How did God make known the secret of His will?
God made known the secret of His will by revealing it to the apostle Paul, according to His good pleasure purposed in Himself. As Ephesians 1:9 states, this mystery was made known unto us, and it concerns gathering together in one all things in Christ.
Les teaches that this was a mystery no one had ever understood until the Lord revealed it to this apostle, Paul. In Ephesians 1:9, Paul writes that God made known unto us the secret of His will according to His good pleasure purposed in Himself. That purpose is that in the dispensation of the fullness of time He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on the earth. Les also stresses Paul's progressive revelation, noting that later prison epistles contain greater detail than his earlier letters.
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: