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TEACHING BOX 12A

The Joining of the Two Sticks

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Ezekiel is instructed by Jehovah to write on one stick “for Judah” and on another stick “for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim.”

The two sticks of Ezekiel’s prophecy.

“for Judah”

ANCIENT TIMES

Two-tribe kingdom of Judah

MODERN TIMES

The anointed

“for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim”

ANCIENT TIMES

Ten-tribe kingdom of Israel

MODERN TIMES

The other sheep

Ezekiel holding two sticks together in one hand.

“they become just one stick in your hand”

ANCIENT TIMES

537 B.C.E. True worshippers return from the nations, rebuild Jerusalem, and worship as one nation.

MODERN TIMES

Since 1919, God’s people are gradually reorganized and united to serve as “one flock.”

Becoming united is the focus

The prophecy does not describe one stick that is first torn in two and then later brought together as one. Rather, it describes two sticks that become united as one. Hence, the prophecy did not focus on how the nation of Israel became divided into two kingdoms. Rather, it focused on how the two kingdoms would become one.

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