No — God did not revoke His promises to Israel after they rejected and crucified the Messiah.
Israel suffers discipline for rejecting their Messiah, including loss of temple, land, and dispersion, but God has not given up on them. They remain His covenant people, and He will yet fulfill every covenant promise given to their forefathers, including a glorious earthly kingdom with their King.
2 Samuel 7:14-15 — God's promise to David shows that even when Israel commits iniquity and is disciplined, His mercy will not depart from them — directly answering whether the promises were revoked.
In 2 Samuel 7, God promises David that he will have a house and a kingdom established forever. Despite the iniquity of his seed, God will chasten them with the rod of men, but His mercy shall not depart from him. This promise of never-ending mercy is attached to David's royal line and points to a future kingdom. Scripture also repeatedly promises the nation of Israel a land and a government with one king over them, never suggesting the covenant was canceled. Israel's rejection and killing of the Messiah is acknowledged — Peter, according to inspiration, accuses the nation for having killed their Messiah — yet the prophets' words still promise restoration. Old Testament passages plainly state that God will gather Israel from everywhere and bring them to their own land, make them one nation, and set one king over them, so the promise remains intact.
Les Feldick emphasizes that God is not through with Israel by any stretch of the imagination. Even after they rejected and crucified their Messiah, they are still His covenant people and will enjoy all the covenant promises, including a glorious earthly kingdom. He points out that 2 Samuel 7's words — 'My mercy shall not depart away from him' — are part of the covenant that remains in force even when Israel sins. Israel was set aside and scattered because of unbelief, but God's mercy has not been removed from them the way it was from Saul. He teaches that the idea that the promises were canceled and transferred to a 'new Israel' is not biblical. The nation still sits connected to the Bible, is still called His covenant people, and God will yet pick up where He left off.
Les teaches that although Israel is presently in unbelief and set aside, they remain God's covenant people. They are just as much under the god of this world as any other nation right now, but the exception is that God still has His eye on them. Their loss of temple, land, and dispersion happened because they rejected their Messiah, but God promised from day one that He would not give up on them. The promise of mercy departing not from them is tied to the covenant God made with David, and it continues for the nation even in their disobedience.
Les points to Old Testament references that show Israel will be gathered from every side to their own land, made one nation, and have one king over them. This is directly tied to the promise of a government and to the Abrahamic covenant. 2 Samuel 7 is the place where God gives that promise of a government, and its language — 'my mercy shall not depart away from him' — shows the promise is not revoked. Les also connects other prophetic passages to the same future: after Israel was scattered and rejected, God will still set His King on the holy hill of Zion and bring Israel to the center of His activity. The kingdom promises were never set aside, only interrupted by God's present work among the Gentiles.
Les teaches that Israel suffered catastrophe after catastrophe because they rejected their Messiah — they lost their temple, lost their land, and were sent into dispersion. Yet even this discipline was never the end. Israel should have known and could have known who Jesus was, but because they didn't know, they rejected Him. God's response was to call the Messiah back to glory and turn to the Gentiles with salvation by grace. But this turning to the Gentiles did not cancel Israel's hope; God merely interrupted His prophetic timeline and will one day return to fulfill everything promised to the fathers.
The contrast in the scripture Les cites is that Saul is the example of someone from whom God's favor was taken away. God said, 'My mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.' Les uses this distinction to show that God is not treating Israel the way He treated Saul. Even though Israel committed iniquity and would be chastened, the mercy would remain, and the covenant promises would continue for the nation.
The Promise of Israel's Land and Government
Les points to the Old Testament promises that Israel will be gathered to their own land and become one nation with one king, showing the covenant was never revoked.
God Not Through With the Jew
Les teaches that God's covenant promises with Israel as a nation will still be kept, even though they have suffered catastrophe after catastrophe because they killed the Messiah.
Covenant People Still Enjoy Promises
Les teaches that Israel will still enjoy the covenant promises and a glorious earthly kingdom, so don't subscribe to the idea that God is through with the Jew.
The Interruption of the Kingdom Program
Les explains that God interrupted the sequence of rejection → wrath → kingdom in order to turn to the Gentiles, but the promise of His King on Zion still stands.
Israel Still Connected to the Book
Les teaches that even though Israel is set aside, they are still God's covenant people and every way connected to the Bible.
Mercy Shall Not Depart
Les connects 2 Samuel 7's statement that 'my mercy shall not depart away from him' to God's ongoing covenant with Israel, in contrast to Saul.
Suffering Does Not Mean Abandonment
Les teaches that Israel's dispersion, ghettos, and holocaust were judgment for rejecting the promises, yet God promised from day one He would not give up on them.
After Rejection the Kingdom Still Comes
Les teaches that even after rejecting and crucifying their King, Israel's promised kingdom and role as the center of God's activity on earth will still come.
2 Samuel 7:14-15: I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
This passage is the heart of the promise: even when David's seed commits iniquity and is chastened, mercy will not depart.
Ezekiel 37:21-22: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided any more at all.
This promise of gathering and one king shows Israel's national restoration is still future and certain.
Psalm 2:6: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Les uses this to show that after enemies are made His footstool, God's King will still be set on Zion.
No. Les Feldick teaches that God has set Israel aside for now and they are blinded, but they are still His covenant people. He has not cast them away, and He will yet return and keep all His covenant promises with them as a nation.
Les teaches this is God's promise to David that even when Israel commits iniquity and is chastened by the rod of men, His mercy will not depart from them the way it was taken from Saul. It is a promise of unbroken covenant mercy despite discipline.
Yes, according to Les's teaching. Old Testament promises reveal that Israel will be gathered from the nations, made one nation in the land, and one king — their Messiah — will rule over them. That kingdom program is yet to be fulfilled.
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