[editor-surveyor]

>> “For something to be ADDED TO, it must already EXIST.” <<

Definitely, and so did most if not all of the congregations that Paul and Peter ministered to exist prior to their visits. Many of them also had their Torah scrolls that had been brought to those locations well before The Way had been preached to them.

These were established congregations of believers that needed the full message.

[smvoice]

THey were known in Christ's time on earth as the Little Flock. THEY were true Israel, and to them He promised the Kingdom. "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."(Luke 12:32). They were the ones present on the day of Pentecost, when the kingdom was offered and the kingdom church added 3,000 members plus (Acts 4:4). They are the gospel of the circumcision (Gal.2:7-9).