Part 1. What is Divine Providence?

In "Acts" of the New Testament, before the first words of the book were ever written, one needs to understand how before the mentioning the the first character Apostle Peter, the Apostle Peter had been taken out from the being of the Apostle John.  Indeed, the Apostle John is a prior unspoken character in the book as he was even closer to Christ than was Peter, but his character had to be diligently hidden by the church as he suffered from insanity.  Suffering so, his nakedness needed covering by the Holy Spirit just as his mental illness needed constant care by the Spoken Word of God.  Indeed, prior to the advent of the church, with it being the new temple of God, the head of the disciple John also needed to be in constant contact with the heart of Jesus Christ.

So, the Apostle Peter in the Book of Acts was raised out from the insanity of the Apostle John.

While both Apostles were perceived as weaklings, the Apostle Peter, because of his time spent with Christ as a disciple, was made strong in his knowledge of the Old Testament.  Indeed, the first portion of the Book of Acts depicts Peter spoke strongly about specific subject matters pertaining to the Old Testament while Jewish members of the older temples now sat in as converted members of the new church and were accepting of his authority.  In other words, the strong authority that was now being expressed by the Apostle Peter in the book of Acts would have been equally accepted during the prior times within the old Jewish temples.

It is here that we should stop to ask ourselves about the Book of Acts and its intended purpose. The Book of Acts is a paradox in how the Lord performed His greatest of miracles by both establishing a new system of authority in the church, while also abolishing all authority as its expressed purpose by delegating it out as a shared relationship - a new marriage so to speak.  Indeed, while Ananias and his wife were held in contempt of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts, both possessed a face of authority in the new church as each were held responsible by the Holy Spirit and judged so separately three hours apart from the other.        

When the hands of the Apostles were later placed upon the lowly deacons in the church, for the purpose of creating a lessor position of authority which could wait on tables, the authority of the Holy Spirit was then transferred into them.  As a result, the lowly deacon Stephen began speaking about the Old Testament with the same countenance as did the Apostle Peter, but, with this being a major difference, the face of Stephen was angelic.

Indeed, the point of view during this passage of the Book of Acts focuses more on the being of the lowly deacon Stephen, than on actual subject material within the Old Testament.  It was if the ire of the old members of the Jewish temple began to rise even before Stephen began to minister.  Indeed, while any authority expressed as weakness was intolerable within the old temple, the predatory nature of intolerance would become unacceptable behavior within the new church.

Okay, so as the Apostle Peter was taken out from the being of the Apostle John, the worthless deacon Stephen was taken out from the being of the Apostle Peter.

As the new church was shattered and its members scattered to preach the gospel of the deacon Stephen and how he was murdered in the new church, the lowly deacon Phillip happened upon a eunuch.  While deacon Stephen spoke with great countenance about matters pertaining to the Old Testament, the deacon Phillip in the Book of Acts preached the gospel about the death of the lowly deacon Stephen.

So, the deacon Phillip was taken out from the being of the deacon Stephen.  Strange as it might seem, I am presenting a paradoxical flow of authority here.

While the deacon Phillip spoke about the deacon Stephen to the eunuch, the eunuch, in turn, expressed feelings that he couldn't understand the Old Testament without the help from a brother.  To this, Phillip argued that the eunuch would possess the Holy Spirit to understand through the process of Baptism.  Upon his baptism, the eunuch received the authority of the Holy Spirit and began rejoicing.

So, the eunuch was taken out from the being of the deacon Phillip.

Next, the eunuch having the authority of the Holy Spirit confronted Saul of Tarsus, at least that is the order it is giving in the book of Acts.  I have already spoken much about the Apostle Paul in prior posts to this one.

So, the Saul of Tarsus, the most evil one to ever live, was taken out from the being of the deacon Phillip.  He was then transformed into the Apostle Paul, the chosen vessel of God (the strong one who did not need the help from a weaker vessel to stand in God's judgement.

So, as the first character spoken in the book of Acts the Apostle was the Apostle Peter, it should be understood that he was taken out from the Apostle John.  In turn, the deacon Stephen was taken out from the being of the Apostle Peter, the deacon Phillip was taken out from the being of the deacon Stephen, the eunuch taken out from the being of the deacon Phillip, and the Apostle Paul was taken out from the being of the eunuch.

1st Corinthians 15.9 - 15.10:  For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.