Chette
I'm sorry, I do not agree with you at all.
First, the rejection of Christ by the Jews was before he was crucified, not after. Look up the word "rejected" in a concordance. You will see this word is never applied to Christ after the resurrection, but always before he was crucified.
Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Luke 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And if you read carefully, you will see that Peter said this very thing in Acts.
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses
So the rejection of Christ by the Jews was when they refused to believe Jesus was the Son of God and the promised Messiah, and had him crucified.
And after Jesus was resurrected, he commanded them to teach "all nations"
Matt 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
"All nations" means all people, which includes the Gentiles. And this was before Pentacost.
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