92 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 4 - Book 8 - Manna: God's Same Grace Saves Us

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 8 MANNA: GOD'S SAME GRACE SAVES US AND KEEPS US Exodus 16-19 Picking up from our last lesson, we were discussing in Exodus 19:6 that God had promised the Nation of Israel that they were to be a Nation of priests. Between man and God. For Israel to become that kingdom of priests (go- between) naturally they are not going to be a go-between themselves and God, for they have God. The Gentiles. A lot of people can't understand this coming out of the Old Testament, that the whole purpose of setting aside the Nation of Israel was to be the vehicle to bring these pagan Gentiles to a knowledge of Israel's Messiah. God is preparing the Nation of Israel to funnel back into the main river of humanity, and bring the Gentiles to a knowledge of their King and God. Jews only. Here, Peter, preaching on Covenant grounds says: Acts 2:22 "Ye men of Israel,...." David meant everything to a Jew. (plus all of you Gentiles? "Then Peter said unto them (the House of Israel), Repent, and be baptized every one of you...." Jesus and the Twelve preached it, and Peter is still preaching, "Repent and be baptized."In Chapter 3, Peter is still preaching to the same kind of a crowd, his language is identical, and here Peter and John go up to the Temple in verse 1. God hasn't told them to shut it down. How was this man healed. Now Peter says to that Jewish crowd: Acts 3:12 "And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, `Ye men of Israel....'" That is just plain English, "Ye men of Israel." "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers,...." "Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you (so far Jew only), in turning away (how many?) Here in Chapter 8, this is all in the prophetic program of God's dealing with Israel. Zechariah 8:20 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; `It shall yet come to pass (remember this is before Israel rejected it all, and then God turned to the Gentiles with the Apostle Paul), that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities.'" Zechariah 8:21 Zechariah 8:22 "Yea, many people and strong nations (oh, God intended for the Jew to circumvent the globe, and bring the nations of the world to a knowledge of the God of Israel.) Zechariah 8:23 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts (remember, this is the LORD speaking); `In those days (what days? - when Israel could have had every Jew a priest. Although Israel rejected it. Now, reading the verse in it's entirety: So God permitted the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. And Israel was sent into a dispersion, spiritual blindness. The Nation of Israel lost all of these promises from the Old Testament, and God, without Israel, turned to the Gentiles with the apostle Paul. Romans 11:11 "I say then, `Have they (the Nation of Israel) stumbled that they should fall? (in other words, a lot of people like to teach that God is all through with the Jews, and the Nation of Israel, and He has given everything over to the Church. God is not through with the Nation of Israel, she is back in the land. God has not forgotten His Covenant promises. Now, reading the verse in its entirety. God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.'" Romans 11:12 Oh, Israel's glory is still in the future, they are still going to be the apple of God's eye. It is a benchmark verse. Exodus 19:7 Exodus 19:8 Law. We will do, is legalism) And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD." Look in Chapter 20, verse 1: Exodus 20:1 "And God...." Not the LORD, not Jehovah, which is usually associated with God dealing with Israel. Now, back to the God of verse 1. Why do you suppose it is God, rather than LORD God or Jehovah? Keep in mind what is just said, that Jehovah was the name that was particularly associated God with His people Israel. The term God, transcends Israel and goes over to everyone. The Triune God is that which every nation of the world must deal with. Romans 3:19 "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." Who was under the law? It says) and all the world may become guilty before God." In verse 20b Paul writes: Romans 3:20b " ...for by the law is the knowledge of sin." The law can't do that. The law has no power to help a person keep the law. Now there is something working from within that will help us keep these very laws of God. Always remember, we don't keep the law for salvation. We become law keepers as a result of our salvation. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible