Yes—God will still fulfill His promises to Israel despite their current unbelief.
Romans 11 opens with the question, 'Hath God cast away his people?' and answers, 'God forbid.' As Les Feldick explains, Israel has been set aside and blinded, not permanently rejected, and God will come back and finish His dealing with His covenant people.
Romans 11:1-2 — Paul directly asks whether God has cast away Israel and answers that God has not.
Romans 11:11-12 — Israel's fall brought salvation to the Gentiles, and Israel's fulness will bring even greater riches.
Romans 11:25-26 — Israel's blindness is only partial and will last only until the fulness of the Gentiles comes in, then all Israel shall be saved.
The Bible asks and answers the question directly: 'I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.' (Romans 11:1). 'God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.' (Romans 11:2). Israel has not been permanently abandoned by God. Scripture also shows purpose in Israel's present condition. 'I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.' (Romans 11:11). 'Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?' (Romans 11:12). Paul uses the olive tree imagery to explain the present situation: 'And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree.' (Romans 11:17). And he unlocks the mystery for the future: 'blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.' (Romans 11:25). 'And so all Israel shall be saved.' (Romans 11:26).
Les Feldick is emphatic that God is not through with the Jew. He teaches that Israel has been set aside and spiritually blinded because of unbelief, but that is not the same as being cast away. 'God still has His eye on them as His covenant people,' he says, and God is fully intending to pick up where He left off with the nation of Israel. Les shows from Romans 11 that Israel was the natural branches broken off from the olive tree, and the Gentile world was grafted in to the root and fatness of the promises made to Abraham. But this Gentile position does not change God's plans for Israel. Israel's fall brought salvation to the Gentiles, and their future fulness will be even greater. God is presently using the nation of Israel in a different way, but the covenant promises made to them—including those in Jeremiah 31—are still going to be enjoyed by Israel one day. He also reminds his listeners that even now Israel is not more spiritual than any other secular government, but that does not affect God's faithfulness. There has always been a remnant of true believers in Israel, and at the end of the age that remnant will cause God to spare the nation and finish His program with them.
Les Feldick directly addresses this by pointing to Romans 11. He says 90% of Christendom would say God is through with the Jew, but Paul's answer is 'God forbid.' Israel has been set aside and blinded, but God is going to come back and finish His dealing with His covenant people, just as the Old Testament prophets foretold.
The natural branches were broken off from the olive tree because of unbelief. Les Feldick says Israel 'dropped it' and 'blew it'—they rejected what God had given them. Yet that same unbelief is not the end of the story, because God is still going to finish His program with them.
Les explains that Israel is the natural branch broken off and the Gentile world is the wild olive branch grafted in to the root and fatness of the promises to Abraham. This shows the present place of Gentile blessing, but it does not cancel Israel's future. The Gentiles have had nearly two thousand years of this opportunity, and Israel will one day be brought back in.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel is still God's covenant people and will one day enjoy all the covenant promises, including a glorious earthly kingdom. The covenant promises given in Jeremiah 31 are as yet future for Israel. God's mercy shall not depart from them, and He will pick up where He left off.
Les observes that the Gentile world has had just as much opportunity for salvation and a relationship with God as Israel did. But the Gentiles did the same thing Israel did—they walked it underfoot and cast it aside. This helps explain why the present age of Gentile blessing is not the final chapter in God's dealings with Israel.
Gentiles Turned Away the Opportunity
Les points out that the Gentile world has had the same opportunity Israel had but has largely said 'thanks, but no thanks,' setting the stage for what God will do next with Israel.
Israel Dropped the Prospect, God Didn't
Israel failed to fulfill the prospect God set before them, but God still intends to use the nation of Israel to bring salvation to the Gentiles.
God Is Not Through With Israel
Israel will still enjoy all the covenant promises and a glorious earthly kingdom; God still has His eye on them as His covenant people even while they are in unbelief.
Set Aside, But Not Abandoned
Israel is set aside and spiritually blinded for now, but God is going to pick up where He left off and will give Israel the covenant promises He revealed, including Jeremiah 31.
Set Aside, Not Cast Away
Contrary to much of Christendom, Les insists God has not cast away Israel; He has set them aside and will one day finish His dealing with His covenant people.
Israel's Blindness Continues Today
Israel has spent nearly two thousand years in spiritual blindness, yet the present age of Gentile grace does not mean God has abandoned His promises to Israel.
Their Fall Brought Riches; Their Fulness Brings More
Israel's fall opened salvation to the Gentiles, and Israel's future fulness will be even greater riches to the world.
A Remnant Will Spare the Nation
Throughout Israel's history there has always been a remnant of true believers, and at the end of the age that remnant will cause God to spare the nation.
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.
This verse frames the exact question this page answers: God has not cast away Israel.
Romans 11:2: God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Paul explicitly confirms that God has not rejected the people He foreknew.
Romans 11:11: I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
This explains that Israel's present fall brought salvation to the Gentiles.
Romans 11:12: Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
If Israel's fall produced such blessing, their future fulness will produce even more.
Romans 11:17: And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
This is the olive tree illustration of Israel as natural branches and Gentiles as wild branches grafted in.
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 only partial and temporary, lasting until the fulness of the Gentiles.
Romans 11:26: And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
This is the ultimate promise that God will yet fulfill His purposes with Israel.
No. Les Feldick teaches that Israel has been set aside and blinded because of unbelief, but God is not through with the Jew. He will finish His program with them and fulfill the covenant promises.
Israel was broken off from the olive tree because of unbelief. Les says Israel 'dropped it' and 'blew it,' but this did not cancel God's intention to use them again in the future.
Yes, according to Les Feldick. Israel is still God's covenant people, and the covenant promises God made to them, including those in Jeremiah 31, will one day be enjoyed by the nation.
It explains why they have been set aside for now, but it does not end God's plan. Les explains that Israel has been spiritually blinded, but the blindness is only partial and will be lifted when God resumes His dealings with Israel.
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