The Church will not go into the Tribulation because it is raptured before God resumes His tribulation dealings with Israel under the Law.
Les Feldick teaches that the Tribulation is primarily God's dealing with the nation of Israel, not with the Church. The Church is predominantly Gentile, is not under the Law, and is not a party to Israel's covenants. Once the fullness of the Gentiles has come in (Romans 11:25), the Church is removed so God can pick up where He left off with Israel, beginning with Antichrist's seven-year covenant (Daniel 9:27).
Romans 11:25 — This verse shows Israel is blinded only 'until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in,' giving a scriptural trigger for the removal of the Church.
Daniel 9:27 — Les says Daniel 9 introduces the Antichrist's seven-year treaty with Israel, which begins after the Church is taken out.
Jeremiah 30:5-6 — Les quotes this to show the Tribulation is a time of fear and trembling centered on Israel.
Romans 11:25 says that blindness in part is happened to Israel "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." Daniel 9:27 describes a future week in which a covenant is confirmed with many, and in the middle of the week sacrifice and oblation cease. Jeremiah 30:5-6 records a coming time of "trembling, of fear, and not of peace," when every man has his hands on his loins like a woman in travail and all faces are turned into paleness. These passages describe an end-time program centered on Israel and its covenant, distinct from the Church-age program of grace that Les Feldick emphasizes.
Les Feldick explains that God's time clock for Israel stopped when He turned to the Gentiles with the gospel of grace. The Church — the predominantly Gentile Body of Christ — must be taken out after the church age is completed because God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. The Tribulation is primarily God's dealing with Israel under the Law. The Church is not under the Law nor under any of the Jewish covenants, so it would be a "fish out of water." Therefore, at the end of the church age, when the last Gentile is brought in (Romans 11:25), the Church is removed so God can resume His program with Israel in the Tribulation.
According to Les, the church age continues until the Body of Christ is complete. At that point the Church has to be raptured, because God cannot simply leave it in place and turn back to Israel. He explains that God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time. The Tribulation is primarily God dealing with Israel, and Israel will go back under the Law with a temple; grace and law cannot mix. So before God can pick up with Israel, "the church has to be removed."
Les calls Romans 11:25 "the triggering mechanism for Christ's coming for the Church." The verse speaks of Israel's blindness continuing "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in." When that full number of Gentiles is brought in, the church age winds down, the Church is taken out, and God resumes His interrupted program with Israel — leading to the Tribulation, the King, and the Kingdom.
Les describes the Tribulation as "primarily God dealing with Israel." Israel's Old Testament covenants are Jew-only and will finally come into fruition during that time. Evidence of this is the rebuilt temple and the Antichrist's seven-year covenant with the nation, which Daniel 9 introduces. The Church is not under those covenants, so it is "totally insulated" from those dealings.
Les says his strongest argument for a pre-tribulational rapture is that "grace and law cannot mix." God's time clock for Israel stopped when He turned to the Gentiles with the gospel of grace. In the Tribulation, Israel will have the temple and go back under the Law. Since the Church is under grace and not the Law, the Church cannot be present when God resumes His legal dealings with Israel.
Why the Church Will Not Go Through the Tribulation
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A Fish Out of Water
Les explains the Church would be a 'fish out of water' in the Tribulation because that seven-year period is the Jewish program, not the Church-age program of grace. When the church age is completed, the Church is taken out so God can deal with Israel.
Israel's Covenants and the Tribulation
Les says the Church cannot be run into God's dealings with His covenant people; the covenants are Jew-only and come into fruition in the Tribulation, which is God's time of dealing with Israel.
The Triggering Mechanism
Les says the Church-age section of history will be removed and God will return to the Old Testament economy — the Tribulation, King, and Kingdom. Romans 11:25 is the triggering mechanism for Christ's coming for the Church.
Grace and Law Cannot Mix
Les says God's time clock for Israel stopped when He turned to the Gentiles with the gospel of grace. Since grace and law cannot mix, and Israel will go back under the Law with a temple, the Church cannot enter the Tribulation.
The Church Must Be Removed
Les warns against date-setting and then states plainly that before God can begin the Tribulation with Israel, the predominantly Gentile Church has to be removed.
God Deals on One Side at a Time
Les says God does not deal on both sides of the fence at the same time; when the final Gentile is brought in, the Church is taken out and Israel is back in the land for the tribulation events.
The Tribulation Temple
Les describes the Tribulation temple and the Antichrist's midpoint self-exaltation, showing that the final seven years are Israel's covenant program rather than the Church's experience.
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 points to the end of the Gentile period when Israel's blindness is lifted and God turns back to Israel.
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 describes the seven-year covenant period that begins the Tribulation after the Church is removed.
Jeremiah 30:5-6: For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
This passage describes the terror of the Tribulation period, which Les identifies as God's time of dealing with Israel.
No. Les teaches the predominantly Gentile Church will be taken out before the Tribulation because God does not deal with the Church and Israel under Law at the same time. When the fullness of the Gentiles comes in, the Church is removed and God resumes His program with Israel.
Because the Tribulation is the Jewish program, and the Church is not part of the Jewish program or under the Law. The Church is predominantly Gentile and totally insulated from God's dealings with Israel.
It is the completed number of Gentiles God is calling out to form the Body of Christ. When that number is reached, Israel's blindness ends and God turns again to Israel in the Tribulation.
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