-remember
that the content of the current vision is to answer Nephi’s request: to know the interpretation of his father’s “tree
of life” vision. Interestingly, the
opening scene of Nephi’s vision is to see Mary, the mother of Jesus. This, so far as we have record, was an
element entirely absent in Lehi’s vision.
Already, Nephi is experiencing additional light and truth beyond the
scope of what his father saw. We are
entitled to a similar expansion of knowledge.
How often have we left a class, a general conference, an interview or a
session of scripture study and taken time to ponder and pray about what we have
just learned, mulling over the principles and measuring them against our
current understanding? We will not
likely have a vision that includes a panoramic view of the Savior’s birth
because this is truth that is already possessed in scripture, in several video
productions and other formats -in a
sense what was novel and illustrative to Nephi is well known to us. But there are other, truths pertaining to our
personal situation, which we are entitled to just as Nephi was to this
vision. We should, however, always
remember a principle of revelation: God
will not reveal by miraculous means that which he has already given –and often
by much repetition- through the scriptures, modern prophets or by previous
personal experience with the Holy Ghost.
We will find that many of the things we wish to know have already been
revealed. The question is not so much
with knowing a thing as with accepting and doing it.
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