Editing British Israelism (section)

===Britain and the United States are the inheritors of Jacob's birthright===
A commonly held British-Israel doctrine is the belief that the [[Tribe of Ephraim]] and the [[Tribe of Manasseh]] can be identified as modern day Britain and the United States of America.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ferris |first1=A. J. |title=Great Britain & The U.S.A. Revealed as Israel The New Order |date=1941}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Glover |first1=Frederick Robert Augustus |title=England, the Remnant of Judah and the Israel of Ephraim |date=1881 |publisher=Rivingtons}}</ref><ref name=ArmstrongH/>

Part of the foundation of the British-Israel doctrine is the theological claim that particular blessings were bestowed upon three of the tribes of Israel,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wild |first1=Joseph |title=The Future of Israel and Judah: Being the Discourses on the Lost Tribes from How and when the World Will End |date=1888 |publisher=Nabu Press |isbn=9781287712565 |page=108}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Standard of Israel and journal of the Anglo-Israel association |date=1875 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=ArmstrongH>{{cite book |last1=Armstrong |first1=Herbert W. |title=The United States and Britain in Prophecy |publisher=[[Philadelphia Church of God]] |date=2007 |asin=B002ILY91A}}</ref><ref name=Allen1917/>{{rp|317}} in that the Tribe of Judah was to be the 'chief ruler' e.g. King David, and Ephraim was to receive the birthright (See [[Jacob and Esau]]). Adherents believe that these blessings have continued down through the ages to modern times, with the British Monarchy being identified as the continued blessing upon Judah, and both Britain (Ephraim) and the USA (Manasseh) as recipients of the national birthright blessing.
They cite passages such as 1 Chron 5:1–2 and Gen 48:19–20 in order to support their claim.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}