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closed the tree of life until the coming of Christ, the second
Adam. And even then the gifts of the Holy Spirit and eternal life
were still closed to all except those whom God the Father would
draw to him through Jesus Christ (John 6:44). The natural mind of
man cannot understand the Word of God except by and through the
Holy Spirit dwelling within. We read in I Corinthians 2:9 that the
human eye has not seen, nor the ear heard, nor has it entered into
the human mind, the spiritual things of God. But, verse 10 says
God does reveal those things to us through, and only through, the
Holy Spirit dwelling in us. No matter how great the human mind--no
matter how many PhDs or high degrees one may have after his name,
he cannot understand what God has put in his Word--the Holy Bible
--without the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, "I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes [mentally,
educationally]" (Matt. 11:25). No others can understand the Bible,
which is the Word of God.
Thirdly, the Bible has not been written like the books
written by natural-minded humans. It is a coded book, like a
jigsaw puzzle divided into thousands of parts, and cannot be
understood except these many different parts are properly put
together. And they will fit together in only one way. They must
be put together "here a little, and there a little" (Isa. 28:10).
I feel like shouting "Glory, hallelujah" and "Praise God"
that he has revealed his Word to his one true church through the
Holy Spirit which he has given to us. Daniel 12 continues to say
that in these last days the wise would understand but all others
would not. The Bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
understanding, and a good understanding have they who do his
commandments.
We of God's true church do keep God's commandments. But the
churches of this world say the commandments were done away. There-
fore their eyes, even though they do not realize it, are blinded to
the truth as revealed in the Bible. That is why the churches of
"traditional Christianity" do not and cannot understand the Bible.
This new book MYSTERY OF THE AGES does put the many "pieces
of the jigsaw puzzle" properly together. Because the world has
been unable to do this, the Bible and the things in the Bible have
certainly been a mystery.
The Bible itself is a mystery to nearly all people. God and
the nature of God--what God is like--God's purpose--have been a
mystery. No religion on earth has ever truly understood just who
and what God really is. Many people, and even different religions,
have had some vague ideas about the unseen spirit world. Yet it
has been a total mystery to them.
Even the appearance of mankind on the earth and any purpose
for human existence are a mystery people have never understood.
Human civilization as it has developed is a mystery people simply
do not understand. They cannot understand why 20th century
progress has made such phenomenal strides and yet its troubles
and evils have escalated and multiplied.