yeshuasavedme
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You are in Scriptural error, eph3nine,Preaching the death, burial and resurrection as the means by which we are saved was preached FIRST by Paul.
Peter went to ONE gentile to usher in Pauls ministry and to show there was a CHANGE afoot. He never went to another, in fact , Christ told them ALL (the twelve) to go to "NONE BUT THE JEWS ONLY"...so...as you can see this is erroneous information.
By the way, Cornelius was saved according to the ONLY gospel in town...the KINGDOM gospel. Peter wasnt commissioned to preach to the gentiles, and HE KNEW IT! Why do you think he argued with God when God told him he was sending him to ONE gentiles home?????? THINK THINK
Heres another thing to note:
Salvation being available to gentiles was NEVER a mystery. All they had to do was to come thru ISRAEL and be proselytes. However, they were saved under the KINGDOM gospel and followed KINGDOM RULES...as it was a LAW program and Jewish all the way.
Peter saw a vision with "all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air".
In the book of Enoch [which Peter was very familiar with, as he quotes from it] all the nations -the Gentiles- are represented in the parables as "four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air".
Peter understood the symbolism of the Gentiles being saved by the same Gospel as the Jews, from that vision and the subsequent happenings, as he said at the council in Jerusalem in Acts 15, and the vision was repeatd three times and then there were three men at the door, Gentiles, and when Peter went with them.
Then at Cornelius house there were many Gentiles come together to hear Peter!
Peter's Vision
9 The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. 10 Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance 11 and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. 13 And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean."
15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not call common." 16 This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.
Peter Meets Cornelius
24 And the following day they entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I myself am also a man." 27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found many who had come together. 28 Then he said to them, "You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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