Why did the mystery of the Gospel of Grace have to be revealed?
It had been hid in God from the beginning and kept secret all through the Old Testament, with no word about God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of Grace. It was revealed so all men could see the fellowship of the mystery, and salvation now came to Gentiles through Jesus Christ.
Les explains that the mystery had been kept secret all the way up through the Old Testament, hidden in God, the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. There was not a word about God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of the Grace of God. Now it is revealed so all men can see the fellowship of the mystery, and as Galatians 3:14 shows, salvation now came to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ.
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
More Questions
Since when has the mystery Paul reveals been hidden, and what word does Scripture use for it?
The mystery Paul writes about has been hidden since the beginning of the age — 'age' being a better word than 'world' — and the operative word is 'hid.'