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During the period of the old covenant, God hid things. He hid some things inside the Most Holy Place, where no one could go. He also hid His plans from his people. He had a secret, which was disclosed, and then only in part, to certain "cognoscenti" - prophets and apostles.
The gospel opens the veil, and makes the secret known. In Christ, we know what God's plan is. He opens Himself and His purposes to us without veiling, without secrets. All that is whispered is proclaimed from the housetops; all that was in shadows is brought to the light.
Gnosticism, with its hidden secrets and its distinction between the initiated and the masses, is a form of Judaizing, a reversion to the mode of secrecy that Jesus has ended forever.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 04:25 PM
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