Yes—Israel is essential to biblical prophecy and must remain as a nation for God's prophetic promises to be fulfilled.
God's covenant promises and prophetic events, such as the sealing of 144,000 from the twelve tribes, require Israel to stay intact. Les Feldick stresses that all prophecy is centered on Israel, so if Israel were to cease, the whole Book would become a fallacy.
Jeremiah 31:35-36 — God promises that Israel will never cease to be a nation as long as the established ordinances of heaven and earth remain, showing why Israel must endure for prophecy to be fulfilled.
Deuteronomy 32:8 — This verse shows that God set the boundaries of the nations according to the number of Israel, placing this small nation at the center of God's dealings with humanity.
Scripture promises that Israel will never cease to be a nation in God's sight. In Jeremiah 31:35-36, God ties the continued existence of Israel to the ordinances of the sun, moon, and stars: if those ordinances depart, then the seed of Israel shall also cease from being a nation before Him forever. Verse 37 adds that if heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then God would cast off the seed of Israel for all they have done. Since those things cannot be done, Israel remains. Deuteronomy 32:8 shows that when God divided the nations their inheritance, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. This indicates that the nation of Israel sits at the center of God's dealings with the human race.
Les Feldick constantly drives home that all prophecy is centered on the nation of Israel and that there is no prophecy directed to the church. Even though Israel rejected and crucified their Messiah, and later rejected the apostles' appeal, God has not discarded them forever. He has set them aside for the present age, but they remain His covenant people. Les points to Jeremiah 31 to show that God will still fulfill the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Because prophecy such as the 144,000 demands that Israel still exist, God keeps them intact as a nation. In Les's teaching, the little nation of Israel is central to everything God is doing on earth, and believers must keep Israel's story separate from the Church, the Body of Christ.
Les Feldick says God is watching over Israel and keeping them intact as a nation. He asks where the 144,000 would come from if no Jews remained, since 12,000 are needed from each of the twelve tribes. He also cites Jeremiah 31's promise that the sun, moon, and stars would cease before Israel ceases to be. For that reason Israel has to stay on the earth.
Although Israel rejected and crucified their Messiah, Les Feldick teaches they are not cast off. God set them aside after they continually rejected Peter and the eleven's appeal, and the Roman armies later destroyed Jerusalem and dispersed the Jewish people. Yet, Les says, that little nation is still God's covenant people, and God is still connected to them.
Les Feldick says what is true for Israel and what is true for the Church must be kept separate. The phrase 'in Christ' in Ephesians is unique to the Body of Christ; the Jew in the economy of law is never spoken of that way. God's dealings with Israel belong to a different order from His dealings with the Church.
Les teaches that the tribulation will be primarily God pouring out His wrath on Christ-rejecting Jews. This is part of God's overall program in which everything He does with the human race revolves around the nation of Israel.
Les notes that Israel has never numbered more than 15 or 16 million people, often only 5 to 10 million in ancient times. Yet this small people is the one God separated to Himself, and everything God has done with the human race revolves around them.
Separating Israel from the Church
Les shows that 'in Christ' is a Pauline term for the Body of Christ and that God's dealings with Israel in the economy of law must be kept separate from the Church.
Israel Still Covenant People
Les refutes the idea that God is done with the Jew, explaining that Israel remains God's covenant people even though they have been set aside.
Israel Set Aside After Rejection
Les shows that Israel rejected Peter and the eleven for seven years, so God set the nation aside, yet their return to the land is preparing for fulfilled prophecy.
Israel Must Remain for Prophecy
Les asks where the 144,000 would come from if no Jews remained and cites Jeremiah 31 to show Israel can never cease to be a nation.
Israel at the Center of God's Program
Les teaches that God set national boundaries according to the number of Israel and that the tribulation is primarily wrath on Christ-rejecting Jews.
All Prophecy Centers on Israel
Les states plainly that all prophecy is centered on the nation of Israel and there is no prophecy to the church.
Jeremiah 31 Guarantees Israel's Stay
Les quotes Jeremiah 31 to show that God will never cast off the seed of Israel as long as heaven and earth remain.
A Small But Separated Nation
Les tells believers to love Israel because they are God's covenant people, even though they have always been a small nation.
Jeremiah 31:35-36: Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 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.
This is the key promise Les cites to show that Israel can never cease to be a nation as long as creation stands.
Jeremiah 31:37: Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
This verse reinforces the impossibility of God casting off Israel, since heaven cannot be measured nor earth's foundations searched out.
Deuteronomy 32:8: When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Les uses this verse to show that all national boundaries were set with Israel in mind, making Israel central to God's plan.
Revelation 7:4: And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Les references this prophecy to argue that Israel must still exist for 12,000 from each tribe to be sealed.
No. God has set Israel aside for a time, but they are still His covenant people. Les Feldick points to Jeremiah 31, where God promises Israel will never cease to be a nation before Him.
Les Feldick teaches that there is no prophecy directed to the church. All biblical prophecy is centered on the nation of Israel.
The prophecy of the 144,000 requires 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. If Israel were gone, that prophecy could not be fulfilled, so God keeps them intact.
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