No — God has not cast aside His people Israel; He has only set them aside temporarily and will yet fulfill His covenant promises to them.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel rejected their Messiah, but this did not end God's relationship with them. The nation remains God's covenant people, presently set aside and spiritually blinded, but God will one day return to finish His dealings with Israel. Romans 11 and Jeremiah 31 both confirm that Israel's rejection is not permanent.
Romans 11:1 — Paul directly raises the question of whether God has cast away His people and answers with a firm 'God forbid.'
Jeremiah 31:35-37 — God promises that Israel will never cease from being a nation before Him as long as His created order stands.
The Bible directly answers this question in Romans 11:1, where Paul asks, 'I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.' Rather than cutting off Israel forever, Scripture records God's absolute promise to preserve the nation. In Jeremiah 31:35-37, the LORD declares that just as the sun, moon, and stars continue by His ordinance, so the seed of Israel shall never cease from being a nation before Him. He says that only if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out would He cast off all the seed of Israel. These verses show that Israel's place in God's plan is permanent, not conditional on human failure.
Les Feldick teaches that God has absolutely not cast away Israel. He explains that Israel has been set aside for nearly 2,000 years, presently blinded and in unbelief as a nation, but that this is only a temporary condition. God still regards the nation as His covenant people and will one day pick up where He left off with them. Les points to Jeremiah 31 to show that God's covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob remain guaranteed. He also teaches that Israel was sovereignly chosen to bring all nations to a knowledge of Israel's God, a purpose God will still fulfill.
Israel's present condition is not abandonment but a temporary setting aside. Les Feldick explains that the nation has been spiritually blinded for the most part and is presently in unbelief. They are out there in blindness and unbelief as a nation, yet they still remain God's covenant people. The set-aside is real, but 'God's not through with them.'
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that God is one day going to pick up where He left off with His covenant people. The Old Testament prophecies, including Jeremiah 31, promise that God will yet fulfill the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The present set-aside does not cancel those promises, because the Scripture is adamant that God will still come back and fulfill them.
God's purpose for Israel was not ended when Israel 'dropped it.' Les explains that God sovereignly set Israel apart above all the other nations to prepare them for a unique role: bringing all the nations of the world to a knowledge of Israel's God. Even though Israel failed in the first attempt, God still intends to use the nation of Israel to bring salvation to the Gentiles.
Why Israel Was Blinded — Romans 11 Explained Verse by Verse
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Israel Is Still God's Covenant People
Les teaches that despite what most of Christendom believes, the little nation of Israel is still God's covenant people, though set aside.
Set Aside and Spiritually Blinded, Not Discarded
Les explains that Israel is currently spiritually blinded and under the god of this world like other nations, but God is not through with them and will one day fulfill His covenant promises.
God Will One Day Return to Israel
Les rejects the idea that God has abandoned Israel and insists that one day God will bring them back and pick up where He left off with His covenant people.
Israel Still Intended to Bring Salvation to the Gentiles
Even though Israel dropped their prospect, God still intends to use the nation to bring salvation to the Gentiles.
Israel Chosen for a Unique Role Among Nations
God sovereignly set Israel apart to prepare them to bring all nations to a knowledge of Israel's God.
The Direct Answer: God Has Not Cast Away Israel
Les squarely answers the question from Romans 11: God has not cast away Israel. They are set aside and blinded, but God will return to finish His dealings with them.
Jeremiah 31 Guarantees Israel's Future
Les quotes Jeremiah 31:35-37 to show that God will never cast off the seed of Israel as long as the fixed ordinances of creation remain.
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.
This is the verse that directly raises and answers the question of whether God has cast away Israel.
Jeremiah 31:35: Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
God's power over creation is the guarantee that His promise to Israel stands.
Jeremiah 31:36: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
God makes Israel's continued existence as a nation as certain as the laws of nature.
Jeremiah 31:37: Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Since no one can measure heaven, God will never cast off the seed of Israel.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that Israel is set aside for now but not abandoned. God will one day pick up where He left off with His covenant people and fulfill the promises He made to them.
Les explains that Israel is presently spiritually blinded for the most part and is in unbelief. This is a temporary set-aside because the nation rejected their Messiah, but it is not permanent rejection.
God says that as long as the sun, moon, and stars remain, Israel will never cease from being a nation before Him. He will not cast off the seed of Israel, no matter what they have done.
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