883 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 74 - Connecting the Dots of Scripture - Part 7

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 74 CONNECTING THE DOTS OF SCRIPTURE (Part 2) Genesis through Revelation Okay, all of you out in television, come and see us sometime. We have a great time on these Wednesday afternoons. Again, we always like to remind you that we’re so appreciative of all your prayers, your financial help, and your encouraging letters. My goodness, how we love our mail time! Okay, we’re going to come right on with the theme that we’re showing the attributes of this physical, political Earthly Kingdom over which Christ is going to rule and reign. And all these Old Testament promises will finally become a reality. This isn’t just pie in the sky. This is going to happen, because it’s the Word of God. All right, we’re going to jump in at Jeremiah 31 and verse 11. Now all of these verses are applicable. They’re all speaking of this glorious coming time for the Nation of Israel. I’m just sort of hitting the highlights. In your spare time read the rest of these chapters. Jeremiah 31:11a “For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob,…” Now stop a minute. Will there be any unbelieving Jews going into the Kingdom? No. The Lord made it so plain in John chapter 3 when He was speaking to Nicodemus. What did He tell him? Nicodemus, you should know this. No one goeth into the Kingdom unless they be born again. Or what we call now and I prefer, born from above. So, there’ll be no unbelievers going into this Kingdom. It’s going to be a Kingdom of righteousness, and it’ll be a righteous government. It’s going to be a righteous environment. We’ll be looking at some more of that when we finally get into the New Testament description of these things. But here we have the redeemed of Israel who will be going into the Kingdom. Now, let me just throw some numbers at you. We know from Zechariah chapter 8 that one third of Israel is going to come through the fires of the Tribulation and go into the Kingdom. Two thirds are going to be lost. All right, Israel today is around 15 million people. One third means five million. That’s a pretty good chunk of people. That’s more than Dallas or Fort Worth put together. All right, that will be the remnant of Israel going in on the front end. Now then, from all the other nations of the world there will just be a smattering of survivors who are believers that will go into the Kingdom as Gentiles. And that’s what you always have to remember. The millennial reign will be primarily Israel’s thing. They are going to be the head nation of the nations by virtue of numbers. But all the other nations are going to be represented with a few and the population, of course, will grow from all directions. All right, so that’s what we talk about when we speak of the inhabitants of this glorious Kingdom. Okay, now I’m going to start reading in Jeremiah 31 verse 11 again. Jeremiah 31:11-12 “For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, (or the Nation of Israel) and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. 12. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow (That same word that Isaiah used – all the nations shall flow into it.) together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; (Are you getting the beautiful description here?) and they shall not sorrow any more at all.” It’s going to be Heaven on earth. Now that’s the only way I can put it. It’s going to be Heaven, but on planet earth, for a thousand years. All right, verse 13. Jeremiah 31:13-14 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 14. I will satiate (or I will actually fill) the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.” I’m just going to keep reading for a few more verses. Jeremiah 31:15-16 “Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 16. Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.” In other words, the Jews are going to be coming back from wherever they had been scattered. Jeremiah 31:17 “And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.” The Jews are going to all be where they belong. All right, now let’s just skip across in this same chapter to verse 31, where we now have the spiritual conditions of the Nation of Israel. Verse 31, this is what we call the New Covenant. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible