No — the kingdom of God is not limited to Israel; it will include the whole earth and all nations.
Daniel 2:35 describes the stone kingdom filling the whole earth, and Psalm 2:8 gives the Son the Gentiles as His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth as His possession. Colossians 1:13 shows believers have already been translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son. Les Feldick teaches that Israel will be the head of the nations in the coming kingdom, but the other nations will be present too.
Daniel 2:35 — Shows the kingdom stone becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth, not just Israel.
Psalm 2:8 — Promises the Messiah the heathen/Gentiles and the uttermost parts of the earth for His inheritance.
Colossians 1:13 — Shows believers are already in the kingdom of God's dear Son, indicating the kingdom includes the church, not only Israel.
The Bible describes the coming kingdom as filling the whole earth. Daniel 2:35 says the stone that smites the image becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth. Daniel 2:44 says the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed and which shall not be left to other people. Psalm 2:8 gives the Son the heathen for an inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession. Zechariah 14:9 declares that the LORD shall be King over all the earth. Colossians 1:12–13 shows that believers have already been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. Ezekiel 37:22–23 describes Israel as one nation under one King, with God as their God, showing that while Israel is central to God's purposes, the kingdom itself is not confined to one land.
Les Feldick explains that the kingdom is one kingdom with spiritual, physical, and political aspects all wrapped up together. It is not an invisible, ethereal kingdom only; it will come to its fruition when Christ returns and sets it up on the earth (Clip 0). He emphasizes that the kingdom is not just an Israeli or Jewish kingdom — the Psalm 2 promise gives the Messiah the heathen for an inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth (Clip 1). His reading of Daniel 2 stresses that the stone kingdom fills the whole earth, not merely the land of Israel (Clip 6). In that coming kingdom, Israel will be the head of the nations and all other nations will be there in a lesser role (Clip 3). Les also teaches that Israel's unique covenant role was always intended to bless the entire earth, and he assures hearers that God has not forgotten non-Israelites (Clip 7). He further says that Israel will continue to enjoy a place of preeminence even into eternity, as nations are still present in Revelation (Clip 4). Christ will be King of kings and Lord of lords over the whole earth (Clip 5).
Daniel 2:35 says the stone became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Les uses this to show the kingdom will not be confined to the land of Israel. Everything represented by the metals of Nebuchadnezzar's image is blown away like chaff, and the stone becomes a kingdom that fills the whole earth.
Les teaches that Israel will be the head of the nations in the kingdom. All the other nations will be there, but in a lesser role than the covenant people. Israel will be the greatest nation, as Deuteronomy 28 indicates. Les also teaches that Israel will continue to enjoy her preeminence throughout the Millennium and into eternity; the nations listed in Revelation show that the nation of Israel continues.
Les teaches that the kingdom is not merely a spiritual, ethereal, invisible kingdom. It is spiritual, physical, and political all at once. When Christ returns, He will be King of kings and Lord of lords over a physical, literal, earthly kingdom, and the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
Spiritual, physical, and political kingdom
Les teaches that the kingdom has spiritual, physical, and political aspects and is not merely an invisible kingdom; it will be set up on earth when Christ returns.
Kingdom includes the whole human race
Les uses Psalm 2:8 to show that the Messiah's inheritance includes the heathen/Gentiles and the uttermost parts of the earth, proving the kingdom is not just Israeli.
God's plan for the Gentile world
Les explains that after Israel rejected the opportunity, God sent them into dispersion and took salvation to the whole Gentile world, showing His heart for all nations.
Israel as head of the nations
Les says that when the kingdom comes down from heaven, Israel will be the head of the nations and all other nations will be present in a lesser role.
Israel's preeminence into eternity
Les teaches that Israel will continue to enjoy its place of preeminence into eternity, based on the nations listed in Revelation and the kingdom promise in 2 Samuel 7.
Christ reigns over the whole earth
Les describes Christ returning as King of kings and Lord of lords over a physical, literal, earthly kingdom, with the LORD as King over all the earth.
Stone kingdom fills the whole earth
Les emphasizes that Daniel 2:35 says the stone kingdom fills the whole earth, not just the land of Israel.
Abrahamic covenant blesses all the earth
Les reminds readers that the Abrahamic covenant includes 'in thee shall all the earth be blessed,' showing God's purpose for Gentiles as well as Israel.
Daniel 2:35: Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
This verse directly shows the kingdom filling the whole earth, not just Israel.
Daniel 2:44: And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Reinforces that the kingdom is a worldwide, eternal kingdom established by God.
Psalm 2:8: Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Shows the Messiah inherits the Gentiles and the whole earth.
Colossians 1:12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Believers are made fit for the inheritance of the saints in light.
Colossians 1:13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Shows believers are already placed into the kingdom of God's dear Son.
Ezekiel 37:22: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
Describes Israel's restoration as one nation under one King.
Ezekiel 37:23: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Shows God's covenant relationship with cleansed Israel.
Zechariah 14:9: And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Declares that the LORD rules over the entire earth, not just Israel.
Genesis 12:3: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
The Abrahamic covenant includes blessing for all families of the earth.
2 Samuel 7:16: And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
God's promise of an everlasting kingdom to David's line.
No. Scripture says the stone kingdom fills the whole earth, and Psalm 2 gives the Son the Gentiles as His inheritance. Les Feldick emphasizes that the kingdom includes the whole human race, with Israel as the head of the nations.
Les teaches it is both, along with being political. It has a spiritual aspect now, but it will be fully realized on earth when Christ returns and reigns as King of kings.
In Daniel 2:35 the stone that destroys the image becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth. Les uses this to show the kingdom is worldwide, not just a landlocked Israeli kingdom.
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