How does the Bible progressively reveal truth from Genesis onward?
The Bible unfolds as a constant progressive revelation: from Genesis onward, truths not revealed earlier are later made known. Paul’s letters follow the same pattern—starting with simple teaching and advancing to deep spiritual matters that the carnal believer cannot comprehend.
Les teaches that Paul’s writings are a progressive revelation in themselves, just like the Bible is as a whole. Coming from Genesis all the way up through Scripture, there is a constant progressive revelation of things that were not revealed back there but now are. Paul works from a simple beginning and comes on up, finally ending with deep spiritual things that the carnal believer cannot comprehend. In this context he also shows a difference between the Jew and the Gentile, and those Jews and Gentiles who were members of the Body of Christ.