Why didn't Paul meet with the twelve apostles right after his conversion?
God purposely kept Paul from contacting the twelve after his conversion so he would not learn from them. Paul did not confer with flesh and blood or go to Jerusalem to the apostles before him, but went into Arabia for three years to receive revelations directly from the ascended Lord for the Gentile world.
Les teaches that as soon as God saved this Jewish religious zealot, He did not permit him to have contact with the twelve. He purposely kept him from them and sent them instead down to Mount Sinai in Arabia to give him these revelations. Had Paul gone back to Jerusalem, the twelve would have drummed into him what they had been preaching: that Jesus was the Messiah of Israel, the Son of God, crucified but raised from the dead, and still willing to be King of Israel if Israel would repent. But God said, no, that was not where He wanted Paul to learn; He would show him these things from His own position in heaven.
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
See the restDid Paul take instruction from Peter and the twelve apostles after his conversion?
No. Paul declares that immediately after his conversion he did not confer with flesh and blood, nor go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him. He did not check in with the twelve or tell Peter to fill him in. Instead, he went into Arabia.
What did Paul not do right after Jesus revealed the gospel to him?
Immediately after Jesus revealed the gospel to him, Paul did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did he go up to Jerusalem to consult the twelve apostles. He had no contact with those men at Jerusalem; his gospel came by revelation from the ascended Lord, not from men.
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Why did God keep Paul separate from the Twelve apostles after his conversion?
God kept Paul away from the Twelve after his conversion so that the revelations He would give Paul would not be mixed with what the Twelve had already understood.
What did Paul do immediately after his conversion on the road to Damascus?
Immediately after his Damascus-road experience, Paul did not do the natural human thing of going to Jerusalem to be filled in by Peter and the eleven; instead he went into Arabia.
Did Paul go to Jerusalem to check with Peter after his conversion?
After his conversion, Paul did not confer with flesh and blood or go up to Jerusalem to check in with Peter and the other apostles.
Why didn't Paul go to Jerusalem to learn from Peter and the twelve after his conversion?
God deliberately distanced Paul from the twelve apostles in this new economy of grace; Paul could have nothing to do with them because they were steeped in Judaism and the Law.