Post on 24-Jun-2015
1 Corinthians 4:1-5Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers
of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 4:1-5
A mystery is something you have to work to
understand. In the Bible you not only have to
work to understand them you have to work to find them. He doesn’t list all the mysteries here in this passage; however we can
find them with a little work:
The mystery of Godliness
1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Christ in you
Colossians 1:27To whom God would make
known what is the riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory:
Mystery of the Church
Ephesians 5:32This is a great mystery: but
I speak concerning Christ and the church.
(5:25-32, 1 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 2:6, 2
Corinthians 11:2)
Restoration of Israel
Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Restoration of Israel
• Romans 11:28-30– As concerning the
gospel, they are enemies– they are beloved for the
father's sakes.– Ye have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief:
• Galatians 3:28– There is neither Jew nor
Greek
• Romans 11:25-26– blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until– And so all Israel shall be
saved
Babylon The Great
Revelation 17:5And upon her forehead
was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH.
Babylon
Revelation 17:18And the woman which
thou sawest is that great city, which
reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 17:4-5• arrayed in purple and
scarlet color• a golden cup in her
hand • THE MOTHER OF
HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Babylon
Revelation 17:9And here is the mind
which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on
which the woman sitteth.
Mystery of Iniquity
2 Thessalonians 2:7For the mystery of iniquity
doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way.
Mystery of Iniquity
• Revelation 13:18– the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six
– 13:(3*6)
• 2 Chronicles 9:13– six hundred and
threescore and six talents of gold
• Ezra 2:13– The children of
Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six
– Adonikam (Lord of Rebellion)
• John 13:26– he had dipped the sop,
he gave it to Judas Iscariot
– 13:(2*13)
Mystery of Iniquity
John 17:12While I was with them in
the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Mystery of Iniquity
John 6:70-7170 Jesus answered them,
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Acts 1:25That he may take part of
this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to
his own place.
Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go
into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that
was, and is not, and yet is.
In 96 AD, when John wrote the book of Revelation, Judas Iscariot no longer existed: he
had killed himself. • He was, because at one point he was alive. • He would "ascend out of the bottomless pit,"
or hell, during the end times. Nobody born today could have been alive prior
to 96 AD, could be gone in 96 AD, and then appear in the future.
The Rapture
1 Corinthians 15:51-52• 51 Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.