In Ezekiel 37: Chapter 16 - 17 the divided kingdom shall once again become one kingdom or nation with one king. And both the prophets Zechariah and Joel also tell about the restored kingdom. In Jeremiah 23, God pronounces woe upon the false pastors who have destroyed and scattered His sheep. But in the same chapter and the 3rd verse is the promise that He will gather His flock out of all the countries whither He had driven them and would bring them again to their folds, "And I will set shepherds over them which shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord. Behold, the days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth (Jer. 23: 4 - 5).
This new King is none other than Jesus the Christ, the living God and the scriptures says "For in His days, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is the name whereby He shall be called. The Lord Our Righteousness" (Jer. 23: 6).
Yes, Jesus "THE KING." Remember Luke 1: 32 - 33. "And the Lord God shall give unto Him the Throne of his father David and He shall reign over the House of Jacob for ever and of His Kingdom there shall be no end." And also Isaiah Chapter 9 verses 6 - 7 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his Kingdom, to to order it, and to establish it with judgment and justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this."
Yes, the risen Jesus Christ is going to return to take the Throne of David, and to reign over the House of Jacob for ever with the whole thirteen tribes restored.
This was made possible after Israel was redeemed without money after having sold themselves for nought. Isaiah 52: 3 and the 53rd chapter of this book tells of the Redeemer and the terrible price He would have to pay to redeem His people from their sins, even to the shedding of His precious blood there on Calvary, to make an atonement for His people. Yes, "He was wounded for OUR transgressions. He was bruised for OUR iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5).
Yes, Jesus Christ, the Shepherd of His sheep came to seek and save the lost sheep of the House of Israel, and to give His life for His sheep. On Calvary's cross He redeemed them and saved them from their sins, but He rose again on the third day, triumphant over death. By this He opened the way to eternal life to all who would believe on His name. He ascended into Heaven, "from henceforth expecting until His enemies be made His footstool" (Hebrew 10:13). When He returns to Earth He will take the Throne of David and reign over the House of Jacob forever.
This glorious promise of the restoration of Israel and Judah will be preceded by a great cleansing, and God Himself has undertaken to do that. God gives us the details of this in Ezekiel 36:16-38 and you will notice in verses 22 and 32 that God declares He is not doing it for Israel's sake but for His own Holy Name's sake and in verse 37 of this book He says these words, "Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet be inquired of by the House of Israel to do it for them." Then Israel will be made ready to receive her King.
Now, returning to the delivering or gathering of Israel to a new land as prophesied by Jeremiah, "and I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase." (Jer. 23: 3) and "But, the Lord liveth, which brought up and which 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." (Jer. 23: 8) This began at the fall of the Assyrian Empire when portions of the tribes started across Europe toward the Isles in the Sea. Many were yet in the area of their captivity, even until the days of Jesus. At the time of the Apostles when upon the commandment of Jesus Christ to "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not, but go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel" (Matt. 10: 5—6), they went into these areas seeking the "lost sheep," the

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exiled tribes. This was the fulfillment of the Bible, "Yet does He devise means that His banished be not expelled from Him." (II Sam. 14: 14) And in keeping with the scripture, the Apostles went into the cities of Medes, Galatia, Halah, Pamphylia, Cappadocia and the region of the Euxine Sea. From these areas in Media and northern Mesopotamia, the Israelites were taken (between 745—700 B.C.) and became what would be known as the Lost Tribes of Israel. After a period of over 2,500 years, it might be all hope of tracing the Israelites had been lost in the mists of antiquity. But archaeologists have, during the last one hundred years, unearthed and published the original contemporary records of the Assyrians who took the Israelites captive, and it is from these records that vital clues have come to light. These clues, in the form of cuneiform tablets, identify the lost Israelites with the Assyrian name "Gimira". They further record their Picture
migrations out of Asia Minor.

732-700 B.C. Israel taken into exile by the Assyrians who named them Khumri, later corrupted to Gimira.

The Assyrian records reveal one group of Israelites (Gimira) escaped to the shore of the Black Sea during the second year of Esarhaddon, 679 B.C. After raiding Lydia and settling there for a while, the Gimira crossed the Black Sea to the Carpathian region, called in 2nd Esdras "Ar-sareth". or "Mountains of Sereth". The Greeks called these Gimira, "Kimmerioi", or translated into English as "Cimmerians". It is also mentioned in 2nd Esdras 13: 40-44 that some of the tribes of Israel made their escape into the mountains of Asia Minor via the upper Euphrates gorge. Picture

710-590 B.C. Assyrians called Israelites Gimira and Greeks called them Cimmerians whom established a reign of terror in Asia Minor. They finally migrated to a place which they called Arsareth in Europe. 2 Esdras 13:40-44)

The larger body of Israelites, who had not escaped the Assyrians, were later allowed to establish colonies in Bactria and Sacasene. These colonies were first named "Gimira" but later called "Iskuza" by the Assyrians. In 612 B.C., after the fall of the Assyrian capital Nineveh to the Medes and Babylonians, the Gimira colonies were driven out of Media.

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