The kingdom cannot be established until Israel repents and the seven-year tribulation has run its course.
Peter preached that Israel's repentance would bring times of refreshing from the Lord and the sending of Jesus. Les teaches from the Psalms that after Messiah's rejection He ascended to the Father's right hand, where He remains until His enemies are made His footstool. The seven-year period of wrath and vexation must intervene before God sets His King on holy hill of Zion.
Acts 3:19 — Peter directly ties Israel's repentance and conversion to the coming of refreshing from the Lord, the first prerequisite for the King to be sent.
Psalm 2:6 — This verse shows that after the nations' wrath and vexation, God sets His King on Zion, pinpointing the kingdom as following the tribulation.
Psalm 110:1 — Christ remains seated at the Father's right hand until His enemies are made His footstool, showing what must happen before He returns for the kingdom.
Daniel 9:27 — This verse describes the final seven-year period that must run its course before the King and kingdom appear.
Acts 3:19 records Peter's call to Israel: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord." In the following verse the promise is that God will send Jesus Christ. Psalm 2:6 declares, "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." Psalm 110:1 pictures the Messiah seated at the right hand of the Lord until His enemies are made His footstool. Daniel 9:27 describes a final seven-year period in which a covenant is confirmed and the sacrifice and oblation cease in the middle. These passages together show that the King's installation awaits Israel's repentance, a completed interval of wrath, and the subjection of His enemies.
Les Feldick shows that the Old Testament program anticipated Messiah's rejection, His ascension to the Father's right hand, and then the seven-year tribulation before the King is set on Zion. He emphasizes that Peter and the apostles knew this sequence: after the ascension came the seven years of wrath and vexation, then Christ would return to Jerusalem and set up His kingdom. Les also explains that God's prophetic time clock stopped when Israel rejected the King and kingdom; it resumes when a seven-year treaty is confirmed with Israel. Until that final seven years runs its course, heaven retains Christ, who waits at the Father's right hand until His enemies are made His footstool.
In Acts 3, Peter told Israel to repent and be converted so their sins would be blotted out and times of refreshing would come from the presence of the Lord. Les says the thought continues into the next verse: if Israel would repent, God would send the refreshing in the person of Jesus Himself. Thus Israel's national repentance is the first prerequisite for the King to be sent.
Les teaches from Psalm 2 and Psalm 110 that after Israel rejected the Messiah, Christ ascended to the Father's right hand. There is an indeterminate period until the nations reach a point of derision, followed by the seven-year tribulation — a time of wrath and vexation directed especially at Israel. Only after that does God set His King on holy hill of Zion.
According to Les, when the 483 years were completed and Israel rejected the King and Kingdom, God stopped His time clock. The countdown resumes when an individual signs a seven-year treaty with Israel; then seven literal years unfold, with the sacrifice and oblation ceasing in the middle of the week.
Les teaches that after the seven-year tribulation, Christ returns at His Second Coming, sets His feet on the Mount of Olives as Zechariah says, and establishes the glorious kingdom on earth. Peter and the apostles expected exactly this sequence: wrath, return, kingdom, then Israel evangelizing the world.
Israel's Call to Repentance
Les explains that Peter's command to repent and be converted is the first step: if Israel repents, the refreshing would come in the person of Jesus Christ.
Kingdom After Rejection and Tribulation
Les outlines the Old Testament sequence: after Messiah's rejection He ascends, then the seven-year tribulation, then God sets His King upon Zion.
Second Coming After Tribulation
Les describes Christ's return after the seven years to the Mount of Olives to set up the glorious kingdom on earth.
Tribulation Before the King on Zion
Les connects the tribulation — especially directed at Israel — directly to God's declaration that His King is set upon holy hill of Zion.
The Apostolic Expectation
Les says Peter and the eleven knew the next agenda item was seven years of wrath, then Christ's return to set up the kingdom, after which Israel would evangelize the world.
Enemies as Footstool Then Kingdom
Les shows that Christ remains ascended until His enemies are made His footstool, and then comes the tribulation and the return of Christ to set up the kingdom.
Seven-Year Treaty Restarts the Clock
Les explains that Israel's rejection stopped God's time clock; a seven-year treaty with Israel launches the final seven years, then Christ returns.
King Rejected and Waiting at the Right Hand
Les highlights that the crucified King was raised and sat at the Father's right hand until His enemies are made His footstool, signifying His return to deal with Israel.
Acts 3:19: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Peter's call to the nation of Israel is the foundational condition for the King to be sent.
Psalm 2:6: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
This declaration comes after the nations' wrath and vexation, showing the King is installed after the tribulation.
Psalm 110:1: The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Christ's session at the Father's right hand lasts until His enemies are subdued, which precedes His kingdom rule.
Daniel 9:27: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This final seven-year period is the tribulation that must run its course before the return of Christ and the kingdom.
In Acts 3, Peter told Israel that repentance would bring times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Les says the sentence continues into the next verse, showing that God would send the refreshing in the person of Jesus Christ if Israel would repent.
Les teaches from Psalm 2 that after Israel rejected the Messiah, He ascended, then a period of wrath and vexation — the seven-year tribulation — occurs before God sets His King on Zion. Christ must remain at the Father's right hand until His enemies are made His footstool.
Christ returns at the Second Coming, His feet stand on the Mount of Olives, and He sets up the glorious kingdom on earth. This is the sequence Peter and the apostles expected from the Old Testament program.
When Israel rejected the King and kingdom, God stopped His time clock. Les says it kicks back in gear when a leader signs a seven-year treaty with Israel, producing seven literal years before Christ returns.
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