771 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 3 Book 65 - But God! (The Body of Christ) - Part 3

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 65 BUT GOD! – (The Body of Christ) - PART 3 All right, we’ve been, for the last several programs at least, talking about the Kingdom of God. We came out of that verse in Matthew chapter 6 where Jesus said, "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God,…" Now, we’re moving over to the other circle, the Body of Christ and how it came about. There is, indeed, a parenthetical period of time where God has opened up the timeline, as we usually put it on the board. Romans chapter 11 and drop down to verse 25, where Paul writes: Romans 11:25a Romans 11:25b All right, here’s what God has now revealed to Paul that has never been indicated before, except that little tidbit back in Amos that the tabernacle of David would be fallen down. Romans 11:25c "…that blindness (spiritual blindness) in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." What's the fullness of the Gentiles? The Body of Christ. So, when the Body of Christ, this out calling of Gentiles, is complete, then God takes it out of the way in the Rapture. While God is calling out the Gentiles, a people for His name, and filling up the Body of Christ, there is another phenomenon that’s building over the same amount of time. Luke refers to it in chapter 21 verse 24 as "the times of the Gentiles." Not the fullness as Paul says, but the times. All right, Luke 21, let’s start at verse 20. We’ve got time enough. Matthew 24 is Tribulation. The Gentiles have been lording over the Jewish people ever since. All right, so that’s called the "times of the Gentiles." Jerusalem will continue to be under the boot of the Gentile world, "until." There’s that time word again. Luke 21:25-28 Israel has been out in dispersion, but now she’s back in the land, and everything is being set for the end-time Second Coming of Christ, and at the same time the Body of Christ is filling up. All right, let’s read Romans 11:25 once more, before we go on. Romans 11:25 lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; (Here it is.) that (spiritual) blindness in part (for a period of time) is happened to Israel, (The nation. Which is the filling up or fullness of the Body of Christ. All right, now I want to go to Ephesians chapter 3. Ephesians 3:1 I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles." Even though it’s not in red letters like it was in His earthly ministry, it’s the same Christ speaking through the Apostle of the Gentiles." Well, I agree 100%, because Paul is singularly the Apostle of the Gentiles. "If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God…" What God told Israel in the dispensation of Law is a whole different set of directions from what Paul gives us in the dispensation of Grace. All right, you got verse 2? Ephesians 3:2 Come over to Colossians chapter 1. We’re now showing the Body of Christ, which also is in the Kingdom of God. So, when we speak of being in the Kingdom, it’s really not appropriate, and yet, to a degree, it is, because when you’re a member of the Body of Christ, you’re a member of God’s Kingdom. All right, let’s start at verse 15. These are verses, again, that we have used many, many times. Here we have the establishment that God the Son, Jesus of Nazareth, was the Creator of everything! Cults, for the most part, in fact all that I know about, that’s the first red flag, they do not recognize Jesus Christ as God. Colossians 1 verse 13: Colossians 1:13 "Who (speaking of God the Father in verse 12) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:" All right, now I’m glad I mentioned it. When we’re a member of the Body of Christ, we’re a member of what? The Kingdom of God. Absolutely! But the smaller part of it is, we’re in the Body of Christ. Colossians 1:14 Now verse 15. Colossians 1:15 "Who (God the Son) is the image (or the visible appearance) of the invisible God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit were invisible. But at Bethlehem, God the Son took on the manifestation of visibility. All right, that’s what Paul is telling us, that God the Son is the "…image (visible appearance) of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature." Colossians 1:16a "For by him (God the Son) were all things created,…" Colossians 1:16b Colossians 1:17 God the Son has got His control on it. All right, verse 18, here it comes now. Colossians 1:18a the body, the church:…" All right, read on: Colossians 1:18b Jesus called him back to life, but he died again. But Jesus Christ is the first and only One to have been resurrected, never to die again. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible