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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...

term dedicate only a paragraph or so to this topic.3 We, though, will work through both Daniel’s and the Jewish conception of mystery in some detail, since this chapter will lay a proper foundation for the remainder of this project.4 The book of Daniel and early Judaism present mystery as a revelation concerning end-time events that were previously hidden but have been subsequently revealed. Critical to understanding the biblical mystery is the nature of hiddenness. We will argue that the revelation
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