What is the only way to understand Scripture?
The only way to understand Scripture is to grasp the concept of progressive revelation—God does not reveal everything at once in Genesis but unveils His truth as time unfolds. This aligns with Paul's use of "mystery," a secret God keeps hidden until He is ready to reveal it.
Les teaches that because God is eternal and timeless, He is also the God of time. Since He is the God of time, He can hide in time things He wants to keep hidden and reveal them when He is ready. That is why the only way to understand Scripture is to get a concept of the progressive revelation: God does not tell us everything back in Genesis, but reveals things as we come up through time. This same concept appears in other verses scattered throughout Scripture. In Paul's letters, the word he uses profusely is "mystery," a secret, from the Greek mysterion. Deuteronomy 29 says the secret things belong unto the Lord our God.