DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEWS & ISRAELITES

Israelites make up ALL of Israel. ALL 12 tribes.
Jews are only a sect of the Israelites.

EVERY JEW IS AN ISRAELITE

BUT NOT EVERY ISRAELITE IS A JEW!

(An example is every Californian is a US American but NOT every US American is a Californian.)

Jew = practicer of Judaism.

Not all of Israel were observing the Mosaic Law (practicing Judaism).

You’ve got two houses:

1. House of Judah

  • JEWS
  • southern tribes
  • southern kingdom
  • sometimes called house of Israel between the exile of 721bc and right before the cross
  • Tribes: Judah, Benjamin, & Levi
  • worshipped on their mountain in Jerusalem


2. House of Israel (Ephraim)

  • northern tribes
  • northern kingdom
  • also called House of Israel/ House of Jacob/ House of Joseph
  • Tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph (later Ephraim and Manasseh)
  • worshipped on their mountain Mount Gerizim (in Samaria)

So, rule of thumb is, a JEW is from the House of Judah.

BUT.. someone that wasn’t from the House of Judah could be a Jew if they were practicing Judaism. 

So which is it? Was it those of the House of Judah? or was it those who were simply practicers of Judaism (meaning anyone)?

It was those who were practicers of Judaism, but once the northern kingdom was cut off from the covenant, that covenant was only between YHVH and the southern kingdom, the House of Judah. That’s why the rule of thumb is ‘House of Judah’, but there were others who joined in on their covenant. I hope this isn’t confusing a ton of people.


A JEW is an Israelite….. but an Israelite isn’t necessarily a Jew because the Israelite could be from the northern kingdom, or could be a non-practicer of Judaism.

That’s how you can have non-Jewish Israelites. Israelites that didn’t observe the Torah, or were not from the southern kingdom.

The Jewish Israelites called the non-Jewish Israelites and all others that were not Jews, gentiles (nations, peoples). 

When the New Covenant came to Israel, the NC members were no longer observing Judaism (were no longer legally Jews), therefore, in the NC there was no more ‘Jew nor Greek’. Jew (observer of Judaism) nor Greek (non-observer of Judaism). They would all be different, legally, in the New Covenant.

If this is confusing, please let me know. I’ll try rewording everything in simpler form.

Here’s a video with more details: https://youtu.be/TiIlq7XUOfc

DK https://dkgoldmine.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/difference-between-a-jew-and-an-israelite/








MORE READS:

Abraham’s SEED/ DESCENDANTS were BIOLOGICAL

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/06/abrahams-seed-descendants-are-biological.html?m=1



How scattered ISRAEL became GENTILES (this confusing word just means NATIONs or PEOPLEs)

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-israel-became-gentiles-this.html?m=1



THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL

THE KINGDOM IS ISRAEL

 https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-kingdom-of-israel-by-tuese-ahkiong.html?m=1



NEW COVENANT

Who does The Bible say GOD MADE THE NEW COVENANT WITH!!????

ONLY ISRAEL

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-new-covenant-who-was-is-it-for-by.html?m=1



THE BIBLE SIMPLIFIED and THE CENTRALITY OF ISRAEL IN SCRIPTURE 

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-bible-simplified.html?m=1




Who were THE DIASPORA/ DISPERSED/ SCATTERED/ THE ELECT?  The fullness of GENTILES that Paul spoke of? Who were those YHWH CALLED NOT MY PEOPLE?  Are people today elect like Reformed Calvinist folk think they are?  Here’s a RED PILL to who the Bible identifies as the elect!

If the Bible is suppose to be for every person and nationalities than why do some Bible writers specifically write to the diaspora or 12 tribes of Israel?

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-diaspora-were-elect-remnant-of.html?m=1


In case you missed the details of scripture, YHWH made OLD & NEW Covenants with Israel ONLY and NOT with Samoans, Mexicans, Irish, Filipinos….  

You just ASSUMED God made a covenant with you bc of your indoctrination and not by looking at the WORD!

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/08/yhwh-made-covenant-only-with-israel.html?m=1




ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED. ALL ISRAEL WAS SAVED  https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/06/all-israel-will-be-saved-all-israel-was.html



GENTILES IN ROMANS 9:19-33 ARE THE CUT OFF ISRAELITES, THE NORTHERN KINGDOM, THE DIASPORA   https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2018/06/gentiles-in-romans-919-33-are-cut-off.html



12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL  https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2021/12/12-tribes-of-israel.html



 Division of the land in light of Acts 17:26  https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/05/division-of-land-in-light-of-acts-1726.html



People in the 21st century pick up an ancient book and assume it’s written to them when it is not. It’s written to the ekklesia in Rome Corinth Galatia; Timothy Titus Philemon...

THE BIBLE IS ISRAEL’s STORY!

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bible-is-israels-story.html?m=1



People in the 21st century pick up an ancient book and assume it’s written to them when it is not.  Most folk would agree that the OT is primarily to Israel.   The NT was written to the ekklesia in Rome Corinth Galatia; Timothy Titus Philemon... in the 1st century.  

THE BIBLE IS ISRAEL’s STORY!

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bible-is-israels-story.html?m=1



THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS FOR ISRAEL ONLY https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-holy-spirit-was-for-israel-only-by.html?m=1


THE LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL were NOT Samoans, Mexicans, Indians, Filipinos, Koreans, Irish, English…. but Israelites, duh!!!

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-lost-sheep-of-israel-were-not.html




Gentiles who were sealed, saved, and redeemed had to have been Israelites! Here’s why!   https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2021/10/gentiles-who-were-sealed-saved-and.html?m=1



TEACH THE GENTILES, THE GREEKS, OUR PEOPLE DISPERSED/ SCATTERED AMONG THE GREEKS, https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2023/01/john-733-36-with-focus-on-v35-by-tuese.html?m=1



Ephesians 2 is the prodigal son story

Younger son is Israel scattered in gentile nations. 

Older brother is legalistic Judah hating on his little brother

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2022/02/ephesians-2-is-parable-of-prodigal-son.html



ONLY ISRAEL GETS REDEEMED aka SAVED at the end of the story.  Scripture from beginning to end is ISRAEL-centric.  Scripture teaches that at the end in Revelation ONLY the 144000 from ISRAEL’s 12 tribes gets redeemed/ saved and JUDGED! https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-144000-firstfruits-for-god-and-lamb.html?m=1