Jewish Lords' Witness

The Mysteries of God

​​​​Introduction

I have been a baptised member of the Fourth True Christian Church of the Lords’ Witnesses for some 16 years now at the time of writing this paper after being convinced, by good logical argument, that the bible is written in a cryptic code. The interested reader should check out: The 10th Generation Bible Code. I have often asked myself the question ‘why did God find the need to write His Word in a highly encrypted form?’ when one might argue that the Bible should be for the common man. Well, by and large, it IS written for everyone since there is much good content in the Book that is written in a clear manner for anyone to understand if they so choose. Anyway, having been asking myself this question for some time now, I have finally decided to see if God has already answered my question in His Book. I will be very surprised if he has not! So, this paper is intended to research the scriptures to determine why God has written His Book in this manner. As you will shortly discover, before this paper even got on a head of steam, we come up against a completely unexpected, (by me) but fully intended (by the Holy Spirit), bump in the road as recounted in the very first section of this paper. Read on...
 

Mysteries of God and Man

Well, here’s a good verse to start with! Here we have two translations with two very different renderings both in the English and the Greek. One for you Trinitarians to grapple with, I think! In Verse 2 of the following scripture Paul is clearly referring to the mystery of God, the Father and His son Jesus Christ. But a further mystery is added by the hand of the trinitarian priesthood to confound their congregations with the ‘mystery’ of the trinity. The motivation for this was (and still is) to enable the priesthood to stand between God and His people thereby ensuring the priests have direct control over God’s people. I would not want to be one of those guys come judgement day!

I originally reviewed two different English translations in my research. The KJV includes the Father as a separate entity from the Christ. The ASV misses out Father completely. The real sin, however, is in the Greek texts. As examples, I originally used the Stephanus’ Textus Receptus (STE) and the Westcott and Hort’s (WHO) Greek texts. These caught my attention because the STE version contains the Greek word ‘πατρος’ meaning ‘Father’, the WHO does not. Secondly the STE version contains the Greek word ‘και’ meaning ‘and’. This led me to seek a deeper view of the English translations and Greek texts which you will find below these two of my original renderings:

2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; (KJV)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ, (ASV)

​2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντων εν αγαπη και εις παντα πλουτον της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου και πατρος και του χριστου (STE)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου χριστου (WHO)

3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2 KJV)

3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. (Colossians 2 ASV)

3 εν ω εισιν παντες οι θησαυροι της σοφιας και της γνωσεως αποκρυφοι (Colossians 2 STE)

3 εν ω εισιν παντες οι θησαυροι της σοφιας και γνωσεως αποκρυφοι (Colossians 2 WHO)

So, as I intimated previously, let us take a deeper dive into the trinity supporting corruptions of Colossians 2:2. Here are a broader selection of English translations:

2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; (Colossians 2 King James)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, that they may be harmoniously joined together in love and with a view to all the riches of the full assurance of [their] understanding, with a view to an accurate knowledge of the sacred secret of God, namely, Christ. (Colossians 2 New World)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, being joined together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to [the] full knowledge of the mystery of God, even of [the] Father and of Christ, (Colossians 2 GLT)

2 in order that might be comforted the hearts of them, having been made to go together in love and into all riches of the fully being borne of the comprehension, into accurate knowledge of the mystery of the God, of Christ, (Colossians 2 Kingdom Interlinear)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ, (Colossians 2 ASV)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ, (Colossians 2 Young's Literal)

2 that their hertes myght be conforted and knet togedder in love and in all ryches of full vnderstondynge for to knowe the mistery of God the father and of Christ (Colossians 2 TYN)

2 that their hearts may be comforted, and that they, by love, may come to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father, and of the Messiah, (Colossians 2 Syriac Peshitta)

2 so that may be comforted the hearts of them, being knit together in love and for all wealth of the full conviction of the understanding, in order to an exact knowledge of the secret of the God; (Colossians 2 Emphatic Diaglott)

So, out of the above nine English translations, five contain the word ‘Father’. And now for a selection of the Greek texts:

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου χριστου  (Colossians 2 Tischendorf)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντων εν αγαπη και εις παντα πλουτον της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου και πατρος και του χριστου (Colossians 2 Stephanus)

2 ἵνα παρακληθῶσιν αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν, συμβιβασθέντων ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καὶ εἰς πάντα πλοῦτον τῆς πληροφορίας τῆς συνέσεως, εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ (Colossians 2 Scrivener)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντων εν αγαπη και εις παντα πλουτον της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου και πατρος και του χριστου  (Colossians 2 Byzantine)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου χριστου (Colossians 2 Nestle Aland 27th)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου χριστου (Colossians 2 Westcott and Hort)

2 ϊνα παρακληθωϲιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν πλουτος της πληροφοριας της 
συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυϲτηριου του θεου πατρος του χριστου (Colossians 2 Sinaiticus)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν το πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου πατρος του χριστου (Colossians 2 Alexandrinus)

2 ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν το πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου πατρος του χριστου (Colossians 2 Rescriptus)​

Out of a selection of nine Greek Texts, six contain the word for father: ‘πατρος’.

For reference, the following represents the official Lords’ Witnesses’ position on the Greek texts:

''The Sinaiticus, the Alexandrinus and the Rescriptus texts all contain the following phraseology: 'μυστηριου του θεου πατρος του χριστου'

When these 3 uncial codices agree then we have the original text (3 main witnesses). The precise literal translation is: of the mystery of the God, (of) father of {the} Christ. We today would say: of the mystery of God, (the) father of (the) Christ.

However, every single English translation denies God to be the father of the Christ. They do not like that idea at all, in circumstances where God himself said:

5 While he was yet speaking, look! a bright cloud overshadowed them, and, look! a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him. (Matthew 17 NWT)

He did not approve himself in the above scripture.

For the record, these represent the worst of the Greek texts for this particular verse, Colossians 2:2:

Textus Receptus does mention the father but inserts two incidences of 'and' to read: of the mystery of the God and of father and of the Christ, which invents a non existent father other than God;
Vatican B just omits the word father to read: of the mystery of the God (of) Christ, which could mean the God of Christ or could mean the God – Christ;
Claromontanus, the most corrupt of them all really goes for it - reading: of the mystery of the God the [one] being Christ.’'

So, what is the real mystery that Paul is referring to in Colossians 2:2? While he would not have known it in his time, the Holy Spirit was giving him a coded message. While God and His Son represent the true mystery to mankind, men (in the form of the Roman Catholic Church) were to invent their own trinitarian mystery for their own blasphemous purposes!

And then we have more of the same in Paul’s first letter to Timothy. The KJV refers to 'God' manifest in the flesh thereby conferring credence to the trinitarian view whereas the ASV refers to 'He' more generally applicable to the Christ:

16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3 KJV)

16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. (1 Timothy 3 ASV)

As in the previous example, the Stephanus Text contains the Greek word ‘θεος’ meaning ‘God’ and the WHO text contains ‘ος’ meaning ‘He’, thereby providing the confusion to the English translations:

16 και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον θεος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοις εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανεληφθη εν δοξη (1 Timothy 3 STE)

16 και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον ος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοις εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανελημφθη εν δοξη (1 Timothy 3 WHO)

Again, we have three witnesses that exclude the Greek word ‘θεος’ to demonstrate the trinitarian pollution of the original texts. This time, however, we need to consider a different set of codices since no codex appears to be trinity-free in its entirety: 

16 και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον ος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοις εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανελημφθη εν δοξη (1 Timothy 3 Sinaiticus)

16 και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον ος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοις εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανελημφθη εν δοξη (1 Timothy 3 United Bible Societies Version 4)

16 και ομολογουμενως μεγα εστιν το της ευσεβειας μυστηριον ος εφανερωθη εν σαρκι εδικαιωθη εν πνευματι ωφθη αγγελοις εκηρυχθη εν εθνεσιν επιστευθη εν κοσμω ανελημφθη εν δοξη (1 Timothy 3 Ephraemi Rescriptus) 

Oh yes, and just to prove the point further, several of the codices, e. g. the Vaticanus, omit this verse completely. This, presumably, because a correct rendering would cause their Catholic congregations to start to question the trinitarian fable. 

And how about this one , where ‘god’ is replaced by ‘the son’ in the English and ‘θεος’ by ‘υιος’ in the Greek respectively:

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him]. (John 1 KJV) 

18 God no one has seen at any time; only-begotten god the (one) being into the bosom of the Father that (one) explained. (John 1 KIT) 

18 ​θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο
(John 1 STE) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 WHO)  

If we look at the nine main Greek codices, we find that five include the original ‘θεος’ in the text thereby providing the three witness test for this verse: 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Tischendorf) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Stephanus) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Scrivener) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενης υιος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Byzantine) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Nestle Aland 27th) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Tregelles) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Westcott and Hort) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Sinaiticus) 

18 θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο (John 1 Vatican B)  

I have to say that this has left me with the unedifying concern that no Greek codex is 100% accurate to God’s Word so no English translations can be 100% correct either. This concern caused me to further research this topic. The key point to come out of that research for me was that the Greek texts in general were all quite well aligned except for verses which referenced Christ’s divinity. Consequently, it can be determined that this focussed differentiation could only be the result of deliberate tampering with God’s Word to hide behind the Trinitarian fog and not due to copying errors. The interested reader might like to review my earlier paper on the subject of: The Trinity 

Clearly, I am not the first person to have discovered this corruption. Please look at the following website to see a comprehensive list of the trinitarian corruptions: https://www.biblicalunitarian.com/articles/textual-corruptions-favoring-the-trinitarian-position. And, just for the record, check out the following website for the most infamous and blatant example of trinitarian skulduggery also previously identified in my earlier paper: https://www.trinitytruth.org/was1john5_7addedtext.html.

This all provides further evidence to me that the Lords’ Witnesses should produce a code-preserving translation of God’s Word. Perhaps this will be one of our first tasks in the Kingdom? 

In conclusion on this section, these words of Agur say it all for me. From these verses, it seems that the inspired Word had already prophesied the trinitarian blasphemy to come the better part of a millenium later:

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. (Proverbs 30 KJV) 

Before we go on to the mysteries of God’s Word (the original intent of this paper!) what is the mystery in the following verses?  

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17 KJV)

Clearly the woman is the Roman Catholic Church which was identified in John’s Revelation as the mother of harlots, which fits the profile perfectly. For a fuller decoding of Revelation 17 please see: Revelation 17: The Roman Catholic Church and the UN. Also, perhaps, the following website provides a damning indictment of the history of trinitarian roots by providing numerous quotes in support of the verses from Revelation Chapter 17: https://romecorruptedchristianity.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/the-trinity-from-babylon-to-rome/. From my own viewpoint, the sins of the trinitarian myth cannot be over-stated. It is a complete obfuscation of the two Gods recognised by the LWs and a denial of God's plan and purposes for mankind. I cannot think of a worse sin by mankind than this!
 

The Secret Will of God

So, after that little interlude spent looking at the mysteries of man embedded into God’s Holy Word, let us start looking at those mysteries that are truly those of The Almighty.

David confirmed that God does not impose Himself on mankind. This is to the extent that His very existence is effectively kept secret and consequently denied by errant mankind:

1 {To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God. (Psalms 14 KJV)

But He would make His secrets known to those who fear Him:

14 The secret of Jehovah [is] with those who fear Him; and He will make them know His covenant. (Psalms 25 GLT)

Very early on in the scriptures we are told that Jehovah God has secrets and that it is only due to His explicit revealing of them to us that we may become aware of His will:

29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29 ASV)

A point reiterated to Jeremiah while he was imprisoned:

2 So says Jehovah its Maker, Jehovah who formed it in order to establish it; Jehovah is His name:
3 Call to Me, and I will answer you; and [I will] tell you great and inscrutable things; you do not know them. (Jeremiah 33 GLT)

And further confirmation from Amos that God will reveal His secrets to His prophets and thereby, presumably, ONLY to His prophets as He so chooses:

7 For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. (Amos 3 GLT)

Paul, in later times to the Roman congregation, confirms the unfathomable depths of God’s knowledge compared with that of mere mortal man:

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (Romans 11 KJV)

Paul also confirmed that we can only see God’s mysteries in part currently but that the chosen ones will have all of God’s secrets revealed in their appropriate time:

12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known; (1 Corinthians 13 YLT)

Paul further made the point to the congregation at Corinth that the gifts of the spirit, that would be given to the chosen, were a mystery that would not be understood by men but only by the Holy Spirit:

2 For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. (1 Corinthians 14 ASV)

Daniel also was a major prophet to whom God revealed some of His secrets:

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. (Daniel 2 KJV)

This particular secret was to pass on the interpretation of the dream, of King Nebuchadnezzar, which God caused that king to have to demonstrate to him the power of the one true God:

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men], the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. (Daniel 2 KJV)

Nebuchadnezzar was so impressed with Daniel’s (aka Belteshazzar’s) ability to unravel the secret meaning of his dream that he requested his explanation of a second dream in front of all his court of magicians:

9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Daniel 4 KJV)

18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise [men] of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou [art] able; for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee. (Daniel 4 KJV)

But even after these revelations (and others – see later in this paper), Daniel is told to seal up the secret Words of God until the end-times:

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (Daniel 12 KJV)

We are clearly in the end-times now (check out my previous papers on the topic if you are in any doubt: End Times; Signs of The End Times – Part 2; Covid-19). The Lords’ Witnesses have been given the task of decoding the Bible since before the fall of the Watchtower. Consequently, I have to believe that this church is now removing the seal from the Book by the grace of God.

And then we have the absolutely massive revelation to Isaiah prophesying the coming of the Christ:

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9 ASV)

Zophar the Naamathite, in his response to Job, demonstrates the massive task that man has before him to understand God’s will. This makes it very clear that mankind lives far beneath God’s realm. Consequently, it is inevitable that God must drip-feed His knowledge and wisdom to us in digestible portions over mankind’s time on this Earth:

7 Can you find out God by searching? Or can you find out the end of the Almighty?
8 Heights of the heavens! What can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
9 Its measure [is] longer than the earth, broader than the sea. (Job 11 GLT)
 

Revelations to the Saints

Before we even get into consideration of God’s mysteries, as revealed to the Saints, Paul announces to the congregation at Corinth that they, the 1NC Saints, are the stewards of God’s mysteries. They are the ones to whom His mysteries are being revealed, in the expectation that those mysteries will be recorded and revealed by them to others of faith during their ministry:

1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4 KJV)

I would have to say that this must also be the case for the Second New Covenant Kings as represented by the Fourth True Christian Church of the Lords’ Witnesses.

In his first letter to the congregation at Ephesus, Paul refers to the mystery of God’s will in proclaiming His Son Jesus Christ as ruler of Heaven and Earth and the pre-ordained 1NC Saints gathered together in that congregation:

9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Ephesians 1 KJV)

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, (Ephesians 6 KJV)

The mystery is re-iterated in his first letter to Timothy:

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. (1 Timothy 3 KJV)

And in his first letter to the congregation at Corinth:

2 And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (1 Corinthians 13 ASV)

And yet again in his letter to the congregation at Colossus:

3 praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound, (Colossians 4 YLT)

But why did Paul describe this as a mystery? Well, no-one knows God’s intentions until they become manifest. Today we have the benefit of being able to read the OT scriptures to see the foretelling of the Messiah AND its manifestation as told us in the NT scriptures. In the first century, however,  no-one really expected things to turn out as they did in that the gentiles would be invited to become God’s chosen through His Son Jesus Christ alongside the faithful among the Jews:

3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 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;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: (Ephesians 3 KJV)

And the same message to the Saints in Paul’s congregation at Colossus:

26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Colossians 1 KJV)

Ditto to the Roman congregation:

25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; (Romans 11 ASV)

25 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,
26 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 16 KJV)

Well in advance of Jesus’ coming, Maschil of Asaph prophesied that God’s secrets will be conveyed through parables:

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: (Psalms 78 KJV)

Jesus explains to His disciples that the mysteries of God are given to His chosen who have their eyes and ears open to be receptive to God’s messages. I feel that gift has been given (but not exclusively) to the Lords’ Witnesses in their seeking the truth encoded in God’s Word:

10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. (Luke 8 KJV)

11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (Matthew 13 KJV)

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all [these] things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them. (Mark 4 KJV)

Paul reiterates this message to the congregation at Corinth:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2 KJV)

In John’s Revelation we see that hidden food of God will be given to those deemed righteous by the Holy Spirit together with their new secret name in God’s family:

17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]. (Revelation 2 KJV)

So, towards the finish of this current system of things, the mystery of God’s workings, since the foundation of the world, will be shown to all mankind as previously revealed to His servants:

7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10 ASV)

A major part of God’s mystery lies in the fact that the Old Testament times and scriptures represented the physical manifestation of life whereas the New Testament revealed its true spiritual equivalent. In this message to the Jews, Christ compares the eating of manna to survive in this physical life to the sharing in His flesh to give an everlasting spiritual life which is our true eventual destiny:

49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? (John 6 ASV)

In Peter’s first letter, he tells his congregation that the hard research the prophets carried out on God’s Word to determine the time and nature of His salvation plan has now been revealed to the Saints. This again demonstrates that God will only reveal His secrets when and to whom He chooses:

10 Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that [should come] unto you:
11 searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into. (1 Peter 1 ASV)

This is a point made by Christ Himself, according to Matthew’s gospel:

25 At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.
26 Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
27 'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal {Him}. (Matthew 11 YLT)

Earlier on in Matthew’s Gospel, salvation of the Saints is described as a path and gateway that are difficult to find, thereby implying a mystery that few are able and willing to comprehend and act upon:

14 For narrow [is] the gate, and constricted [is] the way that leads away into life, and few are the ones finding it. (Matthew 7 GLT)

Paul also explains to the congregation at Thessalonica that God also holds aspects of evil as a secret thing. Here, as a prime example, the control He has over the actions and the revealing of the man of lawlessness are declared:

6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only [there is] one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (2 Thessalonians 2 ASV)

And then, perhaps we have the greatest mystery of them all. In his first letter to the congregation at Corinth, Paul reveals that of the resurrection of the dead and the rapture of the living righteous ones to spiritual cleanliness and immortality. None of these things seem possible except through faith in God’s promises. Even today, just how this will all manifest itself is still an unknown to us:

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. (1 Corinthians 15 KJV)
 

Lords’ Witnesses Decoded Understandings

So, what wonders and events do we await today that we have been promised through the scriptures that we cannot actually envisage? One thing I have learnt as an LW is that even when we make correct predictions based on our biblical understandings, events rarely turn out as we would have expected. God always has a surprise in store for us.

Anyway, as if to address the topic of this paper in just one verse, Solomon tells us:

2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter. (Proverbs 25 KJV)

In our understanding, the Lords’ Witnesses’ carrying out the deep decoding of the Bible will be 2NC Kings in the Kingdom. This, to me is a clear greater meaning of this scripture.

In Paul’s letter to the congregation at Ephesus, he mentions the mystery of God, comparing the physical marriage between a man and his wife to the greater spiritual marriage of the 1NC Saints as wife to Christ. This is a major LW understanding to be found in more detail at The Holy Spirit is God's Wife! and Jewish Weddings:

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5 KJV)

And what of the mysteries encompassed within Daniel’s dream. Even that prophet had to ask for the explanation since it was provided to him in a symbolically coded form, the details for which you will find in reading the whole of Chapter 7:

1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters. (Daniel 7 KJV)

The symbolism of Daniel 7 again is an item studied and decoded by the Lords’ Witnesses at: Daniel 7: The lion the bear the leopard and the terrible beast.

Then, of course, we have all the coded mysteries contained within John’s Revelation.  A good example of this is to be found in Chapter 11, the first few verses I reproduce below as a taster:

1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.
3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (Revelation 11 KJV)

So, what is that all about? I suggest the interested reader might want to check out the Lords’ Witnesses’ website for this but be prepared for a long and complex read: Revelation Decoded. I guess I would have to say that the LWs are today’s equivalent of the OT prophets. We have been given the gifts of God’s secret coded messages through our knowledge of His Bible Code: The 10th Generation Bible Code.

Another declared mystery in the Book of Revelation:

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. (Revelation 1 KJV)

Which starts to be expanded in the following Chapter of Revelation:

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (Revelation 2 KJV)…..

Again, the decoded explanation can be found at: Revelation Decoded.

 
Synopsis/Conclusion

I feel this is one of the most important papers that I have written to date and that I have been tasked with it specifically so close up to the end of this system. The unexpected bump in the road, that I hit before I even got going on this piece of research, I believe is the real purpose of this paper. Whilst I have known for many years now that the Roman Catholic Church has been (and still is!) responsible for polluting the scriptures with Its trinitarian blasphemy, I had not realised the full extent of its evil purposes until now. To find out that ALL the NT Greek texts have been so polluted to varying degrees is extremely disconcerting. This raises the question: Why has God allowed His perfect Word to be polluted in this way? The only reason I can come up with is that it has enabled the Lords’ Witnesses and previous bible commentators to expose the full extent of the Roman Catholic blasphemy and to ensure, in the fullness of time, that the whole world realises this. As I have said in previous research, the end-times harlot is God’s worst adversary!

Getting back to the original task in hand, why is the bible written in a code? (For the long answer check TBC website at The 10th Generation Bible Code). As I have previously written (Humour paper) I disagree with Einstein on one point; I do believe God plays dice for fun. Current views suggest that the best way for mankind to teach our children is by playing games with them; check out: https://footnote.co/education-through-play-how-games-can-help-children-learn. God’s mysteries are His way of giving us, His children, a game to play to ensure we learn His requirements of us in a fun way. Unfortunately, it only seems to be his bible-trained adherents that are currently capable of playing this game! It is evident that animals play games. Watching a young family of squirrels playing tag around the branches of a giant fir tree outside my front window at home demonstrates this to me very clearly as does the various examples of polar bears playing with husky dogs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMEo2usIEYc). The bears seem quite happy playing with their food rather than eating it! Play is clearly imbued in many of God’s higher creatures. Consequently, it is not much of a stretch to expect that God also likes to play games.

Scripture tells us that God has many secrets that will only be revealed to those who are chosen and/or are interested enough to seek Him out. His secrets are a closed book to the rest of mankind until such time as God reveals all to all. I think this is God’s way of protecting all of us from the full truth. God’s physical absence from our day-to-day lives represents a test on all of us to determine how we respond to varying situations given our free will to act as we choose; this is the basis on which we are all being trained and will all be judged. Also, though, I am certain that the full knowledge of God would totally blow our minds; even the faithful need to be drip-fed!

Some of the key mysteries of God that have been revealed in biblical times include the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Son of Jehovah, to save all of mankind. Also, the gentiles were included in Christ’s salvation promise, these being Abraham’s spiritual (not physical) seed; this particular point must have been a great surprise to all God-fearing Jews at the time of its revelation. It is also noteworthy that God reveals evil as well as righteous mysteries for man’s understanding, such as the man of lawlessness whose identity is a mystery still to be revealed.

A key example of Jesus’ making God’s secrets known was through the telling of parables. Only those chosen and/or truly listening would be able to understand the underlying messages. Jesus also explains that the physical food of the OT has been replaced by His spiritual food, a concept that many found difficult to comprehend.

The Lords’ Witnesses is the only church today, that I am aware of, that is attempting to reveal the secrets that have been sealed up since the book was closed to Daniel. The Saints (both 1st and 2nd New Covenant) are Christ’s ministers to whom the secrets of God have been and are still being revealed.

This paper has convinced me even more that the work of the LWs in decoding the scriptures is of great significance to our God. Whilst the LWs have already revealed many of God’s mysteries previously locked up there are mysteries still to be revealed: the man of lawlessness and the rapture being particular examples. And these are the mysteries that we know of. What of those that we are currently unaware of or that may not even be encoded in God’s Book? New seals will be opened in the Kingdom, no doubt containing further puzzles for mankind to enjoy solving.
 

Date of Publication: 3rd May 2022