In Ephesians 1:9, 10, Paul tells us that God's purpose to gather together all things in Christ is the "mystery of His will." In chapter 3:3, 6 he adds that this "mystery" includes the gathering of the Gentiles as "fellow heirs, . . . and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel." The "mystery of God" is therefore God's great work of gathering out of a sinful world His true people, in preparation for the second coming of Christ. Paul explains the "mystery" even more clearly in Colossians 1:27, 28: "The riches of the glory of this mystery" is "Christ in you, the hope of glory . . . that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." The great battle between Christ and Satan can never be finished until Christ has a people who follow Him "wherever He goes," who are "without fault before the throne of God" (Revelation 14:4, 5).
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