INDEED.
It's interesting how our preconceived notions interfere with sound studying of Scripture. Lately, I've been looking to see how The Gospel came to us. It's a great study and opened my eyes to a couple things.
Jesus Christ came to Israel and instructed his disciples to not go to the Gentiles. Jesus even hid the revelation of His death burial and resurrection from His disciples. Until the resurrection actually occurred no one had a clue. Even after the resurrection His disciples did not reach out to the entire world with The Gospel. Instead they clustered in Jerusalem thinking the return of the Messiah and the establishment of His Kingdom was imminent.
After Stephen was martyred, another rejection of Jesus Christ by Israel, Paul was converted. What surprised me was his first reaction was to go to the synagogue and preach Jesus is the Christ and the Kingdom, even though he was converted to go to the Gentiles. It was after this that Paul was run out of town and went into Arabia (probably Mt. Sinai) and was taught by Jesus for 3 years. About the same time that Jesus taught His disciples prior to the Cross. When Paul returned the Gospel of Grace to the Gentiles was revealed.