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Dispensation and Mystery

What does the Bible mean when it speaks of dispensations?

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...I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:24-27)

The Apostle Paul speaks of a dispensation that has been given to him, and of a mystery that was once hidden but has now been revealed to the church.

What does the Bible mean when it speaks of dispensations? What is the mystery that was once hidden, but has now been revealed? What are the keys to the proper interpretation of this passage?

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