Where did Paul go to receive his revelations, and what Old Testament parallel does it have?
Paul went not to Jerusalem to consult the apostles, but into Arabia—likely Mount Sinai—to receive his revelations. He did not confer with flesh and blood. The Old Testament parallel is Moses, whom God also took up to Mount Sinai and there revealed the Law.
Les teaches that Paul did not go back to Jerusalem to look up Peter, James, and John or to sit under their teaching. God deliberately kept Paul separate from the Twelve so the revelations given to him would not be mixed with what the Twelve already understood. Instead, God took Paul out into Arabia, and Les thinks into Mount Sinai, where he was likely alone for three years. There the Lord revealed to him the tremendous doctrines of grace found nowhere else in the Bible. The Old Testament parallel is Moses, whom God took up to Mount Sinai and revealed the Law.
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
More Questions
Did Paul have any contact with the twelve apostles in Jerusalem before receiving his revelation?
The Holy Spirit prompted Paul to write definitively that he had no contact with the twelve apostles at Jerusalem.
Where did Paul go after his conversion instead of going to Jerusalem to the apostles?
Immediately after his call, Paul did not confer with flesh and blood nor go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him, but went into Arabia.
How did Paul receive the doctrine that appears in his letters?
Everything Paul wrote in his letters came by revelation from God, not from attending a seminary in Jerusalem taught by Peter, James and John, and not from picking up their notes or doing research.