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Revelation of the Mystery

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Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting GOD, for obedience to the faith—(Romans 16:25-26). This explains the mystery that was kept secret up to the coming of Jesus Christ, but is now revealed for the purpose of obedience to the faith to all nations, to bring peace to our troubled world. Because many Muslims believe the Old Testament is from GOD, terrorism and radical Islam will end when they receive this truth to live by faith, not Law. GOD revealed this mystery to His saints - the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints (Colossians 1:26).

In the beginning, GOD created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). GOD created all earth, our planet Earth, all matter in our periodic table of elements and beyond. Before GOD created the heaven and earth, there was only GOD; therefore, everything had to come from GOD, because something cannot come from nothing, and there can not be “nothing”. Things that are seen were not made of things that do appear (Hebrews 11:3b).

The stars, planets, and moons are earth, just as our physical bodies are earth, all made from the “palm of the hand of GOD”. One GOD and Father of all, Who is above all and through all and in you all (Ephesians 4:6). The Holy Spirit of GOD is in and through all believers (and even unbelievers).

There is to us only one GOD, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him (1 Corinthians 8:6).

Jesus said, Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see GOD (Matthew 5:8).
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me (Psalms 139:7-10).
GOD is omnipresent: HE is everywhere.

This is clearly seen in the next verse. That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though He be not far from every one of us: For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring (Acts 17:27-28). GOD is not far from us because in Him (in GOD manifest as our earthen body) we (our spirit/soul) live, and move, and have our being. We dwell in the “palm of the hand” of GOD our Father, manifest as our earthen body.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God (1 John 4:15).
For those who confess Jesus is the Son: The Holy Spirit of GOD dwells in us, and our being dwells in GOD. They shall not teach every neighbor, and every brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest (Hebrews 8:11). All shall know Him, for He has always been and will always be with us.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3)
We died with/in Christ and no longer live, for the life we live is hidden with Christ in GOD. We dwell in GOD.

This is also seen by the following. Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are forever before Me (Isaiah 49:16). The body of a child being formed in the mother’s womb is being “carved” on the “palms of the hands” of GOD. My (our) Father who gave them to me (us) is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck them out of My (our) Father's hand (John 10:29).We dwell in an earthen body, which is created from the “hands of GOD”, which is the reason why no one can take us out of the hands of GOD our Heavenly Father.

Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory (Isaiah 6:3b). The whole earth is full of His glory, because our planet earth was created from and is part of the “hands of GOD” Himself.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14) The knowledge of the presence of the Lord GOD our Heavenly Father will be known throughout the whole world, as the expanse of the waters of the oceans, for all will know Him.

Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of GOD? (1 Corinthians 6:19a).
I saw no temple: for the Lord GOD Almighty and the Lamb are the temple (Revelation 21:22).
If our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…and if Almighty GOD and the Lamb are the temple, then our body as the temple of the Holy Spirit is a manifestation of GOD Himself. For in Him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17:27-28); and your life is hid with Christ in GOD (Colossians 3:3).

GOD our Heavenly Father shows His great love for us by carrying us in the “palms of His hands”. He teaches us to discern good and evil and to be like Him in living a righteous lifestyle, to be His family and to know and love Him. When problems arise, we can ask GOD for help. GOD is always near to help us, and when He does, we are all the more thankful; He is loved, praised, and glorified for His great love toward us. It is not good for anyone to be alone, not even GOD our Father in Heaven. As members of the family of GOD, we should all love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; even as we love GOD by loving our neighbor as our self.

For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and GOD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 7:17). When our tears are wiped away, they are wiped away by the “Hand of GOD” Himself. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power (1 Corinthians 15:24).
 
The mystery is theosis/ divinization. The mystery is that God became man, Jesus Christ.. to make man sons of God, by imparting His grace and nature into the believer's being.

The mystery is 1) Christ in the believers individually (Col 2:2, Col 1:26-27)
2) Christ in the believers corporately - the Body of Christ, the Church.

Eph 5:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.




Irenaeus (c. 130-200)
"The Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself.""
'For we cast blame upon [God], because we have not been made gods from the beginning, but at first merely men, then at length gods; although God has adopted this course out of His pure benevolence, that no one may impute to Him invidiousness or grudgingness."
["For it was necessary, at first, that nature should be exhibited; then, after that, that what was mortal should be conquered and swallowed up by immortality, and the corruptible by incorruptibility, and that man should be made after the image and likeness of God."




 
be careful, there is another mystery out there as well

(Revelation 17:5) "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

James has done a good job at showing the mystery of God, and that mystery is not mysterious at all, it is all contained in the revelation of the mind of Christ... your bible.

The mystery religion of Babylon, how ever is all around us, and it would have us worshiping Gaya or "mother earth" to us westerners. God certainly created all things, but all things are not God, your post had some undertone of Gaya worship, whether intentional or unintentional only you and God know.
 
be careful, there is another mystery out there as well

(Revelation 17:5) "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

James has done a good job at showing the mystery of God, and that mystery is not mysterious at all, it is all contained in the revelation of the mind of Christ... your bible.

The mystery religion of Babylon, how ever is all around us, and it would have us worshiping Gaya or "mother earth" to us westerners. God certainly created all things, but all things are not God, your post had some undertone of Gaya worship, whether intentional or unintentional only you and God know.

Yes it is good to emphasize that the mysteries of Christ and God are ALL now revealed to us in the Bible. It is only the veils on our own hearts/minds and laziness in pursuing truth that stops us from seeing them. If we know this it will protect us from seeking extra-Biblical mystical revelation etc and being led astray by satan.
 
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

He who has seen Me (Us) has seen the Father;
for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring' (Acts 17:28).
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God (1 John 4:15).


 
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