I observed their ‘family-ness’ and their quiet togetherness, their sanctified clothing, the little boys with their caps on, playing together. The women quietly chatting and laughing together. Their modesty and joy, and togetherness, and I thought of their important place in the heart of YHWH Almighty. I found a great jealousy rising within me and I longed to be a part of their community. I was unaware of the scripture I now understand in Ezekiel where it says "Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall no more vex Ephraim" in Isaiah 11:13.

Shortly afterwards I returned home and busied myself with my daily work. I still thought about the Jewish people I had seen on the beach. Later, I began to feel the familiar Presence of Yahweh (God) all around me, and I felt these words resounding from Him into my heart. (only those who have felt His Presence in this way will understand what I mean) "You, too, are my Israel!" Into my heart flooded the understanding that I, too, was a daughter of Abraham. Not through the Tribe of Judah, the Jewish nation, but from one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. I felt the Presence of the King close to me, surrounding me, adopting me. I felt loved, and closer to Him than I had ever felt before. I knew I was His own, and somehow part of the people I had seen. I did not fully understand what He was saying to me, but I knew, deep down, that I belonged to Him in a special way, that I was His own, His daughter, and part of His Israel.

During my stay in Northumberland, one Saturday morning (I had been keeping the Biblical Saturday Sabbath for some years at this point) I was looking out of an upstairs window and observed the people passing in and out of a large store opposite my home. I had an overwhelming desire to rush into the street and cry out to them all,

"Do you not know? Have you forgotten? It is Sabbath!" It was some years before I really came to understand why this cry came from my heart, when I finally discovered that a large number of the people in the community where I was working, in all probability, were in fact descendents of the ten lost Tribes of Israel. I lived in Northumberland for twelve years, and saw many people come to know Yahshua as Saviour.

On another occasion, after I had been going through a particularly difficult time, I was truly exhausted, and although it is a delight to serve the community, one eventually becomes as I was, quite ‘empty’ spiritually. I felt I had nothing left to give, and went down to a rocky outcrop on the beach, and wept.

He asked me. I had my answer, and even though I perhaps interpreted it in an imperfect way, the words kept me on track, knowing that somehow my destiny revolved round Israel.

My next encounter with Yahweh’s heart concerning Israel was a number of years later. I was recovering from M.E. in Birmingham, and was at last feeling some energy returning, enough to begin to take part in the fellowship group I was staying with. One day Yahweh spoke to me about the hunters and the fishers spoken of in Jeremiah 16:16, about being one of the people who would find His scattered people, the Israelites!

I again felt the heart of Yahweh for His people Israel, in an even more overwhelming way. I felt the sorrow and anguish of His heart. I found an answering cry within my heart, "I am willing to be a hunter, a fisher, I am willing, help me to find your people Israel!"
I did not fully understand the implications of my words or know the relevant scriptures at the time.

I began to pray for the Jewish people (the Tribe of Judah) and all the other ten tribes in earnest from this time.

One day, as I recovered from the sickness which had plagued me for so long, I was beginning to work part time in the Bible Book Shop and Restaurant. I prayed earnestly about what my next area of work would be for Him. Yahweh graciously spoke to me again, deep within my heart: "I want you to help find the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
I did not fully understand these words, and prayed for understanding and direction. Shortly afterwards I knew I should return to live in Nottingham where he had initially spoken to me about Israel.

I began to fellowship with a group of people who loved Israel as I did, and who prayed regularly for her restoration. I had also been lent a book about the ten lost Tribes which I devoured greedily, as it was indeed answering a lot of questions which were deep within my heart about Israel and who they were. Read about this on the page "Israel the Beloved"

A couple of years later, I was asked to be a part of a ministry weekend in Northumberland. The outcome of this finally made up my mind about the way I should go in later years.
Yahweh again began to talk to me about the restoration of His people Israel.
The burden deep in my heart was greater than any I had previously felt.

I began to understand more of His will for us. That we were a privileged people hearing and understanding the will of the Almighty. That we were in the holy place, hearing holy things, and that His will for us was that we should live holy lives, that we should be walking in His Commandments as part of His people in the earth.

That the re-gathering of Israel was His desire, and that we were somehow to be involved in this process in our generation.
That we should be ambassadors to the lost sheep of Israel, those who were scattered because of idolatry. To teach them the Commandments and to bring them to Him that they should be restored.

I felt His love for Israel, His great desire that they should be found again, and brought back to a living experience of Him. I felt His heartbreak for His lost ones. I remembered the verses about Him desiring to be a Shepherd again to them, finding them once more and bringing them eventually back to His land.

Since this incredible experience, my efforts are, at last, put into an understanding of where the ten Tribes of Israel were scattered, and indeed where they are now, and into a re-gathering of them.

Now I understand the feeling I had had on the beach. Yes, I did desire to be a part of the Father's chosen race, but it was not for me to become Jewish, but that, as part of the wider Commonwealth of Israel, I would stand alongside the Tribe of Judah, the apple of His eye.

Those precious ones who have kept hold of Torah and the Traditions in order that the world may come to know the Father of all. This truth is of the utmost importance today, considering the present troubles of the Tribe of Judah, the Jewish nation, (which of course also includes members of the other Tribes, especially Benjamin and Levi).

This, I believe, is the Father’s heart for me to follow, and I am delighted to discover that there are many more who have also received this same revelation in our day, and calling, to stand with Judah, and put our efforts into the re-gathering of the whole house of Israel. It has to happen in fulfilment of Ezekiel 37, and many other scriptures.
If this testimony has blessed you, and you desire to discuss it, please    e-mail me.

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