What would have happened if Israel had accepted Jesus as their Messiah?
According to the Old Testament prophecies, if Israel had accepted Jesus as Messiah, they could have had the King and the Kingdom and could have evangelized the Gentiles, bringing millions to a knowledge of God. However, that prospect was hypothetical; in God's foreknowledge it could not happen because He had to die.
Les explains that had Israel accepted Jesus as Messiah, they could have had the King and the Kingdom, and they could have evangelized the Gentiles, bringing them by millions to a knowledge of their God. That was their prospect, but it was hypothetical; in God's foreknowledge it could not happen because He had to die. Les further notes that Israel rejected and crucified Him and continued rejecting Him in the early Acts, even though Peter and the eleven preached. When Israel proved they would not believe, God raised up Saul of Tarsus, saved him by grace, and sent him to the Gentiles. Israel went into spiritual blindness, but Gentiles, whose forefathers were pagan idolaters, swarmed to the Gospel with spiritual hunger.