745 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 63 - The Prayer of the Remnant

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 63 THE PRAYER OF THE REMNANT ISAIAH 63:7 – 66:24 We’re not hitting any denominational slant, but hopefully just showing what the Word of God says. We showed how that perfectly agrees with Paul in the book of Romans. We’ll drop in at verse 7. All right, now we have to understand, as we have seen all through the book of Isaiah, that the vast majority of Israel was in an attitude of rebellion and unbelief, but in the midst of rebellious national Israel, there was always a what? A remnant! Now, that’s a mighty small remnant. But that’s the way God has always operated. All right, now to show you this, let’s come back to Isaiah chapter 1. There are a lot of religious people. Isaiah 1:9 "Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, (Do you see that? Not a large remnant, but rather a small one. Abraham - over Sodom. You remember that? He said to God, "If there are 50 righteous in Sodom, would you spare it?" God said, "Yes, for the fifty sake, I will spare it." God said, "Yes, for 45 I will spare it." For ten God said, "I will spare Sodom and Gomorrah." We can go to Romans, chapter 11. When Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal up there on Mount Carmel, now remember that’s Elijah, clear back before even Isaiah. A marathon ten times over. "Take my life, I’m the last one left in Israel." What was God’s answer? Well, we pick it up in Romans, as well as in Kings, so let’s just see how Paul puts it, Romans chapter 11 and let’s start at verse 1. "I say then, Hath God cast away his people?" Paul makes it so plain. He has not cast away His people. "God Forbid. 2. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew." 4. (But Paul asked the question.) But what saith the answer of God unto Him? (This is what God said to Elijah. Now, if we can call 50/50, there were also 7000 women; that’s 14,000. Now, that’s a small, small remnant, but it’s still the remnant. Keep your hand in Romans and let’s flip over to Galatians chapter 3, starting at verse 26. Now, this is written primarily to Gentiles, of course, but there was a small percentage of Jews embracing Paul’s Gospel. "For ye are all (No designated race or nationality) the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (That is by the Holy Spirit, into the Body of Christ, according to I Corinthians 12:13.) have put on Christ. (Now, here’s the verse I was thinking of, verse 28.) All right, now flip back to Romans 11, again. This is why we can refer to this remnant of Jews who had become believers of Paul’s Gospel, and become members, then, of the Body of Christ. Romans 11:5 "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace." I Corinthians chapter 9 verse 22, and this all fits that whole concept for this Age of Grace, not only back in ancient Israel, but in this Age of Grace: God is only expecting the few, not the many, but the few. I Corinthians 9:22 Acts chapter 3, what a difference! Peter is now preaching and appealing to the nation of Israel in hopes of Christ yet returning and setting up the kingdom. That’s what he says up there in verse 20, that if Israel would repent, then God would send Jesus Christ who was preached unto them, but verse 26 sets the criteria. Israel! Here’s another remnant, and I’m glad I thought of it just before we went back to Isaiah 63. This is the remnant that’s making the prayer of these verses in Isaiah. This is Israel’s final remnant. I hope people don’t mind that. As the Holy Spirit inspired him to write! Never forget that. Never forget that. All right, now we’ll drop back in at Matthew 24 verse 15. These are the words of the Lord Jesus. Remember, Matthew 24 is all Tribulation ground. Matthew 24:15 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, (Now, that’s from the words of the Lord Himself – Daniel was a prophet. Now, we’ve got to go back to Daniel chapter 9. Daniel chapter 9, verse 27. Now, this is the verse that Jesus is referring to in Matthew 24. Daniel 9:27a Now, I think that includes the whole Arab world with the Nation of Israel. God will now be in it. Daniel 9:27b The Arabs will permit Israel to build a temple up on the Temple Mount. "Peace and Safety." Peace has come to the Middle East, and Israel will be euphoric. Daniel 9:27c Matthew 24:15a When the anti-Christ will go into that rebuilt temple. Now, it won’t be a fancy Solomon’s Temple. All right, time’s going by, let’s read on - verse 16. Matthew 24:16-18 Matthew 24:19-20 I think this is the remnant we’ve been talking about in Matthew 24. One third of the Jews living at the time all this happens will be the remnant. Zechariah 13:8-9 All right, this is, I feel, the remnant that Jesus is referring to in Matthew 24. "There’s my God!" #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible