Paul did not convert to anything as a result of His encounter with Yeshua on the road to Damascus. He stayed Jewish, but now he acknowledged that Yeshua was the long awaited Messiah of the Jewish people. Paul participated in the temple, with sacrifices, vows and feasts throughout the book of Acts. Paul's good news that he shared with the Gentiles was that they were now to experience the blessing of Abraham's children. They could be included into the family, adopted in with the God of Israel as their father. Yeshua's amazing sacrificial death had opened the way.
We pray for Jerusalem, because in the next age, they will bless the nations, as a born again nation and Yeshua will be on a throne in Jerusalem and from there the nations will be counseled into peace, and all the money spent on war will be spent on providing for people.
The covenant disciplines that Israel has experienced as recently as the holocaust are proof that God is still in covenant with them. Mercy is shouting, "Wake up, pay attention!"
The promises did find fulfillment in the Messiah of Israel and ultimately He is dispersing them to the Jewish people and the land, because their call is irrevocable. God will do it, just like He did it in Paul's life He will do it with the nation of Israel.
"Your body is a temple" was meant to be a metaphor, so that the people would be encouraged to keep themselves pure, it was not meant to be taken literally, the real temple was still standing when Paul wrote that. The abomination of desolation is the sign that Yeshua said to watch for and He was talking about a real temple, in the real land of Israel - when we disconnect from this all sorts of errors result.
The kingdom of God is within you does not change the fact that the kingdom of God is coming in a real physical way with the fulfillment of all that was spoken through the prophets. God will do it, in a real land through a real people.
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