Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book  "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was published in December 2022.

Thanks for joining a study on what the Bible says about mystery. I think this is a fascinating topic because the very nature of faith is mysterious. The most famous verse on faith addresses that mystery: 

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

“Not seen” alludes to its mystery. Believers in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, our triune God, accept this mystery. We do not seek to explain how one God can be three; it simply is. We, lowly humans, recognize that God and His ways are often unexplainable, and we incorporate that truth into our belief system.

We accept that we can’t see God, but we know He is there. We accept that Jesus was resurrected and that He sent His Holy Spirit. Believers believe because we know that God is the Almighty King and Creator of the Universe. How God came to be is a mystery. How Jesus is Lord, the Son of God who became man, suffered, and died for our sins, is confounding and miraculous. 

Therefore, “the conviction of things not seen” is a powerful conviction. Although we can’t see Him or even try to solve the mystery that is God, the Son and Holy Spirit, the Word of God records a fundamental “truth” proclaimed by Jesus:

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). 

Now, let’s embrace all these joyful mysteries and review passages that lead to understanding. We begin in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) with the Book of Daniel.

The prophet Daniel was called to save his life and those of his fellow “exiles from Judah”........

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