Two Houses of Israel, development of theology: What is the history of the development of Two-House teaching?
The understanding of the Two Houses of Israel, Judah and Ephraim, as is often taught today, is relatively new in comparison to established theology. The belief that in the end-times the Lord will reunite the House of Judah or the Jewish people, and the House of Israel/Ephraim, those of the scattered Northern Kingdom of Israel, runs contrary to a large amount of evangelical Christian and Messianic Jewish theology. It has really only been since the late 1990s that the Two-House teaching has gained considerable numbers. This has been largely due to the fact that many non-Jewish Believers in mainstream Christianity have taken to studying the Hebraic Roots of our faith, and as a result have left their churches, in a desire to live a more Biblical, Torah-obedient lifestyle, consistent with Yeshua and the First Century Believers. As a consequence of many non-Jewish Believers wanting to be more Biblical, and thus feeling a strong connection to Israel, the question What is my relationship to Is
