The Mysteries of The Bible Pt. 3

THE MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE

VIII. THE MYSTERY OF "BABYLON THE GREAT."

     This Mystery is revealed in the seventeenth chapter of the book of Revelation.

IX. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH AS THE "BRIDE OF CHRIST."

     This was revealed to Paul, and is disclosed in Eph. 5:22-33, under the figure of the relation of man and wife. "This is a 'Great Mystery'; but I speak concerning Christ and the church." The first Adam had a bride. Eve; and the second, or last Adam must have a bride, the CHURCH. This is a "Great Mystery" because it explains why there should be a "Parenthetical Dispensation" between the first and second Coming of Christ, in which, by grace, a chosen people should be "called out" to form the Church, the Bride of Christ.

X. THE MYSTERY OF THE "RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS."

     This is spoken of by Paul in his letter to the Ephesians (Eph. 1:9-10), as the

                                          "Mystery of His Will,"

and reveals how that in the "Dispensation of the fulness of Times," it is God's purpose to undo all that sin has done, and restore "ALL THINGS" as they were before the "Rebellion of Satan" and the "FALL OF MAN."