Eric W. King ~ TSW, "The Shepherds Way": "Ten Tribe Mystery." ~ TSW

Ancient Antiochene

Mysteries

Part Forty-one

“Ten Tribe Mystery.”

By presbyter Eric William King (September 20^th 2024)

There are many good Christians who have written properly on the subject of Anglo-Israelism and we have many of their works in our Ancient Antiochene Libraries. This sacred and very important teaching has existed here in the United States since the beginning of this nation. It was in fact understood by our early presidents and became somewhat popularized more than a century ago. It is a highly protected doctrine.

It became somewhat popular in England just after the Elizabethan era. Here in America some early teachers of this doctrine were James Lovell and Howard Rand. Though both of them had no direct connection to the original Antiochene teachings of this doctrine they did have much of it properly understood. Some of their understandings were however incorrect and this has led many to reject the doctrine or twist it to mean things that are not true.

When the doctrine is properly taught from Scripture and from the earliest historical records it comes into its proper light. One of the dangers of wrongly teaching this doctrine results in extreme nationalism - and its distortion for some has unfortunately resulted in racism. This is why this doctrine must be taught properly or not taught at all.

We reject Herbert W. Armstrong’s teachings of this doctrine in many areas. He was the founder of “The Worldwide Church of God” and they are a cult. Also, their many offshoots which still exist today teach heretical doctrines and should be ignored and rejected.

The true sacred doctrine of Anglo-Israelism is the teaching that the so called “lost ten tribes of Israel” migrated over the Caucus Mountains and are the Anglo-Saxon races which currently reside predominately in Great Britain and the United States of America.

Jacob (whose name was changed to Israel) had twelve sons and only one of those sons produced the Jewish people - when we get technical. Jews are literally from the tribe of Judea. Apostle Paul was a Benjamite from the tribe of Benjamin who converted to Judaism which back then was the religious sect of Pharisees (Galatians 1:13).

Jacob had twelve sons and a daughter by his wives and their maids (Genesis ch.29-39). His father was Isaac and his mother, Rebecca. Jacob was a twin brother; his brother’s name was Esau. Jacob becomes the patronymic of Israelites.

Since May 14^th 1948 Israel again became a legitimate nation and many Jews have returned to their own land. This was a great and glorious fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. God promised the restoration of the nation of Israel. Today when we think of Jewish people, we lump all the 12 original tribes together and call them all “Jew”. It is true that all twelve tribes have now been categorized generically as Jews.

When we go strictly by Sola Scriptura (the Word of God alone) we see a very different picture developing. Really only those from the tribe of Judah make up the literal Jewish people. So, what happened to the other eleven tribes? When we read our Bible’s, we find that when the Kingdom of Israel split Judah and Benjamin along with some Levites formed the Southern kingdom called Judea and the rest of the tribes formed Israel (the northern kingdom).

So technically speaking, after the split Israelites are NOT Jews. The Jews remained in Jerusalem.

When we say Israel sometimes, we include all twelve tribes because Israel (Jacob) is the father of all twelve tribes. In this sense of course all twelve tribes make up literal Israel. If you look in the back of your Bible you might find a map that shows that Judea (Jews) and Israel were once completely different nations.

Some from the other tribes went back to Jerusalem but the main portion of the other ten tribes eventually migrated over the Caucus Mountains and spread throughout Europe. So much of literal Israel lost its identity through captivity. The ancient ten tribes have become lost to the secular historians but not to God. God says through Amos the prophet;

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth; yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,’ says the Lord. ‘For surely I will command, and will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.” (Amos 9:8-9)

Not all twelve tribes come from the same mother so DNA would be different amongst the tribes. All of this is fascinating to think about. Most Christians don’t contemplate such things. To me and most Christians we realize that ALL Scripture is important so understanding what happened to ancient Israel contains moral lessons for us as well as historical facts about who we are today as Christians.

Though all this is taken from past studies, we will more fully begin to understand this most important doctrine. The understanding of this teaching will open your eyes to current prophetic implications and exiting fulfillments.

Learning to face the current identity crisis together.

This is most certainly true.

Eric William King (September 20^th 2024)