Post #289: The Mystery of Christ Revealed to Paul | KJV Right Division (Week 11)
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Week 11 – The Mysteries of Paul's Gospel
Post 289 · Day 71-1: Ephesians 3:3-5 – The Mystery of Christ Revealed to Paul
“How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 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.” — Ephesians 3:3-5 KJV
Paul received the mystery by direct revelation — not by human teaching, apostolic tradition, or deduction from the Old Testament. The mystery 'was not made known unto the sons of men' in previous ages. This is the defining statement of the grace-age revelation: something new has been disclosed that was entirely hidden before.
Right Division: Right Division: The mystery of Christ — the Body of Christ, Jews and Gentiles equally joined in one new man — was not prophesied in the Old Testament. It was hidden. Paul's 'as it is now revealed' marks the dispensational boundary: before the mystery was hidden; after Paul's revelation, it is disclosed. This is why right division begins with identifying this boundary and placing yourself on the correct side of it.
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