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>>It was put forward that this mystery was a gospel of Grace not previously known and that those Jews who were believers and present since Pentecost were under a different program than grace.<<

Whoa there. Not under a different program. That’s been the misunderstanding as I see it. They were simply not yet aware of the totality of the grace. They still hung on to portions of the Jewish laws and customs. It wasn’t until Paul that they all understood the totality if the gospel of grace. The language use to each group was simply different at first because of the change needed in the thinking of the Jews.

>>So the position of a new dispensation at the time of Ephesians was abandoned by most here.<<

You haven’t been reading my posts with corresponding scriptures have you.

>>At this point it was put forward that there were two simultaneous programs or dispensations going on.<<

There were not two dispensations going on.

The moment Christ ascended into heaven the chances for the Jews as a nation were over.

>>1) Paul in Acts 28 kept preaching the kingdom of God and that<<

No he didn’t. He told them about the Kingdom of God then continued on and explained that they had rejected that.

Acts 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

He wasn’t preaching the kingdom at that point. He was pointing out from the Old Testament what the prophets had said then explained that salvation was now being sent to the Gentiles.

Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

How could you have shown that Paul was preaching the kingdom when he wasn’t?

The rest of that post shows a clear lack of reading any of my posts with attached scripture references. You totally ignored the information I posted. Shame on you.

Now tell me. What is the definition of the Greek word for repent.

>>1) Paul in Acts 28 kept preaching the kingdom of God and that<< No he didn’t. He told them about the Kingdom of God then continued on and explained that they had rejected that

Reposting Acts 28 where it says (in all Bible versions) here in KJV that he preached the kingdom of God:

30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.