For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open — the principle is the governing logic of the Messianic Secret: the concealment is temporary and purposive, not permanent and terminal. Whatever is hidden will be disclosed — the resurrection will be the great disclosure. The word hidden (kryptos) and concealed (apokryphos) both suggest that the concealment is deliberate, not accidental. The purpose of the concealment is the eventual revelation — God hides things in order to reveal them at the right time, in the right way, through the right events. The cross and resurrection are the appointed disclosure moment.

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