What is the mystery that was kept secret since the world began?
It is the secret hidden in God's mind from the world's beginning—the whole circle of Paul's doctrines. God revealed it to Paul, with deeper revelations coming out in Ephesians and his prison epistles. This truth had not been made known in earlier ages.
Les explains that Romans 16:25 speaks of God establishing believers according to the gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery. He notes the mystery is the secret kept in the mind of God and kept secret since the world began. Les teaches this mystery is the whole circle of Paul's doctrines, kept secret until God revealed them to this man. Most came out during those three years, with deeper revelations in Ephesians and the prison epistles, possibly poured out while Paul waited in Caesarea to go to Rome.
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,
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
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When was the mystery or secret kept hidden?
The mystery, or secret, was kept secret since before anything was ever created.