RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

COMMENTARY - ENDNOTES
831
Internal uprising.
832
Men wore head coverings in Yisrael as an eternal custom.
833
All Yisraelites are seen here in head coverings not only the priests, or kings. Since YHWH does not change, all
believers must continue in the practice, at the very least in public worship and assembly.
834
A typical two-house war, which is just one of many over the course of 3,000 years. We have yet to see an end to
this battle.
835
Another reminder that Benjamin was once part of the House of Yisrael and that most followers of Absalom were
from the House of Joseph, who had already rebelled against the House of Dawid.
836
Judah came to bring him back to Jerusalem.
837
Efrayim is jealous of Judah as usual and complains. The fact that they weren’t invited nor welcome to bring
Dawid back, was because they had just finished conspiring against Dawid by aiding and abetting Absalom, in his
rebellion against the House of Dawid. But that didn’t seem to stop their jealousy.
838
Judah’s answer is not bringing up the rebellion of Efrayim, but one of pride and arrogance. They claim that
Efrayim should not be involved in Dawid’s return to the capital, because the king is a Jew and as such is naturally,
or biologically predisposed to being closer to Judah than to Efrayim. Today like yesterday, Judah desires to leave
Efrayim out of kingdom restoration, just because the Efrayimites are merely Yisraelites, and not Jewish Yisraelites
like the King Messiah.
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Efrayim’s argument is that while they may not be Jewish, they are still the larger part of biological Yisrael, with
ten tribes, rather than just two, and were also far more numerous than Judah. Not only that, it was their idea first to
bring Dawid back to the capital. In these exchanges we see both houses vying for supremacy over the other, a
condition that is terminal, unless YHWH reveals to us the error of our ways.
840
This short but succinct comment is YHWH’s commentary on the argument. Judah was more harsh and unkind
than Efrayim. Why? Because Judah taunted Efrayim with a situation they could not possibly change (that of being
non-Jews), whereas the king was a Jew. We find the same trends in certain denominations today, where Efrayimites
are always reminded that though they are accepted, they can never be considered Jews who will benefit from a life
of full obedience to Torah. This taunting led YHWH to make this startling comment. It serves all Yisrael well to
remember YHWH’s own words and commentary, about the harshness used by Judah against returning Efrayim.
841
Someone who is opposed to two-house truth is called here a son of s.a.tan, or Beliyaal.
842
Benjamin was once considered part of Efrayim-Yisrael.
843
According to many scholars this passage originally read “his elohim,” rather than “his tents.” The Masorites
changed it because it was considered to be worded irreverently. The rendering of “his elohim” is fascinating, as it
portrays Efrayim’s desire to return to their pagan elohim and individualism, rather than to their ohelav, or tents. The
words le-ohelaw and le-elohaw both make very strong statements that Efrayim often is happy in their own tents
away from Torah, with their own elohim.
844
This is the result of rejection and vexation. A feeling of not really being Yisrael, even though biologically they
certainly were. The same applies to returning Efrayim of today. “To your tents” often can mean back to false
religion, after feeling rejected by Judah.
845
Sharp division.
846
This is the ultimate result to all who ruthlessly sow division between the two houses rather than unite them
through Messiah and Torah.
847
Two-house reference. Another Scripture in First Chronicles 21:1 says s.a.tan moved Dawid. There is no
contradiction here, since YHWH caused s.a.tan to move Dawid to achieve His purpose.
848
It is also likely that Dawid wanted to know how many he could actually trust, as he still wasn’t sold on Efrayim’s
loyalty and as such wanted separate totals given to him from both houses.
849
A true shepherd of Yisrael would rather have himself disciplined for his own sin, in order to spare the sheep that
are often innocent.
850
There is a corresponding account in First Chronicles 21:15-29, and many confuse these two accounts as the
purchase of the same field. But Dawid actually bought two fields, from two different persons, for two different
amounts of money. The first one was on the Mt. of Olives, which would become the altar of purifying from the red
heifer with the ashes placed into the water of purification as per Numbers 19. The other altar was to be built on Mt.
Moriah for the sacrifices in the Temple (First Chronicles 21:15-29) when it would be built. Both purchases were done
in relation to the plague being lifted from Yisrael for Dawid’s sin of numbering the people. For more details, see:
An Altar Of Authority, available at: http://restorationscriptures.org/page7.htm
FIRST KINGS
851
To continue the uneasy unity that existed.
852
Two-house reference.
853
The continued increase according to the promise of physical multiplicity.
854
Both houses.
855
History tells us that the united Tabernacle of Dawid that King Solomon inherited was in fact the beginning of
global Yisraelite expansion. Yisraelite colonies were established throughout the known world and colonialist
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