The Bible foretells that the descendants of Israel would become a multitude of nations (Genesis 35:11), inherit the ends of the earth (Deuteronomy 33:17), and be like the sand of the sea (Hosea 1:10). Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received the birthright blessing (1 Chronicles 5:1-2), and were prophesied to become a great nation and a company of nations (Genesis 48:19), dwelling in the isles and coasts afar off (Jeremiah 31:10; Isaiah 49:1).

God promised Abraham his seed would possess the gates of their enemies (Genesis 22:17), become mighty among the nations (Numbers 24:7), and be a blessing to all the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3). These traits match the historic expansion and civilizational influence of European Christendom, particularly the British Empire and the USA (Ephraim & Manasseh), as well as other European powers.

After the Assyrian captivity (2 Kings 17), the northern House of Israel disappeared from view but was prophesied to become lost among the nations, yet never destroyed (Amos 9:9). History and archaeology trace these exiled Israelites migrating north and west through the Caucasus as Scythians, Cimmerians, and Germanic tribes, eventually populating Europe. Paul even calls the Israelites “our fathers” when writing to Greeks and Romans (1 Corinthians 10:1; Romans 9:24-26), confirming their presence as European peoples.

Thus, the prophetic, historical, and geographic markers all point to the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Germanic, and related European nations as the literal, physical descendants of the house of Israel, now being regathered under the headship of Christ (Hosea 1:11).