among the nations so that salvation might be available to all.

We have discussed in length how both Judah and Israel were sent into Diaspora due to their rebellion and sin, and that Scripture literally says that the land actually spewed them out. Did you know that  Scripture actually tells us the exact amount of years that Israel would not be living in the land of Israel?

Lev 26:18 And if after these  things you will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sin;

Lev 26:21 And if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to listen to Me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins,

Lev 26:24 then I, I also, shall walk contrary to you, and shall smite you, even I, seven times more for your sins;

We see four different times Yahweh says he will punish Israel 7 times for their sins. This word in  the  Hebrew seems to indicate an intensity and duration to the punishment. The Babylonians first started to invade Israel in 605 BC, and had several  sieges until  the  destroying of the Temple in 586 BC. They then left a remnant  in  the land until they fled with Jeremiah down to Egypt in 572 BC. In numbers the 14th chapter, it outlines  in prophecy the year-for-a-day principle.

Num 14:34 by the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year; you shall bear your iniquities forty years; you shall know My alienation from you.

So if we take a prophetic year, which is 360 days (there were 12 30-day months before the flood)  and multiply it by 7 (duration of punishment), we come up with 2,520 years. This is the exact time of Israel’s punishment away from the land of Israel. If we add the 2,520 years of punishment to the time that Israel was completely removed from the land in 572 BC, we come up with exactly 1948, the year that modern Israel became a nation. How astounding is that? What great proof that our Heavenly Father has not cast away his servant Jacob! Let’s look at some prophecies concerning Israel coming back to their land in the end-times.

Amos 9:14-15 And I will bring back the captivity of My people Israel. And they shall build the waste cities, and live in them. And they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be pulled up out of their land which I have given to them, says Yahweh your Elohim.

First of all, notice that this prophecy is to the whole house of Israel, not only to Judah or the Jews. Also notice that, although Judah did enter the land of Israel in 1948, the lost tribes of Israel have not come back to the land of Israel as of yet.

If we look at the time of duration for the lost tribes it is a little different than for their brother Judah.

Eze 4:4 And you, lie down on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. The number of the days that you shall lie down on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

Eze 4:5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of days: three hundred and ninety days. And you shall bear the house of Israel’s iniquity.

Eze 4:6 And when you complete them, even lie on your right side, the second. And you shall bear the house of Judah’s iniquity forty days; a day for a year. I have set it for you, a day for a year.

The House of Israel was told to bear their iniquity 390 days, a day for a year. If you take the 390 and multiply it by seven as lined out in  Leviticus 26, you will come up with 2,730 years. From the time of the Assyrian captivity in 723-722 BC, adding the 2,730 years gives you the year 2007-2008 for the Northern Tribes captivity to end, and to be allowed once again to start to enter the land of Israel. Then Judah is told to add another 40 years after their initial 2,520 years. Remember, when Judah entered Israel in 1948, they controlled the land of the Northern tribes, not their own land. They did not take possession of the land of Judah and Jerusalem until the  Six  Day War in 1967. So we would add forty years to 1967. Judah has already fulfilled their seven  times  duration  punishment, so there would be no need to multiply the  last 40 by seven. Amazingly enough, both land captivities would end in the year 2007-2008. This could be a very big year for the Nation of Israel. It could very well be the beginning of a great migration back to the land of Israel by all twelve tribes.

Let me also interject that there will be a great cleansing in the land before the Messiah returns and peace comes to Israel. Do not be fooled by the false peace plans of men, under the United Nations, which only takes away the land of Israel and does not fulfill the Father’s will.

The problem for Judah today is that they must recognize that they are but one of 12 brothers, and they must be ready to enlarge their tents to allow their fellow covenant partners back home to the land of Israel; otherwise, they will face serious consequences from our Heavenly Father.

Isa 54:2 Make the place of your tent larger, and let them stretch out the curtains of  your  dwellings. Do not spare, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.

Judah must accept their brother Ephraim with open arms. As of today this is not happening.

Isa 63:16-17 For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; You, Yahweh, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your Name is from everlasting. O Yahweh, why do You make us wander from Your ways? You harden our heart from Your fear. For Your servants’ sake, return the tribes of Your inheritance.

This is the cry of Ephraim today. They see their brother Judah back in the land of our inheritance. We see Judah also struggling with the Arab nations around them. Ephraim today is like the prodigal Son, only wanting to come home to his family, being beaten down in humility after thousands of years of captivity. Coming out of the paganism of our forefathers in Diaspora, Ephraim simply is a wanderer among the Nations, looking once again to come home to the land of Israel.

Hos 9:16-17 Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb. My Elohim shall reject them because they did not listen to Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

This is Ephraim today, patiently waiting for the prophecies of Scripture to be fulfilled and, like their brother Judah, to be planted once again on their land on the mountains of Samaria.

Jer 31:1-10 At that time, says Yahweh, I will be the Elohim of all the families of Israel, and  they shall be My people. So says Yahweh, Israel, the people, the survivors of the sword, have found grace in the wilderness, I will go to give rest to him. Yahweh has appeared to me from far away, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love! On account of this, with loving kindness  I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built again, O virgin of Israel. You will again put on your tambourines and go forth in the dance of those making merry. You shall yet plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria, the planters shall plant and shall treat them as common.

For there shall be a day when the watchmen on Ephraim’s hills shall call  out, Arise and  let us go up to Zion, to Yahweh our Elohim. For so says Yahweh, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the head of the nations. Cry out,  give praise and say, O Yahweh, save Your people, the remnant of Israel. Behold! I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the recesses of the earth. Among them the blind, and the lame, the pregnant one, and the travailing one together, a great company shall return here. They shall come with weeping, and I will lead them with prayers. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a right way; they will not stumble in it. For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My first-born. Hear the Word of Yahweh, O nations, and declare in the coast lands far away, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.

It is undeniable to see that this prophecy is for the end of days and into the millennium. It is also undeniable to see that at this time, a time still in the future, Yahweh is redeeming not only the House of Judah, but also the House of Ephraim or Israel. Let’s look at another prophecy in Ezekiel the 36th chapter.

Ezek 36:6 So prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations.

Eze 36:9-12 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.  And I will multiply men on  you, all  the house of Israel, all of it. And the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built. And I will multiply men on you, and beast, and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will make you dwell as you formerly were, and I will do better than at your beginnings. And you shall know that I am Yahweh. Yea, I will cause men to walk on you, My people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you will be an inheritance to them and will not any more increase their bereavement.

Eze 36:16-28 And the Word of Yahweh was to me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt on their land, they even defiled it by their ways and by their doings. As the defilement of woman’s impurity, their way was before Me. So I poured out My fury on them, because of the blood that they had poured out on the  land,  and  for their idols by which they defiled it. And I scattered them among the nations, and they were sown among the lands; I judged them by their way and by their doings. And  when they entered into the nations, there where they went, they even profaned My holy Name, by saying to them, These are the people of Yahweh, and they are gone out of His land. But I had pity for My holy Name which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, there where they went. Therefore, say to the house of Israel, So says the Almighty Yahweh: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but only for My holy Name which you profaned among the nations, there where you went. And I will sanctify My great Name which was profaned among the nations, which you profaned among them. And the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, declares the Almighty Yahweh, when I am sanctified in you in their eyes. For I will take you from the nations and gather you out of all the lands and bring you into your land.

Then I will sprinkle clean waters on you, and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your defilement and from all your idols. And I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within  you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit  within  you  and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them. And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you  shall  be a  people to Me, and I will be Elohim to you.

Eze 36:33-38 So says the Almighty Yahweh: In the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built. And the desolated land shall be cultivated, rather than being a ruin in the eyes of all passing by. And they shall say, this land that was desolated has become like the Garden of Eden. And the wasted and desolated and razed cities are fortified and inhabited. And the nations left all around you shall know that I, Yahweh, built the razed places and planted that which was desolated. I, Yahweh have spoken it and will do it. So says the Almighty Yahweh: Yet for this I will be sought by the house of Israel, to work for them. I will increase them with men like a flock. Like a holy flock, like the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so the wasted cities shall be filled with flocks of men.

We are living in the most fantastic time the world has ever seen. We are living in a time when we will  see Yahweh do larger miracles than the Red Sea crossing, in bringing the sons of Israel back to their land.

Jer 16:14-16 So, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be said, As Yahweh lives who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. But rather, As Yahweh lives who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands, there where He had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers. Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh. And they shall fish them. And after this I will send  for many hunters, and they will hunt them, from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

After over 2700 hundred years, Yahweh is in the process of bringing the sons of Israel back to their land. He is in the process of fulfilling His promise to Abraham almost 3,800 years ago, to give his descendants all the land of Israel, which formally was the land of Canaan. We are going to see things in this generation which the prophet Habakuk tells us “we would not believe it, even if it were told to us.” We are literally seeing before our eyes the fulfilling of the New Covenant. Isn’t it also profound that Yahweh says He will gather Israel from the land of the north, the very land into which we’ve seen that they went captive?

What a shocking and awesome truth it is, to find out that true believers of Yahshua are the literal descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. The historical evidence is shocking and overwhelming, but the spiritual evidence can only bring us to tears. To see that the 12  tribes  of Israel have been scattered all over the earth, from Red China, to Russia, India, Asia, and clustered in the area of Europe, and North America. Then to see that, through the New Covenant, Yahshua is calling back to Himself, one by one, the sons of Jacob. We are saved by grace; nothing we could do could have redeemed us back to Yahweh. Our forefathers from all 12 tribes were  given to idolatry, and we are their offspring. We would still be steeped in pagan customs from modern Christianity if we had  not  been freed from these traps by our Savior Himself. It is awesome to see so many coming out of the  worthless pagan traditions of men and coming to the truth of Scripture by the spirit of Yahweh.

Jer 16:19 O Yahweh, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, Our fathers have inherited only lies,  vanity, and there is no profit in them.

This is exactly what we are seeing  today,  thousands upon thousands of Israelites from the House of Joseph coming to the truth of their heritage, and leaving the worthless pagan traditions behind. Romans 11:28, the second half, tells us that concerning election, Israel is beloved for the Father’s sake. Romans 8:28 states:

Rom 8:28 But we know that to the ones loving Yahweh, all things work together for good,  to those being called according to purpose;

It is interesting to note that the word for purpose in verse 28 is the Greek word for the showbread of presence from the temple. Remember that there were 12 loaves of showbread at all times to represent  the 12 tribes of Israel in the temple.So this verse is saying that the ones who are predestined are the 12 tribes of Israel. How wonderful are the ways of Yahweh!

It is also vitally important to understand this subject, to be able to understand world events as we see them today. There has been war and fighting in the land of Israel since they have become a Nation in 1948. Most people in the world have a distorted viewpoint of what’s going on in the Middle East, because of the lies of  the United Nations through the media channels. Most people feel that the poor Palestinians are losing their land to the mighty Israeli army. As we have proven in this book, nothing could be further from the truth. The land of Israel has always been a promised land to Abraham and to his seed through Isaac, not Ishmael. Isaac was the seed promised through which the Messiah would come. Even though Israel was sent into captivity for several thousand years, the land still belonged as a covenant promise to them. The Arab nations around Israel have planned  to take Israel’s land for themselves, but this will not work.

Eze 36:2-5 So says the Almighty Yahweh: Because the enemy has spoken against you, saying, Aha! Everlasting heights have become a  possession to us. So prophesy and say, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Because, yea, because of the wasting and crushing of you  from all around,  that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and you ascended on the lip of the tongue, and the whispering of the people.

Therefore, mountains of Israel, hear  the Word of the Almighty Yahweh: So says the Almighty Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the wastes of desolation, and to the forsaken cities which became a prey and a mocking to the rest of the nations all around. So the Almighty Yahweh says this: Surely I have spoken in the  fire of My jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against Edom, all those of her who have given My land to themselves for a possession with all joy of heart, with scorning of soul, in order to make it open land for a prey.

Yahweh is going to punish the nations who try to take away the land of Israel.

Jer 12:14a So says Yahweh against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will tear them from their land,

In the end time, Yahweh is going to fight for His covenant partner as in the days of old.

Zec 14:3 And Yahweh shall go out and fight against those nations, like the day He fought in the day of battle.

The main reason that the wrath of Yahweh is going to come on all the earth is that the nations have divided the land of Israel and have given Yahweh’s covenant land away to others.

Joel 3:2 For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I bring again the exiles of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, for My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they parted My land.

The nations of the earth have no legal right to the land of Israel. It is a land that belongs to Yahweh!

Lev 25:23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for you are aliens and tenants with Me.

Sometimes I believe that people just don’t think that Yahweh is real. They don’t understand that when He says something, He does not change. Here we are 2,700 years later, and we will see Yahweh fulfill His promise to Abraham, and one can only pity the nation or people that would try to get in His way.

Some in recent times, in their zeal to see prophecy fulfilled, have been proclaiming that the re-gathering of Ephraim is already happening. I can tell you dogmatically that this is not the case. Though we are on the verge of seeing this happen, and our generation will witness this unbelievable event with our eyes, it has not happened yet in its fullness. I have met some Ephraimites who are currently living in the land of Israel, but this is not the re-gathering. They are merely spying out the land as our forefathers did in Numbers 13, when Israel was about to enter the Promised Land the first time. What we see from Scripture is that the 12 tribes of Israel can only receive their land back in a jubilee year.

Lev 25:8-13 And you shall number to yourself seven Sabbaths of years, seven years times seven, and all the days of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to you forty nine years. And you shall let a ram’s horn resound, a signal in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of atonement, let a ram’s horn pass throughout all your land; and you shall make the fiftieth year holy, one year. And you shall proclaim liberty in the land to those living in it; it shall be a jubilee to you. And you shall return every man to his possession; yea, you shall turn back each to his family. It is a jubilee, the fiftieth year; it is a year to you. You shall not sow, nor reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from its unkept vines; for it is a jubilee, it is holy to you; you shall eat its increase out of the field. In the year of jubilee you shall return each one to his possession.

Lev 25:18-19 And you shall do My statutes, and you shall keep my judgments and shall do them; and you shall live on the land securely. And the land shall give its fruit, and you shall eat to satisfaction; and you shall dwell securely on it.

Lev 25:23-28 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for you are aliens and tenants with Me. And you shall grant a redemption for the land in all the land of your possession. If your brother has become poor and has sold his property, then his KINSMAN REDEEMER shall come, and he shall redeem the thing sold by  his  brother. But a man, when there is not one to redeem him, and his own hand has reached out, and he has enough for its redemption, then he shall count the years since its sale, and shall give back the surplus to the man to whom he sold; and he shall return to his possession. And if his hand has not found  enough to give back to him, then the thing he sold shall be in the hand of him who buys it until the year of jubilee. And it shall go out in the jubilee, and he shall return to his possession.

Lev 25:47-55 And if an alien or a tenant lifts up a hand with you, and your brother grows poor with him, and he sells himself to an alien, a tenant with you, or to the offshoot of the family of  an alien, after he has been sold, there is a redemption to him; one of his brothers may redeem him, or his uncle, or a son of his uncle, may redeem him, or any of his fleshly relations of his family may redeem him. Or, if his own  hand has reached out to gain, then he may be redeemed. And he shall count with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him until the year of jubilee, and the silver of his sale shall be by the number of years. As the days of a hireling, it shall be with him. If there are yet many years, by mouth he shall give back his redemption, from the silver of his purchase. And if  few are left  of  the years till the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him according to his years he shall give back his redemption price. As a hireling, year by year, he shall be with him, and he shall not rule him with severity before your eyes. And if he is not redeemed in this way, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him. For the sons of Israel are servants to Me; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your Elohim.

So only in a jubilee can the tribes receive their land back, and only can the “Kinsman  Redeemer”  qualify to give back the proper portions to each tribe for his inheritance. The Kinsman Redeemer was the only one who had the legal right, according to Yahweh’s Word, to give back the proper portion of land to one who  lost  it sometime before the Jubilee period.

Jubilees have not been kept in Israel for thousands of years. Even in the days of  Yahshua, Israel had  already lost the timing of the true jubilee year. Also, Ephraim has been lost in Diaspora for over 2,700 years. They have lived among gentiles and lost their identity. They no longer have legal genealogies that could prove their legal lineage back to Abraham. That is why in this end-time, our Heavenly Father is working through His spirit, and not through human might. Our true Kinsman Redeemer, Yahshua of Nazareth, is calling back the seed of Israel, one by one, to Himself. Only He could qualify to be the one and only true Kinsman Redeemer. Only He knows the very number of hairs on our head, and who He is calling according to election, to fulfill His covenant promise to the literal seed of Abraham. Yahweh did this on purpose so that we would put our boast in  Him and not in sinful flesh, so that at the resurrection  we  would put our claim to eternal life based on the shed blood of the Son of Yahweh, and not in the human  flesh. But at the same time, Yahweh can resurrect Abraham and show him that we are his seed (literal and spiritual) and that He did keep his promise to Abraham.

Only in a jubilee year can there be freedom to captives, and people being given back their land, and only can it come from the Kinsman Redeemer, and this is exactly what Yahshua came to proclaim almost 2,000 years ago.

Isa 61:1-2a The Spirit of the Almighty Yahweh is on Me, because Yahweh has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and complete opening to the bound ones; to proclaim the acceptable year of Yahweh

This is the very  first sermon  that Yahshua preached in the synagogue in Nazareth when He started His ministry. He was proclaiming that He was the Kinsman Redeemer and that He was coming to restore Israel.

The book of Ruth is a beautiful  story  illustrating  the story of Yahshua as the Kinsman Redeemer, coming to redeem His people Israel.

Ruth 3:6-13 And she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in- law commanded her. And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart felt good. And he went to lie down at the end of the heap. And she came secretly and uncovered his feet, and lay down. And it happened in the middle of the night that the man trembled and turned himself. And, behold, a woman was lying at his feet! And  he said, Who are you? And she said, I am your handmaid Ruth, and you shall spread your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a kinsman redeemer. And he  said, Blessed be you of Yahweh, my daughter. You have dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning, not to go after the young men, either poor or rich. And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I will do to you, for all the gate of my people know that you are a woman of virtue. And now, surely it is true that I am a kinsman redeemer. But there also is a redeemer nearer than  I.  Stay tonight, and it shall be in the morning, if he will redeem you, well; he will redeem. And if he does not delight to redeem you, as Yahweh lives, then I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.

Naomi was an Israelite, and had two sons, Mahlon (sickness) and Chilion (weakness); one of these took Ruth, a Moabite Gentile, for a wife. They lived in the  land  of Moab (a form of Diaspora), then both sons died, and Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth, wanted  to go back  to her homeland of Israel. Ruth desperately wanted to stay with Naomi and be joined to her.

Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Do not entreat me to leave you, to turn back from following you. For where you go, I will go. And where you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your Elohim my Elohim.

Ruth is characteristic of Ephraim becoming a part of the nations, and in the end-time desperately wanting to once again be a part of the House of Israel. So Ruth came back to the land of Israel with Naomi, but they had no more inheritance; in essence, they were like Ephraim, “a wanderer among the nation.” So Naomi told Ruth to go and sleep at the feet of Boaz (type of Messiah), a kinsman redeemer. Remember how Mary broke the bottle of perfume and wiped the feet of Yahshua with  her  hair? Boaz had mercy on Ruth, the same way Yahshua has mercy on the lost sheep of Israel today, and told her they would go to the city gate (legal place of transacting business) and legalize the transaction the next day. Let’s continue with the story.

Ruth 4:1-10 And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there. And, behold, the near kinsman of  whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, Such a one, turn aside, sit down. And he turned aside and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit  down here. And they sat down. And he said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has returned from the fields of Moab, will sell a portion  of the field which belonged to our brother, to Elimelech. And I said I would uncover your ear, saying, Buy it before those sitting, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem, redeem. But if you will not redeem, tell me so that I may know. For there is no one besides you to redeem, and I after you. And he said, I will redeem it. And Boaz said, In  the day you buy the field from Naomi’s hand, even  you have bought from Ruth of Moab, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of him who died over his inheritance. And the near kinsman said, I am not able to redeem for myself, that I not mar my own inheritance. You redeem for yourself my right of redemption, for I am not able to  redeem. And this formerly was done in Israel for redemption, and for changing, to lift up every matter. A man would draw off his sandal and gave to his neighbor. And this was the attestation in Israel. And the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy for yourself, and  drew off his sandal. And Boaz said to the elders, and all the people, You are witnesses today that I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that was to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi. And also Ruth of Moab, the wife of Mahlon, I have bought for myself for a wife, to raise up the name of him who died over his inheritance. And the name  of him who died shall not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.

This is a very telling story, filled with symbolism of our redemption through the blood of Yahshua. I believe that the first kinsman, who would not redeem Naomi due to having to take on the burden of  sharing his inheritance with Ruth, is indicative of Judah today. Judah  does  not want to recognize that they have 11 other brothers, just like the first kinsman, fearing that they may lose their inheritance and their identity. That is why it is extremely important that, when we are sharing the good news of salvation through the blood of Yahshua, we do not have a proselytizing attitude with them. Many Christians who go to Israel try to convince religious Jews that the law was nailed to the cross; by doing so they are only harming the true good news message of the Jewish  Savior  Yahshua, Who came to save us from sin, NOT from the law Remember, He upheld the Torah perfectly as an example for us to follow.

Ruth 4:13-17 And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son. And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a redeemer; and may his name be called in Israel. And may he be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you has borne him, who is better to you than seven sons. And Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him. And the neighboring women gave him a name, saying, This is  a  son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Boaz was also indicative of Yahshua, in that he redeemed Ruth so that the tribe of her dead  husband would not be lost or cut off from his brothers. In the same way, Yahshua is calling back the tribes of Israel, so that they, too, will not be cut off from their brothers.

What an awesome story of redemption and hope, and how fitting that this is the very lineage from which both King David and King Yahshua came.

So we see very clearly that redemption can only come  in a jubilee year and only by the kinsman  redeemer. Let’s look at another Scripture speaking of the coming Kinsman Redeemer.

Isa 54:1-8 Sing out, barren one who never bore; break out a song and shout, you who never travailed. For the sons of the desolate one  are more than the sons of the married woman, says Yahweh. (speaking to Judah) Make the place of your tent larger, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. Do not spare, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left. And your seed shall possess nations, and people will inhabit ruined cities. Do not fear, for you shall not be shamed, nor shall you be abashed, for you shall not be wounded. (Speaking to Ephraim)

For you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Hosts is His Name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the Elohim of all the earth. For Yahweh has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of young men when she is rejected, says your Elohim. For a little moment I have left you, but I will gather you with great pity. In a flood of wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but I will have pity on you with everlasting kindness, says Yahweh your Redeemer.

Isa 54:17 Every weapon formed against you shall not prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you  shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness is from Me, says Yahweh.

The word used here for redeemer is the same word used for the Kinsman Redeemer, and we know from this Scripture and many others that only the Messiah can redeem Israel. Sometimes man, in his zeal or pride, and according to the situation, thinks that Yahweh needs him to fulfill His plan for Israel. We are mere tools that the Father uses, as instruments to fulfill His wonderful purpose. It is an honor to us, that He can even use such weak, frail sinners as we are.

Although we will witness the embryonic stages of the re- gathering before the Messiah returns, such as Israel spying out the promise land in Numbers 13 before they entered, the greater re-gathering will not happen until the Messiah appears. Only He can bring the peace needed for this task, and only He has the legal right, according to Torah, to put all twelve tribes back in their own land.

Jer 33:7-11 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return,  and  will build them, as at the  first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity which they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities which they have sinned against Me, and which they have rebelled against Me.  And it shall be a name of joy to Me, a praise and a glory to all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do for them. And they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the peace that I do  for it. So says Yahweh, Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say shall be waste without man and without beast, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man, without one living in it, and without beast, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, Praise Yahweh of Hosts, for Yahweh is good, for His mercy endures forever; those who shall bring the sacrifice of thanksgiving into the house of Yahweh. For I will bring back the captivity of the land, as at the first, says Yahweh.

Jer 33:14-15 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will fulfill the good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. In those days, and at  that time, I will cause a Branch of Righteousness to grow up to David. And He shall do judgment and righteousness in the land.

Jer 33:16 In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name that shall be called on her: YAHWEH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

What some seem to forget at times is the fact that the re-gathering of Israel is a spiritual event, as well as a physical event. That no mere man will ever bring lasting peace to the Middle East, nor will any mere man ever re-gather all 12 tribes of Israel into one. There is spiritual element of forgiveness that must come into play, and only Yahshua the Messiah, the true High Priest of Yahweh, can bring this much-needed redemption to the sons of Israel. When all twelve tribes are re-gathered back to the land of Israel, they will come weeping and mourning, and there will be a new heart of the new covenant within them.

Jer 50:4-7 In these days, and at that time, the sons of Israel shall come, declares Yahweh, they and the sons of Judah together, going and weeping; they shall go and seek Yahweh their  Elohim. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces pointing there, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten. My people are lost sheep, their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they turned them away on the mountains, they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. All who have found them have devoured them. And their foes said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, and Yahweh, their fathers’ hope.

Jer 50:19-20 And I will again bring Israel to his home, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead. In those days, and at that time, states Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and it is not; and the sins of Judah, and they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

No, man is not the answer to Israel’s problems. Just the opposite. Man has been the problem. First Israel itself rejected Yahweh and His laws and Sabbaths, and then, everywhere that Israel was scattered in Satan’s world, men persecuted Israel and plundered them. That continues even into our modern times: it was bad enough that the Jewish nation had to go through such a horrible time as the holocaust, but even after that, when Israel became a nation, over 700,000 Jews were displaced from all the Arab countries and all their belongings confiscated. No, man will not save Israel, only Yahweh can, through His right hand, the Messiah of Israel, Yahshua (Yah is Salvation). Only the Messiah can take away not only the enmity that the world has against Israel, but even that which Judah and Ephraim have against each other.

Isa 11:9-13 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the peoples, unto Him shall the nations seek; and His resting-place shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Yahweh will set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And He will set up an Ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of  Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

The Messiah is going to bring with him a spirit of peace and unity, and it will start in Jerusalem and go throughout all the earth. He will also do away with the jealousy that Judah and Ephraim have  had since the time of Judah selling Joseph into slavery. But just as Joseph (a type of Messiah) totally forgave his brothers, and realized that it was all part of the plan of our Heavenly Father, so too will the true Messiah, Yahshua, bring with Him this spirit of love and forgiveness.

Eze 37:15-27 The word of Yahweh came again unto me, saying, And you, son of man, take you 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: and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not declare to us what these mean to you? Say unto them, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick,  and  they shall be one in My hand. And the sticks shall be in your hand, the ones in which you write before their eyes. And say unto them, So says the Almighty Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 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; 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 dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be My people, and I will be their Elohim. And my Servant, my Beloved, shall be King over them; and they all shall have one Shepherd: they shall also walk in My ordinances, and observe My statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, for ever: and my beloved Servant shall be their Prince for ever. 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. My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

At this time peace will reign over all the earth and Israel will be that model nation that Yahweh  intended  them to be. The Messiah will unite the two Houses of Israel  into one, just as it was in the days of King David and Solomon.

Isa 65:17-25 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a  joy. And  I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying. There shall be no more there an infant of days,  nor an old man that has not filled his days; for the child shall die a  hundred  years  old,  and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabits; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, and My chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s  food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in My entire holy mountain, says Yahweh.

Does Scripture give us any idea when the Messiah is coming back to re-gather the sons of Israel?

Mat 24:32-34 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is nigh; even so you also, when you see all these things, know you that He is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

Yahshua told us to watch the fig tree. Who is the fig tree?

Jer 24:1a-7 Yahweh showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Then said Yahweh unto me, what do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good  figs,  very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the Elohim of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place  into the land  of the Chaldeans, for good. For I will set My eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will  build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and  not pluck them up. And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim; for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart.

So very clearly Israel is the fig tree. Some figs are very good, and will be allowed back into the land, and some figs are very bad and will not be allowed back  into  the land. So it is Israel coming back to be a nation that we are to watch. Now let’s look at Psalm 102. I believe that Psalm 102 is a psalm speaking about the holocaust and leading into the return of the Messiah.

Psa 102:2-5 Hide not Your face from me in the day of my distress: Incline Your ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily. For my days consume away in smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand. My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

Who can read these verses and not think about the pictures of starving Jews in concentration camps, reduced to mere skin and bones? Also, the bodies being burned in the crematoriums, just like the psalmist declares.

Psa 102:8-9 My enemies curse me all the day; My very own name has been used as a curse against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Can we forget the yellow armbands forced on Jewish people to wear, and the humiliation given to them daily, strictly because they were sons of Jacob, as the psalmist writes?

Psa 102:13 You will arise, and  have  mercy  upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yes, the set time is come.

Verse 13 is very interesting. The psalmist talks about restoring Zion out of this terrible holocaust, at the set time. The word in Hebrew is “moed.” It literally means to make an appointment with, or an exact appointed time. What was the exact timing of Israel’s captivity? We have already shown that it was 2,520 years, ending exactly in 1948 when Israel once again became a nation. And here the psalmist is saying the same thing. He is saying there would be a time of great  cleansing on the sons of Jacob, but then, at the appointed time (May 14th, 1948),  Israel would once again be a nation. But that’s not all, let’s read on.

Psa 102:16 For When Yahweh has built up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.

Psa 102:18 This shall be written for the last generation ; And a people which shall be created shall praise Yahweh.

Wow! What an awesome Scripture! When Yahweh builds up Zion, and returns His people back to Jerusalem, then the Messiah will appear, and this was written for the last generation. Many translations render this verse as “for a future generation,” but in the original Hebrew  it  is rendered “L’der Acharon,” which literally means the last generation. Zion is more built up than it has ever been in its history, and Israel is a nation again after more than 2,500 years of Diaspora. Yahshua clearly said  that when you begin to see these things, look up, for your salvation is near, and  that  “THIS GENERATION,”  the generation that would live through the holocaust and see Israel the fig tree become a nation again, would not pass until He had returned. That not only tells us that we are the last generation clearly from Scripture, but that we are late in that generation, and time is passing very quickly. The events of Israel becoming a nation, and even  current events that are happening in Israel today, are clear signs that we are close to the Messiah’s return.

There is another very interesting Scripture in the book of Romans that gives us another clear  indication of how close Yahshua’s return really is. We have  already  gone over how in the end-time Yahweh is going to graft back into  the one tree of Israel many converts from the House of Ephraim or Joseph. Now let us examine Romans 11 more closely.

Rom 11:24 For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were against nature grafted into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

Rom 11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery brethren, so that you may not be wise within yourselves, that a hardening in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes in;

Rom 11:26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Rom 11:27 And this is My covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

From Romans 11 it is very evident what our Heavenly Father is doing in the end-time. He is spiritually preparing Ephraim for Yahshua’s return. But who are the “fullness of the nations?” Remember, the word “goyim,” mostly translated gentile, simply means nations. So who is the fullness of the nations? The answer lies in a prophecy given by Jacob to the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, back in Genesis 48. Remember, Jacob (Israel) was blessing the two boys when he put his right  hand (hand of strength) on Ephraim instead of the first born, Manasseh. Joseph did not want him to do this, because Manasseh was the firstborn, but listen to Jacob’s reply.

Gen 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

Gen 48:18-19 And Joseph said  unto his  father,  Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I  know  it.  He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his  seed  shall become  the fullness of the nations.

It was prophesied by Yahweh, through Jacob, that the calling back of Ephraim in the end-time would be the fullness of the nations, that these people, in the end-time, who would think that they are gentiles, would actually be the very seed of Abraham, and the lost  tribes of Israel. It is also amazing to note how  Yahshua said that no man can come to Me unless the Father  draws him. The fact that Yahweh is literally hand picking His chosen  ones today is just mind-boggling.

There has been a phenomenon going on since the middle of the 1990’s. Since that time literally thousands upon thousands of evangelical Christians have been coming out of their ancient pagan  backgrounds and realizing the truth about who they really are. The House of Ephraim! We do ministry in Israel almost half of the year and meet many of these Brethren, who say  that,  strictly  from reading the Bible, the Holy Spirit has led them  to this truth. Something fantastic is happening. Isaiah  48 poetically puts it:

Isa 48:20b Declare this with a voice of singing, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say, Yahweh hath redeemed His servant Jacob.

It is also amazing that in this last generation, thousands upon thousands of Tribal clansmen,  from  everywhere from Afghanistan to India and China, all the way to Australia and around the globe to America and back through Europe and Great Britain, even back to Israel  in the middle East, are claiming that they are Israelites, from the seed of Joseph. In Bombay, India, there are 5,000 people claiming to be Israelites, whose claim goes back several thousand years, to the tribe of Zebulon. Archeologists have found ancient coins in this area that have the inscription of “Zebulon” and also date back to Israel’s captivity. There are several thousand clansmen from Uzbekistan that claim they are the descendants of Naphtali and Isaacar. Again, archeologists have found tombs dating back to Biblical times in that same region.

Something wonderful is indeed happening, as Isaiah said it would. Yahweh truly is redeeming his servant Jacob.

Now you know the wonderful plan that our Heavenly Father has been working out for almost the last  4,000 years, since the promises were made to Abraham. Now we are the last generation, and we will see the appearing of the Messiah to save Israel, and resurrect their father Abraham, and all the saints with him.

By knowing the awesome plan that our Father is working out today, it also helps us to understand where we fit into that plan. It helps us  to  understand the fact that there is not one covenant to Israel and a separate covenant to the Gentiles; there is one everlasting covenant to the one Tree of Israel. Then, anyone who fears Yahweh and wants to be part of that covenant can do so, by repenting of their sins and accepting the shed blood of Yahshua for the sacrifice for those sins. Then, when he is immersed in the Names of Yahweh and Yahshua, he literally joins the family of Israel, and becomes an heir of Abraham.

How wonderful is it also to understand that many (if not most) true believers today, who may have thought they were gentiles, are actually from the lost tribes of Israel, and that they are also waiting for their inheritance in the land of promise.

The time is short. The day is far spent, and the night is drawing on when no man will work. Let us take the high calling of our Heavenly Father most seriously. Let us honor and cherish our calling as a begotten child of His. Let us be sober and be living lives of Righteousness. Let us truly put the cares of others, such as the poor and the widow and orphan, above our own needs. Let us put away all the worthless ways of our pagan ancestors and truly worship our Heavenly Father in Spirit and truth, and may Yahshua answer you at His return; “ Well done, good servant, come inherit the Kingdom our Father has prepared for us.”

                                           Hallelu Yah !