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.
Les explains that the “now” in Ephesians 3:10 points to the time after the finished work of the cross and the revelation of the great gospel of grace. At that point, the principalities and powers in the heavenly places or heavenlies come to know God’s manifold wisdom by the church, which is the body of Christ, the true believers. This is according to God’s eternal purpose. Les connects this to the question of why God created the human race, teaching that humans were made as objects of God’s love, with a will to respond to His love or reject it. Angels could not respond in that way, so God made the human race and brought Satan 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,
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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.