Bible Verses About Mysteries

“But,” says the Torah, “whenever someone turns to Adonai, the veil is taken away.”

Now, “Adonai” in this text means the Spirit. And where the Spirit of Adonai is, there is freedom.

So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by Adonai the Spirit.

he has made known to us his secret plan, which by his own will he designed beforehand in connection with the Messiah

and will put into effect when the time is ripe — his plan to place everything in heaven and on earth under the Messiah’s headship.

and that it was by a revelation that this secret plan was made known to me. I have already written about it briefly,

and if you read what I have written, you will grasp how I understand this secret plan concerning the Messiah.

In past generations it was not made known to mankind, as the Spirit is now revealing it to his emissaries and prophets,

and of letting everyone see how this secret plan is going to work out. This plan, kept hidden for ages by God, the Creator of everything,

so that you, with all God’s people, will be given strength to grasp the breadth, length, height and depth of the Messiah’s love,

yes, to know it, even though it is beyond all knowing, so that you will be filled with all the fullness of God.

And pray for me, too, that whenever I open my mouth, the words will be given to me to be bold in making known the secret of the Good News,

I became a servant of the Good News because God gave me this work to do for your benefit. The work is to make fully known the message from God,

the secret hidden for generations, for ages, but now made clear to the people he has set apart for himself.

To them God wanted to make known how great among the Gentiles is the glorious richness of this secret. And the secret is this: the Messiah is united with you people! In that rests your hope of glory!

My purpose is that they may be encouraged, that they may be joined together in love, and that they may have all the riches derived from being assured of understanding and fully knowing God’s secret truth, which is — the Messiah!

Include prayer for us, too, that God may open a door for us to proclaim the message about the secret of the Messiah — for that is why I am in prison.

And pray that I may speak, as I should, in a way that makes the message clear.

For already this separating from Torah is at work secretly, but it will be secretly only until he who is restraining is out of the way.

They must possess the formerly hidden truth of the faith with a clean conscience.

Great beyond all question is the formerly hidden truth underlying our faith: He was manifested physically and proved righteous spiritually, seen by angels and proclaimed among the nations, trusted throughout the world and raised up in glory to heaven.

We have much to say about this subject, but it is hard to explain, because you have become sluggish in understanding.

The prophets, who prophesied about this gift of deliverance that was meant for you, pondered and inquired diligently about it.

They were trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of the Messiah in them was referring in predicting the Messiah’s sufferings and the glorious things to follow.

It was revealed to them that their service when they spoke about these things was not for their own benefit, but for yours. And these same things have now been proclaimed to you by those who communicated the Good News to you through the Ruach HaKodesh sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things!