Elin said:
But the "ten lost tribes" are found in the Bible after the exile, in
1) prophecies relating to the return from exile
---Jer 3:18, 31:27, 31 (where "Israel" is the northern kingdom of the ten tribes)
---Eze 37:15-22 (where "Ephraim" is the northern kingdom of ten tribes--see Is 7:17 for use of "Ephraim")
[1]Eze 37:15-22
- the start of the chapter talks about bringing the dead back to life.
go back a few verses and see graves[of dead people]are opened.
12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people,
I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves,
and bring you [into the land of
Israel].
13And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves,
O my people, [and brought you up out] of your graves,
14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your [own land]:
then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
-this is a resurection from the graves, not God opening peoples eyes to see the truth.
the 2 sticks are not one now, and only [the jews] can be seen in plain view today.
16Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it,
For Judah, and for [the children of
Israel] his companions:
then take another stick, and write upon it,
For Joseph, the stick of
Ephraim, and for all [the house of Israel] his companions:
17And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in
the hand of
Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with
the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
-the children of Israel will be joined to the house of Israel, 2 different peoples.