11 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
12 And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion, and the
fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.
13 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones
shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
14 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den.
15 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the
waters cover the sea.
16 Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made
known; yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.
17 There is nothing which is secret save it shall be
revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest in the
light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save it shall be
loosed.
18 Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto
the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power
over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time. And now, my
beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.
Nephi again turns to the words of Isaiah.
The day the Lord will come is nigh, [a]nd righteousness
shall be the girdle of his loins and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
In that day, the wolf and the lamb will eat side-by-side
(“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like
the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, saith the LORD” Isaiah 65:25.)
Peace will reign throughout the world. The leopard will lie with the kid; the calf,
young lion, and fatling will be lead be a child. This will extend to mankind. Nations that fought against each other they
will lie down their arms and make peace.
They will be led by the righteous.
Hugh Nibley writes:
“After the great burning comes a great peace, ‘and all the
nations that fight against Zion ... shall
be as a dream of a night vision’ (2 Nephi 27:3). It shall not be a peace of
death but a millennial peace, when ‘the Holy One of Israel must reign ... And he gathereth his children ... and there shall be one fold and one
shepherd ... And because of the
righteousness of his people, Satan has no power; wherefore, he cannot be loosed
for the space of many years’ (1 Nephi 22:24-26). If there shall still be
nations during this period of peace, they must be all united: ‘But behold, all
nations, kindreds, tongues, and people shall dwell safely in the Holy One of
Israel if it so be that they will repent’ (1 Nephi 22:28). As soon as the
wicked are destroyed by fire (2 Nephi 30:10), ‘then shall the wolf dwell
with the lamb’ (2 Nephi 30:12; italics added), ‘and Satan shall have power over
the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time’ (2 Nephi 30:18).”[1]
The Earth will be filled with “the knowledge of the Lord as
the waters cover the sea” (2 Nephi 30:15).
Joel wrote, “BLOW ye the [ram's horn] in Zion, and sound an alarm in my
holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the
LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand” (Joel 2:1).
We are assured by the Lord that “all things shall be made
known unto the children of men” (2 Nephi 30:16).
The Lord, speaking to Joseph Smith, expanded upon these
words.
“Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall
come, he shall reveal all things-
“Things which have passed, and hidden things which no man
knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end
thereof-
“Things most precious, things that are above, and things
that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in
heaven.
“And all they who suffer persecution for my name, and endure
in faith, though they are called to lay down their lives for my sake yet shall
they partake of all this glory” (D&C 101:32-35).
“God shall give unto you knowledge by his Holy Spirit, yea,
by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the
world was until now;
“Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation
to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the
angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory;
“A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld,
whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest.
“All thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall
be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
“And also, if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the
seas, or to the dry land, or to the sun, moon, or stars-
“All the times of their revolutions, all the appointed days,
months, and years, and all the days of their days, months, and years, and all
their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed in the days of the
dispensation of the fulness of times–
“According to that which was ordained in the midst of the
Council of the Eternal God of all other gods before this world was, that should
be reserved unto the finishing and the end thereof, when every man shall enter
into his eternal presence and into his immortal rest” (D&C 121:26-32).
As a science teacher and someone who is full of questions,
the Lord’s promise is very exciting.
That someday I will be able to learn all things, as nothing shall be
withheld from us, is thrilling beyond measure.
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