Jesus Himself said the Old Covenant, the Agreement, was fulfilled. When a contract is fulfilled, it is basically void. In this case it was superseded by a new contract.
Matthew 5:18 "For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, , one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till ALL be fulfilled."
Better check your hole card, you may have mistaken a deuce for an ace.
Matthew 4:17 points to the real path to salvation when Jesus said "repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand". John the Baptist said the exact same thing. And Jesus himself said John was "the greatest of them all".
The focus of the gospel of the kingdom was repentance and was taught by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the 12. The kingdom gospel was valid only from John the Baptist until the Council in 51 AD. John the Baptist preached repentance, not Christianity, to the Jews as they waited for the prophetic kingdom, Matthew 3:1-12. They believed the kingdom would be established on earth with a Jewish focus. Nothing in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John is to the church. That comes later with Paul’s commission from the risen Lord.
Jesus and the 12 taught under the law and the O. T. Covenant. This is what caused the controversy at the Council of Jerusalem. After the Jews rejected and killed Jesus, there was a doctrinal shift from the gospel of the kingdom to the gospel of grace with Paul to the Gentiles, Acts 20:24. The gospel of the kingdom failed because of Jewish rejection and unbelief. Before Paul, God dealt exclusively with Israel. God revealed a new program to Paul.
From 51 AD on, Paul’s gospel of grace was taught instead of the kingdom gospel. At the Council of Jerusalem, even Peter recognized that Jews now had to be saved as Gentiles, Acts 15:6-11. Believers were then and still are under grace, not the Mosaic law.
The gospel of grace through faith was begun by Paul’s calling (by God) and is the one gospel today in which Jews and Gentiles are equal in Christ and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. Paul is to the Church what Moses was to Israel.
All who believe the gospel of grace are baptized by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ. There is now no difference between Jews and Gentiles in the Church, as both are members of the Body of Christ.
Paul’s gospel is the eternal gospel, and it is the gospel by which God will judge man, Romans 2:16. Jews and Gentiles have been brought together into the Body of Christ by believing Paul’s gospel, the gospel of grace. Paul emphasized belief and faith, not repentance. Refusal to believe the gospel of grace leaves one without the Holy Spirit and without eternal life.
Understanding the 2 gospels will clear up much confusion and misunderstanding. Each gospel has to be understood in its own timeframe for understanding. The two ministries were different, but they did not contradict each other, as God is not the author of confusion, 1 Corinthians 14:33. Misunderstanding scripture, including Paul’s calling, continues to twist Biblical theology.
