Lots of us have been reading through the Bible in a year with the Every Day In The Word plan – it gives you an Old Testament reading, a New Testament reading, and some Psalms and Proverbs every day. We highly encourage you to follow along – and…if you fall behind, don’t stress it – just pick back up at the current day.
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Deut 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord 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.”
The nature of what we do and don’t know is highly linked to what has been revealed to us; this is in stark contrast to a view that all information is available to be discovered. Humans, as part of the natural world, explore that world and learn about it – but also begin to assume that what is not naturally discoverable can not be. The Bible rather presents the natural world as a sphere of revealed knowledge, but not the most important area – priority is instead given to knowledge of the divine, which is only available as God chooses to reveal himself. Thus the culture of preserving and storying the revelations of God (Scripture), of studying these words, and making them priority.
Interestingly, Moses also mentions an aspect of purpose for the revelation given to us – “that we may do all the words of this law.” This statement provides a hint for the limits on what is revealed about the divine – what will have moral relevance. Human frustration with not understanding the actions and motives of God through history assumes that we should have this revelation.
Recommended Reading: 1 Cor 2:6-16, which continues the discussion on the nature of revelation, knowledge, and wisdom.
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