False Doctrine that the Jews Represent all of Israel

This is a very common myth, which is incredibly easy to debunk. Yet incredibly many, many people hold to this lie. Why ?  Is it because so many are just biblical illiterates, or is it because of the many false teachers, who have mislead the people, or what ?

The word Jew is a nickname for the tribe of Judah. The tribe of Judah got its name from their ancestor Judah, who was one of the twelve sons of Jacob.

Judah was only one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and Jacob's name was changed to Israel. Judah is only one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Jews are part of Israel, but they are not all of Israel, but only the tribe of Judah.

The twelve tribes of Israel are as follows: 

Genesis 35:22-26 " .....Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan and Naphtali: And he sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher......"

Folks this is very simple basic biblical knowledge here. I would have little problem teaching this extremely simple biblical doctrine to a child in grade two, or maybe even younger.

God used Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt - God delivered them from slavery. 

You can read in Numbers the 1st Chapter how the tribes were  numbered separately. 

In Numbers 2nd Chapter you can read how the tribes were to organize themselves, when they made camp and pitched their tents in the wilderness.

Numbers 2:1-2  Living Bible " The Lord gave these further instructions to Moses and Aaron: Each tribe will have it's own tent area, with its flagpole and tribal banner; and at the center of these tribal compounds will be the Tabernacle." The tribe of Levi was the Priesthood tribe and had its own special place to camp around about the Tabernacle. So each tribe had its own distinct flag, flagpole and camping area.  When they broke camp and prepared to follow the cloud they did it in an orderly way with Judah leading the way ( Numbers 10:14-28 ). 

So it was all very well organized. Clearly God wanted these tribes to remain distinct, yet part of the general body of Israel. If God wanted them to be just one tribe then He wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of organizing them according to tribes.

God did not make make His covenant with the Jews only - He made it with all of the children of Israel - of which the Jews or Judah were one part. God did not lead only the tribe of Judah, out from Egypt, but rather He lead all of the children of Israel out of Egypt.

The Law was not given to the Jews only - it was given to the children of Israel in the wilderness - to all twelve tribes of Israel.

It might be useful for you to go over my article called  What's in a Name, which explains this matter in much greater detail.

The nation called Israel in Palestine today in 2005 today, is a Jewish state. Over 82 % of its population is Jewish. They have taken the name Israel for their nation - but they are really primarily Judah. Naturally they are part of the twelve tribes of Israel, but they are not all of Israel, but only the tribe of Judah.

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