When has the mystery been hidden?
The mystery has been hidden since the beginning of the age, hidden in God, the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. The term used is the same word found in Deuteronomy 29. It was not made known until it was revealed through Paul's writings.
Les teaches that the mystery was hidden from the beginning of the world, or more accurately the age. He notes the same word "hid" appears in Deuteronomy 29. This mystery has been hid in God, the same God who created all things by Jesus Christ. The revealed package includes redemption through Christ's atoning blood, justification, forgiveness, the indwelling Holy Spirit, and baptism by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ. The term Body of Christ is found only in Paul's writings, and this calling of all believers—black or white, rich or poor, east or west—was never mooted before.
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:
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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.'