In my own studies of whether Israel was set aside at Acts 28 and Paul
preached the offer of the kingdom up to that point, I'd have to say that
if Paul had referred to Old Testament prophecies about the kingdom only
when he went first to the synagogues and the Jews as recorded in the book of Acts, I'd have said that
he was just using them to drive home the point that Jesus was their
messiah so they could consider joining the mystery church Paul was
forming with the grace gospel. BUT, Paul uses hundreds of OT prophecies
about the kingdom coming to earth IN HIS LETTERS TO HIS CHURCHES in the
Acts period - churches filled mostly with Gentiles but some Jews!
Why? I have to conclude that Paul was illustrating for them that the offer of
the kingdom was still on the table! So that's why I'm now Acts 28.
Deborah Collins
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