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    TEACHING BOX 12A

    The Joining of the Two Sticks

    Ezekiel is instructed by Jehovah to write on one stick “for Judah” and on another stick “for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim.”

    The two sticks of Ezekiel’s prophecy.

    “for Judah”

    ANCIENT TIMES

    Two-tribe kingdom of Judah

    MODERN TIMES

    The anointed

    “for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim”

    ANCIENT TIMES

    Ten-tribe kingdom of Israel

    MODERN TIMES

    The other sheep

    Ezekiel holding two sticks together in one hand.

    “they become just one stick in your hand”

    ANCIENT TIMES

    537 B.C.E. True worshippers return from the nations, rebuild Jerusalem, and worship as one nation.

    MODERN TIMES

    Since 1919, God’s people are gradually reorganized and united to serve as “one flock.”