The word "mystery" brings to mind unsolved crimes and movie thrillers. Did you ever wonder what "mystery" means in the context of our faith in God? My MS Word dictionary offers this definition: a Christian belief or truth that is considered to be beyond human understanding and can be made known only by divine revelation. Something unknowable is made known -- though through a glass darkly on this side of eternity.
The NIV translation shows the word "mystery" or "mysteries" 32 times in the Bible as in "the mystery of his will" and "the mystery of Christ". In Col. 2:2 St. Paul comes flat out and identifies "the mystery of God". He writes, "My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ." God Himself is the ultimate Truth beyond human understanding Who is made known by Divine Revelation -- also known as Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh. In the opening passages of his gospel, St. John teaches, "No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only [Christ], who is at the Father's side, has made him known."
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