625 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 53 - The Setting for James through Jude

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LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 53
The Setting for James Through Jude
We’ve just finished the book of Hebrews, and now we’re starting book number 53 - and this will be as they’re normally called, the little Jewish epistles of James; I & II Peter; I, II, & III John and Jude. People will say, "James says you can’t have faith unless you’ve got works. And Paul says you have faith without works. Turn to James chapter 1, verse 1.
"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,…" So it’s James who is writing.
James. The James who was so intense on the legal aspect of Judaism. James who was the head honcho, instead of Peter, of the Jerusalem Jewish church. Many of them had probably become believers during Christ’s earthly ministry - others in Peter’s ministry in the early Acts. Now, look at what Peter writes in verse 1 of chapter 1 of I Peter. Peter. One of the main leaders of the Jerusalem church.
"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia." Again, Jewish believers who had been scattered out from that Jerusalem church because of Saul’s persecution. Remember believers were first called Christians at Antioch, and not Jerusalem. So they’re not Christians per se, they are Jewish believers in the Kingdom Gospel, and they believed for salvation that Jesus was the Messiah of Israel, but they’re still under the Law. They’re still practicing Temple worship. You’ve got to keep your time frame in mind. Which makes Saul being converted around 37 AD – and he begins his ministry in 40 AD. And then you see from 40 until 64 or 65 AD, when he’s martyred, there’s another 24 years, where Paul is out doing his thing amongst the Gentiles; and during which time he writes his epistles.
We’ve got Jews of the dispersion right after Pentecost, up until the 70 AD destruction of the Temple. You’re both right! They’re writing to Jews of the contemporary time, and also they’re writing to Jews at the end of time."
Alright, here is the only indication that Peter has an awareness now of Paul’s revelations. II Peter chapter 3 verse 15. II Peter 3:15
"And account (or understand) that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;And of course, when we taught Hebrews, I specified that it’s the Book of Hebrews, I think, that Peter is alluding to that Paul had written to the Jews.
Peter was a legalist!! And just like legalists today, they have a hard time comprehending my message of grace. Well, that’s legalism and Peter was steeped in that. Peter was steeped in the Law. And so I can see why he writes that in Paul’s epistles of grace were things hard for a good Jew to understand.
(twist). If they use Paul’s epistles at all, that’s what they’ll do with them.
Now, I’m going to put our prophetic timeline on the board - and when I say prophetic, I mean the timeline that comes out of all of Scripture except Paul’s epistles.
Daniel, chapter 9, where he delineates seven years of a treaty made between Israel and the nations of the world. Now, many people don’t understand the concept of the earthly Kingdom. Genesis 12:1-2a
Cyrus was named 150 years beforehand in the Word of God. Genesis 12:2a
"And I will make of thee a great nation,…"
We’re so programmed today to think in terms of America and Russia and some of the other great highly populated nations; and then we look at the little Nation of Israel and how could God called them a great nation. Well, you’ve got to remember that back in antiquity, Israel, by the time they came out of Egypt with 5-7 million people, were the largest single group on the planet. Genesis 12:2b-3
"…and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3. And I will bless them that bless thee, (Israel) and curse him that curseth thee: (Israel) and in thee (Abraham! Jesus of Nazareth, our Redeemer, our Savior, our Coming Lord, a Jew, born out of the promises made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Alright, so when the Old Testament said that in this man all the earth would be blessed, it was through Israel.
Exodus 19:6
"And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel." Now what’s a kingdom? Now, Israel then, is going to be a kingdom, not of just rank-and-file people, but priests. Our Catholic people have their priest. Now don’t lose sight of that as we come up through the Old Testament promises; and the whole idea of setting apart the Nation of Israel was to prepare them for this priesthood.
We’re going to see here in the Old Testament that Israel would go in and evangelize those around them.
The Messiah. Jesus of Nazareth. God hadn’t forgotten about the Gentiles even back then.
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