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Discussed in the below video, entitled, "Who Are The 144,000?" is the fact that there is a separation of the two Houses of Israel, which we have covered on this site many times in an effort to try to educate people that it is wrong to refer to all of those of the 12 tribes as Jews.

An interesting tidbit that was given is how the area where the 7 churches were located are in Asia Minor. As you look at the map, you see Galatia, which the Book of Galatians addresses. The Lost Tribes of Israel, many of which were dispersed into Assyria, then traveled west to Galatia and these are some of the Lost Sheep that Jesus Christ said He came to save. These Israelites made up the churches in Asia Minor where Paul was sent. How awesome is that?

So, Gentiles, please consider this when you reserve for yourself the position of "The Church", that this is total historical fact, the 7 churches of Asia Minor was first made up of the Lost Tribes of Israel and then any Gentiles that attached themselves to this Body of Believers became a part of the whole ecclesia.

Even more astounding is the fact that these Israelites lost their identity and considered themselves Gentiles. This did not happen over-night. I think we all can understand how when generations pass, there is much lost of the original culture; especially to a large group such as these that were driven out of the Home-land of Israel. Do you see the mix that makes up Yahshua's Body of Believers?

Bottom line, we do not even know who we are...are we the natural Olive Branch or are we the Grafted In Olive Branch? And does it make any difference in the grand scheme of Yahshua's Body?

However, that is not what I want to cover here. These men in the video below begin by reading the scripture of the 12 tribes of Israel who make up the 144,000 and then tell that Dan is missing. Also missing is Ephraim the eldest son of Joseph..

The discussion goes on to question why Dan is missing but they do not seem to really understand nor provide an answer on this video. This is what I want to share since we have covered this subject on Rapturebibleprophecyforum a number of times.

Both Moses and Jacob prophesied that Dan would rule over his people as the A/C.

THE DANNITES

Revelation 7:4-8 gives us a list of the 144,000 righteous of the Tribes of Israel, who will spread the gospel during the reign of Antichrist. Noticeably missing is the Tribe of Dan. In fact, one of the main reasons for the diminished success of the gospel during the Tribulation period is because of his diabolical actions.

However, this is not the first time a list of the tribes appears without Dan. About 1056 B.C., the official historians began writing the Chronicles, a record of the national roots and missing is the tribe of Dan. By then, Dan had become a lost tribe and was no longer listed. What happened?

The Dannites lost their territory to the Philistines (where Palestinian Gaza is located today). After the death of Samson, who was a Dannite, the Tribe migrated north into southern Lebanon. They captured the city of Laish (meaning "lion") and changed its name to Dan. Their territory lay north of Galilee at the foot of Mount Herman in the region around the headwaters of the Jordan River. Jordan means "the going down of the Dan".

Moses referred to Laish, the city of the "lion" and its location in the territory of Bashan as he prophesied about Dan's disappearance. "Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan". Deut. 33:22 He actually leaped from Bashan onto the continent of Europe.

Within 400 years after Moses, the tribe vanished. However Jacob, patriarch of the nation, predicted Dan's destiny. In Genesis 49, we are told that he gathered his sons around his bed and prophesied of what would befall each tribe in the last days. Gen. 49:1. Of Dan, he said, "Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Gen. 49:16-17.

By calling Dan a serpent Jacob is drawing our attention back to the story in the Garden of Eden where God placed a curse upon the serpent and his seed.

He said, " I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.." Gen. 3:15. Way back here, there was a prophecy of enmity between Satan and all his offspring and the offspring of the woman, who is believed to represent the Messiah and the chosen race, Spiritual Israel.

Many are called but few are "Chosen". These Sheep of the Messiah are also referred to as a "Peculiar People".

There is an ancient apocryphal writing called Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, in which Dan was said to have made certain deathbed predictions to his family, just as Jacob had done before him. The writing is thought to be apocryphal and has been dated by scholars to be written sometime before 150 B.C. Fragments of the writing were found in the Qumran caves and are part of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs claim to be the final utterances of the twelve sons of Jacob. Just prior to death, each son is depicted as gathering his off-spring around him and prophesying those things that would befall each tribe in the future. According to the testament of Dan, he died when he was 125 years old. Among the many things he had to say were these startling words "I read in the book of Enoch, the Righteous, that your prince is Satan...."

Because of this statement, Jewish scholars (around 150 B.C.) speculated that Dan would produce the Antichrist. Further more, Dan was made to say, "I know that in the last days you will defect from the Lord, you will be offended at Levi, and revolt against Judah; but you will not prevail over them". Isn't this interesting that Judah is the tribe from which our Lord came and Levi is the priestly tribe, of which the Messiah also qualifies and whom are an offense to the Synagogue of Satan.

Finally, upon Dan's death, the writer concluded, Dan prophesied to them...that they would go astray from God's law, that they would be estranged from their inheritance, from the race of Israel and from their patrimony: and that is what occurred.

When John gave a list of the righteous Israeli (the 144,000) he left out the tribe of Dan. However, it is possible, even likely, that the man on the white horse will be from that diabolical tribe.

Gerlinda

Who Are The 144,000? (Revelation 7 A)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFYed5tibTQ


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