Why did Paul the Apostle make this statement in Ephesians 3:3-4, “How that by revelation (God) made known unto me the mystery; … (that) ye may understand… the mystery of Christ?”
There is only one reason: The plan and purpose that God had established before creation, and ever since, Satan has used deception to try to keep as many people as possible in the dark about His will and purpose, starting with Eve.
Paul continues in Ephesians 6:19-20, “And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
Speaking boldly of the will and purpose of Christ, of which Peter also makes this very clear statement as to what it is, in II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is longsuffering… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Previously, Moses also made this statement in Numbers 14:18, “The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty (that refuse to repent and turn from their wicked ways), visiting the iniquity (the wrong thinking) of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.”
The whole of Numbers chapter fourteen des ...
