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

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 17 ACTS CHAPTER 1: 6-11 - PSALMS 2 I Corinthians Chapter 10 says about the children of Israel. So baptism in Scripture doesn't always refer to water baptism. Now in the Age of Grace, it's not Jesus who does the baptizing but the Holy Spirit Who is the One doing the baptizing. And He baptizes believers into Christ. I emphasize good reading. It's the two words"restore again." King David's and Solomon's. The Queen of Sheba came and saw the glories of Solomon's Kingdom and what did she say? Many people just can't accept this Kingdom aspect, and ridicule it through ignorance. They won't accept this idea of an earthly Kingdom, yet The Book is full of this terminology. It's the very fact of Scripture that this Kingdom concept, that had its beginning with the Nation of Israel under the Abrahamic Covenant with David and Solomon, reached its pinnacle of glory such as the world had never seen up to that time, then faded off the scene. Now the disciples use those two words so appropriately, "Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom." Was the Kingdom of David and Solomon an ethereal spiritualized Kingdom or was it real? It was a real, political Kingdom. It was Kingdom here on earth under the authority of a King. Let's recall this whole idea of a coming Kingdom, as it is just part and parcel of the Old Testament. I'll hit the most evident and most descriptive of this Kingdom concept that God is constantly holding before the Nation of Israel. So let's turn to II Samuel Chapter 7. God is dealing here with David. "I will be his father, and he shall be my son (here God isn't just talking about Solomon but also the Nation of Israel). Verse 16, and this is looking down through the corridors of time: "And thine house (the house of David) and thy kingdom (the Kingdom that began with David) shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever." We know David and Solomon didn't live forever. But the forever end of it refers to when The Messiah, The eternal Son of God would come and be The King over this Kingdom. Isaiah speaks so much of the coming glory of Israel. Isaiah 2:1,2a The last days for Israel is when The King comes and sets up the Kingdom. Isaiah 2:2 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain (or Kingdom) of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains (remember the term mountain or mountains when used symbolically refers to a Kingdom. And this will be the top Kingdom of all kingdoms), and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." Isaiah 2:3,4 We are trying to show Old Testament prophecies are looking forward to this coming Kingdom, so the disciples are asking Jesus on the Mount of Olives, "Are you now ready to restore the Kingdom; will we see again the glory we had under King Solomon?" Isaiah Chapter 9: Isaiah 9:6,7 "For unto us (Israel) a child is born (Christ), unto us a son is given: and the (what?) government shall be upon his shoulder (during this earthly Kingdom. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." So let's look verse 15: Ezekiel 37:15,16 "The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, `Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:'" He is referring to the Nation of Israel when it was divided. The Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom. Verse 19. Ezekiel 37:19 Verse 21: Ezekiel 37:21,22 "And say unto them, `Thus saith The Lord GOD; `Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen (Gentiles), whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and (how many?) 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:'" Now verse 24: Ezekiel 37:24 Ezekiel 37:26 The King and the Kingdom. In Chapter 2 King Nebuchadnezzar has the dream that Daniel interprets for him (about four great Gentile empires that were going to rule the earth). Then Daniel tells us in verse 35 about Christ Who will come and destroy these empires, and His Kingdom will fill the whole earth. Verse 44: Daniel 2:44,45 "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 forever. Now to Hosea, where Christ is speaking through the prophet: Hosea 5:15 The nation is beginning to long for their Messiah even as we speak. Hosea 6:1,2 Go to Zechariah Chapter 14. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible