Isaiah 11:12 “He will lift up a banner for the nations, and assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Jere mia h 2 3: 8 “‘As Adonai lives, who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ So they will dwell in their own soil.” 5:26 Isaiah “He will lift up a banner to nations far off, and will whistle for them from the ends of the earth. Look! Swiftly, speedily they come!” come!” they speedily Swiftly, Look! earth. the of ends the from them for whistle will off, and far nations to a banner up lift will “He The Lost Tribes of the House of Israel
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Gondar Yibir Beta Israel (Dan) Hargeisa Addis Ababa Beta Abraham Igbo Woliso Hosanna Gefat Bnei Menashe “As Adonai lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.” banished had He where lands the all from and north the of land the from Israel of children the up brought who lives, Adonai “As
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Buhera Buhera Gutu Gutu Mberengwa Lemba Community Mberengwa www.jvmi.org B et a A b ra h a m B et a I s ra e l Gefat Lost Tribes of Israel These locations and people groups are not among those JVMI currently ministers to, and information for these people groups has been taken from “The Quest for the Lost Tribes” DVD.
Main Silk Route Connection Lemba The Silk Route (or Silk Road) was a 4,000-mile-long road system developed for commerce between China and the Middle East. When the Lost Tribes scattered, many of them used the Silk Route to migrate to other destinations. Lost Tribes JVMI Works Among These locations and people groups have been thoroughly researched by JVMI and are Lemba where JVMI takes medical/humanitarian aid and shares the Gospel. Gefat
Lost Tribes The Beta Abraham | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Beta Israel | Gondar & Tach Gayint, Ethiopia The Gefat | Woliso & Hosanna, Ethiopia The Lemba | Southern Africa The Bnei Menashe | Manipur & Mizoram, India In the northern part of Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis In 1975, the Israeli government recognized the Beta Israel of Northern Ethiopia. The Gefat Jewish People in Southern Ethiopia strongly identify with Israel and observe biblical The Lemba live in Southern African nations including Zimbabwe, The Bnei Menashe are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh residing in two states
“Do not for fear, I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to theof north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold themIsrael back.’ Bring sons My from far and daughters My from the ends of the earth.” Ababa, the Kechene area is home to the Beta Abraham Jewish In 1991, Operation Solomon transported 14,500 of these Ethiopian Jews to Israel in commandments given to God’s Chosen People, including circumcising male babies on the eighth day, South Africa, and other countries. They follow biblical dietary laws, in northeastern India. Oral tribal histories say they were taken captive by Assyria when served by community. Many of their ancestors outwardly converted to 36 hours of nonstop flights. When the flights discontinued, thousands were left behind applying the blood of a sacrificial lamb to their doorposts at Passover, and celebrating the Leviticus 23 feasts. have their own kosher butchers, practice circumcision, observe the Israel was conquered. Some believe they traveled the ancient Silk Route east to central Christianity under religious persecution, and some Beta Abraham and to this day live as outcasts in the Gondar community. The Gefat are called Fuga by the surrounding people indicating “hated” or “disliked.” Fuga means Sabbath, and do not inter-marry. New evidence reveals that many Asia, settled in China, and eventually migrated south to India. Their traditions include JVMI: today continue to practice their Jewish traditions in secret. Though these groups of Jewish people have lived in Ethiopia for centuries, they are “blower,” revealing a proud heritage of blowers of the shofar, but is now used as an insult to say, “we wish Lemba have the Y chromosome frequently found in Jews identified songs about the Exodus, wearing prayer shawls that feature a blue thread, and wearing called Falasha, a derogatory term meaning “outcast” or “stranger.” you would simply blow away.” as Cohanim suggesting they have ties to the Levites. kippahs. Thousands of Bnei Menashe have made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. Isaiah 43: 5-6 Ezekiel 28:25 “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered and show my holiness through them in the eyes of the nations, then they will live in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.” Deuteronomy 30:3 “... then Adonai your God will bring you back from captivity and have compassion on you, and He will return and gather you from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you.”