The unknown God in the Bible is the Creator and sovereign Lord revealed through Scripture, whom Paul declared to the Athenians in Acts 17.
In Acts 17:16-23, Paul encounters a culture steeped in idolatry while in Athens and locates an altar dedicated to the unknown God. He uses this sign as an opportunity to declare that the unknown God is the Creator who made the world and everything in it. This God is not an abstract concept or deity but the unchanging, sovereign Lord who requires worship and obedience. Paul's declaration emphasizes that knowledge of God must be through revelation to be meaningful, showing that the people of Athens were worshipping that which they did not understand. Therefore, understanding who God is through the Scriptures is paramount in coming to know Him truly.
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