The church will be raptured when the Body of Christ is complete—when the last person who is to be saved has been brought in and the fullness of the Gentiles is realized.
Romans 11:25 says Israel's blindness will last 'until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.' That fullness is the Body of Christ. When the last person who is to be saved is brought in, the Body is complete, and God removes the church in the Rapture. No one can know the day or year, and Les teaches that those who set dates are false teachers.
Romans 11:25 — This verse reveals the condition that must be met before Israel's blindness ends—the fulness of the Gentiles—which Les identifies with the completion of the Body of Christ and the moment of the Rapture.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 — Paul calls the sudden change of believers a mystery, which is the event Les correlates with the Rapture of the church.
Scripture does not give a calendar date for Christ's return for the church, but it does reveal the condition that must be met first. Romans 11:25 says that 'blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.' Acts 15:14 describes the present work of God among the Gentiles: 'Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.' In 1 Corinthians 15:51 Paul calls the change that will happen to believers a 'mystery': 'Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.' These verses show that God is presently taking a people out of the Gentiles, and that Israel's blindness lasts only until that full number comes in.
Les Feldick teaches that the Rapture will occur the moment the Body of Christ is complete. That completion is the 'fulness of the Gentiles' spoken of in Romans 11—the calling out of a people for His name from Acts 15. When the last Gentile or Jew who is to be saved is brought in, the Body is full, and Christ will come for the Church. He says we cannot know the day, month, or year; anyone who sets a date is a false teacher. He also teaches that Israel's blindness is a temporary divine act, set because Israel opposed the Gospel going to the Gentiles. When the Body is removed, God will pick up where He left off with Israel, and shortly afterward the Antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel, beginning the final seven years. The raptured believers will later return with Christ to rule and reign after the Tribulation.
In Les's teaching, the 'fullness of the Gentiles' is not a political or ethnic term—it is the Body of Christ. He ties it to Acts 15:14, where God visits the Gentiles to take out a people for His name. That calling-out process is still going on today. When it is complete, the Body of Christ is full, and that is when the Rapture will take place.
No. Les is emphatic that Scripture gives no one the ability to set a date, and he calls date-setters false teachers. He says the church age has already lasted more than 1,900 years, and we cannot say whether Christ will come in five years or a hundred years. The one thing we can know is that He will come the minute the Body of Christ is complete.
After the Body of Christ is complete, God takes the church out. In Les's timeline, shortly afterward the Antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel, and the final seven-year period begins. After the Tribulation, Christ returns to set up His Kingdom, and the believers who were raptured return with Him to rule and reign.
According to Les, Israel opposed the Gospel going to the Gentiles, which is why God blinded the nation for a season—much as Paul told Elymas he would be blind for a season. Romans 11:25 says that blindness continues 'until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.' When that fullness arrives and the church is removed, God will pick up where He left off with Israel.
Israel's blindness is for a season
Les compares Israel's opposition to the Gentiles with Elymas's opposition, showing that God's blinding of Israel is temporary—not permanent—and that God will end it at the appointed time.
The fullness of the Gentiles is the Body of Christ
Les teaches that Israel's spiritual blindness will end only when the fullness of the Gentiles—the completed Body of Christ—has been brought in, and then the church is removed.
Rapture before the final seven years
Les describes the Age of Grace as the calling out of a people for His name; when the church is complete and filled up, God takes it out just before the final seven-year prophetic program with Israel resumes.
The rapture waits for the last sinner
Les says the rapture is waiting for the last sinner to be saved and brought into the Body; when the Body is complete, God takes it out, and shortly after that the Antichrist signs the treaty with Israel.
Date-setting is false teaching
Les rejects any attempt to set a date for the Rapture, and he insists the church must be removed before God begins the tribulation with Israel.
Christ comes the minute the Body is complete
Les teaches that Christ will come for the church the moment the last Gentile or Jew is saved and the Body is complete, even though no one knows whether that is five years or a hundred years away.
Fullness of the Gentiles defined
Les equates the fullness of the Gentiles with Acts 15's 'people for His name'—the Body of Christ—and says God removes that Body before turning back to Israel.
The church must be removed before God resumes with Israel
Les says the church has to be taken out of the way so God can pick up where He left off with Israel, and he connects the rapture to the Tribulation, after which believers return to rule and reign with Christ.
Romans 11:7: What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
This verse establishes that God Himself blinded the part of Israel that rejected the Gospel.
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 key verse Les uses to show that Israel's blindness lasts only until the fullness of the Gentiles is complete.
Acts 15:14: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
This verse describes the present age as God taking out a people from the Gentiles—what Les calls the Body of Christ.
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.
Paul calls the sudden change of believers a mystery, which is the event Les identifies with the Rapture.
No. Les teaches that Scripture gives no one the ability to set a date, and anyone who does is a false teacher. He says we cannot say He is coming in five years or even a hundred years. The only certainty is that Christ will come when the Body of Christ is complete.
Les defines it as the Body of Christ—the people God is calling out for His name from among the Gentiles, as described in Acts 15. When that body is full, the church is raptured and Israel's blindness ends.
God will take the church out of the way. Shortly afterward the Antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel, beginning the seven-year tribulation. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ returns to set up His Kingdom, and raptured believers return with Him to rule and reign.
Watch the Teaching: Israel's Blindness & the Fullness of the Gentiles — Romans 11:25