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Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery is unavailable, but you can change that!

When reading through the Bible, it is impossible to ignore the troubling fact that Israel and its leaders—and even Jesus' own disciples—seem unable to fully grasp the messianic identity and climactic mission of Jesus. If his true deity, his death and resurrection and his role in the establishment of God's eternal kingdom were predicted in the Old Testament and in his own teachings, how could the...

We will define mystery generally as the revelation of God’s partially hidden wisdom, particularly as it concerns events occurring in the “latter days.” As we will see, scholars are on the right track when they define mystery as divine wisdom that was previously “hidden” but has now been “revealed.” We will attempt to sharpen this definition, but generally speaking this widely held understanding of the biblical mystery is correct. Augmenting this definition, mystery often means something close to
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