626 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 2 Book 53 - The Setting for James through Jude - 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 53 The Setting for James Through Jude - Part 2 James 1:1-2 Alright, now in the last lesson we started the little Book of James, after having finished Hebrews. Now, we finished up in our last program having started with Israel’s promise or prophecy of being a nation of priests out of the Abrahamic Covenant. Redeemer…" Salvation! "And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD." Where’s Zion? It’s in Jerusalem. It’s one of the mountains of Jerusalem, Mt. Zion from which David ruled. Now drop down into chapter 60 and pick up again this whole concept of Israel being the vehicle to go to the Gentile world. "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee." Well, Isaiah, a Jewish prophet. The Nation of Israel. Prophecy. Alright, so remember now, Isaiah is writing to the Nation of Israel. Israel, the nation. Now verse 2: "For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, (spiritual darkness) and gross darkness the people: (even Israel was in spiritual darkness. The Lord’s going to come to whom? The Nation of Israel.) Israel. (Israel) Now verse 3. As a result of God dealing with His covenant people, we find: "And the Gentiles shall come to thy (Israel’s) light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." Now that’s Israel’s future. We realize that people catch us on television by noticing little things that you would never dream of. Out of the Abrahamic Covenant - and all the Old Testament prophets are talking about Israel’s future, which of course, will lead up to Christ’s first coming and His three years of earthly ministry. Okay, now if you’ve got Zechariah chapter 8, this is all in view of this very premise that Israel is to be a nation of priests. Zechariah 8:20a "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; (that’s God speaking through the prophet) it shall yet come to pass,…" Prophecy. Zechariah 8:20b-21 "…that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21. Let’s go and meet the Lord of hosts, Jehovah. Verse 22: Zechariah 8:22a "Yea, many people and strong nations, shall come (it hasn’t happened yet, it’s future, it’s prophecy) to seek the LORD of hosts (where?) in Jerusalem,…" Now verse 23. Zechariah 8:23a "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days (when prophecy has been fulfilled and the King is on His throne and He’s ruling from Jerusalem. And Israel, remember, is going to be a nation of priests) it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations,…" Gentiles. Every kind of Gentile imaginable. Reading on: Zechariah 8:23b A priest! Alright, now just turn the page a little bit in Zechariah and let’s see what’s going to have to happen before they get their King. Zechariah 14:1 "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, (what is that? Prophecy. Verse 2: Zechariah 14:2a I’ve been talking about the Lord’s coming for as long as I’ve been on television, 12 years. Now, stop and think. Mass destruction. Weapons of mass destruction. Now verse 2. Zechariah 14:2-3 Zechariah 14:4a Now let’s skip on down to verse 9. Zechariah 14:9a "And the LORD shall be (what?) king…" Zechariah 14:9b Back up if you will to chapter 12 and verse 10. Zechariah 12:10 Now if you know your Old Testament, what happened between Joseph and those brothers? Alright, now come back to chapter 13 verse 6. Zechariah 13:6 Tribulation! Alright, now, in that time frame then we have the Lord Jesus coming by His birth at Bethlehem, begins His three years of earthly ministry, up and down the Nation of Israel, for three years. Alright, in this three years of His earthly ministry, then, He introduces what I’m going to show you next, what He called Himself the Gospel of the Kingdom. So turn to Matthew chapter 9, and let’s take a look at the Gospel of the Kingdom. Alright now, why can the Old Testament call this approximately 20 years the last days? So all the Scripture is speaking of, is these period of times of prophecy as the last days. Even the Apostle Paul, refers to that period of time in which he’s ministering as what? Turn quickly to Hebrews chapter 1. Paul never had a concept that everything wouldn’t be consummated within this little period of time after Christ’s first coming. "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2. Pentecost – 29 AD. Saul’s conversion – 37 AD. After Paul’s three years in the desert, he begins his ministry among the Gentiles – 40 AD. Okay, let’s read it again. Somewhere between 55 and 65 AD. Matthew 9, verse 35 Since all of this was promised to Israel, Jesus could not be anything to anybody but the Nation of Israel, because that’s who He had made the promises to. Matthew 10:5 "But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible