Wow. You believe that? Prove it. When I check stats it is a tiny percentage in Israel that believe in their Messiah.
You're understanding shows you're lacking in Old Testament Book study.
1. In Rehoboam's day (Solomon's son), God split old Israel into two kingdoms, the "kingdom of Judah" (JEWS), and the "kingdom of Israel" (TEN TRIBES). So YES... I am "invoking" the ten tribes subject!
2. Those two kingdoms, also called the "house of Judah" and the "house of Israel", had war against each other. The kingdom of Judah involved only the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi. The ten northern tribes made up Israel then.
3. Only those of the "kingdom of Judah" became known as JEWS, that title coming from the tribe of Judah.
4. After this split, the "house of Israel" means the ten northern tribes ONLY.
5. God brought the kings of Assyria upon the ten northern tribes first, and removed all of them out of the land of Israel to Assyria and the lands of the Medes. They NEVER returned as a people, and are STILL scattered in the countries to this day. The Jewish historian Josephus (100 A.D.) said the ten tribes were still beyond Euphrates in his day, and was a great number of people, too many to count.
6. ONLY the "house of Judah" (JEWS) in Judea-Jerusalem was left in the holy land after God removed the ten tribes.
7. Then the "house of Judah" fell away like the ten tribes did, and God brought the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar upon them, destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's temple, and took the "house of Judah" captive to Babylon for 70 years. THIS DID NOT involve the ten northern tribes of Israel.
8. After Judah's 70 years Babylon captivity, a SMALL remnant of the "house of Judah" returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city, walls, and temple. This DID NOT involve the ten tribes which were still scattered beyond Euphrates.
9. The MAJOIRITY of the house of Judah chose to stay in Babylon after the 70 years captivity, because God had promised to take care of them there, and He did. Then from Babylon they were further scattered through the countries.
10. the MAJORITY of the seed of Israel was with the ten northern tribes of Israel, and no doubt still is.
11. the ten scattered tribes of the "house of Israel" became LOST, and did not return to the holy lands. As written in Hosea, God said they would lose their way back, lose knowledge of His feasts, new moons, etc., and they no longer were His people (Hebrew lo-ami). But He said He would not do this to Judah, thus the JEWS have always kept their heritage as part of God's Israel.
12. in Romans 9, Apostle Paul writing to Gentile Roman believers, quoted from the Book of Hosea which was written ONLY to the "house of Israel" (ten northern tribes). Paul used that to point to BOTH the ten tribes WITH Gentiles together, as one body, as the children of God, with God calling them Ami, My people.
13. because Paul used the Hosea Scripture to point to believing Gentiles on Christ, along with believing Israel of the ten tribes, that PUTS THEM TOGETHER IN THE SAME PLACE WITH HEARING THE GOSPEL.
14. Jesus said He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the "house of Israel". That He literally meant the ten tribe "house of Israel" after the split particularly became FACT when He was rejected by the majority of JEWS in Jerusalem, and The Gospel instead was believed among scattered Israel along with Gentiles, and this gave birth to the WESTERN CHRISTIAN NATIONS OF HISTORY.
