[b]Paul makes it clear that the Gospel(good news) he preached by which someone is saved is the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Yeshua
- 1Cr 15:1**
Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News . . .
by which also you are saved, . . . that Messiah
died for our sins . . .,- he was buried, . . .
- raised on the third day
Reading further into those verses, Paul also makes mention that those who received it, stood firm, and did not believe in vain were saved when he preached it to them. So it is evident that his message was understood by some.
However, when Yeshua mentioned his Death, Burial, & Resurrection(Herein, "dbr"), the message was not even received or understood by the 12:
- Mat 16:21**
From that time, Yeshua began to show his talmidim that he must go to Yerushalayim and suffer many things from the Zakenim, chief Kohanim, and Sofrim, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
Mat 16:22**
Rock took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
I don't know about you, but it shore don't sound like there's whole 'lot of receivin' and believin' the gospel of the dbr of Yeshua so far.
- Luk 18:31
Then he took [unto him] the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Luk 18:32
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Luk 18:33
And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luk 18:34
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
So after years of preaching the gospel of the kingdom, they don't understand this one which Paul talked about later?
- Jhn 20:9
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
[b]But they were preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, which they did receive & understand well before Yeshua revealed the above to them.
This is the Gospel of the Kingdom:
- Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Mar 1:15
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel
.
And water baptism was connected to repentance in the Gospel Of The Kingdom by John the Baptist:
- Mar 1:4**
Yochanan came immersing in the wilderness and preaching the immersion of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
And the following shows that the 12 were taugh a gospel which they did [u]receive[u] and
understand because they were sent by Yeshua to go preach it:
- Mat 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
So this Gospel of the Kingdom was recorded as having been preached by Yeshua, John the Baptist, & the 12. But it was NOT INTENDED FOR GENTILES (goyim)
They are recorded as having spread the gospel of the kingdom, which would indicate that they understood what they were taking about.
But years later they hear about the dbr of Yeshua which they didn't
understand and
didn't know
But Paul refers to the dbr as the Gospel also, which people are saved by when they receive it.
Could it be that Paul's assignment was to the goyim(uncircumcision) and that the 12 were assigned to preach another gospel to the jews(circumcision) ?
- Gal 2:7
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcisionwas committed unto me(Paul), as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
Gal 2:8
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:
Gal 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Wait, but go to verse 2:
Gal 2:2
And I (Paul) went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
So there is a gospel preached among the gentiles by Paul (The DBR) & a Gospel preached by the Peter to the circumcision(except 'ole Corny) .(Repent & be baptized, the Kingdom is at hand, Yeshua is the King, etc. . .)
However, it is true that Peter and Paul did teach that Yeshua was the Son of God, that he was crucified, and that he rose from the dead on the third day.
But there was a difference:
Peter makes mention of the death of Yeshua to the Israelites in an accusatory manner
- Act 2:36**
"Let all the house of Yisra'el therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Yeshua whom you crucified.""
Act 2:38**
Rock said to them, "Repent, and be immersed, everyone of you, in the name of Yeshua the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh.
Peter does not connect the Death on The Cross with the forgiveness and washing of sins like Paul does (except way later in Peter's Epistles)
Rom 3:25**
whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
Peter explained the dbr only as an accusatory historical record to the Israelites and his message was to repent and be baptized as an offer to still receive the King and His Kingdom
- Act 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied. . .
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer. .
. . .killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead ; .
And his name through faith in his name(not the dbr) hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
. .Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out(not by his blood), when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; . . .
And he shall send Jesus Christ(the promised King Redeemer),
Paul mos def clearly connected Christ's death w/ forgiveness
Gal 1:4**
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father
There's almost 70 more references of this nature in Paul's epistles
Why was Paul rebuking the Galatians and Peter for regarding the propagation of a DIFFERENT GOSPEL?
Gal 1:6**
I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Messiah [b]to a different Good News[b];
And Paul defends the fact that he received a revelation of this gospel directly from Yeshua:
Gal 1:11**
But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
Gal 1:12**
For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Yeshua the Messiah.
And we can't forget who he is sharing this revelation with:
Gal 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles
That "other gospel" was being propagated by Peter to the gentiles, who were supposed to be Paul's commission with his revealed gospel:
Gal 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Why does Paul refer to it as "my gospel"
- Rom 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel
Rom 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, .