Psalm 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

While I playfully toyed with the concept of hide and seek yesterday, the concept of God’s hidden ones is not new. We see it here in Psalm 83 even if we have not fully appreciated the concept. The idea in the mind of man is even more ancient.

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

They had the right idea, but like many a hide and seek contestant they didn’t pick the right tree to hide behind. They should have chosen to hide behind the Tree of Life.

The option of hiding behind that tree was quickly removed once Adam and Eve were uncovered, their shame exposed and the consequences applied. The reintroduction of the Tree of Life did not occur until our Savior was hung upon that tree and died for our sins. We literally can hide our sins from God because when He finds us, all He can see is the sacrifice He made that allowed us to hide in Christ.

Are we through with hiding and hidden things? Not quite.

Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

The last hidden thing mystery to be revealed at that time is the name we will be given and its significance. Know this however, the white stone is the stone of acquittal in judgement. That is not a mystery, so the hidden name is the last mystery.

Maybe.