Jesus was a Jew, the Apostles were all Jews, Paul went to the Synagogues also to preach to the Jews and Gentiles.
In the early years of the Church, at least until the Jerusalem Temple was destroyed in 70AD, most converts to Christianity were Jews. The Old Covenant scriptures that spoke about Christ, were read every week in the Jewish Synagogue on the Sabbath Day, where both Christian Jews and non-Christian Jews worshiped the same God, in the same place, at the same time. There was a natural relationship between those in the New Covenant and those in the Old Covenant, and no reason they should not worship God in the same place at the same time- the Jewish synagogue, on the Sabbath.
Paul also worshiped God in the synagogue. (Acts 13:14-15, 13:42, 17:1-17, 18:4-19) Ironically, it was because Christians worshiped in the synagogue with unconverted Jews, that the unconverted Paul (called Saul at the time) had been able to easily round them up to cast them into prison. (Acts 22:19, 26:11)
Later, as Paul and Barnabas travelled to the gentiles, they frequently preached on the Sabbath, in the synagogues, to both Jews and Greeks. This meant that most gentile Christians were actually converted in the synagogue, and they continued to go to the synagogue after they were converted. (Acts 14:1, 19:8)
God expects both Jew and gentile to become Spiritual Jews:
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Amen
Jesus was a Jew, the Apostles were all Jews, Paul went to the Synagogues also to preach to the Jews and Gentiles.
In the early years of the Church, at least until the Jerusalem Temple was destroyed in 70AD, most converts to Christianity were Jews. The Old Covenant scriptures that spoke about Christ, were read every week in the Jewish Synagogue on the Sabbath Day, where both Christian Jews and non-Christian Jews worshiped the same God, in the same place, at the same time. There was a natural relationship between those in the New Covenant and those in the Old Covenant, and no reason they should not worship God in the same place at the same time- the Jewish synagogue, on the Sabbath.
Paul also worshiped God in the synagogue. (Acts 13:14-15, 13:42, 17:1-17, 18:4-19) Ironically, it was because Christians worshiped in the synagogue with unconverted Jews, that the unconverted Paul (called Saul at the time) had been able to easily round them up to cast them into prison. (Acts 22:19, 26:11)
Later, as Paul and Barnabas travelled to the gentiles, they frequently preached on the Sabbath, in the synagogues, to both Jews and Greeks. This meant that most gentile Christians were actually converted in the synagogue, and they continued to go to the synagogue after they were converted. (Acts 14:1, 19:8)
God expects both Jew and gentile to become Spiritual Jews:
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
(Rom 2:28-29)