Ephesians 3

 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already vv.1-3

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This is an easy verse to read over but it's magnitude is so wonderful to grasp.    Have you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God?  To know what it is and understand it will change your view of things drastically, at least it did for me.  To start off with you have to ask 'what is a dispensation?'  Dispensation is the Greek word oikonomia and means administration or house-law; a management or administration in which one lives under.  God has dealt in many dispensations.  This doesn't change God but He changes the way He deals with man.  We can obviously see some in scripture, for example how God dealt with man before the Fall and after it, or the difference God deals with man in the Old Testament verse the New Testament, or how God dealt with Israel verse other nations.  Yet until Paul's declaration in Acts 28:28, where the salvation-bringing message was freely available for all nations, God had never dealt universally with mankind.  Yet now this biggest act of grace is taking place in that God is only dealing with mankind in grace, believer or unbeliever.  "It needs to be understood that God's grace can be either active or passive. If He does something good for us in view of our sins and needs, then He is actively gracious. If He does nothing in view of our iniquities, then He is passively gracious"(Otis Q. Sellers, Bible Teacher, Seed and Bread).
God is not acting in judgment today as we do not see God striking people dead like we see all over scripture.  If He doesn't act in grace than He won't act at all.  Check out this article for a more detailed description on The Dispensation of Grace
So knowing God's present dealing with mankind to be one of absolute grace, how does this change your view on God's present purpose and why things are the way they are when you compare scripture with what you see today?