847 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 71 - Showing a break in OT prophecy timeline 3

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 71 SHOWING A BREAK IN THE O.T. PROPHECY TIMELINE - 3 Joel 2:28-29 Again, it’s good to have everybody back. We’re ready to start program number three. We always like to thank our television audience for your letters, phone calls, financial help, and prayers – everything. Every once in a while somebody will call with something that just makes my day! And it can be one thing or another. And then again, we always like to appreciate all of you folks that come in for these tapings. We know that it’s an extra effort on your part and we do, we thank you for that. Now, we’re going to continue on where we left off in our last program. We’re still showing that there was a break in the Old Testament timeline of prophecy, with no understanding whatsoever that there was going to be almost 2,000 year’s interval. All the Old Testament spoke of it as just coming right down the pike. But yet you want to remember, in the mind of God, what is 2,000 years? Well, like a snap of the finger. Time means nothing to Him. All right, now we’re going to take another look at it on this same concept of what Peter was talking about in Acts chapter 2. I’m doing this just to show the graphic difference between Jesus and Peter. Peter is human, and the Holy Spirit had not yet revealed to Peter that this was all going to be stopped and interrupted. Jesus knew, but yet He did not reveal the secret to anybody. Now, I always have to make a point. That shows His Deity. Who else but God can keep a secret? You and I can’t. But see, He could. He could know all this and see the Jews in their dilemma, and, oh, it must have been a tremendous temptation to say, “But Peter.” But He didn’t. All right, Luke chapter 4 dropping in at verse 16. This is Jesus during His earthly ministry. He’s going to do the same thing that we’ve been looking at all afternoon now. He’s going to show the break in the Old Testament prophecy timeline. Luke 4:16 “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” Now that was part of the custom of synagogue worship. If there was a visitor, he would have an opportunity to stand up and speak, or in this case, read from the Scripture. Luke 4:17-20 “And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found (Now there’s the key word. He’s going to look for a particular portion of Scripture that He wants to read.) the place where it was written. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20. And He closed the book, and gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.” Now, that immediately should raise your questions. Why are they staring at Him? All He did was read Scripture. What had He done? The problem was He stopped in the middle of a verse, and they knew that. All right, go back and let’s read what He read, in Isaiah 61 starting at verse 1. This is the portion of Scripture that He read in the synagogue of Nazareth, but He stopped in the middle of a verse, and there was a tremendous reason why. He knew that that’s as far as the prophecy was going to go. Isaiah 61:1a “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;…” Boy, you should all know this from memory by this afternoon. This is about the fifth time I’m reading it this afternoon! But that’s the way you memorize, you know. You just go over it and over it and over it and pretty soon you know it. Isaiah 61:1b-62 “…The LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broke-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, (Which, of course, He did at the resurrection, you remember?) and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 62. To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, (-) (That’s where He stopped. Now, look what follows in the prophecy.) and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;” What was that? Well, it was future! But not just immediate future like they’d been looking at all this time, it was way out in the future, so He stopped and didn’t read it. Now come back to Luke. What does He tell them when they’re all shook up and they’re staring Him down? What have you done? So, He stands up the second time, verse 21. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible