209 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 1 - Book 18 - Acts Chapter 5

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 18 ACTS CHAPTER 5 From Adam to Abraham, God dealt with one race of people. In other words, all the things God had taught Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel were appropriate for that whole race of people for that first 2000 years. With the advent of Noah and his three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth, we can see God split the human race into three races. To the man Abraham God promises what we are always referring to as the Abrahamic Covenant. I've had people ask me about Shem. The Bible is silent about Shem. So God tells Abraham, I'm going to make of you a nation. A Kingdom not up in Heaven, but on the earth. God called Abraham (usually when putting this on the black board I just pull that little nation out of the main river of humanity), because He is going to make the little nation a separate, special race of people, or as we have come to know them, the Jew. I always put it this way, "Jew only, with exceptions" God will make exceptions during this 2000 year period of time, but they are rare. The rest of the masses of humanity will go on like the river, but out of this great river of humanity God pulls this little stream, the Nation of Israel. The whole object lesson was that He would use the Nation of Israel to penetrate the nations of the world, and bring them to a knowledge of their God. Turn to Psalms Chapter 2. When Israel has the opportunity of going to the Nations with the knowledge of their God, they reject Him and crucify Him. As we saw in the early Chapter of Acts, even though everything has been consummated for the Salvation of the whole human race, God continues to deal with the Jew. In Psalms Chapter 2 let's start reading at verse 1, and hopefully we can make a run through the Scriptures and show from the Old Testament perspective that this part about the Church Age was never mentioned. Psalms 2:1,2 "WHY do the heathen (Gentiles) rage, and the people (Jews) imagine a vain thing? In Acts, Peter's constantly accusing the Nation of Israel for crucifying their Messiah. You murdered Him" But the Scripture says both Jew and Gentile were guilty of the Crucifixion. Psalms 2:3 Away with Him, crucify Him So they cast off God's reign from them. Now verse 4: Psalms 2:4-6 "Then (after they reject The Messiah, the offer of The King and the Kingdom) shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." That's the Tribulation. Do you see anything in between those two verses of the Church Age? In verse 6, notice the next event. The Kingdom. To get a grasp on what I'm teaching, turn to Luke Chapter 4:17. The setting is The Lord in His earthly ministry. Luke 4:17-21 "And there was delivered unto him the book (or Scroll) of the prophet Esaias. Isaiah 61:1,2 "THE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD (-), and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;" The Kingdom age. So our Lord reading in Luke Chapter 4 knew the end from the beginning. This symbol (-) would be in verse 2 after the last `LORD.' Psalms 118:22 Who is the Stone of Scripture? Christ is. Isaiah Chapter 9: Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given (-), and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Only the first part has been fulfilled. The next one will be Daniel Chapter 9:26. Now verse 26 and the description of the coming of The Messiah: Daniel 9:26,27 That hasn't happened yet, so you can put your break in this verse right after the word `sanctuary.' Joel 2:28-30 "And it shall come to pass afterward (after His rejection), that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:" Verse 29. Now verse 30. Did verse 30 happen? No, but verse 28 and 29 did. Now Zechariah Chapter 9: Verse 10. The next one is in Luke Chapter 1: Luke 1:31,32 "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS (-) (did it happen? Verse32. "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:" Verse 32 still hasn't happened, but it's going to. One more in Luke Chapter 21: Luke 21:24,25 I try to show by putting breaks in verses that this Old Testament program was suddenly interrupted with this Age of Grace we are now in, and the rest is still future. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible