What does Romans 16:25 say about the revelation of the mystery?

Romans 16:25 states that God is able to establish believers according to Paul's gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery. This mystery was kept secret in the Old Testament and concerns the Age of Grace, including Gentiles being brought into relationship with God.

Les explains that prophecy had run its course: Christ came according to prophecy, was rejected, and was crucified. With Israel's continued rejection, the prophetic program of Jew only came to a halt. God's time clock stopped, and He opened a new vista of Scripture—the mysteries. Romans 16:25 is the open part of that timeline. Paul writes that God is able to establish believers according to Paul's gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery. Les teaches that for almost two thousand years we have not been in the prophetic program but in the Age of Grace, which is the revelation of the mysteries—things kept secret in the Old Testament, when there was no concept of Gentiles being brought into relationship with the Almighty God.

Romans 16:25

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,

What was the mystery that had been kept secret since the world began in Romans 16:25?

Paul writes that the mystery was his gospel—the preaching of Jesus Christ according to revelation—God's plan to save the whole human race through Christ's shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection. It had been kept secret since the world began and was not revealed to Peter.

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What mystery is Paul revealing in Romans 16:25?

Paul is revealing one of the mysteries that belong to the whole volume of truth he groups under one category, namely the revelation of the mysteries.

What does the word 'revelation' mean in Romans 16:25?

Les teaches that in Romans 16:25 the word 'revelation' means a revealing—the other root word for revelation. It is the unveiling of the mystery, or secret, that had been kept in the mind of God since the world began. Les identifies this mystery as the whole circle of Paul's doctrines, kept secret until God revealed them to this man. He notes that most of these revelations came out during Paul's three years at Sinai, and the deeper revelations come out in Ephesians. The verse says God is able to establish believers according to the gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, which is according to this revelation of the mystery.