Story of Paul the Apostle: Spread of Christianity and history of Paul in the Bible

In the 1st century in the Roman province of Judea, Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect. From there, it spread all over the Roman empire and even beyond it. Christianity "emerged as a sect of Judaism in Roman Palestine" in the syncretistic Hellenistic world of the first century AD. It was then dominated particularly by Greek culture and Roman Laws. It all started with the ministry of Jesus which was a group of followers who proclaimed the coming of the kingdom of God. Some of the followers still believed that they had seen Jesus after his death. Thus it has been a belief that after he has died of his crucifixion, he was again resurrected by God.  This was taken as a message by his followers that the days of eschatological fulfilment were at hand. This, in turn, gave a resumption of their missionary activities.  

After the death of Jesus, Christianity was first established as a sect of Judaism that started practising Christianity in the Roman province of Judea. Thus the first Christan community only included Jews who constituted a Second Temple Jewish sect with apocalyptic eschatology. The early. With the start of the missionary activities, the Jewish Christians started attracting the newcomers to Israel and the people who were not Jewish by their origin but had resettled in Jerusalem. 

David l fully or partially got converted to Judaism. The spread of Christian missionary activities slowly created the early centre of Christianity. Most of these adherents were not Jewish by origin but were mostly inhabitants in the predominantly Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman empire. The gentiles then spread throughout the Hellenistic world and even beyond the Roman empire. Preaching was the early method of proclaiming early Christian beliefs, some of which are preserved in the scriptures of the New Testament. The early gospel message was spread originally in Aramanik orally but almost immediately also into Greek. 

Thus the scope of Christianity practised by Jews expanded over a period of time. While it is believed that Jesus’s message was restricted to the Jewish audience living in Galilee and Judea, after his death, the Jewish followers have extended and outreach his message to all the Israelis and even jewellery to the whole Jewish diaspora. Because they believe that the second coming would only happen if the entire gospel is received by all the Jewish community in the world.

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Paul Apostles Christianity

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, is also referred to as Saint Paul, who was the follower of Jesus Christ eventually though he is not considered as one of the twelve apostles who mastered the gospel of Jesus Christ in the very first century.  In the Apostolic Age, Paul is considered the most influential figure of the early century world. He built many churches and found many Christan minority groups in Europe and Asia during the mid-30s to mid 50s era. He took advantage of being both Jews and Roman to bring together both the races under one faith. 

Paul the apostle new Testament was considered as a Pharisee according to the New Testament book Acts of the Apostles as he was initially involved in the persecution of the disciples of Jesus in the early days, especially Hellenised diaspora Jews converted to Christianity. They were basically from the area of Jerusalem. In accordance with the act of the Apostle, which is often indicated simply as an act, he was travelling in the path that started from Jerusalem to Damascus with a motive of arresting and bringing back the early followers of Jesus in the region of Jerusalem just when the resurrected Jesus appeared before him in a great light. 

He was struck blind for three days before Ananias of Damascus renewed his sight. Since then, Paul started to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and believed in the Son of God, later considered the Christ of Paul. Out of 27 books of new testaments, 14 of them have been dedicated to the attributes of Paul. 

History Of Paul In The Bible

Paul's birthplace was the Hellenistic city which is the chief city of the Roman province of Cilicia of Tarsus and not the land of the Christ walked. The studies showed that the native place of Paul was a major centre for all the imperial activities of the Romans along with the Hellenistic culture. Since the place, Tarsus, modern-day Tersous that is situated in the southeastern part of Turkey, has never been excavated in a symmetrical manner and hence the massive archaeological data is missing. 

But his early writings had not shown any of the concourse imitations and even a small amount of any significant influence of pagan leading lights of the era. Rather, he claimed to be Jews in terms of his recovery, Hebrew ancestry, Benjaminite lineage, and Pharisaic training.

Until act 19:3 of the new testament, Paul was referred to in the bible with his Hebrew name Saul had received his education from boyhood in Jerusalem and not Tarsus. It is not clear whether his family has moved to Jerusalem, where both Greeks and Jews were offered respective schooling, or he was simply sent by his family there for his preliminary schooling. He studied under the rabbi ranking that adhered to the era of Gamaliel. His explication of the old testament of the bible reflects their testimony of his training in rabbi ranking. 

Paul was said to be at least trilingual. His letters show an excellent command of the Greek language where his schooling and studies in Palestine indicates that he also had a knowledge of the Armanic and Hebrew language. Also, his knowledge of Latin cannot be ruled out. His letters reflect that he had great knowledge about the old testament written in Greek. He was also very knowledgeable and skilled in Hebrew. 

The two major cities that had played a very important role and influenced his letters were Damascus and Antioch. In the late 30th and late 50s of the 1st century CE, he was active as a missionary. In 33 CE, he converted his faith in Jesus Christ and he died in Circa, Rome somewhere between 62 to 64 CE. In his very childhood, he learned how to work with his own and thus his tent-making and trade that he practised even after his conversion to Christianity has helped him to explain the important aspects of his apostleship. He only travelled with a few leather tools and used to set up his tent as a shop anywhere he was present. Until the midpoint of his life, he was actively involved as a member of a religious group named Pharisees, who emerged in the later time period.       

Paul's Theology

The centre of Paul’s theology is God. Paul’s majestic vision was captured in many doxological statements. Human knowledge is the reflection of God’s wisdom and knowledge bestowed upon mankind, and he was all-knowing and infinitely wise in his approach to life. Thus it was believed that all the things are "from him and through him and to him". The best summary of the theology of Paul that is yet to be suggested is “To him be the glory forever". 

"By the command of the eternal God", the gospel of Jesus Christ is made known "so that all nations might believe and obey him". God comforts the afflicted and raises the dead. He is faithful; his "solid foundation stands firm". He grants believers his own Spirit as a downpayment of greater glory in the coming age. The "living God who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them" is, quite simply, "the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God". Or again, he is "the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of Lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see". This was the major take on the theology of Paul.