R.C. Sproul

No, no, no.

Paul's again saying that the one who reveals this mystery is the Creator God who redeems us through the same Creator as our Redeemer through Jesus Christ.

And so he goes on to say again,

that he created all things through Jesus Christ just in passing.

This is a common concept in the New Testament, that the creator of our universe was Jesus.

That the Logos, who's introduced in the Gospel of John, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was good.

All things came into being through him.

Nothing was made except by him.

All things are made by him and for him and consist in him.

And so Paul again points out that all things that God created, he created through Christ to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church so that the church participates.

in spreading this knowledge, spreading this revelation.

We're not the agents of the revelations.

We're not the ones who were originally endowed by the Holy Spirit with this information, but now through sacred scripture, it's given to us and we're entrusted with it with that same stewardship of making sure that the whole creation knows of these manifold things of the wisdom of God.

Made known to the church to whom?

and here's a shocking statement, to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.

Who's that?

We're supposed to make the revelation of Jesus Christ and this mystery, the church is to make this known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.

Now, when you read about the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, usually you're thinking about what?

The demonic world.

the devil and his minions.