TLS... I'll not doubt your love for the Lord... but the word of GOD is one big contradiction until you "rightly divide the word of truth"... than it opens up like a beautiful flower...
Peter is looking for tribulation...Paul is looking for rapture
Paul states ALL things are lawful for the body of Christ... NOWHERE does Christ state this concerning the priesthood...James says salvation is through WORKS AND FAITH...
Paul was given the mysteries which were/are hidden from the priesthood... Israel... "blindness in part has come unto th house of Israel until the fullness of the gentiles be come in"
All the promises to Israel are earthly... all the promises to the body of Christ are heavenly...
When Christ stated his message was only to Israel, why don't you believe it? You had to be a PURE Jew to be in the priesthood, not even a Sumerian, (part jew) qualified.
When we are told Paul is the apostle of the gentiles, why don't you believe it?
There's a HUGE difference between the relationship Christ has with the priesthood and the body of Christ. The priesthood was under the law... the body of Christ aren't.
What was Peter preaching when it will be at least another 10 years after the death of Christ that before Paul was given the gospel of grace.... Peter was preaching the gospel of the kingdom to the Jews... the coming of their king.
Think about the organization of the Catholic church, which is Satans faux representation of Christ's church during the 1000 year kingdom reign ... who has the more intimate relationship... the priests, under the law, or those that are married (co-heirs) to the ruler of the church...
The word of GOD tells us Romans through Philemons is to the body of Christ...
Blessings and peace...
Quoting: freedomsnotfree1 Pauls' gospel? Nonsense.
We don't know everything that Paul taught, but the fact that he regularly checked in at Jerusalem tells us that what he taught was in agreement with what the other Apostles taught...which is what Jesus Himself taught.
Every place Paul went - he went to a synagogue.
IF you actually read the last half of Acts you will see that Paul also ran into Hebrew synagogues in his travels. Even in ROME.
Verses to prove my point about synagogues.
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Damascus Acts 9:20
Salamis Acts 13:5
Antioch Acts 13:14
Iconium Acts 14:1
Thessalonica Acts 17:1
Berea Acts 17:10
Athens Acts 17:16
Corinth Acts 18:4
Ephesus Acts 18:19
Jesus was sent to Israel...but He NEVER rejected Gentile Believers.
...the Centurian
...the Caananite woman / "bread crumbs from the table"
...the Samaritans
Finally...Jesus told the Apostles to go throughout the WORLD.
Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them....Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in his name
among all nations, beginning at Jerusa-
lem.Matthew supposedly went as far as Ethiopia
Thomas to India
Peter supposedly went to Rome
John was in Ephesus
Pretty much all the Apostles went OUTSIDE of Israel at some point.
