Position Statement About the Identity of the Tribes of Israel
Various churches teach that Great Britain and the United States of America descended from two of the lost ten tribes of Israel. After having carefully researched the tenets and history of this belief, we do not teach this doctrine. While it may be an interesting theory, there is simply a lack of credible evidence, either in the biblical account or the historical record, to support a conclusion regarding the modern identity of the lost ten tribes of Israel. The theory is supported mainly by a variety of hermeneutical and historical inaccuracies.
Therefore, we do not attempt to identify the modern-day descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. National identity and ethnic origin have absolutely nothing to do with a believer's standing before God. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28). The knowledge of any proposed biblical identity of modern nations does not forgive sin, assure salvation or improve human relationships.
For detailed analysis of the biblical evidence, see our Study Paper on the United States and Britain in Prophecy
See also a book written by David Baron in 1915: The history of the ten "lost" tribes: Anglo-Israelism examined
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