Yours, I must say, is an unusual perspective. Are you meaning to suggest that the "everlasting Gospel" is, or will be, a sort of ubiquitous, simplified gospel not only to but also for us gentiles? If so, how does it stand in relation to the four canonical gospels we have in hand? If, as I have perhaps inaccurately understood you to say, the four gospels are a sort of prophecy, not yet either enacted or properly preached (by the designated apostles to the Jews and Jews only), and if they are largely inapplicable to non-Jews in any case, what benefit, or advantage, is there in gentiles reading them?
Furthermore, if only those seven Pauline epistles to which you in other posts refer apply to us non-Jews during this "time of the gentiles," how do you answer the question, posed in this case by a non-Jew: "what must one do [or believe] to be saved?"
Good questions.
I really don't know much of anything additional to say about the first one. The 2 instances where this everlasting gospel appears is related to pagans or people that don't believe much of anything. They don't involve Jews or believing Gentiles at all, so I feel they are one of those rare things that are out of the right division realm. However, since they are in scripture, we have to do something with them. I have chosen to take them at face value and believe that some sort of blessings would occur if one believed this "everlasting Gospel". And, salvation is really the only important blessing one could have. Also, I can't believe that Paul would leave those pagans without a path to salvation.
The second question. In Paul's last 7 books, he uses the word gospel 17 times. In some, or most, of these, it is obvious that he is referring to his gospel of salvation in 1Cor 15:1-4. This same Gospel is still valid after Acts, because he said it is, in these passages. In particular, look at these:
(1) Eph 1:13, "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise," Most of the people that first believed in the new program outlined in his post=Acts books books were saved during Paul's Acts ministry.
(2) Phil 4:15, "Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the
gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only." This happened in Acts 16
(3) Col 1:23, "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the
gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;" At the time he wrote Ephesian, he was in prison. The preaching to every creature had to have occurred in time past
(4) 2Tim 2:8, "Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my
gospel: This, of course, must refer to 1Co 15.
I realize that the things I say seem very odd and most have not heard these things before. If you want to put a title to it, it's called Acts 28:28 dispensationalism. Detractors of this, in every case I've seen, always show that they really have no idea what we believe. If they did understand, they would not be able to avoid believing in it also. More than any other scheme of Bible believing, Act 28:28 dispensationalism is the only one that is totally honest, and only uses a pure literal approach to interpretation. Supposedly, there are 34,000 denominations and, although that number seems high, we know there are a lot. Many of these are spinoffs and most are separate because they disagree with some interpretation. Fundamentalism, which is based mainly on a combination of poor interpretation and bad assumptions rears its ugly head in playing a big part in most denominations. Acts 28 Dispensationalism is an attempt to correct all this heresy, though a strict adherence to literal interpretation, comparing scripture with scripture, and, probably, the most important thing, rightly dividing the Word of Truth (2Tim 2:15), in conjunction with trying the things that differ (Phil 1:10, see margin). About 98% of the 100s of books and many of the tapes on Act 28 dispensationalism are available free on several websites:. bibleunderstanding.com, charleswelch.net tftmin.org My son has a website that is quite antiquated because he hasn't touched it in 15 years but, it's still funtional and quite informative - heavendwellers.com
One of the first things you learn in Acts 28 dispensationalism is that Paul's last 7 books are the only books in the Bible which have a promise of going to heaven. Fundamentalism has been lying and telling us that everyone saved will go to heaven the day they die. This is easily proven to be wrong. Comforting but wrong. Although there are some that feel differently, most of us believe that Paul's post Acts epistles require one to actually see this hope of spending eternity in Paul's post-Acts books before they get it. It's like salvation in that it requires faith. Youhave to see it, believe it, and then claim it. Also, I feel that you can't drag all of the other books, which are not TO you, into the equation. Park them at the gate and, as an old teacher of mine used to say, take your shoes off before entering the unique glories of Ephesians. In your mind, in you mix information from other books into Paul's last 7, it produces chaos and it prevents one from really see the absolute separate truth of Paul's last 7 books. As a start, If you prayerfully read the 1st 3 chapters of Ephesians a few times, its hard to miss the fact that its promises are totally different than anything else you've ever read in the Bible. Give it a shot, It's a win/win situation.