MEAT, THE DEPTHS OF THE WORD OF GOD. The Lord is desirous of
making Himself fully known to man whom He has created. The Lord has not
gone into hiding but has manifest the invisible attributes of His nature throughout His creation. He has involved Himself in all of His creation.
Therefore is highly visible as we look at the things He has made. There
must be a higher intellect that has brought forth all that we behold. To say
that all this just happened, is to say that airplanes and cars just happened
or evolved. Rom. 1:20 Truly, man in his all his wisdom does not know God.
MYSTERY? The Bible is a closed book? Jesus addressed His disciples and made known to them that the kingdom of God was not to be a secret or hidden from them. They were to possess knowledge or understanding of the kingdom. To the outsider, it was to be but a parable and hidden from them. Mark 4:11 A mystery is no longer a mystery when it becomes a REVELATION. It is moved from being a secret to a status of being openly proclaimed. So, the salvation which comes by faith and by faith alone is spread abroad, is manifest throughout the whole world, to all nations. Rom. 16:25-26. Please take time to study the word MYSTERY in the New Testament and see how that what was a mystery is now an opened book. There is nothing in the WORD that the Lord will keep hidden from those who love Him and seek Him.
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH. It is inconceivable that
the bridegroom would hide His wedding plans from His bride. The WORD is
filled with His feelings toward her. He has written of His love for her and is
desirous of His bride to be, to come to an understanding of the magnitude
of His love for her. Using good instructions for the married who are in Christ, He steps into the realm of the mystery by saying that He is speaking of Christ and the Church. Eph. 5:32 Are our minds sufficiently sanctified for us to accept the fact that marriage is consummated when two become one. Eph. 5:31 The result of union in marriage is generally a child. The Spirit of the Lord overshadowed the virgin Mary. The seed of God was planted resulting in the birth of the Lord Jesus. Is it impossible for the same event to be repeated? With God, nothing is impossible. The woman of Revelation twelve is married. The marriage had been consummated. She is about to give birth. Her son is the manchild. A product of MARRIAGE. Once again, Jesus is called the EVERLASTING FATHER. Isa. 9:6 All acknowledge the that responsibilities given in this verse relate to Jesus. In what other manner will He become a Father? The whole of the plan of the Lord is completed in this marriage and the birth of the manchild. Incidentally, The last book of the Bible is the book of REVELATION, not the book of concealment. It is an opened book to be understood and fully comprehended, not a mystery or hidden. This is the one hundred percent Christian life. Mt. 13:23.
THE TREE SWEETENS THE BITTER. There is an experience that the
children of Israel had in their wilderness journey that is worth our consideration. Three days into the wilderness and without water. Certainly
there was a great thirst among them at this time. The Lord satisfies those
who are spiritual thirsty. Eureka, waters were discovered. They had
come to the oasis Marah. It was named Marah because its waters were bitter.
This is inescapable to the Christian. In our journey there may be many
visits to the well of Marah. Like Israel of old, there is much complaining,
groaning, and murmuring heard as we visit this unhappy place. The sooner we learn its lessons the less we will have to visit the well of bitterness. The
cure of the Lord was found in a tree. Which, when cast into the waters
completely changed them and made them palatable to Israel. Ex. 15:23-25 The tree of life, the cross was tossed into the bitter waters of this life,
completely altering bitter waters into sweet. Any journey without Jesus is a
desert.