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From: Eddie Chumney
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Two Houses and the New Testament (Part II)
MORE TWO HOUSES AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
In reading this article, I would also encourage you to read and
study again the article that I sent out last week entitled, "The Two
Houses and the New Testament". I would like to continue with this
study and share further insights and gleanings of the two house
restoration from the words of Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah and from the
Epistles.
WHEN WILL THE KINGDOM BE RESTORED TO ISRAEL?
The disciples of the Messiah had a concept of the restoration of
both houses of Israel and KNEW that both houses of Israel would be
restored by the Messiah. The restoration of both houses of Israel
(Ezekiel 37:15-28) is called by the names of the Ingathering of the
Exiles / Messianic redemption or the restoration of both houses of
Israel. It has been a teaching for thousands of years within Judaism
that the Messiah would reunite both houses of Israel based upon many
prophecies in the writings of the prophets including Isaiah 49:5-6 as
it is written:
Isaiah 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be
his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God
shall be my strength.
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be MY SERVANT to RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a LIGHT TO
THE GENTILES, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the
earth.
The disciples understood this teaching and KNEW that the Messiah
would come and reunite both houses of Israel. After being seen by
many for a total of 40 days including the disciples after His
resurrection and KNOWING that Yeshua/Jesus was / is the Messiah of
Israel, they asked the Messiah WHEN and IF He was going to reunite
both houses of Israel following His resurrection. The disciples asked
the Messiah this question in Acts 1:6 as it is written:
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,
saying, Lord, wilt THOU at THIS TIME RESTORE AGAIN the kingdom to
Israel?
Because the disciples didn't know for sure when the reuniting of
both houses of Israel would take place, the Messiah didn't tell them
directly WHEN it would happen. He only told the disciples HOW the
restoration of both houses of Israel would take place. The answer of
the Messiah is given in Acts 1:7-8 as it is written:
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or
the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall RECEIVE POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is
come upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
The Messiah gave an ANSWER to a QUESTION. The QUESTION was 'When
will the Kingdom be restored to Israel'? The ANSWER was that it will
be a work of the Holy Spirit when individuals RECEIVE POWER to be
a WITNESSES of this restoration of the Kingdom (reunification of
both houses of Israel).
This empowering would take place in Jerusalem and the message would ultimately be taken "to the ends of the earth".
PETER
PREACHES MESSIAH AND THE RESTORATION OF BOTH HOUSES OF ISRAEL
The empowering of believers to be a WITNESS of the
restoration
of both houses of Israel took place on the day of Pentecost / Shavuot
in Acts 2. As the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was taking place,
Peter preached a message to them which primarily consisted of two
parts:
#1) That Yeshua/Jesus is Messiah based upon the prophecies in the
Torah and the Prophets
#2) Messiah died on the tree to bring about the restoration of both
houses of Israel
PETER PREACHES THAT YESHUA / JESUS IS MESSIAH BASED
UPON THE PROPHECIES
Peter proclaimed that Yeshua / Jesus was / is the Jewish Messiah
based upon the prophecies in the Torah and the prophets. In Acts
2:22-35 it is written:
Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and
wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
yourselves also know: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands
have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed
the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be
holden of it. 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not
be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not
leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt
make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men and brethren, let me
freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and
buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 30 Therefore being
a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of
the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up
Christ to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither
his flesh did see corruption. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of
God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy
Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34 For
David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes
thy footstool.
YESHUA / JESUS IS THE MESSIAH OF BOTH HOUSES OF ISRAEL
Peter proclaims that Yeshua/Jesus is the Messiah of both houses of
Israel. In Acts 2:36, 39 it is written:
Acts 2:36 Therefore let ALL the HOUSE OF ISRAEL know assuredly, that
God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and
Christ.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, (THE
HOUSE OF JUDAH / Southern Kingdom) and to all that are afar off, (THE
HOUSE OF ISRAEL / Northern Kingdom) even as many as the
Lord our God shall call.
The house of Judah in exile is called "near" and
the house of
Israel in exile in called "afar off" based upon Daniel 9:7 as it is written:
Daniel 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us
confusion of faces, as at this day; to the MEN OF JUDAH, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto ALL ISRAEL, that are NEAR, and that
are FAR OFF, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them,
because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
THE CALLING OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
The Apostle Paul was called in Acts 9 after a divine encounter
with the Messiah and was given the revelation that he was a "chosen
vessel" to carry out the divine mandate to preach the restoration of
both houses of Israel "to the ends of the earth". In Acts 9:1-6 it
is written?
Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found
any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them
bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus:
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to
kick against the pricks.
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and
go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
In Acts 9:15, the Apostel Paul was told by the Messiah that he
was a chosen vessel and that he had a special task to do for the
Messiah.
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a CHOSEN
VESSEL unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and
the children of Israel:
The Apostle Paul duty was to preach that Yeshua/Jesus was / is
the Messiah based upon the prophecies in the Torah and the prophets
and to preach the restoration of both houses of Israel.
PAUL PREACHES THAT YESHUA / JESUS IS MESSIAH BASED
UPON THE TORAH AND PROPHETS
In Acts 9:19-20, the Apostle Paul is given the task to preach
Messiah in the synagogues as it is written:
Acts 9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And straightway he PREACHED CHRIST in the SYNAGOGUES, that he is
the Son of God.
In Acts 28:16-17,
Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion
delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was
suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews
together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and
brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or
customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem
into the hands of the Romans.
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea
concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake
any harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest:
for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken
against.
23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to
him into his lodging; to whom he EXPOUNDED and TESTIFIED the kingdom
of God, PERSUADING them concerning JESUS, both out of the LAW of
MOSES, and out of the PROPHETS, from morning till evening.
PAUL PREACHES THE RESTORATION OF BOTH HOUSES OF ISRAEL
In Acts 26:6-7, the Apostle Paul is seen preaching and
proclaiming the restoration of both tribes of Israel as it is
written:
Acts 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise
made of God unto our fathers:
7 Unto which PROMISE our TWELVE TRIBES,
instantly serving God day and night, HOPE TO COME. For which hope's
sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
What was this promise? It was / is the restoration of the Kingdom
to Israel which the disciples asked Yeshua/Jesus in Acts 1:6 which is
prophecied in Isaiah 49:5-6 and many other places in the writings of
the prophets.
THE MESSAGE IS PREACHED TO THE "ENDS OF THE EARTH"
The Apostle Paul in his missionary journeys preaching that
Yeshua/Jesus is the Messiah based upon the prophecies in the Torah
and the writings of the prophets and the restoration of both houses
of Israel went to many places including Corinth, Rome and Spain. In
Romans 15:24 it it written:
Romans 15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into SPAIN, I will come to
you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way
thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
Spain would be considered euphemistically speaking the
"ends of
the earth" as well as other places in Europe such as the British
Isles. The prophets tell us that the Ten Tribes would be located in
the "isles" (ends of the earth). In Isaiah 42:1-4, it is told to us
that ISLES "ends of the earth" would wait upon the Torah of the
SERVANT OF THE LORD (the Messiah) being preached to them. In Isaiah
49:1-4 it is written:
Isaiah 42:1 Behold MY SERVANT, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my
soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause
his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not
break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth
judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set judgment in the earth: and the ISLES shall WAIT for HIS LAW.
In Isaiah 49:1, 5-6 it is written:
Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O ISLES, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from
FAR; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name.
Those who were "far off" (the Northern Kingdom / houses of
Israel) were scattered to the ISLES. They were to wait on the
preaching of the MESSIAH and His TORAH and the preaching of the
restoration of both houses of Israel.
Isaiah 49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be
his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God
shall be my strength.
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be MY SERVANT to RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a LIGHT TO
THE GENTILES, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the
earth.
In Jeremiah 31:6-11 it is written:
Jeremiah 31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the
mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the
LORD our God.
7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and SHOUT among the chief of the nations: PUBLISH ye, praise ye, and
say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a
great company shall return thither.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications
will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in
a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to
Israel, and EPHRAIM is my FIRSTBORN.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O
ye nations, and declare it in the ISLES AFAR OFF, and say, He that
scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his
flock.
In Isaiah 51:5 it is written:
Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near; MY SALVATION is gone forth, and
mine arms shall judge the people; the ISLES shall wait upon me, and on
MINE ARM shall THEY (ISLES) TRUST.
So, it was prophesied in the prophets that those in the
ISLES (ends of the earth) who were the Ten Lost Tribes would receive
the message that Yeshua/Jesus was / is the Messiah. and the Biblical
mandate was / is to preach Messiah and the restoration of both houses
of Israel to the ISLES or "the ends of the earth". The Apostle Paul
was a chosen vessel of the Messiah to perform this task.
PREACHING MESSIAH AND THE RESTORATION OF BOTH HOUSES OF ISRAEL IN THE SYNAGOGUES
When the Apostle Paul preached Messiah and the restoration of both
houses of Israel in the synogogues, there was in attendance in the
synogogues Jews, proselyte and Gentile.
Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to
Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to
Jerusalem.
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to ANTIOCH
in Pisidia, and went into the SYNAGOGUE on the SABBATH DAY, and sat
down.
15 And after the READING of the LAW and the PROPHETS the rulers
of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye
have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
42 And when the JEWS were gone out of the SYNAGOGUE, the GENTILES
besought that these words might be preached to them the NEXT
SABBATH.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the JEWS and
religious PROSELYTES followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to
them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
45 But when the JEWS SAW the MULTITUDES, they were FILLED with ENVY,
and SPAKE AGAINST those THINGS (Messiah and the restoration of both
houses of Israel) which were SPOKEN by PAUL, CONTRADICTING and blaspheming.
46 Then PAUL and Barnabas WAXED BOLD,
and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life, LO, WE TURN to the GENTILES.
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a
LIGHT of the GENTILES, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the
ENDS OF THE EARTH.
In giving his reasoning to spend so much of his time and
concentration on the "Gentiles" (assimilated house of Israel who were
located in the ISLES and the "ends of the earth"), the Apostle Paul
quotes from Isaiah 49:6 which speaks of the restoration of both
houses of Israel as it is written:
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be MY SERVANT to RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a LIGHT TO
THE GENTILES, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the END OF THE
EARTH.
Messiah in Acts 1:6 proclaimed that the restoration of the
Kingdom to Israel (restoration of both houses of Israel) should be
proclaimed first in Jerusalem, then in Judea-Samaria and then to the
"ends of the earth" which is what Paul says in Acts 13:47 quoting
from Isaiah 49:6.
WHY DIDN'T THE RESTORATION TAKE PLACE?
Did the preaching of Yeshua / Jesus being the Messiah and
the
restoration of both houses of Israel through the empowering of the
Holy Spirit to be a WITNESS of this message beginning in Jerusalem
then in Judea-Samaria and then to the "ends of the earth" take place
as Messiah commanded? The answer is YES. Did the restoration and
reunification of both houses of Israel takes place? The answer is NO.
Then how do you explain what happened? In order to do so, you must
understand the Hebraic concept of "HERE NOW, BUT NOT YET".
The preaching of Messiah and the restoration back to HIM
for
ALL those who believed both Jews and non-Jew DID take but the
PHYSICAL restoration back to the LAND of ISRAEL did NOT take place.
So, was the mission of the empowering of the believers in Acts 2
accomplished? The answer is YES but NOT in its FULLNESS. It was
fulfilled "HERE NOW" (in part) but "NOT YET" (in its fullness).
When the God of Israel promised the children of
Israel that
He would redeem them from Egypt and take them into the land of Canaan
and they would possess it, did it happen? The answer is YES (in part
because they went in) but "NOT YET" (in its fullness) because the
children of Israel NEVER conquered all the land of Canaan let alone
the promise to Abraham from the Nile to the Euphrates.
THE FULLNESS OF THE PROMISE IS FOR A LATER TIME
Since the "restoration of the Kingdom to Israel" (Acts
1:6) only
happened in PART (Here now) but NOT YET (in its fullness), the
FULLNESS of the fulfillment is for a later time in the future. When
does the prophets say that this future time will be? In the book of
Hosea 6:1-3 it tells us that it will be in the THIRD DAY following the
first coming of Messiah as it is written:
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and
he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the THIRD DAY he will RAISE US
UP, and we shall live in his sight.
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know
the LORD: HIS GOING FORTH is prepared as the morning; and HE SHALL
COME unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the
earth.
The "RAISE US UP" in Hosea 6:2 is a reference to the twelve
tribes being "RAISED UP" in Isaiah 49:6 as it is written:
Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be MY SERVANT to RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to
the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the
earth.
The THIRD DAY is a reference to the Messianic Era. The Messianic
Era is called the DAY OF THE LORD and it begins in DARKNESS (the
tribulation) and ends in LIGHT (the rule and reign of Messiah on the
earth after He sets His feet down on the Mount of Olives in Zech 14:4).
The restoration of both houses of Israel back to the land of
Israel will take place in the THIRD DAY or the DARKNESS (tribulation
/ birthpangs of the Messiah) part of the Messianic Era. This can be
clearly seen in Joel 2:1 and Jeremiah 30:4-7. In Joel 2:1 it is
written:
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy
mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the DAY OF
THE LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 2:2 A DAY of DARKNESS and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of
thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great
people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall
be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
In Jeremiah 30:3-7 it tells us that the restoration of both houses of
Israel will take place during the tribulation as it is written:
Jeremiah 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
bring again the captivity of my people ISRAEL and JUDAH, saith the
LORD: and I will cause them to RETURN to the LAND that I gave to their
fathers, and they shall POSSESS IT.
WHEN does Israel AND Judah RETURN to the LAND of ISRAEL?
Jeremiah 30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning
ISRAEL and concerning JUDAH. (BOTH houses of Israel)
5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard
a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask ye now, and see
whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are
turned into paleness?
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE (not just JUDAH's
trouble) ; but he shall be saved out of it.
Hosea 1:11 tells us that this return will be in the DAY OF JEZREEL
(an idiom for the tribulation / birthpangs of the Messiah) as it is
written:
Hosea 1:11 Then shall the children of JUDAH and the children of
ISRAEL be GATHERED TOGETHER, and appoint themselves one head, and
they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the DAY OF JEZREEL.
THE MESSIANIC REDEMPTION LIKE THE EGYPTIAN REDEMTION
In Hosea 2:14-15 this restoration and reunification of both
houses of Israel is likened to the historical Egyptian redemption as
it is written:
Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into
the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15 And I will give her
her vineyards from thence, and the VALLEY of ACHOR (Achor in Hebrew
means TROUBLE and it is a idiom / reference to the TRIBULATION which
is also called JACOB'S TROUBLE) for a door of hope:
and she shall SING (Singing is an allusion to the Messianic Era and
the Messianic redemption) there, as in the days of her youth, and AS
IN the DAY when she CAME UP OUT of the LAND of EGYPT.
In Malachi 7:15, it it written:
Micah 7:15 ACCORDING to the DAYS of thy coming out of the LAND of
EGYPT will I shew unto him marvellous things.
Since we are at the dawn of the THIRD DAY, undoubtedly, this
restoration is linked to the EVENTS of the PRESENT Israel / PLO
"piece / peace" process and will in the fullness of time be an
end-result of this struggle.
It is my plan and desire to send out another future article
explaining further insights of the restoration of both houses of
Israel in the teachings of Yeshua/Jesus in the Gosepels.
May God continue to bless you in your studies,
Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l
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