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How is it that Christ had sent the apostles out to preach
when they obviously did not understand the cross?
Obviously, they must not have been preaching the cross.
The gospel preached by the twelve apostles was something
other than the death, burial, and resurrection.

If the apostles, who were taught directly by the Lord
Jesus Christ, did not understand the cross, there is no
possibility that Noah, Abraham, Isaiah or anyone else who
lived before the cross could have understood it as we do
today. Those who lived before Jesus Christ could not
understand what is now made clear through hindsight. It
would be a mistake to conclude that those living in earlier
times understood everything that was to happen in their
future. Different people in time having different amounts
of information is a natural consequence of progressive
revelation.

20. Did Peter and Paul have different messages?

Yes. Paul had the gospel of the uncircumcision, and
Peter had the gospel of the circumcision

But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel
of the circumcision was unto Peter; (Galatians 2:7)

Peter was taught the gospel of the circumcision by the Lord
Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry, and Paul was
taught the gospel of the uncircumcision by the Lord Jesus
Christ after He had ascended to glory. Paul's gospel of the
uncircumcision is also called the "gospel of the grace of
God," and Peter's gospel of the circumcision is also referred

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