Eight Tribes in Heaven and Four Tribes on Earth

2007-03-10 19:55

All Scripture is not about human history. It is about God's history which reveals the work of God through human history. The Bible reveals the things of God through the things of Jacob. Therefore, all Scripture is about the things of God.

Leah and her maidservant Zilpah bore Jacob eight children: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Gad and Asher. Those eight children mean the eight tribes in heaven above. Rachel and her maidservant Bilhah bore Jacob four children: Joseph, Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali. Those four children mean the four tribes on earth beneath.

The Bible shows that the people of God are comprised of the eight tribes in heaven above and the four tribes on earth beneath. The Bible said about it, "He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: 'Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'" (Psalms 50:4-5).

Therefore, the world of God is not just the heaven, nor just the earth. Both the heaven and the earth are the world of God. It is written, "For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men." (1 Corinthians 4:9).

Therefore, God gives salvation and judgment both in heaven above and on earth beneath in the same way. It is clearly revealed in the prayer that Jesus Christ our Lord taught us.

Jesus said, "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10). This means that the salvation and judgment were first fulfilled to the tribes in heaven. It is written, "I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality." (1 Timothy 5:21). This shows that the salvation was fulfilled to angels.

It is also written, "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment." (2 Peter 2:4). These words testify that the judgment was also fulfilled to angels, the tribes in heaven.

So the Bible said, "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name." (Ephesians 3:14-15). And also, "to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ." (Ephesians 1:10). Now in heaven and on earth, his whole family, that is, the twelve tribes remain divided.

When I look into the meaning of the words in All Scripture according to the Spirit of Truth, I can see the will of God who wants to bring all things in heaven and on earth under Christ Jesus. In Christ Jesus, I will forever thank and praise God who let me see it.

Angels and men are differentiated before they are gathered together in one in Christ by salvation. But they are no longer differentiated after they are gathered together in one by salvation. It is written, "and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection." (Luke 20:36). And again, "It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking." (Hebrews 2:5). The twelve tribes are gathered together as brothers in Christ.

Therefore, An angel of the Lord said to John, a man of the Lord, "But he said to me, 'Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!'" (Revelation 22:9). The angel testified that he was a brother of John.

It is written, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28). Likewise, there is neither angel nor man, for we are all one in Christ Jesus.

The Bible said, "Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel." (Revelation 21:17). Therefore, in the Bible, an angel showed up as a man, or a man as an angel.

It is the will of God that the eight tribes in heaven and the four tribes on earth are gathered together in one in Christ. The will is being fulfilled on earth, as it was first fulfilled in heaven. And then, the twelve tribes will be gathered together in one in Christ and become one family. And the eternal rest of God our Father will come true. This is the eternal gospel and salvation. Amen. Thank you, Lord.