Yes—Israel is central to end-time prophecy and must remain in the land for God's prophetic Word to be fulfilled.
Les Feldick teaches that the nation of Israel has to be present in the land and in Jerusalem for end-time prophecy to be consummated. If Israel disappeared, the prophetic Scriptures would collapse. God keeps Israel intact—even in unbelief—so that the final seven years, the 144,000, and the covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob can be fulfilled.
Jeremiah 31:35-37 — God ties Israel's continued existence as a nation to the fixed ordinances of creation and promises never to cast off the seed of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:35-37 is the direct scriptural anchor for Israel's end-time role. The Lord of hosts, who placed the sun, moon, and stars in order and divides the sea, says that if those ordinances depart from before Him, then 'the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.' This is an unbreakable condition: as long as creation stands, Israel will remain a nation. Verse 37 adds another unbreakable promise: if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then God will cast off all the seed of Israel. Since these things cannot be done, God will not cast off Israel. The Bible therefore does not leave Israel's end-time existence optional.
Les Feldick consistently teaches that Israel is still God's covenant people and must be present in the land for prophecy to be fulfilled. He says God has to have the nation of Israel in the land, in Jerusalem, in order for prophecy to be consummated; if that did not happen, the whole Book becomes a fallacy. Israel is there to stay. Les also stresses that Israel must be in the land in unbelief for God to consummate the seven years of tribulation. He uses an Orthodox Jewish viewer's comment to make the point that Christians should not try to evangelize every Jew—if every Jew were a believer and raptured, no Jews would remain to fulfill prophecy. Relatedly, the 144,000 require 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes, so Jews have to remain. Les explains that God set Israel aside for the last 2,000 years because of the nation's rejection of their Messiah, but He is not finished with them. The twentieth-century return and 1948 statehood are preparing the way for the fulfillment of the prophetic Word. No prophecy is directed to the church; the prophetic program belongs to Israel.
Les Feldick repeatedly emphasizes that God must have the nation of Israel in the land, in Jerusalem, for Biblical prophecy to be fulfilled. The Scripture has promised that the little nation will never disappear. God watches over them like a hawk and keeps them intact as a nation. They have to be in the land in unbelief so God can consummate the seven years of tribulation.
A concrete example Les gives is the 144,000: 'Where in the world would the 144,000 come from if there weren't any Jews left? You have to have 12,000 out of each one of the 12 tribes to fulfill that prophecy.' This shows that the prophetic program cannot operate without the physical descendants of Israel remaining.
Les explains that God set Israel aside after the nation's prolonged rejection, yet He is not through with them. The largest part of Christendom has set Israel aside and been anti-Semitic, but Les says the book is adamant that God will one day bring Israel back to the land and pick up where He left off with His covenant people. Israel is still God's covenant people.
Les points to the Jewish return to the land since the early 1900s and the 1948 establishment of the sovereign state of Israel as preparation for the fulfillment of the prophetic Word. Everything taking place in recent decades is moving toward the prophetic climax. No prophecy is directed to the church; the prophetic program belongs to Israel.
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Israel must remain for prophecy
Les teaches that God has to keep Israel in the land and in Jerusalem for biblical prophecy to be fulfilled; if Israel disappeared, the whole Book would become a fallacy.
Israel kept in unbelief
Les uses an Orthodox Jewish viewer's comment to show that Israel must remain in the land, even in unbelief, so the seven-year tribulation can be consummated; if all Jews were believers and raptured, none would be left to fulfill prophecy.
Prophecy belongs to Israel, not the church
Les explains that after the nation's rejection and dispersion, God set Israel aside, yet the modern return and 1948 statehood are preparing for the fulfillment of the prophetic Word; no prophecy is directed to the church.
Covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Les quotes Jeremiah 31:35-37 to show that the sun would have to stop shining before Israel could cease being a nation—God will still fulfill the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
God is not through with Israel
Les counters the view that God is finished with Israel, insisting the book is adamant that even though Israel was set aside, God will one day bring them back and pick up where He left off with His covenant people.
Israel is still God's covenant people
Though God has set Israel aside, Les says they are still God's covenant people and wholly connected to the Bible.
The 144,000 need Israel
Les asks where the 144,000 would come from without Jews, since 12,000 are needed from each of the twelve tribes; God therefore keeps Israel intact as a nation.
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:
Identifies the God of Israel as the Lord of hosts and Creator, whose ordinances cannot change.
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.
Makes Israel's continued national existence as certain as the unchanging laws of creation.
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.
States that Israel cannot be cast off unless the impossible measuring of heaven and earth occurs.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that God has to have the nation of Israel in the land in Jerusalem for Biblical prophecy to be fulfilled. If that did not happen, the whole Book would become a fallacy.
There would be no one left to fulfill the prophetic events. Les points out that an Orthodox Jewish viewer told him you can't evangelize all Jews, because the nation has to remain in unbelief for God to consummate the seven years of tribulation.
The 144,000 are drawn from the twelve tribes of Israel—12,000 from each tribe. Les says this is one reason Israel cannot disappear; without Jews there could be no 144,000.
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