The Secret and the Revealed | Lesson 13

How does the whole Bible fit together as one unified plan in Christ rather than a collection of disconnected stories? In this sermon from the series “That Which May Be Known,” we trace God’s eternal counsel from before the foundation of the world into history through progressive revelation. Beginning with Babel and the call of Abram in Genesis 11–12, we see two main threads emerge and develop: God’s purpose to gather all things in heaven and earth in Christ, and His plan of redemption to deal with sin entirely through Christ, not human effort. The message highlights how God scattered the nations, chose Abraham, promised a seed through whom all families of the earth would be blessed, and began to disclose both kingdom authority and redemption in seed form—while many details still remained hidden.From there, the sermon follows these threads through the law and the Psalms, showing how the sacrificial system, the Passover, and the Day of Atonement were shadows pointing to the true substitute, the Lamb of God. Psalm 22 and Psalm 16 are opened as stunning prophetic disclosures of Christ’s crucifixion, forsakenness, burial, and resurrection, while Psalm 8 reveals the dominion purpose vested in man and ultimately fulfilled in Christ. Throughout, Deuteronomy 29:29 frames the balance between God’s secret things and what He has now revealed, culminating in our present privilege: we live in the fullness of revelation, with God’s purpose in Christ and His redemptive plan fully made known.