The
Mystery of the Christ
Since Christ’s coming was foretold by the prophets of
old, he has been shrouded in a mystery. The Hebrew Tanakh promised to only give
a glimpse at who was to come, but the New Testament still leaves much to be
wondered. In the book of Isaiah, Isaiah prophecies that one would be stricken,
smitten, and afflicted on the behalf of a people. He was compared to the lamb
going to slaughter. Throughout the Psalms, David is, perhaps unknowingly,
alluding to the future of his King. When Christ’s revelation is increased upon
his incarnation, more of the shroud is taken away. Although he emptied himself into the likeness of man,
he was still cloaked in mystery. For the length of his life, he would not say
any more than he wanted revealed. He did not want his miracles broadcasted
until a certain time, and the Father did not reveal that he was the Christ until
a time that he deemed right. Still then, after his death and resurrection,
there is more mystery. He had only shown his full glory to Peter, John, and
James at his transfiguration. We can only wonder at what more there is to be
found out, but are these wise questions? Should we seek to know more than he
has already revealed to us? Are we becoming more enamored with the mystery than
with Christ? Are we becoming more enamored with the myth of the rituals of
communion and baptism then we are with Christ? Why should we spend our lives
seeking the answers to these mysteries when it is clear God reveals only when
he wants to? As he says in Deuteronomy, “The secret things belong to the LORD
our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we
may observe all the words of this law”.
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