194 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 17 - Acts Chapter 1:6-11 - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 17 ACTS CHAPTER 1: 6-11 Now in our last lesson we studied about the Kingdom that was referred to in Acts 1:6. Many times I've said that the Kingdom is the Kingdom is the Kingdom. Matthew 19:27 Paul deals with rewards in I Corinthians Chapter 3. Jesus was straight forward with His answer: Matthew 19:28 "And Jesus said unto them, `Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me (His twelve disciples, excluding Judas), in the regeneration (when things are put back like they were originally) when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory (He has set up His Kingdom), ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging (ruling) the twelve tribes of Israel.'" Is that what Jesus said? God the Son didn't know. Turn to Genesis Chapter 21. God is still dealing with Abraham in this passage. Come down to verse 33: Genesis 21:33 "And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God." For example in Psalms, "Why hideth thou thyself from us." God is eternal, He's timeless, but He is also the God of time. And since He is the God of time He can hide in time things He wants to keep hidden and reveal them when He gets ready to reveal them. Turn to Deuteronomy Chapter 29. Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things (God's secret things) belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed (no longer a secret, but must be believed) belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law." Now to Psalms Chapter 2 since we are talking about things that God kept secret. We'll review this chapter again, where the question's asked: Psalms 2:1,2 Why do the heathen (or non-Jew) rage and the people (Israel) imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth (the Gentile) set themselves, and the rulers (Israel) take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying," We know Israel stoned their own people for religious infractions. They could have stoned Jesus. I teach that when Jesus came in His earthly ministry He made Israel a valid offer to be their King and to set up the Kingdom. And the question always comes up, "What if Israel would have embraced Him as their King and He would have set up the Kingdom before He was crucified?" So had Israel accepted The King and Kingdom, God would have brought about the Crucifixion one way or another because it had to happen. Israel still acted on their own free will. Now let's move on to verse 3: Psalms 2:3,4 Now in Luke's Gospel, Jesus uses the word `perplexity,' and that's the same meaning as derision. Since Israel was rejecting their Messiah, everything was pushed out into the future including the derision. We are seeing this today in our own time. Now verse 5. And here comes the order in outline form, if you please, of the Old Testament prophetic program. Psalms 2:5-7 " Then shall he (God) speak unto them (the nations of the world) in his (not love, mercy and grace, but rather in) wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." God is going to pour out all of the wrath and vexation that He can possibly place during what we know is the Tribulation. "I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, thou art my Son (this is God the Father speaking to God the Son), this day have I begotten thee." Now verses 8-12: Psalms 2:8-12 "Thou shalt break them (the nations of the world) with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." "Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling." "Kiss the Son (some people will say that the Son isn't mentioned in the Old Testament. There were the exceptions of Nineveh, Rahab, Ruth, the Syrian General Naaman, the Canaanite women and the Roman centurion; and that was about all the Gentiles He dealt with in that 2000 year period of time. And Psalms 2 says that after they have rejected Him, Jew and Gentile in consort, they put Him to death. And then Psalms 110 tells us, "THE LORD said unto my Lord, `Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'" Because it's a secret, held in the mind of God, and it will be a secret until God reveals it to the Apostle Paul. As Christ ascended, Israel kept on rejecting the offer of The King and the Kingdom that Peter presents to them. So God moved all this out into the future. Understand, as we go through the early part of Acts, Peter and the other eleven are going to operate only on what God has revealed. And that is the Old Testament program. Peter has no concept of God turning to the Gentiles for the next 1900 + years. Peter was only talking to the Jew, not the Gentiles as so many believe. In Chapter 10 Peter goes to the house of Cornelius, but in Chapter 11 verse 2 look what happens. Peter and these six Jews had come back to Jerusalem from Cornelius' house. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bib