Mike,
	You caused me to think about that more.
Clearly, before pentecost, the apostles were not preaching the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
Over the years, many had often told me that the gospel before pentecost was the same as that afterwards.
However, the apostles didn't even understand what Jesus meant about his death and resurrection, until after it happened.
Yet, what was preached on pentecost had a decidedly Jewish focus, in fulfillment of old testament scriptures.
Even after the door was opened to the Gentiles in Acts 10, there still was much confusion.
Some were even teaching that Gentile Christians needed to be circumcised.
This led to the meeting in Acts 15, where a clearly different thing would be presented to the Gentiles, with four main points.
Then Paul wrote that the Lord had yet revealed mysteries to him, about the church, hidden from the foundation of the world.
So, either how Paul preached the gospel to the Gentiles was different than how the twelve preached to the Jews,
	or he was lying about those mysteries revealed to him (he didn't lie).
In a similar light, when Jesus spoke to Nicodemus, although he mentioned being lifted up,
	Nicodemus wasn't necessarily told that he needed to believe the gospel of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
The gospel of grace that Paul preached had nothing to do with the kingdom of Israel, the feast days, the sabbath, etc.
If someone only gets the gospel from Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, they often are still confused about those things.
Some think that they have to worship only on the sabbath, which moves away from grace, and back under the law.
Some wonder about what they can or cannot eat, some think they need to remember the passover.
Others consider that they are "required" to now live according to Matthew 5-7, rather than submitting to the Spirit,
	who will only lead us in ways pleasing to Jesus.
Grace doesn't demand adherence to the law, but it does teach us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts.
In other words, too often, a gospel message solely from Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, leaves many considering a works based gospel.
Either to do in order to be saved, or to do in order to stay saved.
Those things that were spoken only to lost sheep of the house of Israel will have particular meaning to the Jews in the tribulation, and in the kingdom.

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