The Case for “Greater Israel!”
The biblical Case for a “Greater Israel” between two Great Rivers!
“On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates” Genesis 15:18
The Scriptures below are part of a prophecy and speaks about the regathering of the outcasts of Israel from the nations to which they have been scattered; that the time is before the coming of the Messiah.
The Tehiya and the National Religious Party are parties supporting this idea.
Annexation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are part of the platform of the Israeli Likud party, and of some other Israeli political parties.
Meir Kahane, an ultra-nationalist Knesset member, who founded the American Jewish Defense League and the banned Israeli Kach party, are working towards Greater Israel and other Zionist goals.
The modern descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel include many in the northwestern European countries. The descendants of Joseph include many of the English-speaking countries today, most notably the United States and Britain and some of Britain’s former colonies, such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Judah was the tribe to lead the way into the Promised Land (Numbers 10:13–14). The Jews of the tribe of Judah have been the first to return to the land of Israel in our recent past. If the chronicles of the Bible are are a guide, then the rest of the tribes will follow Judah.
Ezekiel 11:16-17
16 Therefore say, ‘Thus saith the Lord God: Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.’
17 Therefore say, ‘Thus saith the Lord God: I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’
Isaiah 11:10–12:6
10 “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand for an ensign of the people; to It shall the Gentiles seek, and His rest shall be glorious.”
11 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 who 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.
12 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.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall despoil them of the east together. They shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian Sea; and with His mighty wind shall He shake His hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams and make men go over dryshod.
16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people who shall be left from Assyria, as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say: “O Lord, I will praise Thee; though Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou comforted me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.”
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation;
4 and in that day shall ye say: “Praise the Lord! Call upon His name! Declare His doings among the people; make mention that His name is exalted.
5 Sing unto the Lord, for He hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion! For great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.”
Jeremiah 16:14–15
14 “Therefore behold, the days come,” saith the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
15 but, ‘the Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven them.’ And I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Jeremiah 23:7–8
7 “Therefore, behold, the days come,” saith the Lord, “that they shall no more say, ‘The Lord liveth who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
8 but, ‘the Lord liveth who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”
The children of Israel went out of Egypt as a unified group in the first exodus, since they all lived in the land of Goshen in Egypt.
However, in the second exodus of the last days, scattered Israel, by virtue of the fact that they have been scattered around the world, will not return to Israel as a single unified group. They will likely return in waves at various times from various places. Many from Judah have already returned to the land of Israel.
Remember, the first exodus involved the ancient Israelites coming out of Egypt. The Bible prophesies that the second exodus will involve the last days’ descendants of those ancient Israelites who have been scattered to the four corners of the globe returning to the land of Israel.
Perhaps, an organization such as B’ney Yosef North America could lead the way:
“The founders of B’ney Yosef North America took inspiration from the early Zionists. Like them, we recognized the times and resolved to take action to bring the promises of God into reality. Those promises, like the promises the Jewish pioneers took to heart, concern the restoration of the entire nation of Israel.
“The restoration of the Jewish state in 1948 was the fulfillment of the first half of those promises, but BYNA’s founders realized that much more was to happen before all was fulfilled. Isaiah recorded much about that process, such as this passage from a prominent chapter about the Messianic Kingdom:
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim. (Isaiah 11:11-13)
“We had seen in the days of our parents and grandparents the gathering of Judah (the Jewish people) from the four corners of the earth. Who, then, were the people of Ephraim?”
For more on (1) “Judah’s Sceptre and Joseph’s Birthright” by J H Allen
(2) Ephraim / The United States; (3) Ephraim and Manasseh
(4) Who is Ephraim, a Chronic Liar? (5) The Ox without the Unicorn
For more into another Captivity: see Ezekiel Timeline – 190/40 Years
Joel
A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob 