Yes, when the Body of Christ is complete, the Church will be raptured, and God will resume His prophetic program with Israel.
Les Feldick teaches that the Church, the Body of Christ, is being filled one believer at a time. When the last person is saved, the Body is complete, and Christ will come for the Church in the Rapture. After that, God will turn again to Israel, fulfilling the 'until' of Romans 11:25, which leads to the seven-year Tribulation and Christ's return.
Romans 11:25 — This verse mentions the 'fullness of the Gentiles' and the subsequent salvation of Israel, directly tying to the completion of the Church and the resumption of God's prophetic program.
Romans 11:25 (KJV) states, '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 indicates a period of Gentile fullness, after which Israel's blindness will be lifted. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 reveals a mystery: '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.' This describes the transformation of believers at the Rapture. Additionally, 2 Corinthians 11:2 mentions the Church as a chaste virgin presented to Christ, indicating a future presentation. These verses collectively point to a divinely appointed time when the Church age ends and God's dealings with Israel resume.
Les Feldick teaches that the Church, the Body of Christ, is being formed as believers are saved one at a time. Just as a fetus develops until every part is complete and then is delivered, so the Body of Christ will continue until the last person is added. At that moment, Jesus will return to take the Church to heaven in the Rapture. This is the 'fullness of the Gentiles' mentioned in Romans 11:25. After the Rapture, God will resume His prophetic program with Israel, leading to the seven-year Tribulation, after which Israel will receive the blessings of Christ's return.
Les explains that the Rapture occurs the moment the Body of Christ is complete. When the last believer is saved, Christ will come for the Church. He emphasizes we don't know the timing, but we know it will happen as soon as the last person is added.
After the Church is raptured, God will turn back to Israel. Les says that Israel will then have to go through the seven-year Tribulation, after which they will enjoy the blessings of Christ's return.
Les highlights that the Church is the Body of Christ, and Christ is the Head. When the Body is complete, Christ Himself is considered complete, just as Adam was incomplete without Eve. This emphasizes the intimacy and necessity of the Church to Christ.
Les teaches that after Christ's 1,000-year reign, He will hand everything over to the Triune God, leading to the new heaven and new earth. This is the ultimate consummation of God's plan, where nothing defiled remains.
Why the Old Testament Never Predicted the Church Age
could ask for extradition. And so this is what Saul and the religious leaders of Israel kick into gear, and they say, let us come up to Damascus and bring these renegade Jews who have followed this Jesus of Nazareth, and let us deal with them. And of course Paul rehearses in chapter 26 that what did they do? They threw them into prison, and they put them to death.
Fullness of the Gentiles
Les explains that when the Body of Christ is complete, the Church is raptured, and God turns to Israel, who will go through the Tribulation.
The Trigger for the Rapture
Les states that Christ will come the minute the Body of Christ is complete, with the last person saved.
The Analogy of the Womb
Les uses the analogy of a baby in the womb to describe the Church being formed until the last person is added, then 'we're out of here.'
The Body of Christ Complete
Les teaches that when the Body is finally in Christ's presence, He considers Himself complete, referencing Adam's need for Eve.
Why Christ Must Reign Until All Enemies Are Under His Feet
They're going to enjoy a territory that will go clear out to the Euphrates River. Not desert sand, but like the Garden of Eden. And all the earth will come under Christ's rule and reign. And then after He has shown His authority and His power, then He has to defeat that final enemy. And which one is that? That's death.
The End of the Church Age
Les speeds through 1 Corinthians 15, explaining that the Rapture is a mystery revealed only in Paul's writings.
After Christ's Reign
Les teaches that after the 1,000-year reign, Christ will hand the kingdom to the Triune God, entering the eternal state.
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 verse speaks of the fullness of the Gentiles and the temporary hardening of Israel.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52: 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.
This passage reveals the mystery of the Rapture, when believers are transformed at Christ's coming.
Ephesians 1:22-23: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
This describes the Church as Christ's body and His fullness.
According to Les Feldick, it refers to the completion of the Body of Christ, when the last person is saved. At that point, God will turn back to Israel, and the Church will be raptured.
Les teaches that we don't know the exact time, but it will happen the moment the Body of Christ is complete. This could be soon, but we cannot set a date.
Israel will go through the seven-year Tribulation, after which they will receive the blessings of Christ's return. This is part of God's prophetic program that resumes after the Church age.
Watch the Teaching: Why the Old Testament Never Predicted the Church Age