Biblical Encryption

Biblical Encryption

In Ephesians 3:9, Paul talks about the mystery which has been hidden from the beginning of the world.

There's an interesting detail in the Greek here that can help us approach the Old Testament from a new perspective.

The word translated "hid", or "hidden"; is "apokrypto"; literally, "before encrypted".

In the Old Testament, the Gospel was hidden, veiled, kept in shadow... encrypted.

Now that Jesus has come, we can see it. We can decrypt the Old Testament and find the Gospel there in ways those who lived before Christ never could.

In Luke 24 we see that Jesus brought clarity about Himself to some disciples on the road to Emmaus.

In John 5:39 Jesus tells the religious leaders that the Scriptures testify of Him.

Look for the Gospel in the Old Testament. It's great fun, and very encouraging to your faith.