Did Paul lie or do I misunderstand him?
We all know the great commission in Mark 16:15 "He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.'"
In Matthew 24:14 we see a promise of timing of Yeshua's return which is paralleled with Mark 16: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."
Matthew 10:23 then makes the location that will be preached in even smaller: “When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Now we see Paul's report of where the Gospel has been preached in:
Colossians 1:23 "If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant."
- Paul mentions that the Gospel has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven.
Romans 10:18 "But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.'"
- This verse echoes Psalm 19:4 and emphasizes the widespread dissemination of the message.
Did Paul therefore teach of a different Gospel to what Yeshua instructed His disciples to teach and reported back on that?
Or, hasn't the Gospel been preached in all of #israel as Matthew 10 says "you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes"?
Or, do we totally misunderstand what both Yeshua and Paul were saying? 😖
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Some Japanese movie monsters, a magazine cover by Lily Hollinden, and a gold Aztec serpent labret with an articulated tongue A.D. 1300–1521.
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Some Japanese movie monsters, a magazine cover by Lily Hollinden, and a gold Aztec serpent labret with an articulated tongue A.D. 1300–1521.
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Joshua Myers
Paul, in Colossians, is speaking about the gospel of Yeshua. The good news that He came so we can come back to the Father. He expounds on this in that same chapter, starting in verse 3, really hitting home in verses 21/22. This has been, and probably was back then as well, proclaimed to all the world. Can you think of anywhere in the world today that doesn't know the name Jesus?
We know from Acts, Paul was proclaiming both gospels, which makes sense as his intended audience wouldn't know 1) what the gospel of the Kingdom is and 2) why Yeshua coming was so important or how it would matter to them.
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Caleb Lussier
Which means the great commission wasn’t to preach the gospel (good news) to all people in all the creation but to start going to the people of all different nations beyond the land of Judah and make talmidim of them aswell as the Jews. Till then the offer has only gone to the Yehudim.
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