No — Jewish believers will not be left behind; a believing Jew is a member of the Body of Christ and will be raptured with the rest of the Body.
When a Jewish woman asked Les if she would be left behind because she was not a Gentile, he answered, "Heavens no!" The Body of Christ includes Jews and Gentiles alike; no ethnic background disqualifies a believer. Therefore Jewish believers share the same hope of resurrection and a new, heavenly body at the Rapture.
1 Corinthians 12:13 — Shows that Jewish and Gentile believers are equally part of the one Body, so Jewish believers are not excluded from the Rapture.
Romans 11:25 — Explains that Israel's blindness lasts only until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; the Rapture completes the Body before God turns to Israel.
The Bible teaches that the Body of Christ is one body made up of believers from every background. First Corinthians 12:13 says that by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free, and all have been made to drink into one Spirit. In Colossians 1:12-13 Paul tells believers they have been made partakers of the saints' inheritance and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son. First Corinthians 15:49 points to the change from the earthy to the heavenly image. Romans 11:25 speaks of the fullness of the Gentiles coming in, after which Israel's blindness is removed.
Les was asked by a Jewish lady whether she would be left behind at the Rapture because she wasn't a Gentile. He replied, "Heavens no!" A believing Jew is a member of the Body of Christ and will go out in the Rapture along with everyone else. Les emphasized the uniqueness of the Body: whether Jew or Gentile, bond or free, every believer has been made to drink into the one Holy Spirit. He also taught that the Rapture will happen when the last member is added to the Body; after that God turns back to Israel, and tribulation believers—who are not members of the Body—will be resurrected later with Old Testament believers.
Les recounted a seminar in Minneapolis where a Jewish lady asked, "If the Rapture takes place tomorrow, will I be left behind because I'm not a Gentile?" He answered, "Heavens no! No! A believing Jew is a member of the Body of Christ, and they'll go out at the Rapture along with everybody else." He went on to say that in the Body, whether Jew or Gentile, slave or free, every believer has partaken of the one Holy Spirit.
Les used the analogy of a fetus in the womb: cells are put in place until the Body is fully formed. When the last member is added, the Body of Christ is complete, and God delivers it out of its earthly confines in the Rapture. Only then does Romans 11:25 reach its 'until' — the fullness of the Gentiles is come in, and God turns again to Israel.
Les explained that tribulation believers are not members of the Body of Christ and are not included in the Rapture. Instead, he places them with Old Testament believers in a resurrection after the Tribulation. This is because the Tribulation is God's time of dealing with Israel, and it is primarily a Jewish period.
Translated Into the Kingdom of His Dear Son
Les teaches that believers are already translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son, where Christ is now, and will rule with Him when the kingdom comes back to earth. This underlies the heavenly citizenship that includes Jewish believers.
Believing Jews Go Out at the Rapture
Les directly answers that a believing Jew is a member of the Body of Christ and will go out at the Rapture with everyone else, because all believers drink into the one Holy Spirit regardless of ethnicity or status.
The Body's Completion Precedes the Rapture
When the last person is added to the Body, it is complete and God delivers it out in the Rapture; only then does Israel's blindness reach its 'until' and God turns back to Israel.
Tribulation Believers Are Resurrected Later
Jewish believers who come to faith during the Tribulation are not part of the Body and are not in the Rapture; Les places them with Old Testament believers in the resurrection following the Tribulation.
The Antichrist's 7-Year Treaty & Israel's Great Escape
Some think it's the 144,000, but it's amazing that of all the reading I've done concerning the remnant of Jews who will be saved during the Tribulation, nobody I feel explains this portion of Scripture. Now look at this portion of Scripture. This is not 144,000 young Jewish men, which Revelation says they will be. This is an admixture of a whole society.
God’s Promise to Abraham: Understanding Genesis 12 & 15
But for the person who honestly, completely, with all his heart, believes and trusts what God says, God does the same for us as he did with Abraham. Now, this is probably a good place to point out. I've had people come up to me after a class and say, well, Les, when we become a Christian, do we become a Jew? You know what I always say? Hey, I've been a Christian for a long time.
Israel's Blindness & the Fullness of the Gentiles — Romans 11:25
So don't ever think that God's being unfair, a Jew still has every opportunity for salvation that we do, but it's on a personal basis, not on the national. So God is now calling out Gentiles as a people for His name, which is what we refer to now then from Paul's epistles, as the church which is His body, the Body of Christ.
What Happens to Gentiles After the Tribulation? Isaiah 24
It's going to be a mixed group of Jews who will escape where God will protect them for that last three and a half years, so that when Christ returns in glory, and remember we saw in Matthew 24, they're going to see Him coming in power and great glory, and then in our closing moments, we took you back to Zechariah, where they're going to see the nail prints in His hands, they're going to see the wo…
1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
This verse directly shows that Jewish and Gentile believers are equally part of the one Body of Christ.
Colossians 1:12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Paul describes believers as having been made fit for the inheritance that belongs to the saints.
Colossians 1:13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Believers have already been transferred into the kingdom of God's dear Son, indicating their present citizenship in glory.
1 Corinthians 15:49: And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
This verse points to the believer's future resurrection body, which is part of the Rapture hope.
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 explains that Israel's blindness lasts only until the fullness of the Gentiles is completed, which aligns with the Rapture of the Body.
No. Les answered that a believing Jew is a member of the Body of Christ and will go out at the Rapture along with everybody else. Whether a person is Jewish or Gentile, bond or free, every believer has been made to drink into the one Holy Spirit.
Yes, in the sense that tribulation believers are not part of the Body of Christ and are not in the Rapture. Les places them with Old Testament believers for a resurrection after the Tribulation, since the Tribulation is primarily God's time of dealing with Israel.
The Body of Christ goes, once its last member is in place. Les said the Body will be complete and then delivered out in the Rapture. Distinctions like Jewish or Gentile do not affect inclusion in the Body.
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