What does Ephesians 3:10 teach about how God's wisdom is made known to principalities and powers?
Ephesians 3:10 teaches that now, after the finished work of the cross and the revelation of the gospel of grace, the manifold wisdom of God is made known to principalities and powers in heavenly places by the church—the body of Christ, true believers—according to God’s eternal purpose.
Les explains that Ephesians 3:10 is set after the finished work of the cross and the revelation of the gospel of grace. Now the manifold wisdom of God is to be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places by the church, which is the body of Christ, the true believers. He ties this to God’s eternal purpose and to the question of why God created the human race: humans were made as objects of God’s love, with a will to respond to or reject that love. Angels could not respond, and Satan was brought on the scene so that choice could be exercised.
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
How do the principalities and powers learn God's manifold wisdom according to Ephesians 3:10?
Ephesians 3:10 teaches that God’s manifold wisdom is now made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church—the body of Christ, the true believers. This happens after the finished work of the cross and the revelation of the gospel of grace, according to God’s eternal purpose.
Who does the church make known the manifold wisdom of God to?
The church makes the manifold wisdom of God known to the principalities and powers in the heavenlies. Scripture says this mystery was revealed so that these heavenly authorities might now see God’s wisdom through the church, which is the assembly of called-out believers—every common person in the pew, not only seminarians or preachers.
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What does 'now' refer to in Ephesians 3:10?
In Ephesians 3:10, the word 'now' refers to the period after Christ's finished work on the cross and after the revelation of the gospel of grace.