Israel as a nation was still the focus in Acts chapter 2, as they were given a taste of their promised earthly kingdom there with Yahweh’s empowerments for The Tribulation endurance and for the earthly kingdom entrance. Focus is still that land and the attempt to get Israel’s leadership to change their minds about the source of their righteousness and accept Jesus as indeed their Messiah.
Israel’s program had not been placed on hold at Pentecost, Israel was still the focus of God’s dealings at Pentecost. Of course, the majority of fundamental denominationalists believe that God’s new program began at Pentecost, but God’s program with Israel was not set aside until the conversion of Paul.
This is nothing that vpw or TWI taught, and it's certainly nothing that mainstream Christianity teaches... so, I'm curious who (or from where) you might have picked this line of thinking up from. Not that I disagree entirely with it, as I too believe that the church of today started with Paul (and not on the day of Pentecost.) However, I suspect that Israel was set aside after the council's (and hence, Israel, as a nation) rejection of Jesus as the Christ after Stephen powerful testimony in Acts 7.
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Israel as a nation was still the focus in Acts chapter 2, as they were given a taste of their promised earthly kingdom there with Yahweh’s empowerments for The Tribulation endurance and for the earthly kingdom entrance. Focus is still that land and the attempt to get Israel’s leadership to change their minds about the source of their righteousness and accept Jesus as indeed their Messiah.
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This is nothing that vpw or TWI taught, and it's certainly nothing that mainstream Christianity teaches... so, I'm curious who (or from where) you might have picked this line of thinking up from. Not that I disagree entirely with it, as I too believe that the church of today started with Paul (and not on the day of Pentecost.) However, I suspect that Israel was set aside after the council's (and hence, Israel, as a nation) rejection of Jesus as the Christ after Stephen powerful testimony in Acts 7.
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