Rewrite and revision: Part III. What is Divine Providence?

As the ultimate Truth is the greatest of power, and such a supreme entity unapproachable in its  Form, so, the best the Almighty can ever intervene in matters concerning the powers of the earth is by the act of stepping forward.  The book of Acts is an example of such a major Movement by Him.  Indeed, invariably, the Lord will always intervene divinely so by the utilization of one of his little fingers.  David slaying Goliath is one such example (1 Samuel 17).  Samson killing a thousand men is another (Judges 15:15).  Indeed, there are many examples of His nature confronting the most evil with just the use of His little finger:  But God has chosen the foolish things to confound the wise (1st Corinthians 1: 27,28).

Ultimately, an insane man was chosen to reveal God's Divine Revelation to the world.    

Indeed, In "Acts" of the New Testament, before the first words of the book were ever written, one needs to understand how, before the mentioning of its first character of the 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 this book of Acts 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 from such, 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 and to His conversion to Christianity, with it being the new temple of God to replace the old, the head of John, as a disciple, also needed to be in constant contact, physically speaking, 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, with the latter being the leading protagonist in the book not spoken about.

While both Apostles were perceived as weaklings, the rational 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 speaking 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 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 within the church, while also abolishing all authority as the ultimate purpose by delegating it out as a shared relationship - as 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 great and mighty Apostles were later placed upon the souls of lowly deacons within the church, all for the purpose of creating a lessor positions of responsibility which could wait on tables, the authority of the Holy Spirit transferred into them.  As a result, the lowly deacon Stephen began speaking about the Old Testament with the same countenance of strength as did the Apostle Peter, but, with this being a major difference, the face of Stephen was angelic.

Although Stephen appeared far less of an imposing figure than the Apostle Peter, physically speaking, his words had more of a bite to them.  While the predatory nature of the members within the temple were fine with the Apostle Paul ministering the Old Testament, it became enraged from the get go when the little deacon Stephen stepped forward to do the same.  

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 the actual subject material he spoke about 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 open his mouth 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.

Anyway, the Divine Intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ was beginning to step forward to confront Saul of Tarsus, the most evil man to ever live, the one who committed the unforgivable sin of offending the Holy Spirit.

Okay, so as the Apostle Peter was taken out from the being of the Apostle John, the angelic 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 cold blood 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.

Meanwhile, the executioner Saul, having heard the Gospel about the death of Stephen, was traveling to investigate the incident.

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 preached 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 could indeed possess the authority of the Holy Spirit to understand through the process of Baptism.  Indeed, 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 in which it follows in the book of Acts.  I have already spoken much about the Apostle Paul in prior posts to this one.

So, Saul of Tarsus, the most evil one to ever live, was taken out from the being of the Eunuch.  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 (a wife) to stand in God's judgement).

So, as the first character spoken of in the book of Acts 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, in turn, taken out from the being of the deacon Stephen, the eunuch, in turn, taken out from the being of the deacon Phillip, and, finally, the Apostle Paul was, in turn, 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.