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.