889 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 75 - Connecting the Dots of Scripture - Part 13

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 75 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF SCIPTURE – PART 13 Genesis - Revelation Okay, it’s good to see everybody in again this afternoon for another session of four more programs. We trust that the Lord will use this for His honor and for His glory as we open up the Scriptures. We trust that people can come back and see what this Book says rather than just sit there and listen to denominational dogma. Now, I’ve got nothing against the local church providing that they proclaim the truth. That I have to stand on. I can never agree to have people just constantly being fed some of this liberal stuff that is coming in so rapidly. We just beg people to get back into the Word. In fact, I think I quoted several programs back from the fellow who was President, if I remember right, at Syracuse back in 1888 to 1892. And at that time he made the statement—now you want to remember, Syracuse is as liberal as they get today, but at that time the President of Syracuse said, “Unless Christendom comes back, back, back to the doctrines and the epistles of the Apostle Paul, then it is on and on and on to liberalism and atheism and despair!” And it’s just as true today as it was then. We have to constantly fight the false teaching. And now there is a movement abroad called the Emergent Church. It is as false as a three dollar bill, but it sounds so good that the younger generations fall for this stuff. We just have to adamantly dig in our heels and come back and say—but what does the Book say? All right, we finished Book 74 in the last taping. Today will start Book 75 and continue on with connecting the dots of Scripture. But before we do, I think I will share with my whole television audience that our beloved Sharon who does our closed-captioning, and who most of you see her right over here to my left with the red hair, is fighting brain cancer. We just covet the prayers of everybody from coast-to-coast on her behalf. All right, so back to Acts chapter 1 verse 8. This is just after His forty days of being with the Twelve, or the Eleven. The next event, of course, will be His ascending back to Glory. But just before He leaves the eleven, these are His final words in verse 8. This is where we closed in our last program. Acts 1:8 “But ye (Speaking to the Eleven—never forget that the Scripture has to be determined who is speaking and to whom. Well, here we have Jesus, of course, speaking to the Eleven.) shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: (Which was, of course, a reference to Pentecost ten days ahead.) and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, (Which, of course, was the area of Jerusalem and Samaria.) and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Now, we pointed out in the last program that they got to Samaria, but they never did get to the uttermost parts of the earth. The Twelve have absolutely no Scriptural record of going to the uttermost parts of the earth, because of Israel’s unbelief. The nation continued to reject and reject and reject, as we will see some place along the line this afternoon. At that point in time, God turns to the Gentiles through the Apostle Paul. But until that time, we’re still dealing with the Eleven (who will soon be twelve once again) and the Nation of Israel under the covenant promises. That’s what I’m going to show in the next few moments, that we still have not left the scenario of Christ’s earthly ministry. You know, I like to put it this way—the four gospels are just an extension of the Old Testament. Nothing has changed except that the Messiah has made his appearance. Israel is still keeping temple worship, synagogue worship. They still have no intent of going to the Gentiles with anything (Matthew 10:5-6). It’s their religion. Nothing changes except that Christ has now made His appearance. All right, now after we go through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ; He ascends back to Glory in the next few verses. You continue on in the Book of Acts and still nothing changes, except now it’s in the hands of the Twelve to perform the signs and wonders and miracles to yet convince the nation that this Jesus who has just left their midst was indeed the promised Messiah. That’s the whole scope of Scripture until we get to the Apostle Paul. The coming Messiah, the coming earthly Kingdom, and then when He comes, believe who He is. This is the Promised One. But they couldn’t, so He went through the death, burial, and resurrection. All right, now we’re going to see that after He ascends still nothing changes. It’s still the same format: the One you crucified is alive and is still able to be the King. All right, so they don’t go to the uttermost parts of the earth, because Israel has rejected the Messiah who would have made it possible. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible