Trying to understand the Miraculous
Return of the 10 tribes VS the natural gathering in of the 10 tribes
Which
scriptures clearly point to the portion of the Great and Marvelous Work (GMW) dealing with the return of the
lost 10 tribes as a body. Miraculous Return of the 10 tribes:
This
work is the portion of the GMW that Jeremiah saw and prophesied that, no
longer would the Lord be known as the one who led the Children of Israel from
Egypt…but he who delivered them from the north and restored them
to their lands. (see Jeremiah 16:14-15 and 23:7-8) Pay attention
to the reason stated in 2 Nephi 27:21 (show that I am able to do mine own work)
for the great and marvelous work that is to follow 2 Nephi 27:26. Notice
that it is associated with the reason for leaving the book sealed until a
latter date. All of the scriptures listed under this grouping will also fit
under the higher-level gathering grouping but my focus for this
sections is to point out the scriptures pointing to the specific
returning of the lost 10 as a group.
Lion of Jacob (LJ) … with great power: Micah 5:8, 3 Neph16:15, 3 Neph20:15-20, 21:12, Mormon 5:24, (all have the statement: …….” he goeth through
both ctreadeth down and teareth in pieces,
and none can deliver.”)
Remnant:
Looking at the Topical Guide (TG) This term seems to cover a variety on
entities Like those gathering after a conversion,to those that will spread the Gospel
in the latter days even up to those that will be used to cleans the wicked (3 Neph 21:12, D&C 87:5) prior to the second coming to
include this lion of Jacob theme.
Return
of the lost ten tribes: 2 Neph 29 :13-14, AoF10 We believe in …… and in the restoration of the bTen Tribes…
"from the north countries," :D&C
110:11, D&C 133:26-34, Jeremiah 3:18; 16:14-15, 23:7-8, 31:8-11
Enrichment D - pages 11 & 12 (in part)
(D-6) The Return of the Ten Tribes
At a conference held 3-6 June 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio, the Prophet Joseph Smith
explained that John the Beloved was then ministering among the lost tribes of
Israel, preparing them for their return to again possess the lands of their
fathers (see History of the Church, 1:176" D&C 77:14).
Five years later, Moses appeared in the Kirtland Temple to Joseph Smith and
Oliver Cowdery and committed to them the keys of the priesthood for
"the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading
of the ten tribes from the land of the north" (D&C 110:11). It
is apparent from this passage that though the main body of ten of the tribes is
lost, there are representatives of all twelve tribes scattered throughout the
earth. This statement can be explained as follows:
1. When Assyria attacked
the Northern Kingdom, many fled to the safety of the Southern
Kingdom. 2. When the Lord led Israel out of Assyria,
some remained behind (see Talmage, Articles of Faith, P.
325). 3. As the ten tribes traveled north, some stopped along the
way - many possibly being scattered
throughout Europe and Asia. 4. From time to time the
Lord has led groups of Israelites into other areas of the
earth: the Nephites and the Mulekites being
two such groups (see 1 Nephi 22:3-5). Concerning this scattering, Elder
Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: "One of the most
interesting and significant parables ever written is that revealed
to Zenos and recorded in the fifth chapter
of Jacob in the Book of Mormon. It is a parable of the scattering
of Israel. If we had the full key to the interpretation, then we
would have in detail how Israel was transplanted in all parts of the
earth." (Answers to Gospel Questions, 2:56-57.) 5.
The scriptures teach that remnants of all the tribes of Israel were
scattered among the nations of the earth and in the last days will be gathered
out from among these nations and from the four quarters of the earth. The
remnant knows as the lost ten tribes will return as a body out of the north
countries. (See 3 Nephi 21:26-29; D&C 110:11; 133:26-32; 1 Nephi
22:3-4; 19:16; 3 Nephi 5:23-24; Deuteronomy 4:27; 28:29, 64; Jeremiah
16:14-15; 31:8; Ezekiel 11:15-17; Hosea 9:16-17; Daniel 9:7.) The Doctrine
and Covenants clearly foretells the time when the prophets among these tribes
shall lead the people back in a great and marvelous show of power (see
D&C 133:26-34). Jeremiah promised so marvelous would be this even
that no longer would God be called the Lord who led Israel out of Egypt but the
Lord who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north (see
Jeremiah 16:14-15). The appointed time will come when the lost tribes of Israel will
return to Zion to receive their blessings at the hands of
Ephraim. "This great gathering will take place under the
direction of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, for he holds the keys" (Bruce
R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 458). The lost tribes,
as well as all others who want to be numbered in the house of Israel and
receive the blessings of the priesthood, must come to Ephraim, who holds the
birthright blessings (see Genesis 48:15-22; 1 Chronicles 5:1-2; Jeremiah 31:9). Elder Wilford Woodruff
taught that when the ten tribes returned, they would come to Ephraim to obtain
the priesthood as well as their endowments and sealings (see Journal
of Discourses, 4:231-32; 18:127). Elder Orson Pratt
stated: "God is determined to raise up Prophets among that
people, but he will not bestow upon them all the fulness of the
blessings of the Priesthood. The fulness will be reserved to be
given to them after they come to Zion." (In Journal of
Discourses, 18:25.) (D-7) The Lost Tribes to Come to Zion When
the ten tribes return, they will bring their rich treasures to the children of
Ephraim (see D&C 133:30). Part of this rich treasure will be the
records, which they have kept all these centuries. In them will be found
the account of their miraculous escape from Assyria, their journey into the
land to the north, their history, their prophets, and the appearance to them of
the Savior after his resurrection (see 2 Hephi 29:12-13:3;
3 Nephi 16:1-3).
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Michael
B Rush’s take on this: “….. For behold, the day cometh
that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly
shall burn as stubble; for they that come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch. (JS History 1:37)
Those
that come are the lions of Israel, the righteous body of the Lost Ten Tribes. Regarding this
mighty host that will purge the Lord’s vineyard before His coming, Isaiah
taught the following, which was transcribed verbatim by Nephi into the Book of
Mormon:
They come from a far
country, from the
end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons
of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Howl ye;
for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the
Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall
be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the
Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate:
and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (2 Nephi 23:5-9)
Isaiah’s
words confirm that this mighty host was indeed grafted far beyond the confines
of our vineyard, in the ENDS OF HEAVEN. There, in their place apart, they have
become mighty. They have become powerful enough to be described as the
weapons of the Lord's indignation. These lions of the Lord come as the
forerunners of the Second Coming, to purge the earth and "destroy the
sinners". …..”
Return from off the earth Ref:
Isaiah 13:5, 2 Nephi 23:5 “...come from
a far country, from the end of heaven...”
Nehemiah 1:9 “…cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven,…”
Duet 30:4 “…driven out unto the outmost parts of aheaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
<<< ….return as a body out of the north countries…. >>>>
Is this an
ET event (returning from off the earth) as Michael Rush believes? It does seem
strange that a body of people, that fit the scriptures (led by Prophets, with
their own scriptures, Waiting as a group for the word to return…) , remain undiscovered on the earth at this time.
Hollow
earth explanation: The lost 10 tribes reside in a hollow earth… Prior to MB Rush’s expanded explanation on the
ET theme, in His book Enoch Vol 2, I assumed the Hollow
Earth theory was a better match for the scriptures however with the understanding
that part of the return would include parts of the earth that had been taken away
when the 10 tribes and the city of Enoch were removed from the earth (larger pieces
than the current size of the earth) and this reconstitution would cause the mountains
to be made low etc, causing what we see in scripture.(Highway cast out of the deep, shall smite the rocks, and the ice shall flow down at
their presence…)
. (… D&C 110:11; 133:26-32..)
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Higher level role of the House of Israel
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Much of the latter-day work is
centered on the restoration of the House of Israel and their role in the salvation of mankind bringing
them back to a covenant relationship with God.
Gathering of the wheat from among the tares, prior to the
burning: Alma 26, D&C 86:5-7
The earth will be cleaned by fire prior to the Millennium.
Is this a single worldwide event?Does
it come in phases (2 prophets in Jerusalem have the power to call down fire…)
Malachi
4:1-3 1 aFor, behold,
the bday cometh,
that shall cburn as
an oven; and all the dproud, yea,
and all that do ewickedly,
shall be fstubble: and
the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of
hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor gbranch.
2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name
shall the aSun of
righteousness barise with
healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the cstall.
3 And ye shall atread down
the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that
I shall do this, saith the Lord of
hosts.
The remnant that believe in Christ as their Savior are
gathered in 1 Neph 14:7, 2 Neph 10:5-9, 2 Neph 25:15-18, 2 Neph 30:7, 3 Nephi 20:18, 21:24, Ether 13:6-8,
Hosea 1:11