Where did Paul receive his revelation, according to this teaching?
According to this teaching, Paul—Saul of Tarsus—received his revelation at Mount Sinai. God took Saul from Damascus down to Mount Sinai, just as God gave the law to Moses on Mount Sinai and Moses carried it down to Israel.
Les explains that the high point of God's dealing with man is the resurrection, and believers have become believers after His resurrection. He then draws a parallel: just as God gave the law to Moses on Mount Sinai and Moses took it down to Israel, he feels that God took Saul of Tarsus from Damascus down to Mount Sinai. That is the location he connects with Paul's message and revelation.
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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.
Why did Paul receive a new body of truth from the ascended Lord?
He was delegated to receive that new body of truth because he was given authority as apostle of the Gentiles and responsibility to carry it to the whole Gentile world. His ministry was distinct from the apostles of Israel, and they were not to usurp his authority.
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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.