What is the cup of iniquity that is filled during the times of the Gentiles?
The cup of iniquity of the Gentiles is the accumulating guilt of Gentile nations during the times of the Gentiles, when Gentiles overlord Israel. They fill it progressively as they slide downward in history. Counteractive to that, the fullness of the Gentiles is the body of Christ, as saved Gentiles are placed into it.
Les explains that the times of the Gentiles is that period of history where Gentiles are overlording the nation of Israel, and he calls it the filling of the cup of iniquity of the Gentiles. They are filling it and filling it as they make their slide down, down, down. He contrasts this with Romans 11:25, where Paul writes that Israel has experienced spiritual blindness in part until the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in. The fullness of the Gentiles is the body of Christ, as Gentiles are being saved and placed into the body of Christ. Earlier, Les also notes that even though Israel is a sovereign state, she remains basically under Gentile control, dependent on Gentile permissive and financial aid, which demonstrates the times of the Gentiles.
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What does 'the filling of the cup of iniquity of the Gentiles' mean?
The times of the Gentiles is also the filling of the cup of iniquity of the Gentiles, as the Gentiles keep filling it while they slide down, down, down.