What if I’m NOT an Israelite?

Posted on March 22, 2008
Filed Under Ephraim (Multitude of Nations), Genetics, House of Joseph (Joes), Know Thyself, Last Days, Torah Observance, Torah and Prophets

After reading through some of the articles and blogs on this site and other places (hopefully your Bible), you may be asking yourself: “What if I’m not an Israelite? Where do I fit into the big picture?”

The verses that follow are listed in the hope that you’ll begin to realize that being Israelite isn’t just about physical, genetic descent from Jacob, although that is an important part. It just isn’t the ONLY part. You should see soon that the Most High, Elohim (God) of Israel isn’t a racist Elohim. He isn’t a respecter of persons, but He does respect the ways of certain persons who showed exceptional trust in Him (i.e. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph). Thus He also respects the promises He made to them, but that doesn’t mean He made their DNA more superior.

Ezekiel 37 reads:
15 “And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
16 “And you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the House of Israel, his companions.’”
17 “Then bring them together for yourself into one stick, and they shall become one in your hand.”
18 “And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’”
19 “say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions. And I shall give them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick,” and they shall be one in My hand.” ‘”
20 “And the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.”
21 “And speak to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the gentiles, wherever they have gone, and shall gather them from all around, and I shall bring them into their land.”
22 “And I shall make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one sovereign shall be sovereign over them all, and let them no longer be two nations, and let them no longer be divided into two reigns.”
23 “And they shall no longer defile themselves with their idols, nor with their disgusting matters, nor with any of their transgressions. And I shall save them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and I shall cleanse them. And they shall be My people, and I be their Elohim,”
24 “while David My servant is sovereign over them. And they shall all have one shepherd and walk in My right-rulings and guard My laws, and shall do them.”

Intriguing isn’t it? There is David (believed here to be a figurative reference to Messiah by many) uniting both Houses, Joseph and Judah, in an End Times scenario. BUT… no mention of a “church”. Instead, only the descendants of Israel (Jacob) and their companions. You’ll be hard pressed to find “church” any where in the Torah or the Prophets or even in the Greek New Testament. Instead in the NT, you’ll find the Greek word “Ekklesia”, which is almost always translated as “assembly” when compared with the Greek translations (i.e. LXX) of the Tanakh (Old Testament). Even so, that is a distraction for another day. Back to my main thrust. Seeing “companions” should mean alot to you if you’re certain you’re not Hebrew, but desire to attach yourself to the Elohim of the Hebrews and thus His people.

Critically important verses to consider when regarding the relationship of non-Israelites with native-born Israelites:

Exodus 12:37-38
37 And the children of Israel set out from Rameses to Sukkoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the little ones.
38 And a mixed multitude went up with them too, also flocks and herds, very much livestock.

Ezekiel 47:21-23
21 “So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
22 “You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the aliens who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 “And in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares יהוה Elohim.

Isaiah 14:1
1 When יהוה will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

Zechariah 2:11-12
11 And many nations [compare with Genesis 48:19] shall be joined to יהוה in that day, and they shall become my people [compare Hosea 1:9-11 2:23]. And I shall dwell in your midst. And you shall know that יהוה of hosts has sent Me to you.
12 And יהוה shall inherit Judah, His portion in the Set-apart Land. And He shall again choose Jerusalem.

Isaiah 56:6-8
6 Also the sons of the alien, that join themselves to יהוה, to minister unto him and to love the name of יהוה, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast to my covenant;
7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
8 The Master יהוה, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith: Yet will I gather [others] to him, with those of his that are gathered.