11 Bible Verses about Withheld Knowledge

But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.

"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.

And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write down what they had said; but I heard a voice from Heaven which told me to keep secret all that the seven peals of thunder had said, and not write it down.

"What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know."

"I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.

For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

which in earlier ages was not made known to the human race, as it has now been revealed to His holy Apostles and Prophets through the Spirit--

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.