Caliber, The sacred secret was revealed *. It was revealed in Jesus and him crucified. Paul said it. Not that it changed the waiting game to see if it's true or not.
Was Paul wrong?
because Paul made a claim that is a repeat of the earliest claims that god watches over his holy ones. And there is no proof of it. again 1 Cor. 15:19-20"If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied..."
All of us lead lives as before: fraught with peril, suffering and death. And now, on top of that, we have figure to out who has written the least delusional revelation about God's promises while we are scrubbing diapers or chopping cotton---or peddling mango juice to tourists before a tsunami strikes us dead.
I typed in "who said we have to be saved?". I saw from all sides those who (claim to) understand the sacred secret are flogging the "right religion" idea. I must discern who of them holds the keys to salvation--the "right way" to god.
Selling God's protection plan.
Lots of conflict. Everyone claims holy spirit too.
Paul thought his was a theological breakthrough(sacred secret)--but here we are again. Asking the same question: Where is the good/just God?
Paul devalued Jesus' teachings to promote this new insurance plan. Paul talked about the "love" but it was the "believing the resurrection" that he emphasized. What he didn't realize was that there were altruist out there who cared less for the empty/unprovable declarations and cared more for the love teachings. Then and now.
*of course i have to edit to remind us all that the sacred secret is only for the sons of god--only a few people.
