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Again he says (Eph. 1:9,10): "Having made known unto us
the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure
which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation
of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all
things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are
on earth; even in him. Again, in Col. 1:25-27, we have this
declaration: "Whereof I am made a minister, according to
the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to
fulfil the word of God; 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." Eph. 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." Rom. 16:25,26:
"Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to
my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since
the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the
scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandments
of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the
obedience of faith." p. 233, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
All these texts speak to the same point, and testify unmistakably
to the fact that the "mystery of God," the "mystery
of Christ," etc., is no more nor less than the gospel
of Jesus Christ, through which the Gentiles are brought in
to be members of the commonwealth of Israel and partakers
with the household of faith. This being the mystery, its
finishing would be the close of the proclamation of the
gospel, the completion of the work which it was designed to
accomplish. This of necessity closes the period of man's
probation, and finishes the plan of salvation. p. 233,
Para. 2, [LOOKING].
But this, as we have seen, is the very result which is
reached in that great work called the cleansing of the
sanctuary. In that Christ brings his work as priest to an
end, finishes his mediation, decides the cases of all mankind,
and concludes the work of the gospel. p. 234, Para.
1, [LOOKING].
The reader will now perceive another beautiful link in the
faultless chain of harmony which the Bible presents to us
on this subject. When the seventh angel sounds, then commences
the work called the finishing of the mystery of God.