Who was the gospel of the circumcision committed to, and who was the gospel of the uncircumcision committed to?
The gospel of the uncircumcision, meaning the gospel for Gentiles, was committed to Paul. The gospel of the circumcision, meaning the gospel for the Jews, was committed to Peter. This distinction marked a fork in the road, showing God was doing something different beginning in Acts chapter 9.
Les explains that in Galatians chapter 2 verse 7, when the twelve and the Jerusalem leadership saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to Paul—uncircumcision meaning Gentiles—they recognized the gospel of the circumcision, or the Jew, had been committed to Peter. This was a fork in the road: Israel had been Jew only since Abraham in Genesis 12, but in Acts chapter 9 God began something different. Les also notes that doctrines like the rapture of the church were revealed uniquely to Paul because they are a church phenomenon, unknown to Israel and the Gentile world, and were a secret held in the mind of God.
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;