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Acts 26:7 – The Ten Lost Tribes?
The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel? Ever hear of them? All kinds of theories, but this serves as an example of how people ignore the Bible in order to create theories to find followers. Plus, mysteries are always more intriguing than boring realities. So let’s make the 10 tribes disappear. Supposedly all the Northern Tribes were lost in the Assyrians captivity. Historically this is a problem because the Babylonians took over the Assyrian territory and the Medo-Persians took the Babylonians. And what did the Medo-Persians do? Send the exiles back to their lands. Biblically, we see this too. Ephraim and Manasseh (1 Chron.9:3) resettled after the exile. We also have the priests and Levites, so Levi is represented (1 Chron.9:10,14). Go the NT and we find Anna of the tribe of Asher (Lk.2:36). Luke further writes, quoting Paul, “the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain” (Acts 26:7). The Lost Ten Tribes? Mystery solved.
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