THE UNITED STATES IN PROPHECY 

The Birthright blessing was denied our forefathers after Moses' day because they REFUSED to live by Elohim's laws and ways. And today Elohim warns us, through many prophecies in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Micah, and many others, that unless we of this generation REPENT of our sins, and turn to Him with fastings, and with weeping, and earnest PRAYER, He will destroy our cities, all our fortresses, by the hand of the foreign sword; that He will punish us at the hand of a CRUEL ONE; that we shall be invaded, defeated, reduced to SLAVES! Elohim HELP THIS NATION TO HEED THAT WARNING!

Spiritual Gifts Revelation 1: Charismata Theory, Assessment, Problem-solving
Spiritual Gifts Revelation 2: Miracles by the Book Both by Jack Snyder 2008

Early Writings of Herbert W. Armstrong
edited by Jackson Snyder, 12/29/00

PART SEVEN - WE are ISRAEL  

 THE Most overwhelming modern fulfillment of Bible prophecy, in proof of Divine origin and inspiration, is the sudden sprouting forth of two nations; -- or, more properly, of "a nation," and "a company of nations," from comparative obscurity to positions of world dominance, unprecedented wealth and power, during the past 140 years.

Withheld 2520 Years

 In the 26th chapter of Leviticus, Israel (then one nation of 12 tribes) was given the promise from the Eternal that if they followed His civil statutes, obeyed His Commandments and ordinances, they should immediately INHERIT the vast national promises of the Birthright. Elohim promised to bless their land -- give them rain -- make them wealthy and prosperous. They were to become so powerful they could defeat every enemy -- five of them chase a hundred; a hundred of them put ten thousand to flight. But, beginning verse 14, if they disobeyed, Elohim warned them they would become the slaves of other nations and go into national punishment -- the Birthright blessings being withheld for a duration of 2520 long years, verses 18, 21, 24, 28. For a while the Israelites went Elohim's way -- but not long. Soon they were adopting the customs and ways of the gentile nations around them. After Solomon's death, Israel rejected her king, and Judah split off from Israel in loyalty to King Rehoboam, thus splitting the twelve tribes into two nations.

 The House of Israel sinned first. And after seven dynasties beginning with Jeroboam, and the reigns of 19 kings (not David's dynasty, which was now in Judah), Israel was uprooted from its homeland of Samaria, and taken captive to Assyria. Then, in the year 721 B.C., began the 2520 long years of national banishment from the Birthright inheritance. It must be emphasized that the Birthright promises, to be fulfilled only in Ephraim and Manasseh, could not be inherited until the end of their 2520-years national punishment. By this 2520-year punishment, Elohim punished the people for their sins, yet kept His promises to Abraham. The promises, then, must be fulfilled only AFTER the duration of this punishment. The House of Israel went into Assyrian captivity in 721 B.C. Therefore it could not come into the vast national wealth and resources of the Birthright, until the period beginning 2520 years later, or 1800 A.D.

The "NATION" and "COMPANY of NATIONS"

 Notice again the original promise: "A nation, and a company of nations shall be of thee," Genesis 35:11. Remember, in passing on the Birthright, the dying Jacob (Israel) said of Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, "Let my name be named on them," Genesis 48:16. Hence it is THEY [the descendents of Ephraim (the British) and Manasseh (Americans)] not the Jews, who rightfully own the name "house of ISRAEL." Continuing, Jacob added, "and let them grow into a multitude." Then, speaking of Manasseh and his descendents alone, Jacob said prophetically: "He also shall become a people [nation], and he also shall be GREAT: but truly his younger brother [Ephraim] shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a MULTITUDE [a company, or COMMONWEALTH] of NATIONS, Genesis 48:19.

 In A.D. 1800, England and the United States were small and insignificant among the earth's nations. England had only the British Isles, a very small part of India, and a small part of Canada. The United States consisted only of the original 13 colonies and three added states. Neither possessed any great wealth or power. But beginning in 1800 these two little nations began to sprout and to grow into vast national riches and power such as no people ever possessed. Soon the United States grew into the GREATEST single nation on earth. Britain's empire spread around the world, until the sun never set upon her possessions. Canada, Australia, South Africa, were given dominion status -- made free and independent nations, ruling themselves independent of England -- a company, or commonwealth, of nations joined together, not by legal government, but solely by the throne of David! And the British Commonwealth of Nations is the only COMPANY OF NATIONS in all earth's history. Could we so exactly fulfill the specifications of the Birthright, and not BE the birthright people?

The United States is Manasseh

 Some will say, "I can believe that the British are Ephraim, but how can the United States be Manasseh?" From the prophetic blessings passed on by the dying Jacob, it is apparent that Ephraim and Manasseh were, in a large measure, to inherit the Birthright jointly; to remain together for a long time, finally separating. In Genesis 48 Jacob first passed the Birthright on to the two sons of Joseph jointly, speaking of them both together. Then, finally, he spoke of them separately -- Manasseh was to become the single GREAT nation, Ephraim, the COMPANY of nations. And in his prophecy for these latter days Jacob said, "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall," Genesis 49:22. In other words, Joseph -- Ephraim and Manasseh jointly and together -- was to be a colonizing people in this latter day, their colonies branching out from the British Isles around the earth.

 Our people have fulfilled this prophecy. Now turn again to the 49th chapter of Isaiah. It is addressed, verse 1, "O Isles," and, verse 3, "O Israel." Begin now with the 19th verse:

"Thy waste and thy desolate places and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow [crowded] by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up [Assyria] shall be far away."

This is the time when they were to colonize and branch out -- long after they had left, and now are far away from Assyria.

"The children which thou shalt have [colonies], after thou hast lost the other, [13 colonies which became the U.S.A.], shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell," (20th verse).

Notice Israel in the Isles, far from Assyria, loses her first colony, and then her other children expand and colonize AFTER she has lost her first people. The first colony that she "lost" -- which separated from her -- as Manasseh was finally to separate from Ephraim -- was called "NEW England," and now the United States.

 Together Ephraim and Manasseh grew into a multitude then separated according to Jacob's prophetic blessing of Genesis 48. But, so many ask, how can we be Manasseh when a large part of our people have come from many nations besides England? The answer is this: A large part of Manasseh remained with Ephraim until the separation of NEW England. But our forefathers were to be sifted through many nations, as corn through a sieve, yet not a grain to fall to the earth or be lost, Amos 9:9. Our people did filter through many nations.

 Ephraim and much of Manasseh finally immigrated to England together, but many others of Manasseh who had filtered into and through other nations did not leave them until they came, as immigrants, to the United States AFTER the New England colony had become the separate nation. This does not mean that all foreigners who have immigrated into this country are of the stock of Manasseh, but undoubtedly many are. Israel, however, always did absorb Gentiles, who became Israelites through living in Israel's land and intermarrying. Thus we have become known as the "melting pot" of the world. Instead of refuting our Manasseh ancestry, this fact actually confirms it.

 The proof that we are Manasseh is overwhelming. Manasseh was to separate from Ephraim and become the greatest, wealthiest single nation of earth's history. We alone have fulfilled this prophecy. Manasseh was in fact a thirteenth tribe. There were twelve original tribes. Joseph was one of these twelve. But when Joseph divided into TWO tribes and Manasseh separated into an independent nation, it became a thirteenth tribe. It started with thirteen colonies.

The Birthright WEALTH

 Read again the prophetic promises of Genesis 22:17 and 24:60. Since the birthright pertains to NATIONS, the "GATE" of our enemies would be such passes as Gibraltar, Suez, Singapore, Panama Canal, etc. Britain and America came into possession of every such major "gate" in this world! So we MUST be modern Israel. This war [World War II] hinges on these "gates." They have become not only strategic passes, but the world's greatest fortifications. Notice Genesis 39:2, 23: "The Eternal was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. The Eternal was with him, and that which he did, the Eternal made it to PROSPER." And Elohim has continued to be with, and to PROSPER Joseph through us, his descendents. Consider Moses' dying, prophetic blessing, foretelling what would happen to each of the tribes in these latter days.

"And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth and the fullness thereof - let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph [Ephraim and Manasseh both]. His glory is like the firstling [firstborn -- birthright holder] of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns [Great Britain's national seal today]: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh," Deuteronomy 33:13-17.

 Whoever is Ephraim and Manasseh today must have been in possession of the earth's choicest agricultural, mineral, and other wealth -- the great gold and silver mines; iron, oil, and coal, timber, and other resources. What nations fulfill these prophecies? Why, only Great Britain and America! More than half of all tillable, cultivatable temperate-zone lands of this earth are in the possession of our two great powers alone! The rich agricultural lands of the Mississippi Valley; the vast wheat and grain fields of the Northwest, of Canada and Australia; the great forest lands of the Pacific Northwest and many other parts of the world; the gold fields of South Africa, Australia, Alaska and the United States; the great coal mines of the United States and British Isles; the natural waterfalls and means of power and motivation, and consequent prosperous industrial and manufacturing districts of England and eastern United States; the choicest fruit lands of our Pacific Coast and Florida. What other nations combined ever possessed such material wealth? And nearly all this wealth has come to us after A.D. 1800!

How Did We Get It?

 Now how did we come into possession of all this vast wealth of the earth? Did we acquire it through our own human wisdom, foresight, energy, ability, and power? Let Abraham Lincoln answer: "We find ourselves, he said, "in the peaceful possession of the fairest portion of the earth, as regards fertility of soil, extent of territory and salubrity of climate. We find ourselves the legal inheritors of these fundamental blessings. We toiled not in the acquirement or the establishment of them." Again, in his proclamation for April 30, 1863, for a nationwide day of fasting and prayer, this great president said: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of Elohim and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose Elohim is Jehovah. We have been the recipients of the choicest blessings of heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation ever has grown; BUT WE HAVE FORGOTTEN Elohim! We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own."

 And because Lincoln saw a nation who had forgotten Elohim -- a nation drunk with a success not due to its own efforts -- a nation taking all the credit and glory to itself, this great president called upon the nation for a day of FASTING and PRAYER to confess this national sin before Elohim. The fate of the nation hung in the balance when he issued that proclamation. But Elohim heard and answered that great national prayer offensive -- and the nation was then preserved! Abraham Lincoln KNEW these great material blessings had not been earned, but had been GIVEN to our people by the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel. And we should face the facts today and KNOW that we were given all this vast unprecedented material wealth because Elohim PROMISED it, unconditionally, to ABRAHAM. And He promised it to Abraham BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED Elohim, KEPT Elohim'S LAWS AND COMMANDMENTS.

 The Birthright blessing was denied our forefathers after Moses' day because they REFUSED to live by Elohim's laws and ways. And today Elohim warns us, through many prophecies in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Micah, and many others, that unless we of this generation REPENT of our sins, and turn to Him with fastings, and with weeping, and earnest PRAYER, He will destroy our cities, all our fortresses, by the hand of the foreign sword; that He will punish us at the hand of a CRUEL ONE; that we shall be invaded, defeated, reduced to SLAVES! Elohim HELP THIS NATION TO HEED THAT WARNING!

In Conclusion, we ask: If we are not national Israel -- the so-called "lost" Ten Tribes -- prosperous Joseph-Israel -- Birthright Israel -- actual inheritors of the birthright blessings which were to be bestowed beginning A.D. 1800, then WHO ELSE CAN BE? No other nation or combination of nations do or can possess these blessings of the Birthright -- for we hold more than two-thirds -- nearly three-fourths -- of all the raw materials, resources, and wealth of this entire round earth, and all other nations combined share between them only a small part. Do you know of stronger proof of the divine inspiration of the Holy Bible as the revealed Word of the living Elohim? Could mortal men have written, without divine inspiration, those prophecies we have considered in this booklet -- made those PROMISES to Joseph-Israel, and, after a lapse of 2520 years, beginning the exact year of 1800, have had power to bring them about in fulfillment? These are no small or trifling promises. They involved possession of the great wealth and vast natural resources of the whole earth on which we live! Present these facts as a challenge to your atheist and agnostic friends. Ask them to answer, if they can, whether any but the power of the Eternal CREATOR Himself could have made and had committed to writing such promises, thousands of years ago, and, at precisely the promised time thousands of years later, brought about their fulfillment!

 How any American -- any English-speaking inheritor of Elohim's choicest material blessings -- can, in face of such stupendous, overwhelming fulfillment of prophecy -- such awe-inspiring demonstration of the power and might and faithfulness of Almighty Elohim -- accept and partake of these blessings, and then carelessly ignore Elohim's WARNING that our sins today are INCREASING, or fail to get to his knees before the great Almighty, repent, and INTERCEDE in heartrending PRAYER for this whole nation, and HELP in every way he can to warn this nation now of its impending PERIL, seems impossible to conceive.

 Elohim warns us through prophecy that our sins are fast increasing. And now the day of RECKONING is here! The foreign sword already has attacked us. In this fearful awesome atomic age, World War III will start with atom bombs dropped on New York Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, without warning! Elohim HELP this nation to wake up before it's too late! Elohim HELP our president to see this thing as Abraham Lincoln saw it -- to call upon this nation now, as Lincoln called upon it, for the deadly-earnest heart-rending FASTING and prayer -- to issue a proclamation as Lincoln did setting apart a definite DAY for this confession of sin before Elohim -- for REPENTANCE -- calling upon Elohim to intervene and HELP and SAVE US -- putting our trust in HIM.

 Yes, we are Elohim's chosen people ISRAEL! Think what that means! Chosen, not for favors while we defy our Elohim, but chosen for SERVICE we have failed to perform. We should shout for joy at the discovery of our true national identity -- and we should be brought to REPENT -- and to TURN TO Elohim -- and to get back of this crusade by radio and by printed word to WARN this nation, and to CALL UPON IT FOR THE REAL HEART-RENDING NATIONAL PRAYER OFFENSIVE. In no other way can we now win the PEACE!