This also means that Paul was the first one saved by GRACE and the first one to enter the Body of Christ ,
It's not true... your statement that Paul's the first one saved by grace...
Because grace means to make accepted, be highly favoured... forgiven. This is obviously true of the lost sheep of the house of Israel to whom Jesus came in Galilee, from whom He took the men given to Him by the Father, and they became His Disciples by keeping His word.
OR you have and other position , and glad to hear it ?
dan p
Psalms 45:2 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men:
grace has been shed forth on Thy lips: therefore God has blessed Thee for ever.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father)
full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for He was before me. 16 And of His fulness have all we received, and
grace for grace. (John 17:17)
(grace for grace = repent and forgive, Matthew 5:23-24 and Matthew 6:14-15)
For lost sheep of the house of Israel
1 Peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (Matthew 13:17) (Gospel of the Kingdom)
Psalms 107:8 Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonderful works to the children of men. 9 For He satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things, 10 even them that
sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron; 11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High. 12 So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper. 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He saved them out of their distresses. 14 And He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.
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They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters; 24 these men have seen the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. 28 Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and He brings them out of their distresses. 29 And
He commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.
(Matthew 4:15-17, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 8:25-27)
For David and his children
Psalms 89:19-37 Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of My people. 20 I have found David My servant; I have anointed him by My holy mercy. 21 For My hand shall support him; and Mine arm shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again. 23 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him. 24 But My truth and My mercy shall be with him; and in My name shall his horn be exalted. 25 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall call upon Me, saying, Thou art My Father, My God, and the helper of My salvation. 27 And I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 I will keep My mercy for him for ever, and My covenant shall be firm with him. 29 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
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If his children should forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments; 31 if they should profane My ordinances, and not keep My commandments; 32 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges. 33 But My mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong My truth. 34 Neither will I by any means profane My covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of My lips. 35 Once have I sworn by My holiness, that I will not lie to David. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me; 37 and as the moon that is established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven.
and the Prayer of Manasseh
Psalms 152:1 O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; 2 who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; 3 who hast bound the sea by the word of Thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by Thy terrible and glorious name; 4 whom all men fear, and tremble before Thy power; 5 for the majesty of Thy glory cannot be borne, and Thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable: 6 but Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; 7 for Thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men.
Thou, O Lord, according to Thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee: and of Thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved. 8 Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: 9 for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, are multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities. 10 I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have any release: for I have provoked Thy wrath, and done evil before thee: I did not Thy will, neither kept I Thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences. 11 Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart,
beseeching Thee of grace. 12 I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: 13 wherefore, I humbly beseech Thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me to the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent; 14 and in me Thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for Thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to Thy great mercy. 15 Therefore I will praise Thee for ever all the days of my life: for all the powers of the heavens do praise Thee, and Thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.