{"id":4160,"date":"2016-12-01T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:51:44","slug":"hebrew-roots-pt-5-two-house-or-ephraimite-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=4160","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Roots, Pt.5 &#8211; Two House or Ephraimite Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=hebrew-roots\" class=\"series-46\" title=\"Hebrew Roots\">Hebrew Roots<\/a><\/div><p>The<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> &#8216;Two House&#8217;<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 is a very popular doctrine in the Hebrew Root Movement (HR) that believes in the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel, but like several of their doctrines it <strong>was made popular in America by the<\/strong> founder of <strong>&#8216;Worldwide Church of God<\/strong>&#8216; (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>) <strong>Herbert Armstrong<\/strong> who vigorously promoted it.\u00a0 He believed this teaching was the<strong> key to interpret bible prophecy correctly<\/strong> &amp; was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;central plank&#8217; of his theology<\/span>. Check some of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>WCG<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171018010856\/http:\/\/www.rapidnet.com:80\/~jbeard\/bdm\/Cults\/armstrong.htm\">doctrines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whosoever transgresseth<em> (G3845 =<strong> depart<\/strong>) <\/em>and abideth (<a href=\"https:\/\/studybible.info\/search\/KJV\/g3306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>G3306<\/em><\/a><em> = <span style=\"color: #000000;\">remain<\/span>, stay, continue<\/em>)<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> not<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> doctrine of Christ<\/span>,<\/strong> hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine (<a href=\"https:\/\/studybible.info\/search\/KJV\/g1322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>G1322<\/em><\/a>=<em><strong>teaching, instructions<\/strong><\/em>) <strong>of Christ<\/strong>, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bring not<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<strong> doctrine<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">receive him not<\/span> into <i>your<\/i> house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is partaker of his evil deeds<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/2-John-1-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 John 1:9-11 <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hebrew Roots<\/strong> main doctrines are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1\/ Christians need to go back to their Hebrew Roots. And in order to understand Scriptures we need to have a Hebrew mind set. (comes from <span style=\"color: #993300;\">WCG<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>2\/\u00a0 The New Testament have errors of translation &amp; it was originally written in Hebrew or <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140528202641\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/forum\/showthread.php?tid=292&amp;pid=2245&amp;highlight=andrew+gabriel+roth\">Aramaic<\/a> not Greek. HR are <strong>the only ones<\/strong> with the right interpretation. (This may seem light, but it is not. It is an attack on the reliability of the Word of God). See<a href=\"file:\/\/\/home\/mama\/Downloads\/The%20Semitic%20New%20Testament.html\"> more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3\/ Our accepted canon of Scripture is corrupted some books don&#8217;t belong. e,g Books of Hebrews, etc. They have their own new bible translations. &amp; some teachers (e.g. James Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210311005842\/http:\/\/www.peshitta.org\/forums\/forumid6\/449.html\">Trimm, <\/a>Rob Skiba, etc) accept Apocryphal books &amp; other books (Enoch, etc) as inspired scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>4\/ Jesus didn&#8217;t come to establish a new covenant, nor to abolish the law or the Old Covenant. (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>5\/ Many HR teachers not all, deny the<strong> Deity of Jesus Christ<\/strong>, His virgin birth, etc. (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span> )<\/p>\n<p>6\/ Say we are saved by faith but still need to obey the law of God, not only 10 commandments but the 613 commandments, sabbath, feasts &amp; dietary laws. (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>7\/ <strong>Jesus came <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> for the lost &#8216;house of Israel&#8217;, the Ephraimites, the 10 Lost Tribes<\/strong>&#8211; &#8220;Two House&#8221; doctrine.\u00a0 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>).\u00a0 Also check <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130426173213\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/hr\/hrfaqs2.htm\">Two Hou<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130426173213\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/hr\/hrfaqs2.htm\">se, Ephraimites, Lost Tribes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8\/ Subtle (sometimes out right) denied of the Trinity or the person of the Holy Spirit. (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>) see <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231130151213\/https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/1996\/july15\/6t826a.html?start=3\">Christianity Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9\/ Many consider mandatory the &#8216;Sacred Name&#8217;. (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>10\/ Like Adventist &amp; Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses they believe that hell is<strong> annihilation<\/strong> (Non-existant) &amp; not eternal punishment (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">WCG<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>11\/ Many use Jewish garments,\u00a0 like tallits,\u00a0 the fringes or<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tzitzit\">tzitzi<\/a><\/strong>, which according to The Kabbalah Handbook pg.369, are <strong>ritually knotted using gematria<\/strong> (kabbalistic numerology). See more\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/parablesblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/attractive-deception-part-8.html\">Attractive Deception, Pt.8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fact that<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Church of God, the Seventh Day Adventist &amp; the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses<\/span><\/strong> have several doctrines in common it is not just coincidence, all\u00a0 3 groups sprung out of the teachings of Calvinist Baptist preacher &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/espadadelespiritu.foroactivo.com\/t529-la-masoneria-creo-el-adventismo#9528\">Freemason<\/a> (see copies in English)<strong> William Miller.<\/strong>\u00a0 His predictions that Christ would return between March 1843-1844 failed, &amp; he died 1849, the disillusioned Millerites split into : <strong>The Seventh-Day Adventists<\/strong> . In 1858 some Adventist that didn&#8217;t agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesus-is-savior.com\/False%20Religions\/Seventh-Day%20Adventist\/ew-deity.htm\">Ellen White<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesus-is-savior.com\/False%20Religions\/Seventh-Day%20Adventist\/sda_cult.htm\">1<\/a>) separated and became the &#8216;<strong>Church of God Seventh Day<\/strong>&#8216;, officially in 1863. And also some Adventist became part of the movement of Calvinist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Taze_Russell\"><strong>Charles Rusell<\/strong> <\/a>in 1870 (later called <strong>Jehovah Witnesses<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Worldwide Church of God (WCG) <\/strong>was founded in 1934 by<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbert_W._Armstrong\"> Herbert W. Amstrong<\/a>.<\/strong> It started as a church radio service after the &#8216;Church of God Seventh Day&#8217; (were he was an ordained minister) split in 1933.\u00a0 During the 1950s and 1960s it expanded and the radio program was broadcast in England, Australia, the Philippines, Latin America, and Africa. Armstrong was influenced by the works of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._H._Allen\">John H. Allen<\/a> (1847-1930) a co-founder of <strong>Church of God<\/strong> (Holiness).<\/p>\n<p>Their belief about the <strong>10 Lost Tribes<\/strong> has its <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>roots<\/strong><\/span> in the<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Talmud &amp; the Kabbalah.<\/span>\u00a0 Before Armstrong &amp; Allen, the Ten Lost Tribes theme was found among some Talmudic rabbis (e.g. kabbalist rabbi Moses ben Issac Edrehi &amp; his book &#8220;<em>A Book of Miracles<\/em>&#8216; published in London in 1834).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;The interest of the fate of the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Ten Lost Tribe<\/strong><\/span> received a new impetus from a number of developments, among them the growth of the<strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">kabbalah<\/span> <\/strong>and the Jewish mysticism after the 16th century, including various messianic movements of them that of <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shabbetai Zvi<\/span>\u00a0 (1626-1676) having the strongest impact.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moses ben Issac Edrehi<\/span> (1774-1842) a Moroccan-born rabbi and <span style=\"color: #000000;\">kabbalist<\/span> who lived for many years in Amsterdam and London and eventually immigrated to the land of Israel is the author of two works dealing with the quest for the Ten Lost Tribes&#8217;.\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160413025100\/http:\/\/www.bh.org.il\/5616-2\/\" class=\"broken_link\">The Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabbatai_Zevi\">Sabbatai Tzvi<\/a> was also a kabbalist rabbi who<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> claimed to be the messiah<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Herbert Armstrong claimed to be an apostle, &amp; a prophet who possessed the key to unlock &amp; understand biblical prophecy, one of these prophecies was that the <strong>world would end in 1975.<\/strong>\u00a0 According to Armstrong\u2019s doctrine, &#8216;<em>the true <strong>Gentile believer<\/strong> is to consider himself <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">physically<\/span> descended from Israel. Not just grafted into the olive tree by faith. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not just the seed of Abraham by faith<\/span> in the Messiah. But, rather, they are the actual, <strong>physical descendants<\/strong> of Israel. <strong>And if Israel, then they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must live as Israel \u2013 by the Torah<\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8216;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Herbert W. Armstrong stated (same as Mormon Joseph Smith):\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;<em>When the <strong>ten northern tribes of Israel<\/strong> were removed from the land of Israel in 722 BC, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">they did not get lost<\/span><strong> but migrated<\/strong> as a nation north and west and settled in what is today Germany, the Scandina\u00advian countries and England.\u00a0 When England be\u00adgan to colonize North America, these descendants of <strong>the ten tribes of Israel also populated North America<\/strong>, <strong>as the white Anglo-Saxon race<\/strong>.\u00a0 Since <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">God is only going to save the White race<\/span> from hell, these white people are the only true people of God<\/em>&#8220;. He was a very well known leader of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>white supremacist<\/strong><\/span> &#8216;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/educate-yourself.org\/cn\/fubukichristianidenityandgenocide03feb10.shtml\">Identity movement<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He<strong> didn&#8217;t believe in the Trinity or person of the Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/span><strong>, not the bodily resurrection of Jesus<\/strong>, and\u00a0 emphasized in <span style=\"color: #800000;\">observing\u00a0 the Sabbath, the feasts, and the dietary laws<\/span>. Armstrong rejected traditional holidays such as Christmas, Easter, and the celebration of birthdays, stating that all of these were of pagan origin. They had strict dress codes &amp; discouraged the use of medicine and doctors, they were expected to place faith in God for healing. Armstrong believed that the New Covenant was still in the future.<\/p>\n<p>His son Garner was the voice and face of their tv program\u00a0 &#8216;The World Tomorrow&#8217;, but doctrinal disagreements with his father and reports of gambling &amp; adultery led to his suspension\u00a0 in 1972. His sister Dorothy confessed to her brother that their father had molested her for 10 years of her childhood. Later <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Herbert Armstrong confessed to incest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Armstrong died in 1986\u00a0 his successor <a title=\"Joseph W. Tkach\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_W._Tkach\">Joseph W. Tkach<\/a> made some major doctrinal changes. <strong>They were known as \u201cEphraimites<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0 or also known as <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Two_House_theology\">Two House<\/a>\u201d movement<\/strong>. After Tkach Sr. died in 1995 his son took over &amp; more splits and doctrinal changes occurred.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Worldwide Church of God<\/span> was melting down in the late 1990&#8217;s<strong> many Church of God<\/strong> members jumped ship to<strong> join the Hebrew Roots<\/strong>\/Messianic movement. . . <strong>Quite a few COG<\/strong> members joined up with the &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Passion for Truth<\/span>&#8216; group. <a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongism1.rssing.com\/chan-8526885\/all_p85.html\" class=\"broken_link\">Armstrongism1<\/a>.<span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_15988\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_15995\"><\/span><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_15998\"><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_15999\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_15988\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_16001\"><span id=\"yiv4747908728yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494328164558_16002\">Note: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Passion for Truth is the ministry of HR <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jim Staley<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the <strong>early<\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Hebrew Roots teachers <\/span>with<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> clear connections to the <strong>W<\/strong><strong>C<\/strong><strong>G<\/strong><\/span> is: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dean Wheelock<\/strong><\/span>, Dean &amp; his wife Susan publish the <strong>magazine Hebrew Roots<\/strong>\u00ae since 1995. Dean Wheelock became a Worldwide Church of God member in 1968, attended <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambassador_College\">Ambassador College <\/a>founded by Armstrong, and later attended the Church of God International from 1979-1984.\u00a0\u00a0 He left the WCG, yet declared, \u201c<strong><em>Most of what I learned from that organization, I still hold to<\/em><\/strong> [i.e., laws].\u201d Another early HR teacher who was a WCG member is <span style=\"color: #000000;\">William F. Dankenbring<\/span> that has a Torah observance ministry at the time of this writing. Also Joe Kovacs is an executive editor for WorldNetDaily (WND), a major promoter of the HRM. Kovacs\u2019s writings feature the theology of the late Herbert W. Armstrong, the founder of the WCG (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebereancall.org\/content\/october-2012-extra-heresies-of-armstrong\">TBC article<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Also many HR organizations have connections, conduct meetings and seminars with a group named &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem_School_of_Synoptic_Research\">Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research&#8221;<\/a> that started in <strong>1961<\/strong> but became chartered on 1985 (same period as Armstrong, &amp; propagated same doctrines but in Israel) founded\u00a0 by Jewish scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Flusser\">David Flusser<\/a> &amp;\u00a0 interfaith pastor Robert L. Lyndsey <span class=\"st\">a pioneer in the studies of Hebraic\u00a0 roots<\/span>, both of them &amp; their organization are<strong> promoters<\/strong> of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/watch.pairsite.com\/law.html#noahide\">Noahide Laws<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>Brad H. Young<\/strong> , Oral Robert Univ. graduate, (president and founder of the Gospel Research Foundation), author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meet-Rabbis-Rabbinic-Thought-Teachings\/product-reviews\/0801048184\/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_2?ie=UTF8&amp;filterByStar=two_star&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar\"><em>Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus<\/em><\/a>\u201d is another founding scholar who served as researcher to professor Flusser. A book\u00a0 published in 1984 by David Bivin (Director of the JSSR) and Roy Blizzard &#8216;<em>Understanding The Difficult Words Of Jesus<\/em>&#8216; has formed the basis of much &#8216;Hebraic Roots&#8217; doctrine. They say in their book, pg. 4 of 1994 edition:\u00a0&#8220;<em>It cannot be overemphasized, that <strong>the key to an understanding of the New Testament<\/strong> is a <span style=\"color: #800000;\">fluent knowledge of Hebrew<\/span> and an intimate acquaintance with Jewish history, culture, <strong>and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Rabbinic Literature<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8211; <strong>&#8216;Two House<\/strong>&#8216;<\/span> followers believe that the <strong>House of Judah\u00a0 are the Jews<\/strong> and the House of <strong>Israel or Ephraimites\u00a0<\/strong> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some Christians<\/span> = the ten lost tribes (Hebrew Roots followers), &amp; will come together (back to their land of Israel) as the one bride of Christ, so Jesus can come.<\/p>\n<p>This is<strong> a Talmudic<\/strong> misinterpretation of the Scriptures, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Gen.%2048%3A1-19&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\">Gen. 48:19<\/a> were Jacob blesses his 2 grandsons born in Egypt, Manasseh &amp; Ephraim ,\u00a0 &#8216;<em><span id=\"en-AKJV-1471\" class=\"text Gen-48-19\">but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and<strong> his seed<\/strong> shall become <strong>a multitude of<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> nations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8216;. Which they always interpret the word nations as <span style=\"color: #800000;\">gentiles<\/span>. Also we find in the book of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Ezekiel-Chapter-37\/\">Ezekiel 37:21<\/a> were is prophesied that <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Israel<\/span> (Ephraim according to them) will be regathered <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">from<\/span> among the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nations<\/span><\/strong> back to their land. But it wouldn&#8217;t make sense if the nations (goyin) are to be understood as Ephraim. The idea that &#8216;goy&#8217; always means gentiles is wrong, Israel was called &#8216;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">goy<\/span> kadosh<\/strong>&#8216; a holy <span style=\"color: #800000;\">nation<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel became the Northern kingdom that was taken captive by the Assyrians\u00a0 around 722 BC and got dispersed (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Jer%207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Jer 7\">Jeremiah 7:15-16, 23-26<\/a>) some of them intermarried the Assyrians &amp; are known as the Samaritans. But somehow according to the Two House teachers this 10 lost tribes later became Christianized &amp; are now the 10 lost tribes in disguise.<\/p>\n<p>Christians don&#8217;t deny there was a division in Israel after Solomon&#8217;s death, the Scriptures clearly speaks of the houses of Judah &amp; Israel. But we <span style=\"color: #800000;\">don&#8217;t agree with their interpretation<\/span> that the Northern Kingdom (Israel) would <span style=\"color: #800000;\">become &#8216;gentile believers&#8217;<\/span>.\u00a0<strong> The New Testament don&#8217;t mention Ephraim <\/strong>except a city &amp; there is no tribe for Ephraim in Revelation 7. Many Christians agree that Ephraim was made greater but the blessings were conditional on their obedience to God but they fall into idolatry (Judges 1:29, Hosea 4:17, 13:1, Isaiah 28:1-3, etc) &amp; their remnant already joined Judah (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/2-Chronicles-15-9\/\">2 Chro.15:9<\/a>, 11:3 &amp;16, Ezra 6:16, 21, etc).<\/p>\n<p>Most Christians believe there <strong>are not lost tribes<\/strong> but<strong> that <span style=\"color: #000000;\">all<\/span><\/strong> tribes were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scattered<\/span> abroad (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/James-1-1\/\">James 1:1 <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts%202&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\">Acts 2:5<\/a>) &amp; the regathering of<strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/strong> the tribes possibly started when Israel became a nation in 1948. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">And only when the times of the gentiles is fulfilled\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221222112026\/https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Luke-21-24\/\">Luke 21:24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Romans-11-25\/\">Romans 11:25 <\/a>(the church is gone with Jesus) then God will deal with them again as a nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Romans-Chapter-11\/\">Romans 11,<\/a> <strong>but first<\/strong> they will accept their false Messiah or Antichrist (1 John 2:18, John 5:43, 2 Tess.2:1-10, etc) who eventually will persecute &amp; exterminate many of them (<a class=\"rtBibleRef\" href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Dan%207.1%E2%80%9327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\" data-version=\"esv\" data-reference=\"Dan 7.1\u201327\">Daniel 7:1\u201327<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221106120451\/https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Zechariah-13-8\/\">Zechariah 13:6-8<\/a>, etc). then the Lord Jesus will reveal Himself to them &amp; what is left of Israel will believe &amp; be save.<\/p>\n<p>Two House proponents take the <strong>parable of the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8216;Prodigal Son&#8217;<\/span><\/strong> as a prophecy for their two house doctrine, were Judah (Jews) is represented by the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">oldest brother<\/span> &amp; Ephraim (Israel, 10 lost tribes, Christian gentiles) as the<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> younger<\/span> who did some time with the harlots &amp; ate with the pigs among the gentiles.<\/p>\n<p>According to them Judah (Jews) never departed from the father&#8217;s house (although the Southern Kingdom -Judah, was taken captive by the Babylonians nearly 140 years after the Northern kingdom Israel), also apparently\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">they <strong>didn&#8217;t sin<\/strong>, it&#8217;s ok they<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> rejected &amp;<strong> killed the<\/strong> Messiah!\u00a0<\/span><\/span> In other words Judaism with their rebellion, idolatry and\u00a0 their new unbiblical doctrinal sources (Talmud, Kabbalah etc) have always being in God&#8217;s presence; but Ephraim, or us Christians are spiritually lost &amp; dead &amp; we don&#8217;t have an inheritance anymore (according to the parable) &amp; only when we go back to Jewish land we&#8217;ll be in the presence of our father? Wow!! what a lie!\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Where is <strong>Jesus&#8217; sacrifice<\/strong><\/span> left in all these nonsense?\u00a0 Do they realize this would mean that Jews that rejected Jesus our Lord are saved &amp; we Christians that accepted Him are <strong>spiritually dead &amp; lost until we reunite with the Jews in their land?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span class=\"text Luke-15-25\">Now his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>elder son<\/strong> <\/span>was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music <\/span><span id=\"en-AKJV-25614\" class=\"text Luke-15-25\">and dancing<\/span> . . .<span id=\"en-AKJV-25614\" class=\"text Luke-15-25\"><span id=\"en-AKJV-25618\" class=\"text Luke-15-29\">And he answering said to <i>his<\/i> father, Lo, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">these many years do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I serve<\/span> thee, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">neither transgressed I <strong>at any time<\/strong> thy commandment<\/span><\/span>: and yet thou never gavest me a goat, that I might make merry with my friends:\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-AKJV-25619\" class=\"text Luke-15-30\">but as soon as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this thy son<\/span> was come, which hath devoured <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thy living with harlots<\/span>, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. <\/span> <span id=\"en-AKJV-25620\" class=\"text Luke-15-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>And he said unto him,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Son, thou art ever with me, and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> all<\/strong> that I have is thine<\/span><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%2015%3A11-32&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\">Luke 15:11-32<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Jesus said to the &#8216;Samaritan&#8217; woman at the well, \u201c<span id=\"en-MEV-26179\" class=\"text John-4-22\"><span class=\"woj\"><em>You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for <\/em><strong><em>salvation is of<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/studybible.info\/search\/KJV\/G1537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G1537<\/a>= Origin, from, <\/strong>OUT OF<strong>) <em>the Jews<\/em><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/studybible.info\/search\/KJV\/G1523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G1523<\/a>= <strong>of Judea<\/strong>, <strong>Jewish nation<\/strong>)<\/span><\/span>.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%204%3A22%20&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960;RVA\">John 4:22<\/a>,\u00a0 ( <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/interlinear\/acts\/2-14.htm\">Acts 2:14<\/a>. ).\u00a0\u00a0 Meaning HIMself, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Reformed\/Calvinist theologians teach the church is Israel, but that&#8217;s not what the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250714210229\/http:\/\/middletownbiblechurch.org\/reformed\/israelaf.htm\">New Testament<\/a> shows. The apostle Paul (from the tribe of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians+3%3A5&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVA\"><strong>Benjamin<\/strong><\/a>) calls himself both<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Jew &amp; Israelite<\/span> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Rpmans%2011%3A1%3B%20Philipphians%203%3A5&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVA\">Romans 11:1<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+21%3A39&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVA\">Acts 21:39<\/a><\/strong>. Also see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/James-1-1\/\"> James 1:1<\/a> who wrote to the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">12<\/span> tribes scattered &amp; not to the 10 tribes or Ephraim scattered. The proponents of Two House doctrine skip the passage when God gathers the elect from the 4 corners of the earth Matt.24, disregard that God starts dealing with Israel after the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled\u00a0 &amp; skip the rapture of the church, in other words Christians go through the period of judgment with the world.<\/p>\n<p>HR teachers are promoting to move out of America (Babylon) to Israel:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many in the <strong>Two House movement<\/strong> are seeking to make aliyah to Israel under false pretenses &#8211; purchasing conversions, or <span style=\"color: #800000;\">converting to Judaism falsely,<\/span> by avoiding recantation of Jesus. These people are desperate to get to Israel and claim their part of the land, having persuaded themselves that <span style=\"color: #800000;\">they are &#8220;Ephraimites&#8221;<\/span>. Another part of this is the <strong>second exodus<\/strong>, headed by <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Monte Judah<\/span> out of Norman, OK, <strong>who believes he is Moses<\/strong> and will lead these &#8220;<strong>Ephraimites<\/strong>&#8221; to Israel when The Almighty directs him. There is an indication that <span style=\"color: #000000;\">many have sold their homes and left their jobs<\/span> to join him in OK, believing in this Exodus and that they are in fact part of the lost tribes of Israel. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170504164805\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/forum\/showthread.php?tid=485\">SeekGod.ca<\/a><i>.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some HR teachers proponents of the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8216;Two House&#8217;\u00a0<\/span> doctrine are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170820113520\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/bradscott1.htm\"><strong>Brad Scott<\/strong><\/a> (Ex-Lutheran now rejects the Trinity &amp; Divinity of Jesus). \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170625211925\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/montejudah.htm\">Monte Judah<\/a> (Rejects the Trinity,<\/strong> states God has many manifestations, Jesus is one of them,<strong> his teachings are full of Kabbalah doctrine). <\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rob Skiba<\/strong><\/span>, (Rejects the Holy Spirit as a person). \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>119 Ministries<\/strong>,<\/span> (Endorse Carmen Welker, Andrew Roth &amp; other kabbalists, the leadership of the founders Jon Sherman &amp; Steve Moutria are several men in this list, included Jim Staley but they hide that fact now). \u00a0 <strong><span id=\"yiv8755045281m_-1447315189082945850yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478259638741_32501\"><span id=\"yiv8755045281m_-1447315189082945850yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478259638741_32502\"><span id=\"yiv8755045281m_-1447315189082945850yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478259638741_32503\"><a id=\"yiv8755045281m_-1447315189082945850yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478259638741_32504\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190212123556\/https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/controversial-st-charles-pastor-admits-defrauding-elderly-investors\/article_8b53a722-c10e-5c92-83c7-6a80d6bff272.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Jim Staley<\/a> (who is now in\u00a0<a id=\"yiv8755045281m_-1447315189082945850yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478259638741_32505\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/disgusting-and-sickening-criminal-passion-for-truth-pastor-jim-staley-sentenced-to-7-years-for-3-3-million-scam-143301\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">jail<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/strong> used to teach openly Talmud &amp; Kabbalah). \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140921174904\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/forum\/showthread.php?tid=375\"><strong> Rico Cortez<\/strong><\/a> (promotes Kabbalist teachers e,g <span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_4774\"> <u id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_5973\">Rabbi <\/u><\/span><span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_4775\"><span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_4776\"><a id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_5743\" class=\"yiv3681309535edited-link-editor\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vRtFREtgpOY?t=1m1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Ariel Cohen Alloro<\/a> etc). \u00a0<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474553774560_4933\"> <\/span><strong><u id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_5051\">Rabbi<\/u> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170808005053\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/avi.htm\">Avi Ben Mordechai<\/a><\/strong> (aka Bradley M. Marcus, denies the Deity of Christ and His virgin birth).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210311005842\/http:\/\/www.peshitta.org\/forums\/forumid6\/449.html\">kabbalist<\/a><span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_4774\">\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170820221147\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/trimmdoc.htm\">James Scott Trimm<\/a><\/strong> (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170306055336\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/rabbiyosef.htm\">Rabbi Yosef,<\/a> author of a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130618073547\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca\/forum\/showthread.php?tid=266\">new bible HRV<\/a>, full of Kabbalist doctrine).\u00a0<\/span> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mark Biltz<\/span> (Kabbalist); <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eddie Chumney<\/span> (Kabbalist)<\/strong>;\u00a0 <span id=\"yiv3681309535yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474558529354_4774\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Andrew Gabriel Roth<\/strong><\/span> (translator of a different New Testament (AENT), he doesn\u2019t believe in the Trinity or the virgin birth of Jesus, he&#8217;s also a kabbalist, in one of his books &#8216;Ruach Qadim&#8217; he says kabbalah is in the NT &amp; calls Paul &#8216;the mystic&#8217;).<\/span>\u00a0 <strong>Rabbi <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180721113115\/http:\/\/jewishisrael.ning.com:80\/profiles\/blogs\/israel-look-what-they-ve-done-to-your-torah-the-ralph-messer-stor\">Ralph Messer<\/a> <\/strong>(Crowned Eddi Long\u00a0 after the bishop&#8217;s many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/bishop-eddie-long-accused-of-abusive-gay-relationship-in-first-lady-book-90152\/\">scandals<\/a>); and many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kabbalah is very occultic &amp; full of doctrines of demons,<\/strong> we don&#8217;t recommend it to anybody.\u00a0 I think it needs to be made clear that the Church&#8217;s contamination with kabbalah is not just a &#8220;Hebrew Root&#8221; issue, but many other teachers like Bill Johnson (NAR), K. Copeland (WoF), Benny Hinn, etc. are doing the same, &amp; have been introducing<strong> kabbalah &amp; gnosticism<\/strong> into the church for many years. One common denominator I noticed is &#8216;Freemasonry&#8217; (which is derived from Kabbalah).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As ye have therefore <span style=\"color: #800000;\">received<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Christ Jesus<\/span> the Lord<\/strong>, <em>so<\/em> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">walk ye in him: <\/span><strong class=\"highlight\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rooted<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">and built up<\/span><strong class=\"highlight\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> in him<\/span>, <\/strong>and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the <span style=\"color: #000000;\">tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.<\/span> For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And <strong>ye are complete in him,<\/strong> which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the head of all principality and power<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Colossians-2-7\/\">Colossians 2:6-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor if the firstfruit <em>be<\/em> holy, the lump <em>is<\/em> also <em>holy<\/em>: and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>if the root<\/strong> <em>be<\/em> holy<\/span>, so <em>are<\/em> the branches. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Romans-11-16\/\">Rom. 11:16<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christ<\/span><\/strong>ians follow our Lord &amp; King<strong> Jesus <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christ<\/span> and His doctrine<\/strong><\/span>, nor Judaism nor Israel, we are <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">rooted<\/span><\/strong> &amp; built up <span style=\"color: #800000;\">in Him <\/span>&amp; His words, He is Holy!!<\/p>\n<p>Related Articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151202215230\/https:\/\/matthew714ministries.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/02\/messianic-judaism-answered-33-two-house\/\">Two House Answered<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=1684\">The Doctrine of Christ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/15Gm4QhpysGRn6Rr_pq9ZSTvMcL66bH4JcGPADxEbTwY\/edit#heading=h.9r9beo6adsxh\"><strong>Grafting <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Is Israel the Olive Tree?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231004084611\/http:\/\/www.amatteroftruth.com\/the-holy-spirit-is-a-person\" class=\"broken_link\">The Holy Spirit is a Person<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amos37.com\/herbert-armstrong-exposed\/\">Herbert Armstrong <strong>Exposed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongismlibrary.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/119-ministries-attracting-armstrongites.html\"><strong>119 Ministries:<\/strong> Attracting Armstrongites Who Require the Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170518111712\/http:\/\/www.seekgod.ca:80\/identity.htm\">A Little Identity Crisis &#8211; British Israelism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160413025100\/http:\/\/www.bh.org.il\/5616-2\/\" class=\"broken_link\">The Myth of The Lost Ten Tribes<\/a> &#8211; By Museum of The Jewish People<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240718130508\/https:\/\/www.heart4god.ws\/index_htm_files\/Attractive%20Deception%20-%20The%20False%20Hope%20of%20the%20Hebrew%20Roots%20Movement.pdf\">* Attractive Deception,\u00a0 by Pastor Joseph Herrin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=hebrew-roots\" class=\"series-46\" title=\"Hebrew Roots\">Hebrew Roots<\/a><\/div><p>The &#8216;Two House&#8217;\u00a0 is a very popular doctrine in the Hebrew Root Movement (HR) that believes in the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel, but like several of their doctrines it was made popular in America by the founder of &#8216;Worldwide Church of God&#8216; (WCG) Herbert Armstrong who vigorously promoted it.\u00a0 He believed this teaching was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50],"series":[46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4160"}],"version-history":[{"count":219,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14521,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4160\/revisions\/14521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4160"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=4160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}