How long was the mystery of the Gentiles kept hidden?
The mystery of the Gentiles was kept hidden in the mind of God since the age began, ever since the creation of man. It remained a secret throughout the Old Testament era and was never revealed until God now sent salvation to the Gentiles by faith alone.
Les teaches that this mystery was kept in the mind of God as a total secret: God would go with salvation to the Gentiles without Israel, even though they rejected Him and were dispersed into the nations. Romans 16:25 speaks of the revelation of the secret kept secret since the age began; the word "world" there is aion in the Greek, meaning the age of the ages. Ever since the creation of man, it had never been revealed that God would take salvation to the Gentiles by faith, and faith alone. All the Old Testament was by way of Israel. Now, however, the secret is revealed, and He has gone to the Gentiles with the Gospel of the grace of God.
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
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When was it first revealed that Gentiles would be saved by faith alone?
Ever since the creation of man, it had never been revealed that God would take salvation to the Gentiles by faith, and faith alone.