Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: roamer_1

“....Jews,The House of Judah,make up only two of the tribes of Israel... and but 24,000 of the 144,000. Where are the rest to come from? ....”

Please clarify....


201 posted on 08/25/2015 9:20:01 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 139 | View Replies ]


To: WildHighlander57

The 144,000 come from all of Israel, not just Judah, so only about 1/6 of them are to be Jews.


204 posted on 08/25/2015 9:59:08 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 201 | View Replies ]

To: WildHighlander57
[roamer_1:] [...] Jews,The House of Judah,make up only two of the tribes of Israel... and but 24,000 of the 144,000. Where are the rest to come from? [...]

Please clarify....

After the time of Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel split in two: The Northern Kingdom, called 'The House of Israel', consisted of 10 of the tribes... The Southern Kingdom, called 'The House of Judah' consisted of two of the tribes. It is the Southern Kingdom, The House of Judah which eventually became known as 'Jews', as the Northern Kingdom, known variously as The House of Israel, Ephraim, Joseph, etc, was long since seeded into the nations in diaspora.

That split is a continued theme in the Prophecy - Without that understanding, the prophets are impossible to interpret, as is a large portion of the NT...

219 posted on 08/26/2015 2:14:11 PM PDT by roamer_1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 201 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson