The earth is devastated by God's end-time judgments, its inhabitants scattered and burned, yet a few survive and the earth is ultimately renewed as a new heaven and new earth.
Isaiah 24 says the Lord makes the earth empty, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants; the curse devours the earth and its inhabitants are burned, leaving "few men left." Les Feldick applies this to the seven-year Tribulation and adds that after these judgments Christ returns, saved Israel enters the land as the head nation, and the sin-defiled earth is finally replaced by a new heaven and a new earth.
Isaiah 24:1-6 — This passage directly describes the earth being emptied, overturned, scattered, and burned, leaving only a few survivors — the core of the end-time judgment Les teaches.
II Peter 3:10-11 — This shows the ultimate burning and dissolution of the earth and its works, which Les connects to the Day of the Lord.
Isaiah 24 pictures the end-time devastation: "Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof" (Isaiah 24:1). The judgment is universal, affecting every level of society — "as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller" (Isaiah 24:2). The land is "utterly emptied, utterly spoiled" and "the earth mourneth and fadeth away" (Isaiah 24:3-4). The cause is moral rebellion: "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant" (Isaiah 24:5). Therefore, "the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left" (Isaiah 24:6). Scripture also points beyond this judgment to the earth's final state. II Peter 3:10 declares that "the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." Revelation 21:1 then reveals, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away." A past example of such destruction on a global scale is Noah's day, when God said, "Behold, I will destroy them with the earth" (Genesis 6:13).
Les teaches that the destruction described in Isaiah 24 refers to the final seven-year Tribulation. He sees the earth being made empty and waste and literally turned upside down by catastrophic events, including what he calls a "tremendous amount of nuclear activity" burning the inhabitants. Yet he emphasizes that "few men left" means survivors will come through the awful seven years. After these judgments, Les explains, Christ returns and the remnant of Israel sees Him and believes — the nation is born in a day — and Israel comes up into the land as the head nation, fulfilling Deuteronomy 28:13 and enjoying its King of kings and Lord of lords. He also teaches that in the last three and a half years, plagues and cosmic disturbances become overwhelming, and the Antichrist gathers the world's armies to the Middle East against Israel. Les further teaches that this sin-defiled earth must ultimately be burned up and pass away, giving way to a new heaven and a new earth. He draws a parallel with Noah's flood, when God destroyed the planet's surface, turning it inside out, to show that God judges a corrupt world.
Isaiah 24:1-6, which Les applies to the Tribulation, says the Lord empties the earth, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. Every social class suffers alike — priests, servants, masters, maids, buyers, sellers, lenders, and borrowers. The land is "utterly emptied and utterly spoiled," and the earth mourns and fades away. The cause is the inhabitants' transgression of God's laws and breaking of the everlasting covenant, so the curse devours the earth and its inhabitants are burned.
Yes. Scripture says after the inhabitants are burned, "few men left" (Isaiah 24:6). Les takes this literally: survivors will somehow come through the awful seven years. He does not say how many, only that a few survive the catastrophic judgments that leave the earth empty and spoiled.
Les teaches that Israel's remnant, protected in the wilderness for three and a half years, will see Christ returning and believe in a moment — the nation will be born in a day. They will then come back to the promised land and enter the kingdom as the head nation, fulfilling Deuteronomy 28:13: "thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath."
Les teaches that the earth, plagued and defiled with sin for so long, must be burned up. He quotes II Peter 3, where the elements melt with fervent heat and the earth and its works are burned up. Ultimately, as Revelation 21:1 says, the first earth passes away and there is a new heaven and a new earth.
Israel Saved at Christ's Return
Les teaches that when Christ returns, the believing remnant of Israel is saved in a moment — the nation is born in a day — and enters the land as the head nation under their King.
The Curse Devours the Earth
Les teaches that Isaiah 24 describes the Tribulation: the curse devours the earth, the inhabitants are burned (likely through nuclear activity), yet "few men left" means survivors.
Earth Made Empty and Overturned
Les applies Isaiah 24:1-5 to the Tribulation, showing the Lord emptying, wasting, and turning the earth upside down, affecting every level of society.
All Classes Suffer Equally
Les reinforces that the seven-year cataclysms hit everyone alike — priests, servants, masters, buyers, sellers — leaving the land emptied and spoiled.
Day of the Lord and Earth's Burning
Les connects the Day of the Lord with the eventual burning of the earth and its works, quoting II Peter 3:10-11.
New Heaven and New Earth
Les teaches that the first earth passes away and must be burned because it has been defiled by sin, leading to a new heaven and a new earth.
Noah's Judgment as a Pattern
Les uses Noah's flood as an example of God destroying the planet's surface, turning it inside out — a pattern of divine judgment on a corrupt earth.
Last Three and a Half Years
Les teaches that the final days of the Tribulation bring awful plagues and cosmic disturbances, culminating in Christ's appearing and deliverance.
Isaiah 24:1: Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
This is the opening description of the earth's devastation that Les applies to the Tribulation.
Isaiah 24:2: And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Shows that the end-time judgment reaches every social class without distinction.
Isaiah 24:3: The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Confirms that the emptying and spoiling of the land is God's declared decree.
Isaiah 24:4: The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Describes the earth's mourning and fading under these judgments, including the proud and powerful.
Isaiah 24:5: The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Identifies the moral cause of the devastation: widespread transgression and covenant-breaking.
Isaiah 24:6: Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
This is the key verse showing both the burning of the inhabitants and the survival of a few.
Deuteronomy 28:13: And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Les sees this promise finally fulfilled when saved Israel enters the kingdom as the head nation.
II Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Declares the ultimate burning of the earth and its works in the Day of the Lord.
II Peter 3:11: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Draws the application from the earth's dissolution to holy living.
Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Shows what comes after the first earth passes away — a new heaven and a new earth.
Genesis 6:13: And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Provides a past example of God destroying the earth along with its corrupt inhabitants, which Les cites as a pattern.
No. Isaiah 24:6 says "few men left" after the inhabitants are burned. Les Feldick points to this as proof that survivors will come through the seven years, even though the catastrophes are overwhelming.
Scripture says the earth is defiled because its inhabitants "transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant." Les describes the result as a curse that devours the earth, with nuclear-like burning. The earth is so plagued by sin that it must ultimately be dissolved and replaced.
According to Les, the believing remnant of Israel will see Christ at His return and be saved instantly — the nation born in a day — and then enter the promised land as the head nation, finally above and not beneath, enjoying their King of kings and Lord of lords.
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