In Ephesians (3:10) we read that one of the purposes of Paul's ministry was "that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." The word "by" is from a Greek preposition which speaks of intermediate agency. It is through the agency of the Church, that the holy angels are learning the manifold wisdom of God. The angels were created before this universe was brought into existence through the creative act of God, for they shouted for joy at the beauty of the original creation (Job. 38:7). The universe is very old, millions of years, as shown by the science of astronomy. The angels have been contemplating the majesty and the glory of the Godhead all those years, and yet have not learned some things regarding their Creator which the Church can teach them. Peter in his first epistle (1:12) tells us what those things are which "the angels passionately desire to bend low and look into." The angels never had a conception of the love, the grace, the humility, the self-sacrifice of God until they saw it in the Church. There they see Calvary where the Creator died, the Just for the unjust. There they see the incarnation where the Creator took to Himself the form and limitation of a created being. There they see the power of God in transforming a sinful human being into the image of God's dear Son, manifestation of power far greater than that which operated in the creation of the universe. God spoke a universe into being by uttering a word. It took Calvary to make possible the Church. Thus, the Church provides a university course for angels. How they watch us. How they wonder at us. Beings lower than angels in the scale of creation, raised in Christ to beings higher than angels, into the family of God.
The translation is as follows, "In order that the variegated wisdom of God might be known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies through the intermediate agency of the Church."
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