yes, understanding of Scripture.
but Verse 7 is about the things God ordained before the Foundations of the Earth.
think of it like Isaiah explains, God is a God, the only God, who knows the END from the Beginning. and from the End towards the beginning, God is working ALL things for those that love Him.
Yes and as I said, Paul tells us what the mystery is. Jesus. That Jesus he would redeem his children, and not only that the whole cosmos. Paul's tells us twice what the hidden mystery is he speaks of.
What we are called to be is no longer a mystery its no longer hidden, we are to be conformed to Christ.. To put it an easier way..
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercede for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined(BH) to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified;those he justified, he also glorified.