All Israel Will Return

Today we will go with another passage that many are familiar with but , perhaps, haven't read and understood in context. Isaiah 11:10-13

Lets start with Isaiah 11:10

In that day the stock of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.

In most Christian versions the word that is used in place of “stock”, which is what the Jewish scriptures have, is “root” capitalized, again trying to suggest that it has some bearing on deity and specifically on Jesus. The word is actually “stock” and would suggest the a fore mentioned twig in verse 1 “But a shoot shall grow out of the stump of Jesse a twig shall sprout from his stock.”

Using the word root is suggesting that it is the one holding the stump, or is the base of the stump, while the verse above says that the messiah shall grow out of the stump of Jesse, a twig, as I have mentioned before. Also the words “will stand” actually translates to “that has remained standing” giving you the phrase; “In that day the stock of Jesse, that has remained standing” giving it a bit of a different meaning then the Christian translations.

Next it says that he will become a “standard for all people, nations ( the word is goyim, which is all of us of non Jewish people) will seek his counsel and his abode ( resting place or home) shall be honored.

Verse 11

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,[ from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.

The Jewish scriptures say, instead of the “islands of the Mediterranean” “the coast lands.” I bring this up because the point of the verse is that the G-d will bring the people of Israel back to the land of Israel and with the words “ the coast lands” would indicate world wide rather then just local, and even as we speak, Israel is celebrating 70 years and Jews have literally returned there from all over the world. However there are still many more to come, and, as we shall see, the lost tribes will return as well.

Vs 12

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

This verse is overlooked by many people because they assume it's only speaking of the Jewish people. It's not, it's speaking of all the children of Israel. Who are “the nations?” the goyim. As I explained earlier, goyim is speaking of anyone of non Jewish heritage. Who are the exiles of Israel? Not just the Jewish people, of whom G-d is gathering even as you read this, but those that were once a part of the lost tribes, people who's ancestry goes back to them. Whats truly amazing is that this may actually refer to you and me. When the tribes of Israel were taken away, over time they forgot, for the most part, their heritage and ancestry and moved up into various parts of Europe, and it has been suggested by many Jewish,as well as secular scholars, that the evidence is to be found in both the Hebrew scriptures as well as historical records, that if your ancestry is from Western Europe, all of the British Isles, or Latin America, that would include the USA, you may have ancestry form those lost tribes. This verse is speaking of us. For more information please check out this page http://www.britam.

How do I know this? That this is speaking of the lost tribes? Besides the link above, the next verse gives it away. Vs 13

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

Many times in the Hebrew scriptures, when referring to the tribes of Israel, other then Judah, the bible calls them Ephraim or Manasseh. Here we have the ending of this section which says that there will be no more jealousy between Ephraim and Judah and in later prophesies it says that the two shall become one kingdom once again and will be blessed beyond what they were in the old days, but that ,of course, is a topic for another day!

Bottom line is this; none of these things have happened as of yet, with the exception of the modern day return of the Jewish people to Israel but because it is happening, I have full faith and hope that the return of all Israel will be full filled too, hopefully in our lifetimes.

Shalom.