The Old Testament prophetic program did not happen as expected because Israel rejected the King, causing God's prophetic clock to stop and postponing the tribulation and the kingdom.
Les Feldick teaches that the Old Testament laid out a continuous prophetic sequence: Christ's coming, rejection, ascension, the Holy Spirit's descent, seven years of tribulation, Christ's return, and His kingdom. But after Israel refused the King, the clock stopped at 483 years of Daniel's 490, and nothing belonging to the tribulation followed the Spirit's coming. The inauguration of the age of grace, which the Old Testament never anticipated, filled the interval instead.
Daniel 9:24 — Les Feldick bases his '490 years' and 'clock stopped at 483' language directly on this prophecy; the remaining seven years (the tribulation) did not immediately occur because of Israel's rejection.
Psalm 2:6 — Psalm 2 is one of the Old Testament prophecies Les cites as pointing without interruption to Christ as King and to the coming kingdom program that was deferred.
The Old Testament prophets looked for a program that ran straight through to the end. Daniel 9:24 sets Israel's timetable: seventy weeks are determined upon the people and the holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Psalm 2:6 declares that the LORD has set His king upon His holy hill of Zion, pointing to the coming reign of God's Anointed. Joel 2:1 announces the coming day of the LORD, and Zechariah 14:9 looks forward to the day when the LORD shall be king over all the earth. None of these passages describes an intervening age between the day of the LORD and the establishment of the Kingdom.
Les Feldick explains that the Old Testament prophetic program was one unbroken sequence: Christ would come at the prescribed time, be rejected, ascend, the Holy Spirit would come down, then the seven years of tribulation would begin, Christ would return, and He would set up His kingdom (Clip 0). God's time clock, based on Daniel's 490 years, was on schedule until 483 years reached the crucifixion, and then the clock stopped short (Clip 1). Les's core explanation is that Israel rejected the King (Clip 4); they "blew it" with a tremendous opportunity (Clip 5). Because of that rejection, the tribulation did not come in and Israel did not get the Kingdom (Clip 4). The seven years left on the clock could have run immediately after Christ's ascension, but Israel didn't buy it (Clip 6). Instead, the Old Testament program halted, and the church age — which the Old Testament never hints at and God kept secret — intervened (Clips 2, 3, 4, 6). The tribulation and kingdom still lie ahead: God will speak to the nations in His wrath during the tribulation, as described in Revelation, at a later day (Clips 1, 7).
The Old Testament laid out a prescribed sequence: at a particular time Christ would come, be rejected, ascend, the Holy Spirit would come down, then would come the seven years of tribulation, then Christ would return and set up His kingdom (Clip 0). God's dealing with Israel was set for 490 years before the King and the kingdom could come in, and 483 years culminated with the crucifixion (Clips 1, 6). The prophets never gave a hint of interruption; the program moved right straight through to the end (Clips 2, 3).
Everything was on schedule for the first 483 years of Daniel's 490, which culminated with the crucifixion, and then God's clock stopped short (Clip 1). After the Holy Spirit came down, there was nothing that was part and parcel of the tribulation; the Old Testament program just came to a halt (Clip 0). Historically the program was interrupted, even though in the context of the prophetic writings it reads as going without interruption to the end (Clips 2, 3).
Les's explanation is direct: Israel rejected the King. The Old Testament prophecies — Psalm 2, Joel 2, Zechariah 14 — all spoke of Christ coming as King, Israel going through the tribulation, and then receiving the King and the Kingdom; but when Israel rejected the King, the tribulation did not come in and they did not get the Kingdom (Clip 4). The program anticipated the Messiah being crucified, then the seven years of Daniel's 70th week, then Christ returning to set up His Kingdom (Clip 5). The seven remaining years could have happened immediately after His ascension, but Israel didn't buy it; they rejected it (Clip 6).
Everything in prophecy laid out in the Old Testament never gives a hint of an intervening church age (Clips 2, 3). The outcalling of the Church was never in the Old Testament promises; God had kept it secret (Clip 4). Contrary to what many have been taught, there is still not a single hint of the church age or of God going to the Gentiles in the prophetic program (Clip 6).
The day of vengeance and the kingdom did not come in at the expected moment; Jesus knew the Old Testament program would be interrupted shortly after His ascension, and both were deferred to a later day (Clip 1). The tribulation and the Kingdom still belong to the prophetic program. Since Israel rejected their King, God will speak to the nations of the world in His wrath, vexing them in His sore displeasure during what we know as the Tribulation, which is described graphically in the book of Revelation (Clip 7).
The Prophetic Program Comes to a Halt
Les lays out the entire Old Testament prophetic sequence — Christ's coming, rejection, ascension, the Spirit's descent, seven years of tribulation, Christ's return, and the kingdom — and shows that after the Holy Spirit came down, the program halted and God's clock stopped.
God's Clock Stops at 483 Years
Les explains that the 490 years of Daniel's prophecy were on schedule until 483 years culminated at the crucifixion; then God's clock stopped short, leaving the day of vengeance and the kingdom for a later day.
The Church Age Never Hinted in Prophecy
Les emphasizes that the Old Testament prophetic program moves straight through to the end with no hint of the intervening church age, even though historically the program was interrupted.
The Intervening Church Age Is Absent
Les repeats nearly the same point as Clip 2: the prophets knew nothing of the church age, and the prophetic program reads without interruption even though it was historically interrupted.
Israel Rejected the King
Les explains the cause: the Old Testament promises never considered the outcalling of the Church — it was secret — and all the prophecies (Psalm 2, Joel 2, Zechariah 14) pointed to the King and tribulation, but Israel rejected the King, so the tribulation did not come and they did not get the Kingdom.
Israel Blew It
Les describes how the Old Testament program required the Messiah to be crucified, the seven years of Daniel's 70th week to follow, and then Christ's return to set up the Kingdom; but Israel rejected it, so the timeline was interrupted rather than fulfilled.
Seven Years Left After the Ascension
Les explains that the 483 years ended at the cross, and the seven years that were left could have run immediately after Christ's ascension, but Israel rejected it; the church age was absent from the prophetic program.
The Tribulation to Come Later
Les outlines the next step after Israel's rejection of their King: God speaks to the nations in wrath, pouring out His displeasure during the Tribulation, as described in Revelation.
Daniel 9:24: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
This is the seventy-week (490-year) prophecy Les Feldick uses to show that 483 years reached the crucifixion and then the clock stopped before the final seven years.
Psalm 2:6: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Les cites Psalm 2 among the Old Testament prophecies that point to Christ as King and to the coming Kingdom that was postponed when Israel rejected Him.
Joel 2:1: Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Les references Joel 2 as one of the prophecies aligned with the tribulation and the day of the LORD that were part of the unbroken prophetic timeline.
Zechariah 14:9: And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Les cites Zechariah 14 among the Old Testament prophecies of the King and Kingdom that did not come in as expected because of Israel's rejection.
The program came to a halt because Israel rejected the King. Les teaches that God's time clock stopped after the Holy Spirit came down, so the tribulation and the kingdom did not follow in the expected sequence; they were pushed into the future.
It was the sequence the Old Testament laid out without interruption: Christ would come, be rejected, ascend, the Holy Spirit would come down, the seven years of tribulation would follow, then Christ would return and set up His kingdom.
No. Les emphasizes that the Old Testament prophetic program never gives a hint of the intervening church age; the outcalling of the Church was kept secret by God and was not part of the prophetic timeline.
Yes, but at a later day. Because Israel rejected the King, the day of vengeance and the kingdom were deferred; God will still speak to the nations in wrath during the Tribulation, and the kingdom program remains in place.
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