Disciples Global Network

The mysteries of God previously hidden are revealed in Jesus of Nazareth, and especially through his Death and Resurrection . The Bible speaks of the “ mysteries ” of God, His ways that are hidden from and contrary to the wisdom of this world. Jesus declared that not everyone could understand the “ mysteries of the kingdom .” God reveals the deep and obscure things to whomever He pleases, and in His Son, He has done so for all the world to see. In Christ’s Death and Resurrection, God has disclosed His nature and the salvation that He offers to all men and women.

One day, the disciples discovered that Jesus was the Temple of God . The era in which God “ dwelt ” in portable tents in the wilderness or stone buildings in Jerusalem had concluded with the arrival of the Messiah. No longer does God dwell in structures “ made by hand .”  His presence cannot be contained by physical walls or geographic boundaries.

The promises of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled in the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, period . The promises of God find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ. “ In him ,” they find their “ Yea ” and “ Amen .” The things that were once “ hidden ” are revealed in the life, words, death, resurrection, and exaltation of the Son of God, the one in whom all the shadows and types of the Hebrew Bible are actualized. All of God’s “ mysteries ” are laid bare in the Nazarene, especially in his Death and Resurrection.

Fulfillment  is a key theme in the  Gospel of Matthew . With the arrival of the Messiah, the time of fulfillment began. What were the implications for the Law of Moses? In his ‘ Sermon on the Mount ’, Jesus provides clear answers. He did not come to settle the interpretive disputes between competing Jewish sects over the details of the Law but to  FULFILL  the “ Law and the Prophets .”

SYNOPSIS :   Christians do not need to wait until History’s final years to understand the message of Revelation. The understanding of its visions was made plain to the first-century churches of Asia . Today, some voices claim that the correct understanding of many end-time prophecies will not be revealed until the “ last generation ” before the return of Jesus. Information still veiled will be decoded only in the last few years prior to the end of the age. Frequently, a key passage from the  book of Daniel  is cited to validate this claim.