D&C 76:11-15
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Doctrine & Covenants > Section 76
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Questions
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Verse 13
- When is the "beginning" before the world was?
- What are the things that "were ordained of the Father"?
- What does it mean for the Only Begotten Son to be "in the bosom of the Father...from the beginning"?
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Verse 14
- Is this vision and section of scripture "the record" which is "the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ?" If so, is this revelation primarily about degrees of glory, as commonly presumed, or about "the fulness of the gospel"?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Verse 12
Joseph and Sidney tell us that their "eyes were opened" and their "understandings were enlightened." This reminds us of verse 10 which tells us to those who fear God and those who serve him (see verse 5) God will make known unto them the secrets of his will--"even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear hear, nor yet entered into the heart of man." The paradox of seeing something man cannot see requires first that their "eyes were opened."
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