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Welcome to Bible Tribes
Ever wondered what happened to the Lost Tribes of ancient Israel?
Using Seal Dates for finding the Lost Tribes of Israel
Revelation 7 reveals the process of finding each lost tribe of Israel. The number of days between document signings in each modern tribe is given as 12,000 days. The chapter also reveals the order of the modern signings and what happens after each is done.
How the shape of a Seal sets the chronology
Seals are placed in the middle of rolled scrolls. They naturally fall in the middle of any document. Converting a "seal" to time suggest each seal is in the middle of a 12,000 day period, with 6,000 days on either side.
Psalms: A Confirmation on Revelation’s Seal Dates
So far, we’ve shown how the various seal dates spread across history, and we've hinted at how they will match to headlines that identify the Lost Tribes of Ancient Israel. Before going that far, we stop and look at an internal match between those Seal Dates and the Psalms.
Master Grid
Various lists occuring in the Bible map to the 13 tribes of Israel. Things like the Fruits of the Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, Parts of the Body of Christ, items in the Tabernacle, Nehemiah's gates around Jerusalem and more. The following table explores. Click an item in the left column to learn more or a tribe in the top row to visit the tribe's page. (You may need to scroll to see everything.)
Books
One morning, after searching each occurrence of "Gad" in Scripture I stumbled upon a strategy for mapping the tribes of Israel to the books of the Bible. Though I had never seen how to map these before, what fell out was simple and compelling given what we know about the tribes.
Plagues
The plagues on Egypt are traditionally thought to be ten, but they map the the 13 tribes when we share the wind/locust plague with two tribes and add the plundering of Egypt of gold and silver and the drowning of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. The following table explores.
10 Commandments
The "10 Commandments" map to the 13 tribes. The map is possible when the opening thought for the commandments is given to the first tribe and the commandments with a double "thou shalt not" (2 & 10) are shared. The following table explores.
Tent
Exodus chapters 36 through 39 list the items of the Tent that Oholiab and team built. The following table maps those items to the tribes.
Atonements
The description of how the priest is to atone for himself and the nation at large is given in Leviticus 16. The process is quite complex and follows 13 steps which map to the tribes. Each step in the ritual, then, acts out or reveals the main aspect of that tribe. What better way to atone for each of the tribes.
Holidays
Each tribe has a holiday (holy day) on the annual calendar. The following table explores.
Joshua
12 distinct battles to take Canaan are recorded in Joshua. These map to the 13 tribes where the last battle is given to Benjamin and Dan.
Judges
The judges in the book of Judges map to our 13 friends, the tribes of Israel.
Elijah & Elisha
The stories of Elijah run the 13 tribes of Israel as do the stories of Elisha. There's some interesting correspondance between the two.
Ezekiel 18:5-9 | The Righteous Man
Some of the alignments in this list do not have precedence from better known lists. Either there's more to learn about these tribes, which is easy to accept, or possibly there's slop in the word choices in the translation, obscuring the meaning. This list is included as reference while the study continues.
Isaiah's Leaders
Isaiah 3's leaders.
Isaiah's Towns
Isaiah 10 talks about a list of places the Assyrian army went in route to Jerusalem where they were finally defeated by the angel of Yahvah. There are 13 places they made it to, before being turned back.
Isaiah's Animals
Isaiah 11 talks about a list of animals hanging together that would not normally. Once again, this list, as so many others, is a list of 13 that map to the tribes.
Nehemiah's Gates
The book of Nehemiah describes 12 unique gates around the city of Jerusalem. We know from Revelation 21 that each tribe has a specific gate into the city. The following table shows how the gates given in order of appearance in Nehemiah 3 and 12 map to the tribes.
Our Father
There are 13 parts to the "Lord's Prayer" in Matthew. It looks like these map the 13 tribes.
12 Apostles
The 12 apostles are commonly thought to map to the 12 tribes of Israel, and rightfully so. The challenge is figuring out how they map since the Gospels list the apostles in different orders at different times.
Tribes, the Body of Christ, and Spiritual Gifts
First Corinthians 12 talks about spiritual gifts and the parts of the Body of Christ. The context assumes the gifts map to the parts, but it took me some time to see how. The map is actually really simple, but without knowledge about how the tribes also map to the passage the result of mapping the gifts and parts would be uninteresting (which is probably why no one has done this before).
Love
First Corinthians chapter 13 is a well known passage defining love. There are 13 distinct aspects of love given in the passage, mapping 1 to 1 with the 13 tribes. The following table explores with notes following.
Fruits of the Flesh/Spirit
Galatians chapter 5 lists the fruits of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit. Together the lists run the tribes twice. The following table shows how the fruits of the flesh maps to the tribes, followed by a table showing how the fruits of the Spirit map to the tribes. The result is a degenerate pattern for each tribe and it's opposite fruit of the Spirit.
Faith
Hebrews 11, "The Hall of Faith," came to mind while contemplating Scripture passages that might have items that grid to the 13 tribes. After reading the chapter again it was evident that the people of faith in this chapter do grid to the tribes of Israel.
Law
First Timothy lists the types of people the law is for. As you can imagine that list maps to our old friends. The following table explores with notes following.
Elders & Deacons
Two passages of Scripture provide prerequisites for serving as an "Elder." The First Timothy passage also includes prerequisites for serving as a "Deacon." All three lists map to the tribes and have a remarkable correspondance between them. The following tables take each list stand-alone. To study the similarities it's easiest to look at the Master Grid. Notes follow.
Prayer for the Colossians
Paul offers a prayer for the "holy brothers and believers in Jesus" who are at Colosse. The items in the prayer map to the 13 tribes.
Jesus Is
After offering a Prayer for the Colossians that runs the 13 tribes, Paul describes 13 aspects of Jesus that are revealed in the 13 tribes.
Members of the Land
Colossians 3 has an interesting list that's prefaced as being related to land, though I'm not sure exactly how the list functions as a whole relative to land. Anyhow, the list maps to our 13 friends.
Colossian Greetings
The letter to the Colossians ends with news about folks and what they are doing and greetings and such. Normally this boilerplate passage does not hold a lot of obvious value for Bible study, but this list of names maps to the 13 tribes, unlocking some meaning that's otherwise not accessible. In particular, many of these names occur elsewhere in the Bible, in stories that may turn out to have tribal significance after learning this map at the end of Colossians.
Book Of Mark: Tribe Parables
The Bible is broken down into 66 individual books that form the Canon. There is an inspired order to those book which is discussed on www.biblebookorder.org. That order is unique in that the narrative of the Bible is structured so that it constantly replaying in a summary form the 66 key points covered by the 66 books of the Bible. Mathematicians call this type of design a fractal.
Introduction to Bible Covenants
The Old Testament is often linked to the Old Covenant. This is a simplification of a complex topic. The Old Testament contains several covenants, some still binding now, some not.
Abraham’s Covenants
The Covenant God made with Abraham begins a series of covenants that impact all of world history even to modern times. The details of that covenant matter. This article tracks each promise leading to the Covenant God made with Abraham.
Isaac and Sons
At Isaac and Jacob's generations no new items are added to Abraham's Covenant. It does, though, get confirmed with both men. It also sees certain elaborating words, such as North, South, East and West and Community of Nations.
Sinai, or Mosaic, Covenant
The Sinai covenant was far more extensive than the covenant God made with Abraham. At Sinai a formal priesthood, government and set of national laws were put in place. The potential for more material well being was introduced and some specific punishments for disobediance were included in the covenant. Those punishments dealt with time.
Davidic Covenant
The Davidic Covenant is curious because of the unconditional nature of the covenant. Almost nowhere in the Christian world does anyone hunt down the people currently holding the covenant. This is a shame since it helps unravel other mysteries of the Bible.
Civil War in Rehoboam's Reign
The civil war in Rehoboam's reign divided the kingdom in two. This was the result of breaking the Sinai Covenant. It also split apart the various holders of promises still binding on ancient Israel from Abraham's time.
2550 Years of Punishment
The period of punishment began with the split of the ancient nation of Israel into two nations. That point is well known and is the start of a very specific period of 2550 years. That period lasted into the late 1500s.
Tribal Possession of Abraham's Covenants
Jacob fathers 12 sons. Those sons also participate in Abraham's covenant but they do not all claim the entire covenant. Certain pieces of the covenant move to certain sons. When we eventually do find each tribe, those tribes will be holding certain national components of Abraham's covenant. This article explores which promises land on which sons.
Tribe of Dan
The Lost Tribe of Dan is the modern Netherlands and all other affiliated countries.
October 16, 1579 NS: Dan's Seal Date
In general all of the tribes are identified by the use of a seal date. The date is a theoretical date derived from the passage in Revelation 7 where the tribes of Israel are sealed.
Tribe of Judah
The Lost Tribe of Judah is modern Russia and all other affiliated countries.
August 13, 1612 OS: Judah's Seal Date
The Poles had invaded Russia and run the country. The Russians at this point repelled the Poles and held a Zemski Sobar, a general assembly, and elected a new Tzar. He was the young and ailing Mikhail Romanov. That house, or seat of government would survive until the communist revolution.
1000 years of Christianity in Russia
Understanding Russia's history with Christianity is important to understanding her prophetic place in future history. Her conversion to Christianity was dated and that date patterns the fall of the USSR in 1991.
Future Articles
There are several more articles to come on Judah. A survey.
Tribe of Reuben
Reuben was the biological first born son of Jacob.
July 1, 1645 NS: Reuben's Seal Date
Tribe of Reuben.
Tribe of Gad
The Lost Tribe of Gad is modern Spain and all other affiliated countries.
May 9, 1678 NS: Gad's Seal Date
Tribe of Gad.
Tribe of Asher
The Lost Tribe of Asher is modern Austria and all other affiliated countries.
March 18, 1711 NS: Asher's Seal Date
The following is the auditable date report:
Tribe of Naphtali
The Lost Tribe of Naphtali is modern Germany.
January 24, 1744 NS: Naphtali's Seal Date
Tribe of Naphtali.
Tribe of Manasseh
The Lost Tribe of Manasseh is the modern United States.
December 1, 1776: Seal Date for the tribe of Manasseh
This seal date provides the point in history where we should be looking for the ancient tribe of Manasseh to be signing a document, or doing something of a similar nature. The tribe has already been identified as the modern nation of The United States of America. The document is the Declaration of Independence. The date? When Congress opened under this new government organization. If this was the date of the last signature, a distinct possiblity, it appears lost to history.
Manasseh means Forget, just what Manasseh would do
The name Manasseh means forget, as his father Joseph was forgetting his trouble in Egypt at the birth of this son. Americans, unlike nearly every other nation on earth, have no memory of their own history. This is why.
Samaria: Capital of Ancient Israel
There are numerious places in the prophetic passages of the Bible where the ancient names map directly to modern names. The capital of the Northern Kingdom was Samaria. A name that maps to America quite closely.
Future Articles on Manasseh
More to say about Manasseh. Here is a survey.
Tribe of Simeon
The Lost Tribe of Simeon is modern France and all affiliated countries.
June 26 1875: Simeon's Seal Date
Tribe of Simeon.
Tribe of Levi
The Lost Tribe of Levi is modern Switzerland and all affiliated countries. Primarily the affiliated countries are city-states.
August 18, 1842: Seal Date for the tribe of Levi
Not attacked from the outside, or was the document in question a treaty. In this case it was civil war. A war that lead to the structure of the nation we see still today.
Future Articles on Levi
More to say on Levi. A survey.
Tribe of Issachar
The Lost Tribe of Issachar is modern Serbia and all affiliated countries.
June 26 1875: Issachar's Seal Date
Tribe of Issachar.
Tribe of Zebulun
The Lost Tribe of Zebulun is modern Greece.
May 4, 1908: Zebulun's Seal Date
Tribe of Zebulun.
Tribe of Joseph
The Lost Tribe of Joseph is 2 modern nations...
March 12, 1941: Joseph's Seal Date
Joseph was not a landed tribe. His two sons each held seperate covenantal promises. How could Joseph sign a document? If the two houses of Ephraim and Manasseh signed a document or treaty between themselves. They did, on Joseph's Seal Date. The result: The United States and the United Kingdom identified themselves as modern nations descended from ancient tribes of Israel.
Future Articles on Joseph/Ephraim
Joseph was not a landed tribe. His two sons each held seperate covenantal promises. How could Joseph sign a document? If the two houses of Ephraim and Manasseh signed a document or treaty between themselves. They did, on Joseph's Seal Date. The result: The United States and the United Kingdom identified themselves as modern nations descended from ancient tribes of Israel.
Tribe of Benjamin
The Lost Tribe of Benjamin is modern Israel.
January 18, 1974: Benjamin Seal Date
This is the last of the seal dates and is the closest to our modern era. The following is the date in question:
Future Articles on Benjamin
Much more to say. The following are future articles about Benjamin.