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Hi all, I have a question.Do you believe the post gospel books- starting with Acts- are really just more of Jesus' teachings when he was with his apostles (after the resurrection, before ascending)?John 16:25"I have not been speaking to you plainly. But a time is coming when I will speak clearly. Then I will tell you plainly about my Father.John 16:29-30Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking plainly. You are using examples that are clear. Now we can see that you know everything. You don't even need anyone to ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God."Just think about it- in the gospels the apostles were always- "what does he mean?" they were always not understanding fully. In the post-gospel books- we see men that have clearly understood the meat of the gospel.
What is the gospel? The gospel is the word of the Lord (1Pe1:25). All the prophets were revealed in the spirit of Christ (1Pe1:10-12). And the gospel Paul preached was also revealed by Jesus Christ, not of any human origin (Gal1:11-12, 15-16), for it was Christ speaking in him (2Co13:3). And John was also revealed by Jesus Christ, and what he spoke was the word of GOD (Rev1:1-2). So, the whole Bible is also a gospel book.From your quoted verses and your question, I can see you are really a careful and thoughtful reader. "A time is coming when I will speak clearly. Then I will tell you plainly about my Father." The Bible promised to us that on 2300 days the sanctuary will be cleansed (Dan8:13-14). The sanctuary is YAHWEH (Isa8:13-14). Now the whole Bible has been opened, for the time is near (Rev22:10) and the open scroll is all scriptures: a little here and a little there the message of the Bible is explained (Isa28:9-13), for the scroll of the LORD has nothing missing (Isa34:16-17). The word of men is no longer needed. The Bible is the word of GOD. To interpret it with the word of men, the sanctuary was made filthy. The 2300 days starts from the big horn broken (Dan8:8), that is, the king of Greece, king Alexander who was cut off around 300 BC. So now it has been fulfilled. May YAHWEH bless you all!