[Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John]....[Acts]....[Romans through Philemon]...[Hebrews through Revelation]. Peter and the 11....Paul. Prophecy...mystery.
You cannot see the answers to your own questions because you cannot figure out which age is "But Now" that we are living in. Because you cannot understand when "Time Past" ended and "But Now" began. You cannot figure out when it began, why it began, and when it is going to end, and what will happen next, in the "Ages to Come". Eph. Chapter 2 should be your best friend, next to the Book of Acts.
You would not be asking questions like "What Scripture led the Apostles to conclude that GEntiles would not have to be circumcised?". You would first ask "Why did Peter, James, and John give Paul and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship that Paul and Barnabas should go to the Gentiles, and not the 12? Weren't THEY told BY JESUS CHRIST to go to ALL THE NATIONS? Who were they that they could GIVE THEIR COMMAND BY JESUS to someone else? Just simple questions like that, to start your brain thinking, and a search would begin, in GOd's Word of truth, not the CCC, for answers. And before you know it, 2 Tim. 2:15 would come alive.
Or not. You can continue to ask questions that will never be answered to your satisfaction, because you are following the gospel of the kingdom for your salvation, "Time Past" and ignoring the gospel of your salvation, "But Now". There is no way to answer questions that you are attempting to make NOW when they are actually THEN. You might as well be asking why don't we bring lambs to slaughter. Or why doesn't everyone drink poison and survive, like Jesus promised those who believed WOULD, SHALL, in Mark. Or why those in early Acts sold everything they had and had all things in common. Why did they do that then? There's a question that should get you thinking.
Or who was Peter preaching to on the day of Pentecost and did he preach the gospel to them, that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day. If he did not, why not? And, just what was this church that 3000 souls were added to on the day of Pentecost? To be added to, it HAD to have already existed. What church WAS this?
So, your questions have been answered. For a kingdom follower in today's age? NO. But for a member of the Body of Christ in today's age? YES. They cannot be answered to your satisfaction if you desire to have answers from "But Now" to conform to "Time Past".
Another long winded response which is not the answer to any of the questions I posed. Typical here of protestants and exactly to what my post referred.
This what I believe.
Before Jesus, God’s Chosen People were under the Law which they could not keep perfectly and therefore, they could not enter into the presence of God, either in this live or the next.
After Jesus, the Perfect Sin Offering, the gates of Heaven were opened, and not to the Jews but to all who believe in Christ.
There is but one Gospel of Jesus which is this, For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son, that all who believe in Him may have everlasting life.”
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
So, do I believe in the “time past”? Yes, obviously Jesus, the Incarnate Word was born thousands of years after creation and after God revealed Himself to the Jews and made them His chosen people.
Do I believe in the “but now”? Yes, obviously with the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, what was once closed to the Jews and the Gentiles is now open.
And, do I believe in the “Ages to Come”? Yes, obviously Jesus said He will return to judge all that live and all the have died and we will rise up to live eternally with Him.
What I do not believe, is that Jesus preached one thing for the Jews and something different for the Gentiles.
Galatians 3:28 KJV
King James Version
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.