Artfuldodger
Senior Member
I would agree there is a lot in the Bible that is a mystery/secret. The whole Jewish Gentile deliverance concept is still a mystery to me. Why did God choose Israel only to harden their hearts so that the gospel could go out to the Gentiles? Why even choose a nation to begin with? Why all that genealogy if it was suppose to be cast aside as meaningless after the Cross? Why remove the barrier and graft in the Gentiles instead of never having a barrier to begin with. God is the one who chose Israel.This is just false. I believe the scripture to say both election and free will exist at the same time. Just like the Trinity can't be understood by us. We are not capable of wrapping our minds around both free will and election existing together. Both are certainly biblical! This is a different conversation though. Jesus did not abolish the law nor are we to do whatever we want to do because we are the elect or we are not the elect. We have no free pass and are not mindless robots. However I do believe many of those that struggle with the biblical truth of election are just scared that they are not the elect. For example they hope participating in a feast or keeping the law will save them. It won't.
Plus like you said the Trinity/unity/oneness thing with diversity. Most definitely the free will and predestination thing. And the works and grace thing. Lots of mysteries.