The Kingdom message is no more.
The LORD Jesus/The Twelve- calling out a group of JEWS to be kings and priests, and to inherit the New Jerusalem
Apostle Paul- calling out Jews and Gentiles together, to inherit the heavenly places.
These ministries were as different as night and day.
Although with all due respect, we must not forget, Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles.
Indeed.
During Acts- he went to the Jew first (the circumcision whose circumcision was made uncircumcision) and the Greek.
Post Acts- he was sent to all men without distinction.
If I look at what you're saying on a "Spiritual" level, I would tend to agree with you. However, if one looks at what you said in the physical realm it makes no sense. Could you explain what you truly meant?
It must be mentioned, Paul only preached the "Grace message." The Kingdom message was preached only to the House of Israel by Christ and Peter and the rest.
Indeed.
During Acts- he went to the Jew first (the circumcision whose circumcision was made uncircumcision) and the Greek.
Post Acts- he was sent to all men without distinction.
I agree.He is saying that if we MADs focus on what matters TO THE LORD - our love IN HIM towards one another no matter how smart or how dumb or how special or not, we perceive ourselves and or another, we will "be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;" we will be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."
I don't see any biblical evidence that any Apostles ever taught circumcision beyond Pentecost, but even if they did, they only did until the first Church council, recorded in Acts 15. After that, there was only one message, and Galatians indicates that all the Apostles would have condemned anybody preaching otherwise.I believe that while the Apostles still walked the earth there were two distinct messages being taught. Faith without works to the Gentiles and faith with works to the Jews. Today, there exists only one message: "The Grace Gospel."
He was not sent unto the Jew first.
I don't see any biblical evidence that any Apostles ever taught circumcision beyond Pentecost, but even if they did, they only did until the first Church council, recorded in Acts 15. After that, there was only one message, and Galatians indicates that all the Apostles would have condemned anybody preaching otherwise.
Note that I don't grant that any Apostles taught otherwise, because I don't see it in Acts, and neither in any of the non-Pauline epistles. I see troublemakers who were not Apostles doing it, but not Apostles.
Acts 13
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30 But God raised him from the dead:
31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Romans 2
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Paul's doing, or God's doing?
Lol, you have proved one of my other points
That Paul preached to Israel both that Jesus was the Christ and the forgiveness of sins (just as Acts 17 and 1 Thessalonians shows, when compared with one another).
Don't you assert that he only preached to them what you refer to as the gospel of God? If I am off on this; my apology.
And thanks for the challenge