The Lord has revealed to His chosen servants in no uncertain terms that this present age and time is the era of Manasseh. I would like to reiterate the fact that we are brothers, and descendants of Manasseh, as God has clearly revealed to His faithful servants. According to the divine revelation, the people who share a common history and ancestry are as follows:

1. Kuki, 2. Mizo, 3. Kachin, 4. Chin, 5. Karbi, 6. Zeliangrong, 7. Konyak, 8. Singpho, 9. Heimi, 10 Nahen, 11. Para, 12 Makury, 13. Lainau, 14. Naowa, 15. Phom, 16. Khiamniungan, 17. Chang, 18. Yimchunger 19. Sangtam 20. Mising, 21. Bodo, 22. Kachari, 23. Sikkim, 24. Adi, 25. Upper Chindwin Shan, 26. Wa, 27. Tagin, 28. Miji, 29. Kareni, 30. Nocte, 31. Wancho, 32. Apatani, 33. Bugun, 34. Misi, 35. Padam, 36. Sherdukpen, 37. Tani, 38. Khamba, 39. Khamti, 40. Lishpa, 41. Memba, 42. Milang, 43. Mishmi, 44. Monpa, 45. Nyishi, 46. Sangkhen, 47. Tangsa, 48. Zekhring 49. Shan, 50. Karen, 51. Mon, 52. Palaung, 53. Paoh, 54. Lahu, 55. Akha, 56. Karenni, 57. Kayah, 58. Rakhine (Arakan) 59. Out-Chin/ Asho Chin, 60. Tai Phake, 61. Tai Ahom, 62. Reang, 63. Chakma, 64. Limbu, 65. Tamang, 66. Gurung, 67. Thapa 68. Meitei (Manipuri), 69. Sema, 70. Ao, 71. Lotha, 72. Garo. 73, Khasi, and 74. Jaintia, 75. Angami, 76. Chakesang, 77. Mao, 78. Paumai, 79. Rengma, 80. Pochury, 81. Jaintia, 82. Chagma, 83. Chakesang, 84. Mao, 85. Paumai, 86. Rengma, 87. Assamese, 88. Lepcha, 89. Chakma, etc.

In regard to the revelation, by AD 75, our forefathers, the descendants of Manasseh, were taken captive by the king of China following the fall of the kingdom of Israel in AD 70. Even though the Chinese king wanted them to work daily, they did not obey his order. Rather, they devoutly observed the Sabbath and worshipped God according to the order of worship written in the scroll. Therefore, the king made a devious plan to stop observing the Sabbath. While they were at work, the king took hold of the scroll and hid it. The scroll contained their religious tenets, doctrines, laws and commandments related to their religion. At that stage, even in the absence of the scroll, our forefathers could still observe the Sabbath and other religious feasts as long as the high priests, who memorized the order of worship, were alive. However, after their death they were unable to perform the religious rites and worship God. In due course of time they forgot their God and eventually lost their Jewish identity. After a gap of six hundred to seven hundred years, their physical features transformed and they became part of the Mongoloid stock. However, a thousand years passed and the thought of freeing themselves from captivity preoccupied their minds. One day, a hunter discovered a tunnel dug by a porcupine. He followed the tunnel, which led to the outer side of the wall, i.e. the Great Wall of China. Gradually, the people widened the tunnel and made their escape.

Following their escape, a section of the population settled in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, while the rest proceeded towards Siberia and reached near the North Pole. They stayed only a week because it was the time when the sun did not shine in the North Pole. The elders referred to this extraordinary event as Mujin Lhun, darkness for seven days and seven nights. In the folklore of the Gangte people, who had become snake worshippers, they feared the sun God was angry and so reverted to Sun worship. There is a lucid historical account which had been handed down from generation to generations, which has been well preserved among the Gangtes. Kuki People.

Our forefathers when they were in China, used to worship the Python until the time they experienced the unusual phenomenon which they called Thimjin in which there was complete darkness for 7 Days and 7 Nights.

In the North Pole there is sunshine for six months of the year, and darkness for six months. Similarly, in the South Pole there is darkness for six months and daylight for six months. There is no such occurrence on earth as darkness for one week; our ancestors must have wandered in to the North Pole region during the fag end of six-month period of no sunshine because they experienced darkness for seven days and seven nights.

Our forefathers deduced that their worshipping of the Python had angered the Sun God to no end and had refused to shine its Light upon us, hence we are in complete darkness. Convinced that the Sun was bigger and more powerful than the Python, they started worshipping the Sun. Then, they held a deliberation amongst themselves; and decided to proceed to the East, in the direction from which the Sun rises. There were large multitudes of them, and it was impossible to move in a single file. Some of them built a ship and sailed across the ocean and reached the land of the rising sun - and inhabited the country which is now known as Japan.

Some sailed even farther and reached what is known as the American Continent today; they started fanning out inhabiting the South, the Central, including the regions of Canada and Alaska. Those remaining numbers who could not build a Ship of their own decided to pursue the Sun in the opposite direction - “Let us go and worship the Sun where it sets in the West"

The descendants of the Children of Manasseh who went to the East, are now found inhabiting countries spread across Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa.

I gave a list of the countries in South America, North America, and also the names of a good number of countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East, which I suspect of being a Manasseh Country to God’s faithful servants, and requested them to seek God's revelation if the listed countries in the listed continents/ and regions are of Manasseh.

From Mongolia, the Manasseh people headed eastwards, the direction from which the sun rises and went on to North Korea, South Korea and to Japan. As it was difficult to cross the Pacific Ocean, many advanced and settled towards the east coast of China, Taiwan, Philippine, Yunnan Province in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, North East India, and Bhutan. From Siberia, a section of the population settled in Western China, Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir, and Sikkim.

Our forefathers who settled in Northeast India, Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh were known by the names of two brothers, namely, Songthu and Songja. Pu Songthu (the warrior-leader) led the exit of the children of Manasseh, and Pu Songja and his group remained as the last guard. In the course of their long journey from China, Pu Songthu left a trail (marks cut on the lhanket, a common local tree and slashed plantain trees) for his younger brother, Pu Songja’s group to follow. The Lhanket is peculiar specie; once cut, the mark would turn darkish in no time. The plantain tree would sprout out fresh shoots in a very short period. When the group who were in the middle reached the trail left behind by Pu Songthu, they appeared very old. This made them think their brother’s party was too far ahead to keep up with, and decided to move towards present-day Myanmar, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Similarly, when Pu Songja’s group saw the trail left by Pu Songthu and his group and found it to be old, they thought their brothers were too far ahead to catch up with and so decided not to proceed further and settled in present-day Karen State, Shan State, Mon State, Karanni State, Chin State, Sagaing Division, Arakan State, Kachin State. Pu Songthu’s group moved towards the Chin Hills, Mizoram, Chittagong Hills Tract of Bangladesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Assam. Our forefathers were scattered and dispersed, which is the will and purpose of God: dispersion, loss of the scroll in China and their Jewish identity has made them receive God’s salvation through Jesus Christ.

To strengthen our fraternal bonds, we have been observing Chavang Kut, a post-harvest festival with the theme ‘Celebration of Brotherhood’ for three consecutive years in Manipur, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. We do not by any means imply that the Kut festival is the grandest of all. It is only that out of the deep affection for one another we have been inviting the Manasseh brethren for the cultural festival year after year. We have partaken, we have reaped the harvest of brotherhood, of oneness by feasting together, sharing a drink, singing, dancing our cultural dances together, conversing with one another and just enjoying each other’s company thus further cementing our familial ties. It would not be an overstatement to say that we all have grown much closer in these last three years, and the bond of brotherhood has been immensely strengthened. We have also had the privilege of having in our midst exemplary and eminent leaders such as Pu Lal Thanhawla, the Hon’ble CM of Mizoram, Pu Conrad K. Sangma Member of Parliament, and our Laos brother Pu Khamphone Viengluang and his wife. Their presence has been a real blessing and also reassuring and memorable in many ways. Similarly, it has been a tremendous blessing that you all came from different places for the festival and we had the opportunity to meet one other, and for that we are extremely grateful.

Yes! However, if the interactions of our Manasseh brotherhood were to be confined to just annual cultural exchange alone, the meaning and the significance of our brotherhood will not hold much weight. I am really delighted that the desire to unite was borne out of interactions among our leaders, who on the concluding night of Chavang Kut Festival 2016 unanimously agreed to form a formal body, an organization or a platform for the descendants of Manasseh. Thingnong Umbu, our Singpho brother, said in the course of the evening’s discussions, “We say we are blood brothers with the Kachins, then how can we remain silent, how long can we remain a mute spectator to the untold atrocities committed upon them by the Myanmar Military, to the extent that Jet Fighters have been deployed to bomb them in Kachin inhabited areas in Myanmar. What is the point of saying we are brothers when we remain indifferent to their sufferings in their darkest hours?

The pained and insightful statement made by brother Thingnong got the leaders thinking, and thus the deliberation at the dinner program held on the last and final night of Chavang Kut festival to form a formal platform for the brotherhood of Manasseh. Questions that emerged included, “How may we all help the Kachin brothers, the descendants of the same progenitor Manasseh?” “How do we deter the Burmese Military from further attacking our brethren?” Practical suggestions were put forth by the members and all agreed that singularly criticizing or condemning the Burmese Military actions in our respective community’s name will hold no water, the Burmese Military would hardly be deterred, but only look down on us. The members then realized the dire need to form a body, a platform where we could collectively raise our voices as one, as a family, as the children of Manasseh.

When the Burmese Army attacked the Kachin Independent Army camp near Laiza on the 19 November 2014 in which 22 young Kachin fighters made the supreme sacrifice, Kuki National Organisation (KNO) as blood brothers of the Kachins issued a stern condemnation against the gruesome attack. In fact, I also emphasized the condemnation in my statement at the 14th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the UN Headquarters, New York (20 April to 1 May 2015). I must admit that KNO’s lone condemnation against the atrocities committed by the Burmese Army was of little consequence. Therefore, when the leaders collectively decided on night of 1 November 2016 to form a body named Manasseh Asia Foundation and names and signatures of the leaders were taken down to endorse the same, I was overjoyed, deeply humbled and truly moved. Words alone were not enough to express the joy I felt, I really was elated and could not hide my excitement. I gave thanks to God for I knew for certain that this was His handiwork and that He has been watching over all of us, the descendants of Manasseh; and that He was multiplying the seed of brotherhood that was first sown at Chavang Kut celebrations held at Moreh in 2014, trusting in His providence alone.

A WhatsApp Group @ Manasseh Family was also subsequently created to facilitate better and real time communication between the Manasseh brotherhood living in different parts in India and in different countries. Since its inception, the Manasseh Family WhatsApp group has been an important tool of communication to exchange ideas, appreciation of one another among the Manasseh fraternity, and as a forum for continued discourse on how far back we can trace our common roots and ancestry, for which I am truly grateful. As the Psalmist eloquently puts it in Psalm 118:23: “The Lord has done this and it is marvelous in our eyes”

1. Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Etc

1. Tai Lam, 2. Lao Song Dam, 3.Tai Muan, 4.Tai Tan, 5. Green Tai, 6. Red Tai, 7. White Tai, 8. Black Do, 9. Jinping Dai, 10.Tai Dan, 11.Tai Do, 12.Tai Noir, 13.Thai Dan, 14. Bru, 15.Tai Lai, 16. Kaifeng, 17. Tai Yong, 18. Kaya

2. CHINA:

1. Tai Ya, 2. Tai Hongjin, 3. Khamti, 4. Tai Laing, 5. Tai Phake, 6. Tai Aiton, 7. Khayang, 8. Tai Ahom, 9.Turung, 10. Sapa, 11.Thai, 12. Northern Thai, 13.Tai Daeng, 14. Tai Don, 15.Tai Hang Tong, 16.Tai Lu, 17. Tai Dam, 18. Khun, 19. Phuan, 20. Thai Song, 21. Tay Tac, 22. Southern Thai, 23.Tai-Kadai, 24. Tai Hongjin, 25.Rauz, 26.Bouyei, 27. Tai Chong, 28. Lu, 29. Han Tai, 30. Huayao Tai, 31. Paxi, 32. Dong, 33.E, 34. Tai Eolai, 35. Fuma, 36. Hongjin Tai, 37. White Thai, 38. Tai Kaihua, 39. Kang, 40. Tai Lai, 41. Minggiay, 42. Mo, 43. Isan, 44. Tai Nuea, 45. Pachen, 46. Tai Payee, 47. Pemiayao, 48. Pulachee, 49. Pulungchee, 50. Puyai, 51. San Chay, 52. Shan, 53. Coa Lan, 54. Yai Tai, 55. Cun, 56. Tay, 57. Thuchen, 58. Thula, 59. Tai Ya, 60. Yoy, 61. Zhuang, 62. Buyang, 63. Dian Bao, 64. Pusha, 65. Tulao, 66. Yongchun, 67. Nung, 68. Li, 69. Kra, 70. Kam-Sui, 71. Cao Miao, 72. Lakkia, 73. Biao, 74. Lingao, 75. Gejia (Miao), 76. Ayi (Nu), 77. Deng, 78. Mishmi, 79. Hu, 80. Khmu/Khammu, 81. Kucong, 82. Mang, 83. Sherpa (Nepal Eastern region...), 84.Tankas, 85.Tebbu, 86. Tuvans, 87. Waxiang, 88. Yi, 89. Tujia, 90. Uyghurs, 91. Mongols, 92. Hui, 93. Mangchu, 94. Achang, 95. Bai, 96. Blang, 97. Bonan, 98. Bouyei, 99. Chaoxian, 100. Dai, 101. Daur, 102. Deang, 103. Dong, 104. Dongxiang, 105. Dulong, 106. Ewenki, 107. Gaoshan, 108. Gelao, 109. Gin, 110. Hani, 111. Hezhen, 112. Jingpo, 113. Jino, 114. Kazak, 115. Kirgiz, 116. Lahu, 117. Lisu, 118. Luoba, 119. Man, 120.Maonan, 121. Miao (Hmong), 122. Monba, 123. Mulam, 124. Naxi, 125. Nu, 126. Oroqen, 127. Primi, 128. Zang, 129. Wa, 130. Salar, 131. Tagik, 132. Shui, 133. Yao,

3. Other Tai People:

1. Bajia, 2. Han Tai, 3. Shui Tai, 4.Huayao, 5. Lao Ga, 6. Lao Krang, 7. Tai Khang, 8. Lao Lom, 9. Lao Ngaew, 10. Lao Ti, 11.Lao Wieng, 12. Paxi, 13. Tai Bueng, 14. Tai Gapong, 15. Tai Kaleun, 16. Tai Khang, 17. Tai Kuan, 18. Tai Laan, 19.Tai Loi, 20. Tai Men, 21. Tai Meuiy, 22. Tai Nyo, 23. Tai Pao, 24. Tai Peung, 25. Tai Pong, 26. Tai Sam, 27. Tai Song, 28.Tai Wang, 29.Tai Yuan, 30.Tak Bai Thai, 31.Yang, 32.Moro, 33. Minangkabau, 34. Maranao, 35. Peranakan, 36. Dayak, 37.Toraja, 38. Igorot, 39.Montagnard, 40. Tai-Dam, 41.Tai-Dehong, 42.Tai-Kheun, 43.Tai Lanna, 44.Tai Lue, 45. Tai Nung, 46.Tai Yai (Shan), 47.Tai Zhuang, 48.Tai Nua, 49. Northern Tai, 50. Upper Tai, 51. Chinese Shan, 52. Hmong, 53. Akha, 54. Akha-Hani, 55. Lahu, 56. Mein, 57.Tao, 58.Yami, 59. Ami/Amis,

Country:

India (North East India, Pashtuns of India in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, UP and Bihar), 2. Burma, 3. Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, 4. China (Yunnan Province, Guanxi Province, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan and Hong Kong, etc.), 5. Bhutan, 6. Mongolia, 7. Cambodia, 8. Laos, 9. Singapore, 10. Vietnam, 11. Thailand, 12. Malaysia, 13. Indonesia, 14. Taiwan, 15. Philippines, 16. North Korea, 17. South Korea, 18. Japan, 19. Native Americans, 20. Mexico, 21. Hawaii, 22. Scotland, 23. Ireland, 24. Catalonia, 25. Italy (Milan, Venice, Lombardy and Trieste), 26. Flanders in Spain, Flanders in Netherlands, French Flanders, Belgian provinces of west Flanders, East Flanders west Flanders part of Hainaut, 27. Bosnia & Herzegovina, 28. Tutsi & Hutu, 29. Kosovo, 30, Macedonia, 31. Thessaloniki, 32. Croatia, 33. Yugoslavian, 34. Alaska, 35. Canada, 36. Greenland, 37. Crete, 38. Santo Domingo, 39. El Salvador, 40. Nicaragua, 41. Honduras, 42. Costa Rica, 43, Panama, 44.Colombia, 45. Venezuela, 46. Ecuador, 47. Brazil, 48. Peru, 49. Paraguay, 50. Argentina, 51. Chile, 52. Cameroon, 53. Slovenia, 54. Switzerland, 55. Poland, 56. Netherlands, 57. Eritrea, 58. Ethiopia, 59. Gabon, 60. Gambia, 61. Ghana, 62. Guinea, 63. Guinea-Bissau, 64. Kenya, 65. Lesotho, 66. Liberia, 67. Libya, 68. Madagascar, 69. Malawi, 70. Mali, 71. Mauritania, 72. Mauritius, 73. Morocco, 74. Mozambique, 75. Namibia, 76. Niger, 77. Nigeria, 78. Sao Tome and Principe, 79. Senegal, 80. Seychelles, 81. Sierra Leone, 82. South Africa, 83. Sudan, 84. Swaziland, 85. Tanzania, 86. Togo, 87. Tunisia, 88. Uganda, 89. Zambia, 90. Zimbabwe, 91. Austria, 92. Belgium, 93. Bulgaria, 94. Croatia, 95. Cyprus, 96. Czech Republic, 97. Denmark, 98. Estonia 40%, 99. Finland, 101. Greece, 102. Hungary, 103. Ireland. 104. Latvia, 105. Lithuania, 106. Antigua and Barbuda, 107. Aruba, 108. Bahamas, 109. Barbados, 110. Cayman Islands, 111. Cuba, 112. Dominica, 113. Dominican Republic, 114. Grenada, 115. Haiti, 116. Jamaica, 117. Saint Kitts, 118. Saints Lucia, 119. Saint Vincent, 120. Trinidad 121. Ukraine, 122. Byelorussia/Belarus, 123. Moldova, 124. Kirghizia, 125. Uzbekistan, 126. Nagomo-Karabakh Republic, 127. Tajikistan, 128. Armenia, 129. Azerbaijan, 130. Turkmenistan, 131. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, 132. South Ossetia, 133. Kazakhstan, 134. Nevis, 135. Grenadines, 136.Tobago, 137. Pashtuns of Afghanistan, 138. Luxembourg, 139. Malta, 140. Moldova, 141. Monaco, 142. Norway, 143. Poland, 144. Portugal, 145. Romania, 146. Russia, 147. San Marino, 148. Serbia, 149. Montenegro, 150. Slovakia, 151. Slovenia, 152. Spain, 153. Sweden, 154. Ukraine, 155. Algeria, 156. Angola, 157. Benin, 158. Botswana, 159. Burkina Faso, 160. Burundi, 170. Cape Verde, 171. Central African Republic, 172. Chad, 173. Comoros, 174. Democratic Republic of Congo, 175. Cote d’lvoire, 176. Djibouti, 177. Equatorial Guinea 50%, 178. Pashtuns of Pakistan,

In God’s revelation to Rev Chomlhun and the oral tradition of the people, in 75 AD, the Chinese king, who enslaved the descendants of Manasseh deprived them of their leather scroll in which was inscribed the order of worshiping Yahweh, their God. Within a span of time, after the priest who recited the order of worship from memory died, the people forgot how to worship God, ceased to practice their age-old traditions and eventually forgot who they were. This, I believe was God’s plan for the Manasseh people in order that they may be freed of Judaism and receive salvation and eternal life through Jesus Christ, the son of God. This revelation concurs with the Jewish belief that ‘the children of Manasseh will bring forth new seed’. The ‘new seed’ is salvation through Jesus Christ.

That the children of Manasseh should deliver the good news of salvation in Christ to the Jewish nation, and that the Lord God will deliver the Manasseh people in all parts of the world and establish them as a nation, is His will. Therefore, it is pertinent that our people realise we are the descendants of Manasseh and Accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and personnel saviour. Over time, assimilation by neighbouring communities’ cultures and vice versa, resulted in the ‘completion’ of being lost, a fulfilment of God’s plan, also His merciful blessing because wherever they were He led them to embrace the Christian faith and Kuki people celebrate to His glory the first Centenary in 2014.

It was in December 2007 that God revealed to Rev Chomlhun that our people are descendants of Manasseh. The booklet, Manasseh: The Lost Tribe of Israel, The Voice of God and Manasseh: The Chosen Among the Chosen by Rev Chomlhun provides an account of his vision.

May the Lord Almighty Yahweh bless every reader of this booklet and may His revelation be disseminated among His people.

God bless!

PS Haokip