When was Israel supposed to evangelize the nations, according to the Old Testament program?
According to the Old Testament program, Israel was to evangelize the nations only after the seven years of wrath, Christ's return to Jerusalem, and the establishment of His kingdom. Once the king was ruling in Jerusalem, the Jews would go into all the corners of the world to evangelize the Gentiles. That was Israel's role.
Les explains that Peter and the eleven knew this Old Testament program as Christ was ascending. They expected the next thing on the agenda to be the coming of the seven years of wrath and vexation, and then the return of Christ back to Jerusalem to set up His kingdom. Only when the kingdom was set up and the king was ruling in Jerusalem would the Jew go into all the corners of the world and evangelize the Gentile. Les emphasizes that most church-going believers do not comprehend this sequence. He then references Isaiah 42 to show that God expected Israel to receive her king, the kingdom to be set up, and the Jew to go out into the nations of the world and evangelize the non-Jew.