Upon This Rock (19): Robbing Christ of His Honor (11)
Doezema examines Paul's statement that the calling of the Gentiles was a mystery hidden in ages past, reconciling this claim with Old Testament prophecies about Gentile salvation. Drawing on Calvin's commentary, the author argues that while the substance of God's grace to the Gentiles was revealed to the prophets, the full clarity and manner of its fulfillment was not made known until the apostolic age, illustrating the progressive nature of biblical revelation.
Previous article in this series: May 15, 2015, p. 368. We concluded our last article with Paul's assertion that to the Jews of the old dispensation the calling of the Gentiles was a mystery. And we noted that this was in spite of the fact that he knew very well that the Old Testament Scriptures were not silent concerning the fact that at the coming of the Messiah the grace of God would be proclaimed to the Gentile world. Think only of the prophecy of Isaiah: "I will also give thee [the...
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