Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

What This Song Teaches Us About God

The word “mystery” in the title does not mean something unknowable. It means something once hidden that has now been revealed. What has been revealed is staggering: the eternal God, who needs nothing, took on human flesh, lived a perfect life that we could never live, died the death we deserved, and rose from the grave, all to bring reconcile us with Himself.

The song moves through the core events of the gospel personally. Jesus wore our sin, bore our shame, took what we deserved. This is substitution: Jesus standing in our place, receiving the penalty for sin so that we could receive the blessing He deserved. The resurrection is not a footnote here. Because He rose, death is defeated, His sacrifice was accepted, and all who belong to Him will one day rise as well. The song also looks forward to the final hope of the believer — a day when every wrong is made right and we see Jesus face to face. That forward-looking hope is what sustains us now.

Scripture Connections

• Colossians 1:26–27 — Paul describes the mystery now revealed: Christ in you, the hope of glory — the hidden plan of God disclosed through the gospel.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 — God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God — the exchange at the heart of the cross.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20–22 — Christ has been raised from the dead as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep — His resurrection guarantees ours and is the foundation of our future hope.