LECTURES ON ANCIENT ISRAEL, AND THE ISRAELITISH ORIGIN OF THE MODERN NATIONS OF EUROPE
BY J. WILSON, London, 1840
1. Is not the house of Israel, and especially the tribe of Ephraim, clearly distinguished from that of Judah, in both the historical and prophetical parts of Scripture? I Chron. 5:2; Jer. 3:11.
Were not of Ephraim especially to come, the many heirs of the promises made unto the fathers, just as of Judah was to come, the One Heir, from whom the blessing was immediately to descend? Gen. 48:15-20; Gen. 49:8-12.
2. Were not the lost tribes of Israel, to be found in these, the last days, as "a seed the Lord hath blessed?" Hos. 2:14-23; Is. 19:17-23; 61:9, 10; 66:8-14; Jer. 31:1-10; Ezek. 11:15-20; Hos. 1:10, 11.
Do the signs of the times as well as the prophetic dates, indicate the time to be come when God shall have "accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people?" Dan. 12:4-7; Is. 6:11, 12.
3. Have not all previous attempts to find the lost tribes of Israel proved abortive, especially as to the accounting for Ephraim, the heir of the promises made unto the fathers, and of which was to come the promised "fulness of the Gentiles," or " multitude of nations?" Rom. 11:25; Gen. 48:19; Is. 61:25-29.
Does not the Scripture declare, that the previous non-discovery of Israel has been occasioned by Israel's blindness, and not by God's having failed to fulfil his word? Isa. 42:18-25; 43:1-13; 45:17-21.
Does not the Scripture expressly recognize our present condition as being that in which Israel would be found? And do they predict matters respecting Israel, which can only be fulfilled in these nations? Is. 27:6-10; Jer. 31:10, 11; Mic. 7:16; Jer. 3:18; Ezek. 11:16, &c.
4. Does history (which traces our Saxon ancestry back to the very countries into which Israel were carried captive by the Assyrians) present anything opposed to this view? Sharon Turner's "Anglo-Saxons," Vol. i. 94-102.
Is it likely that the God of truth would utterly cast away the people unto whom the promises were made; and out of the same place bring forth quite a different people to have fulfilled to them the promises freely made unto Israel, and so solemnly confirmed to them by oath? Luke 1:68-75; Rom. 15:8; Mic. 7:18-20; Is. 25:1-7; Ps. 105:10.
Could it thus be said that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance? Rom. 11:29; Is. 41:8, 9.
5. Are not the intellectual, moral and physical characteristics of the English [ABCOG: in 1840] exactly those that were to be expected of the nations promised to come of Ephraim? See Lecture IV on the Training of Israel. Can our ancient religious rites, political institutions, manners and acquirement better be accounted for than as having been derived front ancient Israel ! See Lectures VIII-XII.
Do not the favors bestowed upon these nations in the north-west, and the whole course of God's dealings the English nation, indicate clearly their being under the kindness and care of the good Shepherd of Israel? Gen. 49; Ps. 80:1-3; 147:19, 20.
Go to John Wilson, 1840. Our Israelitish Origin