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All of you miss the bigger picture not realizing that the 'houes of Israel' and the 'house of Judah' (from whence the Jews come from) are two distinct houses, so the Jews are only 1/12 of Israel. Jesus was a Jew (which means from the house of Judah), and it was they (the Jews) who rejected Him, as was prophesied; however, since the House of Israe (the Northern Kingdom)l was scattered upon the face of the earth several hundred years before Jesus was born, they were not around to reject Him. Instead, it is written that it is they (the House of Israel) who would accept HIM, but the Jew would not, until Christ returns. If you read Acts you will find that Jesus came only to redeem the 'lost sheep of the house of Israel' (Jer 3:, and by them would the Gentiles be grafted into the Family. He well knew that the Jews woould reject and kill HIM.
For those with a concordance, follow 'house of israel' and 'house of Judah' throughout the Bible, and you will see that what i say is the TRUTH, that the two houses are seperate and distinct, even though together they comprise the Nation Israel (not the country it is today). Furthermore, Ez 37 is the prophesy whereby GOD will reunite these two 'houses' sometime in the future, and they will be ONE in HIS Hand forever.
For those with a concordance, follow 'house of israel' and 'house of Judah' throughout the Bible, and you will see that what i say is the TRUTH, that the two houses are seperate and distinct, even though together they comprise the Nation Israel (not the country it is today). Furthermore, Ez 37 is the prophesy whereby GOD will reunite these two 'houses' sometime in the future, and they will be ONE in HIS Hand forever.
Where-as the northern kingdom consisted of the other 9 tribes of Isreal, and the levites assigned to them.