What two parallel Gentile groups does Les Feldick identify in Romans 11:25?
Scripture identifies two concurrent Gentile groups: the fullness of the Gentiles—the obedient Gentiles called out in the Church who believed the Gospel—and the times of ungodly Gentiledom. These run parallel, with the obedient group running concurrent with ungodly Gentiledom until the times of the Gentiles have run their course.
Les teaches that these are two parallel Gentile groups. The first is the outcalling of the Church, which he calls the fullness of the Gentiles—an obedient group of Gentiles who have believed the Gospel and have been running concurrent with the second group. The second is the times of ungodly Gentiledom. He says human history shows what that ungodly Gentile domination has brought: misery, war, famine, disease, and despair. It will culminate in the final seven years of tribulation, with the worst being the last three and a half years, ending Gentile domination of Jerusalem when Christ returns.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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What does it mean in Romans 11:25 that the fullness of the Gentiles must be brought in?
Romans 11:25 says that when the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in, God turns again to Israel; this means that once the Body of Christ is complete and the last Gentile is saved, God takes the Church out and resumes His dealings with Israel.
What is the mystery about Israel in Romans 11:25?
In Romans 11:25 Paul reveals the mystery that Israel has experienced a spiritual blindness in part, and this blindness lasts only until the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in.