5 For
thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear
me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto
the end.
6 Great
shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory.
7 And
to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries of my
kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come, will I make known unto them the
good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining to my kingdom.
8 Yea,
even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to come will I show
them, even the things of many generations.
9 And
their wisdom shall be great, and their understanding reach to heaven; and
before them the wisdom of the wise shall perish, and the understanding of the
prudent shall come to naught.
10 For
by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them
the secrets of my will—yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear
heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man. (D&C 76:5-10)
I love these verses. I get the sense that Heavenly Father
aches for us to know just how much He can bless us if we will serve Him in
righteousness to the end.
He promises mercy, grace (enabling power), and honor from
God (not necessarily honors of men), and great revelations, even about things
to come.
When you look carefully, four of those verses are spent just talking about the revelations God
promises:
--all mysteries
--hidden mysteries of God’s kingdom from days of old and for
ages to come
--the good pleasure of God’s will about all the things of
God’s kingdom
--wonders of eternity
--things to come
--things of many generations
--great wisdom
--understanding even heaven itself
--enlightenment by the Spirit
--secrets of God’s will
--things no one has seen, heard, or conceived
The rest of D& 76 is an example of this because of how
it reveals the principle of the three degrees of glory and explains the status
of those who inherit the various degrees.
I get the sense that if we were to be blessed how v7-10 were
described it would probably be
pretty evident that it wasn’t the kind of thing we could go blabbing
around. We’d have to keep it to
ourselves. Thus, you probably
wouldn’t hear anything about other Saints being blessed this way either. So if we were blessed, we would simply
have to have faith that there were others that had those blessings too, rather
than thinking we were the only ones. (That “I’m the special one” attitude gets
us in trouble eventually.)
I have faith that it doesn’t matter what office a Saint
holds in the church or how lowly their station. God is no respecter of persons,
so if any of us are faithful, those blessing can be ours, whether we’re in
leadership or not.
What do you think it means when it says, “before them the wisdom of the
wise shall perish, and the understanding of the prudent shall come to naught”?
2 comments:
I believe that it is speaking of those that think they are wise and learned. Look at all the theories of man that are meant to destroy faith in God. However, when you possess that type of knowledge all of those theories come to naught.
So you think it is those who THINK they are wise and learned. But theories meant to destroy faith in God is something else besides that and could overlap, but not necessarily. Yet you use it as an example. Could you explain a bit more?
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