When was the hidden wisdom ordained, and was it kept secret?
God ordained the hidden wisdom before the world, as part of His predetermined sovereign plan of the ages, and it was kept secret. It was not a sudden change of mind; rather, it was always in the plan and later revealed through the gospel.
Les teaches that this was not God suddenly changing His mind, saying, “I guess I’ll do it,” but it was all in the predetermined sovereign plan of the ages. Through this man, God would reveal these hidden wisdoms. Reading on in verse 7, Les points out that the hidden wisdom had been kept secret, which God ordained before the world unto our glory; he suggests Paul could have used the word “my”—unto my glory. Les then goes back to Galatians chapter 1, where Paul certifies that the gospel he preached was not after man. Paul says he neither received it of man nor was taught it by man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Les notes that Jesus Christ was already in glory when He revealed these things to the apostle.
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
More Questions
Was God's revelation of the hidden wisdom a sudden change of mind?
God revealing the hidden wisdom was not a sudden change of mind but was part of His predetermined sovereign plan of the ages.
Was the revelation of the hidden wisdom a change in God's plan or part of His predetermined plan?
The revelation of the hidden wisdom was part of God's predetermined sovereign plan of the ages, not a sudden change of His mind.
What was the mystery hidden wisdom God ordained before the world in 1 Corinthians 2:7?
The mystery, the hidden wisdom God ordained before the world, was that Jesus was the Christ.