2
Ne 4:25 mine eyes have beheld great things, yea,
even too great for man
Nephi
has truly seen great things. As a part of his vision of the tree of life, he
saw the entire history of the earth including the ministry of the Savior, the
history of his people on the Americas, the Apostasy, the Reformation, the
Explorers, the Pilgrims, the Revolutionary War, the Restoration of the Gospel,
the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the gathering of Israel in the last
days, and finally, the end of the world as described by John the Revelator. See
1 Ne 11-15. He saw things that were so great that the Lord commanded that they
be withheld from the record.
¡°All
who have been entrusted with a ¡®high mountain¡¯ or temple experience have been
given knowledge that they are not at liberty to share. There are many sacred truths revealed to
those worthy and ready to receive them that are ¡®not
lawful for man to utter; neither is man capable to make them known, for they
are only to be seen and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God
bestows on those who love him, and purify themselves before him¡¯ (D&C
76:115-16).¡± (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of
Mormon, vol. 1, p. 218)