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"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward,
and bear fruit upward" (Isaiah 37:36).

At the Time of Christ

This, in a nutshell, is the history of Israel and how it was when Yeshua the Messiah was
born. The people that were in the land of Judea during the ministry of Yeshua (Christ) were parts
of Judah, Benjamin and some of Levi. The ten northern tribes, however, which made up the House
of Israel, were no longer in the land of Judea. Because of their unfaithfulness to YEHOVAH's
covenant He drove them out of the land and scattered them from one end of the earth to the other.
Explains Deuteronomy 28:64: "Then YEHOVAH will scatter you among all peoples, from one
end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fa-
thers have known -- wood and stone." Also, in Nehemiah 1:8: "Remember, I pray, the word that
You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will SCATTER YOU
AMONG THE NATIONS.'" The word "scatter" in these passages is No. 06327 in Strong's Con-
cordance and means to DISPERSE or SPREAD ABROAD. Remember the word "DISPERSE"
when we get to the New Testament.

The prophet Amos states that YEHOVAH was to "SIFT" the northern ten tribes among all
nations (Gentiles) -- yet not the least "grain" was to fall on the earth: "For surely I will command,
and will SIFT the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the small-
est grain shall fall to the ground" (Amos 9:9). Here Amos is clearly talking about the House of Is-
rael -- not the House of Judah. This is important! After YEHOVAH dispersed the northern ten
tribes He "planted" and "sowed" His people Israel, as Hosea notes: "I will SOW her unto Me in
the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them
which were] not My people, thou [art] My people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God" (Hosea
2:23). This was so YEHOVAH could have mercy on Israel, and at some LATER DATE call them
His people once again. They would then say -- "Thou art my God"! YEHOVAH "planted" and
"sowed" His people Israel, which means He honored His covenant with Abraham by multiplying
Abraham's seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore: "That in bless-
ing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as
the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies" (Gene-
sis 22:17 -- KJV).

The Marriage of YEHOVAH

YEHOVAH God married Israel at Mount Sinai when the people promised to keep the
covenant He made with them. Israel became YEHOVAH's wife. In Jeremiah 3:14 YEHOVAH
says: "Return, O backsliding children...for I am MARRIED TO YOU. I will take you, one from a
city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion!" This occurs at the end of the age when
Christ returns (Revelation 14:14) to this earth and gathers the northern ten tribes to Jerusalem
(Zion) in preparation for the glorious return of YEHOVAH God as pictured in Revelation 19.

Also notice Jeremiah 3:20 where YEHOVAH compares Israel to a WIFE departing from
her husband: "'Surely, as a WIFE treacherously departs from her husband, so have you Israel dealt
treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,' says YEHOVAH." Further, in Jeremiah 31:32: "Not
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