Why did God save the little Jew and send him to the Gentiles?
Scripture shows that because Israel under Peter and the eleven continued to reject all the offers and was moving further away, God saved Paul and sent him to the Gentiles, revealing His righteousness without the law and the difference between law and grace.
Les explains that Paul comes on the scene late in the progressive revelations, after the Old Testament, the law under Moses, and the prophets. Israel under Peter and the eleven continued to reject all the offers, and when Israel was seemingly going further and further away, God did something even the Jew couldn't understand: He saved another little Jew and told him from day one, 'I'm going to send you to the Gentiles.' This is hard for some people to swallow, but it points out the difference between law and grace, showing the righteousness of God without the law.