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Originally Posted by mfblume
I do not think it is that God is secretive, but that fleshly mankind cannot sense the sort of things God is deeply involved with!  Not until the New Covenant afforded man with Spiritual new birth could man's human spirit begin to sense the things of God. 1 Cor 2:12. We now can know these mysteries since God gives us His Spirit. Paul likened the issue to no man knowing another's thoughts unless that other's spirit was given to a man. This shows God DOES do that and gives us His Spirit so we CAN KNOW the mind of Christ. |
God gave parables so that some would understand and some would not. There are things that only the regenerate can
know but God will always have a mysterious, i:e unknowable, aspect to Him.