After Acts 11, little is mentioned about their whereabouts. But the truth about their travels unlocks a marvelous mystery!
Most people misunderstand prophecy because they can’t identify the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel—the 10 tribes that revolted against King Rehoboam’s burdensome regime.
When the 10 northern tribes seceded, they selected Jeroboam as their king, moved their capital from Jerusalem to Samaria and retained “Israel” as their namesake. The two southern tribes, headquartered in Jerusalem, became known as Judah.
During Shalmaneser’s three-year siege of Samaria in the eighth century b.c., the Assyrians uprooted the Israelites from their homeland and deported them as slaves into the land of Assyria, then located between the Euphrates River and the southern shores of the Caspian Sea (see
2 Kings 17:23-24).
After this event, many historians and scholars lose track of the Israelites. Some assume that the 10 tribes vanished from off the Earth!
But they didn’t disappear. They just lost their identity, as Jesus plainly confirmed a full eight centuries later.
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