713 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 1 Book 60 - The Earthly Kingdom Will Appear!

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 60 THE EARTHLY KINGDOM WILL APPEAR! ISAIAH 2:2 We’re going to look at chapter 2 verse 2, but we might as well read verse 1, as well. Isaiah 2:1 Well, the southern half of the kingdom which is split at this time, but nevertheless as we’ve made note in our previous four programs, Isaiah is predominately prophesying to the southern kingdom of Judah, but he also reaches across up to the northern kingdom, so it really implies the whole house of Israel. (Quote unquote). Isaiah 2:2a A prophecy! So, all your Old Testament prophecies are given with the promise that it’s going to happen. Isaiah 2:2b Now, the word mountain here is typically referring to a kingdom. It’s used that way throughout the Old Testament, a mountain in Scripture, if not otherwise stated, is a kingdom. Isaiah 2:2 Not just Israel, but every nation on the planet is going to literally find Jerusalem as the capital of everything. It’s going to be a heavenly Kingdom. Well, if there’s no Tribulation, there’s no Second Coming. Seventy AD the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and sent the Jews into dispersion. Consequently, as you look at most of your major Protestant denominations today, they, like the Roman Catholics, have never heard one word about this earthly kingdom. Isaiah 2:2a Yes, these prophecies are still valid. Now, most of the Old Testament, only one exception that I can find, never mentions the time element. That’s left for the book of Revelation, but there is a hint in the book of Hosea, and we’ll come to it at a later time. God purposely kept the land of Israel desolate, for about 1900 years, saving it for the nation of Israel to return to it at the appropriate time. Malaria ran rampant in Israel because the Hula Valley swamps were loaded with mosquitoes. The earthquakes stopped - miraculously. Well, the Arab world. All right, now turn with me to Daniel chapter 12 where God tells Daniel an amazing thing. Daniel, in the first three verses of that chapter, deals with the resurrection of the Old Testament saints. We’ll look at that another time, but now in verse 4. Daniel 12:4a "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end…": So you see, all of Daniel’s prophecies were moot for almost 1900 years because they weren’t about to happen for a long time, and God knew that, and by the time of the end, here we have our first indication of a change in modus operandi of the world. Daniel 12:4b Now, that’s just a little indication of the change of the world’s population. Daniel 12:8 Now, look at the Lord’s answer – go out and preach it Daniel? Daniel 12:9 till the time of the end." So, there would come a time when these prophecies would be understood. So now, absolutely, it’s important that we study prophecy. "The Jews in the world today aren’t Jews at all. The real Jew disappeared shortly after 70 AD. The Jews suffer because they’re Jews. I can show you plainly, from the very promises made to Abraham, that through this one nation of people would come forth, not only the Word of God, but the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Savior of the whole world would come through this one little nation of people. So, what does Old Satan think? Satan is still convinced that if he can destroy the nation of Israel, he can destroy this Book. God is going to spare the Jew, the nation of Israel, so that they will be there for these end-time results that are coming. What is the proof that this is the Word of God alone, of all religious writings? BECAUSE OF THE JEW! The Jew is the promised fulfillment that this Book is true. Now, I’ve got time enough. Deuteronomy 30:1 "It shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, (which are listed in 28 and 29) which (God says) I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee." It’s proven, in every nation, none excepted. But, now look at the promise in verse 2, that after they’ve been scattered into every nation under heaven: Deuteronomy 30:2-3 "And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul: 3. That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee." Now, they can’t return unto the Lord their God until they return to where? The homeland. How can anybody deny that that is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, that the nation of Israel would be scattered first into every nation but at the point leading up to the end-time they would return, and they are exactly where God intends them to be, and God is never a day late. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible