Paul had been “accosted” by the “Risen” Lord to receive from Almighty God information relevant to the Jews, and Gentiles!
To make the point very sharply, God/Jesus blinded Paul; to stop his very effective persecution/execution of the hated Christians!
As a “Chosen Vessel” by the Godhead, there was a specific reason for that action, which was to harness the very force and talents that Paul possessed for giving corrected information to the “Jew first”; and subsequently, the Gentiles!
It is IMO wasted time and effort arguing around Jesus’ Resurrection, instead of forging ahead in the ‘New Knowledge’ that has been given to the World, re. the meaning and consequences of the info. that Paul imparted to Jew and Gentile!
Jesus very specifically answered Paul, when Paul asked “who are You Lord” (Anglicised)! He already knew the answer; which was confirmed by Ananias, when he restored Paul’s sight!
When the Jews rejected the fact of Jesus, God’s Messiah at Acts 28; they were made “Lo-Ammi” (not My People), and the 1st priority became the Gentile; which was by dint of the Isa. 6:9–10 prophecy; “and they will hear/listen”; which is still the case, but will end when Zech.12:10 is actioned!
Also at Acts 28, the Holy Spirit’s Gifts were Changed, and Paul was unable to still heal (see Trophimus); and as the prophet Joel shows 2:28-32, those powers will not return until after Zech.12:10h!
Because of the rejection of Jesus by the Jews, Jesus’ words re. His return to Earth was delayed, because as a consequence of that rejection John could not be accepted as “Elijah”, and will now not happen until after Zech. 12:10!
Although there is little, if any teaching on the Jewish rebellion against their vows to Almighty God, which is summed up very succinctly in Malachi; the Jews cannot complete their Covenant with God, until they accept and acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah! That will happen when God has saved them as shown in Ezek. 39:21–29, and a “New Covenant” will be established between them and Almighty God, Jer. 31:31!
At the present time, and since approx. AD70; the Rabbis have been teaching that the Jewish messiah has yet to be sent to them, and also that he will be from human stock, and not Divine; which they say and teach is sacrilege by the Christians’!
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