RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

COMMENTARY - ENDNOTES
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The messengers of verse 6 remind the remnant that there is not much left to the House of Yisrael and that unless
they head south for repentance, a similar tragedy will befall them.
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According to verse 9, their brothers and children were already in captivity and had not returned. These are some
of the ones who became the melo ha goyim, or fullness of the nations.
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How did Efrayim react? Did the whole nation accept the invitation to return to YHWH? No! They stayed away, did
not come in masses and mocked the messengers and the message. The leftover portion mocked the call to
repentance. That is not an appropriate definition of unity.
4356
Verse 11 states that only “some” of the small remnant humbled themselves to come to Jerusalem. Righteous
Anna of Asher, in Luke’s evangel, was surely descended from those few who did go down and sojourn in Judah.
Does this mean that all of Asher joined all of Judah? The text does not imply that, instead expressly stating that
“some” came, thus emphasizing the oddity, not the normalcy, of Efrayim-Yisrael’s coming to Judah.
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Judah had one heart. No such heart fell upon the tribes of the north.
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Many, but not a fullness by any means.
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Verse 18 indicates that the few, who did appear, did so with impure hearts and defiled hands. Can anyone with an
open mind and heart, seeking truth at any expense and price, honestly declare that this limited Passover is the
fulfillment of the glorious two-stick millennial reunion promised for the future, when no iniquity, or mocking spirits
will be found in either house of Yisrael? The answer is an obvious “No.”
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The term “who were present” defines the limitations of the “many” in verse 18. The ones who did not mock, but
responded are the ones who were present. The very language here indicates that many were not present.
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Limited to those who came.
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As final confirmation, that the reunion is yet future. Second Chronicles 31:1 qualifies the “all Yisrael”
(northerners) present at the Passover, with the qualifier “all Yisrael who were present.” Not all Yisrael joined Judah.
Scripture does not record any follow-up feasts that year, or any other year for that matter, displaying with forceful
clarity that this was a one-time event, with some attendance from a leftover apostate populace.
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Notice they returned without settling in Judah.
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Those Efrayimites that had just kept the Passover.
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Another reference to limited crossover.
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Assyria had many rulers over districts, and the Efrayimite exile was spread all over these districts and lands.
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His Name is upon Yisrael forever.
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True repentance.
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His cleansing reached into territories of Efrayim that were under Judah’s control. This is not any kind of proof
that the two houses already have had their reunion.
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Both houses contributed to the well-being of the Temple.
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An attempt to reach those of both houses, with yet another call to repentance.
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Another reference to Efrayim as being present amongst Judah, but not as having been fully reunited with Judah.
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Efrayim.
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“The children of Yisrael that were present.” The Set-Apart Spirit by inspiration keeps adding this phrase,
indicating when used that Scripture does not speak of all of Efrayim, but only those few who chose to be present.
We cannot ignore this simplistic yet true recurring phrase.
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Efrayim.
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See note for verse 17 above.
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Equinox.
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Ten seven-year periods.
MATTHEW
4379 The True Name of YHWH’s Only Begotten Son, recovered as it initially appeared prior to His days on earth,
meaning YHWH who does the saving. The use of Yahoshua rather than Y’shua, or Yeshua as the name of Messiah,
greatly depends on the historical context. For the Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition, we have opted for
Yahoshua because in terms of our research, this was the form the Name had in terms of pre-Babylonian captivity, as
well as its clear linkage in the prophetic Scriptures, such as in Zechariah 6:11-12. Add to that the fact that Yahshua
came in His Father’s name, which most obviously contains the letter hey as in Yahoshua. However, in terms of what
Messiah was actually called at the time of His first advent, both the Peshitta Aramaic and Old Syriac texts refer to
Him as yud-shen-vav-ayin rather than yud hey vav shen ayin. We have opted for the full name including the letter
hey as revealed prior to corruption.
4380 Ancient vav pronounced whh and not ve.
4381 A non-biological Yisraelite and a whore to boot is considered a Yisraelite because she willfully joined Yisrael and
performed the command to hide the spies. She is honored as a Yisraelite by being placed in Messiah’s lineage.
4382 Ruth became a mother in Yisrael as a Yisraelite in Messiah’s lineage, yet was never considered Jewish.
4383 Uriah was a Hittite and yet his wife is considered a Yisraelite, as was he, since he was even in Dawid’s army.
4384 Actually Matthew leaves out three descendants of Jehosophat here (Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah), because
Jehosophat’s son Jehoram married cursed King Ahab’s (husband of Jezebel of the House of Yisrael) daughter (2nd
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