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The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found only in the Word made Flesh, namely, Jesus Christ of Nazareth – John 1:14-18. The Gospel of John begins by introducing key themes that are expanded in the body of the book - Life , Light , Witness , Truth , and Grace .  Jesus is the Light of the world , the source of Grace and Truth , the True Tabernacle , and the only born Son of God who dwells in the “ bosom of the Father .” The Prologue concludes by declaring that he is qualified to interpret the unseen God since he alone has seen God.

The fullness, grace, and truth of God are found in the Word made Flesh, Jesus of Nazareth, who alone has seen the unseen God – John 1:14-18. The Prologue to the Gospel of John introduces key themes of the Book, including Life , Light , Witness , Truth , Glory , and Grace .  Jesus of Nazareth is the Light of the world, the source of Grace and Truth, the True Tabernacle in whom God dwells, the only born Son of God, and the only one who has seen the Father. The Prologue concludes by declaring that the Son is the only one qualified to interpret God since he alone has seen the Unseen God .

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.

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.

The Church has been plagued for centuries by prophets, seers, and mystics who claim to possess secret knowledge and new insights into the mysteries of God beyond anything found in the Scriptures, knowledge obtained via visions and dreams, or perhaps by deciphering the Hebrew alphabet or the Jewish calendar. The Bible certainly does speak of God’s “ mysteries ,” His unexpected ways that differ radically from human wisdom, but they were disclosed in His Son twenty centuries ago.