When did God ordain the hidden wisdom?
God ordained the hidden wisdom before the world began, according to His predetermined sovereign plan of the ages. It was kept secret until He revealed it through the Apostle Paul by revelation of Jesus Christ, not through man's teaching or human tradition.
Les explains that this was not God changing His mind all of a sudden, but it was all in the predetermined sovereign plan of the ages. The hidden wisdom had been kept secret, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Les directs us to Paul's own account in Galatians 1, where Paul certifies the gospel he preached was not after man, neither received of man nor taught by man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Les notes that when Jesus Christ revealed these things to Paul, He was already in glory, showing it came from the glorified Christ.
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.