Who is the apostle to the Jew and who is the apostle to the Gentiles?
Peter is identified as the apostle to the Jew, while Paul is identified as the apostle of the Gentiles. These are two distinct groups and two distinct doctrines, yet the same God. Peter remains under the covenant program begun with Abraham, while Paul’s apostleship to the Gentiles is set out clearly in Acts.
Les teaches that the early chapters of Acts show Peter ministering to the Jew, the Jew, the Jew, and that Peter is the apostle to the Jew. He explains that God will lay out clearly that Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles. Les emphasizes these are two different groups of people and two different doctrines, but the same God, and everything fits together. Peter, he says, is still under the covenant program that began with Abraham and Christ’s earthly ministry, proving Jesus was the King coming in fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.