The Greek word mysterion is different, however. Although still a 'secret', it is no longer closely guarded but open. . . More simply, mysterion is a truth hitherto hidden from human knowledge or understanding but now disclosed by the revelation of God. The mystery described a. It is as if a great drama is being enacted.
History is the theatre, the world is the stage, and the church members in every land are the actors.
God himself has written the play, and he directs and produces it. Act by act, scene by scene, the story continues to unfold. They are the cosmic intelligences, the principalities and powers in the heavenly places . We can't pray effectively if we do not have insight into God's purpose and will. The humility comes when he considers God's great eternal plan, his place in that plan, and how God's work is unstoppable, even when Paul is imprisoned c.