Paul claims that the incarnation...
Paul claims that the incarnation has long been kept a mystery. It still is hard to believe. On this matter Martin Luther wrote:
Christian faith and Christian life stand in the single literal revelation of God, for where this is not so, no heart can ever rightly be aware of this mystery, which hath been hidden from the world. No creature can come to this knowledge, Christ himself alone revealeth it to it in the heart itself. There all merit falls to the ground, all powers and abilities of reason, and count nothing with God, Christ alone must give it.