The above quotations supply us with the very important fact that while all Scripture is

for us, all Scripture is not necessarily about us, and that in order to obtain the truth for

any particular period, the dispensational dealings of God for the time must be taken into

consideration, in other words, Scripture must be rightly divided or apportioned.

There are some who seek to make an argument against this truth out of the fact that so

few realize its importance to-day. They use this as an argument against the endeavour to

apportion the Scriptures. We must not forget that the prime cause of the confusion

everywhere manifest is found in the fact that, even before the apostle Paul died, those

who had heard the word forsook him and his message; a Judaistic and philosophic

tendency overcame all else; men left this apostle of all spiritual blessings in heavenly

places, and became satisfied with ordinances and the externals of a decadent and

undispensational religion.

The Scriptural boundary of this dispensation of the mystery is found at

Acts 28: 25-28,  and we now seek grace to examine those epistles, given by

inspiration of God and profitable, which are not only written for our learning, but are also

addressed to us, and written about us.

The epistles written by Paul after the setting aside of Israel are Ephesians, Philippians,

Colossians, I and II Timothy, Titus, Hebrews and Philemon. The epistle to the

Hebrews is primarily addressed to the Jewish believers as a word of exhortation and

comfort, seeking to lead them, by the contemplation of the present glory of Christ at the

right hand of God, outside the camp, if God permit, to all the grace of God revealed for

those who believe during this present interval.  Hebrews teaches nothing about the

"mystery" itself, it supplies the necessary information which a Jewish believer would

require to enable him to step out in faith, and attain to the heavenly* calling, which then

became the one hope of the Jewish remnant. Philemon is an epistle from which we may

learn much, and although it was addressed to an individual concerning a runaway slave, it

conveys many precious lessons for the child of God to-day. The epistles which are

particularly of importance to us are the following :--