Today I’m going to tackle what could possibly be one of the most perplexing theological questions of all time. Who or what is a “spiritual Jew”? The reason this is such a challenging issue to wrestle with is because it goes to the very core of our self-identity, who we feel we are in God. […]

Today I want to discuss how Jacob’s prophecy that Ephraim would become the “fullness of the Gentiles” actually pertains to the Gentiles themselves. So far we’ve talked about how the Ephraim-Israelites were absorbed by the Gentile nations and how the the descendants of these 10 lost tribes have now been rediscovered and are in the […]

So we are in the process of analyzing and dissecting what Jacob meant when he said Ephraim will become “MELO HA GOYIM” or the “fullness of the Gentiles”. The first piece of the puzzle is that Ephraim was dispersed throughout the nations and for the most part lost their identity and became swallowed up by […]

“But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.‘”-Genesis 48:19 So we are following on the heels of my last post dealing […]

“Now you’re two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine.  Ephraim and Manasseh will be as much mine as Reuben and Simon are.“–Genesis 48:5 Okay, today we’re going to focus on the technical aspects of the cross-handed blessing that Jacob bestowed on […]