No — God is not done with Israel despite their rejection of their role.
Although Israel rejected their calling and God set them aside to turn to the Gentiles, Scripture and Les Feldick's teaching confirm that God still has a future for the nation. Israel's fall was not final; they remain God's covenant people, and He will one day resume His dealings with them and fulfill every promise.
Romans 11:1 — Paul asks directly whether God has cast away His people and answers emphatically that He has not.
The Bible plainly teaches that Israel's unbelief did not end God's purposes for them. In Romans 11 Paul asks, "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid" (Romans 11:1). He explains that Israel stumbled but not that they fell permanently: "God forbid: but through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy" (Romans 11:11). Paul also teaches that Israel's blindness is partial and temporary: "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" (Romans 11:25). The Old Testament likewise foretold that Israel was intended to be a channel of blessing to the nations, with Gentiles coming to Jerusalem to seek the Lord (Zechariah 8:20-23). Even in their rejection, God's gifts and calling are without repentance (Romans 11:29).
Les Feldick teaches emphatically that God is not through with the Jew. He acknowledges that Israel rejected their Messiah and was dispersed, but he repeatedly warns against the common Christian belief that God has replaced Israel with the church. Les explains that Israel's rejection opened the door for God to turn to the Gentiles with the gospel of grace through the Apostle Paul, but this was not the end of Israel. The nation has been set aside temporarily, not permanently. Les points to the regathering of Jews to the land in modern times as evidence that God is not finished with them, and he insists that God will one day keep every covenant promise to the nation, including an earthly kingdom.
Les Feldick explains from the Old Testament that Israel was promised that if they were obedient, they could be a kingdom of priests. God intended to funnel them back into the pagan, polluted stream of humanity and thereby purify it. The prospect was that Gentiles would come to Jerusalem and say, "We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you" (Zechariah 8:23). Israel was to be the channel through which salvation would reach the Gentile world.
Israel rejected their prospect in unbelief and killed their Messiah. Because of that rejection, God dispersed them among the nations and turned to the Gentiles with a different arrangement — the gospel of grace through the Apostle Paul, saved on the road to Damascus and sent primarily to the Gentiles. Les says Israel has been suffering catastrophe after catastrophe for rejecting their Messiah, but this setting aside was not a permanent rejection.
Yes. Les Feldick is adamant that God is not through with the Jew, not by any stretch of the imagination. God's covenant promises to Israel remain intact, and He will one day pick up where He left off with His covenant people. Les points to the modern return of Jews to the land as evidence that God is still working with Israel, even though the current Israeli government is secular. God still has His eye on them as His covenant people, and Israel will one day enjoy all the promises, including a glorious earthly kingdom.
Paul asks in Romans 11 whether Israel's stumbling means they fell beyond recovery. The answer is no. Les teaches that Israel did not obtain what it sought — the King and the kingdom — because they missed them when they came, but only a small remnant, the election, believed. All of Israel will eventually be saved, and the covenant promises will yet come to fruition. The blindness that has happened to Israel is in part and temporary, lasting only until the full number of Gentiles has come in.
Israel's Promise as a Kingdom of Priests
Les reads Zechariah 8:20-23 to show that Israel was intended to draw Gentiles to God in Jerusalem.
Israel's Prospect and God's Intention
Les confirms that Israel was to bring salvation to the Gentiles, but even after they failed, God still intends to use them.
Israel Is God's Covenant People
Les debunks the idea that God has nothing more to do with the Jew, insisting that little Israel is still God's covenant people.
Set Aside but Not Rejected
Les explains that Israel was dispersed and God turned to the Gentiles, but warns against believing God is all through with the Jew.
God Will Keep Covenant Promises
Les affirms God is not through with Israel, that He will come back and keep covenant promises, and that Israel has suffered for rejecting their Messiah.
Israel Will Yet Enjoy the Promises
Les says Israel will still enjoy all covenant promises and a glorious earthly kingdom, so never subscribe to the idea that God is through with the Jew.
God Will Pick Up Where He Left Off
Les points to the regathering of Israel as proof that God is not finished and will one day continue His dealings with them.
Gentile Salvation Through Israel's Rejection
Les explains that Israel was to take salvation to the Gentile world, but their rejection led to dispersion while God's plan for the Gentiles continued.
Romans 11:1: I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Paul directly answers whether God rejected Israel — he emphatically denies it.
Romans 11:11: I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Israel's fall was not total; it opened the door for Gentile salvation.
Romans 11:25: 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.
Israel's blindness is partial and temporary, lasting until the Gentile age is complete.
Romans 11:29: For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
God's covenant promises to Israel are irrevocable.
Zechariah 8:23: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
This pictures Israel's intended role as the channel through which Gentiles would seek God.
Isaiah 60:3: And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Les cites this promise that Gentiles would come to Israel's light.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that God is not through with Israel. Although Israel has been set aside temporarily for rejecting their Messiah, God will one day pick up where He left off with His covenant people and fulfill every promise, including a glorious earthly kingdom.
Yes. Les emphasizes that the little nation of Israel is still God's covenant people, even though they are currently in unbelief and their government is secular. God still has His eye on them.
Because Israel rejected their role as God's channel to the Gentiles and rejected their Messiah. Their fall opened the door for salvation to go to the Gentiles under a different arrangement, through the Apostle Paul.
No. According to Romans 11:25, blindness in part has happened to Israel only until the fulness of the Gentiles has come in. Les teaches that Israel will yet enjoy all the covenant promises.
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