"The gospelwhich I preached, which also ye have received" (I Corinthians 15:1)
The GOSPEL which he PREACHED was NOT received FROM MAN,
BUT was received BY DIVINE REVELATION (Galatians 1:11-12) and, therefore, Paul went up BY DIVINE REVELATION in order to COMMUNICATE
TO JERUSALEM the GOSPEL he PREACHED TO the GENTILES (Galatians 2:1-2)
According to the "GOSPEL of the CIRCUMCISION"
committed to PETER concerning his APOSTLESHIP to ISRAEL (Galatians 2:7-8) - the GENTILES were to be BLESSED THROUGH ISRAEL (Acts 3:24-26)
According to the "GOSPEL of the UNCIRCUMCISION"
committed to PAUL concerning his APOSTLESHIP to the GENTILES (Galatians 2:7-8) - the GENTILES are BLESSED APART FROM ISRAEL in order to PROVOKE ISRAEL
TO JEALOUSLY (Romans 11:11-13)
It is PAUL'S GOSPEL which REVEALS the MYSTERY concerning
ISRAEL being PARTIALLY BLINDED and SET ASIDE TEMPORARILY (Romans 11:25-29) during this GENTILE "DISPENSATION of the GRACE of God" (Ephesians 3:1-2)
This PRONOUNCEMENT of BLINDNESS upon ISRAEL (Acts 28:25-27 cf. Isaiah 6:9-10)
occurred at the END of PAUL'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS in ROME (the CENTER of GENTILE POWER)
"By which ye are saved
... unless ye have believed in vain"(I Corinthians 15:2)
IF the GOSPEL which Paul PREACHED was VAIN, THEN the FAITH
of the Corinthians was VAIN (I Corinthians 15:14) and they would NOT BE SAVED for they would be STILL IN THEIR SINS
(I Corinthians 15:17)
"Christ died for our sinsaccording to the Scriptures" (I Corinthians 15:3)
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, it was PROPHESIED that MESSIAH
would DIE for the sins of His people (Isaiah 53:6,8,10)
This was "TESTIFIED IN DUE TIME" BY PAUL, "a
teacher of the Gentiles" (I Timothy 2:6-7)
PAUL proclaimed, "BUT NOW the righteousness of God
witnout (apart from) the Law is manifested (made known)" (Romans 3:21
cf,Acts 13:38-39)
PAUL declared, "AT THIS TIME His (God's) righteousness
(Romans 3:26),
i.e. "faith in His (Christ's) blood for the remission of sins" (Romans 3:25)
PRIOR TO PAUL, PETER PREACHED "Repent, and be baptized
... for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:38)
AFTER Peter "perceived the grace" that was given
to PAUL (Galatians 2:9 cf.II Peter 3:15)
- PETER WROTE, "ye were NOT redeemed with corruptible things ... BUT with the precious blood of Christ"
(I Peter 1:18-19)
UNDER the GENTILE "dispensation of GRACE" (Ephesians 3:1-2),
believers have "redemption through His (Christ's) blood, according to the RICHES (WEALTH) of His GRACE"
(Ephesians 1:7)
"UNDER GRACE" (Romans 6:14),
believers are promised to "live with Him" (II Timothy 2:11) - NOT because of THEIR FAITHULNESS, BUT because of HIS FAITHFULNESS
(II Timothy 2:13), i.e. THEIR IDENTIFICATION with HIS DEATH, HIS BURIAL, and HIS RESURRECTION
(Romans 6:3-4)
In "the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE" (Jeremiah 30:7),
it is recorded that FAITHFUL ISRAEL "OVERCAME him (Antichrist) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony: and they LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH" (Revelation 12:11)
The PROPHESIED reason given for this NOBLE BURIAL - "because
He had done NO VIOLENCE, NEITHER was there ANY DECEIT in His mouth" (Isaiah 53:9),
i.e. He was SINLESS IN DEED and UPRIGHT IN WORD (I Peter 2:22)
MESSIAH was to be INTERRED precisely for THREE DAYS (Mark 8:31),
because PHYSICAL DECAY (CORRUPTION) sets in on the FOURTH DAY (John 11:17,39) and it was PROPHESIED - "NEITHER WILT THOU SUFFER (ALLOW) THINE
HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION" (Acts 2:27;Acts 13:35
cf.Psalms 16:10)
The PROPHET JONAH was the OT TYPE of MESSIAH'S RESURRECTION
on the THIRD DAY (Matthew 12:40)
MESSIAH'S SOUL was "THREE DAYS in the HEART OF THE
EARTH" (Matthew 12:40), i.e. in HADES (Psalms 16:10) - the SAME PLACE to where JONAH'S SOUL DESCENDED (Jonah 2:6)
Prior to MESSIAH'S RESURRECTION, both the SAVED and the
LOST were HELD BEHIND "the GATES of HADES" (Matthew 16:18)
The SAVED went to PARADISE (Luke 23:43),
which was also affectionately called "ABRAHAM'S BOSOM" (Luke 16:22)
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, it was MESSIAH'S RESURRECTION
which proclaimed Him to be "THE SON OF GOD WITH POWER" (Romans 1:4
cf.Acts 13:32-33;Psalms 2:6-7)