The Mystery of Christ

Ephesians 3:3,4  "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)"

Here Paul states that he was made aware of the mystery by revelation. The word revelation here has the idea of disclosure. God revealed or manifested to Paul what the mystery was. This mystery was not taught to Paul but revealed to Paul by Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:12  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.  By the way any system of theology that has its origins in man and has to be taught is not from God. God reveals His truth through one man! Paul then states that this mystery that was given to him by revelation, had previously been eluted to in the beginning of this letter. Ephesians 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..."  The mystery of His will was to bring together in one, both Jew and Gentile, by Jesus Christ.  Colossians 1:26,27  "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:"  This mystery involved blindness of the Jews in rejecting Christ, which opened the door for the Gentiles to experience salvation. Romans 11:25  "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."  As a result of Israel's rejection of Christ, the age of grace now reigns with the Gentiles. The Gentiles are now partakers with the Jew in the eternal inheritance and have been made part of Abraham's family.  Galatians 3:28,29  "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."  So the mystery in Christ was how God was going to unite both Jew and Gentile together as one family. Jesus Christ was the only one who could unite God with man and also unite Jew and Gentile into one family. Notice in Christ all nationalities are able to be apart of the family of God.   Romans 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 commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:"  We ought to rejoice that no matter what race, nationality, or culture a person is of, they can all partake in eternal salvation and be a member of God's family. Only Christ could make this possible, this is the mystery of Christ.