From: leonard-abbott@webtv.net 
  
  ISRAEL AND JUDAH UNITED AS ONE NATION 
     (Sue) 
 This prophecy is found in Ezekiel 37:15-28. It says that Ezekiel was to 
 take two sticks in his hand, one for Judah and his companions, Benjamin 
 and Levi. The other for Ephraim and his companions, the other tribes of 
 the house of Israel. Then they will be one in his hand. 
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    If you would read a little history, you would learn, that prophecy 
 was fulfilled in the 2nd & 3rd centuries. 
     Jesus said' ' when you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, 
 then know that the desolation of her has drawn near.'' 
    The original Christians ''the lost sheep of the house of Israel'' 
 realized the destruction of Jerusalem  was eminent and fled to the 
 mountains for safety. 
   The Apostolic Church, relatives of Jesus Christ established 
 Christianity in Europe, where all of the Judean aristocracy, had been 
 taken.as captives. 
   These faithful from the 12 tribes were united as ''one stick'' with 
 the Apostolic Church first, because they were the only people in Rome 
 that had knowledge of the Bible. 
    It was easy for them to  be grafted in because they were the 
 ''natural branches'' 
 grafted into their own natural olive tree'' 
   These were descendants of the original Israelites that were not 
 scattered and annihilated, when Israelites were replaced with 
 Babylonians, at the time Israel was given the name Samaria. 
     RO11;4'' I have left 7,000 men over for myself''at this time a 
 remnant has turned up according to a choosing due to undeserved 
 kindness'' 
    The remnant Paul is referring to includes the 144,000 from the 12 
 tribes of Israel + the aristocracy of 97,000 that ''showed up'' in 
 Europe'' 
    Slowly over a period of several centuries the ''ROOT OF FATNESS'' 
 with the help of Jesus Christ began destroying the Roman Empire'' 
   ZEC14;3 ''And the lord will certainly go forth and war against those 
 NATIONS as in the days of his warring.'' 
     lenny 
  
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  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)