294 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 25 - God Has Not Changed His Mind

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 25 GOD HAS NOT CHANGED HIS MIND Let's start where we left off in Romans Chapter 11 verse 25. Let's turn to Romans Chapter 11 and we will look at the next part of verse 25. Romans 11:25 Now we know the Old Testament certainly warned Israel that if they were disobedient that God would chastise them. We get a little brief preview back in Acts Chapter 13 beginning at verse 6. Now just for a little background, Paul now is beginning his missionary journey among the Gentiles. Jew, [now remember the island of Paphos is primarily Gentile and no doubt under Roman dominion] whose name was Barjesus. Which was with the deputy [governor] of the country, [who was a Roman] Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. [this Jew, this sorcerer] Because you see everywhere that Paul went he would normally first go to the Jews in their synagogues, and when they rejected his message these Jews would then stir up trouble when Paul would turn to the Gentiles. Romans 11:7 Who blinded them? God did, and He set a spiritual blindness on the nation that is holding until this very day. Nothing in Scripture foretold that there would be a long 1900 + period of time that Israel would be spiritually blinded as we have seen them be. Romans 11:25b "...that blindness in part (not forever) is happened to Israel, until..." When is the Church going to be raptured? Israel is going to remain blinded "until." The rest of the verse reads: Romans 11:25b "...that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." Now what's the fulness of the Gentiles? The Body of Christ. Those are the only Gentiles that God is filling and filling and filling, and He's bringing them in. "Are you not going to stop teaching these Gentiles that they can be saved without keeping the Law?" Paul said there's no way that's going to be part of my message. "Then all the multitude (that is of these Jewish believers there at Jerusalem) kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. The Church, which is his Body. Remember, I'm always teaching and always reminding people, God deals with the Jew on two levels: National and personal. So don't ever think that God's being unfair. So God is now calling out Gentiles as a people for His name, which is what we refer to now from Paul's epistles, as the Church which is His Body, the Body of Christ. Now the Church is the same way. God has been adding individual believers from all around the world; Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Burmans, French, British, Americans, Canadians, whatever. Believers are coming into the Body one at a time. Now what's God going to do? Because you see, as soon as God has completed His work with the Gentile Body of Christ, where is He going to turn to? The Jew! As soon as the Church is gone and the Tribulation begins. Now at the same time, since we have the times or fulness of the Gentiles here in Romans 11, go back with me to Luke 21 and we have the other side of the coin, so far as Gentiles are concerned. Now the fulness of the Gentiles here in Romans are the Church-Age believers, but Luke 21 speaks of another group of Gentiles who will be the unbelievers. Let's look at verse 23 and Jesus is speaking. Luke 21:23 How long is Jerusalem going to be under the boot of the Gentile armies?) the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled." Beginning way back here in 606 B.C., way back at Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Jerusalem, is the first time that Jerusalem falls under the complete control of a Gentile empire, Babylon. All the way to the time of the Cross and at that time it was the Romans. And even as you come on into modern history, Israel has been under the control of various Gentile nations; the Moors, the Turks, and lastly before Israel finally made her independence, was Great Britain, under mandate. Britain was in charge of the Nation of Israel. All the way back here, we've had the out-calling of the Gentiles into the Body of Christ, which is the Church. The fulness of the Gentiles will end at the Rapture. All the way since 606 B.C., what has the Gentile world been doing with regard to the God of this Book, progressively? Very few people read their books and so forth. Now, you remember when God told Abraham in the Abrahamic Covenant there in Genesis, that He would make of him a great nation? The Gentile world is fast approaching the same place. God is patient tonight, He's gracious, He's kind. That obedient group of Gentiles who have believed The Gospel. The last 3 1/2 will end the Gentile domination of the city of Jerusalem, when Christ returns. Psalms 122:7 "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible