Paul wants desperately to join up with Jesus’ original Disciples. They are not willing to meet with him because they have been in hiding from when he was the leader of the mercenary killing squad of the High Council. Still fearing the wrath of the Jewish Council, the head Disciples are still in hiding. The Disciples are openly preaching the word of God. But to ensure that no once can officially turn them in, the identities of true leaders of the ministry are unknown to most of the people. The Disciples have heard about Paul’s alleged change but they are in fear of him. They have also heard rumors that Paul is still teaching against the Laws of Moses. They have no way of knowing just which stories are correct so they must keep alert and stay fearful of a trap. Paul needs to find a guide or intercessor to bridge the gap between them. · But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. ACTS 9:27 To the Disciples Barnabas has proven himself as a loyal member of the faith. Because of his word they agree to meet with Paul. The place has to be in the open so that they can have room to escape in case it is a trap. The meeting takes place among the crowds during the Jubilee festival celebration: · And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren (Barnabas) received us gladly. And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and ALL the elders were present. ACTS 21:17-18 Luke claims that it was Barnabas that allegedly welcomes Paul to Jerusalem and assures him that the meeting with the Disciples will take place at the festival. Luke says that James and “all” of the elders were present. Now this may not be true at all because Paul contradicts Luke and says that he only met James at this meeting: · Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him FIFTEEN DAYS! But other of the apostles saw I none. GALATIANS1:18, 19 Something is wrong with these two stories! One or both of these stories are lies and they contradict each other badly! Now either it was Barnabas that introduces Paul to the Disciples or it was Peter? Paul says that he spent 15 days with Peter before the actual meeting! Now how can this be? Shouldn’t Peter also be in hiding with the other Disciples? Yet Paul claims that Peter welcomed him in his home for 15 days! Now that is half of the month! Now tell me: When did Peter and Paul become such friends? Are you also starting to smell something fishy about Peter? We will discuss Peter in a later chapter.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:03:42 +0000