Return of the Ten Tribes

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The Lord will call upon the ten tribes to return to Him, taking words, or expressing their guilt before Him. They shall come weeping. They shall answer, "Come, and let us return unto the LORD:...After two days (2000 years) will he revive us: in the third day (millennium) he will raise us up."
Hos. 14:1 Jer. 50:4 Hos. 6:1-3
From the time of their captivity, "for many days" the ten tribes will have been without rulers, sacrifices, or idols, but as they will be restored, they will return to the Lord their God and David their Messiah.
Hos. 3:4,5
These shall be brought out from the people where they have been scattered, and Jehovah will plead with them in the wilderness as He pleaded with their fathers when they first entered the land. Psa. 78 likens their return to their first coming into Canaan.
Ezek. 20:34-38
In the wilderness they shall pass under the rod and be brought into the bond of the new covenant. As a result of Jehovah's pleading face to face with the people, only one-tenth will enter into Jerusalem. That tenth shall be holy. The rebels will be purged out from among the remnant of faith because they will have refused to repent. These apostates will be delivered into the hands of strangers where judgment by the sword will be executed because they refused the mercy shown to them. They shall be judged at the border of Israel.
Ezek. 20:37 Isa. 6:13 Isa. 66:16,17 Ezek. 11:9,10
THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES
In the day of Israel's return to her land and to the Lord, she is likened to a valley of dry bones, a picture of national resurrection. The two tribes and the ten will be made into one nation, as two sticks are joined into one. They will not be divided again. David, one Shepherd, will be their King. They will have a new heart and a new spirit given them, one heart and one way, accepted with their sweet savor, resulting in showers of blessing.
Ezek. 37:1-5 Ezek. 37:15-24 Ezek. 36:26 Jer. 32:39 Ezek. 34:26