Do we know everything, even if
we
understand prophecy? Hardly!
In fact, Paul emphasizes how limited is our knowledge.
“But
if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he
ought to know.”
2Cor 8:2 WEB
There is much to know, even of this flawed and temporary world that we live in. Of course God does reveal secret things to men.
“The
secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them
his covenant.”
Psa 25:14 KJV
God often does declare things before they happen.
“Behold,
the former things have happened, and new things do I declare. Before
they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Isa 42:9 WEB
Again from Isaiah, and He tells part of the reason that He sometimes tells us things.
“therefore
I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I shown
it you; lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my engraved
image, and my molten image, has commanded them.”
Isa 48:5 WEB
But there is no effort to tell us everything.
The purpose of inspired Scripture is,
“that
the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good
work.”
2Tim 3:16 WEB
So Scripture and prophecy is not helter-skelter random pieces of information to no purpose. A statement of what will happen is not a piece of theoretical “oh well, this might happen.” Rather this is information focused on what is,
“… profitable
for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which
is in righteousness,”
2Tim 3:16 WEB
Are many things still secret?
What is the
dividing line?
Yes, many things are still secret.
“The
secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that
are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we
may do all the words of this law.”
Deut 29:29 WEB
We are told what we need to know, so we can do what we should do.
However, not everyone is
supposed to
understand all of this.
“10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in
parables?” 11 He answered them, “To you it is given to know
the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to
them.””
Mtt 13:10-11 WEB
These are true mysteries, even in the very same sense as many occult secrets / mysteries.
But the wicked will never understand.
Satan is allowed to blind many.
“in
whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the
unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,
who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.”
2Cor 4:4 WEB
“Many
shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined;
but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall
understand; but those who are wise shall understand.”
Dan.
12:10 WEB
KJV is the King James Version, 1611.
WEB
is the World English Bible, a copyright free revision
of the
original ASV American Standard Version 1901