Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today, everybody finds out what happened with the Gentiles in Cesarea yesterday.

When Peter gets back to Jerusalem, trouble is brewing.

Yesterday, Peter mentioned that Jews weren't supposed to associate with foreigners.

That's one reason why God had to correct his thinking by giving him the vision.

But the rest of the Christ followers back in Jerusalem didn't see that vision.

They don't understand what's going on.

A group of them known as the Circumcision Party are not happy with the fact that Peter,

one of the main apostles, has gone to hang out with a bunch of Gentiles.

Their primary argument is that any foreigners who commit to following the Jewish Messiah

should have to convert to Judaism and adopt the Jewish practice of circumcision as well,

since that's been the sign as set them apart for thousands of years.

Being set apart has been a major part of their culture for thousands of years,

and anytime foreigners have decided to follow Yahweh, they've assimilated into Judaism.

Now that the Messiah has come and said that the Gospel would go everywhere,

they realize that lots of foreigners are probably going to be converting.

They really want to protect their culture.

Plus, this is also new.

They probably have no idea what to do with it.

And the different opinions are causing a lot of division and tension among the believers.

In these early days of the church, when they're figuring things out, it can feel kind of clunky.

It reminds me of the Israelites in the wilderness,

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