My next encounter with Yahweh concerning Israel was a number of years later on. I was recovering from M.E. in Birmingham, I had been ill for a couple of years. At one time as I hadn't the strength to even lift an arm I thought I was dying... but that's another story. At this point in time, I was a little recovered and was at last feeling some energy returning, enough to begin to take part in the fellowship group I was staying with. One day Yahweh spoke to me about the hunters and the fishers spoken of in Jeremiah 16:15-16. "But...I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Behold, I will send for many fishers...and they shall fish them...I will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks." I again felt the heart of Yahweh for His people Israel, in an overwhelming way. I felt the sorrow and anguish of His heart, He longs for them to return to Him. I found an answering cry within my heart, "I am willing to be a hunter, a fisher, I am willing, help me to find your people Israel, and assist in their restoration!"
I did not fully understand the implications of my words or know the relevant scriptures at the time. I began to pray for the Jewish people and the other tribes of Israel, especially those who had been scattered from the northern Kingdom among the nations ...read about this here...

One day, I had recovered sufficiently from the sickness which had plagued me for so long, although I was still incredibly weak, I was beginning to work part time in the Bible Book Shop and Restaurant. I prayed earnestly about my next area of work with Him. I had the understanding that He was calling me to help find the lost sheep of the house of Israel. I did not fully understand these words, and prayed for understanding and direction. Shortly afterwards I knew I should return to live in Nottingham where he had initially spoken to me about Israel.
I began to fellowship with a group of people who loved Israel as I did, and who prayed regularly for their restoration. I then read a book about the ten lost Tribes which I devoured greedily, as it was indeed answering a lot of questions which were deep within my heart about Israel and who they were. Read about this on the page "Israel the Beloved" A couple of years later, I was asked to be a part of a ministry weekend in Northumberland. The outcome of this finally made up my mind about the way I should go in later years. Yahweh again began to talk to me about the restoration of His people Israel. I began to understand that we were a privileged people hearing and understanding the will of the Almighty about His ancient people.

The re-gathering of Israel is His desire, and we are somehow to be involved in this process in our generation, even if only through prayer. Yahweh has already begun this restoration of Israel. (Hover over white text to read) Judah 'and his companions' are already in the land, and Ephraim 'and his companions' are to follow, but only when He begins this restoration. The great desire of Yahweh is that they should be found again, and brought back to a living experience of Him. Some time this great regathering of the whole House of Israel will take place. We do not understand how He will regather all of Israel as we read in Ezekiel 37, Hosea and many other Scriptures, but we know it will happen, in His time.
I have come to a greater understanding over the years about the house of Israel, and that the ten tribes are still largely lost among the nations, and that many of Judah are yet far from their homeland. Let us pray for the re-gathering and the re-uniting of the tribes and their final restoration to the land of Israel, promised to them through Abraham so long ago. Now I understand the feeling I had had on the beach. Yes, I did desire to be a part of the Father's chosen race, but it was not for me to become Jewish, but that, as part of the wider Commonwealth of Israel, we would stand alongside the Tribe of Judah, the apple of His eye. Those precious ones who have kept hold of Torah and the Traditions, in order that the world may come to know the Father of all.

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