Yes — God still protects Israel because they are His covenant people, and He is committed to fulfilling every promise He made to them.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel's survival through the millennia is because they are God's covenant people (Clip 1). Even though Israel is in unbelief and its government is as secular as any other, God still has His eye on them and will bring every earthly covenant promise to fulfillment (Clips 2, 6).
Genesis 28:15 — God promised Jacob that He would keep him wherever he went and bring him again into the land — the foundation of His continued preservation of Israel even in unbelief.
Romans 11:1 — Paul's rhetorical question confirms that God has not cast away His people, which directly answers whether Israel's unbelief has ended their protection.
Scripture is clear that God's relationship with Israel rests on His covenant, not on Israel's performance. In Genesis 17:7, God established an everlasting covenant with Abraham and his descendants. As Jacob was leaving the land of promise, God told him, 'And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of' (Genesis 28:15). The New Testament affirms that God has not cast away His people: 'I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid' (Romans 11:1). Romans 11:25 adds that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. Jeremiah 31:36 likewise promises that the seed of Israel will never cease to be a nation before God forever.
Les Feldick connects Israel's preservation to the covenant God made with Abraham. He says the little nation has survived the millennia against all odds because they are God's covenant people (Clip 1). He also emphasizes that Jacob, who was still an unbeliever when God sent him into Syria, is a perfect picture of the nation of Israel as a whole (Clip 0). Just as God remained involved with Jacob, God continues to keep His hand on Israel even while they are in unbelief.
Les Feldick says Israel is currently in unbelief, and its government is no more spiritual than any other government. Yet God still has His eye on them as His covenant people (Clips 2, 6). Scripture records God's promise to Jacob to keep him and bring him back to the land (Genesis 28:15), and Paul says God has not cast away His people (Romans 11:1).
Les explains that Israel must be in the land in unbelief so God can consummate the seven years of tribulation. If every Jew became a believer and was raptured, there would be no one left to fulfill prophecy (Clip 3). This is why God watches over Israel like a hawk and has brought them through (Clip 3). The Tribulation is the time of Jacob's trouble, primarily God dealing with the nation of Israel (Clip 5).
Les teaches that God will pick up where He left off with Israel. They will enjoy all the covenant promises and a glorious earthly kingdom; God is not through with them (Clips 2, 6). God's mercy will not depart from His covenant people, and He is watching over them like a hawk (Clips 3, 6). The nation of Israel is connected in every way to the Bible (Clip 4).
Jacob as a Picture of Israel
Les shows that Jacob was still an unbeliever when God sent him into Syria, yet God remained involved with him, just as God continues to keep His hand on Israel in unbelief.
Israel's Survival as a Miracle
Les attributes Israel's survival against all odds to the fact that they are God's covenant people.
Israel's Secular Government and Covenant Standing
Les says Israel's government is no more spiritual than any other, but God still has His eye on them as His covenant people and will fulfill all His earthly promises to the nation.
Why Israel Must Be Preserved in Unbelief
Les teaches that Israel must remain in the land in unbelief so God can fulfill the seven years of tribulation; otherwise, no Jews would be left to carry out prophecy.
Israel Still Connected to the Bible
Les tells the world that the little nation of Israel is still God's covenant people, set aside but not disconnected from Scripture.
The Time of Jacob's Trouble
Les points to Israel's four-thousand-year survival as proof that God has been dealing with them all along; the Tribulation is the time of Jacob's trouble.
God Not Through With Israel
Les says Israel is under the God of this world like every other nation, but the exception is that they are still God's covenant people, and God's mercy will not depart.
Israel Under God's Sovereign Thumb
Les pictures God preparing everything for the covenant people of Israel and holding them under His sovereign thumb even while they are in unbelief.
Genesis 28:15: And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
God's promise to keep Jacob and bring him back to the land is the foundation for seeing Israel's preservation even in unbelief.
Genesis 17:7: And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
This is the everlasting covenant that makes Israel God's covenant people.
Romans 11:1: I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Paul answers the question of whether Israel's unbelief means God has rejected them.
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 blindness is partial and temporary, not permanent.
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 promises that the seed of Israel will never cease to be a nation, which explains why they cannot be destroyed.
No. Les Feldick says God is not through with the Jew. Israel has been set aside and spiritually blinded for the most part, but God will yet pick up where He left off and fulfill every earthly covenant promise, including a glorious kingdom (Clips 2, 6).
Israel's survival is one of the greatest miracles of the human race. Les says the reason the little nation has survived the millennia against all odds is that they are God's covenant people (Clips 1, 5).
No. Les says Israel is in unbelief and their government is just as secular as any other. But God still has His eye on them as His covenant people, so His protection is based on His covenant promises, not their faithfulness (Clips 2, 6, 7).