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the beginning, and from ancient times the

things that are not yet done.” Job 11:7; Isaiah

55:8, 9; 46:9, 10.

Even the prophets who were favored with

the special illumination of the Spirit did not

fully comprehend the import of the

revelations committed to them. The meaning

was to be unfolded from age to age, as the

people of God should need the instruction

therein contained.

Peter, writing of the salvation brought to

light through the gospel, says: Of this

salvation “the prophets have inquired and

searched diligently, who prophesied of the

grace that should come unto you: searching

what, or what manner of time the Spirit of

Christ which was in them did signify, when it

testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,

and the glory that should follow. Unto whom