What is different in Acts 15 and Acts 21?

[Helen]

Everyone preached the Gospel of the Kingdom, throughout the Gospels and Acts, until Israel was set aside in Acts 28:28, for failing to accept Christ. The ONLY purpose during Acts was to entice Israel to convert, so that Christ would return and Israel's earthly Kingdom would start. Christ said He would not return until Israel accepted Him - Mt 23:39, Ac 3:19-21, several other places. The purpose of the Gifts of the Spirit was as a powerful witnessing aid to Israel, who required a sign. The ONLY purpose of Gentiles being allowed into the Jewish church was to provoke Israel to jealousy, so they might repent. All saved Gentiles during Acts were grafted into Israel, the good olive tree., and that made Acts all Israel.

The purpose during the Gospels and Acts was CERTAINLY NOT to start a church. It was to get Israel's Kingdom restored to them - Acts 1:6

Had Israel, as a nation, accepted Christ during Christ's earthly ministry or Acts, the New Heaven and New Earth would now be about 1000 years old. Everyone says Christ can return at any moment, but that will be impossible until Israel, as a nation, accepts Christ. That poses a problem, though, since Israel has not existed, in God's eyes, for the last 1950 years. They will be back on the scene, though, in my guess of about 50 years (1950 + 50 = 2000), and then all these churches that teach the heresy of replacement theology will be proven wrong.

Just think of Israel being on a 2000 year break, while God gathers His Gentile church, found only in Paul's last 7 books - Eph, Phil, Col, 1&2Tim, Titus, and Philemon. Only in those 7 books, does anyone have a hope of spending eternity in Heaven. As far as our hope, calling, rules, and directions, ONLY Paul's last 7 books apply to us Gentiles today.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....

 

[Ac28]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....

What does that mean? From your posts, I've never seen you say anything with any depth. Usually, you just make silly little meaningless grandmotherish comments like "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...." Obviously, these are used as a subterfuge when you can't think of anything intelligent to say. Everything I said was Biblical. If you disagree with what I say, give me chapter and verse to disprove my comments, if you are capable of doing so.

Of course, your belief that the Gifts of the Spirit, or Israel, or anything associated with Israel, are still with us is absolute proof that you don't obey 2Tim 2:15 and rightly divide God's word. Therefore, according to that verse, you are not approved unto God and you have need to be ashamed. Therefore, without right division, any Biblical proof you might provide would be wrong. As far as something applying directly to you, like the gifts or the rapture or where you will spend eternity, you will find nothing that fits those categories in any of Paul;s Acts books, Rom, Gal, 1&2Thess, 1&2Cor. or Heb. Since the Gentiles in the Acts church were all grafted into Israel, everything in Acts was part of Israel. When Israel was set aside in Ac 28:28, everything pertaining to Israel was also set aside. Israel has not existed for 1950 years.

2Tim 2:15
" Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Questions. What do you think that verse means? Strong's defines "rightly divided" as "to make a straight cut; correctly cut; correctly dissect." Some of the more corrupt versions, like the NIV or the ASV, use milky incorrect words like "correctly handling" or "handling aright", but the true meaning is to "correctly cut" God's word. Where would you cut God's word and what would you do with the two parts once it is cut? Since doing this correctly will gain God's approval, He must think that this is more important than 98% of Christendom does. To understand scripture, right division MUST be used.

 

[FHII]

What does that mean? From your posts, I've never seen you say anything with any depth. Usually, you just make silly little meaningless grandmotherish comments like "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...." Obviously, these are used as a subterfuge when you can't think of anything intelligent to say.

Did you edit a controversial comnent out?