When the Body of Christ is complete, God will take it out—the Church will be raptured—and He will then resume His dealings with Israel.
The fullness of the Gentiles is the Body of Christ. As soon as the last person is saved, the Body is complete and God removes it from the scene. The Antichrist then appears on the scene with a treaty, and God begins the final seven years of His dealings with Israel.
Romans 11:25 — This is the key verse Les uses to identify the fullness of the Gentiles with the Body of Christ and to explain Israel's blindness.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 — Paul reveals the change that will come to living believers and the resurrection of the dead at the completion of this age.
The Bible anchors this subject in Romans 11:25, where Paul tells believers not to be ignorant of a mystery: '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 therefore not permanent; it has a divinely set limit. In 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Paul describes what happens in connection with the last trump: 'Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.'
Les Feldick teaches that the fullness of the Gentiles is the Body of Christ. For over 1,900 years God has been forming the Body by calling out predominantly Gentile believers and adding them to it. When the last person has been saved—whether Gentile or Jew—the Body will be complete, and God will take it out. This is the 'until' of Romans 11:25: Israel's spiritual blindness is lifted only after the fullness of the Gentiles has been brought in. Once the Body is removed, Les explains, God will turn His attention back to Israel. The Antichrist will shortly afterward sign a treaty with Israel, and the final seven years of Daniel's 490-year prophecy will begin. Living believers will be changed into glorified bodies and dead believers resurrected. Because God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time, the Gentile Body must be removed before God resumes His dealings with Israel.
Les identifies the fullness of the Gentiles as the Body of Christ. The Body has been formed over the last 1,900 and plus years by predominantly Gentile believers who are called out from their backgrounds and become members of it. Israel's national blindness remains in effect until that Body is full and the last believer has been saved.
When the Body is finally finished, Les says there will be an outcalling of those who are alive and remain. They will be changed from this body to the new glorified body, and all who have died in Christ in the Body will be resurrected with their new body. This is the removal of the church—the rapture—that God accomplishes when the Body is complete.
Les explains that in this present age God is dealing primarily with the Gentile, while Israel is in dispersion. He does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. So before He can come back to deal with Israel in the final seven years, the Gentile Body of Christ has to be removed from the scene. Then Israel is ready to be dealt with again.
Immediately after the Body is complete and taken out, the Antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel. God then picks up where He left off with Israel, and Daniel's 70th week—the final seven years of Israel's 490-year prophecy—begins. Israel's spiritual blindness is lifted, and the Tribulation is primarily Jewish.
The Formation of the Body of Christ
Les teaches that for the last 1,900 plus years the Body of Christ has been formed by predominantly Gentile believers being called out from every background and added to the Body.
Israel's Blindness Will End When the Body Is Full
Les teaches that Israel's spiritual blindness continues only until the fullness of the Gentiles—the Body of Christ—has been brought in, and then God will pick up where He left off with Israel.
The Moment of Completion and the Antichrist Treaty
Les teaches that when the Body is complete God takes it out, and shortly afterward the Antichrist signs his treaty with Israel.
The Rapture and the Final Seven Years
Les teaches that when the Body is finished, living believers are changed into glorified bodies and the dead in Christ are raised; then God resumes His dealings with Israel in the final seven years.
No Date Can Be Set
Les teaches that no one can set a date for Christ's coming; He will come the minute the Body of Christ is complete, that is, when the last Gentile or Jew is saved.
The Church Must Be Taken Out
Les teaches that when the church is complete and filled up, God has to take it out, and the rapture occurs just shortly before the final seven years.
God Does Not Deal on Both Sides of the Fence
Les teaches that because God is not dealing with Israel and the Gentile Body at the same time, the Gentile Body must be removed before the final seven years of dealing with Israel.
The Tribulation Is Primarily Jewish
Les teaches that when the Body is full, God will take believers out of the way and begin dealing with the nation of Israel again, and the Tribulation is primarily Jewish.
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.
This is the verse Les uses to show that Israel's blindness has a time limit—until the fullness of the Gentiles, the Body of Christ, is brought in.
1 Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Paul introduces the mystery that not every believer will die; at the last trump living believers will be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
This describes the moment of change and resurrection connected with the completion and removal of the Body.
You cannot know in advance. Les says no one can say He is coming in five years or a hundred years, but we do know He is coming the minute the Body of Christ is complete—when the last Gentile or Jew is saved. Then Christ will come for the Church.
Believers who are alive and remain will be changed from this body to the new glorified body, and those who have died in Christ will be resurrected with their new body. This is the removal of the Body, which Les identifies as the rapture.
Les explains that God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. In this age He is dealing primarily with the Gentile Body of Christ, but once that Body is removed, He resumes His dealings with Israel, and the final seven years begin.
Watch the Teaching: Israel's Blindness & the Fullness of the Gentiles — Romans 11:25