In the Scripture quoted in the introduction, the ministers of Christ are called “stewards of the mysteries of God.”

In Mt. 13, Mk. 4, and Lk. 8 our Lord said to His disciples, “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables …”

Then the apostle specified the various mysteries individually: “For 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.” (Rom. 11:25). God has His way for Israel, and He has His way for the Church.

Paul furthermore stated, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” (1. Cor. 15:51). In this chapter we are initially shown the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the firstfruit of the ones who are asleep, then the first resurrection of those who died in Christ and the transformation into immortality of the ones who are alive in Christ at the Rapture, and finally the second resurrection for the last judgment at the end of time. In verse 52 the Apostle Paul said very clearly that the resurrection and transformation shall happen in an instant. “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1. Cor. 15:53-54).

The subject matter in Eph. 1 is the completion of the divine plan of Salvation with all those who were chosen before the foundation of the world and who are found to be in the Will of God and are ready at the Return of Christ. “Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself …” (v. 9).

Paul further wrote: “… that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ …” (Eph. 3:3-4). Indeed, the mystery, which had not yet been revealed in previous ages and in the Old Testament, was unveiled by God for His holy apostles and prophets:

“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To 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 …” (Col. 1:26-27).

In 1. Tim. 3 the apostle came back to the mystery of God once again and wrote: “And 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.” (v. 16). Here we have the greatest mystery of God: God manifested in the flesh as Emmanuel – God with us. This is the testimony of Jesus in the Church of God, which is the pillar and the foundation of the truth (v. 15).

So there are the mysteries of God, the mysteries of the kingdom of God, and there is The mystery of God. And we may say: God has revealed all things to us through the Holy Spirit. We give the glory unto the Lord for the ministry of Brother Branham, who truthfully taught everything that had been unveiled for the apostles and prophets, right to the very last chapter of the Bible.

However, we have to examine ourselves to see whether Christ has been manifested in our lives, whether we bear the nature of Jesus with all His virtues, on the outside and on the inside (2. Pt. 1). Only then can we appear with Him in glory (Col. 3:1-4). Paul, who wrote about the mysteries, strongly emphasized the following: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.” (1. Cor. 13). Only perfect love can enter there; that is what Brother Branham was also told in his experience “behind the curtain of time.”

The love of God is God’s nature in us, for God is love, and as certain as the love of God was manifested in the Redeemer on the cross of Calvary, so is the divine love manifested among all the redeemed. Amen.

In the Scripture quoted in the introduction, the ministers of Christ are called “stewards of the mysteries of God.”

In Mt. 13, Mk. 4, and Lk. 8 our Lord said to His disciples, “Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables …”

Then the apostle specified the various mysteries individually: “For 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.” (Rom. 11:25). God has His way for Israel, and He has His way for the Church.

Paul furthermore stated, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” (1. Cor. 15:51). In this chapter we are initially shown the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the firstfruit of the ones who are asleep, then the first resurrection of those who died in Christ and the transformation into immortality of the ones who are alive in Christ at the Rapture, and finally the second resurrection for the last judgment at the end of time. In verse 52 the Apostle Paul said very clearly that the resurrection and transformation shall happen in an instant. “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1. Cor. 15:53-54).

The subject matter in Eph. 1 is the completion of the divine plan of Salvation with all those who were chosen before the foundation of the world and who are found to be in the Will of God and are ready at the Return of Christ. “Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself …” (v. 9). 

Paul further wrote: “… that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ …” (Eph. 3:3-4). Indeed, the mystery, which had not yet been revealed in previous ages and in the Old Testament, was unveiled by God for His holy apostles and prophets:

“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To 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 …” (Col. 1:26-27).

In 1. Tim. 3 the apostle came back to the mystery of God once again and wrote: “And 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.” (v. 16). Here we have the greatest mystery of God: God manifested in the flesh as Emmanuel – God with us. This is the testimony of Jesus in the Church of God, which is the pillar and the foundation of the truth (v. 15).

So there are the mysteries of God, the mysteries of the kingdom of God, and there is The mystery of God. And we may say: God has revealed all things to us through the Holy Spirit. We give the glory unto the Lord for the ministry of Brother Branham, who truthfully taught everything that had been unveiled for the apostles and prophets, right to the very last chapter of the Bible.

However, we have to examine ourselves to see whether Christ has been manifested in our lives, whether we bear the nature of Jesus with all His virtues, on the outside and on the inside (2. Pt. 1). Only then can we appear with Him in glory (Col. 3:1-4). Paul, who wrote about the mysteries, strongly emphasized the following: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.” (1. Cor. 13). Only perfect love can enter there; that is what Brother Branham was also told in his experience “behind the curtain of time.”

The love of God is God’s nature in us, for God is love, and as certain as the love of God was manifested in the Redeemer on the cross of Calvary, so is the divine love manifested among all the redeemed. Amen.