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What I advised that you elaborate further on is how the Apostle Paul was the turning point in the Church for your readers that they might understand what you mean by that aside from what we already know.
I did check out the link you provided to a previous post of yours, but we are already basically in agreement there: God has not reneged on His promises to Israel as others among us may believe.
Excellent!
On the Apostle Paul...
Because Judas was a (type) for Satan (AntiType)... we see that Judas was blessed to work with God the Son and even had access to follow through in faith, beyond Christ’s DBR to salvation. Unfortunately, Judas never believed and instead betrayed God the Son. He is recorded as lost, which is very rare in scripture.
The Apostles, after Christ ascended... in Acts Of the Apostles 1:21-26, chose two men, prayed, then cast lots over the men to see who was to replace Judas. Mathias was Chosen.
This is a grey area. Jesus had instructed the Apostles to wait for Pentecost. It is conjecture to number Mathias one of the 12 or not.
In Acts 7, a man Named Saul guarded the cloaks of the men that stoned Steven and fervently HUNTED Christians... as “Saul” eludes and Acts reveals later.
Saul was the poster boy for the Jew that desires to serve God By stomping out “the false insurrection of The Way - Jewish term for followers of Jesus at the time-“.
Just as The Children Of Israel heard God in the Pentateuch, so Saul, while on the road to Damascus heard God. Saul is asked why he is persecuting God. Saul asked, who he was Persecuting. God replied; “I AM Jesus”. (Acts Of the Apostles 9)
Saul became Paul... and was forever changed!
Paul began his ministry and had to deal with the whole... “Oh, you’re not here to kill us, but guide us as the Chosen Of Jesus” gig for quite a while.
Paul, a fervent Pharisee Of Pharisee, Who by His own admission, kept the Law better than most Pharisee’s began to do something, even Peter hadn’t done.
Paul dismantled the Jewish customs and even railed against attempting to keep the Law for Salvation. Read Deuteronomy 1 - Deuteronomy 31:26 to get the full picture of what this meant.
Paul became the Gentile Dog (Goyem) ambassador of the Gospel and planted a major portion of the 7 churches, through travel and writing. We have 14 of his epistles in the NT (Hebrews is up to dispute as Paul’s, though it seems his work)...as only St. Paul would place even the Stone 10, in the Old Covenant.
Paul, boldly swept away the Judaising that attempted to bind the BOC back to the Old Covenant... and thusly is the very foundation of what we know to be “Christian Doctrine”... Post Red Letters.
From the epistles of Romans all the way to Philemon... we know Paul is the author. All following books are geared towards Messianic Jews. All scripture is for the BOC, but paying attention to Context within the Diaspora writings (or Jew centric NT writings is imperative!
Paul is unique to all Post Christ writers, because he attributes all of his words to DIRECT revelation from Jesus Christ, Ascended.
This is why it is difficult to name Paul one of the 12, or to say he is simply the Sole Ambassador to the solidifying doctrine of the BOC, as we know it today.
If Paul was not in scripture... Sola Fide (Faith Alone) would be enormously complex to proof.
Suggestions on more info on Paul?
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