What is located in Arabia according to Galatians 4?
Galatians 4:25 identifies Mount Sinai as located in Arabia. The context explains that Paul went into Arabia to that same mountain, where God had given the Law to Moses, and there received the revelations of the doctrines of grace, which he then took to the Gentile world.
Les teaches that after his conversion Paul did not go up to Jerusalem to confer with Peter, but immediately went into Arabia. To show what was in Arabia, Les turns to Galatians 4:25, where Scripture says, 'For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia.' Les suggests that just as God gave the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai, Paul went to the same mountain and received all the revelations of the doctrines of grace. He did not take them to Israel but to the Gentile world. After three years alone there with the Lord, Paul then went up to Jerusalem to see Peter. Les notes this three years evened things up with Peter's three years with Jesus.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Why does Les teach that Paul went to Mount Sinai when Galatians says Arabia?
Galatians 4:25 places Mount Sinai in Arabia, so Galatians 1:17's statement that Paul went into Arabia is identified with Mount Sinai. God sovereignly sent Paul into the desert of Arabia to Sinai, where the doctrines of grace were given to him.
What was in Arabia where Paul went?
In Arabia was Mount Sinai, the mountain where God gave the Law to Moses. According to the context, Paul went to that same mountain and received the revelations of the doctrines of grace, which he then carried to the Gentile world rather than to Israel.
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Where is the Arabia that Paul went to in Galatians 1:17?
The Arabia Paul says he went into in Galatians 1:17 is identified elsewhere by Paul as Mount Sinai in Arabia, per Galatians 4:25.
What is in Arabia that Paul went to?
What was in Arabia when Paul went there is shown by Galatians 4:25, where Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia.