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Fruits of Ephraim
Abraham was called 'A Hebrew' (Gen.14:13)
He was not Jewish. Oxford dictionary: ‘Hebrew’ = ‘One of the Hebrew people’ ‘Hebrew’ = A descendent of Eber (Strongs 5680 Ibriy (Ib-ree) from 5677) 'Eber'= ‘Set apart' (or, Ay-ber) from 5674 (Abar) = 'A descendent of Shem'
The first Jew was Judah, one of Jacob’s sons. Gen. 49, 8-12. Jacob had 12 sons. One of which was called Judah of which the descendents are the Jewish people, and Yahshua (Jesus). Jacob’s other 11 sons were also Hebrews, called ‘Israelites’.
A short history:Abraham, not Jewish, but an Hebrew Gen. 14:13, ‘set apart.’
Abraham begat Isaac, not Jewish but Hebrew Gen. 21:1.
Isaac begat Jacob, not Jewish but Hebrew. He became known as an ‘Israelite’ because Yahweh called him ‘Israel’. Gen. 32:1-30 and Hosea 12:1-5.
Jacob begat 12 sons Gen. 30.Reuben, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Simeon, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Levi, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Judah, Jewish, and also Hebrew, from whom came the Jewish people,
from whom Yahshua (Jesus) was descended, who also was Jewish.
Zebulun, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Dan, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Gad, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Asher, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Naphtali, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Joseph, Israelite, but Hebrew (Israelites).
Benjamin, was not Jewish, but Hebrew (Israelites).
All Jews are Hebrews, but all Hebrews are not Jews.
Moses, Israelite, not Jewish, but Hebrew Exodus2, 1-10.
A descendent of Levi leads all 12 Tribes out
of Egypt Exodus 13:3.
(Hoshea = Hebrew for ‘Joshua’ Numbers 13:6 )
Joshua, descendent of Joseph, (called ‘Ephraim’) leads all 12 Tribes
into the Promised Land, the land of Canaan.
When the 12 Tribes of Israel entered the land, they were ruled by Judges and Kings. Then, because of Solomon’s
idolatries, Yahweh separated the tribes.
He took away 10 Tribes
(1 Kings chapters 11 and 12) calling them the
Northern Kingdom, or Israel (also known as: Ephraim, Joseph or Jacob)
while the two tribes, Benjamin and Judah
are left in the land, and called the Southern Kingdom, which became the
Jewish people = descendents of Judah
(house of David).
After this division, the name ‘Israel’ from then on in the Old Testament, refers only to the Northern Kingdom.
Israel (known now as Ephraim, Joseph, or Jacob) are taken out of the land by force, by the Assyrians 7035 B.C.
10% are left in the land of Samaria. Isaiah 6:12-13.
The rest is history, they lost their identity, they became
as Gentiles, mixed in the nations.
The book of Hosea, a prophet to the Northern Kingdom only (called Israel, Ephraim, Joseph or Jacob)
prophesied over Israel (Ephraim) judgement and future restoration.
When the prophet married a prostitute,
a symbol of Ephraim and his unfaithfulness and backsliding, the names Hosea is told to give his children
are a prophecy of Yahweh’s judgement.
"I will put an end to Israel (called Ephraim, Jacob or Joseph)
I will no longer have pity upon you." (Lo ruhama) and "You will no longer be my people" (Lo Ami )
Hosea chapters 1 and 2.
Yahweh divorced His people for a season, they lost their identity,
you cannot distinguish them, they look and behave just like everybody else.
This is not the Jewish people,
the Jewish people have an identity, we all know what they look like and how they live.
Ezekiel 37:11-23 says they will return to the land. Jeremiah chapter 31 also says they will return to the land.
The parables of Yahshua in Luke 15, The lost sheep, lost coin, lost son, are all related. The son lost his identity,
while his brother (Judah) looked after the land.
Isaiah 49 says that "They" (Ephraim) will return to the land, and everyone thinks these are the Jewish people. Not so.
Judah, of which the Jewish people are descended were taken captive by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. and returned to the
land 70 years later with Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah.
That’s right, Judah returned to the land with some
Ephramites who had assimilated into the tribe of Judah. To speak of the Levites is a subject on its own, and cannot
be dealt with here.
History from here on in the Bible is the history of Judah, the Jewish people.
It’s very clear in the Hebrew language that Yehudim - Judahites is the word for the Jewish people.
Jeremiah 31:31 A new covenant (renewed) with the house of Israel and the house of Judah; "I will write My law (torah) within them, on their hearts I will write it." They will by nature keep Yahweh’s laws, commandments and statutes Romans 2:12-16. Ezekiel 37:4 "I will put My Spirit within you" Sounds to me, they are a new creation (born again).
Ezekiel 28:25 "When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob." This is talking of a people who are Israel in the nations, who will be known as Israel because of being sanctified, living and walking in His commandments and precepts.
So the fruit we are looking for is a Law-abiding people, keeping the commandments, keeping His holy days.
Who was it that Yahweh poured His Spirit on in Acts 2? Both Jew and Gentile. Acts 10:34-48. Both become righteous by nature, keeping His Commandments, keeping His holy days. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8.
They will walk in the Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22, have good seed in their hearts, Matthew 13:41-43. Both have a hope and a glorious future.