Why does Galatians 4:25 show that Paul went to Mount Sinai in Arabia?
Galatians 4:25 explicitly locates Mount Sinai in Arabia. Since Paul writes that he went into Arabia after Damascus, Scripture's own geography identifies the region of his journey, indicating he went to Mount Sinai in Arabia rather than conferring with the Jerusalem apostles.
Les teaches that Paul, writing years later to the Galatians, says he did not immediately go up to Jerusalem to check in with the twelve or with Peter. Instead, Paul says he went into Arabia. Les points to the map, identifying Arabia with Sinai, and concludes that from Damascus Paul made his way down to Mount Sinai in Arabia. The reason for connecting this with Galatians 4:25 is that Paul there uses the allegory of Ishmael and Isaac, and verse 25 supplies plain, simple geography: Mount Sinai is in Arabia. That geography confirms where Paul went during that early period after his conversion.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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How did Les identify Paul's Arabia as Mount Sinai?
The reason Les identifies Paul's Arabian destination as Mount Sinai is a geographic point in Galatians 4:25, which is part of the allegory of Ishmael and Isaac.
Where is the Arabia Paul went to in Galatians 1:17?
The Arabia Paul went into in Galatians 1:17 is identified by Les with the Arabia of Galatians 4:25, where Hagar is said to be Mount Sinai in Arabia.
What is in Arabia that Paul went to?
What was in Arabia when Paul went there is shown by Galatians 4:25, where Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia.