In our day, some three thousand years after the beginning of Day Four, only a remnant of Jews identify themselves as descending from the Israelites. The descendants of the largest group of Israelites, the ‘lost ten tribes,’ are unaware of their origins and how they got to where they are today – yet they still carry with them an amazing blessing from God originally given to Abraham in Day Three.
It was during Day Four that the Israelites reached the pinnacle of their power as a united nation, a position that was short-lived due to sin. They first divided within the land, then further separated through both migration and captivity. Those Israelites disconnected from the land by thousands of miles and hundreds/thousands of years eventually forgot their status as God’s Chosen People as they continued to migrate, learning new languages and customs, scattered among the Gentile nations.
By the end of Day Four and the time of our Lord’s Nativity, most of Israel no longer lived in the Promised Land. This is the story of how all this came to be.
To make the story easier to follow, it is presented in three parts. The first 120 years of Day Four the twelve tribes were united under one king. After King Solomon they split into two countries, each with their own king, known as the House of Israel (the lost ten tribes) and the House of Judah (later known as the Jews).
The Story of the House of Israel
The Story of the House of Judah
