Fellowship of the mystery: SALVATION FOR ALL

Ephesians 3:9 KJV
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

The gospel (1 Cor 15:1-5) is preached to all..

because it is for all, God desiring all to see what Christ Jesus has already done for them, as God wants no man to be eternally lost (1 Tim 2:4). He wants as many as hear to participate intimately in this plan of redemption ("fellowship").

1 Timothy 2:4 KJV
Who will have all...
men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

This gospel is not just given to Israel only (law/prophets/kingdom) any longer but now to all, that none would perish. God beckons all to come to Christ (2 Pet 3:9) and to salvation, which has been His purpose..
from the moment Adam sinned (Gen 3:15; Isa 45:22), since God from ancient times has no pleasure in any being lost (Ezek 33:11)...

2 Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that...
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Isaiah 45:22 KJV
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Ezekiel 33:11 KJV
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death...
of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Becoming a believer in this gospel (1 Cor 15:1-5) brings the same into the fellowship of the mystery, something that was once hid but...
now revealed. To keep hidden, and to reveal at the time of God's will is completely in character with God.

Deuteronomy 29:29 KJV
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever,...
that we may do all the words of this law.

Undeniably, the cross and resurrection of Christ is for all, being made known to all in His Word. This Word also reveals to us that God entrusted this mystery, the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and all things which are...
born from this work of God, to Paul by revelation, since God saw fit that no man could instruct him on it (Gal 1:11-12).

Galatians 1:11-12 KJV
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. [12] For I neither received it of man,...
neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

We praise God and thank Him always because right from the moment Adam sinned, this hidden plan of redemption was put into place, and through the failure of the old man (Adam) there was necessity of a new man,...
the second man, the last Adam, to come, the Lord Himself, and suffer for the sins of the whole world (1 Cor 15:45, 47). We take note that this revelation Paul received at Sinai in Arabia came from the risen Lord of glory from heaven, ascended and seated at the right hand of...
God the Father.

1 Corinthians 15:45,47 KJV
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. [47] The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
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