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Good question.

First please give me the scripture that uses your words "the chosen people".

Shift the location of Jerusalem, NO WAY, that is where Christ will return at 7th trump. Ezekiel 16 describes what our Heavenly Father has to say about Jerusalem.

There are two Houses of Israel. The ten tribes were the Northern Kingdom, and Judah with Benjamin was the Southern Kingdom.

The "ten tribes" as a whole, not every one of them but the majority were taken captive by the Assryian King, went north over the Caucasus mountains. Their punishment for not following our Heavenly Father.

Now the Kingdom of Judah was sent into captivity to Babylon, and some of them went to Jerusalem with Ezra and Nehemiah and rebuilt the temple. Not all went back to Jerusalem, need to read Ezra and Nehemiah who it says went back.

So the rest of Judah and Benjamin went elsewhere.

Levi was not given an inheritance, they were the priest line.

These two Houses were to do certain things separately, and their rejoining is Written will not happen until Christ returns. So until that 7th trump and Christ returns those Houses remain separate.

Now the "Ten Tribes", as part of their punishment were to have removed from their memory WHOM they were and that memory of WHOM they are will not be done by flesh man. (DNA, linguists science, etc.)

This word remnant that keeps getting used is used quite frequently with the "remnant of Judah" and the "remnant of Israel". You will need to get a Hebrew dictionary to find what meanings it has and where it is used.

Now if the Ten Tribes don't know who they are, yet they are called House of Israel, Ephraim, in the Word, Ezekiel speaks to the House of Israel paints the picture of yet future events, don't you think it might be wise to read what is said will happen.

Christ said He foretold all things.

Some have a duty to do and if it makes no difference to you what is Written and Why then it is ok, not all have eyes to see or ears to hear, Christ words, reason for many called few chosen. Check out the meaning of that word "chosen".

Before anyone gets any ideas that I claim to be this chosen that is not what is said here. Those "chosen" earned that duty and it is our Heavenly Father's choosing not me or any other flesh being.

"Defining boundaries of Israel", interesting question.

Do you ask about man's boundaries or the boundaries our Heavenly Father laid out?

If you are speaking as present tense this age then time will tell what our Heavenly Father will allow man to do.

It is Written that Judgment of every soul will be between that individual and our Heavenly Father, so have no clue who will or will not pass that Judgment, not my business.

However, no one will go to "hell" without full knowledge being given back to them, Ezekiel 40 to the end give some description of what will happen.

At present time only one has been named that will go to "hell", destroyed from within, plus a group not named written of in Jude.

I hope this helps as it is very condensed, reason why to have a glimpse at the whole picture one must read the Word. Genesis is the beginning and thus the foundation upon which the rest is laid.

Now a question to you, if it is Written that the ten tribes are lost, don't know who they are, and it will not be flesh man who gives back their memory, don't you find it suspect when anyone claims that they know who and where they are, especially, when what they claim goes against what was promised to the very tribes?