RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

COMMENTARY - ENDNOTES
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The “catching away” is the regathering of both houses back to the land.
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YHWH leads us back to the land, not man.
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Torah.
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Here YHWH states that it is Efrayim (later to become the ten-tribes of Yisrael) that is always and eternally His
firstborn. As YHWH’s eternal firstborn, he comes to a time of repentance through the Renewed Covenant. It is at that
time that YHWH will be Master over all the tribes, or clans of Yisrael, according to Jeremiah 31:1. The one returning
as part of the great congregation from the nations is Efrayim, YHWH’s firstborn. Hebrews 12:23 confirms the
centrality and spiritual primacy of firstborn Yisrael, the redeemed gathering and “congregation of the firstborn,
having been enrolled in heaven….” YHWH says that all believers make up the membership of the “congregation of
firstborn Yisrael,” whose names are recorded in the Lamb’s Book Of Life.
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Yahshua.
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All Yisrael will return by the same one who was responsible for the scattering.
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YHWH will redeem Yisrael from the hands of the stronger gentile nations.
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Both houses will flow back together. Note that Efrayim won’t have to pander to orthodox separatists in unsaved
Judah who are now back in the land since 1948. Rather, the redeemed of both houses return together, as today
neither redeemed Efrayim nor redeemed Judah are welcome as citizens. Only the unsaved in Yisrael seem to be
welcomed.
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The Messiah who is the Good Shepherd, the good Torah, and the good land.
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In the restored kingdom.
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The spotless virgin bride of Yahshua.
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In the literal pashat Rachel the wife of Jacob symbolically weeping over the Diaspora, or the exile of scattered
Yisrael in the exile. She is weeping for all of Yisrael’s children, and her own children, Joseph and Benjamin, who are
out of their homeland of Yisrael. Matthew chapter 2 quotes this on a remez/hint level. Bethlehem’s children were
killed due to Yisrael’s disobedience of Torah, the very same reason Yisrael’s 12 tribes were scattered to the ends of
the earth to their spiritual and physical death. Disobedience is the thematic cord Matthew uses to apply this verse in
the remez/hint from its literal pashat.
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Despite her weeping and mourning, YHWH comforts her, as both houses will be returning. Efrayim represents
Joseph’s return, and Benjamin represents Judah’s return, since Benjamin became part of Judah.
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The promised end of the exile comforts Rachel.
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YHWH comforts Rachel with proof of the end of the exile by telling her that He Himself has heard Efrayim, or non-
Jewish Yisrael repenting.
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Efrayim laments his lack of instruction, or Torah understanding. Egele, or a bull is the tribal banner of Efrayim,
later turned into idolatry by Efrayim.
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Efrayim cries for help in his repentance.
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Efrayim knows the love and patience of the Father.
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True repentance for breaking the Torah.
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Instruction.
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Efrayim becomes amazed at his own blindness towards the eternal precepts of Torah, not just Judah’s blindness
towards Messiah.
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A natural reaction when true repentance takes place.
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Efrayim sees his punishment as bearing the stupidity of his youthful ways, which included lust and paganism.
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A rhetorical question. If Efrayim is YHWH’s dear eternal son, and furthermore is His firstborn, how can Efrayim
not return together with Judah, despite not being recognized by the world, or often even by themselves?
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YHWH is troubled until Efrayim is fully restored.
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Literal landmarks set up by Jeremiah and spiritual guideposts as well. This is addressed in detail at:
http://restorationscriptures.org/page19.htm
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Dolmans of stone. YHWH asks Yisrael to mark the route so they can return.
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Spiritually.
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All 12 tribes of verse 1.
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Physically.
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In prolonged exile.
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All Yisrael.
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This novum, or new thing, is directly linked to the healing of the backslidden daughter of Yisrael.
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In much Jewish literature, this was often viewed as a reference to the virgin birth of Messiah. How does this all
fit? The new thing is a human being born of the “seed of the woman” in fulfillment of Genesis 3:15, and is the
supernatural act that actually brings about Efrayim and Judah’s return. This is the reason that YHWH wants mother
Rachel to stop crying.
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Caused by prolonged exile.
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Any dreams, or visions of YHWH’s restoration of Yisrael will indeed be a sweet time for the one understanding
the message behind the dream.
2210 Limited intermingling between houses.
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