610 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 51 - The Lord Shall Judge His People - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 51 The Lord Shall Judge His People - Part 2 Hebrews 10:23 – 11:8 Remember I made the point – isn’t it amazing how God forbid any empire to destroy Jerusalem and the Temple and the Nation of Israel until Paul’s letters were completed. Well you see as soon as Paul’s letters were finished, then Temple worship had become moot and what does God permit? Titus to destroy the Temple and the city. So always remember that, even though the Book of Hebrews is written to Jewish people who were fighting this traumatic experience of being pulled back into their old religious system, yet Hebrews is just full of knowledge for you and I as believers. But also remember there’s no plan of salvation in the Book of Hebrews. All right, let’s begin with verse 29. "Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, (or a common thing, I think is a better word) and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" Death! Now that’s severe. All right, if a religious system like Judaism prompted the wrath of God, then you see, How much sorer punishment, how much more God’s wrath can be poured out on those who have walked under foot the Son of God, the blood of Christ? Now you’ve heard me emphasize this over the years; what’s the reason God consigned lost humanity to such an awful eternal doom? All right, so: "How much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot." Now don’t lose the picture. Now verse 30. "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me,…" Now, of course we do, as believers, know the God of glory. "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense saith the Lord, And again, The Lord shall judge his people." A lot of people don’t realize that the Lake of Fire is evidently going to have levels of punishment. Come back with me to Matthew chapters 10 and chapter 11. Now, here’s my reasoning. Matthew chapter 10 verse 15. Those wicked sodomites are going to have an easier time of it in the eternal doom, than these Jews who listened to Christ’s earthly ministry. So, it’ll be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, that’s the Great White Throne of Revelation 20, than for that city. All right, chapter 11 verse 20. "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee Bethsaida! (now those were beautiful cities up in the Galilee.) 22. But I say unto you. Matthew 11:23 When people are confronted with this glorious Gospel of Grace, and they can enter into salvation by faith and faith alone. And then they spurn it and walk it underfoot – can anybody blame God for casting His wrath upon them? Verse 31, as a warning to people then as well as today: Hebrews 10:31 "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Now four times in the Book of Hebrews you’ve had the term ‘the living God.’ All right, when the lost come up before Him and He pronounces their final doom, there isn’t a word of argument because He is the living God! Revelation chapter 20. Not many people will even refer to it anymore. Revelation 20 starting at verse 11. Revelation 20:11a Now then, verse 12. No, your name is not in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Then he turns to the books (plural), which is the record of their daily activities on earth. All right then, verse 13. Revelation 20:13-14 Death is separation. The second death is the separation of the lost from God. Horrible, awful thought! "It is a fearful thing (as an unbeliever, it’s a fearful thing) to fall into the hands of the living God." We are hidden in God in Christ. Verse 32. Hebrews 10:32 Hebrews 10:33 Let’s go back to Acts chapter 17, as Paul is making his first sojourn out amongst the Gentiles and he would always begin in the Synagogue of the Jews and consequently there were quite a few Jews in those early days of Paul’s ministry. How much Scripture has been written by the time Paul is on his missionary journeys? Only the Old Testament. So whenever you speak of the Scriptures until Paul’s epistles start coming out, it’s Old Testament. "Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus (of Nazareth) whom I preach unto you is Christ. Well, this is just a brief picture that wherever Paul began his ministry, he would always start in the synagogue of the Jews because at least he had people who knew of a one God. All right, back to Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 33 as we read that, as these Jews who had solidly embraced Paul’s Gospel and had turned away from the sacrifices of Judaism, they"were made gazingstock by reproach and afflictions and while you became companions of them that were so used. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible