Shortly after the return of Christ, all of the descendants of
ancient Israel—including the descendants of the so-called lost 10
tribes—will again gather and resettle in Palestine. Jerusalem will
once more be the capital of the restored 12 tribes of Israel, as well as
the capital of the world.
This reunion of all 12 tribes is described in some detail in Ezekiel 37:15-28.
God also explained it to the prophet Jeremiah: "For behold, the days
are coming … that I will bring back from captivity My people
Israel and Judah … And I will cause them to return to the
land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it" (Jeremiah 30:3).
God also indicated to -Jeremiah that, while He would allow the future
descendants of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah to fall into captivity,
He would also rescue some of them from it.
He calls this end-time catastrophe—especially on the descendants
of ancient Israel's northern kingdom, now known only as the lost 10 tribes—the
time of Jacob's trouble: "Alas! For that day is great, so that none
is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall
be saved out of it" (Jeremiah 30:7).
God revealed to Daniel that such a time of trouble would occur at the
time of the end: "At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who
stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that
time" (Daniel 12:1).
