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LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 41
Colossians 1:17-29 - Part 2
Now let’s get back to where we left off in Colossians chapter 1, and verse 26. To fulfill the Word of God coming out of verse 25, and this is all part of fulfilling.
Colossians 1:26a
"Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,…"
This whole body of truth that’s coming out of Romans through, especially the little letter of Philemon, is truth that was never ever revealed before to the human race. "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations…"
"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:…"
Why? God is dealing on that same basis with the Gentile world. He has kept all these revelations that come through the apostle Paul a secret. Jesus never betrayed any of these secrets in His earthly ministry. Jesus never made mention of anything about the Body of Christ, and the saving of Gentiles outside of Judaism. I personally think that the secret of understanding Scripture, is that God didn’t not reveal everything all at one time. Paul is always referring to them as the mysteries. And remember the word mystery in the Greek is "musterion." It is the word translated usually asmystery, but also at times is translated secret. If it’s been a mystery kept in the mind of God, it was a secret, and that’s what Paul is constantly referring to then as this body of truth that he calls the mysteries. I Corinthians 4:1-2
"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards (or overseers, or managers) of the mysteries (or secrets) of God." What secrets? The things that He has kept secret until now are being revealed. Now verse 2.
I Corinthians 4:2
Genesis 15:2
FAITHFUL! Now Paul is bringing this same idea down to the revelation of the mysteries, this revelation of secrets that you and I as believers are put in a place of responsibility as a manager over a business. The revelation of things that had been kept secret. Well, it’s because they don’t understand the mysteries that were revealed to Paul. Because it’s a Pauline revelation. Now, when I say Pauline, I mean Paul in the other extent. I Corinthians 15:51
mystery: (a secret) We shall not all sleep, (die) but we shall all be changed."
Paul says he’s going to reveal a secret. This is something that’s never been revealed before. Never! Now verse 52.
Not one of the angelic trumpets in Revelations. This is a singular trumpet in God’s hands.
It’s never been revealed before. The Lord never talked like this. The Lord talked of resurrection, but He never talked of a group of people who would be alive at the time. And so here we have a revelation of a mystery. Jesus never referred to it. Ephesians 3:1-2
"For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles. Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation (what’s the other word for revelation? A revealing) he made known unto me the mystery…." (secret.)"
And what’s the secret? God has done it all. But you don’t find that until you get to Paul. Ephesians 3:4-5
"Whereby, when ye read (Paul’s epistles) ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ. (a secret) Don’t forget Deuteronomy 29:29 which says, "The secret things belong to God." He’s Sovereign. Now verse 6.
Ephesians 3:6
You can’t find that anywhere else in Scripture except Paul’s epistles. Ephesians 3:9
hid (see how plain that is?) in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ."
All the way through Paul’s epistles you have this word popping up - "the mysteries." That it was revealed only to Paul. Poor Peter, bless his heart. Only Paul did. But as Paul began to preach these mysteries and the Gospel that was Paul’s Gospel and the appearing of the Body of Christ, Peter just stood there, I think, from the outside looking in. Let’s read the verses first and then I’ll comment. And remember Peter writes these little epistles about the same time Paul is writing the prison epistles. II Peter 3:15
Because Peter was steeped in Judaism. "Ye men of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers", and then all of a sudden have these things promoted among the Gentile world. Colossians 1:26
Now I have nothing against Matthew, it’s the Word of God, but when you spend 100% of your time in Matthew, you’re missing the revelations of the mysteries.
You’re missing this whole concept of the Grace of God, it’s not in Matthew. You’re missing the whole concept about the blessed hope as Paul writes to Titus that one day the Great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ will appear for us in the air. You have to understand the revelation of the mysteries to understand God’s dealing with Gentile world. "To whom (the saints, the believers of the Church Age) God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;…"
Colossians 1:28-29

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