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Chuck argues God “hid” resurrection prophecies in allegories and wordplay partly because “Satan knows the Scriptures,” implying strategic concealment until after the crucifixion; what does that reveal about God’s wisdom in spiritual warfare, and how should it change (a) your expectations when Scripture feels indirect and (b) your habits for “digging out” truth rather than demanding that God be “more upfront”?

Another way to ask: Chuck says God hid resurrection prophecies in stories and wordplay because Satan knows Scripture, so the meaning stayed hidden until after the cross. What does that say about God’s wisdom in spiritual battle, and how should it affect your expectations when Scripture feels indirect and your habits for digging out truth?

Direct Answer Chuck Pike teaches that God’s indirect, “riddle-like” prophecies show wise strategy in spiritual warfare: God fulfilled His plan while keeping Satan from fully grasping the resurrection beforehand. That should reshape our expectations so we don’t resent Scripture’s indirectness but instead ask God for wisdom and dig carefully for layered meaning.

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Chuck says many resurrection prophecies are “somewhat hidden… within… allegories” and “in the form of riddles, where a word can have more than one meaning.”
He gives examples of biblical riddles: “Destroy this temple… I will raise it up,” “You must be born again,” and “Lazarus sleeps… I may wake him up.”
He directly addresses “Why would God… hide?” and answers: “Satan knows the Scriptures too.”
He suggests Satan was involved in Jesus’ death “unaware of the fact that he’d be resurrected,” and the hidden form was “only… revealed after the fact.”
Chuck concludes our response should be to seek “an extra measure of wisdom… to dig them out” and “ask God for more wisdom to see these riddles.”

Discussion Follow-ups When a passage feels indirect, do you quit, or do you slow down, compare Scriptures (Law/Prophets/Psalms), and pray for the kind of understanding Jesus “opened” in Luke 24?

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