930 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 2 Book 78 - Part 1 of the Messianic Prophecies Part 2

Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 78 PART 1 of the MESSIANIC PROHECIES – Part 2 Psalms 2, 8, and 16 Okay, we’re going to pick right up where we left off at the end of the last program, and that was in Psalms chapter 2. We’re looking at the Messianic Psalms. There are sixteen of them that deal particularly with the coming of a promised King and Messiah. They are so plainly put, that there’s just no room for argument that these prophets were speaking of that. Which now, of course, we understand is just right out in front of us as the world events are taking place. So, we’re going to come back to Psalms chapter 2. We have just covered in our last half hour the fact that Jesus Christ was the Only Begotten Son of God by virtue of His resurrection. That alone sets Him apart from everything else. Now we’re going into the next aspect of the Psalms, where God says in verse 8: Psalms 2:8 “Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen (or the non-Jewish world) for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” Now that doesn’t just mean the little Nation of Israel; that means the whole planet is going to come under the rulership of this Kingdom. But before that can happen, He has to defeat His enemies. We see that in verse 9. Psalms 2:9 “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Now let’s jump up to some of the other prophets and see how they picture that. We’re going to look at Daniel first, because Daniel is the very benchmark of most end-time prophecy. And you remember that Daniel was in captivity in Babylon at the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The king had had a dream, and he couldn’t remember what it was. You remember that Daniel was brought up from wherever he was, and he not only rehearsed the dream, but interpreted it. It was a prophetic thing. It was a prophecy concerning the coming Gentile Empires beginning with Babylon and going all the way up to the Roman—which, of course, took us up to the time of Christ. All right, I just want you to see a little bit of this to show that before the King and the Kingdom can become a reality, He would have to destroy all the empires that were still on the scene at the time of His coming—which, of course, would be the four major empires that Daniel 4 told about in the first place. All right, now you want to remember that he saw a vision of a human being – humongous in size – frightening in its appearance. It had a head of gold, a chest of silver, belly and thighs of brass, the two legs of iron, and the feet and toes were iron mixed with clay. These were indicative of the Babylonians, the Medes and Persians, the Greek, the Romans, and then the one that we now see as coming up, a Revived Roman Empire. But the place I want to take you to here in Daniel chapter 2 is verse 35. There is no indication here of a two thousand-year interval. There is no indication that these empires are now in possession of nuclear weapons and modern warfare and so forth. Yet we have to realize, that it is all part of the reality of it now. But when the Tribulation will have run its course, the end result will be—verse 35 of Daniel 2. Daniel 2:35a “Then was the iron, the clay,…” We’re starting from the feet, remember, because that’s where the steamroller is going to hit it first. It’s in the form of a stone cut out without hands in the symbolism. But in the reality, it’s the Second Coming of Christ. Daniel 2:35a “Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, (See what the Psalmist said? They would be smashed. All right, all these symbolic pieces of the kingdoms were smashed together.) and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them:…” All right, now get the picture? What is being driven into nothingness? All the Gentile Empires. Now just look at the world today. Everything is global. You all realize that. All the banking systems are global. Manufacturing is global. Communications is global. Everything is coming into a global connection. All right, now when Christ comes, He won’t just destroy one segment of it in the Middle East. It will be a global destruction from pole to pole and from east to west. It will totally be swept away, so that no sign of any of these pagan, ungodly, satanic empires will be left. And then finish the verse. Daniel 2:35b “…and the stone that smote the image (That’s Jesus the Christ.) became a great mountain, (Or kingdom, and what does that Kingdom fill?) and filled the whole earth.” It’s going to be a complete earthly kingdom involving every nation and tribe and tongue. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible