[LostTribe]

>The use of a perpetual light is based on passages in Exodus and Leviticus in which the Jewish people</font color="red"> were commanded to kee a lamp burning in the Mishkan, as they carried it with them in the wilderness. Twice God instructed Moses:

>And you [Moses] shall command the Children of Israel</font color="red"> to bring you pure olive oil... to make a lamp burn continually. —Exodus 27:20

Hello. There is a little typo in the post which significantly changes the Biblical meaning. As Exodus says, Moses was to command the Children of Israel</font color="red"> ...

These were Israelites, from all 12 tribes, not just the small number from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi who would much later</font color="red"> form the Southern Kingdom and at that time become known as Jews. The rest, from the other 10 Tribes would later form the Northern Kingdom, and following their diaspora to Assyria, become known as the Lost Tribes of Israel</font color="red">. Moses was to command all of them.

-Regards

[Thinkin' Gal]

It's a quote from the book. It's a 'Jewish' book. Jews and Israelites are typically lumped together in both Jewish and Christian writings, as you know. I just don't happen to think that 'lost tribes' historical research is all that necessary. I'm not saying that such research is false - most may be true - but I can't always verify the information. I prefer to observe the obvious. Not all Jews live in Israel but the state nonetheless represents the House of Judah, secular or not. Ergo, not all of the House of Israel lives in the U.S. and not all are of one religion, but it seems to me that if one country represents Ephraim [Eze 37], America 'the melting pot' aka 'coat of many colours' is the one.

Maybe most of the lost tribes are from the Anglo-Saxon peoples, but percentages aren't terribly relevent. They could be English, Polish, Chinese, German, Indian, or whatever. Sons of the *free* woman have been drawn here to be free. At least that was the original concept, anyway. A gathering out of the nations, indeed.

Overall, from what I've seen of your posts, we are pretty much on the same page. Disclaimer: I used the watch the Doc back in the mid/late 80's when I still lived in CA, and after returning to the States I finally located him on shortwave and the net about 3 years ago. However, I haven't listened in the last couple of years... the personality cult was just too much to take.