Are Jewish people who practice Old Testament Judaism blind to the truth about the Messiah?
Yes. Israel has experienced a spiritual blindness lasting to this day. Even when religious in Old Testament Judaism, they remain blind to much spiritual truth, especially concerning their Messiah, the Christ. They cannot comprehend these things unless the Spirit opens their understanding.
Les explains that Israel has spent the last 1900 and some years, according to the Old Testament as well as Paul, in a spiritual blindness that has lasted to this very day. Even though Jewish people may seem religious in their practice of Old Testament Judaism, they are basically blind to so much spiritual truth, especially concerning their Messiah the Christ. He says kindly that Jewish listeners are blinded and cannot comprehend these things unless the Spirit opens their understanding. This is set against the Body of Christ, the Church Age, being strictly a Pauline revelation and not associated with the promises given to Israel, but rather an outpouring of God’s grace upon the Gentile masses.