THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD! #1

THE MYSTERIES OF GOD! #1 As we begin this study I want you to realize there is much about God that we humans do not know or understand. We only understand what God has revealed to us through this amazing Book. The Biblios, Called the Bible which means “The Book” More Bibles are sold every year than any other book. It was written over a period of 1500 to 1600 years by one author using 40 different men, many who never knew each other or met each other. Yet the first book agrees with the last book. This book reveals much amazing truth about Almighty God! II Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for docrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect {mature) thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Our Eternal God is OMNISHIENT, OMNIPOTENT, and OMNIPRESENT! Mystery defined by Webster’s dictionary! 1. Something not understood or beyond understanding 2. Profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality or character. 3. A religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand When I was a boy a radio program called “I love a Mystery” Did you know the Bible is a Mystery Book? Ephesians 3:9 “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the MYSTERY, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” Notice=God created all things and He did it by Jesus Christ! 1. The Word=Jh. 1:1-3, READ A word gives information. Note=3 facts about the Word 1. He was in the beginning 2. He was with God 3. He was God! Who is THE WORD? Jh. 1:14,17 2. More information =Hebrews 1:1 “God, (v,2,) Hath in these last days (Almost 6,000 years of history have passed=4,000 in OT & 2,000 in N.T.) spoken unto us by his Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds: (v.3) Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, (Jesus is the physical image of God) Jesus and upholding all things by the word of His power, [Rev. 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven, and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away: and there was no more sea. (Google search states about 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water] when He had by himself purged our sin, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:” Now in this series we are going to learn about many of the mysteries of God that the word of God reveals. A short list! The Mystery of the kingdom of God! Matt. 4:11; The Mystery of Israel’s blindness! Rom. 11:25; The Mystery kept secret since the world began. Rom. 16:25; The Mystery of the wisdom of God I Cor. 2:7; The Mystery about the resurrection I Cor. 15:51; The Mystery of God’s will. Eph. 1:9; The Mystery of Christ. Eph. 3:4; And there are more that we will learn about! Do you know the mystery about the future? The mystery of what happens when one dies? God’s word reveals that truth! Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Physical death is not the end. I Corinthians 5:10 Believers will appear at the Judgment seat of Christ. The lost will appear at the Great White Throne Judgement Revelation 20:11-15; Every person will be in one of these judgements! The End!