KEEP THEM SEPARATED:"PROPHECY AND MYSTERY" KJB 1769

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GEN 1:1 ​
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH 

MID ACTS RIGHT DIVISION
PAULINE DISPENSATIONAL
AND PROGRESSIVE
REVELATION .
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DISCOVER THE PROPHECY AND
MYSTERY PROGRAMS IN THE
KING JAMES HOLY BIBLE 1611-1769

2 TIM 3:15

 AND THAT FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, 
WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEE WISE UNTO SALVATION 
THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
16 ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, 
AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, 
FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS:
17 THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE PERFECT, 
​THROUGHLY FURNISHED UNTO ALL GOOD WORKS.
2 TIMOTHY 2:15

STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, 
A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED, 
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
EPHESIANS 3:9

AND TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY,
WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD HATH BEEN HID IN GOD,
WHO CREATED ALL THINGS BY CHRIST JESUS :

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​PROPHECY:
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THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE MOUTH OF ALL THE HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. IT PERTAINS TO SPECIFIC PROMISES OF GOD TO AND THROUGH THE NATION OF ISRAEL. ALL OF THOSE PROMISES ARE IN AN EARTHLY SETTING. THEY ARE BOTH LITERAL AND VISIBLE. ​​​

​ACTS 3:21 
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​WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS, WHICH GOD HATH SPOKEN BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN.

MYSTERY:

THE PREACHING OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY WHICH WAS KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN, UNTIL THE LORD GAVE TO THE APOSTLE PAUL AN ABUNDANCE OF VISIONS AND REVELATIONS ABOUT THE HEAVENLY ASPECTS OF GOD’S PURPOSE AND PLAN.​


​ROMANS 16:25
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​NOW TO HIM THAT IS OF POWER TO STABLISH YOU ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL, AND THE PREACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, WHICH WAS KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN,

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BASIC DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN PROPHECY AND THE MYSTERY

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PROPHECY
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​1. CONCERNS A KINGDOM; A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
(DAN. 2:44; MATT. 6:10).
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

 Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
 
2. THE KINGDOM TO BE ESTABLISHED ON EARTH
Jer. 23:5  MATT. 6:10

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
MATTHEW 6:10
 
THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
 
 
3. CHRIST TO BE ITS KING
(JER. 23:5; ISA. 9:6,7).

JEREMIAH 23:5 
BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, SAITH THE LORD, THAT I WILL RAISE UNTO DAVID A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH, AND A KING SHALL REIGN AND PROSPER, AND SHALL EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE IN THE EARTH.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. 

4. THE KINGDOM PROPHESIED “SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN”
(LUKE 1:68-70; ACTS 3:21).
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 

Luke 1:69
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 

Luke 1:70
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
 
Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 

Acts 3:20
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 

Acts 3:21
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 

5. ISRAEL TO BE GIVEN SUPREMACY OVER THE NATIONS
(ISA. 60:10-12; 61:6).
Isaiah 60:10
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 

Isaiah 60:11
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 

Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

 Isaiah 61:6
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 

6. THE GENTILES TO BE BLESSED THROUGH ISRAEL’S
INSTRUMENTALITY
(GEN. 22:17,18; ZECH. 8:13).

Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
 Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
 
7. THE GENTILES TO BE BLESSED THROUGH ISRAEL’S RISE
(ISA. 60:1-3; ZECH. 8:22,23).

Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 

Isaiah 60:2
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 

Isaiah 60:3
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

 Zechariah 8:22
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 

Zechariah 8:23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. 

8. PROPHECY MAINLY CONCERNS NATIONS AS SUCH
Isaiah 2:4; EZEK. 37:21,22).
Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

 Ezekiel 37:21 A
nd say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 

Ezekiel 37:22
And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
 
9. PROPHECY CONCERNS BLESSINGS, BOTH MATERIAL AND
SPIRITUAL, ON EARTH
(ISA. 2:3,4; 11:1-9; ....

Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
 
10. PROPHECY CONCERNS CHRIST’S COMING TO THE EARTH
(ISA. 59:20; ZECH. 14:4).

Isaiah 59:20
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

 Zechariah 14:4
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
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11. IN PROPHECY SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
ALONE IS NOT CONTEMPLATED.

12. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PROPHETIC PROGRAM
COMmitted PARTICULARLY TO THE TWELVE (MATT. 10:5-7;
ACTS 1:6-8; 3:19-26).

Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 

Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

Matthew 10:7
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

 Acts 1:6
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 

Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 

Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

 
Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 

Acts 3:20
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 

Acts 3:21
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 

Acts 3:22
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 

Acts 3:23
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. 

Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 

Acts 3:25
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

Acts 3:26
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. 

13. THE PROPHETIC PROGRAM REVEALED THROUGH MANY
OF GOD’S SERVANTS
(LUKE 1:70; II PET. 1:21).

Luke 1:70
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 

2 Peter 1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 


14. OLD TESTAMENT WRITERS FREQUENTLY DID NOT
underSTAND THE PROPHECIES MADE KNOWN THROUGH THEM
(DAN. 12:8-10; I PET. 1:10-12).

Daniel 12:8
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 

Daniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 

Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.


​1 Peter 1:10
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 

1 Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 

1 Peter 1:12
​Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 

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THE MYSTERY
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1. CONCERNS A BODY; A LIVING ORGANISM

  ( i Cor 12:12,27; EPH. 4:12-16).
1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 

1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

1 Corinthians 12:14
For the body is not one member, but many. 

1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 

1 Corinthians 12:16
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 

1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 

1 Corinthians 12:18
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 

1 Corinthians 12:19
And if they were all one member, where were the body? 

1 Corinthians 12:20
But now are they many members, yet but one body. 

1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 

1 Corinthians 12:22
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 

1 Corinthians 12:23
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 

1 Corinthians 12:24
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 

1 Corinthians 12:25
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 

1 Corinthians 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 

1 Corinthians 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

 Ephesians 4:12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 

Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 

Ephesians 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 

Ephesians 4:15
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 

Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 

2. THE BODY GIVEN A POSITION IN HEAVEN (EPH. 1:3;
 Eph. 2:5-6; COL. 3:1-3).

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

 Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Colossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 

Colossians 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
 
3. CHRIST ITS LIVING HEAD
(EPH. 1:19-23; COL. 1:18).
Ephesians 1:19
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 

Ephesians 1:20
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 

Ephesians 1:21
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

Ephesians 1:22
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 

4. THE BODY CHOSEN IN CHRIST BEFORE THE WORLD began
BUT “KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN” 
 Rom.16:25; EPH. 1:4-11; 3:5-9).

Romans 16:25
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 

Romans 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 

Romans 16:27
To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

 Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love

Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 

Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 

Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 

Ephesians 1:8
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 

Ephesians 1:9
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 

Ephesians 1:10
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 

Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 

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; 

Ephesians 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 

Ephesians 3:7
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. 

Ephesians 3:8
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; 

Ephesians 3:9
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: 



5. JEW AND GENTILE PLACED ON THE SAME LEVEL BEFORE god
(ROM. 10:12; 11:32; EPH. 2:16,17).

Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

 Romans 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Ephesians 2:16
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 

Ephesians 2:17
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

 
6. THE GENTILES BLESSED THROUGH ISRAEL’S OBSTINACY
(ACTS 13:44-46; ROM. 11:28-32).

Acts 13:44
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 

Romans 11:29
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 

Romans 11:30
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 

Romans 11:31
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 

Romans 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 

 
7. THE GENTILES BLESSED THROUGH ISRAEL’S FALL
(ACTS 28:27,28; ROM. 11:11,12,15).

Acts 28:24
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 

Acts 28:25
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 

Acts 28:26
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 

Acts 28:27
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 

Acts 28:28
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

 Romans 11:11
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 

Romans 11:12
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 

Romans 11:13
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 

Romans 11:14
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 

Romans 11:15
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
 
8. THE MYSTERY CONCERNS INDIVIDUALS (ROM. 10:12,13;
II COR. 5:14-17).

Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 

Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 

2 Corinthians 5:15
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 

2 Corinthians 5:16
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
 
9. THE MYSTERY CONCERNS “ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN
THE HEAVENLIES”
(EPH. 1:3; COL. 3:1-3).

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

 Colossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 

Colossians 3:3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
 
10. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINS CHRIST’S PRESENT ABSENCE
FROM THE EARTH
(EPH. 1:20-23; COL. 3:1-3).

Ephesians 1:20
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 

Ephesians 1:21
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

Ephesians 1:22
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

COLOSSIANS 3:1 
IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST, SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. 

COLOSSIANS 3:2 
SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH. 

COLOSSIANS 3:3 
FOR YE ARE DEAD, AND YOUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD.
 

11. SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ALONE LIES AT
THE VERY HEART OF THE MYSTERY
(ROM. 3:21-26; 4:5;
EPH. 2:8,9).

Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 

Romans 3:22
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 

Romans 3:24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

Romans 3:25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 

Romans 3:26
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

 Romans 4:5
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

 Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 

Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

Ephesians 2:7
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, lest any man should boast. 
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12. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE MYSTERY COMMITTED PARticularly
TO PAUL
(EPH. 3:1-3,8,9; COL. 1:24-27).

Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 

Ephesians 3:2
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 

Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 

Ephesians 3:4
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 

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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; 

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That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 

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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. 

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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; 

Ephesians 3:9
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:

 Colossians 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: 

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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; 

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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

Colossians 1:27
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
 
​13. THE MYSTERY REVEALED THROUGH ONE MAN: PAUL
(GAL. 1:1,11,12; 2:2,7,9; EPH. 3:2,3).

Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

 Galatians 1:11
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 

Galatians 1:12
For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.


 Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. 

Galatians 2:3
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 

Galatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 

Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 

Galatians 2:6
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 

Galatians 2:7
But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 

Galatians 2:8
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 

Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship;
that we should go unto the heathen,
and they unto the circumcision.

 
14. PAUL BOTH UNDERSTOOD AND LONGED THAT OTHERS
MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERY REVEALED THROUGH him
(EPH. 1:15-23; 3:14-21; COL. 1:9-10; 2:1-3).

Ephesians 1:15
​Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 

Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 

Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 

Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 

Ephesians 1:19
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 

Ephesians 1:20
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 

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Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

Ephesians 1:22
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 

Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

Ephesians 3:15
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 

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That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 

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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 

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May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 

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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 

Ephesians 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 

Ephesians 3:21
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
 
Colossians 1:9
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 

Colossians 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

 Colossians 2:1
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 

Colossians 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 

Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 

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