What did Peter and the other apostles operate on in the early part of Acts?
In the early chapters of Acts, the apostles rested only on what God had revealed—the Old Testament program. Peter and the other eleven had no concept of God turning to the Gentiles for 1900 and some years, and Peter was not addressing the Church or Gentiles.
Les explains that in the early chapters of Acts, Peter and the other eleven were operating only on what God had revealed, which was the Old Testament program. Peter had no concept that God would turn to the Gentiles for 1900 and some years; none of them did, and it was not their fault, because God had kept that purpose secret and was still giving Israel opportunity to repent of what they had done to their Messiah. As the early chapters of Acts unfold, Peter is not talking to the Church or to Gentiles. Israel had kept rejecting the offer of the King and the Kingdom after Christ ascended, so God moved that program into the future and inserted an undetermined period of time. Les teaches that the rapture and the Church should not be looked for in the Gospels or the Old Testament, since they were a secret held in the mind of God.