The theme of the Western Regional Reunion and Feast of Shavuot Celebration in Salt Lake, on June 13 -15, is reconciliation, with the emphasis being based on YHVH declaration to Jeremiah,

"In those days and at that time," declares YHVH, "the sons of Israel [Ephraim] will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be YHVH their God they will seek. They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may bind themselves to YHVH in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten" (Jeremiah 50:4-5).

With this theme in mind, I realized that my talk on Friday evening at the conference needs to deal in some manner with how Ephraim and Judah can practically move towards reconciliation with the emphasis being on, "What can Ephraim do?" As I reflected on the challenge of reuniting a kingdom that has been divided for some twenty-nine-hundred years, I realized that we were faced with what seems to be an impossible task. To make matters worse, its remnant people have successfully maintained that division, and have never made any real efforts to put it back together. It is only in the past quarter century, with the birth of the Messianic Israel movement, that we are seeing a portion of the remnant people who even have the vision of somehow implementing YHVH’s cry to make the two sticks, Judah and Ephraim, one stick in His hand (Eze 37:15-17).

My first question was "Is our generation the 'In those days and at that time,' generation that Jeremiah speaks of?" If the answer is yes, then what can we do, or how would YHVH use us to accomplish this mind boggling task?

As I pondered over this challenging undertaking, trying to think of some other similar historical event that might offer some guidance, the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty came into my mind.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Humpty Dumpty, is a twenty six word nursery rhyme, in the league with Mother Goose and Peter Rabbit, and it has been around for five centuries. Look up Humpty Dumpty in Google, and you get 80,900 images, and 2,070,000 text references.

Why would a rhyme with such a dismal and disheartening message even be remembered?

The suggested origin of the rhyme is that "Humpty Dumpty" refers to the tale of Charles I (Humpty Dumpty) of England. He was toppled by the Puritan majority in Parliament (the great fall). The King's army (Cavaliers) could not restore his power. Charles I was executed by the Roundheads ("couldn't put back together again").

It is interesting to compare this scenario to the division of the Davidic kingdom. Solomon’s son King Rehoboam was toppled from kingship over the twelve tribes by the withdrawal of the 10 Northern tribes of Israel. And Rehoboam, and all the succeeding kings of the Southern kingdom, were not able to put the Davidic kingdom back together again.

I felt the Ruach was using this rhyme to say that men, through their own might and power, are not going to put the Davidic kingdom back together. Rather, men being led by the Ruach and following YHVH’s instruction will accomplish this age-ending mission. In other words, success will not be accomplished by people, trying to implement a man-made roadmap, but rather by those who are following the instructions in YHVH’s roadmap, which is summed up in Ezekiel Chapter 37 and Jeremiah 23:1–8.

Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, "Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off." Therefore prophesy and say to them, "Thus says YHVH, 'Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am YHVH your God, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, YHVH your God, have spoken and done it,' declares YHVH" (Eze 37:11-14).

Obviously, these are not normal dead bones, because they are talking, and can be talked to. Further, they can be delivered from their graves and placed alive back in their own land. So what are these bones dead to? What will bring them back to life? And how do they get back to their own land?

For detailed answers to these questions, I urge you to attend the Salt Lake conference and partake of the fellowship and the discussions on how we can reach the lost sheep, join Judah and Ephraim together, and bind ourselves in an everlasting covenant with YHVH.

YHVH does answers these questions when He tells Jeremiah that He will raise up shepherds (keep in mind that you only need one sheep to be a shepherd!) to gather His scattered lost sheep out of all the countries where He had driven them and bring them back to their own soil where they will be fruitful and multiply (Jer 23:1-8).

The first step in accomplishing this regathering is to transform the lost sheep into found sheep, as I mentioned in my recent article "Possessing the Land." We must have the ugly duckling realize that he is a swan. One who sees himself as an ugly duck, even though he may be a swan, will never be able to help to accomplish his mission as a swan as long as he is swimming with the ducks. Likewise, the lost sheep need to become found sheep. The lost sheep need to quit flocking with the goats of this world and recognize their heritage and their destiny. They need to be sure they are in a sheepfold, and heeding the Father calling them back to their own soil.

To accomplish this transformation of the lost sheep of Israel into the found sheep of Israel, they need a herald or messenger to bring them the good news that they are citizens of the Commonwealth of Israel. For those shepherds, or forerunners, who are found sheep, and feel that the Ruach haKodesh is encouraging them to be a messenger bringing good news of good things to the lost sheep, will find helpful guidance in ways to take this message out in the following article: "The Stimulus Campaign".

Be blessed and encouraged,
Angus
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