What new body of Scripture did God open after prophecy stopped?
After prophecy stopped, God opened the mysteries—the revelation of the mystery, the body of Scripture kept secret in the Old Testament. Paul writes in Romans 16:25 about the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, marking the Age of Grace for almost two thousand years.
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 screeching halt. God's time clock stopped, prophecy stopped, and God opened a whole new vista of Scripture—the mysteries. Paul says, "Behold I show you a mystery," and in Romans 16:25 writes of being established according to his gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery. For almost two thousand years, Les teaches, we have not been in the prophetic program but in the Age of Grace, the revelation of the mysteries, things kept secret in the Old Testament, with no concept of Gentiles being brought into relationship with the Almighty God.