195 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 3 - Book 17 - Psalms 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 17 PSALMS 2 God never intended it to be that way. Believe The Book! We will be looking at verse 8 - I trust we covered the time element of verse 6 and 7 where the disciples asked Jesus the question: "...wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" Now verse 8. Now I do not like to allegorize Scripture, unless Scripture does it itself. This verse says Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and after those three have been completely covered and converted then those Jews were to go to the uttermost part of the earth. Zechariah 8:23 I will show you in Acts 1 verse 8 is that Jesus could have (we know He didn't), done as He did in Luke Chapter 4, where he stopped speaking right in the middle of the verse. He could have stopped speaking after the word Samaria, because that is as far as this verse is going to be fulfilled where the Jew is concerned, so read it in that light. Acts 1:8 By the time you get to Acts Chapter 8 where does Philip go? To Samaria. And Samaria heard the Word. Never! I've challenged people for over twenty years to show me one time in Scripture that those twelve disciples had a ministry to the Gentiles. Because Israel never fulfilled those requirements of accepting The King, which was required before they could bring Gentiles in. The Old Testament is full of those requirements. So Peter's offer was valid, but we know the nation as a whole rejected his offer just like they did Jesus' offer. Luke 4:16-19 Let's go back to where Jesus read from, and we find that in Isaiah Chapter 61, so let's compare these two passages. It's word for word. Isaiah 61:1,2 In the Kingdom. Now let's flip back to Luke Chapter 4 verse 20: Luke 4:20,21b Now could He have said this if He had read the whole verse? Of course not, because the last part of that verse in Isaiah hasn't been fulfilled yet. In Acts 1:8 Jesus could have stopped at the end of the word Samaria, because that's where it did stop. Because the nation was rejecting it. In verse 8, I said the secret word was "Power." Remember, John the Baptist has said that "Jesus would baptize the Nation of Israel with or into the Holy Spirit," well here is the purpose: to give them power. Miracles, signs, and wonders. John 20:30,31 What Jesus had begun. Because Israel had to be converted to the last man. Here Peter has again presented a sermon in verses 12-18 and he says in verse 19: Israel converted, the times of refreshing comes in and then what would God do? "And he shall send Jesus Christ..." To be their King! And Peter is saying it as clear as day if Israel would just repent and be converted, then God would send Jesus Christ to fulfill all the Covenant promises that He had made to the Nation of Israel. If you doubt that, then come on down to verse 24. Acts 3:24 "Ye (Peter is addressing the Jew only) are the children of the prophets (the Old Testament writers), and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham (see why I keep stressing the Abrahamic Covenant? "Unto you (the Nation of Israel) first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him, to bless you, in turning away (how many?) So what did God do? He converted another Jew, completely out of any prospect for being a man of God. Let's go back to the Book of Mark. Some people will cop out on these verses and say, "Well, it wasn't in some of the best newer manuscripts." Mark 16:15-18 "And he said unto them, `Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. It's so interesting what various groups do with these verses. Now there are other groups that like verse 16. And some groups like 16 and 17 but won't have any part of verse 18. So these groups just stop where it's convenient. Same way with the Old Testament. I remember years ago reading where someone was decrying women wearing slacks. And he went back and used a verse in the Old Testament where it says that a women shall not wear that which pertaineth to a man. Good heavens, what did men wear in Old Testament days? The mind of God, His righteousness, His Holiness, and all the rest. Remember 1 Corinthians 1:22 "For the Jews require a sign," Where did the signs and miracles for Israel really begin? Don't you sell old Satan short. Where did they get this power? Not from God. But rather from Satan, and Satan's power is not diminished one bit. Just simply take God at His Word. Look what it says in verse 1: I John 4:1 "BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." Now how are you and I going to try the spirit and see if it's of God? Line it up with The Book. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible