What did Paul say he wanted to make all see in Ephesians 3:9?
In Ephesians 3:9, Paul writes that he wanted to make all see the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world had been hid in God, the God of Genesis 1:1 who created all things. He omitted the italicized word men, saying all.
Les teaches from Ephesians 3:9 that Paul's desire was to make all see the fellowship of the mystery. This mystery had been hidden in God from the beginning of the world—the same God of Genesis 1:1 who created all things—yet that Creator is designated Jesus Christ. Les emphasizes that the created beings who nailed Christ to the cross were crucifying their own Creator, a truth that shook a class he taught in Iowa. He applies it to salvation: the sovereign, total God of the universe died the death he should have died, rose from the dead, and extended eternal life, and that cannot be separated from Him.
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
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What does 'to make all men see' mean in Ephesians 3:9?
Les explains that “to make all men see” is clarified as “or understand,” so it is not merely physical sight but comprehension of the fellowship of the mystery. That mystery is called the body of truth, which from the beginning of the world had been hidden in the mind of God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Les connects this to God’s pattern of keeping a secret until He is ready to reveal it, and then expecting mankind to believe it. He also ties the same God of Ephesians 3 to the God of Genesis 1.
Who is supposed to see the mystery revealed in Ephesians 3:9?
In Ephesians 3:9 Paul wants this mystery to be seen by all believers, not just the spiritual, the pastors, or the theologians, but everyone.