What is the whole format coming out of the Old Testament?
The format is that the Jew will continue to reject it, and then God reveals the mysteries. This is shown when Jesus began to preach, "Repent," because the King was there ready to set up His kingdom, but the nation's rejection led to the revelation of the mysteries.
Les explains that the whole format coming out of the Old Testament is that the Jew is going to continue to reject it, and then God reveals the mysteries. He points to Matthew 4:17, where Jesus began to preach, "Repent," because the King was there, ready to set up His kingdom. Because the nation rejects that offer, God then reveals the mysteries. This is the pattern: Israel's continued rejection, followed by the revelation of the mysteries.