Exploring the House of Jacob

Shalom, I'm Eddie Chumney of Hebraic Heritage Ministries, and we're going to be sharing with you a teaching today entitled, Who is the House of Jacob? And this is a part of the Hebraic Heritage Ministries Yeshiva Discipleship Program. The Discipleship Program is a series of teachings to give you a foundation in understanding the Hebrew roots. of Christianity. In today's world, those who believe in the God of Israel and try to express their faith in him, if you're Jewish, you are referred to as following Judaism. And if you believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, the term that the world uses for those who believe on him is Christianity. However, When we use and think of these terms, Judaism and Christianity, referring to the people who believe in the God of Israel, it will cause us to misunderstand our Bible, because we need to understand the biblical name of the covenant family of the God of Israel. understand our Bible in the context of the name of this covenant family. So what is the name of this covenant family? It is the house of Jacob. And so what we're going to be learning in this teaching is that in the Bible, there's a people referred to as the literal house of Jacob. And these are the people. that entered into covenant relationship with the one that brought them out of Egypt and gave them the Torah at Mount Sinai. Them and their descendants would be referred to as the literal house of Jacob. And then we have a people that believes in Yeshua as the Messiah, and they're going to be regarded as the redeemed or the saved house of Jacob. And so it's possible that not everyone who believes in Yeshua as Messiah is physically descended from those who were at Mount Sinai. So this is why we have a redeemed house of Jacob. And so once we understand that Yeshua created the heavens and the earth, John chapter 1 verse 3, Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 and 16, and that Yeshua made covenant with Abraham, Galatians chapter 3 verse 16, cross-referencing what the verse says there with Genesis chapter 17 in verse 7, with the one that was with the children of Israel in the wilderness, who in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 4, is referred to as being their rock or Yeshua. Then the one that defeated Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea was the right hand, Exodus in chapter 15 and verse 6, that this is all referring to Yeshua the Messiah, that he's the one that brought his people out of Egypt. He's... the one that gave the Torah at Mount Sinai. And the name of his covenant family is the house of Jacob. That there's a literal house of Jacob and there is a redeemed house of Jacob. And so this teaching is going to go over who is the house of Jacob, explain to you the distinction between the literal house of Jacob. and the redeemed house of Jacob, yet both the literal house of Jacob and the redeemed house of Jacob are a part of Messiah's covenant family. Let's first review what we're going to be covering in this teaching. It's going to consist of the following points. Number one, we're going to learn that all believers in the God of Israel are commanded to see themselves as if they were redeemed from Egypt. Number two, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob who was redeemed from Egypt consisted of... the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as a mixed multitude who came out with them. Number three, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob was saved or redeemed by the grace of the God of Israel when they, by faith, put the blood of the Lamb upon their doorposts. Number four, we're going to learn that one Torah was given to both the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as a the mixed multitude who sojourned with them. Number five, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob was divided into two kingdoms or two houses known as the house of Israel, a reference to the northern kingdom, and the house of Judah, a reference to the southern kingdom. And this happened after the reign of King Solomon. Number six, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob is likened in the Bible to an olive tree. We find this in Jeremiah chapter 11, verses 16 and 17. Number seven, we're going to learn that the house of Israel or the northern kingdom is referred to in the Bible by these alternative terms. The house of Joseph, Ephraim, because the tribe of Ephraim was the leading tribe. So all 10 tribes then were referred to as Ephraim, also the house of Israel, and then Samaria. Number eight, we're going to learn that the house of Judah or the southern kingdom today is referred to by the people in the world as being Jews. Number nine, we're going to learn that all Jews, meaning everyone who is of the house of Judah, every Jew is an Israelite, meaning of the house of Jacob. because it was Jacob's name that was changed to Israel, as we read in the book of Genesis. But not all Israelites, meaning those from the northern kingdom, are Jews, meaning from the house of Judah. Number 10, we're going to learn that the northern kingdom, or the house of Israel, was taken into captivity by the Assyrians. in the southern kingdom where the house of Judah was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. Number 11, we're going to learn that it's the role of Messiah to restore and regather both houses of Israel, and he will rule over a redeemed house of Jacob forever when he sets his feet down on the Mount of Olives, sets up his kingdom, and then following that for all eternity in the new heavens and the new earth. Number 12, we're going to learn that the redeemed house of Jacob is likened in the Bible to an olive tree. Number 13, we're going to learn that the redeemed house of Jacob consists of members from the literal house of Jacob, as well as those from the nations. Number 14, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob is visibly recognized today and referred to by the people in... our world as being Jews, and the world refers to the redeemed house of Jacob, or those that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, as being Christians. Number 15, we're going to learn that it's the ministry of Elijah who will bring restoration to the literal house of Jacob and the redeemed house of Jacob in the end of days. Number 16, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob will unite with the redeemed house of Jacob and return to the land of Israel in the end of days. And then 17, we're going to learn that it's the Messiah who will rule over united house of Jacob and they will keep his commandments in the end of days. So this is what we're going to learn in this teaching on who is the house of Jacob. Let's begin. In 1 Corinthians in chapter 10 verses 1 through 4. We are instructed by Paul that believers in Yeshua as the Messiah are to see themselves as if they came out of Egypt. Now, in 1 Corinthians 10, Paul is writing primarily to a non-Jewish audience. He says this to them in 1 Corinthians 10, verse 1, Moreover, brethren, I would not that you be ignorant. Don't be ignorant of what? That all our fathers were under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea and they were all immersed or baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea they did all eat the same spiritual meat they did all drink the same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them and that rock was Messiah now I want you to See here that five times Paul says that the event of coming out of Egypt, that it happened to all, that all our fathers were in the cloud, they all passed to the sea, they were all immersed into Moses in the cloud and the sea, they did all eat the same spiritual meat, they did all drink the same spiritual drink. Now, When one wants to emphasize something, they repeat it. So not only was the term all repeated, but it was repeated five times so that we could grasp and not miss the fact that in referring to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, that it happened to all our fathers. And so why the emphasis? all? Well, Paul is writing primarily to a non-Jewish audience, and something that it's very difficult to convince a non-Jew of is that they were somewhere that they never were. Let's say most of you have never been to Antarctica, and what if I tried to convince you that you were in Antarctica? You wouldn't believe me. And so the audience that Paul is writing to, their fathers and forefathers did not literally come out of Egypt. Paul's father and grandfather didn't literally come out of Egypt. My father and grandfather did not literally come out of Egypt. Yet in speaking of the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, he says, don't be ignorant that all our fathers came out. of Egypt. So why does he speak of the coming out of Egypt in this way that happened to all of our fathers? Well, in doing so, Paul is actually teaching you from the Torah and a Torah principle. When Paul says that all our fathers passed through the sea, that is not literally true. Since it isn't literally true, what is the basis or the means by which he can then make the statement? It's because it is a Torah concept. Where we find this concept in the Torah? What was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 10, verses 1-4, that all our fathers came out of Egypt? Well, it comes from Deuteronomy 29. Verses 12 through 15, where it is written that you should enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his oath which the Lord your God makes with you this day. Speaking about Mount Sinai. Verse 13, that he may establish you today for a people unto himself, that he may be unto you a God as he has said unto you and as he has sworn unto your fathers to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Now the key verses are Verses 14 and 15. Verse 14 says, Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath. But, verse 15, the covenant and the oath is being made with him that stands here with us this day before the Lord our God. And here's the key part. And also with him that is not here with us this day. I want you to notice that It's being explained in Deuteronomy chapter 29 verses 12 through 15 that the covenant at Mount Sinai is being made with two groups of people. It's being made with those who are there and it's being made with those who are not there. And so even though you were not literally there, you are to see yourself as if you were. That is, if you are part of the covenant people that came out of Egypt. And if you are one with the one who brought them out of Egypt, and the one that brought them out of Egypt is even Yeshua the Messiah. He's the rock that was with them in the wilderness. We are told in John chapter 1 verse 3, verses, and then, Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 and 16 that Yeshua created the heavens and the earth. We're told in Galatians 3 16 that Yeshua made covenant with Abraham and the one that made covenant with Abraham brought the children of Israel out of Egypt gave the Torah to them at Mount Sinai. Whenever you accept Yeshua as the Messiah you enter into covenant relationship with him and so therefore because he made covenant with Abraham he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt and the one that brought him out of Egypt gave him the Torah at Mount Sinai thus Yeshua being the one that gave the Torah at Mount Sinai when anyone enters into covenant relationship with him through the shedding of his blood when he died on the tree for the forgiveness of our sins when we repent of our sins and accept Yeshua as our Lord and Savior we enter into covenant relationship with him. And in doing so, he then sees us as if he brought us out of Egypt, and we are supposed to see ourselves as if we were brought out of Egypt as well. In Exodus, in chapter 13, verse 8, one of the 613 commandments is the following. And you shall show your son, referring to the celebration of Passover, and you shall show your son in that day. When is it in that day? It's in the future. When's in that day? It's a reference to Messianic times. That this is being done because of what the Lord did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. So the commandment is to tell your son in that day that the reason why we're celebrating Passover is because of what the Lord did for him when he came out of Egypt. But wait a second, the son in that day did not literally come out of Egypt. So if the son in that day did not literally come out of Egypt, why is the commandment given that you're to tell your son when you're celebrating Passover, that Yahweh, Elohim, brought him out of Egypt. This is because that it is a Torah concept, that the covenant Mount Sinai was made with those who were there and those who were not there. Deuteronomy chapter 29 in verse 15. What is the name of the people that were brought out of Egypt? and were at Mount Sinai? The answer is they're called the house of Jacob. And at the end of Exodus in chapter 19 in verse 3, it is written, Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob. The house of Jacob at Mount Sinai consisted of two groups of people. It consisted of the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. And it consisted of the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. And what does the Torah call the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost and thus came out of Egypt with the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost? They are called the mixed multitude. In Exodus chapter 12, verse 37, verse 38, it says, And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Sukkot. And then it says, And a mixed multitude went up with them. How are the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob a part of the house of Jacob? The answer is, they are regarded as being the following. In the Torah, they are said to be strangers, sojourners, they are adopted or they are grafted in. So we see that the Torah establishes a principle that when the God of Israel redeems his people from Egypt, fulfilling covenant promise that he made with Abraham in Genesis in chapter 15, that that redemption or salvation is made available to not just the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but to all those who would accept the terms and the conditions of... being a part of that covenant. So what was the terms and the conditions to be delivered from Egyptian bondage? You had to put the blood of a lamb on your doorpost. So we can see then that in the Torah explaining the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, we see the principle that the God of Israel is not. a respecter of persons. He acts on behalf of his covenant, but he's not a respecter of persons, and he makes his covenant available to all those who would accept the terms and the conditions, and those who do accept the terms and the conditions, he makes them a part of his covenant family. Now, what happened at Mount Sinai? Did the God of Israel instruct Moses. Now, you take the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and put them on one side because I have a lot of commandments for them. It's going to take a lot of time to go over these commandments. And then did the God of Israel say to Moses, but the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I want you to put them on another side because I'm going to make things real easy for them. I only have two commandments for them. that they just love me and they love everyone else. Is that what happened? No, that is not what happened. The same commandments were given to the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost, and the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. So in Numbers, chapter 15, verses 15 and 16, it is written, one ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that sojourns with you. That there's to be one ordinance for both the native born and the stranger is an ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One Torah. in one manner shall be for you and for the stranger that sojourns with you. Next, in understanding the way in which the Redeemer of Israel brought his people out of Egypt, we want to see that it was done by grace through faith. Exodus in chapter 3 verse 21 it is written, I will give this people favor. The Hebrew word is chen. It is the Strong's number 2580 and it's translated in Genesis in chapter 6 in verse 8 as grace where it says Noah found grace or chen in the eyes of the Lord. So I'm going to give this people favor or grace in the sight of the Egyptians and it will come to pass. that when you go, you will not go empty. So the grace of God was present to deliver his people out of Egyptian bondage. But just because his grace was available, does that mean all those that were eligible actually did come out? And the answer is there were those who were eligible who did not come out. of Egypt. Now, what the exact percentage was, our Bible doesn't tell us. But in the Midrash, which is the rabbi's commentary and teaching on the Torah, they say that only about 20% of those that were eligible to come out of Egypt actually did. come out by putting the blood of the lamb on the doorpost. Now, I don't know whether it was that exact percentage or not. The point is, is not that we know the exact percentage, but that the percentage was something less than 100%. So, even though the grace of the God of Israel was present to deliver his people, God required... Another thing besides grace, and that is faith. And what was the faith that he required? Was that they put the blood of the lamb on the doorpost. The instruction to do so is given in Exodus chapter 12, verse 3 and verse 7, where it says, Speak unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers. a lamb for a house. And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorposts of the houses wherein they shall eat. So why was this an act of faith? For several reasons. Number one, faith is obeying and doing what God says. And so obedience to the instructions shows faith. But secondly, in the Egyptian culture, lambs were regarded as Egyptian gods. So therefore, you may have a neighbor, someone in your neighborhood, who regards the lamb that you're going to kill as one of their gods. And in their religious views, maybe it's offensive to them that you would be killing this lamb. So therefore, when you... take the lamb into your house, kill the lamb, put the blood of the lamb on the doorpost, you better be sure that God said this is what you're supposed to do. So, therefore, the children of Israel came out by grace through faith. Salvation, or redemption, by grace through faith, then, is a Torah concept. It is a concept that is established. in the Torah when the God of Israel redeemed his people out of Egypt. Therefore, when we read in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 8, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. That is not a brand new original New Testament concept. It is a concept that the New Testament affirms as being. So, or being true, that was first established in the Torah when the God of Israel brought his people out of Egypt. Now, I want you to notice the pattern of things. First, the children of Israel were saved by grace through faith, and then, as an expression of being a saved and delivered people out of Egyptian bondage, that they came to Mount Sinai and there at Mount Sinai they were given commandments on how to live their lives on a daily basis as a saved or a redeemed people. Then in John in chapter 1 in verse 29 referring to Yeshua it is said of him that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. And in response to Yeshua shedding his blood, being the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, Yeshua went on to say in John chapter 14 verse 15, If you love me, keep my commandments. That keeping the commandments is a response to being saved by grace through faith. Thus, we should be able to Understand this truth as Paul himself affirmed in Romans in chapter 3 verses 28 through 31. Now in Romans chapter 3 verses 28 through 30, it explains that both Jew and non-Jew are justified or saved by grace through faith. Romans chapter 3 verse 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles, seeing it as one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith. So here, after Paul explaining that justification or being saved by grace through... Faith is the way in which the God of Israel saves both Jew and non-Jew. Paul then asked the question in Romans in chapter 3 verse 31. Do we make void? Make void means to do away with. Do we make void or do away with the Torah through faith? Well, if Paul did not answer the question, there could be element of doubt and we could debate the issue. But he answers his own question. How does he answer the question of do we make void the Torah through faith? He answers it this way, God forbid, we establish the Torah. We establish the Torah after we are saved by grace through faith. And we can see the outline of this principle as well in Ephesians chapter 2, verses 8 through 10, where it says, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works. lest any man should boast. So now, after stating that we're saved by grace through faith, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 goes on to say, We are his workmanship created in Messiah Yeshua unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. Walk in what? Good works. When? After we are saved by grace through faith. And so the right way we are to live our lives is to obey the Word of God, to love Yeshua, and to keep His commandments. Because Yeshua explained in Matthew, in chapter 5, in verse 14, explaining to believers in Him, You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be... hid verse 16 let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven so our light is supposed to shine before men to glorify our father in heaven after we are saved by grace through faith through the shed blood of yeshua hamashiach when we repent of our sins in a yeshua you our Lord and Savior. So next we are going to understand what happened in the history of the house of Jacob following the events at Mount Sinai. And ultimately because of breaking the covenant at Mount Sinai the house of Jacob was divided into two kingdoms known as the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. Now, we need to firmly understand that the name of Messiah's covenant family is the house of Jacob, and it was Jacob's name that was changed to Israel. We find this in Genesis chapter 32 and verse 28. it says, your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. And so Israel is a term to refer to Jacob and all those that refer to or belong to his family. And who is of the family of Jacob? The Bible refers to him as the house of Jacob. And the family of Jacob got divided in their history into Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom. And so the Southern Kingdom referred to themselves as Jews after the name of the leading tribe of the Southern Kingdom, which is the tribe of Judah. And when we refer corporately to the Southern Kingdom, we are referring to the tribes of Judah, Levi, and Benjamin. Now, that is the case even though in reality there are members of all 12 tribes who are sojourning with Judah or the house of Judah. Then, if we look at the northern kingdom, the Northern Kingdom are Israelites. Why? Because they're of the house of Jacob. Regarding the Southern Kingdom... They are Jews. The Bible refers to them as the house of Judah. So, all Jews are Israelites. Every one of the house of Judah is of the house of Jacob. The house of Judah is referred to as Jews. All Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites are Jews. because we have Israelites, meaning those of the family of Jacob or the house of Jacob, that are of the northern kingdom. So being of the northern kingdom, they'd be of the house of Jacob. Jacob's name was changed to Israel, so they would be Israelites, but they would not be Jews because Jews refers to the southern kingdom. Now, The northern kingdom is also known as the ten tribes. Scripture also refers to them as the house of Israel, Ephraim, the house of Joseph in Samaria, because under the rulership of the first king of the northern kingdom, that would be King Jeroboam, he set up a capital in Samaria. And so when we're corporately talking about the northern kingdom, We're talking about the 10 tribes, and we're talking about those tribes that are not of Judah, Levi, and Benjamin. Those tribes, Judah, Levi, and Benjamin, being associated with the southern kingdom. But in reality, there are those from all 12 tribes who are with and are living among those of the Northern Kingdom. But those who are sojourning with the Northern Kingdom are not enough to be identified through their own tribal distinction. So that's why when we speak of, in general terms, about who's the Southern Kingdom, we say it consists of Judah, Levi, Benjamin. The other tribes would be the Northern Kingdom, or they would be of the ten tribes. And so understand, though, that in reality, there's been an intermingling of all twelve tribes. But this is the way that we classify them on the corporate basis. Now, when those... from the northern kingdom sojourn with those of the southern kingdom, they are referred to the name of the southern kingdom. That would be Jews or of the house of Judah. So if we're going to understand who is the house of Jacob, we need to understand Jacob's family and the distinction between northern kingdom. and southern kingdom. Because this is such an important point, let's reiterate that those of the southern kingdom who are Jews, they are also Israelites. So all Jews are Israelites, or all Jews are part of the house of Jacob. However, not all those from the house of Jacob are Jewish. The northern kingdom, they are Israelites, but They are not Jews. In the history of the Northern Kingdom, they were originally taken captive by the Assyrians. They were taken captive in three stages, and we read about the first stage of captivity in 2 Kings 15, verse 29, where Pekah, king of Israel, in his days as king, came Tiglot-Pileser, king of Assyria, and it says that he took various cities and among them he took the gilead in the galley and all the land of neftali and he carried them away to assyria the southern kingdom was taken captive by the babylonians and king nebuchadnezzar in second kings chapter 24 verse 10 it talks about nebuchadnezzar the king of babylon he ultimately took the jews of the southern kingdom captivity into Babylon. Now the first king of the northern kingdom was Jeroboam and in 1st Kings in chapter 12 we're told about a system of worship that Jeroboam set up that is likened or compared to what the children of Israel did in Exodus in chapter 32 in building the golden calf. And so in effect What Jeroboam did is he set up what is called in scripture as a golden calf system of worship. 1 Kings in chapter 12 verse 28 and verse 29 is written, Wherefore the king, that is Jeroboam, took counsel from those around him, and he decided that he would not go to Jerusalem to keep the annual festivals, as is instructed in the Torah, in Jerusalem. deuteronomy chapter 16 verse 16 and the reason is he was concerned that his people might show some allegiance to king rehoboam the first king of the southern kingdom so as an alternative for his people it is said that it is too much for you go to your jerusalem behold your gods oh israel which brought you up out of the land of egypt you So he set up two alternative places of worship. One was in Bethel and the other in Dan. Now Bethel means house of God. Dan comes from the Hebrew word din, which means to be judged. I look at it this way. He called the places that he set up houses of God, but in the end God was going to judge them. The book of Hosea is written to the northern kingdom. It explains to the northern kingdom the sins that they committed in breaking the Torah and the judgment that would come upon them, but it also prophesies of their eventual restoration. And as a part of this restoration, it entailed believing in Yeshua as Messiah and then ultimately being united with the house of Judah or the southern kingdom. And to represent... or to personify this judgment, we have for us that a marriage took place between Gomer and Hosea, as we're told in Hosea chapter 1 and verse 2, where the Lord said to Hosea, Go take you a wife of Hordoms and children of Hordoms, for the land is committed great Hordoms, departing from the Lord. And so we're told about... three children in Hosea chapter 1 that is born from this marriage. And the names of the children are prophetic of the judgment that would come upon the northern kingdom. Let's look at the names of the children. The first one in Hosea chapter 1 in verse 4 is called Jezreel. Now Jezreel in Hebrew means God will sow or God will scatter. that the northern kingdom was going to be scattered into the nations of the world. In doing so, he was not going to show them mercy. Hosea chapter 1 and verse 6. The second child is named Lo-Ruhamah. Lo in Hebrew means not. Ruhamah means mercy. So the second child is called no mercy because It says in Hosea 1.6, I will have no more mercy upon you. in the house of Israel. And then the name of the third child is Lo-Ami. Lo in Hebrew is not. Am is people. Ami is my people. So Lo-Ami is not my people. So it says in Hosea chapter 1 verse 9, call his name Lo-Ami for you are not my people and I will not be your God. Well, The judgment of the northern kingdom then is he's going to sow or scatter them, intermingle them amongst the nations of the world, and in doing so they will lose their understanding and their identity regarding who they are. They would lose the identity and understanding that they are from the northern kingdom. They would take upon themselves the identity and the ways of the people that they're living among and who they intermarry with and so this is going to be the judgment upon the northern kingdom and when the god of israel says regarding this judgment of jezreel being sown or scattered that along with this that he's not going to show a mercy and they're not going to be his people that is not good news and that is a way of saying that he cut them off from the covenant but in cutting them off we can see an association as a result of breaking the covenant in jeremiah in chapter 11 in verse 16 that the branches were broken but there is a prophecy found in Hosea in chapter 1, that's good news, and it's a prophecy of redemption and restoration. That prophecy is found in Hosea chapter 1 in verse 10. Yet, what does yet mean? Even though no mercy and not my people, yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. Well, when you see the phrase, the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. What comes to your mind? What should come to your mind is those are the words that were promised to Abraham, that his descendants would be as the stars in the sky and as the sand of the sea. So linking the thought together, we are being told that the way in which the God of Israel is going to fulfill his covenant promises to Abraham. is going to be through this judgment of the northern kingdom, where they are going to initially have the status of no mercy, not my people. But then we're going to see, if we continue reading the prophecy, Hosea chapter 1, verse 10, it will come to pass that in the place where it was said, you are not my people, where is it said, you are not my people? Right here. That it will be said in the future, in future generations, From not my people, it will be said, you are the sons of the living God. So this is a prophecy that physical descendants of the northern kingdom would become believers in Yeshua as the Messiah. John chapter 1 verse 12, it is written, As many as received him, as many as believed that Yeshua is the Messiah, to them gave he power to be called the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. So from being cut off, no mercy, not my people, they were going to be restored through the redemptive work of the Messiah. And in believing and receiving Yeshua as the Messiah, they would have the status of being a son of the living God. That's going to be the first step in the redemption. First, to be a son of the living God. God. And then following that, we have the prophecy of Hosea in chapter 1 in verse 11, that then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head. Who's the one head? It's going to be the Messiah. And they shall come up out of the land for great shall be the day of Jezreel. So the prophecy is that the northern kingdom first would be called sons of the living God, meaning they would believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, and following that... There would be the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel. And when the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel takes place, that they will, the 12 tribes, will appoint themselves one head. They will be in agreement regarding who is the Messiah of Israel. They will be in agreement ultimately then that Yeshua is the Messiah. So this is the destiny of the Northern Kingdom. They're going to be scattered in the nations. They're going to be cut off from the covenant by breaking the covenant and being cut off, being given the status of no mercy, not my people. But then through repentance, the offering of restoration, so they become son of the living God, a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah. And then... the uniting with the southern kingdom the brethren of the house of judah and declaring the messiah of israel and so yeshua in speaking to the pharisees in john in chapter 10 wherein John chapter 10 is Yeshua answering the question that the Pharisees ask of him in John chapter 9 in verse 40, are we blind? John chapter 10 is his answer. So speaking to the Pharisees, who is the house of Judah or the southern kingdom, he says to them, other sheep I have, in John chapter 10 verse 16, other sheep I have. I have is past present. That means Before Yeshua dies on the tree, he says he has other sheepfold besides the sheepfold that he's speaking to. And who's he speaking to? The Pharisees, the house of Judah, or the southern kingdom. And he says, them I must bring. Why must he bring them? Because ultimately the prophet says that the Messiah is going to gather and unite the 12 tribes of Israel. And regarding the other sheep, it says, They will hear my voice. They will believe that I am the Messiah is one way to interpret they will hear his voice. They will believe in him. And the other way is hearing his voice means ultimately in the fullness of things that they would follow his Torah. Because the phrase hear or obey my voice is the phrase that was spoken at Mount Sinai in Exodus. in chapter 19 in verse 5 where it says if you will obey my voice or hear my voice and keep my covenant so obeying his voice and keeping his covenant are synonymous yeshua said that the other sheepfold would hear his voice and then ultimately yeshua said after they'll hear my voice then he says there will be one fold in one shepherd that's the gathering uniting the 12 tribes of israel so What Yeshua said in John chapter 10 verse 16 is parallel with Hosea chapter 1 verse 10 and verse 11. But Yeshua then explains that before there can be one fold in one shepherd that he's going to, John chapter 10 verse 17, lay down his life. And now we see in Psalm in chapter 80 you this prophecy psalm chapter 80 verse 1 give ear oh shepherd of israel who's the shepherd of israel it's a reference to the messiah you that lead joseph like a flock so the prophecy that the shepherd of israel would be leading joseph that is the northern kingdom like a flock that corporately speaking it would be joseph who would believe that yeshua is the messiah And they would be following him long before Judah, as a corporate people, would do so. And so Messiah's family back to Mount Sinai is the literal house of Jacob. But his family that believes on him is his redeemed or his saved family. That's also called the house of Jacob. Luke chapter 1 verse 31. These words are said, And behold, ye shall conceive in your womb, bring forth a son, referring to Mary, and shall call his name, name Yeshua and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end so Yeshua is ruling and reigning over a redeemed house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end that the name of Messiah's covenant family is the house of Jacob now the literal house of Jacob you is likened to an olive tree in jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 it is written the lord called your name a green olive tree who is this green olive tree the end of verse 17 of jeremiah chapter 11 it says the house of israel and the house of judah and then it says in jeremiah chapter 11 verse 16 at the end of the verse that the branches of this olive tree are broken what caused them to be broken They broke the covenant at Mount Sinai. So the literal house of Jacob is likened to an olive tree whose branches are broken. This olive tree is defined as the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Well, how are the broken branches going to be mended or restored? It's going to be through the redemptive work of the Messiah. And this is what Paul explains in Romans in chapter 11. reviewing what we're told in Jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 that this green olive tree represents a literal house of Jacob consisting of the literal house of Israel in the literal house of Judah Romans chapter 11 is talking about a restored olive tree through the redemptive work of the Messiah the Messiah is the root of the tree he's the root and the offspring of David, he is the bright and the morning star, as we're told in Revelation in chapter 22 and verse 16. And this olive tree that Paul speaks of as being restored through Messiah in Romans in chapter 11 consists of wild branches. Romans chapter 11 verse 17 that are grafted in and natural branches when they believe are grafted into their own olive tree. I want us to understand that in Romans chapter 11 Paul explains that both the wild branches and the natural branches in believing that Yeshua is the Messiah that both are grafted in. Romans chapter 11 verse 17 explains that the wild branches are grafted in and if some of the branches be broken off and you being a wild olive tree was grafted in among them and then romans chapter 11 verse 24 it explains that the natural branches when they believe are grafted into their own olive tree it says if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature and you were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree How much more shall these which be the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? Next, we need to understand that the new covenant, or more correctly understood, the renewed covenant, was only made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. We're told about this in Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31. Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant. In Hebrew, you can read it, renewed covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31 is quoted in Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 8 where it says, And finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Romans in chapter 11 is describing a redeemed. house of Jacob, consisting of the redeemed house of Israel, a term for the northern kingdom, and the redeemed house of Judah, a term for the southern kingdom. Next, we want to understand the redeemed house of Israel, and we want to understand how do those from the nations who may not be physically descended from the 12 tribes, how do they become a part of Messiah's new covenant family known as the house of Jacob? The answer is when they believe that Yeshua is Messiah, they are adopted or they are grafted in. And then in describing the branches of Messiah's family, It's got two primary branches. Messiah's family consists of Jewish believers and non-Jewish believers. And what's the name of the Jewish branch of the believers in Yeshua as Messiah? They are the redeemed or the saved house of Judah. And what do we call the redeemed or the saved house of Israel? They are Ephraim. They are referred to as the Ten Tribes. And non-Jews... From the nations who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, what's the name of the branch of Messiah's family that refers to non-Jewish believers? It's the house of Israel. So, if we look at the redeemed house of Jacob, those that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, and look at the non-Jewish side of the family, who belongs to the non-Jewish side of the family? Well... who belongs to the non-Jewish side of the family are physical descendants of the northern kingdom or the ten tribes who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, fulfilling the prophecy of Hosea chapter 1 and verse 10 as it is associated with John chapter 1 and verse 12. And it also consists of those who are not physically descended from the northern. kingdom. So let's look at this. Who are the redeemed house of Israel or the non-Jews? They consist of two groups of this branch of Messiah's family. They consist of non-Jews who are physically descended from the northern kingdom and non-Jews who are not physically descended from the northern kingdom but are of those from the nations. Now on an individual basis, Would an individual non-Jew know if they are physically descended from the Northern Kingdom or whether they are physically descended from the nations? The answer is no, because on an individual basis, we don't have the documentation of who our ancestors are going clear back 2,700 years. So when we're talking about the general classification, We know that the general classification does refer to non-Jews who are physically descended from the Ten Tribes, but it also consists of non-Jews who are physically descended from the nations. Once again, on an individual basis, though, we would not know. So why on an individual basis would we not know if we are physically descended from the Northern Kingdom? Well, first of all, Like I just said, we don't have our genealogy records, but also in Messiah, it doesn't matter because in 1 Chronicles chapter 5 in verse 1, it says that the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, that he was the firstborn, but For as much as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the sons of Israel. And look at this, in genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. And so those who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, they are a first born family in him. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 23, it says, you've come to the general assembly in church or the congregation. in Messiah of the firstborn. Now, let's look at the situation with the literal house of Jacob. That is physical descendants of those who were at Mount Sinai. Do they believe that Yeshua is the Messiah? Well, there are some physical descendants of the house of Jacob that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, but there are those that don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. In expressing in our minds, for the sake of argument, physical descendants of the house of Jacob. as being Jews, because we can identify who are Jews today. Most Jews don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. And so let's look at those who do believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, his redeemed or his saved family, biblically called in Luke chapter 1 verse 33, the house of Jacob. Do they believe that they should follow the Torah? Do they understand? that he gave the Torah at Mount Sinai? Do they understand when he said in John 14, verse 15, if you love me, keep my commandments, it's referring to following the Torah. Well, there are some believers in Yeshua as Messiah that do believe and do understand that they are to express their faith in him after they're saved by grace through faith, by loving him and keeping his commandments or following his Torah. But most... believers in Yeshua as Messiah do not understand this and don't understand that Yeshua gave the Torah at Mount Sinai and loving him and keeping his commandments is following his Torah. So in reviewing this today, the house of Jacob is divided because most of the literal house of Jacob being personified in our example. by the Jewish people don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, but most of the redeemed house of Jacob, in our example being personified as all believers in Yeshua as the Messiah, don't believe that they should express their faith in him by following the Torah. And so as a result of this situation, prophetically, this causes the God of Israel to send forth the ministry of Elijah. And what is the ministry of Elijah? It consists of the pointing out to the people of the God of Israel where and how they departed from the Torah and calling them back to following the Torah. In Malachi chapter 4 verse 4 it says, remember the Torah of Moses my servant. The subject being, remember the Torah of Moses. And then in verse 5, it says, Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet. Why is Elijah the prophet being sent? With the message of remember the Torah of Moses. And so Elijah's ministry is not only going to call the people of the God of Israel to follow the Torah of the God of Israel, showing them where and how. They've departed from the Torah, but Elijah's ministry is going to also consist of preparing Messiah's bride for his coming. In Isaiah, in chapter 40, we're told about the message of Elijah, where in Isaiah chapter 40, in verse 3, it says, The voice of him that cries in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And so we're to prepare the way of the Lord and make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And so this is a part of preparing the bride. Now, John. the immerser or john the baptist who were told in luke in chapter 1 and verse 17 his ministry was of the spirit and the power of elijah that john's message we're told in matthew in chapter 3 verses 1 through 3 it says in those days came John the Immerser preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And it says, This is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Quoting from Isaiah chapter 40 in verse 3. And so John himself, being of the spirit and the power of Elijah, said that, Um, He, in his ministry, is that of being one of the two witnesses in a biblical wedding known as as the friends of the bridegroom and in john in chapter 3 and verse 28 john yokan on the immerser says you yourselves bear me witness that i said i'm not the messiah but that i am sent before him he that has the bride And so part of the Elijah ministry is to prepare the bride. Now, if we go back to Isaiah in chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 40. another part of Elijah's ministry is to prepare the people of God for Messiah gathering and uniting the 12 tribes of Israel. So after it says in Isaiah chapter 40 verse 3, the voice of him that cries in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, goes on to say in verse 11, speaking of the Messiah, he shall feed his flock like a shepherd. He shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and so this is all a part of Elijah's ministry which is sent before the revealing of the Messiah for the purpose of bringing restoration because the covenant family of the Messiah the house of Jacob we have Those that's not following the Torah. We have those that don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. We have those that believe he's the Messiah, but they're not following his Torah. And so ultimately then through Elijah's ministry, we have the fulfillment of the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 37, verses 15 through 28. That is the role of Messiah to gather and unite the 12 tribes of Israel. And the end result is. Messiah ruling over the house of Jacob where they declare him as their head. Hosea chapter 1 and verse 11. And he has gathered in uniting the 12 tribes of Israel. And in gathering, uniting the 12 tribes of Israel, he comes for his bride, sets his feet down on the Mount of Olives. His bride rules and reigns with him as a king and a priest. Revelation chapter 5 and verse 10, teaching the Torah to all nations from Jerusalem. Isaiah chapter 2 and verse 3. So then we have the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 37 verse 16. Son of man, take one stick. And the word stick in Hebrew is eighth, which means tree. Take one tree and write upon it for Judah. For the children of Israel, his companions, take another eighth or tree and write upon it for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim. For all the house of Israel, his companions. So Ezekiel is being told to take two trees and then in verse 17, join them one to another into one stick or one tree. Biblically speaking, what would be the name of this tree? Of course, it would be an olive. tree as Paul was explaining in Romans in chapter 11. So take the two, make them one, and they will become one in your hand. And ultimately in this process, the exiles of Israel, the dispersed of northern kingdom, southern kingdom will be brought back to the land of Israel by the Messiah during... The mountains of Israel refers to Judea and Samaria. The world calls it the West Bank. And the mountains of Israel includes Jerusalem, which is surrounded by mountains. And one king will be king to them all. They will no more be two nations, neither. Shall they be divided into two kingdoms anymore? There will no longer be a separation of northern kingdom and southern kingdom. That they will be a united house of Jacob. And it's a united house of Jacob that the Messiah... is going to rule and reign over and they will know that he is the messiah of israel and they will be following his torah ezekiel chapter 37 verse 24 and david my servant will be king over them they will have one shepherd and they will walk in my judgments observe my statutes and do them so this teaching was to help you understand Who is the house of Jacob? The house of Jacob is a term for the covenant family of the God of Israel. It's a term for the covenant family of Yeshua the Messiah. He is in covenant relationship with the house of Jacob. And at Mount Sinai, Yeshua is in covenant relationship with the literal house of Jacob. And the name... of his covenant family that believes that he's the Messiah and receives his shed blood for the forgiveness of their sins, enters into a new or a renewed covenant relationship with him, the name of that family also is the house of Jacob. Or you might think of it as the redeemed or the saved house of Jacob. Luke chapter 1 in verse 33. That the literal house of jacob is likened to an olive tree jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 the redeemed or the saved house of jacob is also likened to an olive tree romans in chapter 11 well i pray that this teaching helps you to understand the name of messiah's family that is the house of jacob and when you know the name of his family It helps you to better understand who you are and how you are to express your faith in him. And it helps you to understand the Bible better. Now, remember always these words from 1 John 2, in verse 6, he who says he abides in him, he who says he's a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah, ought himself to walk. That means to live our lives even as he walked. How did Yeshua walk? How did he live his life? He obeyed the commandments of his father. Even so, he instructed those who believe on him in John chapter 14, verse 15, if you love me, keep my commandments. Shalom in Yeshua the Messiah. Amen.

In today's world, those who believe in the God of Israel and try to express their faith in him, if you're Jewish, you are referred to as following Judaism. And if you believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, the term that the world uses for those who believe on him is Christianity. However, When we use and think of these terms, Judaism and Christianity, referring to the people who believe in the God of Israel, it will cause us to misunderstand our Bible, because we need to understand the biblical name of the covenant family of the God of Israel.

understand our Bible in the context of the name of this covenant family. So what is the name of this covenant family? It is the house of Jacob.

And so what we're going to be learning in this teaching is that in the Bible, there's a people referred to as the literal house of Jacob. And these are the people. that entered into covenant relationship with the one that brought them out of Egypt and gave them the Torah at Mount Sinai. Them and their descendants would be referred to as the literal house of Jacob. And then we have a people that believes in Yeshua as the Messiah, and they're going to be regarded as the redeemed or the saved house of Jacob.

And so it's possible that not everyone who believes in Yeshua as Messiah is physically descended from those who were at Mount Sinai. So this is why we have a redeemed house of Jacob. And so once we understand that Yeshua created the heavens and the earth, John chapter 1 verse 3, Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 and 16, and that Yeshua made covenant with Abraham, Galatians chapter 3 verse 16, cross-referencing what the verse says there with Genesis chapter 17 in verse 7, with the one that was with the children of Israel in the wilderness, who in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 4, is referred to as being their rock or Yeshua. Then the one that defeated Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea was the right hand, Exodus in chapter 15 and verse 6, that this is all referring to Yeshua the Messiah, that he's the one that brought his people out of Egypt.

He's... the one that gave the Torah at Mount Sinai. And the name of his covenant family is the house of Jacob. That there's a literal house of Jacob and there is a redeemed house of Jacob. And so this teaching is going to go over who is the house of Jacob, explain to you the distinction between the literal house of Jacob.

and the redeemed house of Jacob, yet both the literal house of Jacob and the redeemed house of Jacob are a part of Messiah's covenant family. Let's first review what we're going to be covering in this teaching. It's going to consist of the following points. Number one, we're going to learn that all believers in the God of Israel are commanded to see themselves as if they were redeemed from Egypt. Number two, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob who was redeemed from Egypt consisted of...

the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as a mixed multitude who came out with them. Number three, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob was saved or redeemed by the grace of the God of Israel when they, by faith, put the blood of the Lamb upon their doorposts. Number four, we're going to learn that one Torah was given to both the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as a the mixed multitude who sojourned with them. Number five, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob was divided into two kingdoms or two houses known as the house of Israel, a reference to the northern kingdom, and the house of Judah, a reference to the southern kingdom.

And this happened after the reign of King Solomon. Number six, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob is likened in the Bible to an olive tree. We find this in Jeremiah chapter 11, verses 16 and 17. Number seven, we're going to learn that the house of Israel or the northern kingdom is referred to in the Bible by these alternative terms. The house of Joseph, Ephraim, because the tribe of Ephraim was the leading tribe. So all 10 tribes then were referred to as Ephraim, also the house of Israel, and then Samaria.

Number eight, we're going to learn that the house of Judah or the southern kingdom today is referred to by the people in the world as being Jews. Number nine, we're going to learn that all Jews, meaning everyone who is of the house of Judah, every Jew is an Israelite, meaning of the house of Jacob. because it was Jacob's name that was changed to Israel, as we read in the book of Genesis. But not all Israelites, meaning those from the northern kingdom, are Jews, meaning from the house of Judah.

Number 10, we're going to learn that the northern kingdom, or the house of Israel, was taken into captivity by the Assyrians. in the southern kingdom where the house of Judah was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. Number 11, we're going to learn that it's the role of Messiah to restore and regather both houses of Israel, and he will rule over a redeemed house of Jacob forever when he sets his feet down on the Mount of Olives, sets up his kingdom, and then following that for all eternity in the new heavens and the new earth. Number 12, we're going to learn that the redeemed house of Jacob is likened in the Bible to an olive tree. Number 13, we're going to learn that the redeemed house of Jacob consists of members from the literal house of Jacob, as well as those from the nations.

Number 14, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob is visibly recognized today and referred to by the people in... our world as being Jews, and the world refers to the redeemed house of Jacob, or those that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, as being Christians. Number 15, we're going to learn that it's the ministry of Elijah who will bring restoration to the literal house of Jacob and the redeemed house of Jacob in the end of days. Number 16, we're going to learn that the literal house of Jacob will unite with the redeemed house of Jacob and return to the land of Israel in the end of days. And then 17, we're going to learn that it's the Messiah who will rule over united house of Jacob and they will keep his commandments in the end of days.

So this is what we're going to learn in this teaching on who is the house of Jacob. Let's begin. In 1 Corinthians in chapter 10 verses 1 through 4. We are instructed by Paul that believers in Yeshua as the Messiah are to see themselves as if they came out of Egypt. Now, in 1 Corinthians 10, Paul is writing primarily to a non-Jewish audience. He says this to them in 1 Corinthians 10, verse 1, Moreover, brethren, I would not that you be ignorant.

Don't be ignorant of what? That all our fathers were under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea and they were all immersed or baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea they did all eat the same spiritual meat they did all drink the same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them and that rock was Messiah now I want you to See here that five times Paul says that the event of coming out of Egypt, that it happened to all, that all our fathers were in the cloud, they all passed to the sea, they were all immersed into Moses in the cloud and the sea, they did all eat the same spiritual meat, they did all drink the same spiritual drink. Now, When one wants to emphasize something, they repeat it.

So not only was the term all repeated, but it was repeated five times so that we could grasp and not miss the fact that in referring to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, that it happened to all our fathers. And so why the emphasis? all?

Well, Paul is writing primarily to a non-Jewish audience, and something that it's very difficult to convince a non-Jew of is that they were somewhere that they never were. Let's say most of you have never been to Antarctica, and what if I tried to convince you that you were in Antarctica? You wouldn't believe me. And so the audience that Paul is writing to, their fathers and forefathers did not literally come out of Egypt. Paul's father and grandfather didn't literally come out of Egypt.

My father and grandfather did not literally come out of Egypt. Yet in speaking of the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, he says, don't be ignorant that all our fathers came out. of Egypt. So why does he speak of the coming out of Egypt in this way that happened to all of our fathers?

Well, in doing so, Paul is actually teaching you from the Torah and a Torah principle. When Paul says that all our fathers passed through the sea, that is not literally true. Since it isn't literally true, what is the basis or the means by which he can then make the statement?

It's because it is a Torah concept. Where we find this concept in the Torah? What was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 10, verses 1-4, that all our fathers came out of Egypt? Well, it comes from Deuteronomy 29. Verses 12 through 15, where it is written that you should enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his oath which the Lord your God makes with you this day.

Speaking about Mount Sinai. Verse 13, that he may establish you today for a people unto himself, that he may be unto you a God as he has said unto you and as he has sworn unto your fathers to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Now the key verses are Verses 14 and 15. Verse 14 says, Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath. But, verse 15, the covenant and the oath is being made with him that stands here with us this day before the Lord our God. And here's the key part.

And also with him that is not here with us this day. I want you to notice that It's being explained in Deuteronomy chapter 29 verses 12 through 15 that the covenant at Mount Sinai is being made with two groups of people. It's being made with those who are there and it's being made with those who are not there.

And so even though you were not literally there, you are to see yourself as if you were. That is, if you are part of the covenant people that came out of Egypt. And if you are one with the one who brought them out of Egypt, and the one that brought them out of Egypt is even Yeshua the Messiah. He's the rock that was with them in the wilderness. We are told in John chapter 1 verse 3, verses, and then, Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 and 16 that Yeshua created the heavens and the earth.

We're told in Galatians 3 16 that Yeshua made covenant with Abraham and the one that made covenant with Abraham brought the children of Israel out of Egypt gave the Torah to them at Mount Sinai. Whenever you accept Yeshua as the Messiah you enter into covenant relationship with him and so therefore because he made covenant with Abraham he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt and the one that brought him out of Egypt gave him the Torah at Mount Sinai thus Yeshua being the one that gave the Torah at Mount Sinai when anyone enters into covenant relationship with him through the shedding of his blood when he died on the tree for the forgiveness of our sins when we repent of our sins and accept Yeshua as our Lord and Savior we enter into covenant relationship with him. And in doing so, he then sees us as if he brought us out of Egypt, and we are supposed to see ourselves as if we were brought out of Egypt as well.

In Exodus, in chapter 13, verse 8, one of the 613 commandments is the following. And you shall show your son, referring to the celebration of Passover, and you shall show your son in that day. When is it in that day? It's in the future. When's in that day?

It's a reference to Messianic times. That this is being done because of what the Lord did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. So the commandment is to tell your son in that day that the reason why we're celebrating Passover is because of what the Lord did for him when he came out of Egypt. But wait a second, the son in that day did not literally come out of Egypt. So if the son in that day did not literally come out of Egypt, why is the commandment given that you're to tell your son when you're celebrating Passover, that Yahweh, Elohim, brought him out of Egypt.

This is because that it is a Torah concept, that the covenant Mount Sinai was made with those who were there and those who were not there. Deuteronomy chapter 29 in verse 15. What is the name of the people that were brought out of Egypt? and were at Mount Sinai? The answer is they're called the house of Jacob.

And at the end of Exodus in chapter 19 in verse 3, it is written, Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob. The house of Jacob at Mount Sinai consisted of two groups of people. It consisted of the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. And it consisted of the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. And what does the Torah call the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost and thus came out of Egypt with the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost?

They are called the mixed multitude. In Exodus chapter 12, verse 37, verse 38, it says, And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Sukkot. And then it says, And a mixed multitude went up with them. How are the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob a part of the house of Jacob?

The answer is, they are regarded as being the following. In the Torah, they are said to be strangers, sojourners, they are adopted or they are grafted in. So we see that the Torah establishes a principle that when the God of Israel redeems his people from Egypt, fulfilling covenant promise that he made with Abraham in Genesis in chapter 15, that that redemption or salvation is made available to not just the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but to all those who would accept the terms and the conditions of... being a part of that covenant.

So what was the terms and the conditions to be delivered from Egyptian bondage? You had to put the blood of a lamb on your doorpost. So we can see then that in the Torah explaining the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, we see the principle that the God of Israel is not.

a respecter of persons. He acts on behalf of his covenant, but he's not a respecter of persons, and he makes his covenant available to all those who would accept the terms and the conditions, and those who do accept the terms and the conditions, he makes them a part of his covenant family. Now, what happened at Mount Sinai? Did the God of Israel instruct Moses.

Now, you take the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and put them on one side because I have a lot of commandments for them. It's going to take a lot of time to go over these commandments. And then did the God of Israel say to Moses, but the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I want you to put them on another side because I'm going to make things real easy for them.

I only have two commandments for them. that they just love me and they love everyone else. Is that what happened?

No, that is not what happened. The same commandments were given to the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost, and the non-physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who put the blood of the Lamb on the doorpost. So in Numbers, chapter 15, verses 15 and 16, it is written, one ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that sojourns with you.

That there's to be one ordinance for both the native born and the stranger is an ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One Torah.

in one manner shall be for you and for the stranger that sojourns with you. Next, in understanding the way in which the Redeemer of Israel brought his people out of Egypt, we want to see that it was done by grace through faith. Exodus in chapter 3 verse 21 it is written, I will give this people favor. The Hebrew word is chen. It is the Strong's number 2580 and it's translated in Genesis in chapter 6 in verse 8 as grace where it says Noah found grace or chen in the eyes of the Lord.

So I'm going to give this people favor or grace in the sight of the Egyptians and it will come to pass. that when you go, you will not go empty. So the grace of God was present to deliver his people out of Egyptian bondage.

But just because his grace was available, does that mean all those that were eligible actually did come out? And the answer is there were those who were eligible who did not come out. of Egypt.

Now, what the exact percentage was, our Bible doesn't tell us. But in the Midrash, which is the rabbi's commentary and teaching on the Torah, they say that only about 20% of those that were eligible to come out of Egypt actually did. come out by putting the blood of the lamb on the doorpost.

Now, I don't know whether it was that exact percentage or not. The point is, is not that we know the exact percentage, but that the percentage was something less than 100%. So, even though the grace of the God of Israel was present to deliver his people, God required... Another thing besides grace, and that is faith. And what was the faith that he required?

Was that they put the blood of the lamb on the doorpost. The instruction to do so is given in Exodus chapter 12, verse 3 and verse 7, where it says, Speak unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers. a lamb for a house. And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorposts of the houses wherein they shall eat.

So why was this an act of faith? For several reasons. Number one, faith is obeying and doing what God says. And so obedience to the instructions shows faith. But secondly, in the Egyptian culture, lambs were regarded as Egyptian gods.

So therefore, you may have a neighbor, someone in your neighborhood, who regards the lamb that you're going to kill as one of their gods. And in their religious views, maybe it's offensive to them that you would be killing this lamb. So therefore, when you... take the lamb into your house, kill the lamb, put the blood of the lamb on the doorpost, you better be sure that God said this is what you're supposed to do. So, therefore, the children of Israel came out by grace through faith.

Salvation, or redemption, by grace through faith, then, is a Torah concept. It is a concept that is established. in the Torah when the God of Israel redeemed his people out of Egypt. Therefore, when we read in Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 8, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. That is not a brand new original New Testament concept.

It is a concept that the New Testament affirms as being. So, or being true, that was first established in the Torah when the God of Israel brought his people out of Egypt. Now, I want you to notice the pattern of things. First, the children of Israel were saved by grace through faith, and then, as an expression of being a saved and delivered people out of Egyptian bondage, that they came to Mount Sinai and there at Mount Sinai they were given commandments on how to live their lives on a daily basis as a saved or a redeemed people. Then in John in chapter 1 in verse 29 referring to Yeshua it is said of him that he is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

And in response to Yeshua shedding his blood, being the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, Yeshua went on to say in John chapter 14 verse 15, If you love me, keep my commandments. That keeping the commandments is a response to being saved by grace through faith. Thus, we should be able to Understand this truth as Paul himself affirmed in Romans in chapter 3 verses 28 through 31. Now in Romans chapter 3 verses 28 through 30, it explains that both Jew and non-Jew are justified or saved by grace through faith. Romans chapter 3 verse 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only?

Is he not of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles, seeing it as one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith. So here, after Paul explaining that justification or being saved by grace through...

Faith is the way in which the God of Israel saves both Jew and non-Jew. Paul then asked the question in Romans in chapter 3 verse 31. Do we make void? Make void means to do away with. Do we make void or do away with the Torah through faith?

Well, if Paul did not answer the question, there could be element of doubt and we could debate the issue. But he answers his own question. How does he answer the question of do we make void the Torah through faith?

He answers it this way, God forbid, we establish the Torah. We establish the Torah after we are saved by grace through faith. And we can see the outline of this principle as well in Ephesians chapter 2, verses 8 through 10, where it says, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves.

It is the gift of God, not of works. lest any man should boast. So now, after stating that we're saved by grace through faith, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 goes on to say, We are his workmanship created in Messiah Yeshua unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

Walk in what? Good works. When? After we are saved by grace through faith. And so the right way we are to live our lives is to obey the Word of God, to love Yeshua, and to keep His commandments.

Because Yeshua explained in Matthew, in chapter 5, in verse 14, explaining to believers in Him, You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be... hid verse 16 let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven so our light is supposed to shine before men to glorify our father in heaven after we are saved by grace through faith through the shed blood of yeshua hamashiach when we repent of our sins in a yeshua you our Lord and Savior.

So next we are going to understand what happened in the history of the house of Jacob following the events at Mount Sinai. And ultimately because of breaking the covenant at Mount Sinai the house of Jacob was divided into two kingdoms known as the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. Now, we need to firmly understand that the name of Messiah's covenant family is the house of Jacob, and it was Jacob's name that was changed to Israel. We find this in Genesis chapter 32 and verse 28. it says, your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.

And so Israel is a term to refer to Jacob and all those that refer to or belong to his family. And who is of the family of Jacob? The Bible refers to him as the house of Jacob.

And the family of Jacob got divided in their history into Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom. And so the Southern Kingdom referred to themselves as Jews after the name of the leading tribe of the Southern Kingdom, which is the tribe of Judah. And when we refer corporately to the Southern Kingdom, we are referring to the tribes of Judah, Levi, and Benjamin. Now, that is the case even though in reality there are members of all 12 tribes who are sojourning with Judah or the house of Judah. Then, if we look at the northern kingdom, the Northern Kingdom are Israelites.

Why? Because they're of the house of Jacob. Regarding the Southern Kingdom...

They are Jews. The Bible refers to them as the house of Judah. So, all Jews are Israelites. Every one of the house of Judah is of the house of Jacob. The house of Judah is referred to as Jews.

All Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites are Jews. because we have Israelites, meaning those of the family of Jacob or the house of Jacob, that are of the northern kingdom. So being of the northern kingdom, they'd be of the house of Jacob. Jacob's name was changed to Israel, so they would be Israelites, but they would not be Jews because Jews refers to the southern kingdom.

Now, The northern kingdom is also known as the ten tribes. Scripture also refers to them as the house of Israel, Ephraim, the house of Joseph in Samaria, because under the rulership of the first king of the northern kingdom, that would be King Jeroboam, he set up a capital in Samaria. And so when we're corporately talking about the northern kingdom, We're talking about the 10 tribes, and we're talking about those tribes that are not of Judah, Levi, and Benjamin. Those tribes, Judah, Levi, and Benjamin, being associated with the southern kingdom.

But in reality, there are those from all 12 tribes who are with and are living among those of the Northern Kingdom. But those who are sojourning with the Northern Kingdom are not enough to be identified through their own tribal distinction. So that's why when we speak of, in general terms, about who's the Southern Kingdom, we say it consists of Judah, Levi, Benjamin. The other tribes would be the Northern Kingdom, or they would be of the ten tribes.

And so understand, though, that in reality, there's been an intermingling of all twelve tribes. But this is the way that we classify them on the corporate basis. Now, when those... from the northern kingdom sojourn with those of the southern kingdom, they are referred to the name of the southern kingdom. That would be Jews or of the house of Judah.

So if we're going to understand who is the house of Jacob, we need to understand Jacob's family and the distinction between northern kingdom. and southern kingdom. Because this is such an important point, let's reiterate that those of the southern kingdom who are Jews, they are also Israelites.

So all Jews are Israelites, or all Jews are part of the house of Jacob. However, not all those from the house of Jacob are Jewish. The northern kingdom, they are Israelites, but They are not Jews. In the history of the Northern Kingdom, they were originally taken captive by the Assyrians.

They were taken captive in three stages, and we read about the first stage of captivity in 2 Kings 15, verse 29, where Pekah, king of Israel, in his days as king, came Tiglot-Pileser, king of Assyria, and it says that he took various cities and among them he took the gilead in the galley and all the land of neftali and he carried them away to assyria the southern kingdom was taken captive by the babylonians and king nebuchadnezzar in second kings chapter 24 verse 10 it talks about nebuchadnezzar the king of babylon he ultimately took the jews of the southern kingdom captivity into Babylon. Now the first king of the northern kingdom was Jeroboam and in 1st Kings in chapter 12 we're told about a system of worship that Jeroboam set up that is likened or compared to what the children of Israel did in Exodus in chapter 32 in building the golden calf. And so in effect What Jeroboam did is he set up what is called in scripture as a golden calf system of worship.

1 Kings in chapter 12 verse 28 and verse 29 is written, Wherefore the king, that is Jeroboam, took counsel from those around him, and he decided that he would not go to Jerusalem to keep the annual festivals, as is instructed in the Torah, in Jerusalem. deuteronomy chapter 16 verse 16 and the reason is he was concerned that his people might show some allegiance to king rehoboam the first king of the southern kingdom so as an alternative for his people it is said that it is too much for you go to your jerusalem behold your gods oh israel which brought you up out of the land of egypt you So he set up two alternative places of worship. One was in Bethel and the other in Dan. Now Bethel means house of God. Dan comes from the Hebrew word din, which means to be judged.

I look at it this way. He called the places that he set up houses of God, but in the end God was going to judge them. The book of Hosea is written to the northern kingdom. It explains to the northern kingdom the sins that they committed in breaking the Torah and the judgment that would come upon them, but it also prophesies of their eventual restoration.

And as a part of this restoration, it entailed believing in Yeshua as Messiah and then ultimately being united with the house of Judah or the southern kingdom. And to represent... or to personify this judgment, we have for us that a marriage took place between Gomer and Hosea, as we're told in Hosea chapter 1 and verse 2, where the Lord said to Hosea, Go take you a wife of Hordoms and children of Hordoms, for the land is committed great Hordoms, departing from the Lord.

And so we're told about... three children in Hosea chapter 1 that is born from this marriage. And the names of the children are prophetic of the judgment that would come upon the northern kingdom.

Let's look at the names of the children. The first one in Hosea chapter 1 in verse 4 is called Jezreel. Now Jezreel in Hebrew means God will sow or God will scatter.

that the northern kingdom was going to be scattered into the nations of the world. In doing so, he was not going to show them mercy. Hosea chapter 1 and verse 6. The second child is named Lo-Ruhamah.

Lo in Hebrew means not. Ruhamah means mercy. So the second child is called no mercy because It says in Hosea 1.6, I will have no more mercy upon you.

in the house of Israel. And then the name of the third child is Lo-Ami. Lo in Hebrew is not.

Am is people. Ami is my people. So Lo-Ami is not my people. So it says in Hosea chapter 1 verse 9, call his name Lo-Ami for you are not my people and I will not be your God.

Well, The judgment of the northern kingdom then is he's going to sow or scatter them, intermingle them amongst the nations of the world, and in doing so they will lose their understanding and their identity regarding who they are. They would lose the identity and understanding that they are from the northern kingdom. They would take upon themselves the identity and the ways of the people that they're living among and who they intermarry with and so this is going to be the judgment upon the northern kingdom and when the god of israel says regarding this judgment of jezreel being sown or scattered that along with this that he's not going to show a mercy and they're not going to be his people that is not good news and that is a way of saying that he cut them off from the covenant but in cutting them off we can see an association as a result of breaking the covenant in jeremiah in chapter 11 in verse 16 that the branches were broken but there is a prophecy found in Hosea in chapter 1, that's good news, and it's a prophecy of redemption and restoration.

That prophecy is found in Hosea chapter 1 in verse 10. Yet, what does yet mean? Even though no mercy and not my people, yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered. Well, when you see the phrase, the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. What comes to your mind?

What should come to your mind is those are the words that were promised to Abraham, that his descendants would be as the stars in the sky and as the sand of the sea. So linking the thought together, we are being told that the way in which the God of Israel is going to fulfill his covenant promises to Abraham. is going to be through this judgment of the northern kingdom, where they are going to initially have the status of no mercy, not my people.

But then we're going to see, if we continue reading the prophecy, Hosea chapter 1, verse 10, it will come to pass that in the place where it was said, you are not my people, where is it said, you are not my people? Right here. That it will be said in the future, in future generations, From not my people, it will be said, you are the sons of the living God.

So this is a prophecy that physical descendants of the northern kingdom would become believers in Yeshua as the Messiah. John chapter 1 verse 12, it is written, As many as received him, as many as believed that Yeshua is the Messiah, to them gave he power to be called the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. So from being cut off, no mercy, not my people, they were going to be restored through the redemptive work of the Messiah. And in believing and receiving Yeshua as the Messiah, they would have the status of being a son of the living God.

That's going to be the first step in the redemption. First, to be a son of the living God. God.

And then following that, we have the prophecy of Hosea in chapter 1 in verse 11, that then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head. Who's the one head? It's going to be the Messiah.

And they shall come up out of the land for great shall be the day of Jezreel. So the prophecy is that the northern kingdom first would be called sons of the living God, meaning they would believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, and following that... There would be the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel. And when the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel takes place, that they will, the 12 tribes, will appoint themselves one head.

They will be in agreement regarding who is the Messiah of Israel. They will be in agreement ultimately then that Yeshua is the Messiah. So this is the destiny of the Northern Kingdom. They're going to be scattered in the nations.

They're going to be cut off from the covenant by breaking the covenant and being cut off, being given the status of no mercy, not my people. But then through repentance, the offering of restoration, so they become son of the living God, a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah. And then... the uniting with the southern kingdom the brethren of the house of judah and declaring the messiah of israel and so yeshua in speaking to the pharisees in john in chapter 10 wherein John chapter 10 is Yeshua answering the question that the Pharisees ask of him in John chapter 9 in verse 40, are we blind?

John chapter 10 is his answer. So speaking to the Pharisees, who is the house of Judah or the southern kingdom, he says to them, other sheep I have, in John chapter 10 verse 16, other sheep I have. I have is past present.

That means Before Yeshua dies on the tree, he says he has other sheepfold besides the sheepfold that he's speaking to. And who's he speaking to? The Pharisees, the house of Judah, or the southern kingdom. And he says, them I must bring.

Why must he bring them? Because ultimately the prophet says that the Messiah is going to gather and unite the 12 tribes of Israel. And regarding the other sheep, it says, They will hear my voice. They will believe that I am the Messiah is one way to interpret they will hear his voice.

They will believe in him. And the other way is hearing his voice means ultimately in the fullness of things that they would follow his Torah. Because the phrase hear or obey my voice is the phrase that was spoken at Mount Sinai in Exodus.

in chapter 19 in verse 5 where it says if you will obey my voice or hear my voice and keep my covenant so obeying his voice and keeping his covenant are synonymous yeshua said that the other sheepfold would hear his voice and then ultimately yeshua said after they'll hear my voice then he says there will be one fold in one shepherd that's the gathering uniting the 12 tribes of israel so What Yeshua said in John chapter 10 verse 16 is parallel with Hosea chapter 1 verse 10 and verse 11. But Yeshua then explains that before there can be one fold in one shepherd that he's going to, John chapter 10 verse 17, lay down his life. And now we see in Psalm in chapter 80 you this prophecy psalm chapter 80 verse 1 give ear oh shepherd of israel who's the shepherd of israel it's a reference to the messiah you that lead joseph like a flock so the prophecy that the shepherd of israel would be leading joseph that is the northern kingdom like a flock that corporately speaking it would be joseph who would believe that yeshua is the messiah And they would be following him long before Judah, as a corporate people, would do so. And so Messiah's family back to Mount Sinai is the literal house of Jacob.

But his family that believes on him is his redeemed or his saved family. That's also called the house of Jacob. Luke chapter 1 verse 31. These words are said, And behold, ye shall conceive in your womb, bring forth a son, referring to Mary, and shall call his name, name Yeshua and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end so Yeshua is ruling and reigning over a redeemed house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end that the name of Messiah's covenant family is the house of Jacob now the literal house of Jacob you is likened to an olive tree in jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 it is written the lord called your name a green olive tree who is this green olive tree the end of verse 17 of jeremiah chapter 11 it says the house of israel and the house of judah and then it says in jeremiah chapter 11 verse 16 at the end of the verse that the branches of this olive tree are broken what caused them to be broken They broke the covenant at Mount Sinai. So the literal house of Jacob is likened to an olive tree whose branches are broken. This olive tree is defined as the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

Well, how are the broken branches going to be mended or restored? It's going to be through the redemptive work of the Messiah. And this is what Paul explains in Romans in chapter 11. reviewing what we're told in Jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 that this green olive tree represents a literal house of Jacob consisting of the literal house of Israel in the literal house of Judah Romans chapter 11 is talking about a restored olive tree through the redemptive work of the Messiah the Messiah is the root of the tree he's the root and the offspring of David, he is the bright and the morning star, as we're told in Revelation in chapter 22 and verse 16. And this olive tree that Paul speaks of as being restored through Messiah in Romans in chapter 11 consists of wild branches.

Romans chapter 11 verse 17 that are grafted in and natural branches when they believe are grafted into their own olive tree. I want us to understand that in Romans chapter 11 Paul explains that both the wild branches and the natural branches in believing that Yeshua is the Messiah that both are grafted in. Romans chapter 11 verse 17 explains that the wild branches are grafted in and if some of the branches be broken off and you being a wild olive tree was grafted in among them and then romans chapter 11 verse 24 it explains that the natural branches when they believe are grafted into their own olive tree it says if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature and you were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree How much more shall these which be the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

Next, we need to understand that the new covenant, or more correctly understood, the renewed covenant, was only made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. We're told about this in Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31. Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant. In Hebrew, you can read it, renewed covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31 is quoted in Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 8 where it says, And finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Romans in chapter 11 is describing a redeemed.

house of Jacob, consisting of the redeemed house of Israel, a term for the northern kingdom, and the redeemed house of Judah, a term for the southern kingdom. Next, we want to understand the redeemed house of Israel, and we want to understand how do those from the nations who may not be physically descended from the 12 tribes, how do they become a part of Messiah's new covenant family known as the house of Jacob? The answer is when they believe that Yeshua is Messiah, they are adopted or they are grafted in. And then in describing the branches of Messiah's family, It's got two primary branches.

Messiah's family consists of Jewish believers and non-Jewish believers. And what's the name of the Jewish branch of the believers in Yeshua as Messiah? They are the redeemed or the saved house of Judah.

And what do we call the redeemed or the saved house of Israel? They are Ephraim. They are referred to as the Ten Tribes. And non-Jews...

From the nations who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, what's the name of the branch of Messiah's family that refers to non-Jewish believers? It's the house of Israel. So, if we look at the redeemed house of Jacob, those that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, and look at the non-Jewish side of the family, who belongs to the non-Jewish side of the family? Well... who belongs to the non-Jewish side of the family are physical descendants of the northern kingdom or the ten tribes who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, fulfilling the prophecy of Hosea chapter 1 and verse 10 as it is associated with John chapter 1 and verse 12. And it also consists of those who are not physically descended from the northern.

kingdom. So let's look at this. Who are the redeemed house of Israel or the non-Jews? They consist of two groups of this branch of Messiah's family.

They consist of non-Jews who are physically descended from the northern kingdom and non-Jews who are not physically descended from the northern kingdom but are of those from the nations. Now on an individual basis, Would an individual non-Jew know if they are physically descended from the Northern Kingdom or whether they are physically descended from the nations? The answer is no, because on an individual basis, we don't have the documentation of who our ancestors are going clear back 2,700 years. So when we're talking about the general classification, We know that the general classification does refer to non-Jews who are physically descended from the Ten Tribes, but it also consists of non-Jews who are physically descended from the nations.

Once again, on an individual basis, though, we would not know. So why on an individual basis would we not know if we are physically descended from the Northern Kingdom? Well, first of all, Like I just said, we don't have our genealogy records, but also in Messiah, it doesn't matter because in 1 Chronicles chapter 5 in verse 1, it says that the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, that he was the firstborn, but For as much as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the sons of Israel.

And look at this, in genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. And so those who believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, they are a first born family in him. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 23, it says, you've come to the general assembly in church or the congregation.

in Messiah of the firstborn. Now, let's look at the situation with the literal house of Jacob. That is physical descendants of those who were at Mount Sinai. Do they believe that Yeshua is the Messiah?

Well, there are some physical descendants of the house of Jacob that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, but there are those that don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. In expressing in our minds, for the sake of argument, physical descendants of the house of Jacob. as being Jews, because we can identify who are Jews today. Most Jews don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah.

And so let's look at those who do believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, his redeemed or his saved family, biblically called in Luke chapter 1 verse 33, the house of Jacob. Do they believe that they should follow the Torah? Do they understand? that he gave the Torah at Mount Sinai? Do they understand when he said in John 14, verse 15, if you love me, keep my commandments, it's referring to following the Torah.

Well, there are some believers in Yeshua as Messiah that do believe and do understand that they are to express their faith in him after they're saved by grace through faith, by loving him and keeping his commandments or following his Torah. But most... believers in Yeshua as Messiah do not understand this and don't understand that Yeshua gave the Torah at Mount Sinai and loving him and keeping his commandments is following his Torah. So in reviewing this today, the house of Jacob is divided because most of the literal house of Jacob being personified in our example.

by the Jewish people don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, but most of the redeemed house of Jacob, in our example being personified as all believers in Yeshua as the Messiah, don't believe that they should express their faith in him by following the Torah. And so as a result of this situation, prophetically, this causes the God of Israel to send forth the ministry of Elijah. And what is the ministry of Elijah? It consists of the pointing out to the people of the God of Israel where and how they departed from the Torah and calling them back to following the Torah. In Malachi chapter 4 verse 4 it says, remember the Torah of Moses my servant.

The subject being, remember the Torah of Moses. And then in verse 5, it says, Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet. Why is Elijah the prophet being sent? With the message of remember the Torah of Moses.

And so Elijah's ministry is not only going to call the people of the God of Israel to follow the Torah of the God of Israel, showing them where and how. They've departed from the Torah, but Elijah's ministry is going to also consist of preparing Messiah's bride for his coming. In Isaiah, in chapter 40, we're told about the message of Elijah, where in Isaiah chapter 40, in verse 3, it says, The voice of him that cries in the wilderness.

Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And so we're to prepare the way of the Lord and make straight in the desert a highway for our God. And so this is a part of preparing the bride. Now, John. the immerser or john the baptist who were told in luke in chapter 1 and verse 17 his ministry was of the spirit and the power of elijah that john's message we're told in matthew in chapter 3 verses 1 through 3 it says in those days came John the Immerser preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

And it says, This is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Quoting from Isaiah chapter 40 in verse 3. And so John himself, being of the spirit and the power of Elijah, said that, Um, He, in his ministry, is that of being one of the two witnesses in a biblical wedding known as as the friends of the bridegroom and in john in chapter 3 and verse 28 john yokan on the immerser says you yourselves bear me witness that i said i'm not the messiah but that i am sent before him he that has the bride And so part of the Elijah ministry is to prepare the bride. Now, if we go back to Isaiah in chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 40. another part of Elijah's ministry is to prepare the people of God for Messiah gathering and uniting the 12 tribes of Israel. So after it says in Isaiah chapter 40 verse 3, the voice of him that cries in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, goes on to say in verse 11, speaking of the Messiah, he shall feed his flock like a shepherd.

He shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and so this is all a part of Elijah's ministry which is sent before the revealing of the Messiah for the purpose of bringing restoration because the covenant family of the Messiah the house of Jacob we have Those that's not following the Torah. We have those that don't believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. We have those that believe he's the Messiah, but they're not following his Torah. And so ultimately then through Elijah's ministry, we have the fulfillment of the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 37, verses 15 through 28. That is the role of Messiah to gather and unite the 12 tribes of Israel.

And the end result is. Messiah ruling over the house of Jacob where they declare him as their head. Hosea chapter 1 and verse 11. And he has gathered in uniting the 12 tribes of Israel.

And in gathering, uniting the 12 tribes of Israel, he comes for his bride, sets his feet down on the Mount of Olives. His bride rules and reigns with him as a king and a priest. Revelation chapter 5 and verse 10, teaching the Torah to all nations from Jerusalem. Isaiah chapter 2 and verse 3. So then we have the prophecy of Ezekiel chapter 37 verse 16. Son of man, take one stick. And the word stick in Hebrew is eighth, which means tree.

Take one tree and write upon it for Judah. For the children of Israel, his companions, take another eighth or tree and write upon it for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim. For all the house of Israel, his companions. So Ezekiel is being told to take two trees and then in verse 17, join them one to another into one stick or one tree.

Biblically speaking, what would be the name of this tree? Of course, it would be an olive. tree as Paul was explaining in Romans in chapter 11. So take the two, make them one, and they will become one in your hand.

And ultimately in this process, the exiles of Israel, the dispersed of northern kingdom, southern kingdom will be brought back to the land of Israel by the Messiah during... The mountains of Israel refers to Judea and Samaria. The world calls it the West Bank. And the mountains of Israel includes Jerusalem, which is surrounded by mountains.

And one king will be king to them all. They will no more be two nations, neither. Shall they be divided into two kingdoms anymore? There will no longer be a separation of northern kingdom and southern kingdom. That they will be a united house of Jacob.

And it's a united house of Jacob that the Messiah... is going to rule and reign over and they will know that he is the messiah of israel and they will be following his torah ezekiel chapter 37 verse 24 and david my servant will be king over them they will have one shepherd and they will walk in my judgments observe my statutes and do them so this teaching was to help you understand Who is the house of Jacob? The house of Jacob is a term for the covenant family of the God of Israel. It's a term for the covenant family of Yeshua the Messiah.

He is in covenant relationship with the house of Jacob. And at Mount Sinai, Yeshua is in covenant relationship with the literal house of Jacob. And the name... of his covenant family that believes that he's the Messiah and receives his shed blood for the forgiveness of their sins, enters into a new or a renewed covenant relationship with him, the name of that family also is the house of Jacob.

Or you might think of it as the redeemed or the saved house of Jacob. Luke chapter 1 in verse 33. That the literal house of jacob is likened to an olive tree jeremiah chapter 11 verses 16 and 17 the redeemed or the saved house of jacob is also likened to an olive tree romans in chapter 11 well i pray that this teaching helps you to understand the name of messiah's family that is the house of jacob and when you know the name of his family It helps you to better understand who you are and how you are to express your faith in him. And it helps you to understand the Bible better.

Now, remember always these words from 1 John 2, in verse 6, he who says he abides in him, he who says he's a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah, ought himself to walk. That means to live our lives even as he walked. How did Yeshua walk?

How did he live his life? He obeyed the commandments of his father. Even so, he instructed those who believe on him in John chapter 14, verse 15, if you love me, keep my commandments. Shalom in Yeshua the Messiah. Amen.

Transcript for:Exploring the House of Jacob

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Exploring the House of Jacob