Why does God keep a secret hidden until a certain time, and what does He expect when He reveals it?
God keeps a secret hidden until He is ready to reveal it, and when He reveals it, He expects mankind to believe it. The mystery was hidden in the mind of God from the beginning of the world and is now revealed for belief.
Les teaches from Ephesians 3 that these things were not made known to the sons of men as they are now revealed. This brings up the whole concept of the secret that God keeps until He is ready to reveal it. But when He reveals it, He expects mankind to believe it. Verse 9 calls it the fellowship of the mystery, this body of truth, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in the mind of God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. It is the same God in Ephesians 3 that is spoken of in Genesis 1.
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
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What does the Bible mean when it says God kept a mystery secret until He revealed it?
God keeps a secret (mystery) hidden until He is ready to reveal it, and once He reveals it He expects mankind to believe it.