Friday, February 28, 2014

Galatians 5:19

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Galatians 5:19

19 Now [de] the works [ergon] of the flesh [sarx] are [esti] manifest [phaneros], which [hostis] are [esti] these; Adultery [moicheia], fornication [porneia], uncleanness [akatharsia], lasciviousness [aselgeia],  KJV-Interlinear

19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,  NASB

Paul begins an example list of works of the flesh, or of the carnal life that we have been studying.  He places these sins in four categories.  The first group listed here, are related to sins of chastity.

The works of the flesh are those things that are natural productions or tendencies of the carnal life.

The first activity listed here, adultery, represents the unfaithfulness that one displays toward that to which one has dedicated ones life.  The typical example is in the violation of the marriage vows, but it is not restricted to marital infidelity.  It includes the unfaithfulness of one spouse in refusing or withholding marital relations with their spouse.  It includes the refusal of normal interactions that are expected between spouses.  But also, since marriage in life is a symbolism of the relations that we have with God, through Christ and doctrine, then when one refuses doctrine, or seeks out other forms of philosophy, or seeks out other forms of spirituality, then one is in effect cheating on God.

Fornication is the act of interaction with something or somone with whom you should not be  having relations.  Typically this is thought of in terms of sexual relations, but again, the symbolisms of failure in the spiritual life, portray ones relations with non-spiritual activity, or any activity conducted outside of the fellowship sphere.

Uncleanness, indicates a much wider range of sinful activities, indulgencies, or lusts, or non-spiritual priorities.

Lasciviousness, points to reckless activities, lusts, drives, activities that lack boundaries, morals, or concern for anyone other than ones own self.


Daily Bible Study Links –Fri. 2-28-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Fri. 2-28-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:19 –
Paul begins an example list of works of the flesh, or of the carnal life that we have been studying.  He places these sins in four categories.  The first  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



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Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:11  –
The summary of this psalm, is that the Lord, who is Jesus Christ, who controls all of history, is more than able to plan for, take care of, provide for, and protect His people, and much, much more.  Unfortunately too many people play pretend games, and  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:6  -  
When people do not read the entire passage they get things totally messed up, and miss the entire point of what is being taught.  That is why people fail without ever realizing their failure.  When a crop is harvested, there are always gleanings that are left behind because they cannot be harvested, are too difficult to harvest or are deemed not worth the time to harvest.  But the crop referred to here is not produce, but  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:7  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:8  – 
When you are surrounded with disaster, real disaster, the kind that gives you no options and no way out, then and only then, for many, the subject of  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:18  –  
There are two and only two spheres of influence that run or control your life.  The first is the sin nature by which your carnal life functions, and the second is  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:19 –
Paul begins an example list of works of the flesh, or of the carnal life that we have been studying.  He places these sins in four categories.  The first  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:10  –  
The storm that has been described in these verses, along with the voices of God, indicate that Gods hand is in the storm, which is the judgment.  Judgment is not lacking in direction.  Judgment does not occur randomly or by  …   more of the Saturday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Thursday, February 27, 2014

Galatians 5:18

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Galatians 5:18

18 But [de] if [ei] ye be led [ago] of the Spirit [pneuma], ye are [este] not [ou] under [hupo] the law [nomos].  KJV-Interlinear

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.  NASB

There are two and only two spheres of influence that run or control your life.  The first is the sin nature by which your carnal life functions, and the second is the Holy Spirit under which your spiritual life is guided and controlled and functions.

You are under the control of one or the other, never both at the same time.

When you, as a believer, confess your sins, God forgives you those sins and restores you back into fellowship, 1 Jn. 1:9.

When you commit a sin, then you are of course knocked out of fellowship.

When you are out of fellowship, you are ruled by the sin nature within you.

When you are in fellowship, then you are ruled by the Holy Spirit.

You cannot feel or detect, or measure the presence or affect that either has on you.  You cannot sense the sin nature, nor can you sense the Holy Spirit.  Despite what some holy-rollers try to fake.

When you were saved, then at that very moment of your initial belief in Christ, all three members of the trinity came into and dwell in you.  They will remain in you forever.  You cannot feel their presence.  You cannot measure their presence.  You cannot detect their presence.

Even before you were saved, you were born into this world with the sin nature in you.  And again, you cannot feel it, measure it, or detect it in any way.  But the sin nature is the mechanism that brings deterioration and corruption into your body and life.

But unlike the spiritual side of life, the sin nature is restricted to your physical body, and will leave you, when you die.  The body remains behind to disintegrate back into the dust of the earth.   The soul, on the other hand, goes off to heaven and will one day be united with a new permanent body, your resurrection body, which will not have the sin nature in it.

But while you are alive in this world, you have to live with what you have, and learn to control which sphere in which you will live your life.  That control is through confession.

In the carnal life, your sin nature has control of your life.  You never really ever have any self-control while living out of fellowship.

When you confess your sins, then your life is within the boundaries of the spiritual life within which the Holy Spirit exercises control.  But the Holy Spirit’s control is in making clear the spiritual things of life and forming the various attributes of your soul using doctrine as the primary building ingredient.  You still have to believe the doctrine learned and utilize it before it becomes efficacious in your life.

But using the Holy Spirit as your chief communicator and builder, gives you far greater freedoms and control over your life, than you would have under the sin nature.

The sin nature takes your life away.  The Holy Spirit promotes greater life opportunities for you.

And remember, by definition, each sphere is separate from the other.  You are either in one, or the other, never both simultaneously.  So, by that standard and your conscious use of confession, you can know when your life is functioning in the spiritual sphere, or the carnal sphere.


Daily Bible Study Links –Thurs. 2-27-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Thurs. 2-27-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:18  –  
There are two and only two spheres of influence that run or control your life.  The first is the sin nature by which your carnal life functions, and the second is  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



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Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:11  –
The summary of this psalm, is that the Lord, who is Jesus Christ, who controls all of history, is more than able to plan for, take care of, provide for, and protect His people, and much, much more.  Unfortunately too many people play pretend games, and  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:6  -  
When people do not read the entire passage they get things totally messed up, and miss the entire point of what is being taught.  That is why people fail without ever realizing their failure.  When a crop is harvested, there are always gleanings that are left behind because they cannot be harvested, are too difficult to harvest or are deemed not worth the time to harvest.  But the crop referred to here is not produce, but  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:7  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:8  – 
When you are surrounded with disaster, real disaster, the kind that gives you no options and no way out, then and only then, for many, the subject of  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:18  –  
There are two and only two spheres of influence that run or control your life.  The first is the sin nature by which your carnal life functions, and the second is  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:17 –
These are the only two environments in which you can live your  life.  There is no third alternative.  Most folks do not know the difference.  The activity of the flesh and the activity of the spirit are in opposition to each other.  The flesh, representing  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:10  –  
The storm that has been described in these verses, along with the voices of God, indicate that Gods hand is in the storm, which is the judgment.  Judgment is not lacking in direction.  Judgment does not occur randomly or by  …   more of the Saturday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Isaiah 17:8

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Isaiah 17:8ues

8 And he shall not look [sha`ah] to the altars [mizbeach], the work [ma`aseh] of his hands [yad], neither shall respect [ra'ah] that which his fingers ['etsba`] have made [`asah], either the groves ['asherah], or the images [chamman].  KJV-Interlinear

8 And he will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands, Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made, Even the Asherim and incense stands.  NASB

When you are surrounded with disaster, real disaster, the kind that gives you no options and no way out, then and only then, for many, the subject of Christ enters into their heads.  Their false gods, false religions, vain attitudes, arrogant pretense, their accomplishments, property, social status, and even their priorities will fade into unimportance.

All respect and opinions regarding the things of this world will be changed into guilt and sorrow.

Those who should have been important to us, but who we rejected and even tried to destroy, the things that we made important in our lives, our priorities and goals and plans that occupied all of our thoughts, will change and flood into our minds with sorrow and guilt and the reality of a wasted life.

These things will always occur sooner or later in everyone's life, because in everyone's life there will always be a final disaster from which we will never recover.  That finality may be your death, or some other less permanent event, but it does not have to be that way.

God has given us all doctrine.  Which when we learn it, will pave the way to a far better orientation to life.

Doctrine will never end all problems.  This is the devils world and problems are an integral part of this world.  The world will throw all sorts of problems at you, in an attempt to derail your entire life, if you let it.

But doctrine can establish a foundation within your soul that replaces an empty soul, with a powerful soul containing a fortress, temple, mansion, faith and spiritual muscle beyond imagination.  The world cannot touch that which is resident within your soul.

All you have to do is learn doctrine.  And you learn it by pursuing a daily study while in fellowship.  And this will replace the anxieties of life, with confidence.

Remember, our life in this world is temporary and nothing more.  We are here in order to prepare for the next and eternal life. One without end.  It is far more important to focus on the prerequisites of eternity, than on the things of this world today.

While in this life we have a responsibility to ourselves, to prepare and complete ourselves for eternity, but we also have a responsibility to others to help them in the right direction and not to hinder anyone through greedy or petty or arrogant activity.

God alone can promote.  No one can promote themselves at the expense of someone else.  That effort only leads to certain self-disaster.

But everyone can position themselves for Gods promotion, by advancing in the proper way, to spiritual maturity.  A far, far better achievement for ones entire life.


Daily Bible Study Links –Wed. 2-26-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Wed. 2-26-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:8  – 
When you are surrounded with disaster, real disaster, the kind that gives you no options and no way out, then and only then, for many, the subject of  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



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How to prepare for your daily study:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/how-to-prepare.html
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Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:11  –
The summary of this psalm, is that the Lord, who is Jesus Christ, who controls all of history, is more than able to plan for, take care of, provide for, and protect His people, and much, much more.  Unfortunately too many people play pretend games, and  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:6  -  
When people do not read the entire passage they get things totally messed up, and miss the entire point of what is being taught.  That is why people fail without ever realizing their failure.  When a crop is harvested, there are always gleanings that are left behind because they cannot be harvested, are too difficult to harvest or are deemed not worth the time to harvest.  But the crop referred to here is not produce, but  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:7  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:8  – 
When you are surrounded with disaster, real disaster, the kind that gives you no options and no way out, then and only then, for many, the subject of  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:16  –  
Science does not study the things that are not a part of this universe as opposed to the things that are a part of this universe, namely the essence of life.  But instead, science studies the field of relativity, or  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:17 –
These are the only two environments in which you can live your  life.  There is no third alternative.  Most folks do not know the difference.  The activity of the flesh and the activity of the spirit are in opposition to each other.  The flesh, representing  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:10  –  
The storm that has been described in these verses, along with the voices of God, indicate that Gods hand is in the storm, which is the judgment.  Judgment is not lacking in direction.  Judgment does not occur randomly or by  …   more of the Saturday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Isaiah 17:7

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Isaiah 17:7ues

7 At that day [yowm] shall a man ['adam] look [sha`ah] to his Maker [`asah], and his eyes [`ayin] shall have respect [ra'ah] to the Holy [qadowsh] One of Israel [Yisra'el].   KJV-Interlinear

7 In that day man will have regard for his Maker, And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.  NASB

Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along in a fog of delusion or indifference, oblivious to their responsibilities, people usually feel no need for God, or any deity, or anything that they have decided is already good enough for them.

The spiritual life becomes nothing more than a convenience, or an inconvenience, such that people have to incorporate it into their lives.  And even then, people take the attitude that it is a courtesy for pubic show and nothing more.

Even when times do get tough, and the prayers come one after another, and the answers are few and far between, if at all, then people conclude that God and prayer does not work, so why bother.  Never thinking that their inconsistency in their spiritual life, if they even recognize one, might be their problem, and not God.

And so long as life and the world seem to move along with some semblance of order, then God is just not an issue much less a priority.

And it then takes a disaster of monumental proportions to wake them up as to their weakness’s and shortcomings in life.

But will even disasters be enough to make a permanent change in their life?  Usually not.  People just recover and then go back to their same old indifferent habits, until the next disaster comes along.  All the while convinced that God and prayer do not work.  Their own inconsistency and the need for change within themselves, never occurs to them.

But in the final days of history, and especially during those final three-and-a-half years of the Tribulation, people will have seen the disasters of the first three-and-a-half years of the Tribulation, but still did not change.  And the first half of the Tribulation will have some pretty dramatic and biblical proportion type of events.  But still no change.

Then, the changes will happen more and more to them directly as people will be literally dropping out of life on this planet, and then and only then, they will turn to the God of Israel, who is Jesus Christ, the one true God in all of existence.

Christ is now and will still be in the future, rejected and ignored.

Certainly now even most Christians give lip service to Christ, while the rest of the world rejects Him.  Christians say what they believe are the right things, but they stubbornly refuse to do the right things, and so their spiritual lives are empty shells with no spiritual substance.

Anyone can easily turn to Christ and begin to abide by His mandates, including consistent confession and daily studies and so forth, but the general practice of the world is, that nothing is done until it is too late, and a major disaster is needed in order to generate sufficient humility to bring about change in ones life.


Daily Bible Study Links –Tues. 2-25-2014

Daily Bible Study Links –Tues. 2-25-2014
Today’s Daily Bible Study:  


Today’s Study

Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:7  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Free Mobile App:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org


Daily Bible Study E-Books
(For your e-book reader or computer)

Important links:
Main Daily Bible Study web site:  http://www.DailyBibleStudy.Org
Daily Bible Study Library:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/library.html

Daily Bible Study News on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/jneelyranch
How to prepare for your daily study:  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/how-to-prepare.html
Blog and Feed Subscription Links:  http://www.neelyranch.com/contactus.html

Study rotation of the last seven days:

Sunday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:11  –
The summary of this psalm, is that the Lord, who is Jesus Christ, who controls all of history, is more than able to plan for, take care of, provide for, and protect His people, and much, much more.  Unfortunately too many people play pretend games, and  …     more of the Sunday study -->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-sunday.html



Monday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:6  -  
When people do not read the entire passage they get things totally messed up, and miss the entire point of what is being taught.  That is why people fail without ever realizing their failure.  When a crop is harvested, there are always gleanings that are left behind because they cannot be harvested, are too difficult to harvest or are deemed not worth the time to harvest.  But the crop referred to here is not produce, but  …     more of the Monday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-monday.html



Tuesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:7  -  natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reign
natural threats, and full ot eject Christ despite His tremendously resourseful and successful reignhttp://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html
Unfortunately it often times takes disasters of epic biblical proportions before people will wake up to the spiritual side of their lives, and get their thinking straightened out.  Floating along  …    more of the Tuesday study --->...    http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-tuesday.html



Wednesday – Daily Bible Study – Isaiah 17:5  – 
This verse describes a great harvest of people, not grain.  Using the symbolism of harvesting crops, combined with the word for giants, ‘Rephaim,’ Isaiah describes the worst  …    more of the Wednesday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-wednesday.html



Thursday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:16  –  
Science does not study the things that are not a part of this universe as opposed to the things that are a part of this universe, namely the essence of life.  But instead, science studies the field of relativity, or  …    more of the Thursday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-thursday.html



Friday – Daily Bible Study – Galatians 5:17 –
These are the only two environments in which you can live your  life.  There is no third alternative.  Most folks do not know the difference.  The activity of the flesh and the activity of the spirit are in opposition to each other.  The flesh, representing  …    more of the Friday study --->...   http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-friday.html



Saturday – Daily Bible Study – Psalm 29:10  –  
The storm that has been described in these verses, along with the voices of God, indicate that Gods hand is in the storm, which is the judgment.  Judgment is not lacking in direction.  Judgment does not occur randomly or by  …   more of the Saturday study --->...  http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/monthly/today-saturday.html





Monday, February 24, 2014

Isaiah 17:6

Copyright Ó 2014 J. Neely
Isaiah 17:6ues

6 Yet gleaning grapes [`olelah] shall be left [sha'ar] in it, as the shaking [noqeph] of an olive tree [zayith], two [shanayim] or three [shalowsh] berries [gargar] in the top [ro'sh] of the uppermost bough ['amiyr], four ['arba`] or five [chamesh] in the outmost fruitful [parah] branches [ca`iyph] thereof, saith [na'um] the LORD [Yahovah] God ['elohiym] of Israel [Yisra'el].  KJV-Interlinear

6 Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives on the topmost bough, Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree, Declares the Lord, the God of Israel.  NASB

When people do not read the entire passage they get things totally messed up, and miss the entire point of what is being taught.  That is why people fail without ever realizing their failure.  When a crop is harvested, there are always gleanings that are left behind because they cannot be harvested, are too difficult to harvest or are deemed not worth the time to harvest.  But the crop referred to here is not produce, but people. 

We have been studying several chapters of future prophecies.  And this verse continues the prophecy for the final days of history, which will occur in the Tribulation, describing the unbelievable atrocities that will occur in Israel, sharply escalating at the mid-point of the Tribulation and continuing until its end.

There, the anti-christ will double cross Israel and begin a reign of terror such as the world has never seen before.  Isaiah has given fair warning of these things which are to come, and John, by way of Revelation, has given fair warning as to when they will begin and when will be the last opportunity to get away.

Unfortunately most Jews will not take the advice and that will be their undoing.

However, regardless of the anti-christs attempts to eliminate all Jews from the planet, God will preserve a small remnant.  And here they are described.

Just as gleanings are left behind, so too, some Jews will be left behind for a variety of reasons. They will not be deemed worth the time to pursue them, or they will not be easily accessible, or they simply will be overlooked.

But for whatever reason, and in spite of nearly everyone's decision to disregard Gods warnings, at their own risk, God will still preserve a few who will survive the Tribulation and live in the Millennial reign of Christ after the Second Advent.

And just as in the typical harvest where there are millions and millions of grains or grapes or olives and such and the gleanings number in very small numbers which are more or less easy to count, then so too, the remnant of Jews will be a very small number of people. 

Note too, that all of these will be believers in Christ.  No unbelievers will survive the Tribulation, and none will enter into the Kingdom of God, that will be established on the earth.