Need help with this statement made by a co-worker?

Question

He says that only three tribes of Israel are Jewish and the rest are "just Israelis" ! What church teaches this?? I think he might be a Seventh Day Adventist.

what is "Two House"?

Answer 1

Sounds like Two House theory to me.
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Answer 2

Isreal and Judah separated:
Judah and the tribe of Benjamin were the only tribes that remained loyal to Solomon's son Rehoboam, and these two tribes of the southern area became known as the kingdom of Judah (because Judah was the principle tribe). The 10 tribes to the north who were disloyal to Rehoboam, set up a separate kingdom under Jeroboam (who was not in the kingly line of the House of David). These Northern tribes became known as Israel, or in some instances Ephraim (because it was the principle tribe). For the next two centuries the people were divided into these two Kingdoms, yet almost immediately a remnant of the tribes to the north began to return to the southern Kingdom (because King Jeroboam turned the Northern Kingdom to idol worship). It is clear that the Levites and many of the other tribes who eschewed this evil, returned to what was now called Judah.

Answer 3

One poster was mostly correct, though I must add that the third tribe attributed as Jewish (literally of Judah) was Simeon, who assimilated into Judah even before the rise of the Kingdom.
The term "Jewish" is derived from "Judah". Senacherib, king of Assyria, conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel (home of the 10 tribes) and deported them to places throughout his realm. His theory was that a populace disconnected from its land would not rebel. Those Israelis were not strong believers in the Jewish faith, and thus assimilated into their new populations and disappeared. To contrast, later when Nebuchadnezzar exiled the Judans to Babylon, they maintained a cohesive community due to their religion and faith. Eventually they would return to Israel and begin the second temple period. By the time the Romans took control in the second temple period, virtually every Hebrew left unassimilated was from the tribe of Judah, so appropriately the area was called 'Judea' and those who lived there - 'Jews'. This is why Hebrews today are called Jews and not Israelites.
Later the Romans would change the official name of the province to "Palestine" (after the Philistines, a Greek/Minoan sea people who lived along the coast, not Arabs) after the Jewish rebellions to disassociate the Jews from their lands.

Answer 4

I've never heard of this! Sounds like a way off the beaten path claiming to be Christian cult, even farther out in space than the Jehovah's Witnesses. As far as I know all mainsteam churches follow the Bible which says there are 12 tribes of Israel, Jewish, Hebrew---whatever name one wants to give them, and Seventh Day Adventists I think are in the mainstream even if they are a little off-center, my hubby's greatgrandma was one.