Jewish Voice Ministries International (JVMI) has encouraged Nigeria's Igbo people to undergo genetic testing to confirm if they are descendants of the biblical Israelites as they claim. If they are, this would quadruple the global Jewish community, as the 40 million Igbos join the 13 million known Jews worldwide.
"In the same way as the texts [of the Bible] were preserved, I believe that the Jewish people have been preserved — it's a sovereign preservation of Israel," JVMI President and CEO Jonathan Bernis explained in an interview. He argued that the rediscovery of "lost tribes" of Israel, like the Igbo might be, constitutes the fulfilling of Bible prophecy.
"The Bible talks, particularly in the prophets, a great deal about a time when God will regather the Jewish people back to the land that he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," Bernis explained. He noted that Israel was "restored" in 1948, and Jerusalem came back under Jewish control in 1967, after almost 2,000 years.
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