Where in the Bible is the word 'mystery' unique to Paul's writings?
The word 'mystery' is unique to Paul's writings, and it appears in Romans 11:25, where Paul refers to the secret kept in the mind of God—the church and the events connected with the church—not revealed until God saw fit to reveal it.
Les teaches that in Romans 11:25, Paul uses the word 'mystery,' which is unique to Paul's writings, to refer to the secret kept in the mind of God. Romans 11 is the chapter where Paul deals with Israel's future and how she will be grafted in again. Les stresses that the church and all events connected with the church are secret, kept in the mind of God, not to be revealed until God saw fit.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
More Questions
What does Paul mean by the word 'mystery'?
Another word for 'mystery' is 'secret,' and this secret had been held in the mind of God until the time of the apostle Paul.
What mystery did Paul reveal in Romans 11:25?
In Romans 11:25 Paul reveals a mystery never before revealed in Scripture: Israel has received only a partial spiritual blindness that lasts until the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in.