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Chapter 27 -- FINISHING THE "MYSTERY OF GOD." p. 231,
Para. 2, [LOOKING].
IT was shown in the preceding chapter that at the time
when the 2300 days ended, and the cleansing of the sanctuary
commenced, then the temple of God, that apartment where
the ark is, was opened; and that that took place under, and
marked the commencement of, the sounding of the seventh
trumpet. When the seventh trumpet, the last of the series
of trumpets which covers the gospel dispensation, sounds,
the temple of God is opened in heaven, and the cleansing of
the sanctuary commences. p. 232, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
There is another remarkable prediction concerning what
takes place at the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and the
accomplishment of the sanctuary work, which now invites our
attention. It was said to John (Rev. 10:7): "But in the
days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin
to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath
declared to his servants the prophets." What is meant by
"the mystery of God," and its finishing? In a number of
passages Paul speaks very definitely concerning the mystery
of God. In Eph. 3:3-6, he says: "How 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) which in other ages was not
made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto
his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles
should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel." p. 232,
Para. 2, [LOOKING].
Here Paul states explicitly that the "mystery" was made
known to him by revelation. In his epistle to the Galatians
he tells us what was made known to him by revelation. Gal.
1:11,12: "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel
which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither
received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ." This is what he had written
"afore," or a little before, "in few words." The epistle to
the Galatians was written six years before the letter to
the Ephesians. And what in Ephesians he calls the "mystery"
made known to him by "revelation," in Galatians he calls
plainly the "gospel" as preached to the Gentiles. p. 232,
Para. 3, [LOOKING].