STEP 4- Where are the Ten Tribes today?
Who are they?
The Bible shows that the 10 tribes must exist today if prophecy is to be fulfilled, and if what Jesus said is to come to pass. If you're looking for a mission person, you issue a description, and in the pages of Scripture we read of the marks of identity by which we may find the "lost" ten tribes.
Many Nations
Genesis 17:3-6
A Nation and a Company of Nations
Genesis 35:11
A great people and a Multitude of Nations
Genesis 48: 13-19. Note also Gen 49, prophecies for the last days.
As stars in heaven and the sand on the seashore
Genesis 22:17. God promised that the descendants of Israel would be as numerous as the stars of the heaven and as the sand of the sea.
In many waters
Numbers 24:7 (In different oceans of the earth)
Sons of God
Hosea 1:10-11 Only through the atoning and reconciling work of Jesus Christ can a man become a son of God, hence New Testament believers are sons of God, see John 1:12
Blessing to all nations
Genesis 12:1-3 and 22:17-18
The Jews do not and cannot fulfil these prophecies. We owe a great debt to the Jews, for Jesus came from Judah and they preserved the Old Testament for us. But they are not the birthright people (1 Chron 5:2 )
The Marks of identity, some of which are listed above, show clearly that Israel in the last days must be a major world power, consisting of many nations, including a great people, and a Christian and missionary people. The Jews do not fit the bill, but Anglo-Saxondom and kindred peoples have been a blessing to all the world, and have been almost entirely responsible for taking the Gospel to the World. They still are a great people, and a multitude of nations. The Anglo-Saxon and kindred peoples are as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand of the sea, they have spread throughout the world (Gen 28: 13-14). They have, through faith in Jesus Christ, become sons of God and they are in many waters (oceans of the world).
The Anglo Saxon and kindred peoples fit this description. Therefore...
It follows that the people of Great Britain, Untied States of America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and some of Europe, are descended from House of Israel (The Ten Tribes)
God said in Isaiah 42: 18-24, and 43:1 that Israel would be BLIND and DEAF to her identity and mission, and this largely true even until today. But His Word reveals the truth!
SO! What's the point of it all? - Step 5
