Is Acts a transitional book?

Is Acts a transitional book?

Acts 7-9

Acts is the book of the Bible that transitions us between the dispensation of the law to the dispensation of the grace of God!

Chapter 7 - Stephen explains the history of the Jews to the Religious Leadership; from Abraham to Moses, and to them killing their Messiah, whereupon they nit him with their teeth, Stephen looks up and sees the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God and then became the first martyr at the hands of the Religious Leadership by being stoned to death.

Chapter 8 - A Jewish man named Saul consents to Stephen's death and the fear of Saul causes all Christians to scatter abroad. Philip explains scripture to the eunuch, performs John's baptism on the eunuch and then flies away!

Chapter 9 - Saul is empowered by Stephan's death and is now seeking permission to go to Damascus to find more people that believe "this way" and bring them back to Jerusalem as prisoners.

But Saul is blinded by the light of Jesus for 3 days, until Ananias is sent from the Lord to open Saul's eyes whereupon God will show him how much he must suffer in the name of the Lord!

And Paul eventually suffers more than any man in the Bible, except Jesus Christ!

-There are 1000's of people mentioned by name in the Bible.

-Only one was ever named Paul.

-Every book he authored began with his name.

-He is the only apostle to the Gentiles.

-The only apostle that was a minister of a dispensation.

-The only man given the mystery of Christ.

-The only apostle that God allowed to say, "follow me".

Meanwhile, the church is stuck in a row boat with Peter, James and John!

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲.

The purpose of the group is to encourage Christians to read the Bible for themselves over the course of 1 year using The Ultimate Free Bible Reading Challenge 5-day per-week reading plan with scheduled days off around major holidays and a few "catch up days" thrown in to help you catch up or take a day off.

After joining the group, you can grab the reading schedule in the Files section of the Facebook group.

𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 + 𝗛𝗜𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 🔔 𝗦𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆!

I look forward to connecting with you,

Eric
PS, I started reading the Bible when I was 10 years old and completed reading the entire thing by age 11. I am currently working my through it for the 26th time and have been studying it intensively for 40+ years.

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