Yes—because God is sovereign and chooses to keep certain truths hidden until the time He has determined to reveal them.
Deuteronomy 29:29 says "the secret things belong unto the LORD our God," and Les Feldick repeatedly teaches that God has the prerogative to keep things hidden until it is time to reveal them. He shows that Paul's mysteries, including the Gospel of the grace of God, were kept secret in God's mind and revealed in God's timing. Once revealed, God expects human beings to believe what He has shown.
Deuteronomy 29:29 — Directly states that secret things belong to God while revealed things belong to His people, establishing the principle of God's sovereign concealment.
1 Corinthians 2:7 — Describes the hidden wisdom God ordained before the world, showing that God planned secret truths long before revealing them.
Deuteronomy 29:29 declares, "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." This verse sets a clear boundary between what God has kept hidden and what He has revealed for His people to know and obey. In 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 Paul speaks of "the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory," adding that "none of the princes of this world knew" it, or they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Paul also writes in Ephesians 3:3-5 that this mystery was "not made known unto the sons of men" in other ages "as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit."
Les teaches that God has the prerogative to keep things secret and to keep them hidden until it is time to reveal them. He points to Deuteronomy 29:29 and explains that God does not tell us everything we would like to know, but He tells us everything we need to know in His own time. The Pauline revelation—including what we call the Gospel of the grace of God—was kept secret in the mind of God and was not made known in the Old Testament or the Gospels. Les also teaches that the mystery revealed through Paul includes Israel's spiritual blindness and the Gentiles' privileged position in the body of Christ, and that the hidden wisdom had been ordained before the world. When God finally revealed these secrets through Paul, He expected mankind to believe them.
Les explains that the doctrines revealed through Paul were "for the most part kept secret in the mind of God until He revealed them to the apostle Paul." He also says the mystery was "hid in God," the same God who created all things by Christ. Scripture describes this as "the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory" (1 Corinthians 2:7).
Les says that God had not yet revealed the Gospel, so people in the Old Testament were not expected to believe that Christ would die, be buried, and rise again. It was kept secret and held in the mind of God. The apostle Paul confirms that the mystery "in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men," but was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit (Ephesians 3:5).
Les emphasizes that God reveals secrets at a particular point in time, and when He reveals them He expects mankind to believe them. Deuteronomy 29:29 also shows that the things which are revealed belong to God's people and their children, so that they may do all the words of the law.
God Reveals Secrets in His Sovereign Grace
God has seen fit to keep things secret until, in sovereign grace, He releases and reveals them; the Old Testament knew nothing of Paul's gospel of the grace of God.
God's Prerogative to Keep Secrets
It is one of God's prerogatives to keep things hidden until the time to reveal them, and Paul's doctrines were kept secret in the mind of God until revealed to him.
The Mystery Hid in God
The mystery was hid in God, and part of that mystery is Israel's spiritual blindness and the Gentiles coming into a privileged position in the body of Christ.
Hidden Wisdom Ordained Before the World
Paul speaks the wisdom of God in a mystery—the hidden wisdom God ordained before the world—showing the foreknowledge behind God's plan.
Old Testament Believers Were Not Expected to Know the Gospel
God had not yet revealed the Gospel in Old Testament times; it was kept secret and held in the mind of God, so Old Testament believers were not expected to believe details about Christ's death and resurrection.
The Mystery Not Made Known in Other Ages
The mystery was not made known in earlier generations because God had been keeping it secret, but it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets that Gentiles are fellow heirs.
God Reveals Then Expects Belief
God has the prerogative to keep things secret until a particular point in time, and when He reveals a secret He expects mankind to believe it.
The Princes of This World Did Not Know
Had the princes of this world known the hidden wisdom God ordained before the world, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Les repeatedly uses this verse to show that God keeps secrets until He reveals them.
1 Corinthians 2:7: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Describes the hidden wisdom God ordained before the world, central to Paul's teaching about the mystery.
1 Corinthians 2:8: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Shows that the rulers of this world did not know this hidden wisdom.
Ephesians 3:3: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Paul says the mystery was made known to him by revelation.
Ephesians 3:5: Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
States the mystery was not made known to people in other ages.
Colossians 1:25-26: Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Paul speaks of the mystery hidden from ages and generations but now manifested to saints.
Yes. Deuteronomy 29:29 says "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God." Les Feldick explains that God is sovereign and has the prerogative to keep things hidden until it is time to reveal them.
Les says God revealed through Paul the Gospel of the grace of God, along with mysteries such as Israel's spiritual blindness and the Gentiles' privileged position in the body of Christ. These were kept secret in the mind of God until Paul's time.
Les teaches that when God reveals a secret, He expects mankind to believe it. God reveals these things at the particular point in time He has chosen.
Watch the Teaching: The Hidden Wisdom of God — 1 Corinthians 2:6-9 Explained