Acts 2, 9, 13 or 28?

[JM]

i found this interesting:

Acts 1 shows the spiritual exercises of the disciples prior to the coming of the Spirit. These exercises were based on the promise of the Spirit's coming, the prophecies of the coming kingdom in power, and the promise of Christ's return--but not on a vision of Christ actually in the glory.
Christ's entrance into glory was hidden from their [Apostles unto the Jewish nation] view by the cloud. Their [revelatory] mission was not the unfolding of the heavenly sphere and our union with Christ there as members of His body. This was reserved for Paul.
The full complement of the twelve apostles was established according to an OT means. All was now ready for the Spirit's coming at the opening of the heavenly parenthesis.
The ministry of the twelve had especially in view testimony to the death, resurrection and exaltation of Christ.

Dispensational Truth, Volume 1, page 144+, R. A. Huebner​

http://withchrist.org/acts1.htm

Follow it thru and let me know what you think, peace.

 

[eph3Nine]

All but the last sentence I can live with. The testimony of the twelve had to do with the KINGDOM gospel and not with the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the means by which they were saved. Their focus was PROPHECY...NOT mystery. Their focus was ISRAEL and an earthly rule with twelve tribes, twelve apostles, twelve thrones and an earthly MESSIAH and KING. That program is no longer on the table.

The MYSTERY is the focus of todays economy..NOT prophecy. ONE Lord, ONE faith , ONE baptism as opposed to the number 12 that was significant in Israels gospel of the KINGDOM.

ONE new apostle, not having to do with the twelve OR their gospel, but with NEW information for a NEW MAN, a NEW CREATION which is the Body of Christ.

Acts 9 is the only place where scripture shows a clear picture of when and where the MYSTERY message was given. Paul is the first member of the Body of Christ, and NOT where the Acts 2 folks think it started...acts 2 is clearly still a very Jewish program in full swing.

 

[lightninboy]

In case you don't know, hyperdispensationalism started out as Acts 28 with Bullinger.

Acts 28 proved to be too dumb, so somebody came up with Acts 13.

Acts 13 proved to be too dumb, so somebody came up with Acts 9.

Acts 9 ....