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2 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 2

An Open Letter from the Staff...

Much confusion exists within
Christian circles today due largely to the
misuse and misunderstanding of the terms
Hebrew, Israelite and Jew.
Much of the confusion arises because
the nation of Israel was split into two separate
kingdoms under the rule of Rehoboam and
Jeroboam -- see I Kings 11 and 12.
As a result, care must be taken to
determine the intended meaning of these terms
according to the overall CONTEXT within
which they are used in the Bible. For example,
the terms Jew and Judean are not equivalent -- HOPE OF ISRAEL MINISTRIES
or even closely related. Yet many treat them as BIBLE
such. Some say the Judeans were Israelites, CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
others say that part of them were Israelites, and
still others claim none of them were Israelites! LESSON 2
They can’t all be right!
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Another problem causing this
Israel Ministries (Ecclesia of YEHOVAH).
confusion and misunderstanding is the fact of
inconsistencies in the translation of the Bible
-- a problem that must be identified and EDITOR AND DIRECTOR
corrected if an accurate understanding of these John D. Keyser
terms is to be attained.
Another key to this problem is the fact TECHNICAL ADVISOR
that the people known as “Jews” today do not Sean C. Keyser
constitute a single race, but are a multi-ethnic
people -- many of which are products of YOUR ENROLLMENT has been paid by
considerable racial mixing. While there are others. Bulk copies for distribution not
some who can trace their ancestry to Israel’s given or sold.
son Judah, and thereby justify their racial ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS to the
name “Jew” as understood today, many are a Editor at the following address:
result of mixing with a group known as the Hope of Israel Ministries, P.O. Box 2186,
Khazars. Others, such as the Ethiopian “Jews” Temple City, California 91780, U.S.A.
have, of course, a heavy mixing with black _________________________________
African descendants of Ham.
In this lesson we will closely analyze About Our Cover...
the names “Hebrew,” “Israel(ite)” and “Jew”
to clarify their meanings as found in the Bible. The Assyrians deported thousands of captives after
We trust you will find this a highly rewarding their defeat of the Judeans in 700 B.C. This frieze
experience. shows a group of men, women and children leaving
Lachise after it was sacked and burned.

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