( Revelation 10:7 ) But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
The mystery of God is hinted both in the old testament and then coming to the new testament .
The “ *Mystery of God* ” is actually hinted in the Old Testament. It had been wrapped in mystery in the prophecies, by the prophets, on how God would show His Mercy to the Gentiles . (Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6,Isaiah 49:22 , Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 62:2, Jeremiah 16: 19)
*As it was declared to his servants the prophets*
To Abraham the prophet of the LORD, God established His Covenant :
(Genesis 17:7) And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
(Galatians 3:29) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise
Progressively this declaration concerning the Gentiles being grafted into the promised word of God in the old testament are read as follows :
(Isaiah 11:10) And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
(Isaiah 42:6) I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.
(Isaiah 49:22 ) Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
(Isaiah 60:3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
(Jeremiah 16:19) O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
In the New Testament, Paul revealed that God had made known to him this mystery, which was hidden before the foundation of the world, “that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel” (Eph.3:6).
(Ephesians 3:2-6) If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) . Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.
(Romans 16:25-26) Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.
(Romans 11:24-25) For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Now, the purpose of the precious message of the Seventh Church Age Messenger, William Marrion Branham is to separate the Wheat from the Tares, and the True Believers from the Make-believers and Unbelievers. (Read Matthew 13.)
It aims to lead the Elect out of darkness and out of the bondage of the world and its religious systems into God’s Divine Word .
And as the true elected members of the Body of Christ are being gathered into the WORD, the “ *Mystery of God* ” ( *which is the Dispensation of Grace to the Gentiles* ) shall be drawn to a close. So, the “ *Mystery of God” should be (not is) finished* . Yes, the grafting of the wild olive tree would have been accomplished. And until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, the Gospel cannot be returned to Israel. (Read Romans 11.)
Note: It is clear that in the “Mystery of God” the Gentile Church has become a part of THE COVENANT which God had made with Abraham, and which He had declared unto His Old Testament prophets .
Yes, “In the days” of the ministry of the Seventh Angel (to the Laodicean Church Age) when he shall begin to sound forth his voice , *his message* – the “Mystery of God”, which God had made known to His prophets of old, should (ought to) be finished (accomplished, fulfilled). And when that happens, time shall no longer delay the return of the Lord’s Christ. Hence, the “Mystery of God” is the period of time which God had allocated for the grafting of the Gentiles into His Promised Word, just “as He had declared to His servants, the (Old Testament) prophets* ”.
Shalom to the Wife of Christ The Lord Jesus .
Bro Stephen Awittor, Cape Coast, Ghana.
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