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Shalom Mishpochah!
You’re probably asking yourself, “What’s this website all about?!”
It’s for those to whom Elohim’s Ruach (Spirit) is calling back. He has called you to teshuva (return and repent) and to seek His ancient paths (Jer. 18:15). He has called you into the glorious light of His Torah which contains the instructions of life and gives life more abundantly (Psalm 13:3, Prov. 6:23).
Increasingly, Abba (Father) has been calling His children to come into His bosom – to put their head upon His heart and listen. There, in His embrace, He has been writing His Torah on their hearts (Jer. 31:31-33, Heb. 8:10, 10:16).
You’re trying to learn what your Bridegroom desires and what pleases Him — because you LOVE Him! You’ve been learning what He likes to eat (kosher), how to dress modestly and approach Him as King. You’ve been learning when to be solemn, when to fast, and when to celebrate with Him at the time of His appointments — moedim — feasts. You’ve been studying and learning His language — Hebrew. You’re preparing yourself to know His pure language because it will cause all to become echad (one) and call upon His Name (Zeph. 3:9)
During this time of teshuva, YHWH has whispered into your ear that you’re His covenant child (a son or daughter) of His people Israel. He has revealed to you that, as you accept and walk in His covenant, He will fulfill His promises. Particularly, you are longing for His promise to be fulfilled to call you, your brothers and sisters back home from the lands of their exiles — from the four corners of the earth (Isa. 11:11-12).
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
You long for His people, to live in community. You love Judah and the Land of HaShem’s covenant. You’re prepared to stand with Judah, identify with him and to work, live and die together serving Elohim and His Kingdom.
You long for both houses of Israel and Judah to come and live together in order that they may be empowered by the shekinah of YHWH’s Ruach haKadosh (Holy Spirit). For you know, that when the whole house of Israel is in unity — all 12 Tribes — Elohim’s PRESENCE will be known even to all the nations of the earth.
You’re waiting for your exile to end. Your DNA has awakened and you know who you are. You are Ephraim. You are Joseph. You are Israel. Your spirit is no longer under the curse of the prophesies of Hosea wherein G-d’s people wouldn’t know who they were nor from whence they came (Hosea 1:9-10, 2:23). However, your spirit and flesh longs for the release to be able to return to the Land of the Covenant.
You know it’s by His Ruach that all of this has happened. You know the promise to Abraham to have physical seed — as many as the stars and the sands of the seas — is true and evident today because it’s been revealed in your heart (Gen. 17:4-5, 26:4).
Yet, you know it’s not just about the physical seed; but, it’s also about the spirit and soul of the whosoevers who desire to come into covenant with the G-d of Israel — the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
You know it’s the two witnesses of the flesh and the soul that come together as one (echad) to walk out the covenant that makes a son or daughter of Israel. The natural born or the stranger who embraces and enters into the covenant of Elohim becomes His child. In fact, you may even know that the two olive trees and two menorahs are the House of Judah and the House of Israel walking together as the two witnesses to proclaim the coming Day of YHWH (Zech. 4:3, 11, Rev. 11:4, Mal. 4:5)!
You know you represent the Lost Tribes of Israel and, like the prodigal son, you’ve left the house of your father and wasted your precious inheritance on idolatry with harlots only to find yourself starving amongst the swine.
However, you also know that Elohim quickened your spirit and revived you. You know that with great and tender mercies, He’s been putting you through a process of restorahtion. He’s been calling you to His house and teaching you His Torah which includes His house rules. He’s been giving this all to you as you seek Him in order to prepare you to live with His people and in His Land.
In your spirit and prayers, you’ve inquired of Him as to, “When is the Return of the Exiles?”
You may have even been reminding Abba that He has promised to return you and your children.
Your heart’s desire is to be called out of Babylon — out of Assyria — out of Egypt — out of EXILE — out of dispersion for the INGATHERING of ISRAEL. You desire to love and live with your brother Judah. You want to return with humbleness like the prodigal son did before his father and brother.
What you may not know is that by the Ruach of Elohim, YHWH has put it in the heart of Bruce Brill, a brother from the House of Judah, to help you write a letter of petition to gain permission to RETURN to the LAND of ISRAEL!
Your letter will be translated into Hebrew by Bruce Brill who will personally deliver it to the Minister of Interior of Israel.
By now, your spirit is probably leaping with joy at just the thought that a time has come for us to actually consider making such a request with hopes of physical and literal implications — not just spiritual!
This website, TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN, will be a focal point and meeting place for those who desire to JOIN THE LETTER CAMPAIGN.
You may do this by filling out the LETTER SUBMISSION FORM provided on this website which will then be translated and submitted on your behalf.
This website is new and information will be added as fast as we are able with more details. If you would like to notified of news and updates, be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the NEWSLETTER.
TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN is a new website (April 2017) designed to be a focal point and meeting place of information for those wanting to participate and keep up-to-date on the EPHRAIM LETTER CAMPAIGN.
However, the LETTER CAMPAIGN actually began in the fall of 2015, shortly after Jubilee Sukkot which was hosted by Pastor David Mathews of Manna from Heaven Ministries near Lebanon, Oregon (Camp Tadmor). At this Sukkot, Bruce Brill along with several other Jewish brothers from Israel attended as guest speakers. Bruce shared how he had visited believers around the world who are returning to Torah and that HaShem had revealed to him who the Ephraimites or the Lost Ten Tribes were. He, then, considered it a holy work to help us contact those in Israel to learn of our presence and desire to return to Israel.
You can learn more about Bruce Brill, an American Israeli Jew, from listening to the Remnant Radio archive, A MOMENT OF RECKONING!
Jamie Louis of Fishing 4 S.O.L.E. (Sons of Living Elohim) has made many visits to Israel and is always connecting and networking with Jewish brothers in the Land with Ten Tribers from all around the world. On one of those visits, Jamie had met and became friends with Bruce Brill. Thus, Jamie’s meeting with Bruce brought about the connection of inviting him and other Jewish brothers from the Land to be guest speakers for a Hebraic Roots Sukkot.
That 2015 Jubilee Sukkot was monumental in that a Hebrew/Messianic Roots pastor invited Jews from Israel to be the main guest speakers AND that these men of Judah agreed to leave their families and their Land DURING the time of a major MOEDIM! Both sides agreed to put their differences aside and focus on what they did agree on and that was a LOVE for the Torah and the Land.
On the last day of that Sukkot Bruce pledged to the attendees to help Ephraim return! Shortly afterwards, he sent out a email requesting the letter campaign of which he would translate and deliver to his Minister of Interior in Israeli.
One of the first responders to the call for the letter campaign was Andrew Hodkinson. Andrew is Head Pastor of First Foundations Ministries in South Africa. Together, Bruce Brill, Andrew Hodkinson, David Mathews and Jamie Louis have been corresponding and working on this project.
Due to time differences and continents, schedules, hindrances and transitional moves which were happening to the people involved in this project, progress was slow to get the word out for the request for letter submissions. Thus, letters had only been trickling in.
Also, we wanted to get a consensus of the demographics and number of people who would want to be involved in this project. How many individuals of the Ten Tribers would actually want to return and live in Israel? Will we be able to be of benefit to or a hindrance to Israel? How might we benefit the people and the Land? This and many more questions are amongst those that we hope to explore and discover by using this website as a focal point for the TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN campaign.
Now, it seems those hindrances and transitions are behind us and we can now proceed in full force to accomplish the task of this monumental and prophetic work. Since visiting the Land of Israel in March, 2017, the author of this page (Nitza Moshe) has been witnessing several other people, events and projects which are in motion with similar goals of reunification to bring about GEULAH — REDEMPTION!
Nitza Moshe, host and producer of Remnant Radio, will use this website and the radio show to promote the letter campaign. She will continue, as in the past, to work with and promote ministries, teachers, and people from around the globe to engage in this project and/or collaborate with similar efforts for Geulah – Redemption and reunification of Judah and Lost Ten Tribers to become One Nation Under Elohim.
Historically speaking, the publication and letter campaign of this website may very well be akin to the books and articles which appeared in the 1840s advocating Zionism and a place for Jews to return for refuge. Some believe their return didn’t happen because the writings had no coherent plans.
Again, in 1896, Theodor Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) which called for a love for Zion and a return to a place of refuge. His pamphlet provided a practical program which led to the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, August 29 – 31, 1897 (Rosh Chodesh, Elul 1). Tragically, however, a place of refuge and a homeland didn't occur on time to avoid the Russian Massacre and the Holocaust.
As well, in the past 20+ years, we’ve witnessed articles, books and blogs proclaiming a cry and a desire to return by non-Jews who love Torah and are most often labeled Ephraim, Joseph (Joes) or one of the Lost Ten Tribes. Additionally, there are those of us who've discovered we have Jewish ancestors; but, since our mother was not a practicing Jew or because we were raised in Christianity, we don't qualify to return to the Land. Has our in ability to return, in part, been due to not having a coherent approach or plan?
In an effort for redemption of the Land, Judah established the Jewish National Fund to purchase land. Thus, began a return for Jews who began kibbutz farming communities. Many times Judah had to buy land from Arabs for ten times more than its value even though it wasn’t considered useful or productive. Nonetheless, they bought the land and worked it with determination, hard labor and the blessing of HaShem.
We must remember, Judah was facing persecution, hunger and poverty from other nations. The tribulations they faced in the countries where they were dispersed forced them to look for ways out and return to some place where they could be safe and save their lives, families and faith. To make it worse, we’ve discovered that having been descendants from the Lost Ten Tribes who lost their identity by being assimilated into the nations, we were partakers of Christianity and it's guilt for persecuting and killing our brother Judah. For this, Ten Tribers have sought forgiveness from Judah.
I ask myself, “Did the House of Judah have to pay ten times more for the land’s worth to the sons of Ishmael and Esau because it was Elohim’s disciplining rod?“
And, if this is so, will not the returning Ten Tribes have to make restitution and be disciplined? Do we think we can just go back into the Land on the sweat, tears, and sacrifices of Judah without being tested and proved?
Was Elohim testing Judah and requiring a type of restitution for when Israel stole from Him by not giving their tithes and offerings in acknowledgement that all blessings, prosperity and increase comes only from Him (Malachi 3:8-18)? Will Israel, the Lost Ten Returning Tribes, have to do the same? Will we have the same faithfulness and fortitude as Judah having come from nations of comfort and materialism? Will we truly appreciate Judah’s sacrifices and will we work and earn a place alongside Judah?
The House of Judah did not gain a place of refuge until after great and tragic losses such as the Russian Massacre in 1903 and the Holocaust of WWII (1939 – 1945). It took 51 years, from the time of Herzl’s Der Judenstaat (1896) until the United Nations voted for the partition (November 29, 1947). Then there was the 20 years of civil war in the Land between the Jews and Arabs. Still, today there are struggles and a threat to Jews living in the Land.
Now and in the future, as the Lost Tribes of Israel rise up and reveal ourselves, we will be counted and persecuted along with Judah simply for standing with Israel, observing Shabbat and seeking to shema the Torah. We will be unwanted neighbors and driven out of the nations. Just this past Hanukkah, I felt it unwise to decorate our home for fear of some neighbors who hate the peoples of the Book.
Now that Judah is in the Land, will they offer us a place of refuge -- a homeland? Will they be the bow and let us be the arrow that, together, we can stand against the nations (Zechariah 9:13)?
Joseph looked like Egypt and was not recognized by his family. Elohim was with him through all he suffered and prepared him to be a vessel of strength and power to save his family. In contrast, is now the time for Judah who has suffered and gained strength and power be able to find it in their heart to return the good deed and help deliver and shelter Joseph? For truly, there is a growing famine in the lands of the nations – a famine of the Word – the Torah. Every day, increasingly, haters of Elohim, His Torah and His people are rising up to persecute Judah and now the Josephs. Is HaShem using this and allowing it to cause His children to come back together to His Homeland?
The Jews who began returning in the late 1800s to early 1900s had to fight to hold onto their homes and farmlands as a result of the U.N. partition. In 1948, after the partition, consider the loss of land and lives for those at the settlement of Gush Etzion. Baruch HaShem — there was redemption for their surviving children who were able to return and rebuild after the 6 Day War of 1967.
Another example of personal sacrifices is that of the Orthodox Jewish matriarch, Erna, of Beit Hogla. Erna had to leave her home and life in Jericho after the Arabs took possession of the village and set the Jewish Synagogue on fire. This matriarch of the faith in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob firmly believes she is called to be the guardian of the gates of redemption. Her location is where the Israelites first took possession of the Land after crossing over the Jordan after coming out of Egypt. She is maintaining the gates for the children of return and keeping it from the enemy. Are those gates for Judah and Ephraim?
The return for Judah into the Land wasn't easy. It took fortitude, perseverance, and patience by committed individuals working together for a common cause – to return as a people and to obtain a homeland. It is a homeland to raise your children and freely worship Elohim and walk in Torah.
Judah overcame personal, financial and political hurdles only to face war and death. They still struggle and it’s not an easy life. We can’t take this for granted. We must be willing to return to live a humble lifestyle and work the Land alongside Judah with humble hearts and an attitude of gratitude. If this isn't your heart, then this isn’t the time or avenue to begin your return to the Land. Wait, pray and continue to prepare yourself to be ready with the right heart, attitude and spirit to brazen the frontier of geulah – redemption with Judah.
Individually and as congregations, as the Lost Ten Tribes return to Torah and identify with Judah, we don’t fit in with Christianity. However, neither are we, for the most part, accepted by Judah. Nonetheless, because of our love and stance for Judah and the Land of the Covenant of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we will stand with Judah and Israel even if we are persecuted. So, we must gird ourselves if we choose to enter into this journey of return to the Land. Chazak! Chazak! Be strong and of good courage!
There will be battles. There will be battles with health, finances, governments, haters of Torah and Elohim’s people. But the battles can be won, if we collectively put our hands to the task of preparing for the ushering in of geulah – redemption. This is especially true if we submit ourselves in humbleness to our older brother Judah as we return from the pig’s muck and mire and pursue Torah.
We will have fellow brothers and sisters in the Hebrew Roots, Christian and Jewish communities who will attack us and disagree just as Theodor Herzl and the Jews didn’t all agree on the idea of Zionism and returning to the Land before the return of the Moshiach. Nonetheless, for those who believe they are called and dream about the Land day and night and long to be there in community with HaShem’s people despite the hardships – let this be for such a time as this!
With humble hearts but bold spirits, let us rise up and proclaim, "We are the sons and daughters of the Lost Tribes of Israel and TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN!"
With the help and blessings of the Ruach haKadosh of HaShem – YHWH, may it be so!
For His Kingdom,
Nitza Moshe
Exiled Servant of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
You’re probably asking yourself, “What’s this website all about?!”
It’s for those to whom Elohim’s Ruach (Spirit) is calling back. He has called you to teshuva (return and repent) and to seek His ancient paths (Jer. 18:15). He has called you into the glorious light of His Torah which contains the instructions of life and gives life more abundantly (Psalm 13:3, Prov. 6:23).
Increasingly, Abba (Father) has been calling His children to come into His bosom – to put their head upon His heart and listen. There, in His embrace, He has been writing His Torah on their hearts (Jer. 31:31-33, Heb. 8:10, 10:16).
You’re trying to learn what your Bridegroom desires and what pleases Him — because you LOVE Him! You’ve been learning what He likes to eat (kosher), how to dress modestly and approach Him as King. You’ve been learning when to be solemn, when to fast, and when to celebrate with Him at the time of His appointments — moedim — feasts. You’ve been studying and learning His language — Hebrew. You’re preparing yourself to know His pure language because it will cause all to become echad (one) and call upon His Name (Zeph. 3:9)
During this time of teshuva, YHWH has whispered into your ear that you’re His covenant child (a son or daughter) of His people Israel. He has revealed to you that, as you accept and walk in His covenant, He will fulfill His promises. Particularly, you are longing for His promise to be fulfilled to call you, your brothers and sisters back home from the lands of their exiles — from the four corners of the earth (Isa. 11:11-12).
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
You long for His people, to live in community. You love Judah and the Land of HaShem’s covenant. You’re prepared to stand with Judah, identify with him and to work, live and die together serving Elohim and His Kingdom.
You long for both houses of Israel and Judah to come and live together in order that they may be empowered by the shekinah of YHWH’s Ruach haKadosh (Holy Spirit). For you know, that when the whole house of Israel is in unity — all 12 Tribes — Elohim’s PRESENCE will be known even to all the nations of the earth.
You’re waiting for your exile to end. Your DNA has awakened and you know who you are. You are Ephraim. You are Joseph. You are Israel. Your spirit is no longer under the curse of the prophesies of Hosea wherein G-d’s people wouldn’t know who they were nor from whence they came (Hosea 1:9-10, 2:23). However, your spirit and flesh longs for the release to be able to return to the Land of the Covenant.
You know it’s by His Ruach that all of this has happened. You know the promise to Abraham to have physical seed — as many as the stars and the sands of the seas — is true and evident today because it’s been revealed in your heart (Gen. 17:4-5, 26:4).
Yet, you know it’s not just about the physical seed; but, it’s also about the spirit and soul of the whosoevers who desire to come into covenant with the G-d of Israel — the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
You know it’s the two witnesses of the flesh and the soul that come together as one (echad) to walk out the covenant that makes a son or daughter of Israel. The natural born or the stranger who embraces and enters into the covenant of Elohim becomes His child. In fact, you may even know that the two olive trees and two menorahs are the House of Judah and the House of Israel walking together as the two witnesses to proclaim the coming Day of YHWH (Zech. 4:3, 11, Rev. 11:4, Mal. 4:5)!
You know you represent the Lost Tribes of Israel and, like the prodigal son, you’ve left the house of your father and wasted your precious inheritance on idolatry with harlots only to find yourself starving amongst the swine.
However, you also know that Elohim quickened your spirit and revived you. You know that with great and tender mercies, He’s been putting you through a process of restorahtion. He’s been calling you to His house and teaching you His Torah which includes His house rules. He’s been giving this all to you as you seek Him in order to prepare you to live with His people and in His Land.
In your spirit and prayers, you’ve inquired of Him as to, “When is the Return of the Exiles?”
You may have even been reminding Abba that He has promised to return you and your children.
Your heart’s desire is to be called out of Babylon — out of Assyria — out of Egypt — out of EXILE — out of dispersion for the INGATHERING of ISRAEL. You desire to love and live with your brother Judah. You want to return with humbleness like the prodigal son did before his father and brother.
What you may not know is that by the Ruach of Elohim, YHWH has put it in the heart of Bruce Brill, a brother from the House of Judah, to help you write a letter of petition to gain permission to RETURN to the LAND of ISRAEL!
Your letter will be translated into Hebrew by Bruce Brill who will personally deliver it to the Minister of Interior of Israel.
By now, your spirit is probably leaping with joy at just the thought that a time has come for us to actually consider making such a request with hopes of physical and literal implications — not just spiritual!
This website, TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN, will be a focal point and meeting place for those who desire to JOIN THE LETTER CAMPAIGN.
You may do this by filling out the LETTER SUBMISSION FORM provided on this website which will then be translated and submitted on your behalf.
This website is new and information will be added as fast as we are able with more details. If you would like to notified of news and updates, be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the NEWSLETTER.
TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN is a new website (April 2017) designed to be a focal point and meeting place of information for those wanting to participate and keep up-to-date on the EPHRAIM LETTER CAMPAIGN.
However, the LETTER CAMPAIGN actually began in the fall of 2015, shortly after Jubilee Sukkot which was hosted by Pastor David Mathews of Manna from Heaven Ministries near Lebanon, Oregon (Camp Tadmor). At this Sukkot, Bruce Brill along with several other Jewish brothers from Israel attended as guest speakers. Bruce shared how he had visited believers around the world who are returning to Torah and that HaShem had revealed to him who the Ephraimites or the Lost Ten Tribes were. He, then, considered it a holy work to help us contact those in Israel to learn of our presence and desire to return to Israel.
You can learn more about Bruce Brill, an American Israeli Jew, from listening to the Remnant Radio archive, A MOMENT OF RECKONING!
Jamie Louis of Fishing 4 S.O.L.E. (Sons of Living Elohim) has made many visits to Israel and is always connecting and networking with Jewish brothers in the Land with Ten Tribers from all around the world. On one of those visits, Jamie had met and became friends with Bruce Brill. Thus, Jamie’s meeting with Bruce brought about the connection of inviting him and other Jewish brothers from the Land to be guest speakers for a Hebraic Roots Sukkot.
That 2015 Jubilee Sukkot was monumental in that a Hebrew/Messianic Roots pastor invited Jews from Israel to be the main guest speakers AND that these men of Judah agreed to leave their families and their Land DURING the time of a major MOEDIM! Both sides agreed to put their differences aside and focus on what they did agree on and that was a LOVE for the Torah and the Land.
On the last day of that Sukkot Bruce pledged to the attendees to help Ephraim return! Shortly afterwards, he sent out a email requesting the letter campaign of which he would translate and deliver to his Minister of Interior in Israeli.
One of the first responders to the call for the letter campaign was Andrew Hodkinson. Andrew is Head Pastor of First Foundations Ministries in South Africa. Together, Bruce Brill, Andrew Hodkinson, David Mathews and Jamie Louis have been corresponding and working on this project.
Due to time differences and continents, schedules, hindrances and transitional moves which were happening to the people involved in this project, progress was slow to get the word out for the request for letter submissions. Thus, letters had only been trickling in.
Also, we wanted to get a consensus of the demographics and number of people who would want to be involved in this project. How many individuals of the Ten Tribers would actually want to return and live in Israel? Will we be able to be of benefit to or a hindrance to Israel? How might we benefit the people and the Land? This and many more questions are amongst those that we hope to explore and discover by using this website as a focal point for the TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN campaign.
Now, it seems those hindrances and transitions are behind us and we can now proceed in full force to accomplish the task of this monumental and prophetic work. Since visiting the Land of Israel in March, 2017, the author of this page (Nitza Moshe) has been witnessing several other people, events and projects which are in motion with similar goals of reunification to bring about GEULAH — REDEMPTION!
Nitza Moshe, host and producer of Remnant Radio, will use this website and the radio show to promote the letter campaign. She will continue, as in the past, to work with and promote ministries, teachers, and people from around the globe to engage in this project and/or collaborate with similar efforts for Geulah – Redemption and reunification of Judah and Lost Ten Tribers to become One Nation Under Elohim.
Historically speaking, the publication and letter campaign of this website may very well be akin to the books and articles which appeared in the 1840s advocating Zionism and a place for Jews to return for refuge. Some believe their return didn’t happen because the writings had no coherent plans.
Again, in 1896, Theodor Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) which called for a love for Zion and a return to a place of refuge. His pamphlet provided a practical program which led to the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, August 29 – 31, 1897 (Rosh Chodesh, Elul 1). Tragically, however, a place of refuge and a homeland didn't occur on time to avoid the Russian Massacre and the Holocaust.
As well, in the past 20+ years, we’ve witnessed articles, books and blogs proclaiming a cry and a desire to return by non-Jews who love Torah and are most often labeled Ephraim, Joseph (Joes) or one of the Lost Ten Tribes. Additionally, there are those of us who've discovered we have Jewish ancestors; but, since our mother was not a practicing Jew or because we were raised in Christianity, we don't qualify to return to the Land. Has our in ability to return, in part, been due to not having a coherent approach or plan?
In an effort for redemption of the Land, Judah established the Jewish National Fund to purchase land. Thus, began a return for Jews who began kibbutz farming communities. Many times Judah had to buy land from Arabs for ten times more than its value even though it wasn’t considered useful or productive. Nonetheless, they bought the land and worked it with determination, hard labor and the blessing of HaShem.
We must remember, Judah was facing persecution, hunger and poverty from other nations. The tribulations they faced in the countries where they were dispersed forced them to look for ways out and return to some place where they could be safe and save their lives, families and faith. To make it worse, we’ve discovered that having been descendants from the Lost Ten Tribes who lost their identity by being assimilated into the nations, we were partakers of Christianity and it's guilt for persecuting and killing our brother Judah. For this, Ten Tribers have sought forgiveness from Judah.
I ask myself, “Did the House of Judah have to pay ten times more for the land’s worth to the sons of Ishmael and Esau because it was Elohim’s disciplining rod?“
And, if this is so, will not the returning Ten Tribes have to make restitution and be disciplined? Do we think we can just go back into the Land on the sweat, tears, and sacrifices of Judah without being tested and proved?
Was Elohim testing Judah and requiring a type of restitution for when Israel stole from Him by not giving their tithes and offerings in acknowledgement that all blessings, prosperity and increase comes only from Him (Malachi 3:8-18)? Will Israel, the Lost Ten Returning Tribes, have to do the same? Will we have the same faithfulness and fortitude as Judah having come from nations of comfort and materialism? Will we truly appreciate Judah’s sacrifices and will we work and earn a place alongside Judah?
The House of Judah did not gain a place of refuge until after great and tragic losses such as the Russian Massacre in 1903 and the Holocaust of WWII (1939 – 1945). It took 51 years, from the time of Herzl’s Der Judenstaat (1896) until the United Nations voted for the partition (November 29, 1947). Then there was the 20 years of civil war in the Land between the Jews and Arabs. Still, today there are struggles and a threat to Jews living in the Land.
Now and in the future, as the Lost Tribes of Israel rise up and reveal ourselves, we will be counted and persecuted along with Judah simply for standing with Israel, observing Shabbat and seeking to shema the Torah. We will be unwanted neighbors and driven out of the nations. Just this past Hanukkah, I felt it unwise to decorate our home for fear of some neighbors who hate the peoples of the Book.
Now that Judah is in the Land, will they offer us a place of refuge -- a homeland? Will they be the bow and let us be the arrow that, together, we can stand against the nations (Zechariah 9:13)?
Joseph looked like Egypt and was not recognized by his family. Elohim was with him through all he suffered and prepared him to be a vessel of strength and power to save his family. In contrast, is now the time for Judah who has suffered and gained strength and power be able to find it in their heart to return the good deed and help deliver and shelter Joseph? For truly, there is a growing famine in the lands of the nations – a famine of the Word – the Torah. Every day, increasingly, haters of Elohim, His Torah and His people are rising up to persecute Judah and now the Josephs. Is HaShem using this and allowing it to cause His children to come back together to His Homeland?
The Jews who began returning in the late 1800s to early 1900s had to fight to hold onto their homes and farmlands as a result of the U.N. partition. In 1948, after the partition, consider the loss of land and lives for those at the settlement of Gush Etzion. Baruch HaShem — there was redemption for their surviving children who were able to return and rebuild after the 6 Day War of 1967.
Another example of personal sacrifices is that of the Orthodox Jewish matriarch, Erna, of Beit Hogla. Erna had to leave her home and life in Jericho after the Arabs took possession of the village and set the Jewish Synagogue on fire. This matriarch of the faith in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob firmly believes she is called to be the guardian of the gates of redemption. Her location is where the Israelites first took possession of the Land after crossing over the Jordan after coming out of Egypt. She is maintaining the gates for the children of return and keeping it from the enemy. Are those gates for Judah and Ephraim?
The return for Judah into the Land wasn't easy. It took fortitude, perseverance, and patience by committed individuals working together for a common cause – to return as a people and to obtain a homeland. It is a homeland to raise your children and freely worship Elohim and walk in Torah.
Judah overcame personal, financial and political hurdles only to face war and death. They still struggle and it’s not an easy life. We can’t take this for granted. We must be willing to return to live a humble lifestyle and work the Land alongside Judah with humble hearts and an attitude of gratitude. If this isn't your heart, then this isn’t the time or avenue to begin your return to the Land. Wait, pray and continue to prepare yourself to be ready with the right heart, attitude and spirit to brazen the frontier of geulah – redemption with Judah.
Individually and as congregations, as the Lost Ten Tribes return to Torah and identify with Judah, we don’t fit in with Christianity. However, neither are we, for the most part, accepted by Judah. Nonetheless, because of our love and stance for Judah and the Land of the Covenant of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we will stand with Judah and Israel even if we are persecuted. So, we must gird ourselves if we choose to enter into this journey of return to the Land. Chazak! Chazak! Be strong and of good courage!
There will be battles. There will be battles with health, finances, governments, haters of Torah and Elohim’s people. But the battles can be won, if we collectively put our hands to the task of preparing for the ushering in of geulah – redemption. This is especially true if we submit ourselves in humbleness to our older brother Judah as we return from the pig’s muck and mire and pursue Torah.
We will have fellow brothers and sisters in the Hebrew Roots, Christian and Jewish communities who will attack us and disagree just as Theodor Herzl and the Jews didn’t all agree on the idea of Zionism and returning to the Land before the return of the Moshiach. Nonetheless, for those who believe they are called and dream about the Land day and night and long to be there in community with HaShem’s people despite the hardships – let this be for such a time as this!
With humble hearts but bold spirits, let us rise up and proclaim, "We are the sons and daughters of the Lost Tribes of Israel and TEN TRIBES WANT TO RETURN!"
With the help and blessings of the Ruach haKadosh of HaShem – YHWH, may it be so!
For His Kingdom,
Nitza Moshe
Exiled Servant of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob