Eye has not Seen Nor Ear Heard 1 Corinthians 2:9

Paul the apostle shared how “none of the princes of this world knew” the “wisdom” he and his companions shared concerning the “gospel of Jesus Christ” because if they did, “they would not have crucified the Lord of glory”. In chapter two and verse nine of First Corinthians, Paul the apostle continued his letter by sharing how he and his companions “speak the wisdom of God in a mystery” where we read:

But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

The verse begins, “But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,...” Paul began with the word, “But” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “as it is written” or “according, just and even as was wrote in the sacred books of the Old Testament” “Eye” or “vision and sight” “has not seen” which is the Greek phrase “eidō ou eidō” and means “has not perceived, turned the eyes to, noticed, discerned or discovered”, “nor ear heard” or “even as and indeed hearing or perceiving with the mind and the faculty of understanding and knowing” “neither have entered” which means “not ascended, gone up, rose, borne, imagined or sprung up” “into the heart” or “even and indeed in the center of all physical and spiritual life” “of man” which refers to “human beings whether male or female”. According to Paul, no one is able to perceive what Paul is about to declare.

The verse goes on to say, “... the things which God has prepared for them that love him.”. Paul continued with the words, “the things which” which means “things that” “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “has prepared” or “has made and gotten ready a fit reception and secured blessings” “for them” which means “the people” “that love him” or “who unconditionally welcome, entertain, are fond of and content with God”. God has “made ready” “things” for people who love Him that are well beyond the capacity to imagine or understand.

When we meditate upon these words from Paul, he referred to Isaiah chapter sixty four and verse four where we read, “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.” Paul knew the “wisdom of God” which was the “gospel of Jesus Christ” that he shared with the Corinthians was eternal, and only those to whom God revealed this truth were promised blessings beyond their ability to “see, hear or imagine in their hearts”. When we love and receive Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are promised these great “things that God has prepared”, and when we see them, they will be more than we could ever imagine.

Next time Paul shares how God has “revealed them unto us by his Spirit”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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