Yes—God's apparent silence today is not absence or change; He is dealing with people in the age of grace rather than on Israel's Old Testament timetable.
Les Feldick's teaching points to the age of grace as the reason. God has not changed, but He now deals with people on resurrection ground instead of through Israel's prophetic timetable. The church age was entirely silent in Old Testament prophecy, and for the last 1,900-plus years God has not poured out His wrath. This comparative silence is actually the silence of grace—God is holding back judgment until the present age comes to an end.
Exodus 12:40-41 — Shows God working with Israel on an exact prophetic timetable in the Old Testament, in contrast to today's hidden age of grace.
1 Corinthians 10:11 — Paul says these Old Testament events were written for our admonition, indicating they are instructive examples rather than the pattern God is following today.
In the Old Testament, God dealt with Israel on a direct, dated schedule. Exodus 12:40-41 records that the children of Israel sojourned in Egypt exactly 430 years, and on that selfsame day the Lord brought them out. Abraham had been told this in advance, and the event happened precisely as promised. The New Testament also looks back on those events with a specific purpose. 1 Corinthians 10:11 says, "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come." Thus Scripture itself presents Old Testament events as examples written for present-day readers, not as the identical way God must deal with every generation.
Les Feldick explains that the Old Testament was not a period of silence. God was actively dealing with Israel on a prophetic timetable: He told Abraham that Israel would come out of Egypt after 430 years, and He gave Israel a 490-year framework from one temple to the next. In the middle of all that prophecy, Les says, the church age is never mentioned—"not a word about the age of grace" and "not a word about Him going to Gentiles." That whole program was "totally silent." That is why today seems so different. Les insists that God has not changed; He is "the same yesterday and forever, today and forever." But He now deals with us "on such far different circumstances" because we are on resurrection ground. The same God who intervened directly in Israel's history is not moving in the same way today, because the present age was not part of the prophetic program. Les also connects the silence to grace rather than absence. For the last 1,900-plus years mankind has not seen God's wrath. The flood, even as awful as it was, was not God's wrath but a merciful cleansing of a violently corrupt world. God's grace and mercy are what have kept Him from destroying the human race. When that age of grace ends, Les says God will drop the curtain and His awful wrath will come. So God's current silence is the silence of withheld judgment, not the silence of an absent God.
Les Feldick does not treat God's silence as inactivity. He notes that for the last 1,900-and-some years, mankind has not seen the wrath of God, and he says earthquakes, wars, and other calamities are not necessarily acts of God's wrath. The God of Genesis and the Old Testament is the same God we deal with today, but He now deals with us on far different circumstances—we are on resurrection ground. So the silence is a change of dealing, not a change of God.
According to Les, the entire Old Testament prophetic program is about God dealing with Israel. While that prophetic time was unfolding, the church age was never mentioned. Les says, "Not a word about the age of grace. Not a word about Him going to Gentiles to call out that multitude of people for His name. Totally silent." The present age was therefore hidden from Old Testament prophecy, which is one reason God does not seem to be working on the same visible schedule today.
Les describes the age of grace as an undetermined period in which God is dealing in grace, not judgment. Even after Israel's golden calf and after the crucifixion, God had every right to wipe Israel off the map but didn't, because of His grace and mercy. The flood, though terrible, was also an act of mercy—a cleansing of a world so violent that unborn children were in danger of murder. For the same reason, God is holding back His wrath today, and that restraint is what we experience as silence.
Yes. Les teaches that one day God's grace will come to an end. He will "drop the curtain," and His wrath will come. Revelation 6 pictures rulers and great men hiding in the rocks and crying for the mountains to fall on them to hide them "from the wrath of the Lamb." Since mankind has not seen that wrath for 1,900 years, the current silence of grace is only temporary.
Why Abram Failed in Egypt & God Restored Him | Genesis 12-14
Read on. And it came to pass, when he's come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know thou art a fair woman to look upon. Therefore, it shall come to pass, that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife. They'll kill me, and they'll save you alive. Has the human race changed much? Not much.
The Church Age Kept Silent
Les shows that God's Old Testament dealings with Israel operated on exact timetables, yet the church age and age of grace are never once mentioned in that prophetic program. This silence in prophecy helps explain why God seems silent today.
Grace and Mercy in Every Age
Les uses the golden calf and the crucifixion to show that God repeatedly held back the judgment Israel deserved because of His grace and mercy. The same restraint is why He hasn't destroyed humanity today.
Same God, Different Circumstances
Les says God has not changed, but He now deals with us on resurrection ground. The difference in conduct is not a difference in God's character but a different set of circumstances for the present age.
Old Testament Examples Still Apply
Les says even though we are not under law, Old Testament events like the golden calf are still applicable to us today because the God of the Old Testament is the same God we deal with now.
No Wrath for 1,900 Years
Les says mankind has not seen the wrath of God for over 1,900 years and that wars and earthquakes are not acts of God's wrath. The lack of visible wrath is part of the silence of the age of grace.
Grace at the Door
Les compares today to the days before the flood: God left the ark door open and the gangplank down, and no one came. He says one day God's grace will end and His wrath and vexation will come, so the current silence is temporary.
Flood Was Mercy, Not Wrath
Les says even the flood was not the wrath of God but an act of mercy to unborn generations, because the earth was so violent. This shows that God's fearful Old Testament acts could still be expressions of grace rather than expressions of wrath.
Exodus 12:40-41: Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
This shows God's direct national timetable with Israel—a stark contrast to the hidden age of grace.
1 Corinthians 10:11: Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Paul says Old Testament events were written as examples for our admonition, which is why they still apply while not being repeated in the same form.
Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Les uses this to show the wrath that will come after the present silence of grace.
Because He is dealing with people in the age of grace. Les Feldick explains that the church age was completely absent from Old Testament prophecy, so God is not acting on Israel's prophetic timetable. Instead, He is withholding wrath and dealing with believers on resurrection ground, which looks like silence.
No. Les stresses that the God of Genesis and the Old Testament is the same God today. What has changed is the circumstances—we are now on resurrection ground, and God is not repeating the same direct national interventions.
Yes. Les teaches that when the age of grace ends, God will drop the curtain and pour out His wrath. Revelation 6 shows rulers hiding from the wrath of the Lamb, and Les says mankind has not seen God's wrath for 1,900 years.
Les says the flood was not an act of wrath but a cleansing of a world filled with violence. It was an act of mercy to unborn generations because people were killing each other so fast. This shows that even God's judgments in the Old Testament could be expressions of grace.
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