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The Mystery of Christ as Supernatural History
The 'mystery of Christ' is not secular history but a supernatural history of salvation, a divine plan pre-ordained in Jesus Christ. This plan erupts within…
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The Pattern Man
As Paul tells us in his letter to Timothy: “Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion.” (I Timothy 3:16, Revised Standard Version1) Well, if it’s a mystery, then it isn’t history, for history is certainly not a mystery, for history is based upon facts. So, there’s no mystery to the facts of life. And if the Bible is based upon secular history, then it’s not a mystery. But Paul, he said, “Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion.” (I Timothy 3:16, RSV), and he uses the word mystery no less than twenty times in his letters. He said, “And God has made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth as a plan in Jesus Christ for the fullness of time.” (Ephesians 1: 9, 10, RSV) So, when the time is full in you, in everyone, that plan erupts. And everything said of Him in Scripture, which you were taught to believe was secular history, proves itself in you to be supernatural history. It’s a history of salvation. You are saved by that Pattern − that perfect pattern.
The 'mystery of Christ' is not secular history but a supernatural history of salvation, a divine plan pre-ordained in Jesus Christ. This plan erupts within each individual at their 'fullness of time,' revealing the biblical narrative as an internal, personal experience rather than external facts.