The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes: Anglo-Israelism ExaminedBaron, David
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The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes: Anglo-Israelism Examined
Baron, David
Anglo-Israelism; Jews -- History; Lost tribes of Israel
The next references in proof that the "lost" tribes were "no more to be
called Israel," but by another name, is a typical instance of the
perversion of even the most beautiful spiritual truths of the Bible for
mere outward, I was going to say, _carnal_, ends. The first quotation in
proof of this point is from Isa. lxii. 2: "Thou shalt be called by a new
name which the mouth of the Lord shall name." This short chapter is one
of the most precious and beautiful in the whole Old Testament, and it is
like laying hold of an exquisitely delicate and beautiful work of art
with a rough and dirty hand to treat it as Anglo-Israel "theologians"
do. The chapter begins: "For _Zion's sake_ will I not hold My peace, and
for _Jerusalem's sake_ I will not rest until her righteousness go forth
as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burneth." The speaker is
either the prophet, or very probably the servant of Jehovah, the
Messiah, who is the speaker in the preceding chapter. The subject is
"Zion" or "Jerusalem," which includes the people. I believe that it
includes the _whole nation_ of which Jerusalem is the God-appointed
metropolis; but if it is to be limited to any part of the people, then
it is certainly _Judah_, of which Zion or Jerusalem is the capital, and
not the Ten Tribes who are here spoken of.
This Zion, for whom the Messiah makes unceasing intercession, is now
called עֲזוּבָה--"forsaken," and her land שְׁמָמָה--"desolate"; but when
God's light shall again break upon her, and her righteousness goes forth
as a lamp that burneth, "Thou shalt be called חֶפְצִי-בָהּ (Hephzibah,
_i.e._, My delight is in her); and thy land בְּעוּלָה" (Beulah, _i.e._,
married). But the new name by which the mouth of Jehovah shall then
call her shall not only answer the outward transformation which shall
then come over the people and the land, but will describe the _inward_
transformation and the true character of the people. In fact, we are
told in this very chapter what the new name shall be. They shall call
them--Saxons? Britons? No, "they shall call them the Holy People, _The
Redeemed of the Lord_." This is also the "other-name" in Isa. lxv. 15,
by which God shall call His true servants in contrast to the ungodly in
the nation, who shall be "slain," and leave their name (_i.e._, their
remembrance) as a proverbial "curse" unto His chosen.
The next reference given in proof that the Ten Tribes were to lose their
name is Psalm lxxxiii. 4: "The name of Israel shall be no more in
remembrance." This is a typical and characteristic specimen of the
manner in which Anglo-Israel "theologians" deal with Scripture. It
reminds one of the grounds adduced by a certain individual for paying no
heed to the Old Testament because it is written, "_Hang_ the law and the
prophets" (Matt. xxii. 40). It is certainly most easy to prove almost
anything from the Bible by breaking away an isolated sentence from its
connection, and attaching to it a meaning which was never intended.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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