Yes — the kingdom of God is really coming, and Les Feldick shows it is a literal earthly kingdom that will be restored when Christ returns.
Les Feldick teaches that the kingdom under David and Solomon was a real, political kingdom on earth, not a spiritualized concept. Israel rejected her King, and the kingdom was postponed, but Scripture promises that heaven will receive Christ until the times of restitution. The same kingdom is yet going to come back on the earth, where believers will rule and reign with Him.
Acts 3:20-21 — Peter's promise that God will send Jesus Christ and that heaven must receive Him until the times of restitution directly affirms that the kingdom is still coming.
Acts 1:6 — The disciples' question about restoring the kingdom to Israel shows the kingdom was a real, expected fact of Scripture.
1 Corinthians 15:8 — Paul's words 'one born out of due time' are cited by Les as a picture of Israel's future, sudden national salvation.
Zechariah 8:23 — This Old Testament prophecy pictures the kingdom age when the nations will cling to Israel and say, 'God is with you.'
Acts 3:20-21 records Peter's promise that 'he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.' This plainly points to a future return of Christ and a future restoration. In 1 Corinthians 15:8, Paul says he saw the resurrected Lord 'as of one born out of due time.' Zechariah 8:23 pictures ten men of all nations taking hold of the skirt of a Jew and saying, 'We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you' — a kingdom-age picture of Israel's restored position. The disciples' own question in Acts 1:6, 'Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?' treats the kingdom as a real, expected reality.
Les says the kingdom concept is 'a very fact of Scripture' and not something to be spiritualized away. The kingdom under David and Solomon was real, political, and here on earth under the authority of a king. When Israel rejected the King, they rejected the kingdom, and the Lord went back to heaven. But that same kingdom is yet going to come back on the earth, and believers will rule and reign with Christ.
Les explains that when Christ first came, Israel's King was present and ready to bring the Abrahamic covenant into fruition by ushering in the kingdom. But Israel rejected the King, and with the King they rejected the kingdom, so the Lord went back to heaven. The kingdom was postponed, not canceled. The Old Testament prophecies of the King and kingdom were not fulfilled at that time because the tribulation did not come in and Israel did not receive the kingdom.
According to the Old Testament program, Christ would come to be Israel's King, Israel would go through the tribulation, and then they could have the King and kingdom. Peter announced that if Israel would repent, God would send Jesus Christ, whom heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things. Les ties this to the seven years of wrath and Jesus' return to Jerusalem to set up His kingdom, after which Israel would evangelize the Gentile nations.
Les points out that the kingdom David and Solomon ruled was not an ethereal, spiritualized kingdom; it was a real political kingdom on earth under the authority of a king. The disciples used the word 'restore,' showing they expected that same kingdom to be restored. While Israel rejected it, the kingdom is yet going to come back on the earth and believers will rule and reign with Christ.
Paul described his own conversion as 'one born out of due time,' and Les understands this as a picture of Israel. Just as Paul suddenly saw the resurrected Lord on the road to Damascus, the whole nation of Israel will experience the same kind of salvation in the future. That national conversion is part of the process by which the kingdom will be restored.
Israel's 'Out of Due Time' Salvation
Les compares Paul's saving encounter with the ascended Lord to what will happen to the whole nation of Israel: a sudden future national salvation.
The Kingdom Was Offered to Israel
Les explains that the apostles stayed in Jerusalem to offer Israel the King and kingdom; if Israel had accepted, Christ could have set up the kingdom and Old Testament prophecies like Zechariah 8 would follow.
The Kingdom Is a Fact of Scripture
Les stresses that the kingdom under David and Solomon was real, earthly, and political, and the disciples' question about restoring it shows the kingdom is a fact of Scripture.
The Old Testament Timeline for the Kingdom
Les explains that after the seven years of wrath, Christ returns to Jerusalem to set up His kingdom, and then Israel evangelizes the Gentile nations.
Israel Preparing for Her Messiah
Les observes that Israel is looking for its Messiah, with billboards preparing for His coming, and the signs of the times show the coming of the King of kings is near.
Kingdom Rejected but Coming Again
Les teaches that when Israel rejected her King she rejected the kingdom, but the same kingdom is yet going to come back on earth and believers will rule and reign with Him.
Old Testament Prophecies of King and Kingdom
Les shows that the Old Testament prophecies always tied the coming of the King to the tribulation, but because Israel rejected the King, the tribulation and kingdom did not come then.
Peter's Promise and the Times of Restitution
Les points to Peter's sermon: if Israel repents, God will send Jesus Christ, whom heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things.
Acts 3:20-21: And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Peter's promise that Jesus will be sent and that heaven will receive Him until the restoration of all things points directly to the coming kingdom.
Acts 1:6: When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
The disciples' question shows that they understood the kingdom of Israel to be a real, future reality.
1 Corinthians 15:8: And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Paul's description of himself as one born out of due time is used by Les as a picture of Israel's future, sudden national salvation.
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 prophecy pictures the coming kingdom age when the nations will seek Israel because God is with them.
Yes. Acts 3:20-21 says heaven must receive Jesus until the times of restitution of all things, and Peter promised that if Israel repents God will send Jesus Christ. Les Feldick calls the kingdom a fact of Scripture.
Israel rejected her King and the kingdom, so the Lord went back to heaven. The Old Testament program was not fulfilled at that time, but the same kingdom is yet going to come back on the earth.
According to Les, after the seven years of wrath and vexation, Christ returns to Jerusalem to set up His kingdom. Then Israel will evangelize the Gentile nations from Jerusalem.
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