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DEC o 3 1992

ANGLO-ISRAELISM

rRuE OR FALSE?

LOUIS T. TALBOT Church of the Open Door Los Angeles, California

Printed in the of America TH£ BIOL L18RARV ANGLO-ISRAELISM AND NE of the strangest, most amusing, as well as one 0 of the most tragic interpretations of 's Word which have been projected before the minds of God's people in recent years is Anglo-Israelism, or British­ Israelism. Anglo-Israelism and British-Israelism possess the same meaning, the former having a wider sweep than the latter. This strange system of Biblical interpre­ tation originated about the second half of the nineteenth century, and is supposed to answer a question which is not a question at all, that question being: Where are the lost ten tribes of Israel? The ten tribes are not lost physically, and never were, but Anglo-Israelism supposes that they were actually lost, and that its system of teaching answers that question. Its answer to that supposed question is one of the most amazing, amusing speculations that have ever been pre-· sented to students, this speculation being that the lost ten tribes are none other than the . According to this theory the inhabitants of the British Isles and the United States of America are intimately connected, Britain being of the tribe of and the United States of the . Those who adhere to this theory also teach that these nations, Eng­ land and the United States, are in themselves the lost ten tribes of Israel and accordingly are heirs to the promises of God. In propounding this theory, Anglo-Israelism declared that with the first captivity, the members of the ten tribes (the kingdom of the North) were carried away into the valley of the great river of the Assyrians. Later a second expedition made captives the people of the South, . At the time of the restoration only the victims of the latter captivity (Judah) were returned to Palestine. These people go so far as to say that the was Anglo-Israelism 5 4 Anglo-Israelism Israelism applies all the promises to the British nation, the only part of Israel in Palestine at. the time of our while the curses are left to the , the descendants of Lord's earthly ministry, and consequently were respon­ Judah. sible for the crucifixion of Christ. After making a . recent itinerary through , The others regained their freedom frIsraelites, I have come to the conclusion that this ·as they moved and giving the name of thetr !rib~s to whole system is a delusion of , a denial of the certain cities which they founded and to certain rivers redemptive work of the Lord , a presentation of a which they crossed. false Messiah, leading people to rest upon their national The tribe of , so Anglo-Israelism says, gave its connection for their salvation rather than upon the name to the DANube DarDANelles, and to DANmark. redemptive work of Christ. The system, like Christian Reaching England th~y founded, among o.ther cities, the Science, Modernism, Russellism, and the Oxford Group one that bears the name DANelagh. How 1t came to p~ss Movement, is a sign of the days in which we are 'living. that Dan was the only tribe. which left trac~s of its I have been reading the magazine, .. Biblical Truth for movements, is something which Anglo-Israelites have the Bereans," and have found therein the following not explained. tenets of Anglo-Israelism sent from the .. Anglo-Saxon The United States of America is brought into the Federation of America,'' Haverhill, Mass. picture because their progenitors emigrated fr?m Britain to this land. How a trip across. the Atlantic. chan&ed 1. "The Bible does not state or infer that the Jews are God's them from Ephraim to Manasseh 1s another point wh!ch . Judah and Israel are entirely distinct and separate has not been made clear; however, the Anglo-Israe~1tes entities. II Chronicles 11. are positive that the people of England and the ~mted 2. "The Bible made these and recorded these facts concerning Israel and the Jews. Israel was to find an island home States are the lost ten tribes of Israel, and are hetrs of and be moved no more. The Jews were to be strangers in all the promises which God made in His to lands. Israel was to constitute a kingdom but the Jews were Abraham. never to be a nation, until reunited with Israel. Jews were to remain under the law and Old Covenant, whereas Israel was to be a Christian people. 3. " 'Israel had nothing to do with the crucifixion of our Lord, ANGLO-ISRAELITES AND JEWS not being in the land, except , who accepted Him.' 4. "'Ephraim' is England and 'Manasseh' represents the HE question naturally arises, If England and. the United States. Manasseh was the thirteenth tribe, and that ac­ T United States are to be identified as the ten tribes, counts for the discovery of America on October 13, 1492; and who are the Jews and what is to be th~ir destiny? the following 'thirteens' in American history. Thirteen colonies; 13 bars and 13 stars (flag); 13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum" and The Jews, according to these An~lo-Israehtes, are ~he 13 feathers, 13 , and 13 arrows on American coins. First descendants of Judah, and since this was the ~n~y tribe American navy, 13 ships. Cornerstone of White House laid in the land of Palestine during the earthl.Y min1~tr~ of October 13, 1792. The 13th amendment abolished slavery. Gen­ Christ, they alone are responsible for His cruc1fix10n, eral Pershing born September 13, 1860 and arrived in France for a11d upon them rests the curse of God as a result. Anglo- participation in the World war June 13, 1917. The first letter in Anglo-Israelism 7 6 . Anglo-Israelism "The present failure of Anglo-Saxons and Americans to Manasseh is the 13th in both English and Hebrew languages. recognize Great Britain as the kingdom of Israel is responsible Herbert lJoover and Charles Curtis each had 13 letters in their for the present misery and suffering in the two lands. Israel's names. time of punishment foretold in Daniel 4 :23 and 32, 'seven times· 5. "The Celtic-Anglo-Saxons are Israel, the chosen people of has expired. "Seven times" was a period of 360 weeks, or 2520 God. The British Isle inhabitants are descendants among others, years. Adding 2520 years to the time of Judah's captivity, about from the tribes of Saxons ('s sons), the Danes of Dan, the 600 B. C., we come to about 1920 A. D. One of the chief speakers Jutes of Judah, the Fresians, the , and the Scots, and for the Anglo-Israelites declares the Lord will come for His Normans of Benjamin. Church September 16th, of the year (1936). 6. "'Brith' in Hebrew means 'covenant'; therefore, w~ ha~e 9. "Only Spirit-filled Christians will be saved from the great Britain 'covenant law' British the 'covenant man', Britannia time of trouble. The rest of the Church and all Israel (Britons) 'coven;nt ships'. 'Brit;nnia rules the waves,' controlling the will survive until Jesus' feet stand on the mount of Olives to English Channel, Gibraltar, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong K.ong, save His people from destruction, in fulfillment of Zechariah the Suez Canal, Malta, Aden, and other gates and sta~ions. 14: 1 to 3. (Howard B. Rand). The wise virgins of Matthew 25 America controls practically all of the remaining gates. This, all are the Spirit-filled Church members who will be raptured. These in fulfillment of Genesis 22: 17, 'thy (Abraham's) seed shall will know in advance the arrival of the day of their removal. possess the gate of his enemies.' (Read 14:1 to 8). This will include only a few. "The Anglo-Saxons are 'Christianized .Israel' and are ~ulfilling 10. "(Rev. Wm. P. Goard.) The throne of has come Isaiah 49':7: 'I will also give thee for a light to the , that down to Great Britain through a clear line of descent and, there­ thou mayest be my salvation unto. the end of the earth.' The fore, the fulfillment of God's promise that David's throne would Church is the priesthood of the nation. endure forever. Great Britain and America, Ephraim and Ma­ "In 1776 A.D. the Lord divided Israel into two nations, so.that nasseh (who are to render willing obedience) are preparing the God's promises to both Ephraim and Manasseh might be realized. way for the coming of the King. The house of David, removed from in the days of Nebuchadnezzar, was brought to 7. "When General Allenby, the British soldier, drove the by Jeremiah the prophet in the person of Tephi, Turks out of Palestine and took possession of that land, the thus establishing the present line of descent. The Ten Tribes British were the children of Israel from the north and all lands returning to the land given to their fathers by God, in fulfillment came from to , thence to the British Isles to be joined to the house of David. God's Jehovah throne was estab­ of Jeremiah 23 :7 and 8. lished in the midst of His kingdom, Modern Israel, or Britain. "During the centuries before this return of I~rael (the Anglo­ An ancient King of Ireland was married to a Jewish Princess Saxons) to Palestine, Go~ had .fulfilled Ezekiel 20 :33. to. 35, from the East and their coronation was on 's stone, and the bringing scattered Israel ~it? a mighty han~ out of countries into royal house of Britain has descended from that wiion. the wilderness (Great Britam), and the wilderness was to blos­ som like a rise, and be the place prepared of God where Israel "The present King of England, Edward, Albert, Christian, should be nourished. And there Israel was to fulfill Deuteronomy George, Andrew, Patrick David is the prince descended from King 32: 13, and be the lifting himself up with the strength of the David, the one hundredth generation from King David, born unicorn-as a great Lion. Numbers 23 :24, 24 :9. 1076 B. C. His name was at the suggestion of the Marchioness of Waterford, for said she, 'I believe that he will be "David your 8. "In this latter day the New Covenant is first for the Anglo­ prince" foretold by the prophet, under whom we shall repossess Saxon Israelites. As under the Old Covenant, strangers and the holy land.' The royal mother replied, 'Baby is called David.' sojourners can become Israelites, members of the kingdom nation The present King David is on the throne and Ezekiel 37 :24. (Britain) and partaker of it~ benefits. These partakers are grafted into the Israel stock for kingdom benefits. Every Anglo-Saxon 11. "According to Daniel 2 :44 and 45, a Stone is to come from heaven, smite all other kingdoms~ become a mountain and fill the who complies with the law is recove~anted.t? God. The ~aw has not been set aside only the form of circumcision. The punishment whole earth. This Stone kingdom is to stand forever. Israel is to of those refusing 'to comply with this law shall be destruction. stand forever. Jeremiah 31 :35 and 36. Therefore, Great Britain 8 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-Israelism 9 is the Stone Kingdom, the forever Israel. To prove this, there are In this way the present reigning house of England was two emblematic stones, the little stone in Britain's possession and the big stone, the pyramid of Egypt. This stone in Egypt is established. the altar of Isaiah 19: 19 and 20, God's witness. The legend also includes the amazing story that Jere­ "The little stone now occupies the chief seat in the kingdom, miah took with him to Ireland the stone on which Jacob the coronation chair at Westminster Abbey. The Kings of the slept at . This stone, they claim, had been carried House of David have been crowned upon this stone. During the by Jacob from place to place during his lifetime, and past 130 years the Kingdom of G~eat .Britain has expande~ in~o the mountain and the emblematic big stone, the pyramid, is toward the end of his pilgrimage he bequeathed it co God's witness to Great Britain's claim. one of his sons. Finally, it was placed in Jeremiah's "The Anglo-Israelites decide much by the structure and hands and taken with him to Ireland. measurements of the pyramid. They say 'When the time arrived Later this stone was taken from Ireland to Scotland. for the Kingdom to grow into a mountain, God revealed a and for centuries the kings of Scotland received their mountain of stone as a witness to the Kingdom people. Cutting coronation while seated upon it. From Scotland it was the pyramid open from. nort~ to south, the diagram o! the pa~ ­ sages gives a chronological and Judah. There 1s taken to England and placed under the coronation chair, recorded that the transfer of the Kingdom activities was from the chair on which all the kings of England have been Judah to' Israel, because the Jews, and not Israel, crucified Christ. crowned from William the Conqueror to the present Even the very time of Britain's ultimatum to and the time. Anglo-Saxon's entrance into the World War in 1914, is told of the pyramid measurements, .midnight August 4 ~hat was the ?e­ In his book entitled .. The Destiny of the British ginning of Jacob's trouble m fulfillment according to Jeremiah Empire and the United States of America," Lieut. Col. 30:7." W. G. Mackendrick, D.S.O. of Toronto, an exponent of Anglo-Israelism, says of this chair and stone, .. The British coronation chair built around Jacob's stone which the Bible refers to as the throne of God (i.e., set up by God), establishes the throne of England and connects it with David's throne." Of course, for all this there is no Scriptural or his­ HOW DO ANGLO-ISRAELITES torical evidence; in fact, geologists have examined this SUPPORT THEIR THEORIES? stone under the coronation chair and have found that it is a red sand-stone common to Scotland and entirely dif­ ferent in character to any stone forming the .geological ECAUSE there is no historical and Scriptural founda­ content of Bethel, or in fact Palestine. B tion for these claims, Anglo-Israelism is forced to Because there is no Scripture to support this fanciful appeal to legends, traditions, and folk-lore for evidence story concerning Jeremiah and the ten tribes making to support the foregoing statements and to obtain suffi­ their way toward Great Britain, Anglo-Israelism is com­ cient basis for their theory. For instance, they claim that pelled to resort to methods adopted by the Roman hundreds of years before Christ, Jeremiah and a daughter , appealing to the Apocryphal books in of sailed for Ireland where she married a mem­ quoting from II Esdras 15 :40-43. When a cult is obliged ber of the , who was the King of Ireland. to refer to the Apocrypha for proof of its position, it 10 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-Israelism 11 must be hard pressed for source material on which to Before the death of King George V, the Anglo­ prove its founaation. The Roman Catholic Church ap­ Israelites were positive that when the Prince of Wales peals to the Apocrypha for the support of the doctrine came to the throne he really would be David II, and with of purgatory, and in her trail Anglo-Israelites follow. him would come the .. British Millennium," but as you The Apocryphal books are wholly unreliable, and they know, this David, the Prince of Wales, has taken the do not claim inspiration. The Jews have never accepted title King Edward VIII, which completely terminates an­ them as a part of the Jewish canon. Jesus Christ never other of their delusive claims. But like the Russellites, quoted from them, but Anglo-Israelites use them, for who prophesied that the Times of the Gentiles would they find some fanciful proof of their fantastic tales. The come to a close in 1914, failure in their supposed proph­ following reference (II Esdras 15 :4o-45) is used: esy gives them little embarrassment. this Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners Now before I show how Scripture refutes whole out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom ~al­ system, I want to point out how Anglo-Israelites mis­ manasar the King of Assyria led away captive, and he carried interpret and pervert the Scriptures, and how close some them over the waters, and so came they into another land. of their statements approach blasphemy. A favorite proof But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would text used by this system is Gen. 22 : 17. leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt. "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I wi~l That they might there keep their statutes, which they never multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand 1s kept in their own land. . upon the sea shore; AND THY SEED SHALL POSSESS THE And they entered into by the narrow passages of GATE OF HIS ENEMIES." the river. For the Most High then shewed signs for them, and held still This is supposed to be a prophetic picture of the the Hood, till they were passed over. British people and the people of the United States con­ For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, trolling Gibraltar, Malta, Heligoland, Suez, Aden, and of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. Singapore. These seaports are "the gate of the enemies" the Anglo-Israelites tell us, and Great Britain now pos­ These theorists continue their statements by reasoning sesses that. Reasoning from this, Great Britain (Israel) that the present King of England, King Edward VIII, is holds .. the gate of the enemies.'' In this text, as with the descendant of David, the heir to David's throne. many others, Anglo-Israelism takes the glory that be­ Therefore, they enlarge upon the fact that one of ?is longs to Jesus Christ and ascribes it to Great Britain names is David, forgetting that he has other names, in­ and its King. Paul in commenting on Gen. 22 :17 tells us cluding Edward, Albert, ~hristian,. Georg~, Andrew, a?d who the seed is that God mentions. Refer to Gal. 3 :16. Patrick. The name David was given hrm, we are in­ formed, because the Marchioness of Waterford proph­ esied that he would be .. David your King," and that Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy Ezekiel 3 7 :25 and 34 :23 would be fulfilled in him. seed, which is Christ." 12 Anglo-Israelism. ~glo-Israelism 13 Christ then is the one to whom reference is made and plished with signal success.'' The Anglo-Israelite com­ not the British nation. In Christ all the nations of the mentator, like all the rest of his cast, twists_the statement earth will be blessed, and when He reigns He shall pos­ from its context, which clearly shows that the prophesy sess the .. gate of the enemies" - all of His former ene­ will be fulfilled "IN THAT DAY," referring to the mil­ mies - for He shall be King of Kings and Lord of Lords lennial glory. At this time verse 12 will also be fulfilled: and .. have dominion from sea to sea and from river even .. ,And ye shall be gathered one by one, 0 ye children of unto the ends of the earth." Israel." The Anglo-Israel commentator makes no com~ Another·instance of misinterpretation is found in Gen. ment concerning verse 12, because he knows that it does 1 7 :4-6: . , ' . not apply to the British nation, for when were they ever gathered one by one? This will be true of Israel only, as "As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt the Scripture makes clear. be a father of many nations. Two other verses wrenched from the context and ap­ "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be. Abraham; for a father of many nations have I plied to the Anglo-Saxon race are Deut. 8 :18 and 28.12. made thee. "And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make "But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee." giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his cov­ enant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. Great stress is laid upon the statement that Abraham "The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven was to be a Father of many nations. These prophesies to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the refer to the millenial age when nations shall be brought work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow." to the Lord - the sheep nations of Matt. 25. Israel shall be the instrument in the hands of God in their conver­ These words are supposed to be fulfilled in the Anglo­ sion. But Anglo-Israelism applies this prophesy to the Saxon race, the members of which are recognized as the company of nations which comprise the . world's greatest bankers, lending to many nations, and . Another text is Isaiah 27 :6, and 35 :1, 2: BORROWING FROM NONE. We shall not mention the war debts of the Anglo-Saxon race, for that would "He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel be too embarrassing. We ask only for a careful reading shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. of the text, which reveals that the statement refers to · The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. ISRAEL IN THE LAND, AND NOT THE BRITISH IN ENGLAND. "It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excel­ lency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, "The Lord s~all make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of and the excellency of our God." thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO Commenting on these verses Anglo-Israelism says, THY ~ATHERS TO GIVE THEE. The Lord shall open .unto .. Is,rael had to colonize barren land, establish the earth, thee ~ts .good treasure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy land m his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thereby causing the desert to blossom like the rose. This thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow."- is the achievement 'which the Anglo-Saxons have accom- Deut. 28:11-12. . 14 Anglo-Israelimi Anglo-Israelism 15 island nation which is fulfilled in the British Isles. This A word should be said concerning the philological and reference cannot apply to Britain, however, because Brit­ ethno.logical claims which have been advanced in support ain is reckoned among the nations. She was in the Roman of this theory. It is asserted that the word "British'' is Empire, and is today in the League of Nations. When derived from two Hebrew words: .. Brith" meaning cove­ the Times of the Gentiles close she will be found in the nant, and .. ish" meaning man, thus making "British" the Revived. How gullible people must be covenant man. Every Britisher is a .. Brithish,'' or a cove­ when they accept such interpretation of Scriptures which nant man. A careful study, however, of the Hebrew are so clear in their meaning that comment is scarcely la?guage, under the guidance of real Hebrew scholars, needed. will show the error in such translations. David Baron, the great Christian Hebrew scholar, said, ttThus sugges­ When were the following prophecies in Deuteronomy tion of the word 'British' being derived from the two ever fulfilled in the history of Great Britain or the words 'Brith' and 'ish' deserves no other characterization United States? than being childISH." Read Deuteronomy 28 :28: The British Isles were originally called "Barantanic, '' which means the .. tin islands," because great quantities "Thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: thou shalt be only of tin came from England's mines in Cornwell. The word oppressed and spoiled evermore." 28 :37: "And thou shalt be­ come an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all na­ ttBritish" finds its derivation from this original word. tions whither the Lord shall lead thee." 28 :48: .:Therefore shalt Still more ridiculous is the explanation that the word !11ou serve thy ~nem~es, whic~ the Lord shall serve against thee, "Saxon'' is also Hebrew and that it has the meaning, m hunger, and m thirst, and m nakedness, in want of all things. ttisaac's sons." They state that every Saxon is an "Isaac And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck." 26 :62: "And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of son.'' Dr. J. A. Vaus, the director of the Hebrew depart­ heaven for multiude.'' 28 :64 and 65: "And the Lord shall scat­ ment of the Bible Institute, and an outstanding Hebrew ter thee among all people, from one end of the earth even unto scholar, says, "Anyone claiming correspondence between the other-Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.'' 28 :53: ~he Hebrew term 'Isaac's son' and 'Saxon' is woefully "Thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy ignorant of the Hebrew. Isaac in Hebrew is 'Yits-hok,' sons, and thy daughters.'' and son is 'hen.' 'Isaac's son' is 'Ben Yitshok.' "A religious system that seeks to justify its claims by Thus scattered and punished Israel is to be the tail and not the head. Deuteronomy 28 :44. an appeal to resemblances in words of different lan­ guages, succeeds only in displaying the poverty of its Now let us bear in mind that this was spoken to all proofs." . Israel. Read carefully these verses and then read in his­ The interpretation given to Numbers 23 :9 is strange tory the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D., indeed: and you will read the fulfillment in part of Deuteronomy "Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned 28, as to eating ~he flesh of sons a?d. daughters. If you among the nations." have read the history of Great Brttam and the United This utterance made by Balaam is made to mean that States, do you know when either of these nations ever a portion of Israel (Britain) was to be an isolated or an fulfilled the twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy?

• 16 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-Israelism 17 Some of the misinterpretations of the Word of God work of the identity, we have come to the time of Israel's are more serious than those already given, for some bor­ national salvation by the Deliverer out of Sion, and that der on blasphemy For instance, the glorious Messianic Deliverer and are identical." in Dan. 2 concerning "the stone" which "was When Hine can publish in the paper of which he was cut out of the mountain without hands," and which editor a statement of this kind, it reveals that he is a man smote the image of Nebuchadnezzar, clearly representing who might easily believe anything. the Messiah and His glorious rule, is made to mean the It would require too much space to explain how British people, and Britain's King. Britain, which is one Anglo-Israel advocates wrest the Scriptures to make Old of the world kingdoms, and one which the Bible Testament prophecies, which have to do with the mil­ clearly teaches shall be a part of the ten confederate lennial reign of our Lord, fit in with their amazingly kingdoms of the , is made out to be identical idiotic scheme. with the throne of God, and the British people are said to be "the saints of the Most High" to whom all the kingdoms of the world will be given. It has even been declared by some Anglo-Israelites that the smoke which THE DECIDING QUESTION ascends from the blazing furnaces and the steam engines of London is identical with the Skekinah glory. ERE the twelve tribes of Israel in the land of Palestine during the earthly ministry of the Lord From " Exposed," by Wm. C. Irvine, we find W Jesus Christ, or were only Jews, members of the tribe that one of the great Messianic prophecies, Romans 11 : 25-26, is supposed to be fulfilled in Edward Hine, the of Judah, present at that time? According to the answer great Anglo-Israelite. The prophecy reads: to this question, the complete theory of Angla-Israelism stands or falls. If we can show from Scripture that the "I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mys­ twelve tribes, or representatives of the twelve tribes, were tery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in Palestine during the earthly ministry of our Lord, and in part is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be that not Judah only, but the whole house of Israel, were come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There gathered together at the crucifixion of the Messiah, and shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away un­ godliness from Jacob." that not only Judah, but Ephraim, Manasseh, Napthali, , Dan, and all of the rest were equally guilty of that An Anglo-Israelite writing in the magazine "Life from crime, then the system of Anglo-Israelism disintegrates. the Dead," attributes this great prophecy to Edward Hine, and declares the prophecy is fulfilled in him. These are his words : "Are the British people identical with the lost ten tribes of Israel? And is the nation, by the WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURES? identity, being led to glory? If these things are so, then where is the Deliverer? He must already have come out We want first to show that hundreds of years before of Sion. He must be doing his great work. He must be Christ, shortly after the division of Israel into the amongst us. It is our impression that, by the glory of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, large numbers of 18 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-Israelism 19 the people of the Northern Kingdom immigrated into Under these conditions we can understand the feelings the Southern Kingdom, until ALL of the twelve tribes of the people in the Northern Kingdom at the time of were to be found in the Southern Kingdom. the approach of the feast days. The kings of the North Let us see how this came to pass. After the death of attempted to establish places of within their own civil war divided the house of Israel into two borders, but these would not satisfy the hearts of the men kingdoms, and becoming the rulers and women of the Northern Kingdom who studied the of these separate kingdoms. The kingdom of the North Book of the Law and desired to obey its commands. Jeru­ retained the name of Israel, while Judah was the name salem was the only place where worship could be given of the Southern Kingdom. The had acceptably; consequently, there were thousands among the advantage over the Northern Kingdom because the the northern tribes who crossed the border, journeyed to city of Jerusalem was located there, and God had stated Jerusalem, and dwelt thereafter in Judah. Thus all of the dearly that were to be offered there and there twelve tribes were located in the Southern Kingdom, only. This command had been given in the days of leaving only apostates in the Northern Kingdom. Note . (cf. Deut. 12 :5-7): how God later addresses the twelve tribes in the South: 2 11 rrBut unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out Chron. :3. of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation "Speak uoto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin." "And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and Please note the order in which the people came from your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your the Northern Kingdom into the South. we have the herds and of your flocks : · First "And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall , the . rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, In 2 Chron. 11 :14, 16-17 we read: wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee." "The Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came Jerusalem was where God had placed His name. (cf. to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast John 4 :20-22.) The only place at which the them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord: ... and after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as had 5et their could be observed was Jerusalem, as Deut. 16 :2, 5, 6 hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sac­ plainly states: rifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon "Thou shalt therefore the passover uoto the Lord thy strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall David and Solomon." choose to place His Name there •.• Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God Later, during the reign of Asa, another great company giveth thee: but at the place which the Lord thy God shall came from the North. We find this recorded in 2 Chron. choose to place His Name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover ..." 15:9. If any question arises with regard to Jerusalem being "He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they that place, Isa. 18 :7 makes it dear: .. The place of the fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the name of the Lord of Hosts, the Mount Zion." Lord his God was with him." 20 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-Israelism 21

From these verses, the evidence is plain to every person "But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost except the incurably gullible that the ttlost" ten tribes are sheep of the house of Israel.' not lost at all, and that the contention of the Anglo­ The house of Israel was not lost physically but spirit­ Israelites that the people of the Kingdom of the North ually, and when He came to the lost sheep of the house remained separate from the Kingdom of the South is of Israel He found them in Palestine and not in Britain. without Scriptural support. . In Matt. 10 :5-6 we find the twelve disciples commis­ In Ezra 1 :5 we find that when Ezra prepared to restore sioned by the Lord. What were their marching orders? Palestine, members of other tribes, aside from Judah and Listen: Benjamin, returned to rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Ezra 1 :5: enter ye not: "Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in They were not sent to the lost sheep of the house of Jerusalem." Judah, merely, but to the ttLOST SHEEP OF THE Together with Judah and Benjamin there were Levites HOUSE OF ISRAEL." Where did they find the lost and ttall them whose spirit God had raised.'' This in­ sheep of the house of Israel? In Britain? In ? cluded men of the ten tribes who have emigrated from In the Dardanelles? In Ireland? In the United States? the North. Surely not! They were in Palestine, and to the twelve Let us now turn to the and see how tribes the twelve disciples ministered. Numbers in the clear the statements are that the twelve tribes were in Bible have a significance, and the disciples were twelve the Land of Palestine during the life of the Lord, and in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The let us see how this fact completely annihilates the posi­ fact that twelve disciples were sent by the Lord to the tion of the Anglo-Israelites which is based upon the sup­ house of Israel is evidence that the twelve tribes were in position that only Jews, people of the tribe of Judah, the land of Palestine at the time. were in the land at that time. Let us read Peter's message at Pentecost, observ­ Luke 2:36: ing how the theories of Anglo-Israelism are annihilated: Acts 2 :14, 22, 23, 36: "And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had "But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, lived with an husband seven years from her virginity." and said unto them, Ye men of f udea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: Note: ttAnna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, ''Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man of THE TRIBE OF ASER (Asher)." How does it hap­ approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, pen that Anna of the was in Palestine at which God bid by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also the time, when, according to Anglo-Israelism, she should know: have been in Great Britain or Ireland? "Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and fore­ knowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have Turn to Matt. 15 :24 for further proof: crucified and slain : 22 Anglo-Israelism Anglo-lsraelism 23

"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, God "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord made of God unto our fathers: and Christ." "Unto which promise our twelve tribes,. instant!~ serving G_od In these verses Peter calls those who were listening day and night, hope to come. For which hope s sake, king to him .. Jews," and .. Men of Israel,'' and .. All the house Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews." gf Israel." How can Anglo-Israelites declare then that The service mentioned in verse 7 was rendered in the only those of the tribe of Judah were responsible for the temple, and consequently all of the twelve tribes were death of Christ, in the light of the statement recorded represented there. The identity of the twelve tribes is in Acts 2 :36? Read the verse carefully. also set before us in the introduction to the Epistle of .. Therefore let ALL the house of Israel know assur­ James, chapter 1, verse 1: edly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom YE "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the have crucified, both Lord and Christ." twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting." Stephen's message before the recorded in Acts 7 also undermines this theory. In his address he These Biblical references have been called to your traces the Apostle Paul from the early days to this day attention in order to show conclusively that there are and he says in verses 51 and 52: NO LOST TRIBES. The Jews today are Israel, tem­ porarily set aside, but they are to be the recipients of "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do God's grace in the day of the revelation of Christ. always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. "Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? Mr. Baron, a noted Jewish authority, testifies to the and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of fact, saying: .. The name •' and •Israelite' became the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and synonymous terms from about the time of the captivity. murderers." It is one of the absurd fallacies of Anglo-Israelism to These charges were made against the whole house of suppose that the term •Jew' stands for a bodily descend­ Israel and not against Judah only. ant of Judah. It stands for all of those from among the To say that Israel did not crucify the Son of God sons of Jacob who acknowledge themselves subjects in after reading these verses (Acts 2 :22, 23, 36; Acts the Kingdom of Israel. Anglo-Israelism teaches that 4 :26, 27; Acts 5 :30, 32; Acts 7) is to be either grossly members of the ten tribes are never called •Jews' and ignorant of the Word of God, or to deceitfully handle that •Jews' are not •Israelites'; but both assertions are and wrest the Scriptures. false. In the New Testament the same people that are For further proof that the twelve tribes were known called •Jews' one hundred seventy-four times are also then and were in Palestine, read a portion of Paul's called Israel no fewer than seventy-five times." Compare defense before Agrippa (Acts 26:4-7). such statements as given in Acts 21 :39; 22 :3; Rom. 11 : 1; I Cor. 1 :22; Phil. 3 :5; Rom. 9 :4, 5. "My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Brethren, we are certainly in the last days. Cults and "Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, which .dily attack the fundamental doctrines of that after the most straitest of our I lived a the Christian are flourishing on every hand, lead­ Pharisee. ing multitudes away from God. Together with these, 24 Anglo~Israelism

there are vagaries that are being projected .in order to destroy the testimony of those among God's people who are untaught in the sacred Scriptures. I call upon you to exercise care about accepting any system of teaching until it has been placed under the lens of Holy Writ. Christian Science cannot stand when it is submitted to such a test; neither can Anglo-Israelism. If you accept this theory, you: repudiate the clear teachings of God's Word. I cannot find a more striking conclusion to this mes­ stage than that which appeared in the uRevelation" magazine a few months ago. It is as follows: uwe must see the terrible danger in Anglo-Israelism, not only in its substitution of a counter£eit Messiah, not only in its denial of God's purposes for Israel, not only in its questioning of the promises of God and the substitution of a worldly British empire for the king­ dom of God on earth, but also because the whole system substitutes confidence in the flesh for faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Anglo-Israelism is 'another gospel' (2 Cor. 11 :4). St. Paul knew that he belonged to the children of Israel. He was of that stock, of the tribes, a Hebrew of the Hebrews (Phil. 3 :3-8). Confidence in his family tree, confidence in his association with Israel by his ancestry, he counted as dung that he might win Christ. Anglo­ Israelites go to this dung-heap, pick up its morsels and make it their only gospel. The fact that Paul belonged to the tribes and was able to trace his ancestry back to counted him nothing. Any confidence in the flesh, any claim to racial superiority is only a detriment to the individual if he trusts in it instead of trusting in Christ. In the same chapter Paul tells us that those who mind earthly things, and certainly this is a description of Anglo-Israelism, 'are enemies of the Cross of Christ.'" (Phil. 3 :18.) . ,...