this is a great video on how the Church is the true Israel but long, he actually brakes down both views very plainly so you decide
Let’s clarify something before this guy even gets rolling.
His claim at the beginning that “everyone in Israel back then were Jews” is not only historically false — it’s a theological train wreck.
The term
“Jew” (Hebrew:
Yehudi) refers
specifically to members of the tribe of
Judah, or later to those from the
southern kingdom of Judah — which was made up of
Judah,
Benjamin, and part of
Levi (the priests). That’s
3 tribes— not 12.
The northern kingdom — made up of the ten tribes (Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, and Manasseh) — were
not “Jews.” They were
Israelites, but they did
not descend from Judah.
After Solomon’s reign, the kingdom of Israel
split in two — and the result was open hostility.
The
southern kingdom became
Judah (made up of Judah, Benjamin, and some Levites)
The
northern kingdom kept the name
Israel, and quickly turned away from temple worship in Jerusalem
From that moment forward,
Israel and Judah were enemies. They had
separate kings,
separate capitals, and
separate religious systems — and they frequently went to
war (1 Kings 15:6, 2 Chronicles 13).
The northern kingdom set up
golden calves in Bethel and Dan to
prevent their people from returning to worship in Jerusalem — proving just how deep the hatred ran.
Let’s be blunt:
Israel hated Judah.
They hated the temple. They hated the priesthood. They hated being ruled by “the Jews.”
By the time of Christ, that division had evolved into the fierce
Jew/Samaritan hatred — because Samaritans were the
remnant of the northern tribes. And the Jews of Judah wanted
nothing to do with them.
So no — the Israelites of the northern kingdom were
not Jews, and they didn't even want to be associated with them. They fought them, broke away from them, and
despised them.
To say “all Israelites were Jews” isn’t just wrong — it
erases the civil war, tribal division, and prophetic fallout that shaped the entire Old Testament.
Let’s Talk About the Most Important Old Testament Figures Who Weren’t “Jews”:
Abraham — the father of the faith,
was not a Jew. He was from
Ur of the Chaldees (Babylonian region). There was no such thing as a "Jew" yet.
Isaac — not a Jew. Son of Abraham, before Judah was even born.
Jacob/Israel — not a Jew. He fathered the 12 tribes. Judah was just one son.
Joseph — not a Jew. He was from the tribe of
Ephraim (one of the sons of Joseph).
Moses — not a Jew. He was from the tribe of
Levi.
Joshua — not a Jew. He was from the tribe of
Ephraim.
Samuel — not a Jew. He was a
Levite, dedicated to priestly service.
Elijah — not a Jew. He was from
Tishbe in Gilead, part of the northern tribes.
King Saul — not a Jew. He was from the tribe of
Benjamin.
Most of the Judges — not Jews. They came from various tribes: Gideon (Manasseh), Samson (Dan), Deborah (Ephraim).
The prophets — scattered among many tribes. Amos was from Tekoa (Judah), but others were from the north.
So when someone says “all Israelites were Jews,” they're erasing 75% of Israel’s identity. You’re flattening out
God’s chosen covenant family into one tiny sliver — and ironically, it’s the sliver that later produced the
Pharisees who rejected their own Messiah.
What Happened to the Other Tribes?
They were
scattered — exiled by Assyria in 722 BC. They became the
“Lost Tribes” — but God promised He would regather them. And guess how?
“There is no longer Jew or Greek... but
all are one in Christ Jesus. And
if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.” —
Galatians 3:28–29
Boom.
The Church is the regathering of Israel. Jew and Gentile, scattered tribes, the whole remnant — reborn in Christ.
So yeah, any video that starts by saying “Israel = Jews” is already
off the rails. It’s parroting Scofieldian nonsense, not biblical reality. Don’t let modern Zionist categories redefine ancient covenant terms.
Israel is bigger than Judah.
And the true Israel — according to
Paul, Peter, James, and the entire New Testament —
is found in Christ.
The Gospel doesn’t make you “more Jewish.”
It makes you part of
God’s eternal Israel.
And here’s the funniest part of all this:
The modern state hijacked in 1948 by
Russian and Slavic Khazar converts didn’t even call itself
Judah — which is what it technically should’ve been, if we’re being honest about bloodlines. Nope. They went straight for the full biblical crown and named it
“Israel.”
You know — the name of the
northern kingdom.
The very kingdom that
hated Judah,
rejected the temple, and
went to war against the Jews.
That Israel.
It’s beyond ironic. It’s comedy gold.
The descendants of medieval
Gentile converts — with
zero blood ties to Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob — named their secular state after the very
Israel that
despised the tribe of Judah and their religious control.
The ancient Israelites would’ve flipped their sandals.
It’s like a group of 10th-century Viking converts to Buddhism waltzing into India and founding a state called
“The Original Sangha.” You can’t make this up.
If they were being even remotely honest, they should’ve named it something like:
“Judah 2.0”
or
“ZionCorp: Powered by Balfour and Rothschild.”
But no — they picked “Israel,” slapped a demonic star-of-Moloch flag on it, and now the entire Evangelical world bows down like it’s the
New Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, ancient Israel’s prophets would’ve been
tearing their garments.