1, 2. Wanem “holy secret” nao iumi shud interest long hem, and why nao olsem?

 OLKETA SECRET! From olketa man interest tumas long secret and konfius long hem tu, planti taem hem hard for olketa man keepim secret. Nomata olsem, Bible sei: “Glory bilong God hem wei for keepim samting secret.” (Proverbs 25:2) Tru nao, from hem Sovereign Ruler and Creator, Jehovah fit for keepim samfala samting hem secret from olketa man go kasem taem wea hem markem for talem.

² Nomata olsem, Jehovah talemaot wanfala interesting secret insaed long Word bilong hem. Nem bilong diswan hem “datfala holy secret [wea] join witim samting wea [God] laek for duim.” (Ephesians 1:9) Wei for lane abaotem diswan, hem no just for satisfaem interest nomoa. For savve long disfala secret savve lead go long salvation and givim iu lelebet idea long barava bigfala wisdom bilong Jehovah.

3, 4. Hao nao profesi wea stap long Genesis 3:15 hem givim hope, and wanem secret, or “holy secret” nao insaed long diswan?

³ Taem Adam and Eve sin, maet luk olsem datwan spoelem purpose bilong Jehovah for wanfala paradaes earth wea olketa perfect man stap insaed. Bat stretawe God deal witim datfala problem. Hem sei: “Bae mi mekem iu and datfala woman, and pikinini bilong iu and pikinini bilong datfala woman, for enemy. Hem bae smasem hed bilong iu, and bae iu killim bihaen long foot bilong hem.”​—Genesis 3:15.

⁴ Toktok hia no klia and mekem man konfius. Hu nao disfala woman? Hu nao snek? Hu nao datfala “pikinini” wea bae smasem hed bilong snek? Adam and Eve no savve tu. Nomata  olsem, toktok bilong God givim hope for eni faithful pikinini bilong tufala hia. Raeteous fasin nao bae win. Purpose bilong Jehovah bae fulfill. Bat hao nao diswan bae kamap? Datwan nao hem wanfala secret! Bible kolem datwan “wisdom bilong God wea stap haed long wanfala holy secret.”​—1 Corinthians 2:7.

5. Givim example bilong why Jehovah isisi talemaot secret bilong hem.

⁵ From Jehovah hem Man for Showimaot olketa secret, bae gogo hem showimaot olketa important information abaotem disfala secret. (Daniel 2:28) Bat bae hem isisi duim datwan. Olsem example, maet iumi ting long wei wea wanfala loving dadi hem ansa taem smol boy bilong hem ask olsem, “Dadi, wea nao mi kam from?” Dadi wea wise talem nomoa samting wea datfala smol boy savve minim. Taem boy hia grow lelebet, dadi talem samfala samting moa long hem. Long sem wei, Jehovah luksavve long taem wea pipol bilong hem redy for savve long will and purpose bilong hem.​—Proverbs 4:18; Daniel 12:4.

6. (a) Wanem nao purpose bilong wanfala covenant, wea minim kontrak? (b) Why nao iumi sapraes from Jehovah mekem olketa covenant witim olketa man?

⁶ Hao nao Jehovah showimaot olketa secret hia? Hem iusim samfala covenant, or kontrak for showimaot planti samting. Maet iu tu bin saenem wanfala kontrak—maet for baem wanfala haos or kaonem selen or givim kaon. Kaen kontrak hia hem olsem promis saed long law for mekem each wan fulfillim wanem olketa agree for duim. Bat why nao Jehovah need for mekem olketa covenant, or kontrak, witim olketa man? Hem tru, iumi no daotem samting wea hem talem bae fulfill. Bat samfala taem, God kaen tumas for saportim toktok bilong hem witim olketa kontrak wea fitim law. Olketa agreement hia givim iumi olketa man wea no perfect moa reason for garem trust long olketa promis bilong Jehovah.​—Hebrews 6:16-18.

7, 8. (a) Wanem covenant nao Jehovah mekem witim Abraham, and wanem nao diswan showimaot abaotem datfala holy secret? (b) Hao nao Jehovah isisi showimaot laen wea datfala pikinini wea hem promisim bae kamaot from?

⁷ Winim tu thousand year bihaen Jehovah aotem olketa man from Paradaes, Hem sei long faithful servant bilong hem Abraham: “Mi bae blessim iu and bae mekem pikinini bilong iu for staka olsem olketa star long skae . . . And thru long pikinini bilong iu, evri nation long earth bae kasem blessing bikos iu obeyim mi.” (Genesis 22:17, 18) Datwan hem no just wanfala promis; Jehovah mekem olsem wanfala covenant saed long law and saportim datwan witim serious promis wea kanduit fail. (Genesis 17:1, 2; Hebrews 6:13-15) Hem barava spesol samting hao Sovereign Lord seleva mekem kontrak for blessim olketa man!

⁸ Covenant bilong Abraham showimaot datfala pikinini wea hem mekem promis abaotem bae kam olsem wanfala man, bikos hem kam from laen bilong Abraham. Bat bae hem hu? Gogo, Jehovah talem hao datfala pikinini bae kamaot from laen bilong Isaac, son bilong Abraham. Long tufala son bilong Isaac, hem chusim Jacob. (Genesis 21:12; 28:13, 14) Bihaen, Jacob talem disfala profesi abaotem wanfala long 12-fala son bilong hem: “Scepter bae no lusim Judah, and stik bilong komanda bae no lusim hem go kasem taem Shiloh [or “Man wea Onam”] hem kam, and olketa pipol bae obeyim hem.” (Genesis 49:10) Diswan showimaot klia hao datfala pikinini bae hem wanfala king, wan wea kam from laen bilong Judah!

9, 10. (a) Wanem covenant nao Jehovah mekem witim nation bilong Israel, and long wanem wei nao datfala covenant protectim olketa? (b) Hao nao datfala Law showimaot need wea olketa man garem for wanfala ransom?

⁹ Long 1513 B.C.E., Jehovah mekem wanfala arrangement wea redyim wei for samfala samting moa for showaot abaotem datfala holy secret. Hem mekem wanfala covenant witim olketa pikinini bilong Abraham, datfala nation bilong Israel. Nomata diswan no go ahed distaem, Law covenant bilong Moses hem  wanfala important part long purpose bilong Jehovah for mekem datfala pikinini wea hem mekem promis abaotem for kamap. Long wanem wei? Tingim thrifala wei. First wei, datfala Law hem olsem wanfala wall for protectim man. (Ephesians 2:14) Olketa raeteous law bilong hem olsem wanfala wall midolwan olketa Jew and Gentile. So datfala law help for keepim sef laen bilong datfala pikinini wea hem mekem promis abaotem. From Jehovah givim datfala Law, datwan mekem laen bilong Israel go ahed stap kasem taem wea God markem for Messiah hem born long tribe bilong Judah.

¹⁰ Mek-tu wei, Law hem barava showimaot man needim wanfala ransom. From Law hia perfect, hem showimaot man wea sin hem hard tumas for followim evribit. So hem “showimaot olketa rong samting wea pipol duim go kasem taem wea datfala pikinini hem kam wea hem kasem datfala promis.” (Galatians 3:19) Thru long olketa animal sakrifaes, datfala Law hem kavarem for lelebet taem olketa sin. Bat, olsem Paul hem raetem, “blood bilong olketa buluka and goat no savve finisim olketa sin,” olketa sakrifaes hia piksarem ransom sakrifaes bilong Christ. (Hebrews 10:1-4) So for olketa faithful Jew, datfala covenant hem “duim waka for leadim [olketa] go long Christ.”​—Galatians 3:24.

11. Wanem nambawan chance nao datfala Law covenant givim long Israel, bat why nao datfala full nation no kasem datwan?

¹¹ Mek-thri wei, datfala covenant givim nambawan chance for nation bilong Israel. Jehovah sei sapos olketa stap faithful long datfala covenant, olketa bae kamap “olketa priest wea rul olsem king and wanfala holy nation.” (Exodus 19:5, 6) Gogo samfala from datfala nation bilong Israel kamap firstfala member bilong kingdom bilong olketa priest long heven. Bat, olsem wanfala full sekson, Israel go againstim datfala Law covenant, olketa rejectim datfala pikinini wea hem nao Messiah, and lusim datfala chance. So, hu nao bae mekem datfala kingdom bilong olketa priest kasem full namba? And hao nao datfala nation bae join witim datfala pikinini? Olketa kwestin hia abaotem datfala holy secret bae showaot long taem wea God markem.

12. Wanem covenant nao Jehovah mekem witim David, and diswan showimaot wanem samting saed long holy secret bilong God?

¹² Long mek-11 century B.C.E., Jehovah mekem datfala holy secret kamap moa klia taem hem mekem narafala covenant. Hem promisim faithful King David olsem: “Mi bae mekem pikinini wea kam from laen bilong iu, . . . for hem king. And bae mi mekem kingdom bilong hem for kamap strong. . . . Mi bae mekem rul bilong hem stap for olowe.” (2 Samuel 7:12, 13; Psalm 89:3) Distaem hem showimaot klia hao datfala pikinini bae kam from laen bilong David. Bat waswe, wanfala man nomoa savve rul “for olowe”? (Psalm 89:20, 29, 34-36) And waswe, king wea hem man savve sevem olketa man from sin and dae?

13, 14. (a) Olsem Psalm 110 talem, wanem promis nao Jehovah talem saed long anointed King bilong hem? (b) Olketa profet bilong Jehovah showimaot wanem samting moa abaotem datfala pikinini?

¹³ God muvim David for raet: “Jehovah hem sei long Lord bilong mi: ‘Sidaon long raet saed bilong mi go kasem taem mi putim olketa enemy bilong iu olsem stul for putim leg antap.’ Jehovah hem promis finis, and hem bae nating changem mind bilong hem: ‘Iu nao priest for olowe olsem Melchizedek!’” (Psalm 110:1, 4) Toktok bilong David point go evribit long datfala pikinini, or Messiah. (Acts 2:35, 36) Disfala King bae rul, no from Jerusalem, bat from heven long “raet saed” bilong Jehovah. Datwan bae givim hem paoa no ovarem land bilong Israel nomoa bat ovarem full earth tu. (Psalm 2:6-8) Diswan showimaot nara samting. Lukim hao Jehovah talem wanfala promis hao datfala Messiah bae “wanfala priest . . . olsem Melchizedek.” Long sem wei Melchizedek wea king and priest long taem bilong Abraham, datfala Pikinini wea kam bae kasem appointment from God for waka olsem King and Priest!​—Genesis 14:17-20.

¹⁴ Insaed olketa year wea go pas, Jehovah iusim olketa profet for showimaot moa samting abaotem datfala holy secret. Olsem example, Isaiah showimaot hao datfala pikinini bae dae olsem wanfala sakrifaes. (Isaiah 53:3-12) Micah profesi abaotem ples wea datfala Messiah bae born. (Micah 5:2) Daniel talem profesi  tu long barava taem wea datfala pikinini bae kam and dae.​—Daniel 9:24-27.

15, 16. (a) Hao nao Son bilong Jehovah hem “born from wanfala woman”? (b) Wanem nao Jesus kasem from mami and dadi bilong hem long earth, and wanem taem nao hem kam olsem datfala pikinini wea God promisim?

¹⁵ Wei wea olketa profesi hia bae fulfill hem olsem wanfala secret go kasem taem wea datfala pikinini hem kam. Galatians 4:4 hem sei: “Long barava taem wea God markem, hem sendem Son bilong hem, wea born long wanfala woman.” Long year 2 B.C.E., wanfala angel sei olsem long wanfala young Jew girl: “Bae iu babule and bornem wanfala baby boy and iu mas nemim hem Jesus. Hem bae kamap wanfala barava important man and olketa bae kolem hem Son bilong Barava Haefala God. Jehovah God bae mekem hem King olsem dadi bilong hem, David.  . . Holy spirit bae kam long iu and paoa bilong Barava Haefala God bae protectim iu. Dastawe datfala pikinini wea born bae hem holy and olketa bae kolem hem Son bilong God.”​—Luke 1:31, 32, 35.

¹⁶ Bihaen, Jehovah putim laef bilong Son bilong hem from heven insaed long bele bilong Mary, dastawe hem born from wanfala woman. Mary hem wanfala woman wea no perfect. Nomata olsem, Jesus no kasem wei for no perfect from hem, bikos hem “Son bilong God.” Long semtaem, from dadi and mami bilong Jesus long earth kam from laen bilong David, diswan mekem Hem fit saed long famili laen and saed long law for rul long throne bilong David. (Acts 13:22, 23) Taem Jesus baptaes long 29 C.E., Jehovah anointim hem witim holy spirit and sei: “Diswan nao Son bilong mi, wea mi lovem.” (Matthew 3:16, 17) Tru nao, datfala pikinini hem kam nao! (Galatians 3:16) Hem taem for showimaot moa samting abaotem datfala holy secret.​—2 Timothy 1:10.

17. Hao nao mining bilong Genesis 3:15 hem kamaot klia?

¹⁷ Taem hem duim ministry bilong hem, Jesus talemaot hao snek wea Genesis 3:15 storyim hem Satan and pikinini bilong datfala snek hem olketa wea followim Satan. (Matthew 23:33;  John 8:44) Bihaen, hem showim hao olketa hia bae finis for olowe. (Revelation 20:1-3, 10, 15) And datfala woman nao hem “Jerusalem antap,” or waef bilong God, wea minim organization bilong Jehovah long heven, wea insaed diswan hem olketa angel. a​—Galatians 4:26; Revelation 12:1-6.

18. Wanem nao purpose bilong datfala ‘niu covenant’?

¹⁸ Maet samting wea showaot klia wea moa spesol hem happen long naet bifor Jesus hem dae taem hem talem olketa faithful disaepol abaotem wanfala ‘niu covenant.’ (Luke 22:20) Olsem datfala Law covenant bilong Moses wea kamap bifor, niu covenant hia bae garem “olketa priest wea rul olsem king.” (Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9) Bat, disfala niu covenant bae startim, no wanfala nation long earth, bat wanfala spiritual nation, datfala “Israel bilong God,” wea olketa faithful anointed follower bilong Christ nomoa bae insaed. (Galatians 6:16) Olketa hia wea insaed long disfala niu covenant bae share witim Jesus for blessim olketa man!

19. (a) Why nao datfala niu covenant hem win for mekem datfala grup qualify for duim waka olsem olketa priest and king for blessim olketa man? (b) Why nao Bible kolem olketa anointed Christian ‘wanfala niu creation,’ and wanem nao namba bilong olketa wea bae serve long heven witim Christ?

¹⁹ Bat why nao datfala niu covenant hem win for mekem datfala grup qualify for duim waka olsem olketa priest and king for blessim olketa man? Bikos hem no judgem olketa disaepol bilong Christ olsem sinner, bat hem openem wei for olketa kasem forgiveness from sin thru long sakrifaes bilong Christ. (Jeremiah 31:31-34) Taem olketa kasem wei for standap raeteous front long Jehovah, hem adoptim olketa for kamap part long famili bilong hem long heven and anointim olketa witim holy spirit. (Romans 8:15-17; 2 Corinthians 1:21) So “hem mekem [olketa]  born moa for [olketa] savve garem strongfala hope . . . long heven.” (1 Peter 1:3, 4) From wei for garem hae position olsem hem niu samting for man, Bible kolem olketa anointed Christian hia, wea born long spirit, ‘wanfala niu creation.’ (2 Corinthians 5:17) Bible showimaot hao gogo 144,000 nao bae share for rul long heven ovarem olketa man wea Jesus baem bak.​—Revelation 5:9, 10; 14:1-4.

20. (a) Wanem nao showaot saed long datfala holy secret long 36 C.E.? (b) Hu nao bae kasem olketa blessing wea God promisim long Abraham?

²⁰ Olketa anointed wan hia kamap “pikinini bilong Abraham,” witim Jesus tu.” b (Galatians 3:29) Olketa first wan kam from nation bilong olketa Jew. Bat long 36 C.E., narafala part bilong datfala holy secret hem showaot: olketa Gentile, olketa wea no Jew, bae garem tu datfala hope for stap long heven. (Romans 9:6-8; 11:25, 26; Ephesians 3:5, 6) Waswe, olketa anointed Christian nomoa bae kasem olketa blessing wea God promisim long Abraham? Nomoa, bikos sakrifaes bilong Jesus helpem full world. (1 John 2:2) Gogo, Jehovah showimaot hao wanfala “big crowd” wea man no savve kaontem bae sev thru long end bilong disfala system bilong Satan. (Revelation 7:9, 14) Planti pipol tu bae resurrect witim hope for laef olowe insaed wanfala Paradaes!​—Luke 23:43; John 5:28, 29; Revelation 20:11-15; 21:3, 4.

21, 22. Wanem nao olketa wei wea holy secret bilong Jehovah showimaot wisdom bilong hem?

²¹ Datfala holy secret hem spesol bikos iumi “lukim staka difren wei wea hem showimaot wisdom bilong [God].” (Ephesians 3:8-10) Jehovah garem nambawan wisdom taem hem planim disfala secret, and tu taem hem isisi showimaot! Hem wise tumas from hem luksavve hem no isi for olketa man minim staka samting, diswan mekem wei for man showimaot tru samting long heart bilong hem.​—Psalm 103:14.

 ²² Jehovah showimaot tu bigfala wisdom taem hem chusim Jesus for King. Iumi no fit for trustim eniwan long universe winim Son bilong Jehovah. Taem hem laef olsem wanfala man long earth, Jesus kasem planti difren kaen problem. Hem minim evribit olketa problem bilong olketa man. (Hebrews 5:7-9) And waswe long olketa wea bae rul witim Jesus? Insaed planti handred year, olketa man and woman—from evri difren kaen kala skin, languis, and living—kasem anointing. Evriwan long olketa hia bin feisim and winim evri difren kaen problem. (Ephesians 4:22-24) Wei for stap anda long rul bilong olketa king and priest hia wea garem mercy bae mekem man hapi tumas!

23. Wanem privilege nao olketa Christian garem saed long holy secret bilong Jehovah?

²³ Aposol Paul raet olsem: “Datfala holy secret wea hem haed from pipol wea stap long olketa taem bifor . . . hem showaot long olketa holy wan bilong hem.” (Colossians 1:26) Tru nao, olketa anointed holy wan bilong Jehovah minim planti samting abaotem datfala holy secret, and olketa sharem datfala savve witim planti million pipol. Iumi evriwan garem bigfala privilege! Jehovah “hem mekem iumi savve long holy secret abaotem plan bilong hem.” (Ephesians 1:9) Iumi mas sharem disfala nambawan secret witim nara pipol, helpem olketa tu for lukluk insaed long barava bigfala wisdom bilong Jehovah God!