Rehoboam ruled over the Tribe of Judah & Benjamin, collectively called the “House of Judah” (1Kin 12:23). As punishment, Solomon’s servant Jeroboam received 10 tribes to rule over, and the rest were ruled by Solomon’s son, Rehoboam (1Kin 11:30,31/ 1Kin 12:16,17). After David, Solomon was anointed King and when Solomon was old, his many wives made him sin against God (1Kin 11:4-7). After Saul’s reign, David was appointed as King and he ruled over all 12 Tribes of Israel/Jacob (2Sam 5:3-5). When Samuel was acting as Judge over Israel, the people asked for a King to rule over them, to much displeasure from Samuel & God Himself(1Sam 8:5-8). After Moses’ death, Joshua acted as “Judge” over Israel and many others were appointed after Joshua(Book of Judges) for a span of around 450 years(Acts 13:20). At this time there was no King over Israel, and God Himself reigned King over His People. What are these 2 Houses of Israel? A brief look at Biblical HistoryĪfter Moses led the 12 Tribes of Israel (the generations that came from the 12 Children of Jacob) out of Egypt, God appeared to “His People – Israel” and gave them Commandments and led them to the Land of Israel. But most of the Christians around the world have no clue to this Historic Event that changed everything in the Scriptures, and the prophecies that are yet to be fulfilled concerning this subject. Some of you might have heard it somewhere at sometime.

Some of you must be knowing a lot about this subject. And that is “The 2 Houses Of Israel” also known as “The divided Kingdom of Israel”. Is this interpretation correct? If it is correct, who is the other jealous son? Is there another interpretation to this Parable? Today, we will delve into one of the most used Parables in Christianity, and in my opinion, one of the least understood.īefore we begin studying this Parable, I believe all of us need a working knowledge of one of the most important, yet, one of the least discussed facts in the Bible. We have been taught that the prodigal son is the common sinner and the Father is God Almighty. And we have all identified with this disobedient child.

Many of us have grown up reading the Parable of the prodigal Son.

Prodigal Sons by Wallace Smith