When did the gospel Paul preached to the Gentiles begin?
It began after Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, when the ascended Lord revealed His plan of salvation to Paul by revelation. Until the cross was finished, Christ was not the object of faith to the main run of Gentiles. Once the work was complete, Paul received and preached that gospel to the Gentiles.
Les teaches that Paul did not receive this gospel from man, nor was he taught it by man; he received it by the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. During those revelations, Christ was in glory, so everything Paul writes concerning doctrine today comes from the ascended Lord after His death, burial, and resurrection. Before the cross, Christ was not the object of faith to the main run of Gentiles. But once He finished the work of the cross and revealed His plan of salvation to this apostle, it became the gospel Paul preached to the Gentiles. Paul then says he did not immediately confer with flesh and blood or go up to Jerusalem.
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
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Why did Paul specify that the gospel he communicated was the one he preached among the Gentiles?
The Holy Spirit inspired the stipulation about which gospel Paul preached because Paul's gospel to the Gentiles was totally different from what Peter and the eleven preached to the Jews.