Why has there been a long gap in God's dealings with Israel?
The gap exists because God has not been dealing with Israel on a covenant basis during this time, yet He has not forgotten the work He started with them. He will finish it, dealing with the Jew according to His righteousness during the seven-year tribulation and bringing the believing remnant into His Kingdom.
Les explains that God never starts something and then quits halfway. He began a work with Israel around 2000 B.C. and has not forgotten it. Although there has been a 1,900-and-some-year gap where Israel has been out there and God has not been dealing with them on a covenant basis, He is still going to finish what He started. Once the seven-year tribulation begins, God will deal primarily with the Jew according to His righteousness. The unbelieving element will suffer His wrath and judgment, but the believing remnant will enter the glory of His rule and reign when He sets up His Kingdom. This is a short work in light of the 6,000 years since Adam.
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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Why does the Bible call God's work with Israel a 'short work'?
God's work is called a short work because seven years is not a very long time in the light of the 6,000 years we have now covered since Adam.