Who are 12 tribes of Jacob and who are 144,000? YOSHINOBU NAMIHIRA MD,FACG 3000 HALLS FERRY ROAD VICKSBURG, MS PH , FAX E MAIL:

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tribes of Jacob= 144,000 and its meaning, Gen 29:32-- Gen 35:18,Rev 7:4-8

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lost 10 tribes (northern kingdom)=Israel = carried away to Assyria and became vanished without clear cut identity, never came back again. 2 tribes ( Judah and Benjamin) +(Levi) = Judah = were carried away to Babylon and came back again to Jerusalem later Levi= priest for every tribe

–genealogy of Kings in Judah – David-Solomon- –the united kingdom =112years;( BC) –the northern kingdom of Israel =209 yrears ; BC. Never break away from calf worship ( idolatry); Jeroboam- bad king, no revival of true worship of God; Prophets sent include: a total of four ;1.Elija;,2.Elisha;3.Amos;4. Hosea ; captured and deportation by Assyria; Samaria=capital –the northern kings (Israel) = Jeroboam I.;Nadab;Basha;Elash;Zimri;Omri;Ahab;1.Ahaziah ;2.J ehoram (1);3.Jehu;4. Johoash;5.Jeroboam II;5. Zechariah;6.Shallum;7.Menahem;8.Pekahiah;9.Pekah;

–the southern kingdom of Judah = =345 years ( BC); goodness of 8 out of 20 kings, revival, worship of true God. Prophets sent to the southern kingkom are: a total of eight (8) 1.Obadiah;2.Joel;3. Isaiah ;4.Micah ; 5.Nahum. ;6.Zephaniah.;7. Jerimiah ; 8.Habbakuk; captured and deportation by Babylon ;Jerusalem= capital –during this kingdom period ( =457 years),there was a great shift in world power. Rise and fall. 1.Egypt 2. Assyria 3.Babylon

–the southern kings (Judah )= Jehoboam,;Abijam;Asa;Jehoshaphat;1.Jehoram (2); 2.Ahaziah; 3. Queen Athaliah;4. Joash ;5. Amaziah;6.Azariah;7.Jotham;Ahaz; Hezekiah;M anasseh ;Amon; Josiah ;Jehoahaz;Jehoiakim; Jehoiachin, Zedekiah; –Zedekiah – rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, captured and taken to Babylon with both eye enucleated, never released from the prison – Jehoiachin = was released from prison after 37 years of captivity on the basis of king ‘s mercy and kindness.

–the judgment came to the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah because of 1.idolatry 2.immorality 3.disunity –On 12-27, the king of Babylon Evil- Merodach released Jehoiachin, the king of Judah from the prison after 37 years of captivity in prison (2 kings 25:27-30) in one day.

–Jehoiachin did two things: –changed from the prison garment to royal garments –ate bread from the king’s table all the days of life

Gal 3:26-29 you are sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ you put on Christ as you are baptized into Christ there is neither Jews, nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ. If you are Christ’s,then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Gen 12:3; Heb 11:18;Rom 4:11; 8:17

Israel Jews were dispersed throughout the whole world and constantly persecuted, genocided, slaughtered, driven out of their own country and wandered for nearly 2,000 years and yet they came back as a nation miraculously in There is no other nation in history of man kind which maintained its own unique identity for 2,000 years

Dan 9:24 70 weeks (70x7=490 years) are determined for your people and for your holy city, 1.To finish the transgression 2.To make an end of sins 3.To make reconciliation for iniquity 4.To bring in everlasting righteousness 5.To seal up vision and prophecy 6.To anoint the Most Holy

Rom 11:1 Has God cast away His own people ? Certainly not. ! For,I am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Rom 11:5 At this present time, there is a remnant according to the election of grace

Rom 11:23-24 If they do not continue in disbelief, They will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these,who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

Roman 11:25 Hardening in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in

Gal 3:14 the blessing o f Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith

Gal 3:22 the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

conclusions 144,000= symbolic of those who are grafted into the main tree trunk of vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic Christian evangelism and Christ’s healing ministry, it is not literal number of Jews by genetics.