Alma 37:11-"Now these mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me; therefore I shall forbear."
What a great and straightforward message. It is not wise to speculate about things that the Lord has not yet revealed. To do so may cause others to fall astray and it may cause us to lose focus on what the gospel is really about. It takes a lot of spiritual maturity to forbear speaking of things that are not yet fully made known. I know I struggle with this, but I think the key is to be engaged in studying the plain and precious truths of the gospel so we don't have time to speculate. That being said, it also appears that Alma understood that he himself could ponder on these mysteries and speculate to himself. But the point is that we shouldn't speak publicly about this, for instance in a sacrament meeting talk. I believe we can ponder on unrevealed issues as long as we remember that whatever conclusion we may come to needs to be immediately obliterated as soon as the Prophet reveals otherwise.
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