Ephesians Lesson 20 of 39 part 2

To review just a tad;

Ephesians 3:2b

"...the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:"

And the you-ward is speaking of Gentiles, the nations. So now let’s look in Galatians 1. 

Galatians 1:11-12

"But I certify you, brethren, that the (this) gospel which was preached of me is not after man. (Paul is saying he’s not following in some other man’s footsteps) For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it. But by the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Paul got all of his doctrines of Grace, this includes this Gospel we must believe for our salvation, from Christ Jesus, Himself. It was a revealing, a secret that had been kept hidden in the mind and heart of God according to the verses we looked at elsewhere. So here in verse 12 that’s what Paul is claiming. That what had been kept secret and is now revealed to this Apostle, came by revelation of Jesus Christ. Now when we teach Paul’s Epistles we emphasize that this revelation was after our Lord’s death, burial, resurrection, and ascension and that makes all the difference in the world. How or where did Paul receive this revelation quite possibly in the same way we're to. As Jesus told Peter lets look at it;

Matthew 16:15-20

"He (Jesus) saith to them, 'But whom say ye that I am?' And Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered and said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but My Father which is in heaven. And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. Then charged He His disciples that they should tell no man that He,  Jesus was the Christ." 
We need to keep in mind that unlike the worlds religious rendition of what this means, Jesus is proclaiming all things spiritual that are shortly coming into practice, through Him, as first spoken to Adam and revealed in Genesis  3:15 and 21. Here it comes are you ready for it?

Matthew 13:34-35 

"All these things spake Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake He not to them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world'."

Here the prophet is speaking the words of God.
Matthew 13:11-16

"He (Jesus) answered and said to them, 'Because it is given to you (the disciples) to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them (those who remain unregenerate) it is not given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not (the redeemed, and circumcised heart), from him shall be taken away even that he has. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 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: 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." 'But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear'."

So in answer to my question which was in two parts, the first is that we're to receive Him through our redemption as spoken to Adam, and the second is this within our heart of hearts. Is where and when the circumcision takes place, do we see and hear Him by faith's activity in graces receptivity restored to us. In the fullness of the Last Supper, the Marriage Feast revelation and on through the Lord's ascension through which we're circumcised and become son's of God by faiths revealing revelation.

See Jesus couldn’t even preach His death, burial, resurrection and ascension for salvation, because it hadn’t even happened yet. He tried to tell the twelve about it, but they never got it, according to Luke 18:31-34, but it just wasn’t in the economy of that system under the Law for Israel and the Hebrews to understand this Gospel of Grace. It just wasn’t meant to be! So now let’s look at what Paul says in verse 15.