Was the church revealed anywhere before the Apostle Paul?
No. The church was not revealed before the Apostle Paul. Nothing concerning the church appears in the Old Testament, and nothing concerning the Body of Christ appears in the Gospels. The church is strictly a Pauline revelation, given to Paul by the ascended and glorified Lord after Israel rejected her Messiah.
Les teaches that no prophecy associates itself with the church; all prophecy is directed to and connected with Israel. The church age is a parenthetical period slipped in between the prophetic program, and it is Gentile in nature, while prophecy remains with Israel. Most, if not all, basic church doctrines come from the pen of the Apostle Paul. Therefore the Body of Christ has to be removed. The church is strictly a Pauline revelation: nothing concerning the church is in the Old Testament, and nothing concerning the Body of Christ is in the Gospels. It is not until Paul comes on the scene and receives this great revelation from the ascended and glorified Lord that the church is made known. Since Israel rejected her Messiah, the King and the Kingdom, God set Israel aside into dispersion and turned to the Gentiles completely without the nation of Israel. The Body of Christ is predominantly Gentile in nature and is not associated with prophecy.