Americans are not ignorant because the Bible is unavailable; they are ignorant because they choose not to know what it teaches about the end times.
Les Feldick says every person in America should know we are in the end time, but most have no concept of it. The same Bible that is in nearly every American home is ignored or left to collect dust. Even in the Bible Belt, most people respond with a blank look when told we are approaching Christ's return.
Daniel 12:10 — This verse directly answers why few understand: the wicked will not understand, but the wise will.
Scripture states plainly that end-time understanding is not universal. Daniel 12:10 says, "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." This is a biblical explanation for the widespread ignorance of prophecy: God reveals understanding to the wise, while the wicked continue without comprehension. The Bible also reveals that the plan of salvation going to the Gentiles was a mystery kept secret since the world began, but has now been revealed (Romans 16:25). The information God wants people to know is therefore available in Scripture.
Les Feldick teaches that the problem is not lack of material but lack of desire. America, he says, is the most Bible-saturated nation on earth, with copies in almost every home, yet by and large it has no concept that we are approaching the end time, the Tribulation, or the appearance of the Antichrist. He repeatedly says people "choose to remain ignorant," and that they will not listen or learn because they do not want to know any better. He draws a direct parallel with Israel: Israel had the Old Testament full of prophecy about the Messiah, but did not know Him; America has the whole Bible, but does not understand what it says about the last days. Even in the Bible Belt, people look at him with a blank look when he mentions the end times. The wise, however, do understand, because the Book is so plain.
No. Les says no nation on earth has been as saturated with the Word of God as America. He points out that the Bible is in every home he ever knew of, often more than one copy, even if it collects dust. Access to Scripture is not the reason for the ignorance.
Les says they don't want to know. They will not listen and they will not learn. He says they choose to remain ignorant. Even in the Bible Belt, most people go to church, but when asked about being in the end time they look blank. The Bible says the wicked will do wickedly and not understand, while the wise will understand.
Israel had the Old Testament, which was full of testimony about the coming Messiah. They could have known who Jesus was if they had studied it, but they did not know. Les says America is no different. America has the Bible in abundance, yet people do not know the plan of salvation or that we are in the last days because they do not want to know.
Les notes that the truth that God would take salvation to the Gentiles apart from Israel was kept secret in God's mind, but it has now been revealed through the Apostle Paul (Romans 16:25). Now that the mystery is revealed and Bibles are everywhere, people still choose to remain ignorant.
The Mystery Has Been Revealed
Les teaches that the salvation of the Gentiles was a secret kept in God's mind but has now been revealed, so people today have access to truth that was hidden in the past.
People Choose to Remain Ignorant
Les says every person in America should know we are in the end time, but most don't, because they choose to remain ignorant.
America Has No Concept of End Times
Les says America on the whole has no concept that it is approaching the end time and that world events are setting the stage for the Antichrist.
America Repeats Israel's Failure
Les compares Israel's failure to know the Messiah despite the Old Testament to America's failure to know the last days despite having Scripture.
Bibles in Every Home
Les says no nation has been as saturated with the Bible as America, with copies in every home, so lack of understanding is not from lack of access.
The Wise Shall Understand
Les says the Book is so plain that the wise will understand, and a new believer told him every news item now fits the Word of God.
Ignorance Even in the Bible Belt
Les says even in the Bible Belt most people look blank when told we are in the end time, showing the ignorance is widespread.
Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord? Genesis 18 & God in Human Form
But any time any of those three things go down the tube, America's had it, because America is ripe for judgment, we know she is, just as surely as Sodom and Gomorrah were. But you see, I think if we can take a lesson from this, is that God will spare judgment because of His own people.
Daniel 12:10: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
The Bible's own prophecy says that at the end of the age, the wicked will not understand, while the wise will.
Romans 16:25: Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Paul states that the hidden mystery of the gospel has now been revealed, so the truth is available.
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.
Paul warns believers not to be ignorant of God's plan, showing that ignorance of prophecy is avoidable when Scripture is studied.
No. He says America is the most Bible-saturated nation on earth, with Bibles in just about every home. The problem is not availability; it is that people choose not to read or understand what God has revealed.
Daniel 12:10 says the wicked will do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
Because Israel had the Old Testament and could have known Jesus was the Messiah, yet didn't. America has the complete Bible and could know we are in the last days, yet doesn't, and in both cases the problem is not lack of evidence but lack of desire to know.
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