From: Rabbi Moshe Koniuchowsky" <robkon@bellsouth.net>
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: The Full Restoration of Israel
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"THE
ONGOING REUNION OF ALL ISRAEL"
By
Rabbi Moshe Koniuchowsky
Series
2 of 6: (Part 2 of 2)
Hosea 7:8 states that Ephraim has mixed himself among the heathen.
Obviously to find Ephraim Israel you have to look amongst the heathen.
Verse 11 states that the road to the nations went through Assyria.
Hosea 8:8 reiterates in the clearest possible terms that Israel will
be swallowed up by the Gentile nations. The Hebrew word for swallow is
bala, which literally means to become one flesh with by being devoured
or taken away. In the same manner that meat eaten by a human being
literally disappears and becomes one flesh with his body, so Israel
(Ephraim), will become one and the same as the Gentile nations, even
as Yahshua and His Father are Echad!. In scripture the term goy is a
collective term for a nation and goy is never used in scripture in a
derogatory manner against any individual since Gentiles mean corporate
nations. There are even several references to the nation of Yisrael as
"Goy Yisrael" instead of Am Yisrael. Hosea 7:8 & 8:8 states that
Ephraim would live among the nations or Gentiles, as his severe
punishment for counting Torah as a strange thing (Hosea 8:12). No
matter how much Torah Yahweh shared with Ephraim he wanted no part of
it feeling restricted by it. Sound familiar ? It should. That is the
current state of most non Jewish believers. In Hosea 9:11 a heart
wrenching scripture states that Ephraim Israel will fly away like a
bird, where there will be no birth, no carrying womb, no conception.
There future as recognizable Israelites will not continue, therefore
no birth or conception (as Israel). Verse 17 of Hosea 9 reiterates the
clear historical fact that Ephraim Israel was destined to wander among
the nations.
Even Moshe Rabainu prophesied this Ephraimite diaspora in Deuteronomy
33:16-17! Moshe said in verse 16 that Ephraim was always separated
from his brethren and in verse 17 reiterates Ephraim's eternal first
born status as bullish or steadfast. Then amazingly he describes
Ephraim as a unicorn which is the only member of the horse species
with only one horn, symbolizing that when Ephraim would experience his
yet future 721 BCE diaspora, he would be thrust out of Israel
alone(one horn), without Judah his brother. The end of Devarim
(Deuteronomy) 33:17 reconfirms that this unicorn (Ephraim) shall push
the people of Israel to the ends of the earth, where being scattered,
they will multiply and become known as the ten thousands of Ephraim
and the thousands of Manasseh! WOW!
Despite this terrible correction, Yahweh promised that this global
scattering would not result in Ephraim's destruction according to
Hosea 11:9 and Jeremiah 31:35-37 and countless other texts. Therefore
we know that though they have wandered and dwelt among the Gentiles
becoming Gentiles, since Torah that was designed to knit them
together, was treated as a strange thing to them, the Father promised
that they would not be destroyed but would be individually preserved.
If they are not destroyed and if one of Yahshua's missions was to find
them in their desolate heritage and rebuilt the Tabernacle of David,
where do you think many of them are today! That's right. They are in
many instances your non Jewish believing brothers and sisters
according to Hosea 2:1! Wake up O Israel, put off your slumber and the
truth will set you free!
Hosea 12:1 and Hosea 13:15, give very strong biblical clues to the
current location of scattered Ephraim Israel. The Word states that
Ephraim feeds on wind meaning he is being tossed around the globe and
follows after an east wind. We know that an east wind blows west.
Zechariah 10:8 -9 says that Yahweh will whistle for Ephraim and summon
them out of all the western nations where they have been sowed. That
glorious re-gathering of both houses in scripture is called the Day Of
Jezreal, which literally means the regathering and replanting of that
which was previously uprooted! All land today west and northwest of
Israel such as the Americas, North, Central & South, as well as Europe
and the British Isles are all locations of major population centers of
Ephraimites.
Yair Davidy reached the following well documented conclusions from
talmudic, historical, and archeological sources. Ephraim wound up in
Britan, Manasseh in the USA, Reuben in France, Simeon in Celtic and
Jewish Europe, Levi wherever the Jews went, Judah went everywhere,
Issachar wound up in Switzerland and Finland, Zebulon wound up in
Holland, Gad wound up in Sweden, Asher in Scotland, Benjamin with the
Judahites in Belgium, Normandy and elsewhere,. Dan with the Danes and
Celts of Europe and Naphtali wound up with the Norwegians in Norway.
As you can plainly see both houses went just about everywhere though
Judah was more successful at sticking together.
This north and northwest flight will result in millions from both
houses returning to Israel in the last days from Russia where many
multitudes of Ephraimites are found along with Judahites. Jeremiah
16:15-19 are strong proof texts that claim that the northern house of
Israel went directly north to modern day Russia and the current area
known as the Commonwealth of Independent States, that make up the
former Soviet Union. They will return from the north country. That
return will be so massive that it will cause ALL ISRAEL to downplay
the Egyptian Exodus and magnify the numerically greater one currently
underway. Messianic Judaism loves to proclaim Yahweh's majesty in the
return of the Jew from the former Soviet Union as well as the Jewish
revival currently underway there, yet it fails to take into account
scriptures like Jeremiah 3:17-18, that state that in the last days
when we see this massive return of Israelites from the north, or this
Second Exodus, that it will be the seed and offspring of both houses
returning to Israel. In other words it is time to wake up and smell
the coffee and allow Messiah to give you light! Some of the folks that
we call Jewish in the former Soviet Union that are excepting Messiah
in record numbers and returning to the land of Israel are in fact
Ephraimites not just Judahites. Yahweh did not say He will bring
Jewish Israel back and leave Ephraim Israel in the lands of the north
only to suffer more pogroms (annihilation crusades) at the hands of
anti-Semites like the Pamyat. Rather in Jeremiah 3:17-18, He stated
that He will bring both houses back in the last days. Since both
houses return it is obvious that both houses still exist. It is
Yahshua's gospel light that seeks to make these two into one new man
called Israel! Jeremiah 50: 4-5 confirms that in order for all Israel
to be regathered both houses will learn how to walk together away from
Babylon and Rome and hand in hand return to Zion. Whether you like it
or not, there is no scriptural regathering of Judah without or apart
from a simultaneous and equally ambitious effort on Yahweh's part to
regather the house of Joseph in the hand of Ephraim. They go together
and are not separate rescues done at separate times! One must totally
butcher scripture to even suggest that Judah's return to the land of
Israel is happening without brother Ephraimites. Whether Messianic
Judaism at this juncture recognizes his brother or not, that will not
stop the Father's plan which shall stand above all others, from being
enacted.
Hosea 14:6 says that returning and repentant Ephraim will again be
part of the olive tree of Israel. This is confirmed by Rav Shaul who
in Romans 11:16 calls returning Ephraimites wild (paganized) olive
branches. In Amos 9:8 Yahweh promised to destroy the northern nation
but in verse nine He says that as individuals, not a single grain will
fall to the ground, or be destroyed among the nations or Gentiles
where they are destined to go. Verse 11 of Amos 9 states that the
reason that not a singular grain of Israelite corn will fall to the
ground is that the Father must preserve them amongst the nations that
they are going to be in, so that He can rebuild the Tabernacle of
David which has fallen so completely. The idea of "LOST TRIBES", IS
TOTALLY CHRISTIAN IN THEOLOGY AND HAS NO BIBLICAL OR JEWISH BASIS!
There is much talmudic literature that talks about Ephraim still
existing and waiting to experience a second birth through MOSHIACH!!
Ezekiel confirms the fact the northern kingdom became Gentiles amongst
the nations in such verses as Ezekiel 36:15-38. These verses also
bring to light the fact that Judah is not mentioned since Judah at the
time of Ezekiel in around 5OO BCE had only know Babylonian dispersion
not global dispersion. In Ezekiel's day the only segment of Israel
that at the time of Ezekiel's prophetic writings that had known global
dispersion was the north or the house of Israel. The only place Jewish
Israel needed to return from in Ezekiel's time were the ones left in
Babylon who refused to return with Ezra and Nehemiah. That was only a
one nation diaspora, not a global one. In Ezekiel 37:11 Yahweh changes
course by telling Ezekiel that the last days two stick vision is for
the whole house of Israel. The addition of the word "whole" is
confirmed in verses 12-28 where we see both houses that make up the
whole clearly mentioned.
It is therefore beyond any shadow of a doubt that Ephraim Israel and
to a lesser extent Jewish Israel is safe and sound in our day as they
have been in every other day simply being sifted on an individual
basis until Yahshua brings them back into New Covenant Israel one at a
time. What will happen in the millennium as both houses come together
fully is happening in partial reality as Yahshua takes those far off,
or far away from Jerusalem, as well as those near and makes both
houses into one tree of life, by the precious blood of Messiah
(Ephesians:2:13-14 ). The two houses, the near one and the far one,
have after many years seen the ancient middle wall of partition broken
down though Yahweh's Son. The gradual and progressive process began at
Calvary the day Yahshua died, will culminate at His return with the
commencement of the Kingdom of Yahweh on earth. HalleluYAH!
We do not need Herbert W. Armstrong, Mormons, the replacement
theologians of British Israelism, or the American Indians, to tell us
where to look for and find the Tabernacle of David restored and
rebuilt. We need look no further than Yahshua's body, the body of
believers and you will find all of redeemed Israel living together in
unity, harmony and love. Right under our nose, largely unknown to most
of us, lies the mystery of regathered physical twelve tribe Israel.
That is why Rav Shaul's Olive Tree illustration is called a former
mystery now revealed.
We see the first steps toward the inclusion of non Jewish Israelites
in the Master's visit to Samaria the former northern capital. In
Matthew 10: 5 He forbids any evangelism by his talmidim in Samaria
which is openly acknowledged former Ephraimite territory. Yet in John
chapter four we find Him ministering to the Ephraimite or Samaritan
woman at the well. What's going on? Why would He forbid his apostles
from ministry in the hills of Samaria (Ephraim) and then turn right
around and seemingly violate His own prohibition? The answer should be
obvious. Due to His Jewish disciples prejudice and dislike of the
Samaritans, Yahshua felt that they would botch the assignment at best,
or fail to carry it out at worst. If left up to His talmidim they
would more than likely bypass the hated Samaritans who were a
half-breed race made up from the offspring of the widespread
co-habitation of Ephraimites who stayed in the land, (at the request
of the conquering colonial Assyrian Empire) and their conquerors. They
were allowed to remain in the Samaritan mountains due to their farming
ability which would provide food and provision for the conquering
colonists. Unlike other armies such as Greece, Babylon and Rome, the
Assyrian policy was to settle a conquered territory by assimilating
their own people, as opposed to killing all the native inhabitants.
This intermingling between colonial Assyrians and Ephraimite food
providers, produced the mixed race of the hated Samaritans in
existence at the time of Yahshua as well as today.
Despite the fact that they were half-breeds they had Israelite (not
Jewish) blood. This fact is far beyond dispute or argument and is
confirmed in such verses as John 4:5, where the city of Shechem is
called a city of the house of Joseph, and verse six where Jacob's well
is mentioned. Since Jacob was the first Israelite and since he both
dwelt and raised cattle there, we know this account takes place in the
former northern kingdom territory. The Samaritan woman claims direct
bloodline ancestry to Jacob in verse 12 of Yochanan 4, even calling
Jacob or Israel her father. At no point does Yahshua rebuke or correct
her assertion to her Israelite heritage, though He does rebuke her
immorality. Had lying been one of here immoral character traits, He no
doubt would have brought this up. The women at the well was definitely
an Israelite even though according to verse 9 of Yochanan 4,.
Judean-Jews stayed away from Ephraim and Samaria, by refusing to go in
and step out in love and recognition toward their brethren. Sound
familiar? It should. Nothing has changed. His arrival to minister to
her in Shechem an Ephraimite Samaritan village, was an open and
unashamed act of love. There can be no doubt that Yahshua knew that
this was a task that only He was capable of, due to Judah's prejudice
and blindness. May we be more like our Messiah when it comes to
granting recognition and ministering love to those in our midst who
claim Ephraimite blood, without administering a DNA test to them every
time we see them, since genealogy cannot be proven or disproved.
Genealogy is an issue of faith in who you think you are. Let's be
frank. Who would want to suffer as a Jew unless they were one? Who
would want to receive vexation and ridicule as a non Jewish Israelite
except one who really is one?
At the commencement of the modern day state of Israel in 1948, David
Ben Gurion assembled 49 Jewish experts to determine who was a Jew
eligible to return to Israel under Israel's new law of return and came
up with 49 diverse opinions! The conclusion to the whole matter was
Ben Gurion's famous remark born out of frustration with the rabbis,
that a Jew "was anyone who said he was"! That must be our loving
attitude to both Judahites and Ephraimites when they come into our
midst, rather then refusing to deal with them or their claim to
Israelite heritage unless they admit to being a "Gentile". As we
covered in our last issue there is no such thing as a saved Gentile
and the Brit Chadasha confirms that in numerous places.
Perhaps Messianic Judaism's desperate attempts to make legal aliyah to
the State of Israel as Jews will be allowed by Yahweh once Judah
grants outcast Ephraim the recognition they demand. If you want
recognition by the government of Israel, you must sow recognition. It
is the biblical principal of sowing and reaping found in Galatians
6:7. We as Messianic Jews have tried every other angle at getting into
our homeland, including being deceptive on paperwork and have still
been denied entry, because our Jewishness is frowned upon as not being
authentic. Maybe, just maybe, if we tried granting some family love
and recognition, we may finally get some back from the State of Israel
and see our Heavenly Father go to bat for us as Israel's doors swing
open to aliyah for all Messianic Jews. We have tried everything else
what have we got to lose?
Once Yahshua opened the former northern kingdom to the gospel, He
through the Ruach Hakodesh after His ascension sent Phillip (Acts
8:5-14) and almost all of Samaria believed and became born again non
Jewish Israelites. As a matter of record this revival among Ephraim
was so powerful that Shimon Keefa and Yochanan went up personally to
survey and confirm the situation in Acts 8:14. Based on these and
numerous other texts there is little doubt that the early Messianic
community headquartered in Jerusalem, was made up of large numbers of
Samaritans or non Jewish Israelites. What happened to their
descendents and children? Didn't they become believers? Isn't that the
goal of raising set apart children? These believing Israelite
offspring that passed down the Messianic faith to future generations
are still with us today. They are direct bloodline descendents of the
early Samaritan believers. They are in our midst whether we grant them
recognition or not! Also didn't the early Jewish believers have
children and grandchildren? Where are they? Didn't early first century
Messianic Jews represent all twelve tribes? That's right many of them
are still in the body of Yahshua 2000 years later right next to their
Ephraimite brothers! It is utterly fascinating that in John 4:27 when
the Jewish disciples returned to town only to find Yahshua witnessing
to a Samaritan Israelite woman, that none of them asked Him what He
was doing or why He was doing this, since they all knew instinctively
that despite their own prejudice, Yahshua was as He said in Matthew
15:24, ministering only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. By
virtue of the fact that He was ministering to Samaritans they knew
that He was starting the reclamation and returning of all Israelites
to the fold. That is why they were neither shocked, alarmed or
inquisitive. We must learn from their response in John 4:27 and not be
shocked or threatened to discover through correct prophetic and
biblical exegesis that Yahshua has been ministering to many non Jewish
Israelites for the past two thousand years by placing them under His
care in His body or His assembly.
The past two thousand years have seen the ongoing restoration of both
houses of Yisrael only within Yahshua's universal body. The great news
however is that He will duplicate that which is going on in believing
Israel and expand it to include all of lost Israel, as we approach the
millennial reign of Yahshua on earth. Therefore it is both a Kingdom
in the here and now as well as a Kingdom yet to come. He is bound to
His Word. His Word is truth!
(End
Part 2 of 2)
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