Yes — God saves a remnant of Israel because He is not finished with Israel and has promised to bring His covenant program with them to completion.
Les Feldick explains that Israel has been set aside during the Church Age, but a few Jews are being saved even now—and that is the remnant. The Tribulation will bring a still smaller remnant through to the second coming, when they will finally recognize their Messiah and become the seed stock of the restored nation. God has never required 100% of Israel in any era; He has always worked through a remnant.
Zechariah 13:8 — God Himself says two-thirds of Israel will be cut off and only a third left, showing the saved group is a remnant.
Jeremiah 31:36 — God ties Israel's continued existence to the fixed ordinances of creation—so the nation cannot be cast off and His purpose can be finished.
Romans 11:25 — A partial blindness has come on Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles is complete—setting up the future remnant program.
Romans 11:26 — Paul's statement 'all Israel shall be saved' is the verse people use to claim every Jew will be saved; Les qualifies it with Zechariah's third.
Scripture shows that God's program for Israel includes a saved remnant rather than the whole nation at one time. Zechariah 13:8 declares: 'And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.' God describes a third being left. Jeremiah 31:35-36 links Israel's survival to the fixed laws of creation: 'If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.' Since those ordinances cannot depart, Israel remains a nation before God. In Romans 11:25-26, Paul says that 'blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved.' The Bible itself therefore points to a future turn back to Israel after the Gentile fullness is complete.
Les Feldick teaches that God has never gotten 100% of Israel through history; He has always preserved a remnant. That pattern appears in the Tribulation, when Zechariah 13:8 says only a third will be left. So when Paul writes 'all Israel shall be saved,' Les says this means the remnant-nation saved as a whole at Christ's return—not that every individual Jew will be saved. Les emphasizes that Israel is not cast off; they have been set aside while God deals with the Gentiles, and only a few Jews are being saved now. Once 'the fullness of the Gentiles be brought in,' God will take out the Church and turn back to Israel. He will finish His dealing with Israel. The Tribulation remnant will be protected, will finally recognize their coming Messiah at His second coming, and become the seed stock of the restored nation of Israel. This salvation reveals the righteousness of God in the gospel, which is for the Jew first and also the Greek.
Les asks whether God ever got 100% from Israel, and answers with the word 'remnant.' God has always kept a few. This is why the promises to Israel do not fail even when most of the nation is in unbelief. Jeremiah 31:35-36 shows that God will not cast off the seed of Israel forever.
Some use Romans 11:26 ('all Israel shall be saved') to say every Jew will be saved. Les qualifies that with Zechariah 13:8, where two parts are cut off and die and only a third is left. God has never worked with 100% of Israel; He has always had a remnant, so 'all Israel' in the context of the Kingdom refers to the saved remnant/whole restored nation, not every individual Israelite.
At Christ's second coming, the remnant of Israel finally becomes believers as a nation and becomes the seed stock of the nation of Israel. They will enter the Kingdom with Christ ruling. Before that tribulation work can begin, the Church must be removed, because Israel will be back under the Law and Law and Grace cannot be mixed.
Why Did Israel Miss the Messiah? Romans 9:25-33 Explained
But here one of these theologians, with a whole string of degrees behind him, made the asinine statement, and that's the best word I can find for it. How in the world can people believe that when the writers of the Gospel went back and quoted what Jesus supposedly said, they were asking people to remember word for word things that had been said 10, 15, even 20 years previously. Now logically, yes.
Remnant Becomes Seed Stock
Les says the tribulation remnant of Israel, though a small part, will be protected and will finally believe at Christ's second coming, becoming the seed stock of the restored nation.
God's Remnant Pattern
Les asks whether God ever got 100% from Israel and answers 'remnant'—He always saves a few, and that explains how 'all Israel shall be saved' works.
A Third Left
Les uses Zechariah 13:8 to show that only a third of Israel will be left, so 'all Israel shall be saved' cannot mean every individual Jew.
God Promises to Regather
Les reminds that God uprooted Israel because of unbelief but promised to bring them back, and that salvation itself reveals God's righteousness.
God's Covenant Faithfulness
Les cites Jeremiah 31:35-36 to show God cannot cast off the seed of Israel forever; His covenant promises remain.
Israel Set Aside, Not Cast Away
Les teaches that Israel is set aside during the Church age but not cast away; only a few Jews are being saved now, yet God will finish His dealing with Israel.
Church Removed First
Les explains that the Church must be removed before God resumes His Law-based dealings with Israel in the tribulation, making way for the remnant.
Zechariah 13:8: And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
God reveals that only a third of Israel will be left, forming the remnant that will be saved.
Jeremiah 31:36: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
God's promise that Israel will continue as a nation because the fixed ordinances of creation cannot depart.
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.
Israel's partial blindness is temporary and will end when the fullness of the Gentiles is complete.
Romans 11:26: And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Paul's statement about Israel's future salvation, which Les explains is fulfilled through the saved remnant.
No. According to Zechariah 13:8, two-thirds of Israel will be cut off and die, and only a third will be left. Les Feldick explains that this remaining third is the remnant that will be saved.
Because Jeremiah 31:35-36 says Israel will cease only if the sun and moon ordinances depart from God's presence. God has not cast off Israel; He has simply set them aside until He returns to finish His dealing with them.
The remnant will be protected during the Tribulation, recognize their Messiah at His second coming, and become the seed stock of the restored nation of Israel.
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