Ephesians 3:10

[Pamelasv]

"...so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known thru the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places."

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[Guest shiloh357]

"...so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known thru the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places."

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And your question is??

[S.T. Ranger]

Read 1 Corinthians 2 and notice that the hidden wisdom of God is revealed by the Spirit to men. Most will read "Eye hath not seen, and hear hath not heard..." and make it apply to Heaven, as though we simply cannot understand just how great Heaven is and will be.

 

That's not what is in view. What is in view is the Gospel of Christ, which, had the princes of this world known it, they would not have either crucified Christ, nor allowed any harm come to Him.

 

In Ephesians 3 we have the same thing in view: Paul is trying to express his understanding of the Mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the sons of men in other ages, but is now revealed, just as Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 2, by the Spirit. Your question is not very specific, but I think I understand your question and will say that this represents that the Mystery of the Gospel was not common knowledge to even those in "heavenly places," meaning, not even Angels nor demons were privy to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

"Heavenly places" is used in Ephesians 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10. In Ephesians 1:20, Christ is said to be in "heavenly places" (places being an insertion) by being seated at the right hand of God. Therefore, I would suggest that the hidden wisdom of God, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, was just as much declared and proclaimed to the spiritual realm as it is in our own. In other words, Heaven was not waiting in anticipation for the Gospel to be revealed, but that this was a mystery even there.

 

Great question. Hope that helps.

[Pamelasv]

I was wondering how it was made thru the church,, but now that I think about it, I can see how.

[Willa]

Eph. 3:5b-6  as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets that the gentiles should be fellow heirs of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the Gospel.  

This is also called the mystery of the church, that we are joint heirs with the Jews--we are in Christ together--as in God's eyes there is no longer Jew and Gentile.  We are all one in Christ.

We demonstrate this to heavenly beings by our love for one another,  Even when we disagree, we still have love for one another.