I Show You a Mystery
Dearly beloved of God, although you have not seen the Lord Jesus Christ, you love him. Believing on him whom you do not currently see, you are very glad with inexpressible and glorious joy, receiving in return the outcome of your believing, that is the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who prophesied of the grace that was to come to you, sought and searched diligently, searching for who or what sort of time the spirit that was in them did signify regarding Christ, when it testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the matters of glory to follow after those sufferings.
It was revealed to them that they were ministering, not to themselves but to you, these things that have now been reported to you by those who proclaim the gospel to you by holy spirit sent from heaven, which things angels desire to stoop down and look into. See I Peter 1:7-12 WT
Dearly beloved of God, we are the beneficiaries of the grace of God made possible because of Jesus Christ’s accomplishments. Our salvation consists of present realities because we are born again of the spirit from God, and have entered the Kingdom of God on account of his accomplishments, and it includes future realities associated with our inheritance. The Lord Jesus Christ will accomplish these future realities, also. All of our salvation rests squarely on the Lord Jesus Christ and his accomplishments.
From the beginning of this Administration of the Grace of God on Pentecost to its end at the gathering together by the Lord Jesus Christ, this period of time was a mystery, hid in God; it was not known in other ages by anyone. God revealed this mystery to the Apostle Paul and He gave him the revelation of the doctrine of the grace of God.
Ephesians 3: 2, 3, and 9 WT
If in fact you have heard about the administration of the grace of God that was given to me for you (namely that by revelation the mystery was made known to me even as I briefly wrote previously)
And to enlighten all people regarding what is the administration of the mystery (which has been hidden from the ages in God, Who created all things)
What began with the grace of God will end in glory for the members of the body of Christ, the Church, when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to gather us up to him in the air. We will obtain the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ as joint heirs with him.
I Corinthians 15:51-54
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead in Christ shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
This event will conclude this Administration of the Grace of God. It was a mystery until God revealed this information to the Apostle Paul.
I Thessalonians 4:15-18
Moreover, we say this to you by the Word of the Lord that we who remain alive until the coming of the lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep, because the lord himself will descend from heaven with a summoning shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who remain alive will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air, and so shall we always be with the lord. Wherefore encourage one another with these words.
The Lord Jesus Christ will accomplish this future reality, and by the grace of God we will participate in it with him. Every last detail of our salvation will be accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ; it is by his work, not ours, dearly beloved.
Rejoice, and thank God for the great grace He has shown us in Christ!
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, Who is our life shall appear, then shall you also appear with Him in glory.
It is Christ in you, dearly beloved, the hope of glory! It is not a mystery any longer!