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2 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 9

An Open Letter from the Staff...

We learned in lesson six that
YEHOVAH God referred to His people Israel
as “sheep” in the Old Testament, and Yeshua
the Messiah used this same comparison in the
New Testament.
These “sheep” were also described as
“lost.” We know that YEHOVAH God
“divorced” (put away) Israel and brought
about her captivity and deportation into
Assyria and Babylon. Only a small remnant
later returned to Jerusalem.
What, then, happened to the vast
majority of Israelites taken into captivity?
Did they disappear from history and cease to HOPE OF ISRAEL MINISTRIES
exist as a people (as is commonly taught
throughout Christendom), or can their BIBLE
descendants be identified today? CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
And, what about the blessings LESSON 9
promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
regarding their descendants? Did those Published at Arcadia, California by Hope of
promises end with the captivity, or has Israel Ministries (Ecclesia of YEHOVAH).
YEHOVAH God continued to honor them?
For centuries our most famous seats of EDITOR AND DIRECTOR
learning -- universites, colleges and
John D. Keyser
theological institutions -- have been at a loss
to solve the question -- what was the ultimate TECHNICAL ADVISOR
fate of the so-called “Lost Tribes of Israel” in
Assyrian captivity? Sean C. Keyser
After a lapse of over 2,500 years, it
might be thought that all hope of solving this YOUR ENROLLMENT has been paid by
Biblical mystery has been lost in the mists of others. Bulk copies for distribution not
antiquity. However, during the last hundred given or sold.
years, archaeologists have unearthed and ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS to the
published the original contemporary records Editor at the following address:
of the Assyrians who took the Israelites into Hope of Israel Ministries, P.O. Box 2186,
captivity. It is from these records, housed Temple City, California 91780, U.S.A.
today in the British Museum, that vital clues _________________________________
have recently come to light.
These records afford proof that the About Our Cover...
Israelites moved across Europe to end up in
Britain and Northwestern Europe. The story At the height of the British Empire “modern”
of their migrations will be the subject of this Israelites controlled vast areas of this earth in
fascinating and eye-opening lesson. fulfillment of YEHOVAH’s promises.

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