Where was the mystery hidden before it was revealed?
Ephesians 3:9 states that the mystery was hidden in God, the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. It had been kept secret from the beginning of the world, or the ages, or Adam, and remained hidden throughout the Old Testament until God revealed it.
Les teaches that Ephesians 3:9 sums up the revelation of the mystery. He explains that the mystery, or secret, had been hidden in God from the beginning of the world, or the ages, or Adam. It was kept secret all the way up through the Old Testament, with not a word about God going to Gentiles with the Gospel of the Grace of God. Les connects this to Galatians 3, where before the Faith Way came, people were kept under the Law, shut up until the Faith should afterwards be revealed. In Galatians 3:14, salvation came to the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. The reason the mystery had to be revealed is that it had been hidden in God, the same God who created all things by 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
When was the mystery hidden in God?
The mystery/secret had been hidden since the beginning of the world, the ages, or Adam.
Which verse best summarizes the mystery kept hidden in God?
Ephesians 3:9 uniquely says it all in a nutshell about the mystery; other verses say similar things but none alone says it like verse 9.