What is the mystery of God?

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. And in his hand was a small scroll that had been opened. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. And he gave a great shout like the roar of a lion. And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered. When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.” Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven. He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets. - Revelation 10:1-7 (NLT)

A "mystery" is a truth that God concealed but has revealed through Christ and His apostles. Here the mystery is the final consummation of all things as God destroys sinners and establishes His righteousness kingdom on earth. The mystery, though not fully revealed, was declared to God's prophets. - John MacArthur

Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. - Amos 3:7 (NLT)

In the New Testament, mysteries are unfolded to all of us who are believers:

The mystery of the kingdom - Matthew 13
The mystery of Israel’s blindness - Romans
The mystery of the Rapture - 1 Corinthians 15
The mystery of lawlessness - 2 Thessalonians 2
The mystery of Christ - Ephesians 3
The mystery of Christ in you - Colossians 1
The mystery of godliness -1 Timothy 3
The mystery of His will - Ephesians 1

The wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. - 1 Corinthians 2:7,9,10 (NLT)

What a day that will be. The comforting assurance of God’s triumph, Christ’s reign. Satan, demons, and all that goes with sin, transgression, and iniquity, judged. A world dominated by hell will immediately become dominated by heaven. God will have His way. The whole message of the consummation is, indeed, sweet. Christ exalted, the kingdom come, hope realized, sin destroyed, Satan imprisoned, earth filled with knowledge and the knowledge of God and righteousness, the kingdom of Christ, and then the new heaven and the new earth. But the bitterness is profound because the bitterness is the bitterness of understanding that sinners will pay in hell forever. I can’t think of anything more bitter than that, and that’s why we must preach, we must. That is why we’re in this world: to preach the glorious, saving gospel that rescues those headed for judgment. - John MacArthur

Be Encouraged to preach the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.



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