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Where were the Ten Tribes of Israel in the 1st Century CE?

Friday, 22 February 2008 17:00
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According to Flavius Josephus: "...the entire body of the people of Israel remained in that country; wherefore there are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes are beyond Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers." -Antiquities of the Jews (Book X Ch.9)

Flavisu JosephusJosephus makes a semi-veiled reference to the Ten Tribes of Israel being located in Parthian territory, Rome's arch rival across the Euphrates River, their de facto border. He didn't need to say "Parthia". Everyone during his time knew what he was referring to in the same way people living in Colorado today wouldn't need a description of what is "east of the Mississippi River" or what is "south of the Rio Grande". Yet, for those who understand the extreme fluidity of the Parthian region, it begs the question: "Who are the Parthians today?" ...or rather: "Where did Parthian and Saka-Scythian-related peoples go in later centuries?"

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Where are the tribes in the Last Days, in End Time scenarios?

Friday, 22 February 2008 17:00
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The scripture verse below depicts the reality of Jews and Joes better than any other. It is frequently referenced by advocates of the Two-House reality. Familiarize yourself with the history of the divided kingdom of Israel (Judah and Joseph) and the prophecies regarding their reunification in the Last Days, and then Zechariah's prophecy below and the concept of "Jew and Joe" will come alive.

"And I shall strengthen the House of Jew-dah, and I shall save the House of Joe-seph. And I shall bring them back, because I have compassion on them. And they shall be as though I had not cast them off. For I am יהוה their Elohim, and I will answer them." -Zechariah 10:6 [bold is mine]
Most prophecy scholars agree that Ezekiel 37 illustrates an End Times (Latter Day) reality. And clearly, two sticks or two houses are portrayed:
"And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.'" -Ezekiel 37:16
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What did Ancient Rabbis say about the Ten Tribes of Israel?

Friday, 22 February 2008 17:00
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The Babylonian Talmud (Mishnah) Sanhedrin 110b quotes the opinions of Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus (note: we align ourselves more with Eliezer's view than with Akiva's):
"THE TEN TRIBES WILL NOT RETURN [TO THE PROMISED LAND], FOR IT IS SAID, AND CAST THEM INTO ANOTHER LAND, AS IS THIS DAY: JUST AS THE DAY GOES AND DOES NOT RETURN, SO THEY TOO WENT AND WILL NOT RETURN: THIS IS R. AKIBA'S VIEW. R. ELIEZER SAID: AS THIS DAY - JUST AS THE DAY DARKENS AND THEN BECOMES LIGHT AGAIN, SO THE TEN TRIBES - EVEN AS IT WENT DARK FOR THEM, SO WILL IT BECOME LIGHT FOR THEM."
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