Precious
@Complete, thanks again, I appreciate the Bullinger 'link', but I could not "find his
teaching" on The Mystery of Christ "being revealed/misunderstood in the OT"? - I searched
113. The Kingdom and the Church, 192. The Pauline epistles, and 193. The Mystery, but it
was "not found" -- The
Closest was in:
195. The Different Ages and Dispensations of God's Dealings With man:
"A dispensation, administration, or arrangement, during a portion of
chronos may, or may not,
be equal to
kairos, according as the context determines. Nothing but confusion can arise from reading into one dispensation that which relates to another.
[ @Grace ambassador Agrees! ]
To connect with
[ what? ] God said and did in one dispensation with another, in which His administration was on an altogether different principle, is to ensure error. And finally, to take
doctrine of late revelation and read it into the time when it was "hidden" leads to disaster.
[ @Grace ambassador not only agrees, But Totally Agrees! ]
The nations, Israel the Chosen Nation, and the church (Ap. 186) are each dealt with in distinct
"times" and
on distinct principles, and
the doctrine relating to each must be kept distinct.
When our Lord speaks ( Luke 21:24) of "the times (
kairos) of the Gentiles", the implication is
that there are times of the Jews (under Messiah, Isa. 33:6, &c.), whatever be the contrasted
elements. So that what is recorded as connected with the times of the Jews is not necessarily
applicable to the times of the Gentiles.
[ @Grace ambassador Agrees! ]
The present administration of God is in grace, not in law, judgment, or glory, and belongs
to the "dispensation" (
oikonomia) of the Mystery (Ap. 193), that secret "which hath been hid
from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints" (Col. 1:26), that
secret "which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men" (Eph. 3:5). Hid in
God from the beginning of the world (see Eph.3:9), it was kept secret since the world began
(see Rom. 16:25).
[ Excellent, and found no hint of The Mystery Of Christ “being revealed/misunderstood in OT"? ]
There is no authority for taking enactments Divinely fitted for the times of the Jews and
transferring them to the present dispensation of God in grace. Similarly, the endeavor to read
the precepts of the "Sermon on the Mount" (Matt. 5-7), which are the laws of the kingdom of
heaven (see Ap. 114), into such church epistles as Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, not only
obscures the truth, but antagonizes one part of Scripture with another." (credit: EW Bullinger)
{ @Grace ambassador Agrees and Also adds:
Reading Prophecy for Israel 'into any of Paul's [ 13 All Co-hesive ] Love Letters
[ From Christ! ] to the Church Which Is His Body', "not only obscures The Truth,
but antagonizes one part of Scripture with another." (EWB) Amen! }
Conclusion:
Thus we seek, as Bullinger does, to
avoid “ensuring error, Confusion, Disaster,
and Antagonizing Scripture”, by standing with what The Scripture [
leaving
“The Mystery Of Christ” In God’s
Context of an “heretofore
Unrevealed
(“Hid In God”) / But
Now Revealed” Word Of The LORD ],
simply Says:
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“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ
for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of The Dispensation
of The Grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
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;
[ And, Thus The Gospel [ Good News/Glad Tidings ] Of The Grace Of
God, According To The Revelation Of The Mystery Of Christ Is ]:
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of The Same Body, and
partakers of His Promise in Christ by the Gospel: Whereof I was made
a minister, According To The Gift of The Grace of God Given Unto me
By The Effectual Working of His Power.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is This Grace Given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles The Unsearchable Riches of Christ;
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” (Ephesians 3:1-9 AV)
[ With
Christ As "Head Of That 'Same Body' { with Jew and Gentile EQUAL }
His
"One New man," The Grace Church, Since Paul to the present day, with our
Heavenly Hope... ]
*
↑↑↑↑↑
Mystery ( "Hid In God" Before the foundation of the world! ) *
Rightly Divided (
2 Timothy 2:15 AV) From “Things That
Differ!" (
online):
Prophecy {
made known "since the foundation of the world!" }
*
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
Searchable riches ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
The
Earthly hope of Israel
where "God
Revealed/
Prophesied" The King and His Kingdom
,
with Israel "being
Prominent over the Gentiles," God "Blessing the world
through them!" *
* All Pertinent Scriptures are already posted in
Briefly - Right Division + Much More
{
24 Distinctions / Differences }; thanks.
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Also Please
Also note that:
We well
agree with EW Bullinger's
ending statement: "Well may we exclaim with Paul, --
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How
unsearchable are His judgments and His Ways past finding out! For who hath
known The Mind of The Lord? Or who hath been His counselor? Or who hath
first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him,
and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER.
AMEN."
And, Amen!
Praise His Holy Name, Now and For Ever More!!
Sincerely yours, And
Securely His, In Christ!!
Brother ChrisE
-- The Closest was in:
