Judah Needs Joseph

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From: Yair Davidi: (britam@netvision.net.il)
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NOTE FROM EDDIE:

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

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THE PURPOSE OF THE EXILE

There were originally 12 tribes, 12 tribes of Israel.

The 12 tribes were divided into two sections. Ten of the 12 tribes were lost.

The Lost Ten Tribes were exiled and lost their identity.

Judah was also exiled but Judah did not lose his identity. This is a fact. Why was this?

The Lost Ten Tribes are destined to return.

Why were The Lost Ten Tribes exiled?

Why did the Lost Ten Tribes lose their identity?

Why did Judah not lose his identity?

What Divine Purpose was there behind this?

We have identified The Lost Ten Tribes primarily with peoples of West European descent though we admit that scattered descendants of The Lost Ten Tribes and of the Jews of Judah are also to be found nearly all over the world.

At all events it was prophesied that The Lost Ten Tribes would be together in the same areas and this is what happened. Amongst The Lost Ten Tribes we have identified the English-speaking nations of Britain, America, Australia, and related nations as having been dominated by the Tribes of Joseph.

What Divine Purpose was there behind this?

We can only speculate about the answers to the above questions but perhaps through a consideration of the sources we can gain a clearer picture.

In Genesis 32 it describes the Patriarch Jacob who was returning from Exile in Aram. He was about to meet up with his brother Esau and he was afraid since he had cheated Esau out of the Blessings.

[Genesis 32:6] AND THE MESSENGERS RETURNED TO JACOB, SAYING, WE CAME TO THY BROTHER ESAU, AND ALSO HE COMETH TO MEET THEE, AND FOUR HUNDRED MEN WITH HIM.

[Genesis 32:7] THEN JACOB WAS GREATLY AFRAID AND DISTRESSED: AND HE DIVIDED THE PEOPLE THAT WAS WITH HIM, AND THE FLOCKS, AND HERDS, AND THE CAMELS, INTO TWO BANDS;

[Genesis 32:8] AND SAID, IF ESAU COME TO THE ONE COMPANY, AND SMITE IT, THEN THE OTHER COMPANY WHICH IS LEFT SHALL ESCAPE.

[Genesis 32:9] AND JACOB SAID, O GOD OF MY FATHER ABRAHAM, AND GOD OF MY FATHER ISAAC, THE LORD WHICH SAIDST UNTO ME, RETURN UNTO THY COUNTRY, AND TO THY KINDRED, AND I WILL DEAL WELL WITH THEE:

[Genesis 32:10] I AM NOT WORTHY OF THE LEAST OF ALL THE MERCIES, AND OF ALL THE TRUTH, WHICH THOU HAST SHEWED UNTO THY SERVANT; FOR WITH MY STAFF I PASSED OVER THIS JORDAN; AND NOW I AM BECOME TWO BANDS.

The deeds of the forefathers foreshadow the fate of their descendants, it says in the Talmud.

The forefather Jacob had foreseen that he would be divided into two camps.

The descendants of Jacob were also destined to be divided into two camps: Judah and Joseph who represents all the Lost Ten Tribes.

In 1-Kings chapter 12 it describes the first division between Judah and Joseph. It says that the division was caused by God.

[1-Kings 12; 15] "Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD..."

Notice the words: "the cause was from the LORD". This means that God had His own reasons for allowing the division between Judah and the Northern Tribes (represented by Joseph) to take place.

It says further, 1-Kings 12; 24: "So says the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man unto his house; FOR THIS THING IS FROM ME. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD."We see from the above that the Division was from God: "FOR THIS THING IS FROM ME," it says. God had his own reasons for the Division. The Division was part of the Divine Plan for world history.

A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS

It says that the Lost Tribes would be a light to the nations:
[Isaiah 42:6] I THE LORD HAVE CALLED THEE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WILL HOLD THINE HAND, AND WILL KEEP THEE, AND GIVE THEE FOR A COVENANT OF THE PEOPLE [in Hebrew: "Brit-Am"], FOR A LIGHT OF THE GENTILES;

[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 Lost Ten Tribes of Israel are described by Isaiah as becoming "a light to the nations" (Isaiah 42;6 49;6): This means they will become some type of type of humanizing or civilizing influence. In Hebrew "light to the nations" is "Or Goyim". The Hebrew word "Goyim" can be translated as either "nations" or as "Gentiles" meaning non-Israelites. Both translations are possible.

It was said that Israel would be "A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES". The word for "Gentiles" is synonymous with the word for "Nations". Both words are correct translations of the Hebrew "Goyim". Isaiah 49;5-12: i.e. Israel would be a "light" or a civilizing influence over non-Israelites and non-Israelite nations.

[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 49:7] THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, AND HIS HOLY ONE, TO HIM WHOM MAN DESPISETH, TO HIM WHOM THE NATION ABHORRETH, TO A SERVANT OF RULERS, KINGS SHALL SEE AND ARISE, PRINCES ALSO SHALL WORSHIP, BECAUSE OF THE LORD THAT IS FAITHFUL, AND THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, AND HE SHALL CHOOSE THEE.

[Isaiah 49:8] THUS SAITH THE LORD, IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME HAVE I HEARD THEE, AND IN A DAY OF SALVATION HAVE I HELPED THEE: AND I WILL PRESERVE THEE, AND GIVE THEE FOR A COVENANT OF THE PEOPLE [in Hebrew: "Brit-Am"], TO ESTABLISH THE EARTH, TO CAUSE TO INHERIT THE DESOLATE HERITAGES;

[Isaiah 49:9] THAT THOU MAYEST SAY TO THE PRISONERS, GO FORTH; TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES. THEY SHALL FEED IN THE WAYS, AND THEIR PASTURES SHALL BE IN ALL HIGH PLACES.

[Isaiah 49:10] THEY SHALL NOT HUNGER NOR THIRST; NEITHER SHALL THE HEAT NOR SUN SMITE THEM: FOR HE THAT HATH MERCY ON THEM SHALL LEAD THEM, EVEN BY THE SPRINGS OF WATER SHALL HE GUIDE THEM.

[Isaiah 49:11] AND I WILL MAKE ALL MY MOUNTAINS A WAY, AND MY HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXALTED.

[Isaiah 49:12] BEHOLD, THESE SHALL COME FROM FAR: AND, LO, THESE FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST; AND THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM

["The Land of Sinim" means Australia, as we have explained in another talk].

The phrase "End of the Earth" is associated by Isaiah with The Tribes of Jacob who need to be gathered, says Isaiah. The same applies to the expression "a light to the Gentiles". It should be acknowledged that despite all the mistakes, corruption, and evil that the Anglo-Saxon nations may have done, on the WHOLE, they have been a civilizing influence amongst the Gentiles. Modern "Western" concepts of human rights and innate dignity and related values are due to these peoples more than to others. Humanitarian Trends of thought, altruistic motivation and actual reforming measures that are workable are often derived from these peoples. At least, they are due to them more than they are due to anybody else. To the extent that the Humanism of modern civilization is attributable to non-Anglo-Saxon elements then these too are usually from nationalities identified by us as containing a significant proportion of Israelites. French, Scandinavians, Swiss, Dutch, and the Jews, together with the Anglo-Saxons, are responsible for most of what good exists in the world today. On a relative scale these nations have the best record for socially conscious policies in the world.

A GREAT AND MIGHTY NATION

Again in Genesis ch.18 God had made himself known unto Abraham:

Genesis 18;18-19: "ABRAHAM SHALL BECOME A GREAT AND MIGHTY NATION, AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIM. "FOR I KNOW HIM, THAT HE WILL COMMAND HIS CHILDREN AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM, AND THEY SHALL KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD, TO DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT: THAT THE LORD MAY BRING UPON ABRAHAM THAT WHICH HE HAS SPOKEN OF HIM.

"Justice And Judgement": Here, looking at this Blessing, the doing of Justice and Judgement are being spoken of and emphasized. The Chosen People were destined to do "justice and judgement", that was to be part of their task in history: They were to do "justice and judgement", in order that all the nations of the earth be blessed in them. First they were going to become a great and mighty nation and then they would do "justice and judgement" that ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIM.

The order of the blessing implies that in order to do "justice and judgment" the people who are so blessed must first become "a great and mighty nation" since first "a great and mighty nation" is mentioned and then later the goal of doing "justice and judgement" follows after.

The Blessings were unconditional!

UNCONDITIONALITY OF THE BLESSINGS
"Akeda" = "The Binding"

The material blessings of becoming a great and mighty nation in which all the nations of the earth would be blessed was unconditional.

In Genesis 22 is described the incident known in Hebrew as "The Akeda" = "The Binding". Abraham had passed a test and had shown that he was willing to obey God no matter what God was told him to do. After the test God promised that the international aspects of the Promises given to the descendants of Abraham were to be fulfilled UNCONDITIONALLY. God Blessed Abraham,

"And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, "That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; "And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

Note the expression in the first part of this blessing:

"By myself have I sworn, says the LORD": in other words unconditionally "by MYSELF" i.e. by HIMSELF", by the very essence of God Almighty and therefore the Promises were NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!! They had to be fulfilled.

We have seen from the above that part of the Blessings were given unconditionally and that they had to be fulfilled and that part of the purpose of these blessings was to enable Joseph (meaning the Lost Ten Tribes) to civilize and upgrade the nations of the world. Judah was destined to keep the Law whereas Joseph was destined to lose his identity yet reform the world from within. Joseph the son of Jacob had been sold as a captive into Egypt. He had become by order of the king the effective ruler of Egypt. Joseph saved Egypt from famine. He also reformed and changed the social and economic arrangements of Egypt. According to tradition Joseph also introduced agricultural reforms to Egypt. As well as saving Egypt from famine Joseph also saved many of the countries round about. The brothers of Joseph came down to Egypt to buy grain because the Land of Canaan where they lived had also been stricken by the famine. Joseph saved his father and his brothers and all their families from famine. The descendants of Joseph were also destined to go as captives into exile, to lose their identity and in their place of exile to save the world and their Israelite brothers from calamity.

Jacob asked Esau to leave him alone for the time being until Jacob comes to him to his own country of Seir where Esau lived. Symbolically there is a tradition that Jacob was agreeing that Esau have worldly power instead of him until the End Days come when Jacob will come to war against Esau. This is what it means when it says: "UNTIL I COME UNTO MY LORD UNTO SEIR". The War of Jacob against Esau is the War of Joseph against Edom as described in the Book of Obadiah.

Judah in Need of Joseph

In the Book of Numbers it relates how the Israelites after coming out of Egypt were about to conquer the Land of Canaan. They sent spies into the Land to spy it out. The spies brought back a report that giving the impression that the natives of the Land were too powerful to be conquered. The people on hearing this bad report became demoralized and tried to rebel against Moses. God punished them by declaring that they would not be allowed to enter the Land immediately but would have to wander in the wilderness for forty years until all the generation that rebelled had died out. After that their children would inherit the Land. Our story picks up from there but first we will go back to the Blessing given to Joseph by his father Israel:

[Genesis 49:22] JOSEPH IS A FRUITFUL BOUGH, EVEN A FRUITFUL BOUGH BY A WELL; WHOSE BRANCHES RUN OVER THE WALL:

"BY A WELL" in Hebrew: "ali ayin" which can also mean "above ("al") the eye ("ayin"). Rabbi Haim Dynovisz in a weekly tract in French ("Lev p'tit Hebdo. Thora et Info" Num 56/28 Sivan) gave certain insights that have been paraphrased and adapted below: When the spies (Numbers 13) went into the land of Israel they went after their eyes and reported what their eyes saw:

AND THERE WE SAW THE GIANTS, THE SONS OF ANAK, WHICH COME OF THE GIANTS: AND WE WERE IN OUR OWN SIGHT AS GRASSHOPPERS, AND SO WE WERE IN THEIR SIGHT [Numbers 13:33] .

NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE BE STRONG THAT DWELL IN THE LAND, AND THE CITIES ARE WALLED, AND VERY GREAT: AND MOREOVER WE SAW THE CHILDREN OF ANAK THERE [Numbers 13:28].

They were confounded by what they saw and spread dismay to the rest of Israel. For this reason the incident of the Spies is followed by the commandment concerning tassels whose purpose is to teach us to guard our eyes:

AND IT SHALL BE UNTO YOU FOR A FRINGE, THAT YE MAY LOOK UPON IT, AND REMEMBER ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, AND DO THEM; AND THAT YE SEEK NOT AFTER YOUR OWN HEART AND YOUR OWN EYES, AFTER WHICH YE USE TO GO A WHORING. [Numbers 15:39].

It was because the spies went after their eyes that the People of Israel were unable to immediately conquer the Land but had to wander in the Wilderness for forty years. When they finally did go in to conquer the Land they were led by Joshua. Joshua was of the Tribe of Ephraim and descended from Joseph. Joseph had received the blessing to be "ali ayin" i.e. "above the eye". This quality enabled him not to be impressed by what he saw but to transcend historical logic. Israel is always confronted with the problems that according to "human vision" have no real solution. It is only the "Joshuas" who are capable of seeing that which the eye cannot see and that permit us to attain the "impossible". The scouts ("spies") failed because they were guided by their eye. They were pragmatic. It was because of this fault that we have been exiled amongst the seventy nations. [Seventy sons of Noah are mentioned in Genesis 10 and it is from these 70 that all
nations of the earth descend]. There are seventy nations because they too are under the domination of the "eye" [i.e. of practical considerations according to apparent reality]. Seventy is the numerical value in Hebrew of the letter "ayin" whose name means "eye" in Hebrew. [The English word "eye" is derived from the Hebrew "ayin" meaning "eye"].

Ever since Israel [i.e. the Jews of Judah in this context] lost the power of Joseph who was above the "eye" [and above the seventy nations] they have been in Exile.

The above observations are derived (as we mentioned above) from the thoughts of Rabbi Haim Dynovisz. It is doubtful if the Rabbi had the Lost Ten Tribes in mind when he put these thoughts down. Nevertheless, the point holds. Ever since Joseph departed from Judah and Judah-aspect of Israel lost the power of Joseph the Jews have been oppressed by non-Israelite nations. The establishment of the State of Israel and its stabilization began the process of "normalizing" the Jewish status and enabling the Jews to work towards national self-expression in their own land. This process was made possible and supported by the forces of Joseph, at first through Britain and then the USA. Judah is in need of Joseph whether he likes it or not BUT it works both ways. Joseph also needs Joseph to realize himself. Joseph in Egypt was the de-facto ruler of the country but that was all. Only when he was reconciled to his brothers was Joseph enabled to express his complete personality.

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