The church age is a separate, parenthetical age of Gentile grace that God inserted between Israel's rejection of the King and the final seven years when He will resume His prophetic dealings with Israel.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel rejected their Messiah and King, so God dispersed them and turned to the Gentiles with the Age of Grace. God's prophetic time clock stopped, and the Old Testament prophetic program is silent about the church age. The church must be removed before God returns to Israel in the final seven years because grace and law cannot mix.
Daniel 9:24 — This verse announces that seventy weeks are determined upon Israel, showing that Daniel's prophecy is specifically about God's dealings with Israel, not the church.
Daniel 9:27 — This verse describes the final seven-year week when a prince confirms a covenant with Israel, the period that resumes after the church age is complete.
Romans 11:25 — This verse says that blindness in part happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, pointing to a separate age when God is dealing primarily with Gentiles.
Daniel 9:24 says, "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city" — identifying the prophecy with Israel. Daniel 9:26 says that "after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself," and that the people of the prince that shall come will destroy the city. Daniel 9:27 then speaks of a final week: "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." Romans 11:25 says, "That blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." This points to a period when Israel is partially blinded while Gentiles are being brought in, followed by God turning again to Israel.
Les Feldick explains that after Israel rejected their Messiah and King, God dispersed them, took away their temple and religion, and turned to the Gentiles with what we call the Age of Grace (Clip 0). He describes the church age as an age of grace in which God is calling out a people for His name from both Jew and Gentile (Clip 2). Les points out that the Old Testament prophetic program never mentions the church age or the age of grace; it is totally silent on this parenthetical period (Clip 4). He places the church age as a parenthesis sandwiched between the 483 completed years of Daniel's seventy weeks and the final seven years (Clips 5, 7). Because the church is insulated from Israel's covenant program and is not part of the Law, the church would be "a fish out of water" in the tribulation, which is primarily God dealing with Israel (Clip 1). Since grace and law cannot mix, the church must be taken out before God resumes His dealings with Israel under the Law (Clips 3, 6). When the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in and the Body of Christ is complete, God removes the church and picks up where He left off with Israel (Clips 6, 7). The final seven-year period begins with the Antichrist confirming a treaty with Israel (Clips 0, 1, 5).
Les Feldick teaches that Israel rejected their Messiah and King, so God dispersed them, took away their temple and religion, and turned to the Gentiles with the Age of Grace (Clip 0). God's prophetic time clock stopped when He turned to the Gentiles with the gospel of grace (Clip 3). The Old Testament had no idea that God would call out a body from both Jew and Gentile by grace (Clip 2). Israel's program was laid out on specific timetables, such as 430 years in Egypt and 490 years from temple to temple, but the age of grace is an undetermined period of time (Clip 4).
Les explains that Daniel 9 declares 490 years determined upon Israel. Four hundred eighty-three of those years were consummated, and then there is a break. The church age is sandwiched between the 483 completed years and the final seven years (Clip 5). When the prophecy turns to Daniel 9:27, it speaks of the one week in which the Antichrist confirms a seven-year covenant with Israel (Clip 0). The final seven years are what the book of Revelation unfolds (Clip 5).
Les Feldick teaches that the church would be "a fish out of water" in the tribulation because it is not part of the Jewish program and not part of the Law (Clip 1). Grace and law cannot mix, and Israel will go back under the Law with a temple during the tribulation (Clip 3). God cannot pick up where He left off with Israel until the church is out of the way (Clip 7). The covenant promises are not the church's, and the tribulation is primarily God dealing with Israel (Clips 1, 7). Therefore, the church must be removed before God's final seven-year dealings with Israel can begin (Clips 6, 7).
When the church is complete and filled up, God has to take it out (Clip 2). Les points to Romans 11:25, which says that when the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in, God turns again to the nation of Israel (Clip 6). When the Body of Christ is complete and the last Gentile is saved, God takes the church out and picks up where He left off with Israel (Clip 6). God is then able to bring about the final seven-year period that still belongs to the prophetic 490 years (Clip 5). The first event of this final seven years will be the appearance of the Antichrist, who signs a seven-year treaty with Israel (Clips 0, 1, 5).
Israel's Rejection Turns God to the Gentiles
Israel rejected the Messiah and King, so God dispersed them and turned to the Gentiles with the Age of Grace; Daniel's final seven-year week still awaits fulfillment.
The Church Is Insulated from Israel's Program
The church would be a fish out of water in the tribulation because it is not part of the Jewish program and must be taken out so God can pick up with Israel.
The Church as the Age of Grace Calling Out
God is calling out a body by grace from Jew and Gentile; when it is complete, God removes it before the final seven years.
God's Time Clock Stopped for Israel
God's prophetic clock stopped when He turned to the Gentiles; grace and law cannot mix, and Israel will go back under the law in the tribulation.
The Church Age Absent from Old Testament Prophecy
Les notes that the church age is never mentioned while God is dealing with Israel in prophetic time; Israel's program runs on specific timetables.
Church Age Sandwiched Between Daniel's Weeks
The church age is placed between the 483 completed years of Daniel's prophecy and the final seven years that Revelation unfolds.
The Fullness of the Gentiles and the Removal of the Church
When the last Gentile is saved and the Body is complete, God takes the church out and returns to Israel, as Romans 11:25 states.
The Church as a Parenthesis in God's Dealings with Israel
God cannot resume His covenant dealings with Israel until the church is removed; then He will finish everything prophesied for Israel.
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 verse establishes that Daniel's seventy weeks are specifically determined upon Israel, not the church.
Daniel 9:26: And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
This verse describes events after the sixty-ninth week, setting the stage for the final week after a break.
Daniel 9:27: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This verse describes the final seven-year week in which a prince confirms a covenant with Israel.
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.
This verse shows that Israel's partial blindness will continue only until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.
Les Feldick says that the church age is never mentioned while God is dealing with Israel in the prophetic program. The Old Testament is totally silent about the age of grace and the calling out of the church. Israel's history was laid out on timetables, but the church age is an undetermined period.
Les Feldick places the removal of the church shortly before the beginning of the final seven years. When the church is complete and filled up, God has to take it out. He points to Romans 11:25: when the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in, God turns again to Israel.
Les teaches that the church would be a fish out of water in the tribulation because it is not part of the Jewish program or the Law. Grace and law cannot mix, and Israel will be back under the Law during the tribulation. Therefore, the church must be removed before God resumes His dealings with Israel.
According to Les, when the Body of Christ is complete and the last Gentile is saved, God takes the church out. Then God can finish where He left off with Israel, and the Antichrist will confirm a seven-year covenant with Israel as prophesied in Daniel 9:27.
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