Les Feldick Bible Study

What did God do after Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah?

After Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah, God turned to the rest of the world. He put Israel into dispersion, ceased using the Jewish nation except the Apostle Paul, and revealed mysteries and secrets to Paul to carry to the Gentile world.

Les explains that Christ came to Israel as their Messiah and King in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant, but Israel rejected Him and did not believe He was who He said He was. So God turned to the rest of the world: He placed Israel into dispersion and stopped using the Jew, with the exception of the Apostle Paul, a Pharisee of the tribe of Benjamin. To this Jew God revealed the mysteries and secrets, which Paul then took out to the Gentile world. This was a transition from the Old Testament prophetic program, and the church age and rapture had not been revealed in those prophecies.