What happened to Jerusalem and Israel just a few years after Galatians was written?
A few years after Galatians was written, the Temple was destroyed, Jerusalem was destroyed, and Israel went into dispersion among the nations. This happened because Israel rejected the truth and continued in unbelief, so they lost their position and were dispersed.
Les teaches that just a few years after Galatians was written, the Temple would be destroyed, Jerusalem would be destroyed, and Israel would go into dispersion among the nations. He explains this happened because Israel had rejected the truth and was slipping away in unbelief. The Jerusalem leaders—Peter, James, John, and the rest—seemed to be somewhat, but their authority had slipped, and Israel lost their favored position because of unbelief.
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
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By the time Paul wrote Galatians, about 22 years after Pentecost, what had happened to the standing of the Jerusalem leaders?
About twenty-two years after Pentecost, when Paul writes by inspiration, the Jerusalem leaders still thought they were 'the somewhat,' but they were not, because their power base was slipping away.