THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN IN PROPHECY 
                     by Herbert W. Armstrong 
                    originally published 1945 
                         reprinted 1994 
                         not copyrighted 
 
     The prophecies of the Bible have been grievously 
misunderstood. And no wonder! For the vital KEY needed to unlock 
prophetic doors to understanding, had become lost. That KEY is a 
definite knowledge of the true identity of the American and 
British peoples in biblical prophecy. 
     Here, condensed in a nutshell, is the most fascinating story 
ever told. Whether skeptic, atheist, church member, or Spirit 
filled Christian, you will find here an amazing TRUTH, long 
hidden. It is startling revelation. While condensed and brief, it 
is plain, simple, understandable, and a truth that stands PROVED. 
     No story of fiction ever was so strange, so absorbing, so 
packed with suspense, as this gripping story of the Bible. 
 
 
                        TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
Forward 
Chapter One ...... National Greatness Promised Israel -- Yet the 
     Jews Never Received It -- Why? 
Chapter Two ...... Children of Israel Become Two Nations 
Chapter Three .... Jeremiah's Mysterious Commission 
Chapter Four ..... The Mysterious Breach 
Chapter Five ..... Israel's New Land 
Chapter Six ...... The "Serpent's Trail" 
Chapter Seven .... Birthright Withheld 2520 Years! 
 
FORWARD 
 
     Herbert W. Armstrong first began to understand many of the 
truths contained in this booklet back in 1927. After his 
conversion in the spring of 1927, his search for the true Church 
ended at the Church of God, Seventh Day, headquartered in 
Stanberry, Missouri. Yet, he still was not completely satisfied. 
He wondered how a Church so fruitless and without power could 
actually be doing the Work of God. 
     God led Mr. Armstrong to put that Church to the test. He 
presented them with a 300-page typed manuscript about the United 
States and Britain in prophecy. He wanted to see what the Church 
in Stanberry would do with the truth he presented them. 
     Andrew Dugger, the Church leader at the time, wrote Mr. 
Armstrong on July 28, 1929, with this response: "You are SURELY 
RIGHT, and while I CANNOT USE IT in the paper [the Church 
publication] at the present you may be assured that your labor 
has surely not been in vain." So while Mr. Dugger acknowledged 
that it was the truth, at the same time he said there was nothing 
his church could do with it. While Mr. Armstrong continued to 
associate with the Church of God, Seventh Day for over ten more 
years, he never did become a member due to the fact that the 
Church was not doing a Work and was rejecting biblical truth. 
Later, Mr. Armstrong came to see that this church was a remnant 
of the prophesied Sardis era (Rev. 3:1-6) which according to 
Scripture was spiritually "dead." 
     In the autumn of 1933, the Radio Church of God was founded 
by Mr. Armstrong. His 300-page manuscript first became a booklet 
in 1942 entitled, "The United States in Prophecy". The name 
"Radio Church of God" was later changed to Worldwide Church of 
God after tremendous growth and prosperity made it a definite 
"worldwide" Work. As the booklet "The United States in Prophecy" 
expanded, its name was changed to "The United States and Britain 
in Prophecy". It was last printed by Mr. Armstrong in 1980 as a 
184-page BOOK. 
     During the 1970s, Mr. Armstrong was traveling around the 
world visiting world leaders close to 300 days a year. During 
that time, those left in charge at the Church headquarters in 
Pasadena, California, began to liberalize and water down many of 
Mr. Armstrong's teachings. One such liberalization was the 
reduction of "The United States and Britain in Prophecy" to a 
much smaller and less effective booklet. 
     With those liberal changes also came a massive withdrawal of 
God's blessings on the Worldwide Church of God. In 1975, Mr. 
Armstrong's television program, "The World Tomorrow", was on 90 
television stations worldwide. By 1978, it had dropped to about 
50 stations. 
     In 1973, "The Plain Truth", a magazine started by Mr. 
Armstrong in 1934, had a monthly subscription rate of 3.1 
million. In 1977, it dropped to JUST OVER ONE MILLION. The fine 
quality of the magazine was also reduced to a cheap tabloid 
newsprint paper. 
     When Mr. Armstrong came back from near heart failure in the 
late 1970s, he restored the fine quality of "The Plain Truth" 
magazine and assumed all responsibilities of "The World Tomorrow" 
program. In addition, he reinstated "The United States and 
Britain in Prophecy" to its near 200-page format. 
     After Mr. Armstrong restored the original teachings, God 
then restored the blessings. During the next seven years, the 
Worldwide Church of God EXPERIENCED ITS GREATEST GROWTH EVER! In 
1985, "The World Tomorrow" was on over 400 stations worldwide. 
"The Plain Truth" subscription list went from just over one 
million in 1977 to almost EIGHT MILLION in 1985. 
     The income for the Church also increased considerably. In 
1985 the yearly income was close to 200 million -- up from 
approximately 70 to 80 million in the late 1970s. 
     In addition, the requests for the book, "The United States 
and Britain in Prophecy", continued to climb, even 40 years after 
it was originally written. The claim could be made today that 
this book was one of the greatest works Mr. Armstrong ever did. 
IT WAS THE MOST REQUESTED PIECE OF LITERATURE THE WORLDWIDE 
CHURCH OF GOD EVER PRODUCED! Through the years, over FIVE MILLION 
PEOPLE requested "The United States and Britain in Prophecy". 
FIVE MILLION! 
     On January 16, 1986, Mr. Armstrong died peacefully in his 
Pasadena home. Leadership of the Church was passed to Joseph W. 
Tkach, Mr. Armstrong's personal assistant for the last seven 
years of his life. 
     Since that time, numerous changes have taken place within 
the Worldwide Church of God, including many changes in doctrine. 
These changes are documented thoroughly in our booklet, 
"Worldwide Church of God Doctrinal Changes and the Tragic 
Results". 
     That booklet illustrates how the circulation of "The Plain 
Truth" has dropped to between one and two million today -- down 
from almost eight million. The television program has gone from 
447 stations in 1985 to 165 as reported in the June 18, 1990 
"Worldwide News". It is probably on far fewer stations today. 
That booklet also illustrates how the Worldwide Church of God has 
made reductions in virtually every other area as well. 
     The reason all of these changes are occurring is explained 
in my book, "Malachi's Message to God's Church Today". The truths 
contained in that book led to the disfellowshipment of myself and 
my associate, John Amos, by the leadership of the Worldwide 
Church of God on December 7, 1989. Prior to this time, I had 
served faithfully as a minister in that Church for 16 years. Mr. 
Amos also served as a minister for many years. 
     On December 16, 1989, we held services in Edmond, Oklahoma, 
for a small group of only 12 people which marked the beginning of 
the Philadelphia Church of God. Our goal WAS and HAS BEEN to 
continue in the traditions and teachings of Herbert Armstrong 
which the Worldwide Church of God obviously has not done these 
past several years. We see it, and many other religious 
organizations see it. Again, for proof of this, send for our free 
booklet on the "Doctrinal Changes". That booklet thoroughly 
proves that the Worldwide Church of God has changed many 
doctrines. 
     Since our small beginning in 1989, the Philadelphia Church 
of God today has grown to be a multi-million dollar organization. 
Our monthly magazine, "The Philadelphia Trumpet", is a 29-page 
full color magazine. Our television program, "The Key of David", 
can be seen nationally on cable in the United States and locally 
in many other large broadcast markets in the United States. The 
program can also be seen on television stations internationally. 
     Church membership is also growing each day. Philadelphia 
Church of God membership is primarily made up of former Worldwide 
Church of God members who are trying to HOLD FAST TO THE BIBLICAL 
TRUTHS TAUGHT BY HERBERT ARMSTRONG. 
     One of these "truths" is this booklet, "The United States 
and Britain in Prophecy". In 1987, the Worldwide Church of God 
reduced Mr. Armstrong's 184-page book to a 53-page BOOKLET. In 
addition to cutting out whole chapters, they also altered many of 
the pronouns which rendered a DIFFERENT MEANING in many areas. 
     In 1991, the booklet was WITHDRAWN COMPLETELY. This was 
reported by Watchman Fellowship in their newspaper, the "Watchman 
Expositor" (Vol. 8, No. 5-SP): "The Church's [WCG] beliefs 
concerning the modern identity of ancient Israel is currently 
under review. A two year research project is under way, which 
will produce either 1) a summary of historical and theological 
evidence confirming the belief ...; 2) a major clarification of 
the belief; or 3) a statement in which the belief is completely 
withdrawn ...." 
     Now that two years have passed since that time, what has 
been the result of this two-year review? Mr. Joseph Tkach, Jr., 
director of Church Administration for the WCG and son of the 
pastor general, wrote this in a letter dated January 28, 1992: 
"We have removed "The United States and Britain in Prophecy" from 
circulation due to SEVERAL PROBLEMS. One of the most serious is 
that much of it was paraphrased from an earlier work, "Judah's 
Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright", by J.H. Allen." Mr. Tkach, Jr. 
claims that Mr. Armstrong copied "much" of the information in his 
book from another source. 
     Here is what Mr. Tkach, Jr. wrote to a fellow minister on 
August 10, 1992: "From a plan of salvation view: In light of the 
New Testament, and the centrality of Christ in God's plan of 
salvation much of the relevance of our teaching on [the United 
States and British Commonwealth] is reduced to -- SO WHAT!" Mr. 
Tkach, Jr. went on to say that this book, "The United States and 
Britain in Prophecy" has "no significance." He said the proof in 
the book was based primarily on "folklore, legend, myth, and 
superstition." 
     This book went from being reduced to a booklet in 1987, to 
being pulled from circulation for review in 1991, to now being 
completely withdrawn from any future planned distribution as well 
as ridiculed. All this while Mr. Armstrong is being accused of 
plagiarism by the very Church he was used by God to raise up! 
This book has been permanently discredited within the Worldwide 
Church of God. So now we in the Philadelphia Church of God find 
ourselves in the same position Mr. Armstrong was over 60 years 
ago, before the WCG started, and in the 1970s, when there was a 
liberal rebellion. After the Church of God Seventh Day REJECTED 
THE BOOK, Mr. Armstrong printed it ON HIS OWN. Then in the 1970s, 
he again had to intervene on his own and restore the book to its 
original length. 
     Today, Mr. Armstrong is no longer here and the Church he 
founded no longer accepts the very FOUNDATIONAL truths set forth 
in "The United States and Britain in Prophecy". The truth 
concerning the United States and Britain in prophecy used to be 
foundational truth within the Worldwide Church of God. Today it 
has been dismissed as only speculation. 
     We in the Philadelphia Church of God feel that any effort to 
rewrite this book would be doing an injustice to Mr. Armstrong. 
Mr. Armstrong was known for his clear and understandable style of 
writing which made it easy for just about anyone to comprehend. 
Duplicating his effort would be difficult to do without copying 
large portions of this work. 
     Therefore, due to the reasons which have been stated above, 
the Philadelphia Church of God has decided to continue in the 
traditions of Herbert W. Armstrong. This poses an obvious problem 
since the Worldwide Church of God owns the copyright to the book. 
Therefore we have chosen to reprint an EARLIER VERSION of the 
book printed in 1945. There was no copyright on that booklet and 
therefore it is public domain. 
     Obviously, we would have liked to reprint the 184-page book 
in its entirety. Perhaps we might have the opportunity to do so 
at a later time. But for now, we feel many people can benefit 
from this condensed version. What you will read in the following 
pages of this booklet is the reprinted text from the booklet Mr. 
Armstrong published in 1945. It was Jesus Christ who said, 
"... freely ye have received, freely give" (Matt. 10:8). The 
apostle Paul told the Corinthians that he had spoken the gospel 
unto them FREELY (II Cor. 11:7; see also Prov. 23:23). The 
Philadelphia Church of God HAS PAID to reproduce this work so 
that others might FREELY receive it. Otherwise, this booklet 
would disappear from existence. We have nothing to gain from 
reprinting this booklet as a public service, except that God's 
truth be made readily available to all those who desire it. We 
have paid for the printing of this booklet and will charge 
NOTHING for it in return and in so doing are exercising our right 
of religious freedom. 
     Every effort has been made to preserve this work in its 
original form. But since this version was originally printed in 
1945, we had to make several obvious updates. Some of the 
passages use statistics and examples that are slightly outdated. 
We have made edits to update the outdated passages. In most 
cases, the updates were taken directly from the 1980 version of 
Mr. Armstrong's book. For instance, several paragraphs have been 
added from that book in the introduction and conclusion of this 
booklet. But the main body of this booklet is taken directly from 
the 1945 version. 
     Another example of the updated edits can be found on page 
37. In the 1945 version, Mr. Armstrong makes reference to King 
George of Great Britain. King George has long since died. That 
section of this booklet has been updated to read as the 1980 
version where Mr. Armstrong refers to QUEEN ELIZABETH. 
 
                 The "All-Important Master Key" 
 
     Let's now take a look at a few quotes from the 1980 VERSION 
of Mr. Armstrong's book, "The United States and Britain in 
Prophecy" (US&BIP). On page 3, Mr. Armstrong said, "But the all 
important master key has been found! That key [the key to 
prophecy] is knowledge of the astonishing identity of the 
American and British peoples -- as well as the German -- in 
biblical prophecies. This very eye-opening, astounding identity 
is the strongest proof of the inspiration and authority of the 
Holy Bible!" Do you see the power and truth in this amazing book? 
Mr. Armstrong is saying the identity of who the United States and 
Britain are in prophecy is THE strongest proof that your Bible is 
inspired! Mr. Armstrong continued, "It is, at the same time, the 
strongest proof of the very active existence of the living God!" 
If you want proof that God lives, this is it -- THE STRONGEST. Do 
we see why this book is so important? It is wonderful truth which 
more clearly reveals the great God to us. 
     Mr. Armstrong wrote, "An exciting, pulsating, vital third of 
all the Bible is devoted to prophecy. And approximately 90 
percent of all prophecy pertains to OUR TIME, now, in this latter 
half of the century! It is a warning to us -- to our 
English-speaking peoples -- of immediate life-and-death import. 
The prophecies come alive once their doors are opened by this now 
discovered master key! This book will open, to open minds, this 
hitherto closed vital third of all the Bible." In other words, if 
you want to understand a third of your Bible, YOU MUST HAVE THIS 
BOOK! That is why Satan has worked so hard to discontinue its 
printing. Because, without the knowledge in this book, we are 
blinded to a third of the Bible. 
     Speaking of US&BIP, Mr. Armstrong said, "Through it, 
Almighty God gives momentous warning! Those who read, and heed, 
may be spared unprecedented cataclysmic tragedy soon to strike." 
In other words, Mr. Armstrong is saying you can escape these 
horrible end-time events if you learn about the true Gospel. "If 
our peoples and their governments will awaken, heed, and return 
to their living God," Mr. Armstrong said, "then our nations may 
be spared. God help us to UNDERSTAND!" 
     This master key to prophecy has now been discontinued by the 
WCG. The MASTER KEY! And if you don't have the key, you can't 
unlock prophecy. As mentioned, more people have written to the 
WCG for this book than any other, and now they're saying, "Sorry, 
it's out of print." 
 
             Revelation -- a Closed and Sealed Book 
 
     On page 8, Mr. Armstrong talks about the book of Revelation. 
"The greatest mystery book of the entire Bible, to most, has been 
the book of Revelation. But the book of Daniel is the key to the 
book of Revelation." Why is the book of Daniel the "key to the 
book of Revelation"? Because Daniel gives you the big overview of 
history. But Revelation plays a key role as well. Mr. Armstrong 
said, "...in the book of Revelation, solely and alone, do we find 
the world events of all prophecies correlated in order of time 
sequence." So if you want to put all these prophecies into time 
sequence, there's only one book in the Bible that does it -- 
that's the book of Revelation. 
     Mr. Armstrong continued, "The book of Revelation, then, 
holds the key for putting together all of the prophecies in 
proper time order. And Revelation, too, was a closed and sealed 
book -- until our time, now." Revelation was a closed and sealed 
book until God revealed it to Mr. Armstrong. Nobody understood it 
until Mr. Armstrong wrote "Revelation Unveiled at Last", and now 
the WCG has discontinued that booklet also. 
     "We realize," said Mr. Armstrong in US&BIP, "that the living 
Jesus is the Revelator -- and that He has stripped off the seals 
and opened this mystery book to right understanding. And where 
does that lead us? To the fact that prophecy generally was 
written and preserved for our time today! And some 90 percent of 
all prophecy pertains actually to this latter half of the 
twentieth century." 
     And then Mr. Armstrong again makes this amazing statement: 
"And the one central master key to prophecy as a whole is the 
identity of the United States and the British nations in these 
prophecies for today!" If you do not have that major key, you 
won't understand prophecy for the end time -- you won't 
understand prophecy, period, without this amazing key! And where 
did we get it? Jesus Christ gave it to us! And we MUST NOT LOSE 
IT! 
     This is vital truth, especially for this end time. Satan is 
deceiving the WCG into removing this vital, precious truth about 
prophecy and one-third of your Bible. 
     The prophecies in this booklet are vitally important for you 
to understand Bible prophecy. Please study this book prayerfully, 
along with your Bible and find out why over FIVE MILLION people 
have requested it! 
 
Gerald Flurry 
Pastor General 
Philadelphia Church of God 
 
 
                           CHAPTER ONE 
              National Greatness Promised Israel -- 
             Yet the Jews Never Received it -- Why? 
 
     WHERE ARE THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN mentioned in Bible 
prophecies? Or are we mentioned at all? We are the wealthiest of 
nations. And, potentially at least, the most powerful. 
     [EDITOR'S NOTE: the following three paragraphs are taken 
from the 1980 version of "The United States and Britain in 
Prophecy"]. It may not be generally realized -- but neither 
Britain nor the United States became great world powers until the 
nineteenth century. Suddenly, in the very beginning of the 
nineteenth century, these two -- until then small, minor 
countries -- suddenly spurted to national power and greatness 
among nations, as no nations had ever grown and multiplied in 
wealth, resources and power before. 
     By 1804 London had become the financial hub of the world. 
The United States had exploded out of its swaddling clothes of 
the 13 original states and had acquired the expansive Louisiana 
Purchase. It was fast sprouting up to become the mightiest nation 
of all time. But Britain burst forth to greatness first, and 
until the World Wars had become the greatest empire, or 
commonwealth of nations, in all history. 
     Between them the British and American peoples had acquired 
more than two-thirds -- almost three-fourths -- of all the 
cultivated physical resources and wealth of the world. All other 
nations combined possessed barely more than a fourth. Britannia 
ruled the waves -- and the world's commerce was carried on by 
water. The sun never set on British possessions. 
 
                    Could Prophecy Ignore Us? 
 
     Consider, too, our people today constitute the HOME -- the 
last defense, of Christianity. It is OUR people who have sent 
missionaries into every land on earth -- OUR people who have 
printed and distributed the Bible by unbelievable millions of 
copies in the language of all peoples. 
     We know Bible prophecies definitely refer to the Russia, 
Germany, Italy, Turkey, Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt, of today. COULD 
they then, ignore modern kingdoms like Britain and America? Is it 
reasonable? 
     Assuredly it is not. Nor ARE we ignored. The fact is, we are 
mentioned more often than any other race. Yet our prophetic 
identity has remained hidden to the many. Modern nations are not 
spoken of in their modern names, except in few cases. Usually 
they are referred to by the names of the ancient ancestor from 
which they sprang. Thus Turkey is referred to in prophecy as ESAU 
or EDOM, because the Turks are the descendants of Esau. In like 
manner, the Arabs are spoken of as Ishmael, the Russians are 
Magog. 
     The Bible story of OUR ancestry and our modern prophetic 
identity, is the most amazing -- yes, astounding -- the most 
fascinating and interesting story ever told. It is really the 
story-thread of the Bible itself, from Genesis to Revelation. 
 
                   Our Wealth Promised Abraham 
 
     Centuries ago, this same wealth and power and national 
greatness was promised by the Almighty to Abraham. Yet few have 
ever noticed this astonishing fact of Scripture. 
     The promise of the Messiah and of salvation through Him is 
well known by the most superficial Bible student. They know that 
God gave the spiritual promise to Abraham of Christ to be born as 
Abraham's descendant -- and that salvation comes to us through 
Christ. But God made also another, entirely different, most 
amazing promise to Abraham. Notice how God called Abraham and the 
twofold nature of His promise: "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, 
Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy 
father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I WILL 
MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION ... and in thee shall all the families 
of the earth to be blessed" (Gen. 12:1-3). 
     Notice the TWOFOLD promise: 1) "I will make of thee A GREAT 
NATION" -- the national, material promise that his flesh-born 
children should become a great nation -- a promise of RACE; 2) 
"...and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" -- 
the spiritual promise of GRACE. The same promise is repeated in 
Genesis 22:18: "And in THY SEED shall all the nations of the 
earth be blessed." This particular "one seed" refers to Christ, 
as plainly affirmed in Galatians 3:8, 16. 
 
                     Race, as well as Grace 
 
     But that the "great nation" promise refers alone to race -- 
not to the ONE seed, Christ, but to the plural, multiple seed of 
natural fleshly birth, is made certain by God's repetition of His 
promise in greater detail later. 
     "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord 
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk 
before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant 
between me and thee, and WILL MULTIPLY THEE EXCEEDINGLY ... AND 
THOU SHALT BE A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS. Neither shall thy name 
any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a 
father of MANY NATIONS have I made thee" (Gen. 17:1-5). 
     Notice, the promise is now CONDITIONAL upon Abraham's 
obedience and perfect living. Notice, the "great nation" now 
becomes MANY NATIONS -- MORE than one nation. This cannot refer 
to the "one seed," Christ. The following verses prove that. 
     "And I WILL MAKE THEE EXCEEDING FRUITFUL, and I will make 
NATIONS of thee, and KINGS [more than one] shall come out of 
thee" (v. 6). Notice, these nations and kings shall COME OUT OF 
Abraham -- physical generation -- multiple seed, not just one 
descendent THROUGH WHOM scattered individuals MAY become 
Abraham's children by spiritual begettal through Christ (Gal. 
3:29). The scattered, individual Christians do not form NATIONS. 
The Church, it is true, is spoken of as "a royal priesthood, an 
holy nation" (I Peter 2:9), but Christ's Church is not divided 
into "many nations." This is speaking of RACE, not grace. 
     "And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and 
thy seed after thee in THEIR generations..." (Gen. 17:7). The 
"seed" is PLURAL -- "in their generations." 
     "And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the 
LAND wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan 
[Palestine], for an everlasting possession; and I will be THEIR 
God" (v. 8). 
     Notice, the LAND -- material possession -- is promised to 
the PLURAL seed, of whom He is "their," not "his," God. The 
plural pronoun "their" is used again in verse 9: "and thy seed 
after thee in their generations." 
 
                      Not Fulfilled in Jews 
 
     Again, notice carefully -- the JEWS have never been more 
than ONE NATION. They are not, and never have been, MANY nations. 
     So here is an amazing prophecy, a solemn promise from 
Almighty God, that could not he fulfilled in Christ, in 
Christians, nor in the Jews. We must look for a number of NATIONS 
apart from either the Church or the Jews. Amazing as it is, we 
must do it or deny God's promise! 
     God put Abraham to the test, and Abraham, THROUGH FAITH, 
OBEYED -- EVEN TO BEING WILLING to sacrifice his only son, if 
need be. And after that the covenant no longer was conditional. 
Now it became UNCONDITIONAL. 
     "BY MYSELF HAVE I SWORN, saith the Lord, for BECAUSE thou 
HAST DONE this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only 
son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I 
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the 
sand which is upon the sea shore; AND THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE 
GATE OF HIS ENEMIES [so far the material, national promises of 
RACE]; and in thy seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the 
earth be blessed [this promise spiritual, of GRACE]; BECAUSE thou 
hast OBEYED MY VOICE" (Gen. 22: 16-18). 
     The promise now is UNconditional. God has SWORN to make it 
good. God does not promise these things if Abraham or his 
children do certain things. He promises them to Abraham because 
he already has performed his part of the agreement. If these 
promises could be broken or annulled, then no promise in the 
Bible is sure! Abraham already HAS PERFORMED his part of the 
agreement. Now God MUST perform His part, without fail. 
     Notice an additional detail of the promise -- the nations 
who are Abraham's racial descendants are to possess the gates of 
their enemies. A gate is a narrow passage of entrance or exit. 
When speaking nationally, a "gate" would be such a pass as the 
Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar. This 
promise is repeated in Genesis 24:60. 
 
                A Nation and a Company of Nations 
 
     These tremendous promises were repromised to Isaac and to 
Jacob. Ishmael and Abraham's other sons were rejected from this 
birthright. Esau, Isaac's son and Jacob's twin brother, sold it 
and was rejected. The promise, AS CONFIRMED to Isaac, is recorded 
in Genesis 26:1-5. To Jacob in Genesis 27:26-29, where MATERIAL 
blessing of wealth in the things of the ground is added, with the 
prophecy that heathen nations shall BE RULED by the birthright 
nations of Israel. And again in Genesis 28:13-14, where the still 
added detail that these nations of Israel shall eventually spread 
around the world is recorded. 
     Still later, God appeared unto Jacob, whose name was changed 
to ISRAEL, even further defining the makeup of these "many 
nations" thus: "And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be 
fruitful and multiply; A NATION and a COMPANY OF NATIONS shall be 
of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins" (Gen. 35:11). 
     So the "many nations" are eventually to take shape as a 
NATION -- one great, wealthy, powerful nation; and another 
COMPANY OF NATIONS -- a group, or commonwealth of nations allied. 
     This promise never has been fulfilled in the Jews. It could 
not pertain to the Church, for there is but ONE true Church 
acknowledged in the Bible, and it is not a nation or a group of 
nations, but a collection of called-out individuals scattered 
through ALL nations. Yet this amazing promise MUST stand 
fulfilled, unless we are to deny the Bible and God's sacred Word! 
 
                 The Birthright and the Sceptre 
 
     Now we come to a most vital distinction, and a bit of Bible 
truth, known to but very few. Note it carefully. 
     The SPIRITUAL promises -- the promise of the "ONE seed," 
Christ, and of salvation through Him -- the Bible calls "the 
SCEPTRE." This promise as nearly everybody knows, was handed down 
through the Jews. Jesus Christ was of the tribe of Judah and the 
house of David. "SALVATION," Jesus said, "is of the JEWS" (John 
4:22). "To the Jew first," explained Paul, "and also to the 
Greek" (Rom. 1:16). 
     This fact is confirmed in Genesis 49:10: "The SCEPTRE shall 
not depart from Judah." 
     BUT -- and here is the astonishing vital fact so few ever 
seem to have noticed -- "but the BIRTHRIGHT was Joseph's." Yes, 
Joseph, who was sold by his brothers down into Egypt, where he 
became food administrator and prime minister -- Joseph who was 
called "a PROSPEROUS man," even as his descendants were destined 
to become. "For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him 
came the chief ruler [scepter promise]; BUT THE BIRTHRIGHT WAS 
JOSEPH'S" (I Chron. 5:2). 
     The birthright which Esau sold to Jacob -- the promise of 
national greatness and material wealth -- never was handed to the 
Jews who are of the tribe of JUDAH. So naturally we should not 
expect to find this promise fulfilled in the Jews today. 
 
                   The Birthright is Joseph's 
 
     And just what is a BIRTHRIGHT? It is that which comes by 
right of birth. The term "grace" means UNdeserved, UNmerited 
favor -- something that is NOT one's right, NOT inherited by 
birth, but bestowed as a FREE GIFT. But a "birthright" is 
inherited, by birth, as one's RIGHT. Consequently, the term 
"birthright" includes only the inheritance of MATERIAL blessings, 
passed on from father to son -- those blessings one cannot take 
with him, when he dies. 
     And what is a "scepter"? It is the badge of royal power, 
kingly office. The scepter was God's promise of a continuous 
dynasty of KINGS, culminating in Jesus Christ who shall be King 
of kings; and therefore the scepter included the promise of 
eternal salvation THROUGH Christ. 
     So notice carefully, please! The SCEPTER, which is the 
spiritual promise of GRACE, through which ALL nations may be 
blessed, went to JUDAH, while the BIRTHRIGHT went to JOSEPH. And 
the birthright includes possession of the land, Palestine, 
possessing the material "gate" of material enemies, inheriting 
the heathen for a possession and ruling over heathen peoples, 
spreading and colonizing around the world! The two phases of the 
promises to Abraham now are separated into TWO DIFFERENT TRIBES 
of Israel! 
     The interesting story of the passing on of this birthright 
from the aged Israel to the two sons of Joseph is found in the 
48th chapter of Genesis. You should read it there, entirely. 
     Notice, Jacob adopted these two lads, Ephraim and Manasseh, 
as his own legal sons because they had an Egyptian mother. 
Notice, verse 16, he says, "let MY NAME be named on THEM." Hence, 
THEY were to be called, "the house of Israel." It is THEY who 
rightfully own the name of ISRAEL, NOT the Jews! "... and let THEM 
grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth," continues 
Jacob, administering the blessing. Let WHO grow into that 
promised multitude? Notice it -- NOT Judah, NOT the Jews -- but 
the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh and THEIR DESCENDANTS. 
     Together they were to grow to a multitude. But eventually, 
as indicated by another prophecy, Isaiah 49:20, to be explained 
later, the descendants of these two lads were to separate, and 
Ephraim would lose Manasseh, then to become a separate nation. 
So, continuing, speaking of Manasseh, Jacob said, "HE ALSO SHALL 
BECOME A PEOPLE, AND HE ALSO SHALL BE GREAT: but truly his 
younger brother shall be greater than he, AND HIS SEED SHALL 
BECOME A MULTITUDE [or a company or commonwealth] of NATIONS" (v. 
19). 
     And so EPHRAIM, the son of Joseph became the BIRTHRIGHT 
holder. Who, today, are the descendants of Ephraim, and of 
Manasseh? Somewhere, Ephraim must be a group, or commonwealth of 
nations, while Manasseh must be the greatest single nation on 
earth! Either it is so, or the Bible is not true! 
 
                     David Takes the Throne 
 
     After the death of Jacob and his twelve sons in Egypt, their 
children grew in about two and a quarter centuries to a 
population probably between two and three million in that land. 
     But Israel's children became slaves (Exod. 1:6-14). Then God 
raised up MOSES and fitted him in a special way to lead these 
children of Israel out of the bondage that had come to them in 
Egypt. 
     When they reached Mt. Sinai, in the peninsula wilderness, 
God made a covenant with them establishing them as a Nation -- 
His nation -- among the kingdoms of the world. Their government 
was theocratic, with the civil, as well as the spiritual and 
religious laws, given directly from God. God Himself was their 
King and He ruled them by a system of judges. 
     But soon the Israelites became dissatisfied with God as 
their King and demanded that a MAN should be their king as in the 
Gentile nations around them. And so God gave them Saul as their 
first human king. Saul, however, was not a good king, nor was his 
heart right with God. He refused obedience to God and was finally 
rejected. Saul was dethroned. His dynasty ended with him. 
     Then God placed David, a man after His own heart, of no 
relationship to Saul, upon the throne of Israel. David sat on the 
ETERNAL'S THRONE. Because of his obedience and sincerity and 
honesty of heart, David, like Abraham, received a most 
astonishing UNCONDITIONAL promise from God, as little known as 
the birthright promises to Abraham. 
 
                      The Davidic Covenant 
 
     We have space to quote but briefly from the scriptures 
setting forth this amazing Davidic covenant. Like the covenant 
with Abraham, God made the Davidic covenant UNconditional and 
unbreakable. 
     David wanted to build a great temple as God's house in 
Jerusalem. The Almighty replied, "And when thy days be fulfilled, 
and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed 
after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will 
establish his kingdom" (II Sam. 7:12). This, of course, was his 
son Solomon, who succeeded David to the throne. 
     "He," God continued, "shall build an house for my name" -- 
and it was Solomon who did build the temple -- "and I WILL 
ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM FOR EVER" (v. 13). 
     Notice it! The throne of David, occupied by Solomon, was to 
be established FOREVER! If that throne ever ceased to exist, then 
God's promise has failed! 
     But some say the promise was conditioned upon the obedience 
of Solomon and the future line of kings or their people. Notice 
the scriptural answer to this: "I will be his father, and he 
shall be my son. IF he commit iniquity, I WILL CHASTEN HIM WITH 
THE ROD OF MEN, AND WITH THE STRIPES OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN: BUT" 
-- yes, notice this BUT -- "my mercy shall not depart away from 
him, AS I TOOK IT FROM SAUL, whom I put away before thee" (vv. 
14-15). Saul's dynasty ceased. God promises He will never take 
away this throne from David's line in this manner. David's 
dynasty SHALL NEVER CEASE! Continuing, next verse, "And thine 
house and thy kingdom shall be established FOR EVER before thee: 
THY THRONE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR EVER." 
 
                     Through all Generations 
 
     Not only was that throne established FOREVER, it was to 
exist CONTINUOUSLY forever -- through ALL GENERATIONS! 
     "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto 
David my servant, THY SEED [his dynasty] will I establish for 
ever, and build up thy throne to all generations" (Ps. 89:3-4). 
Note it! That throne was to stand forever "as the moon, and as a 
faithful witness in heaven" (vv. 28-37). 
     "For thus saith the Lord; David shall NEVER want a man to 
sit upon the throne of the house of Israel" (Jer. 33:17). So far 
as is historically known, the last king of David's dynasty to sit 
upon that throne was King Zedekiah of Judah, who died in 585 B.C. 
with the Jews a captive people, with all his sons, and all the 
nobles of Judah killed. There is no historic record of any 
continuance of that throne from that year. DID David want for a 
man to sit upon his throne, and continue his dynasty, from that 
day on? 
     Some say Christ took over the throne. But He didn't. Instead 
He was crucified, resurrected, and ascended to heaven. He SHALL 
come, and soon now, to sit upon that throne as the King of kings 
and Lord of lords. But HOW can Jesus Christ, when He returns 
again to earth, take over and sit upon a throne that long ago 
ceased to exist? 
 
            Will Christ Come to a Nonexistent Throne? 
 
     IF the throne of David ceased with Zedekiah, then it does 
not exist today. And if it does not exist, HOW SHALL CHRIST SIT 
UPON A NON-EXISTENT THRONE? (See Luke 1:31-32.) And, since it was 
to continue through ALL generations, how about those many 
generations between Zedekiah and the birth of Jesus? 
     "Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the 
day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be 
day and night in their season; THEN may also my covenant be 
broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to 
reign upon his throne" (Jer. 33:20-21). Day and night still 
continues. Does David's throne? 
     But what do THE PEOPLE SAY? "Considerest thou not what this 
people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath 
chosen, he hath even cast them off? Thus they have despised my 
people, that they should be no more a nation before them" (v. 
24). 
     But what does GOD say? "Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant 
be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the 
ordinances of heaven and earth; THEN will I cast away the seed of 
Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his 
seed [dynasty] to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob" (vv. 25-26). Strong words, those! Unless you can stop this 
old earth from turning on its axis -- unless you can remove the 
sun and moon and stars from heaven, says the Almighty, you cannot 
prevent Him from keeping His covenant to maintain CONTINUOUSLY, 
THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS, FOREVER, from the time of David and 
Solomon, a descendant of David in one continuous dynasty on that 
throne! 
     He would not necessarily rule over ALL the house of Israel, 
or the Jews -- but at least some of them, and enough to form a 
nation. 
     Remember again, the SCEPTER promise, which includes this 
line of kings until it culminates in CHRIST at His second coming: 
"The scepter SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH, NOR A LAWGIVER [MARGIN, 
RULER'S STAFF] FROM BETWEEN HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH [Christ] COME; 
and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be" (Gen. 49:10). 
 
                     The Test of Bible Truth 
 
     HAS the scepter departed from Judah? HAS the throne ceased? 
Or does it, as God so bindingly promised, exist today so that 
Christ can take over and sit upon a functioning, continuous 
throne when He comes? The infallibility of the Bible is at stake! 
God's WORD is at stake! 
 
                           CHAPTER TWO 
              Children of Israel Become Two Nations 
 
     THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL is NOT JEWISH! Those who constitute it 
ARE NOT JEWS, and never were! That fact we shall now see 
conclusively, beyond refute. 
     After David's death, his son Solomon succeeded to the 
throne. Solomon taxed the people excessively, reigned in a 
gorgeous splendor probably never equalled before or since. And 
because he also married Gentile wives, sacrificed to their idols, 
and committed other sins, God said, "I will surely rend THE 
KINGDOM from thee, and will give it to thy servant .... Howbeit I 
will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give ONE TRIBE to 
thy son for David my servant's sake" (I Kings 11:11-13). 
 
              Israel Separated from David's Throne 
 
     Note it! It is THE KINGDOM, not part of it, which is to be 
rent away. It is the PART, ONE TRIBE, which is to remain. And 
note -- for right here is expressed the great WHY of this whole 
question -- though Solomon himself deserved to have it rent away, 
God will leave one tribe, not because of leniency toward Solomon, 
but "FOR DAVID'S SAKE"! David's dynasty cannot be broken. God 
will not break His covenant! 
     When Solomon died, his son Rehoboam succeeded to David's 
throne. The people at once demanded the heavy taxes imposed by 
Solomon be reduced. Their spokesman, Jeroboam (Solomon's 
servant), pleaded with Rehoboam: "Thy father made our yoke 
grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy 
father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we 
will serve thee" (I Kings 12:4). 
     "My father," came Rehoboam's reply, "chastised you with 
whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions" (v. 11). 
     Israel rebelled. The command to the people was: "To your 
tents, O Israel"! The challenge to the royal family was: "Now, 
see to thine own house"! (v. 16). 
     "So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day 
[the day this was written]. And it came to pass, when ALL ISRAEL 
heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him 
unto the congregation, AND MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: there 
was none that followed the house of David, BUT THE TRIBE OF JUDAH 
ONLY" (I Kings 12:19-20). 
     Then "Rehoboam ... assembled all of the HOUSE OF JUDAH, with 
THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN" (v. 21). Rehoboam started to fight to 
subdue and bring back the house of Israel, but God said, "Ye 
shall not ... fight against your brethren the CHILDREN OF 
ISRAEL ... for this thing is from me" (v. 24). 
 
                 Israel Divided into Two Nations 
 
     Notice it carefully! The house of Judah, now including the 
tribe of Benjamin, under King Rehoboam of David's dynasty, was 
about to fight against the other ten tribes, headed by Ephraim 
and Manasseh. DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE NATIONS. The term "Jew" is 
merely a nickname for "Judah." It applies to the one nation, or 
house of Judah ONLY -- never to the house of ISRAEL. 
     The first place in all the Bible where the word "JEW" is 
used is in II Kings 16:6. Notice it! 
     Ahaz began to reign as king of JUDAH (v. 1). He sat on 
DAVID'S throne (v. 2). At this time, a man named Pekah was king 
of ISRAEL. With King Rezin of Syria as an ally, this king of 
Israel came against Jerusalem in war, and besieged King Ahaz of 
Judah, but could not overcome him (v. 5). "At that time Rezin 
king of Syria [the ALLY of ISRAEL, fighting WITH ISRAEL against 
Judah] recovered Elath to Syria, and drove THE JEWS from Elath" 
(v. 6). 
     NOTE IT! The first place in the Bible where the word "Jew" 
is used, we find ISRAEL AT WAR AGAINST THE JEWS! Israel's ally, 
Syria, drove THE JEWS out of the town of Elath! 
     Certainly this proves that the JEWS are a different nation 
altogether than ISRAEL. It is WRONG to call the Jews of today 
"Israel." They are not the nation Israel -- they are JUDAH! And 
wherever ISRAEL is today, remember that ISRAEL as a national name 
DOES NOT MEAN JEW! Whoever the lost Ten Tribes of ISRAEL are 
today, THEY ARE NOT JEWS! Wherever you see the name "Israel," or 
"house of Israel," or "Samaria," or "Ephraim" used in prophecy, 
remember this: IT NEVER REFERS TO THE JEWS, but to Israel, who 
was at WAR against the Jews! 
     No place in all the Bible does the term "ISRAEL" refer to 
the JEWS exclusively. When the sense is not national but 
individual, the term "Israel" alone, or "children of Israel," or 
"men of Israel" may, and sometimes does, INCLUDE the Jews, where 
all twelve tribes are included. Jews are Israelites just as 
Oregonians are Americans. But MOST Israelites are NOT Jews, just 
as most Americans are not Oregonians. The Jews are the house of 
Judah ONLY, a PART of the Israelites. But when these people are 
spoken of as NATIONS, rather than as collective individuals, the 
term "Israel" never refers to the Jews. "House of Israel" NEVER 
means "Jews." The three tribes at Jerusalem under the Davidic 
king are called, merely, the house of JUDAH. 
     But of Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, the dying 
Israel had said, "Let my name be named on THEM" (Gen. 48:16). And 
truly they now bear the name of ISRAEL. 
     From here on, the tribe of Judah, with Benjamin and the 
tribe of Levi, is called "JUDAH" -- NOT Israel. The ten tribes, 
headed by Ephraim and Manasseh, from this time on are called 
"ISRAEL." They are not Jews and never were called Jews! From this 
time on, the children of Israel, twelve tribes in all, are 
DIVIDED INTO TWO NATIONS! 
     And now, for the first time, the BIRTHRIGHT goes into one 
nation, ISRAEL, headed by Ephraim-Manasseh, while the SCEPTRE 
remains in ANOTHER NATION, called the "house of JUDAH." The two 
phases of the promises to Abraham now are divided between TWO 
ENTIRELY SEPARATE NATIONS! 
     For many generations Israel and Judah remained as separate 
nations, in adjoining territories, having their own separate 
kings. Why should ministers and professed Bible students be in 
ignorance of this, when four whole books of the Bible, I and II 
Kings and I and II Chronicles, are devoted to explaining it and 
recording the history of these separate, rival kingdoms? Look at 
the maps in the back of your Bible. There you will see the 
territory of each nation plainly shown. 
     Judah retained the city of Jerusalem, its capital, and the 
territory known as Judea. Israel occupied the territory NORTH of 
Judea. Samaria became its capital city, and the house of Israel 
often is called "Samaria" in prophecy. This, too, is a vital 
"key" to understanding prophecy. "Samaria" NEVER refers to the 
Jews in prophecy -- but always the TEN tribes, the house of 
ISRAEL. 
 
                    House of Israel not Jews 
 
     We want to impress, here, that Israel and Judah are not two 
names for the same nation. They were, AND STILL ARE, and shall be 
till the second coming of Christ, TWO SEPARATE NATIONS. The 
"house of Judah" ALWAYS means "Jew." This distinction is vital, 
if we are to understand prophecy. Because most so-called Bible 
students are in ignorance of this basic distinction, they are 
unable rightly to understand prophecy! 
     The next place where the term "Jew" is mentioned in the 
Bible, the house of Israel had been driven out in captivity, lost 
from view, and the term applies ONLY to those of the house of 
JUDAH. 
 
                   Israel Driven out and Lost! 
 
     Immediately on becoming king over the house of Israel, 
Jeroboam (tribe of Ephraim) set up two golden calves, introducing 
idol worship in the kingdom. The account is found in I Kings 
12:28-33. 
     This idolatry with Sabbath-breaking (Ezek. 20:10-24) was the 
great national sin which became such a curse to Israel. 
Generation after generation God pleaded with the house of Israel 
to turn from tradition -- from their fathers' ways -- and to 
return to keeping God's commandments. But through nine different 
dynasties under 19 kings, Israel continued these national sins -- 
sins SO GREAT in God's sight that finally God caused them to 
become a conquered, captive nation. 
     In the years 721-718 B.C., the house of Israel was conquered 
and its people were soon driven out of their own land -- out of 
their homes and cities -- and carried captives to Assyria, on the 
southern shores of the Caspian Sea! And then... lost from view! 
     "Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed 
them out of his sight: THERE WAS NONE LEFT BUT THE TRIBE OF JUDAH 
ONLY" (II Kings 17:18). 
     The Eternal removed who? Israel! It is ISRAEL which was 
removed and driven from the Eternal's sight until they became 
lost from view. Who is left? Judah ONLY -- only the Jews! Israel 
was now gone! They became known as the LOST Ten Tribes and are so 
designated today. 
     In Leviticus 26 we find God's solemn warning to all the 
children of Israel. IF they would worship Him ALONE, avoiding 
idolatry, and keep His Sabbath, walk in His statutes and keep His 
commandments, they would inherit the national material promises 
to Abraham. They would become a great, rich, and powerful -- the 
dominant nation of all earth. But, if they refused and rebelled, 
they were to be punished SEVEN TIMES -- a duration of 2520 years 
[to be explained later] -- in slavery, servitude, and want. 
     The house of Israel now entered -- 721-718 B.C. -- (remember 
this date) -- upon their 2520 long years of national banishment, 
to last until A.D. 1800-1803! 
     And BECAUSE the house of Israel lost their identifying SIGN 
-- the Sabbath -- THE SIGN WHICH IDENTIFIED THEM AS ISRAEL -- 
they utterly LOST THEIR IDENTITY! They lost knowledge even of 
their national name. They came to be considered GENTILES! 
     In Exodus 31:12-17 it is recorded that God made the Sabbath 
the covenant SIGN between Him and Israel. A sign identifies. At 
creation God rested on, blessed, made holy, and set apart for man 
the one day for man's rest and worship which could keep him 
always in the true worship of the true God -- the day that 
pointed back to creation. Creation is the PROOF of God. It 
identifies Him as the true God. It was intended to keep man in 
the true knowledge of the true God. When Israel threw aside God's 
Sabbath, Israel soon threw aside God Himself, and went into 
idolatry. The Sabbath identified Israel as God's own people 
because all other nations long since had departed from its 
observance and gone into idolatry. Israel was the only nation 
which kept it. Because they rejected this SIGN, they were driven 
out, and lost their identity (read Ezek. 20:10-24). 
     Judah, too, went into captivity largely because of Sabbath 
rejecting (see Jer. 17). But those Jews who returned 70 years 
later under Ezra and Nehemiah had learned their lesson. They 
became legalistically-strict Sabbatarians -- adding so many of 
their own restrictions to it that Jesus had to sweep aside this 
maze of manmade rules, saying, "The sabbath was made for man, and 
not man for the sabbath" (Mark 2:27). To this day orthodox Jews 
have retained the original Sabbath. And BECAUSE those Jewish 
people who descend from the Ezra-Nehemiah leadership have 
retained God's covenant identifying SIGN, the world today looks 
upon them as ISRAEL! And yet they actually are only a PART of 
JUDAH! Those of the captivity who did not return under Ezra and 
Nehemiah lost their identity, too, though the world does not 
realize it. 
     So "the Lord removed Israel OUT OF HIS SIGHT .... So was 
Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria" (II Kings 
17:23). They LEFT the land of Samaria, never yet to return! 
Gentiles were placed in their homes and cities (v. 24), and it is 
these Gentiles who were known as Samaritans in the time of 
Christ. 
     A more detailed account of the captivity of Israel is found 
in II Kings 18:9-12, and 17:5-18. 
     Now the house of Israel began to "abide many days without a 
king" (Hos. 3:4). Since THEY were the people who carried the 
title "Israel," it is THEY, not Judah, who must become LOST in 
identity! Now they must lose their language, their religion, 
their land (Isa. 8:17; 28:11; 40:27; 62:2; Jer. 16:13; Hos. 
1:8-10; 2:5-6). 
 
                      Israel Never Returned 
 
     The house of Israel did NOT return to Palestine with the 
Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, as some erroneously 
believe. Those who returned to rebuild the temple and restore 
worship in Jerusalem at that time, 70 years after JUDAH'S 
captivity, were ONLY those of the house of Judah whom 
Nebuchadnezzar had carried to Babylon. 
     Note well these facts. 
     1) In 721-718 B.C. ISRAEL began to be "carried away out of 
their own land to Assyria" (II Kings 17:23). They were soon ALL 
removed -- completely. "There was none left but the tribe of 
Judah only" (II Kings 17:18). JUDAH, ONLY, REMAINED. 
     2) More than 130 years later, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 
carried the Jews -- JUDAH -- who ONLY remained in Palestine away 
to Babylon. So NONE of the house of Israel dwelt in Palestine at 
the time of this captivity of Judah. 
     3) Those who RETURNED to Palestine to rebuild the temple and 
restore worship 70 years after Judah's captivity were ALL of the 
house of Judah -- all JEWS -- ALL of those whom Nebuchadnezzar 
had carried away. They returned again "unto Jerusalem and Judah, 
EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY" (Ezra 2:1). 
     Only those of the tribes of Judah, together with remnants of 
Benjamin and Levi, who constituted the house of JUDAH, returned 
at that time (Ezra 1:5). Consequently those in Jerusalem in the 
time of Christ were of these three tribes, NOT of the house of 
ISRAEL. And most, if not all, of those converted were of the 
tribe of Benjamin, as Paul said he was. 
     The house of Israel became known as the LOST Ten Tribes! Now 
known by ANOTHER name, speaking a different language! 
     By WHAT name are they known today? Whoever they are, 
wherever they are, it is THEY, and not the Jews, who are the 
BIRTHRIGHT possessors. It is THEY, not the Jews, who, after the 
ending of their punishment in A.D. 1800-1803, must inherit the 
UNbreakable promises to Abraham of national greatness, resources, 
wealth and power. It is MANASSEH who, after A.D. 1800-1803 was to 
become the world's greatest single nation; Ephraim a great 
COMMONWEALTH of nations! Who can they be today? 
 
                          CHAPTER THREE 
                Jeremiah's Mysterious Commission 
 
     WHEN THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WAS DRIVEN into Assyrian captivity, 
721-718 B.C., the Kingdom of Judah had not yet rejected the 
government and religion of God. Before Judah's apostasy, God had 
said, through the prophet Hosea, "Though thou, ISRAEL, play the 
harlot, yet let not Judah offend..." (Hos. 4:15). 
     But later "her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went 
and played the harlot also," and God finally said, "The 
backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous 
Judah" (Jer. 3:8,11). And so, more than 130 years after Israel's 
captivity, the time came when God drove out the Jews, too, in 
national captivity and slavery. They were taken as slaves to 
Babylon -- NOT to Assyria, where ISRAEL had been taken. 
     For this purpose God raised up a very special prophet, whose 
real call and commission few indeed understand. This prophet was 
Jeremiah. He was one of the three men, only, who were sanctified 
before they were born. The other two were John the Baptist and 
Jesus Christ (see Jer. 1:5). 
     Jeremiah, when first given his vital call and commission, 
was a young lad. Some evidence indicates he was seventeen years 
of age. By the time his commission was completed, he was an aged, 
white-haired patriarch. The commission is recorded in Jeremiah 
1:10: "See," God says to Jeremiah, "I have this day set thee over 
the nations and over kingdoms, TO ROOT OUT, AND TO PULL DOWN, AND 
TO DESTROY, AND TO THROW DOWN, TO BUILD, AND TO PLANT." 
     There it is! Jeremiah was set over NATIONS -- more than one 
kingdom. He was a Jewish lad, living in Judah. He was set a 
prophet over Judah -- but not Judah ALONE. Over NATIONS -- over 
Kingdoms! He was set over these kingdoms to do two things: first, 
to "pluck up," or "root out," to "pull down," or to "overthrow," 
and second, TO BUILD, AND TO PLANT. 
     Jeremiah was used of God as a prophet to warn the nation 
Judah of their transgressions against God's government and ways. 
He was sent to warn this rebellious nation of impending 
punishment -- their invasion and captivity at the hands of 
Chaldean armed forces -- unless they repented. He was used as a 
go-between -- an intermediary -- between the kings of Judah and 
Babylon. It is well known that Jeremiah was used in warning Judah 
of the impending captivity, and the "pulling down" or 
"overthrowing" of the THRONE OF DAVID in the Kingdom of Judah. 
     But -- note it in your Bible! -- he also was commissioned to 
PLANT and to BUILD! To build and to plant what? Why, naturally, 
that which he was used in "rooting out" of Judah -- the THRONE OF 
DAVID. He was set over THE KINGDOMS -- the Kingdom of Israel as 
well as Judah. He was used in "rooting out" that throne from 
Judah. Then what was Jeremiah commissioned to do in ISRAEL? Ah! 
Note it! The SECOND HALF of his strange and little-understood 
commission -- to PLANT AND TO BUILD! 
     So far as the world knows, the last king to sit on that 
throne of David was Zedekiah of Judah. He was thrown down off the 
throne and the throne rooted out of Judah in the year 585 B.C. -- 
nearly 600 years before Christ! 
     What, then! Did God forget His covenant with David? Did the 
throne cease? True, the KINGDOM -- the GOVERNMENT of Judah 
ceased, as had the kingdom of Israel more than 130 years before! 
But see what ELSE Jeremiah was commissioned to do -- to PLANT AND 
TO BUILD! To plant and to build, then, of necessity, among the 
house of Israel, lo, these many days without a king -- among LOST 
Israel, now supposing herself to be GENTILE! Therefore the 
identity and location of the replanting MUST REMAIN HIDDEN TO THE 
WORLD UNTIL THIS TIME OF THE END in which we live! 
 
                 Judah Taken Captive to Babylon 
 
     The life and work of Jeremiah is a most fascinating story. 
The first chapters of the book of Jeremiah are devoted to his 
ministry, warning of the impending captivity of the Jews. Then 
God caused their captivity. 
     It is generally known that Babylon took Judah in three 
different stages. The first siege was in 604 B.C., a date about 
two years later than has been commonly reckoned, but a date now 
firmly established. The land did not COMPLETELY pass into the 
hands of these Gentile Babylonians, however, until a full 
time-cycle of 19 years later, or 585 B.C. You can read the part 
played by Jeremiah in this captivity in the book of Jeremiah. 
     But now notice an interesting fact. The last and final king 
recorded either in Bible or secular history as having sat on the 
throne of David was King Zedekiah of Judah (II Kings 25:18). When 
the Chaldean armies besieged Jerusalem, the city was broken up, 
the palace and temple destroyed. ALL the sons of King Zedekiah 
were killed before his eyes. That there would be no man to carry 
on his dynasty, ALL the princes of Judah were killed. King 
Zedekiah's eyes were put out and he was bound in chains and 
carried to Babylon where he died. You will read of all this 
captivity in II Kings 25, II Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 39, and 52. 
 
                 Jeremiah's Mysterious Movements 
 
     And now the FIRST part of Jeremiah's mysterious commission 
is accomplished! So far as the world could see, or has seen 
since, the dynasty of David had ENDED! No king remained on the 
throne. Judah's last king was dead. All his sons were dead. All 
OTHER princes who might be possible heirs to carry on the 
dynasty, had been killed. No POSSIBLE heir to the throne, so the 
world then believed, remained alive. 
     But how about the SECOND part of Jeremiah's important 
commission? Was God able to keep His covenant with David? 
     Jeremiah was among these captive Jews. Yet he must remain 
free to carry out the second part of his commission. So, "the 
captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him ... behold, 
I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. 
If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and 
I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come 
with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before 
thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, 
thither go .... So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and 
a reward [expense money], and let him go" (Jer. 40:2-5). 
     Jeremiah was left absolutely FREE to perform the second half 
of his commission. Where did he go? We come now to an amazing, 
fascinating, thrilling part of the book of Jeremiah which has 
been almost entirely overlooked. 
     "Then went Jeremiah unto Gedeliah ... to Mizpah; and dwelt 
with him among the people that were left in the land" (v. 6). 
     Now this Gedeliah had been made governor over a remnant of 
Jews in the land by the king of Babylon, and since Jerusalem was 
destroyed, he had made Mizpah his headquarters. But the king of 
Ammon plotted with a Jew named Ishmael to assassinate Gedeliah. 
The plot was executed; the governor, and part of the Jews were 
slain. Jeremiah was among the survivors. 
     "Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the 
people that were in Mizpah, EVEN THE KING'S DAUGHTERS, and all 
the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain 
of the guard [from Babylon] had committed to Gedeliah... and 
carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the 
Ammonites" (Jer. 41:10). 
     Ah! Did you catch it? Read that passage again. Among these 
Jews were THE KING'S DAUGHTERS! Daughters of Zedekiah, king of 
Judah, and of David's dynasty! 
     King Zedekiah had died in prison in Babylon (Jer. 52:11). 
All his sons had been killed. All the princes of Judah had been 
killed. All possible heirs to David's throne had been killed -- 
EXCEPT THE KING'S DAUGHTERS! Now we see why Jeremiah went to 
Mizpah! 
 
        Jeremiah, with Royal Seed for Replanting, Escapes 
 
     Soon a man named Johanan replaced Ishmael as leader. And in 
fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldean army, they 
appealed to the prophet, "and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, 
Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, 
and pray for us unto the Lord thy God ... that the Lord thy God 
may shew us the way wherein we may walk" (Jer. 42:2-3). 
     The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, and He told them not 
to fear, that He would protect and deliver them. But the people 
wanted to flee to Egypt. This the Lord warned them not to do. If 
they did, the sword of Nebuchadnezzar which they feared would 
overtake them there, and they would die (Jer. 42:7-16). 
     But, as people usually do, they rejected God's warning. 
"Thou speakest falsely," Johanan answered Jeremiah (Jer. 43:2-3). 
     And so Johanan "took all the remnant of Judah ... even men, 
and women, and children, AND THE KING'S DAUGHTERS ... AND JEREMIAH 
THE PROPHET, AND BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH [Jeremiah's scribe, or 
secretary]. So they came into the land of Egypt" (Jer. 43:5-7). 
     On reaching Egypt, God warned these Jews again through 
Jeremiah that they should die there by the sword and famine, and 
"none shall return BUT SUCH AS SHALL ESCAPE" (Jer. 44:14). Yes, a 
FEW in this company are under divine protection. A divine mission 
is to be performed. They shall ESCAPE! The Lord continues: "Yet a 
small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land 
of Egypt into the land of Judah" (Jer. 44:28). 
     Baruch was Jeremiah's constant companion and secretary. It 
is important to note here God's promise of protection to him: 
"Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch ... 
Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which 
I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land ... but thy 
life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou 
goest" (Jer. 45:2-5). Baruch's life, like Jeremiah's, was under 
divine protection! 
     Jeremiah, Baruch, and the royal seed for replanting and 
rebuilding David's throne, all under divine protection, were to 
escape, and return to the land of Judah! 
     Then Jeremiah and his company were to journey to a strange 
land which they knew not (Jer. 15: 11-14). 
     Now let Isaiah complete this prophecy: "For out of Jerusalem 
shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: 
the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this .... And the remnant 
that is escaped of the house of Judah shall AGAIN TAKE ROOT 
DOWNWARD, AND BEAR FRUIT UPWARD" (Isa. 37:32, 31). 
     This remnant with Jeremiah -- at least one of the king's 
daughters -- shall TAKE ROOT DOWNWARD! That is, BE REPLANTED! 
     And then BEAR FRUIT UPWARD! Be BUILT! Has God failed in His 
solemn covenant to keep alive David's throne? Where was this 
planting and building? Can we find it in God's Word? We can! The 
place and the people among whom the throne was reestablished are 
clearly identified! 
 
                          CHAPTER FOUR 
                      The Mysterious Breach 
 
     WHERE DID JEREMIAH GO with Baruch his secretary and one or 
more of the royal daughters of the king? History stops short at 
this point. Enlightened students of Bible history have long known 
that the Ten Tribes -- called by the name "house of ISRAEL" -- 
have been lost in identity and historic knowledge, and exist 
today among the Gentile nations, unrecognized. Their identity and 
location God has hidden from the world. 
     Yet, in this end time, when knowledge is to increase, when 
the "wise" are to UNDERSTAND (Dan. 12:4, 10), we shall find the 
secret revealed through PROPHECY which could not be understood 
until now. But first, we must now consider a mysterious "breach" 
that occurred in the days of Judah, son of Jacob. 
     Judah was the father of twin sons. The firstborn was royal 
seed, for through him the SCEPTER promise was to be carried down. 
It seems the midwife knew twins were about to be born. It is 
recorded that just before birth, one of the twins "put out his 
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet 
thread, saying, This came out first." But the child drew back his 
hand, and the other was actually born first. The midwife 
exclaimed, "How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee 
[margin, wherefore hast thou made this breach against thee?]: 
therefore his name was called Pharez," meaning "breach." The 
other twin was named Zarah (Gen. 38:27-30). 
     WHY should this strange occurrence be recorded in Bible 
history unless this breach was to be HEALED between the sons or 
their descendants at some future time? Yet it never occurred in 
their lifetime. 
     Zarah, of the scarlet thread, had five sons (I Chron. 2:6). 
Did a descendant of Zarah finally get the throne, in a manner 
healing the breach? David, Zedekiah, Christ -- were of the PHAREZ 
branch -- none of Zarah. 
     Now consider: 1) the FACT of the breach means the transfer 
of the scepter from the Pharez to the Zarah line. 2) Such 
transfer never occurred before King Zedekiah of Judah, who was 
descended from Pharez. 3) Therefore it had to occur AFTER 
Zedekiah's death. 4) Since David's line (Pharez) is to REMAIN on 
the throne through all generations FOREVER, it could only occur 
at an OVERTURN of the throne by a marriage between a Pharez heir 
to the throne and one of the Zarah line, thus healing the breach. 
 
                       The Three Overturns 
 
     History shows the descendants of Zarah became wanderers, 
journeying to the north within the confines of the Scythian 
nations, their descendants later migrating to Ireland in the days 
of King David. 
     But meanwhile, the Pharez-David-Zedekiah line possessed the 
sceptre -- was HIGH -- exalted. The Zarah line, feeling it 
rightfully should possess the sceptre, and some day would, was 
low, abased -- so far as royal power was concerned. 
     Now consider a much misunderstood passage of prophecy: If 
you will begin reading at the 18th verse of the 21st chapter of 
Ezekiel, you will see plainly that the Eternal is here speaking 
of the captivity of Judah by the king of Babylon. And, beginning 
with the 25th verse, He says: "And thou, profane wicked prince of 
Israel [Zedekiah], whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an 
end, thus saith the Lord God; remove the diadem, and take off the 
crown [as did happen, through the FIRST half of Jeremiah's 
commission]: this [the crown] shall not be the same: EXALT him 
that is LOW, and ABASE him that is HIGH. I will overturn, 
overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he come 
whose right it is; and I will give it him" (vv. 25-27). 
     Let us understand that clearly. "Remove the diadem, and take 
off the crown." King Zedekiah, of David's dynasty, had the crown. 
This says it is to be removed. IT WAS REMOVED. He died in 
Babylon; his sons and all the nobles of Judah were killed. 
     "This shall not be the same." The diadem is not to cease, 
but a change is to take place -- the throne is to be overturned 
-- another is to wear the crown. God's PROMISE to David is not to 
go by default! 
     "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Who is 
"high"? King Zedekiah of Judah. Now he is to be abased. He is to 
lose that crown. Judah has been "high," while Israel has been 
"low" -- these many years without a king (Hos. 3:4). The Pharez 
line has been "high"; the Zarah line "low." 
     "I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no 
more, until he come whose right it is." What was to be 
overturned? The diadem, and the throne. Not once -- it is to be 
OVERTURNED THREE TIMES. Overturned by abasing Zedekiah, the house 
of Judah, the Pharez line, and exalting, now, the house of 
Israel, and one of the Zarah line! The first of the three 
overturns was performed as the first half of Jeremiah's 
commission. 
     "And it shall be no more." Does this mean the throne -- the 
crown -- is to cease to exist? Not at all! How could it be 
overturned two more times -- that is, TRANSFERRED from one to 
another, if it ceased to exist? How, after these three transfers 
of the crown, could it be given to Him -- Christ -- whose right 
it is, at His second coming, if it ceased altogether to exist? 
How could he who was "low" now be exalted by the crown, if that 
crown was to be no more? No, the meaning is: "It shall be no more 
OVERTURNED until the second coming of Christ"! And then it shall 
be given to Him! 
     God will not break his unalterable promise made to David! 
Through every generation David shall have a descendant wearing 
that crown! The SECOND half of Jeremiah's commission must now be 
performed. That throne must be transPLANTED, and again BUILT. The 
crown must be overturned -- TRANSFERRED to another! 
But where? To WHOM? 
 
                A "Riddle" and a "Parable" Tells! 
 
     The strange truth of the PLANTING and the REBUILDING of 
David's throne is revealed in a "riddle and a parable," couched 
in symbolic language never understood until this latter day. Yet 
it stands today so clearly explained a little child could 
understand! 
     It fills the 17th chapter of Ezekiel's prophecy. The whole 
chapter should be carefully read. Notice, first, this prophetic 
message is addressed, NOT to Judah, the Jews, but to the house of 
ISRAEL. It is a message to give light to the lost ten-tribed 
house of ISRAEL in these latter days! 
     First, Ezekiel is told to speak a riddle, and then a 
parable. The riddle is found in verses 3 to 10. Then, beginning 
in verse 11, the Eternal explains its meaning. "Say now to the 
rebellious house [God says, the "rebellious house" being 
ten-tribed ISRAEL (Ezek. 12:9), to whom Ezekiel is set a prophet 
(Ezek. 2:3; 3:1, etc.)], Know ye not what these things mean? tell 
them ...." And then the riddle is clearly explained. 
     A great eagle came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of 
the cedar. This is explained to represent King Nebuchadnezzar of 
Babylon who came to Jerusalem and took captive the king of Judah. 
The cropping off of the cedar's young twigs and carrying them to 
a land of traffic is explained to picture the captivity of the 
king's sons. "He took also of the seed of the land" means 
Nebuchadnezzar took also of the people, and the mighty of the 
land of Judah. He "set it as a willow tree. And it grew, and 
became a spreading vine of low stature" means the Jews were given 
a covenant whereby, although they were ruled over by the 
Chaldeans, they might live in peace and grow. The other "great 
eagle" is explained to represent Pharaoh of Egypt. 
     Thus, the riddle covers the FIRST half of Jeremiah's 
commission. Now notice what is revealed concerning the SECOND 
part -- the PLANTING of David's throne! It comes in the parable, 
verses 22-24. "Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the 
highest branch of the high cedar." From God's own explanation we 
have learned that the cedar tree represents the nation of Judah; 
its highest branch is Judah's king. The riddle told us 
Nebuchadnezzar took the highest branch -- the king. The parable 
now tells us God -- not Nebuchadnezzar, but God -- will take of 
the highest branch. Not THE branch, but OF the branch -- of 
Zedekiah's children. But Nebuchadnezzar took, and killed, all his 
SONS. 
     God, through his prophet Jeremiah, is now going to take OF 
this highest branch and "SET IT" (V. 22). "I will crop off from 
the top of his young twigs a TENDER ONE, and will plant it upon a 
high mountain and eminent," continues the Almighty! Ah! "A tender 
young twig"! The twigs of this highest branch represent the 
children of King Zedekiah! Certainly a tender young twig, then, 
represents a DAUGHTER! "...and will PLANT it. Could symbolic 
language say plainer this young Jewish princess is to become the 
royal seed for the PLANTING again of David's throne? Where? 
"... upon a high mountain and eminent," says the Eternal! A 
"mountain" in symbol always represents a NATION. 
 
                        But Which Nation? 
 
     "In the mountain of the height of ISRAEL will I plant it," 
answers the Eternal! David's throne now is to be planted in 
ISRAEL, after being thrown down from JUDAH! Could language be 
PLAINER? "... and it [the tender young twig -- the king's 
daughter] shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a 
goodly cedar." 
     Did David's throne cease with Zedekiah of Judah? Did God 
forget His covenant? NO! Compare this language with the passage 
in Isaiah 37:31-32: "The remnant that is escaped of the house of 
Judah shall again take root downward [be planted], and BEAR FRUIT 
UPWARD. It was PLANTED in ISRAEL, who removed from Judah! After 
this Hebrew princess is "planted" on the throne, now in ISRAEL, 
lost from view -- that throne is to BEAR FRUIT. She is to marry, 
have children, and her sons are to continue David's dynasty! 
     "... and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the 
shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell" (Ezek. 17:23). 
"Lost" Israel, now having acquired the throne and become again a 
self-ruling nation, shall, in time, spread around the earth 
gaining dominance and power. They shall inherit the unconditional 
promises of the BIRTHRIGHT, according to God's covenant with 
Abraham! 
     "And all the trees of the field ..." (v. 24). A "tree" in 
this riddle and parable is likened to a nation. In other words, 
"all the nations of the earth." "... shall know that I the Lord 
have brought down the high tree." Judah, the high tree, having 
the throne 130 years after Israel had been taken captive, now is 
brought down to the low stature of slavery. "... have exalted the 
low tree." For 130 years Israel had been a "low tree." Now Israel 
is exalted, becomes again a thriving nation with a Davidic king. 
"... have dried up the green tree [JUDAH] and have made the dry 
tree [ISRAEL] to flourish." 
     Compare that language with Ezekiel 21:26: "Remove the 
diadem, and take off the crown ... exalt him that is low, and 
abase him that is high. I will overturn ..." etc. It is speaking 
of transferring the throne from Judah to Israel. 
     Israel had already been independent in Ireland for four 
centuries. Israel in Ireland already had a kingly line onto which 
Zedekiah's daughter was grafted. The Irish Israelites were an 
ancient colony and had NOT gone into Assyrian captivity. 
     ISRAEL, headed by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, who 
possessed the BIRTHRIGHT, now would flourish, become prosperous 
in due time. "I the Lord have spoken and have done it" (Ezek. 
17:24). Yes, that BIRTHRIGHT is in ISRAEL. Though LOST, though 
supposed to be a Gentile nation, they are the people who were to 
grow into the promised multitude -- the great nation and the 
company of nations, possessing the gates of their enemy nations, 
becoming a colonizing people spreading around the world, being 
blessed with national resources and wealth. And, when they become 
thus powerful and nationally dominant, remember, David's throne 
will be found transplanted among them! 
     But WHERE did Jeremiah, with his royal seed for the 
transplanting, go to find the lost house of Israel? WHERE are 
they today? How was the "breach" healed, and how did a son of 
Zarah ascend to the throne? Can we tell? 
     We CAN! The exact, precise location is revealed in Bible 
prophecy! We can pick up Jeremiah's trail in actual history, 
besides! 
 
                          CHAPTER FIVE 
                        Israel's New Land 
 
     We are ready now to search out the actual location of the 
lost tribes of the outcast house of Israel. We know they exist 
today as a nation, and a company of nations, powerful, looked 
upon as Gentiles. And when we find them, we shall find the throne 
of David! 
     Many passages of prophecy tell of these people in these 
latter days. Prophecies not to be understood until this "time of 
the end." Prophecies containing a message to be carried to these 
people by those to whom God reveals it! 
     First it is necessary to fix in mind these facts: 
     The prophet Amos wrote, in the days of the 13th of the 19 
kings of the house of Israel (Amos 1:1): "Behold the eyes of the 
Lord are upon the sinful kingdom [house of Israel -- Judah had 
not yet sinned], and I will destroy it [the kingdom, or 
government, not the people] from off the face of the earth .... 
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel 
among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall 
not the least grain fall upon the earth" (Amos 9:8-9). 
     This prophecy usually is applied to the scattered condition 
of the Jews. But it has nothing to do with the Jews, or the house 
of JUDAH, but refers to ten-tribed house of ISRAEL -- driven to 
Assyrian captivity, then migrating from there and scattering 
among other nations BEFORE the Jews were taken to Babylon. This 
prophecy says that ISRAEL (not Judah) was to be sifted among 
other nations -- these Israelites losing their identity -- yet 
God has protected and kept them: "yet shall not the least grain 
fall upon the earth." 
 
                         A New Homeland 
 
     It was during this time that the children of the house of 
Israel were to "abide many days without a king" (Hos. 3:4). That 
these people did sift through all nations is clear. Many New 
Testament passages indicate this. Although many of them still 
were scattered among various nations in the first century A.D., a 
portion of them had become established in a definite location of 
their own by Jeremiah's time -- 140 years after their original 
captivity. 
     But these Israelites who possessed the birthright eventually 
were to come to a new land of their own. The Eternal says, in II 
Samuel 7:10 and I Chronicles 17:9: "Moreover I will appoint a 
place for my people Israel, and will PLANT THEM [Jeremiah was 
commissioned to do the PLANTING of the throne among them], that 
they may dwell in a place of their own and MOVE NO MORE." The 
context of the whole passage shows this refers, not to Palestine, 
but a different land where these scattered Israelites were to 
gather after being removed from the promised land of Palestine, 
and while that land was lying idle and in possession of Gentiles. 
     Notice carefully! After being removed from Palestine, being 
sifted among all nations, abiding many days without a king, 
losing their identity, they are to be "planted" in a far away 
strange land now to become their own. And, NOTE IT -- after 
reaching this place, THEY ARE TO MOVE NO MORE! That is, of 
course, during this present world. 
     While other prophecies indicate these birthright holders 
were to become a colonizing people, spreading around the world, 
it is plain that the spreading out must be from this appointed 
place, which must remain the "home" seat of government for 
David's throne. 
     Mark this clearly! Once this "place of their own" was 
reached, and the throne of David planted there, THEY WERE TO MOVE 
NO MORE. Therefore, THE LOCATION OF THIS PEOPLE TODAY IS THE 
PLACE WHERE JEREMIAH PLANTED DAVID'S THRONE more than 2,500 years 
ago! 
     Therefore prophecies pertaining to THIS day, or to the 
location of this people just prior to Christ's return, will tell 
us the location of Jeremiah's planting. The house of Israel is 
YET to return, at Christ's coming, to Palestine -- yet to plant 
grapes in Samaria their original country. Prophecies telling 
where they shall, in that future day, migrate FROM will reveal 
the location of "lost" ten-tribed ISRAEL! The two succeeding 
"overturns" of the throne, too, must be located in this same 
general locale. 
 
                       Lost Israel Located 
 
     Without further suspense, let us see where prophecy locates 
these birthright holders, now possessing the throne of David and 
having received earth's richest national blessings. 
     Remember they are distinguished from Judah -- the Jews -- by 
various names: EPHRAIM, JOSEPH, JACOB, RACHEL (the mother of 
Joseph), SAMARIA, their former home, ISRAEL. 
     According to Hosea 12:1: "AFFIRM ... followeth after the east 
wind." And "east wind" travels west. AFFIRM must have gone WEST 
from Assyria. 
     When the Eternal swore to David that He would perpetuate his 
throne, He said, "I will SET his hand [scepter] also IN THE SEA" 
(Ps. 89:25). The throne is to be "set," planted, "in the sea." 
     Through Jeremiah the Eternal said, "Backsliding Israel hath 
justified herself more than treacherous Judah. Go and proclaim 
these words TOWARD THE NORTH and say, Return thou backsliding 
Israel, saith the Lord" (Jer. 3:11-12). Israel is clearly 
distinguished from Judah. Of course Israel was north of Judah 
while still in Palestine -- but when these words were written by 
Jeremiah, Israel had been removed from Palestine more than 130 
years and had long since migrated, WITH the Assyrians, north (and 
west) of Assyria's original location. 
     And in these last days messengers are to go "toward the 
NORTH" (of Jerusalem) in order to locate lost Israel and proclaim 
this warning. So the location, we now find, is toward the north, 
also west, and in the sea. 
     The 18th verse, same chapter, says, "In those days the house 
of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel [margin, TO the 
house of Israel], and they shall come together OUT OF THE LAND OF 
THE NORTH to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto 
your fathers." At the future exodus, at Christ's coming, they are 
to return to Palestine out of the land of the North! 
     After saying, "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?" the 
Eternal, speaking through Hosea, says, "Then the children shall 
tremble FROM THE WEST" (Hos. 11:8,10). 
     Again: "Behold, I will bring them FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, 
and gather them from the COASTS OF THE EARTH" (Jer. 31:8). This 
prophecy is for consideration in the "latter days" (Jer. 30:24; 
31:1) and is addressed to "Israel" (vv. 2,4,9), to "Ephraim" (vv. 
6,9), and "Samaria" (v. 5). Here is added another hint -- "the 
coasts of the earth" (v. 8) -- evidencing they are dominant at 
sea and indicating they have spread abroad widely by 
colonization. 
     Referring to the house of ISRAEL, not Judah (Isa. 49:3,6), 
God says, "Behold these shall come from far: and lo, these FROM 
THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST; and these from the land of Sinim" 
(Isa. 49:12). In the Hebrew, the language in which this was 
originally inspired, there is no word for "northwest," but this 
term is designated by the phrase, "the north and the west." It 
means, literally, the NORTHWEST! The Vulgate renders "Sinim" as 
"Australi," or "Australia." So we now have the location NORTHWEST 
of JERUSALEM and even spreading around the world! 
     Hence, Israel of TODAY -- Israel of the day of Jeremiah's 
"planting" of David's throne -- is located specifically as 
NORTHWEST of JERUSALEM, and IN THE SEA! Let us locate this land 
more specifically! 
     The same 49th chapter of Isaiah begins with this: "Listen, O 
ISLES, unto me." The people addressed, Israel, are called "O 
Isles" in the first verse and "O Israel" in the 3rd verse. This 
term "isles" or "islands" is sometimes translated "coast lands." 
     The 31st chapter of Jeremiah, locating Israel in the "north 
country," says, "I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my 
firstborn. Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations [Ephraim, 
Manasseh], and declare it IN THE ISLES AFAR OFF ..." (Jer. 
31:9-10). 
     Again: "Keep silence before me, O islands ... thou, Israel, 
art my servant Jacob whom I have chosen" (Isa. 41:1,8). 
     In Jeremiah 31:10, the message is to be declared "in the 
isles afar off" and is to be shouted in "the CHIEF OF THE 
NATIONS" (v. 7). 
     So, finally, today, as in Jeremiah's day, the house of 
Israel is in the isles, which are "in the sea," the chief of the 
nations, northwest of Jerusalem. A coast-dwelling, and therefore 
sea dominant people! 
     Certainly there can be no mistaking that identity! 
     Take a map of Europe. Lay a line due NORTHWEST of Jerusalem, 
across the continent of Europe, until you come to the sea, and 
then to the islands in the sea! 
     This line takes you directly to the BRITISH ISLES! 
 
                           CHAPTER SIX 
                      The "Serpent's Trail" 
 
     OF PROOF THAT OUR WHITE, English-speaking peoples of today 
-- Britain and America -- are actually and truly the birthright 
tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh of the "lost" house of Israel, 
there is so much we shall have space for but a small portion of 
that proof in this booklet. 
     A most interesting fact is the Hebrew meaning of the names 
of the British people. 
 
                     Britain's Hebrew Names 
 
     The house of Israel is the covenant people. The Hebrew word 
for "covenant" is BERIYTH, or BERITH. After Gideon's death, 
Israel followed the false pagan god Baal. In Judges 8:33, and 
9:4, the word "covenant" is used as a proper name coupled with 
the name "Baal." This is quoted in the English text, Authorized 
Version, without being translated, as "Baalberith," meaning 
(margin) "idol of the covenant." 
     The Hebrew for "man" is IYSH, or ISH. In English, the ending 
"-ish" means "OF OR BELONGING TO (a specified nation or person)." 
In the original Hebrew language vowels were never given in the 
spelling. So, omitting the vowel "e" from BERITH, but retaining 
the "i" in its Anglicized form to preserve the "y" sound, we have 
the Anglicized Hebrew word for covenant, BRITH. 
     The Hebrews, however, never pronounced their "h's." Many a 
Jew, even today, in pronouncing the name "Shem," will call it 
"Sem." Incidentally this ancient Hebrew trait is also a modern 
British trait. So the Hebrew word for "covenant" would be 
pronounced, in its Anglicized form, as BRIT. 
     And the word for "covenant man," or "covenant people," 
would, therefore, be simply, "BRIT-ISH." And so, is it mere 
coincidence that the true covenant people today are called the 
"BRITISH"? And they reside in the "BRITISH ISLES"! 
     The house of Israel not only was to lose its identity, but 
its name. It was to be called by a new name, since they no longer 
were to know their identity as Israel, as God said plainly in 
Isaiah 62:2, referring to these latter days, and to the 
millennium. 
     To Abraham, God said, "In ISAAC shall the seed be called," 
and this name is repeated in Romans 9:7 and Hebrews 11:18. In 
Amos 7:16 they are called "the house of ISAAC." 
     They were descended from Isaac, and therefore are Isaac's 
sons. Drop the "I" from "Isaac" (vowels are not used in Hebrew 
spelling), and we have the modern name "SAAC'S SONS," or as we 
spell it in shorter manner, "SAXONS." 
     Dr. W. Holt Yates, Yale University, says, "The word 'Saxons' 
is derived from 'sons of Isaac,' by dropping the prefix 'I'." 
 
                      Dan a Serpent's Trail 
 
     As the Eternal intended that "lost" Israel was to be located 
and found in these last days, we should expect some kinds of 
signs or waymarks to have been left along the trail by which 
ancient Israel journeyed from Assyria, the land of their original 
captivity. 
     Speaking to Ephraim (v. 20), the Eternal says in Jeremiah 
31:21: "Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine 
heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest." In 
Scripture we find the "waymarks," or highway signs, which they 
set up along the road they traveled. 
     In Genesis 49:17, Jacob, foretelling what should befall each 
of the tribes, says: "Dan shall be a serpent by the way." Another 
and better translation of the original Hebrew is: "Dan shall be a 
serpent's trail." It is a significant fact that the tribe of Dan, 
one of the ten tribes, named every place they went after their 
father Dan. The tribe of Dan originally occupied a strip of coast 
country on the Mediterranean, west of Jerusalem. "And the coast 
of the children of Dan," we read in Joshua 19:47, "went out too 
little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight 
against Leshem, and took it ... and called Leshem, DAN, after the 
name of Dan their father." 
     In Judges 18:11-12, it is recorded that Danites took 
Kirjathjearim, and "called that place Mahaneh-DAN unto this day." 
A little later the same company of 600 armed Danites came to 
Laish, captured it, and "they called the name of the city DAN, 
after the name of Dan their father" (v. 29). So notice how these 
Danites left their "serpent's trail" by the way -- set up 
waymarks by which they may be traced today. 
     Remember, in the Hebrew, vowels were not written. The sound 
of the vowels had to be supplied in speaking. Thus, the word 
"Dan" in its English equivalent could be spelled, simply, "Dn." 
It might be pronounced as "Dan," or "Den," or "Din," or "Don," or 
"Dun" -- and still could be the same original Hebrew name. 
     The tribe of Dan occupied two different districts, or 
provinces, in the Holy Land before the Assyrian captivity. One 
colony lived on the seacoast of Palestine. They were principally 
seamen, and it is recorded Dan abode in ships (Judges 5:17). 
     When Assyria captured Israel, these Danites struck out in 
their ships and sailed west through the Mediterranean, and north 
to Ireland. Just before his death, Moses prophesied of Dan: "Dan 
is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan" (Deut. 33:22). And 
David declared of Dan, "He breaketh [driveth] the ships of 
Tarshish with an east wind." An east wind travels west. Along the 
shores of the Mediterranean they left their trail in "Den," 
"Don," and "Din." 
     Irish annals and history show that the new settlers of 
Ireland, at just this time, were the "Tuatha de Danaans," which 
means, translated, "Tribe of Dan." Sometimes the same appears 
simply as "Tuathe De," meaning the "people of God." And in 
Ireland we find they left these "waymarks": DANS-Laugh, 
DAN-Sower, DUN-dalk, DUN-drum, DON-egal Bay, DON-egal City, 
DUN-glow, DIN-gle, DUNSmor (meaning "more Dans"). Moreover, the 
name Dunn in the Irish language means the same as Dan in the 
Hebrew: judge. 
     But the northern colony of Danites was taken to Assyria in 
the captivity, and thence with the rest of the ten tribes they 
traveled from Assyria by the overland route. 
     After leaving Assyrian captivity, they inhabited for some 
time the land just west of the Black Sea. There we find the 
rivers DNieper, DNister, and the DON. 
     Then, in either ancient or later geography, we find these 
way marks: DAN-au, the DAN-inn, the DAN-aster, the DAN-dari, the 
DANez, the DON, the DAN, and the U-DON; the Eri-DON, down to the 
DANES. DENMARK means "Dan's mark." 
     When they came to the British Isles, they set up the 
"waymark" names of DUN-dee, DUN-raven; in Scotland the "Dans," 
"Dons," and "Duns" are as prolific as in Ireland. 
     And so the "serpent's trail" of Dan sets up way marks that 
lead directly to the British Isles ! 
 
                    Ancient Annals of Ireland 
 
     Now briefly let us consider what is found in the ancient 
annals, legends, and history of Ireland, and we shall have the 
scene of Jeremiah's "planting," and the present location of 
"lost" Israel. 
     The real ancient history of Ireland is very extensive, 
though colored with some legend. But with the facts of biblical 
history and prophecy in mind, one can easily sift out the legend 
from the true history in studying ancient Irish annals. Throwing 
out that which is obviously legendary, we glean from various 
histories of Ireland the following: Long prior to 700 B.C., a 
strong colony called "Tuatha de Danaan" (tribe of Dan) arrived in 
ships, drove out other tribes, and settled there. Later, in the 
days of David, a colony of the line of Zarah arrived in Ireland 
from the Near East. 
     Then, in 569 B.C. (date of Jeremiah's transplanting), an 
elderly, white-haired patriarch, sometimes referred to as a 
"saint," came to Ireland. With him was the princess daughter of 
an eastern king and a companion called "Simon Brach," spelled in 
different histories as Breck, Berech, Brach, or Berach. The 
princess had a Hebrew name Tephi -- a pet name -- her full name 
being Tea-Tephi. 
     Modern literature of those who recognize our national 
identity has confused this Tea-Tephi, a daughter of Zedekiah, 
with and earlier Tea, a daughter of Ith, who lived in the days of 
David. 
     This royal party included the son of the king of Ireland who 
had been in Jerusalem at the time of the siege. There he had 
become acquainted with Tea-Tephi. He married her shortly after 
585 -- when the city fell. Their young son, now about 12 years of 
age, accompanied them to Ireland. Besides the royal family, 
Jeremiah brought with them some remarkable things, including the 
harp, an ark, and a wonderful stone called "lia-fail," or "stone 
of destiny." A peculiar coincidence (?) is that Hebrew reads from 
right to left, while English reads from left to right. Read this 
name either way -- and it still is "lia-fail." 
     Another strange coincidence -- or IS it just coincidence? -- 
is that many kings in the history of Ireland, Scotland, and 
England have been coronated sitting over this stone -- including 
the present queen. The stone rests today in Westminster Abbey in 
London, and the coronation chair is built over and around it. 
Until recently, a sign beside it labeled it "Jacob's 
pillar-stone" (Gen. 28:18). 
     The royal husband of the Hebrew princess Tea was given the 
title Herremon upon ascending the throne of his father. This 
Herremon has usually been confused with a much earlier Gede the 
Herremon in David's day -- who married his uncle Ith's daughter 
Tea. The son of this later king Herremon and Hebrew princess 
continued on the throne of Ireland and THIS SAME DYNASTY HAS 
CONTINUED UNBROKEN, through all the kings of Ireland; was 
overturned and transplanted again in Scotland; again OVERTURNED 
and moved to London, England, WHERE THIS SAME DYNASTY CONTINUES 
TODAY in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II! 
     Another interesting fact is that the crown worn by the kings 
of the line of Herremon and the other sovereigns of ancient 
Ireland had TWELVE POINTS! 
 
                Queen Elizabeth on David's Throne 
 
     In view of the linking together of biblical history, 
prophecy, and Irish history, can anyone deny that this Hebrew 
princess was the daughter of King Zedekiah of Judah and therefore 
heir to the throne of David? That the aged patriarch was in fact 
Jeremiah, and his companion was Jeremiah's scribe, or secretary, 
Baruch? That King Herremon was a descendant of Zarah, here 
married to the daughter of Pharez, healing the ancient breach? 
That when the throne of David was first overturned by Jeremiah, 
it was REPLANTED in Ireland, later overturned a second time and 
replanted in Scotland, overturned a third time and planted in 
London? When Christ returns to earth to sit on that throne, He 
shall take over a LIVE, EXISTING throne, not a nonexistent one 
(Luke 1:32). God's word still stands! Almighty God has kept all 
His promises! 
     King George of the British Commonwealth, the king who ruled 
before Queen Elizabeth II, possessed a chart showing his 
ancestry, EVERY GENERATION, back to Herremon and Tephi, to 
Zedekiah, on back to David, and through the scriptural genealogy 
clear to Adam! The writer has a copy of this chart, and also his 
own genealogy for each generation back into the line of ancient 
British kings, and therefore has the complete record of his 
genealogy through the house of David clear to Adam -- believe it 
or not! 
 
                          CHAPTER SEVEN 
                 Birthright Withheld 2520 Years! 
 
     THE MOST REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT of biblical prophecy in 
modern times was the sudden sprouting forth of the two mightiest 
world powers -- one, a commonwealth of nations forming the 
greatest world empire of all time; the other, the wealthiest, 
most powerful nation on earth today. These birthright peoples 
came, with incredible suddenness, into possession of more than 
two-thirds -- nearly three-fourths -- of the cultivated wealth 
and resources of the whole world! This sensational spurt from 
virtual obscurity in so short a time gives incontrovertible proof 
of divine inspiration. Never, in all history, did anything like 
it occur. 
     But why did this unprecedented national wealth and power 
come to our birthright inheritors only after the year A.D. 1800? 
Why did not this national dominance come to the tribes of Ephraim 
and Manasseh millennia ago -- in the days of Moses, or Joshua, or 
David, or Elijah? 
 
                    The Seven Prophetic Times 
 
     In the 26th chapter of Leviticus, Israel (then one nation of 
12 tribes) was given the promise from the Eternal that if they 
followed His civil statutes, obeyed His commandments and 
ordinances, they should immediately INHERIT the vast national 
promises of the birthright. God promised to bless their land -- 
give them rain -- make them wealthy and prosperous. They were to 
become so powerful they could defeat every enemy -- five of them 
chase a hundred; a hundred of them put ten thousand to flight. 
     But, beginning verse 14, if they disobeyed, God warned them 
they would become the slaves of other nations and go into 
national punishment -- the birthright blessings being withheld 
for a duration of 2520 long years! Notice verse 18: "And if ye 
will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you 
SEVEN TIMES more for your sins." It is important to UNDERSTAND 
this! 
     This expression "seven times" is translated into the English 
from a Hebrew word which conveys a dual meaning. The original 
Hebrew word Moses wrote is "shibah". It is defined as "seven 
times," and also as "sevenfold." The "seven times" implies 
DURATION or CONTINUATION of punishment. But the word also conveys 
the meaning of "sevenfold," or seven times greater INTENSITY of 
punishment -- as a punishment that is sevenfold more intense. In 
this sense, the meaning would be the same as in Daniel 3:19, 
where King Nebuchadnezzar, in a rage, commanded that the furnace 
into which Daniel's three friends were to be thrown should be 
made seven times hotter. 
     Now understand the "seven times" -- or seven prophetic 
"times." For this is a prophecy. In prophecy, a "time" is a 
prophetic 360-day year [in ancient biblical times, a year was 
figured on a basis of twelve 30-day months]. And, during Israel's 
punishment, each DAY represented a YEAR being fulfilled [Numbers 
14:34; Ezekiel 4:4-6]. 
     But what is a prophetic "time"? In Revelation 12:6, a 
prophecy of an event which in actual history did last 1260 solar 
years is spoken of as "a thousand two hundred and threescore 
days." So here, again, a prophetic DAY was a YEAR in fulfillment. 
In Revelation 13:5 (referring to a different EVENT but the same 
amount of time) this same period of 1260 DAYS being fulfilled in 
1260 solar years is spoken of as "forty and two months." The same 
amount of time is spoken of in still different language in 
Revelation 12:14 as "a time, and times, and half a time." The 
"time" is one prophetic year; the "times" is two more prophetic 
years; and the whole expression is 3 1/2 prophetic "times," which 
is a literal 1260 days -- or 3 1/2 years of thirty-day months. 
Seven of these "times" then would be 2520 days -- and on a 
day-for-a-year basis, 2520 years! 
     A prophetic "time," then, is a 360-day year -- or a plain 
360 days. And during those years of Israel's punishment, as made 
plain by combining Leviticus 26:18 with Ezekiel 4:4-6, Numbers 
14:34, and Revelation 12:6 and 13:5, each DAY of a prophetic 
"time" was one YEAR in fulfillment. In Leviticus 26:18, and in 
Revelation 12:6 and 13:5, this meaning is verified and PROVED by 
the fact that the prophecy was fulfilled in precisely the time 
indicated. 
 
                 Birthright Withheld 2520 Years 
 
     For a while the Israelites went God's way -- but not long. 
Soon they were adopting the customs and ways of the Gentile 
nations around them. After Solomon's death Israel rejected her 
king, and Judah split off from Israel in loyalty to King 
Rehoboam, thus splitting the twelve tribes into two nations. 
     The house of Israel sinned first. And after nine dynasties 
beginning with Jeroboam, and the reigns of 19 kings (not David's 
dynasty, which was now in Judah), Israel was uprooted from its 
homeland of Samaria, and taken captive to Assyria. Then, in the 
years 721-718 B.C., began the 2520 long years of national 
banishment from the birthright inheritance. 
     It must be emphasized that the birthright promises, to be 
fulfilled only in Ephraim and Manasseh, could not be inherited 
until the end of their 2520-years' national punishment. By this 
2520-year punishment, God punished the people for their sins, yet 
kept his promises to Abraham. The promises, then, must be 
fulfilled only AFTER the duration of this punishment. The house 
of Israel went into Assyrian captivity in 721-718 B.C. Therefore 
it COULD NOT come into the vast national wealth and resources of 
the birthright until the period beginning 2520 years later, or 
A.D. 1800-1803. 
 
              The "Nation" and "Company of Nations" 
 
     Notice again the original promise: "A NATION, and a COMPANY 
OF NATIONS shall be of thee" (Gen. 35:11). 
     Remember, in passing on the birthright the dying Jacob 
(Israel) said of Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, "... let MY 
NAME be named on THEM" (Gen. 48:16). Hence it is THEY -- the 
descendants of Ephraim (the British) and Manasseh (Americans) -- 
not the Jews, who rightfully own the name "house of ISRAEL." 
Continuing, Jacob added, "... and let THEM grow into a multitude." 
     Then, speaking of Manasseh and his descendants ALONE, Jacob 
said prophetically: "... he also shall become a people [nation], 
and he also shall be GREAT: but truly his younger brother 
[Ephriam] shall be greater than he, and HIS seed shall become a 
MULTITUDE [a company, or COMMONWEALTH] of NATIONS (Gen. 48:19). 
     In A.D. 1800 the United Kingdom and the United States were 
small and insignificant among the earth's nations. The United 
Kingdom had only the British Isles, a very small part of India 
and of Canada and a few little islands. The United States 
consisted only of the original 13 colonies and three added 
states. Neither possessed any great wealth or power. 
     But beginning in 1800 these two little nations began to 
sprout and to grow into vast national riches and power such as no 
people ever possessed. Soon Britain's empire spread around the 
world, until the sun never set upon her possessions. Canada, 
Australia, South Africa were given dominion status -- made free 
and independent nations, ruling themselves independent of England 
-- a COMPANY, or commonwealth, of nations joined together, not by 
legal government, BUT SOLELY BY THE THRONE OF DAVID! 
     And the British Commonwealth of Nations is the ONLY COMPANY 
OF NATIONS in all earth's history. Could we so EXACTLY fulfill 
the specifications of the birthright, and not be the birthright 
people? The United States expanded rapidly in national resources 
and wealth after 1800, but reached world dominance among nations 
later than the British Commonwealth. It became a giant world 
power by the end of World War I. 
 
                  The United States is Manasseh 
 
     Some will say, "I can believe that the British are Ephraim, 
but how can the United States be Manasseh?" 
     From the prophetic blessings passed on by the dying Jacob, 
it is apparent that Ephraim and Manasseh were in a large measure 
to inherit the birthright jointly; to remain together for a long 
time, finally separating. 
     In Genesis 48 Jacob first passed the birthright on to the 
two sons of Joseph jointly, speaking of them both together. Then, 
finally, he spoke of them separately -- Manasseh was to become 
the single GREAT nation; Ephraim, the COMPANY of nations. 
     And in his prophecy for these latter days Jacob said, 
"Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; 
whose BRANCHES RUN OVER THE WALL" (Gen. 49:22). In other words, 
Joseph -- Ephraim and Manasseh jointly and together -- was to be 
a COLONIZING people in this latter day, their colonies branching 
out from the British Isles around the earth. 
     Together Ephraim and Manasseh grew into a multitude, then 
separated, according to Jacob's prophetic blessing of Genesis 48. 
Our people have fulfilled this prophecy. 
     But how can we be Manasseh when a large part of our people 
have come from many nations besides England? The answer is this: 
A large part of Manasseh remained with Ephraim until the 
separation of NEW England. But our forefathers were to be sifted 
through many nations, as corn through a sieve, yet not a grain to 
fall to the earth or be lost (Amos 9:9). Our people did filter 
through many nations. Ephriam and much of Manasseh finally 
immigrated to England together, but many others of Manasseh who 
had filtered into and through other nations did not leave them 
until they came, as immigrants, to the United States AFTER the 
New England colony had become the separate nation. This does not 
mean that ALL foreigners who have immigrated into this country 
are of the stock of Manasseh, but undoubtedly many are. Israel, 
however, always did absorb Gentiles, who became Israelites 
through living in Israel's land and intermarrying. 
     Thus we have become known as the "melting pot" of the world. 
Instead of refuting our Manasseh ancestry, this fact actually 
confirms it. The proof that we are Manasseh is overwhelming. 
Manasseh was to separate from Ephraim and become the greatest, 
wealthiest single nation of earth's history. We alone have 
fulfilled this prophecy. Manasseh was in fact a THIRTEENTH tribe. 
There were twelve original tribes. Joseph was one of these 
twelve. But when Joseph divided into two tribes and Manasseh 
separated into an independent nation, it became a THIRTEENTH 
tribe. 
     Could it be mere coincidence that it STARTED, as a nation, 
with THIRTEEN colonies? 
     But what about the OTHER tribes of the so-called "Lost Ten 
Tribes"? While the BIRTHRIGHT was JOSEPH'S, and its blessings 
have come to the British Commonwealth of Nations and the United 
States of America, yet the other eight tribes of Israel were also 
God's chosen people. They, too, have been blessed with a good 
measure of material prosperity -- but NOT the dominance of the 
birthright. 
     We lack space for a detailed explanation of the specific 
identity of all of these other tribes in the nations of our 
twentieth century. Suffice it to say here that there is ample 
evidence that these other eight tribes have descended into such 
northwestern European nations as Holland, Belgium, Denmark, 
northern France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway. The 
people of Iceland are also of Viking stock. The political 
boundaries of Europe, as they exist today, do not necessarily 
show lines of division between descendants of these original 
tribes of Israel. 
 
                      The Birthright Wealth 
 
     Read again the prophetic promises of Genesis 22:17 and 
24:60. Since the birthright pertains to NATIONS, the "GATE" of 
our enemies would be such passes as Gibraltar, Suez, Singapore, 
Panama Canal, etc. 
     Britain and America came into possession of every such major 
"gate" in this world! So we MUST be modern Israel. World War II 
hinged on these "gates." They have become not only strategic 
passes, but the world's greatest fortifications. But today, we 
have lost most of them, most recently, the Panama Canal -- and it 
appears that soon Gibraltar, too, will be lost. Why? 
     Notice Genesis 39:23: "The Lord was with him [Joseph], and 
that which he did, the Eternal made it to PROSPER." And God DID 
prosper Joseph's descendants, Britain and America, with the 
fabulous birthright promised Joseph's sons! 
     Consider Moses' dying prophetic blessing, foretelling what 
would happen to each of the tribes in these latter days. 
     "And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for 
the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that 
coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by 
the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, and 
for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the 
precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things 
of the earth and the fullness thereof ... let the blessing come 
upon the head of Joseph [Ephriam and Manasseh both] .... His glory 
is like the firstling [firstborn -- birthright holder] of his 
BULLOCK, and his horns are like THE HORNS OF UNICORNS [Great 
Britain's national seal today]: with them he shall push the 
people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten 
thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh" 
(Deut. 33:13-17). 
     Whoever is Ephraim and Manasseh today must have been in 
possession of the earth's choicest agricultural, mineral, and 
other wealth -- the great gold and silver mines; iron, oil, and 
coal; timber and other resources. 
     What nations fulfill these prophecies? Why, ONLY Great 
Britain and America! 
     More than half of all tillable, cultivatable temperate-zone 
lands of this earth came after A.D. 1800 into the possession of 
our two great powers alone! The rich agricultural lands of the 
Mississippi Valley; the vast wheat and grain fields of the 
Midwest, of Canada and Australia; the great forest lands of the 
Pacific Northwest and many other parts of the world; the gold 
fields of South Africa, Australia, Alaska and the United States; 
the great coal mines of the United States and British Isles; the 
natural waterfalls and means of power and consequent prosperous 
industrial and manufacturing districts of England and the eastern 
United States; the choicest fruit lands of our Pacific Coast and 
Florida. What other nations COMBINED ever possessed such material 
wealth? 
     And nearly all this wealth has come to us after A.D. 1800! 
 
                      The Actual Statistics 
 
     Just to what extent has Almighty God fulfilled His promises 
IN US to the descendants of Joseph in these latter years since 
A.D. 1800 -- promises of "the precious fruits brought forth by 
the sun ... the chief things of the ancient mountains ... and the 
precious things of the earth"? 
     Said Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, before the 
Massachusetts Bankers Association, January 5, 1921: "Our United 
States has been endowed by God with everything to make it and 
keep it the foremost industrial and commercial nation of the 
world." 
     World petroleum output in 1950 was almost 3,800 million 
barrels [EDITOR'S NOTE: the statistics in this section are taken 
from the 1980 version of "The United States and Britain in 
Prophecy"]. Of this total the United States ALONE produced more 
than one-half -- nearly 52%. Together, the British Commonwealth 
and the United States produced 60% of the crude petroleum, not 
including our vast foreign investments. But by 1966 -- the 
fateful year in which the British Colonial Office in London 
closed its doors, marking the official death of the British 
Empire -- that 60% of all the world's crude petroleum output had 
been reduced to 32%. 
     Britain and America mined 1 1/2 times as much coal as all 
other nations combined. But by 1966 our portion had shrunk to 
less than one-third of the world production -- 30.9%! 
     Together, the British Commonwealth and America produced, in 
1950, three-fourths of the world's steel -- the United States 
alone producing almost 60% or 105,200,000 short tons in 1951. We 
produced 1 1/3 times as much pig iron as all other nations 
combined. 
     By 1966, this basic index of wealth had skidded down to one- 
third (33.6%) of steel production and only 17.8% (one-sixth) of 
the pig iron. 
     We possessed nearly 95% of the world's nickel (chiefly from 
Canada); 80% of the world's aluminum; 75% of the zinc. But where 
did we rate in 1966? Only 3.6% of the world's nickel; 40.2% of 
its aluminum (aluminium); 12.4% of its zinc. 
     In 1950, the British Commonwealth completely dominated the 
production of chromite (from South Africa). Together Britain and 
America produced two-thirds of the world's rubber, and dominated 
the world's copper, lead, tin, bauxite and other precious metal 
outputs. But by 1966, we produced only 2.3% of the world's 
chromite, 23.4% of its copper, 9.9% of its lead, no tin, and 6.3% 
of its bauxite. 
     The British Commonwealth produced two-thirds of the world's 
gold -- about £ 266,000,000 ($642 million) in 1950 -- while the 
United States had three times as much gold reserve as the total 
for the rest of the world. But by 1966 the U.S. gold supply had 
been drained so much that the dollar was in serious jeopardy. 
     We produced and utilized two-thirds of the world's output of 
electricity -- the United States producing 283 thousand million 
kilowatt-hours in 1948, and the United Kingdom and Canada 
outstripping Russia, Germany and France combined. But by 1966 we 
produced only 20.1%! 
     Great Britain and the United States DID possess well over 
half of the world's merchant fleet tonnage. But by 1966 the 
figure was only 32.5%. The British Isles constructed more vessels 
than any other place on earth. But less than two decades later 
two or three Gentile nations had already outstripped Britain and 
America. In 1950, we also possessed about one-half of the world's 
railroad mileage. By 1966 our combined railway freight shipping 
was only 26% of the world total. 
     Whereas the United States alone once produced 73% of the 
automobiles, by 1966 the U.S. combined with the U.K. produced 55% 
-- 44% from the U.S. alone. Japan, Germany, France, and Italy are 
making huge gains. 
 
                       How Did We Get It? 
 
     How did we come into possession of all this vast wealth of 
the earth? Did we acquire it through our own human wisdom, 
foresight, energy, ability and power? 
     Let Abraham Lincoln answer: "WE FIND OURSELVES in the 
peaceful possession of the fairest portion of the earth, as 
regards fertility of soil, extent of territory, and salubrity of 
climate .... We ... FIND OURSELVES the legal inheritors of these 
fundamental blessings. WE TOILED NOT IN THE ACQUIREMENT OR THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THEM." 
     Again, in his proclamation for April 30, 1863, for a nation- 
wide day of fasting and prayer, this great president said: "It is 
the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence 
upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime 
truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all 
history, that those nations ONLY are blessed whose God is the 
Lord .... We have been the recipients of the choicest blessings of 
heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and 
prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power AS NO 
OTHER NATION EVER HAS GROWN; BUT WE HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD! We have 
forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and 
multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and WE HAVE VAINLY 
IMAGINED, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, THAT ALL THESE 
BLESSINGS WERE PRODUCED BY SOME SUPERIOR WISDOM AND VIRTUE OF OUR 
OWN." 
     And because Lincoln saw a nation who had forgotten God -- a 
nation drunk with a success not due to its own efforts -- a 
nation taking all the credit and glory to itself, this great 
president called upon the nation for a day of FASTING and PRAYER 
to confess this national sin before God. The fate of the nation 
hung in the balance when he issued that proclamation. But God 
heard and answered that great national prayer offensive -- and 
the nation was then preserved! 
     But today the threat to our fate is a thousand times more 
seriously hanging in the balance. And today we do not have a 
president or a prime minister with the vision, understanding and 
courage to bring our nations to their knees! 
     Abraham Lincoln KNEW these great material blessings had not 
been earned, but had been GIVEN to our people by the God of 
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel. 
     And we should face the facts today and KNOW that we were 
given all this vast unprecedented material wealth because God 
PROMISED it, unconditionally, to Abraham. And He promised it to 
Abraham BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED GOD, KEPT GOD'S LAWS AND 
COMMANDMENTS. 
     The birthright blessing was DENIED our forefathers after 
Moses' day because they REFUSED to live by God's laws. 
     And today God warns us, through many prophecies in Jeremiah, 
Ezekiel, Isaiah, Micah, and many others, that unless we of this 
generation REPENT of our sins, and turn to Him with fastings, and 
with weeping, and earnest PRAYER, He will destroy our cities, all 
our fortresses, with the foreign sword; that He will punish us at 
the hand of a CRUEL ONE; that we shall be invaded, defeated, 
reduced to slaves! GOD HELP US TO HEED THAT WARNING! 
     In conclusion, we ask: If WE are not national Israel -- the 
SO-CALLED "lost" Ten Tribes -- prosperous Joseph-Israel -- 
birthright Israel -- actual inheritors of the birthright 
blessings which were to be bestowed beginning A.D. 1800, then WHO 
ELSE CAN BE? 
     No other nation or combination of nations possessed these 
blessings of the birthright -- for we held more than two-thirds - 
- nearly three-fourths -- of all the raw materials, resources, 
and wealth of this entire round earth, and all other nations 
combined share among them only a small part. 
     Do you know of STRONGER PROOF of the divine inspiration of 
the Holy Bible as the revealed Word of the living God? Could 
mortal men have written, without divine inspiration, those 
prophecies we have considered in this booklet; made those 
PROMISES to Joseph-Israel; and, after a lapse of 2520 years, 
beginning the exact years of 1800-1803, have had power to bring 
them about in fulfillment? These are no small or trifling 
promises. They involved possession of the great wealth and vast 
natural resources of the whole earth. 
     Present these facts as a challenge to your atheist and 
agnostic friends. Ask them to answer, if they can, whether any 
but the power of the Eternal Creator Himself could have made and 
had committed to writing such promises thousands of years ago, 
and, at precisely the promised time thousands of years later, 
brought about their fulfillment! 
     How any American -- any English-speaking inheritor of God's 
choicest material blessings -- can, in face of such stupendous, 
overwhelming fulfillment of prophecy -- such awe-inspiring 
demonstration of the power and might and faithfulness of Almighty 
God -- accept and partake of these blessings, and then carelessly 
ignore God's WARNING that our sins today are INCREASING, or fail 
to get to his knees before the great Almighty, repent, and 
INTERCEDE in heartrending PRAYER for all Israelite nations, and 
HELP in every way he can to warn our people now of their 
impending PERIL, seems impossible to conceive. 
 
                 You Can Escape This Punishment 
 
     God warns us through prophecy that our sins are fast 
increasing. And now the DAY OF RECKONING is here! The foreign 
sword always has attacked us. In this fearful awesome atomic age, 
World War III will START with nuclear devastation unleashed on 
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, New York, Washington, 
Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, without warning! God 
help this nation to wake up before it's too late! 
     God help our president to see this thing as Abraham Lincoln 
saw it -- to call upon this nation now, as Lincoln called upon 
it, for the deadly-earnest heart-rending FASTING and PRAYER -- to 
issue a proclamation as Lincoln did setting apart a definite DAY 
for this confession of sin before God -- for REPENTANCE -- 
calling upon God to intervene and help and save us -- putting our 
trust in Him. 
     Yes, we are God's chosen people ISRAEL! THINK WHAT THAT 
MEANS! Chosen, not for favors while we defy our God, but chosen 
for SERVICE we have failed to perform. 
     We should shout for joy at the discovery of our true 
identity -- and we should be brought to REPENT -- and to TURN TO 
GOD -- and to get back of this crusade by television and by 
printed word to WARN our people, and to CALL UPON GOD IN REAL 
HEART-RENDING PRAYER FOR DIVINE DELIVERANCE. 
     [EDITOR'S NOTE: the following concluding paragraphs are 
quoted from the 1980 version of "The United States and Britain in 
Prophecy"]. The sevenfold INTENSITY (Lev. 26:18) of punishment 
now soon to come upon the American and British peoples is simply 
the prophesied GREAT TRIBULATION! It will be the most frightfully 
intense PUNISHMENT, and time of trouble, ever suffered by any 
people! Yet YOU need not suffer in it. 
     This terrifyingly severe PUNISHMENT is simply the CORRECTION 
our peoples have made necessary to bring them to the ways of 
living which cause desired blessings, instead of terrible curses. 
It is CORRECTION -- for the peoples' GOOD! 
     As GOD LIVES, this punishment is soon to strike! This 
booklet has given the WARNING from God and His Word! 
     Will the U.S. and British nations HEED? They could yet avert 
this colossal national tragedy, if they would! 
     But if YOU -- YOU now reading this, YOU as an individual -- 
will be corrected, voluntarily, before God lets this 
indescribably horrendous chastening strike; if you come to real 
REPENTANCE, realizing HOW TERRIBLY WRONG you have been; if you 
can see yourself as you really are -- as a rebellious wrong, evil 
person; and if you can SURRENDER to the loving, all-merciful, yet 
all-POWERFUL GOD -- and make it an UNCONDITIONAL surrender, 
coming to Almighty God through the living Jesus Christ as 
personal Savior -- then NO PLAGUE shall come near you! (Ps. 
91:8-11), but you shall be accounted worthy to ESCAPE all these 
frightful things and to STAND before Christ at His return (Luke 
21:35-36). 
     Those in the true body of Christ shall be taken to a place 
of SAFETY, until this Tribulation be over (Rev. 3:10-11, applying 
to those faithful in GOD'S WORK now going to the world; Rev. 
12:14; Isa. 26:20). But YOU must make your own decision -- and to 
NEGLECT doing so is to have MADE the WRONG decision! 
     Most people, we know only too well, will take this SERIOUS 
WARNING lightly -- put it out of mind -- turn to other immediate 
interests of NO importance by comparison! That is why a living, 
just, all-wise, all-POWERFUL God is going to TAKE AWAY FROM THEM 
these unimportant counter-interests, and apply such intensified 
CORRECTION that they SHALL, finally, come to their senses, and 
turn to Him and His WAY which will bring them eternal happiness 
and abundant blessings! 
     But YOU NEED NOT have to suffer this intensified correction, 
greater than any trouble ever suffered by humans. 
     By God's direction and authority, I have laid the TRUTH 
before you! To neglect it will be tragic beyond imagination! To 
heed it will bring blessings, happiness and GLORY beyond 
description! 
     The decision is now YOURS!