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Great! Acts 21 takes place in approximately 59AD. Acts 15 in approximately 48-49AD. Would it be reasonable to think that at the council at Jerusalem, in Acts 15, that at that time it was decided that circumcision was one of the burdens the Jews had that was not to be put on the Gentiles?

Alright, can we agree then that it was still some kind of “mystery” to James about what Paul preached concerning circumcision?

The outcome is that James suggests Paul join with some others in a Nazarite vow that includes a sacrifice (see Numbers 6:1-21). Paul agrees to it but doesn’t complete the vow because Paul is arrested. Notice the Jews have no issues with whatever James was teaching, only with what Paul was...

Ok, thanks for that informative answer.

I never said there was more than one Gospel. I’ve suggested that some things were still a “mystery” to those who continued to worship in the temple at Jerusalem. How about you give your explanation of why James confronted Paul about circumcision in Acts 21.

Let me help you out, if James was only a Jew outwardly the epistle he wrote probably shouldn’t have be included in the Canon. I doubt anyone’s going to make that argument. That leaves us with the issue of why James confronted Paul about teaching all the Jews which were among the Gentiles to...

Let me ask you this … Do you believe James was a Jew of true faith or was he only a Jew outwardly?

The council at Jerusalem decided that believing Gentiles didn’t have the same burden as believing Jews, they all agreed on that. That was what was decided, not that believing Jews were relieved of any burdens, that wasn’t discussed. We don’t have a list of exactly what burdens a believing Jew...

Well you can define dual fulfillment however you want. When it comes to the OP, if someone wants to argue that Luke 21 got fulfilled in 70AD and it’s also going to be fulfilled at a future coming of Christ, then they could claim a dual fulfillment in which the same exact prophecy gets fulfilled...

Acts 15 was the discussion they had, better known as the council at Jerusalem, where they made decisions on several issues. One of those issues was whether Gentiles needed to keep the same burden as the Jews. I’m not trying to say the believing Jews were actively making animal sacrifices but...

Acts 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye...

If it was never fulfilled according to Zechariah 13-14 and it still hasn’t been fulfilled, then it doesn’t really qualify as a dual fulfillment. A dual fulfillment is generally seen as one fulfillment of a prophecy serving as a precursor to another fulfillment of the same prophesied event. For...

But the very Spirit that was poured out at Pentecost also agreed with different burdens in Acts 15:28, which occurred about 48AD to 49AD according to Biblehub. That was long after Pentecost in 30AD. Would you conclude that the Jews both fully understood that the Law of the Old Covenant and the...

Ok, so are you saying this was fulfilled once and will be fulfilled a second time?

If dual fulfillment is a standard with God, is it possible for there to be another Christ, or any of the things Christ fulfilled the first time to be fulfilled again?

Sure, what isn’t explicitly stated is whether those priests remained under a different burden than the Gentiles, which seemed good to the Holy Spirit at that time. Right, and there was a different burden on the Jews than the Gentiles during that time, are you deliberately trying to miss lead...

I’m not really disagreeing with what you’re saying but it seems to me that too many people here want to make it sound like everyone who believed in Christ just immediately abandoned the OT the next day after the cross. You bring up an interesting verse, Hebrews 9:8-10 “The Holy Ghost this...

Ok, let’s look at an OT verse that cross references with both Luke 21:22 and 2 Thessalonians 1:8. Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. This verse contains “the day of vengeance” and “the year of my redeemed is come”. Luke 21:22 contains...

Excellent analysis. I was thinking that some people here are going to restrict the vengeance and it’s fulfilled in Luke 21:22 to apostate Israel only, which I would agree with, as you do, that it’s a reasonable argument. I was looking at the various OT verses about vengeance and was interested...

What about the statement “that all things which are written may be fulfilled”? Were all things written concerning the days of vengeance fulfilled or not?