Friday 8 March 2013

WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?


In the Holy Quran the nation who is widely discussed is the children of Israel, first of all we would like to learn who are the children of Israel and then we discuss the next verse of Holy Quran.


following scriptures will prove it was all 12 sons of Jacob/Israel who went into Egypt and the posterity of all Jacob's sons who came out of Egypt. The time line also shows when the House of Judah became a nation and proof all 12 tribes, including the lost tribes are still alive today.

Abram born                                                                                              Gen 11:26
Abram – Abraham name change                                                              Gen 17:15
Isaac born                                                                                               Gen 17:19
Jacob born                                                                                               Gen 25:26
Jacob's name changed to Israel                                                               Gen 32:28
Joseph’s sons born in Egypt – Manasseh and Ephraim                            Gen 41:51-52
Jacob, sons and posterity go to Egypt   (70 people total)                        Gen 46:3-27
Jacob died                                                                                                 Gen 49:33
Jacob's sons listed who went into Egypt                                                   Ex 1:1-5
All Jacobs’s sons born before going to Egypt
- Reuben         - Simeon          - Levi               - Judah
- Issachar       - Zebulun         - Benjamin       - Dan
- Naphtali        - Gad               - Asher            - Joseph
Jacob’s posterity called “Children of Israel” and “Hebrews”
Man and woman from Levi tribe begat Moses                                           Ex 2:1-5
Moses left Egypt                                                                                       Ex 3:15
Moses returns to Egypt with Brother Aaron                                              Ex 4:20
First Passover                                                                                           Ex 12 :11
Children of Jacob/Israel left Egypt (600,000 men plus children)               Ex 12:37
Were in Egypt 430 years total                                                                  Ex 12:40
Children of Jacob/Israel divided into tribes according to the house
of their fathers (Jacobs’s sons) (second year after exodus)                     Num 1:1-50
Tribe of Levi to be in charge of tabernacle                                                Num 1:49
Promised land given to each tribe accept Levi                                          Josh 13: all
Israel split into two nations                                   1 Kings 12:16-24 & 2 Chr11:1-4
This is when the Jews became a nation, 500+ years later, not when they left Egypt.
Solomon’s son Rehoboam was king at the time of the split.   
Tribes of Benjamin and Judah are called “House of Judah” (Jews).
The Ten northern tribes are called “House of Israel”
The 12 tribes are still in existence and alive today.              Matt 10:6, 15:24, Rev 7:3-9
The following graph shows the time line in better detail. My bible gives the amount of years for each great period of Bible history. The graph is based on the years given and by the years given in the scriptures. The B.C. years are only approximate, not exact, but show exactly when the House of Judah really became a nation. These scriptures and facts should also prove without a doubt that the Jews are not the only ones who comprise the nation of Israel today. There are 10 other lost tribes still in existence scattered among the gentile people of today who have as much inheritance as the Jews. Rev 7: 3-9 says they will be counted and included in the inheritance. It is time for the 10 northern lost tribes to stand up and be counted as the "House of Israel." According to Revelations there are 120,000 of you among the gentiles also known as "Christians." Christ says in Matt 15:24 that he was sent only for the