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.
Les teaches that Galatians 1:17 says Paul did not go up to Jerusalem but went into Arabia. Because Galatians 4:25 later identifies Mount Sinai as being in Arabia, Les connects the two and concludes that God sovereignly drove Paul out of Damascus and sent him down into the desert of Sinai, or the desert of Arabia, to Mount Sinai. Les makes the analogy that just as God gave the law to Moses, who took it down the mountain to Israel, so God gave Paul at Sinai the doctrines of grace. Paul says in Ephesians that Gentiles have what they have because Paul gave it to them. Les also notes Paul apparently spent almost three years at Mount Sinai before going up to Jerusalem to see Peter for fifteen days; he saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother, who was not one of the twelve, so the only one of the twelve he saw was Peter.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
More Questions
Where is the Arabia Paul traveled to after Damascus according to Les?
Les identifies the Arabia Paul went to in Galatians 1 as Mount Sinai in the desert of Arabia, based on Galatians 4:25 saying Mount Sinai is in Arabia.
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.