What does Deuteronomy 29:29 mean by secret things and revealed things?
Deuteronomy 29:29 distinguishes between what God sovereignly withholds and what He chooses to reveal. The secret things belong to the Lord, who reveals them when He is ready. The revealed things, no longer secret, belong to us and to our children so we may do all the words of this law.
Les explains that God is sovereign, absolute, holy, and righteous, yet also loving, kind, merciful, and patient. Unlike the mistaken idea of an easygoing grandfather who can be manipulated, the God of the Bible has every right to keep things secret as long as He wants and to reveal them when He is good and ready. In Deuteronomy 29:29, Moses writes that the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed—no longer secret—belong to us and our children forever so we may do all the words of this law. Les notes that although Moses spoke this to Israel, the God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New; God has not changed. What He hated then He still hates today, and what He forbade in the Levitical system He still does not condone. He is the same God and the same secret holder we deal with today.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
More Questions
What is the difference between the secret things and the revealed things in Deuteronomy 29:29?
Deuteronomy 29:29 distinguishes the secret things that belong to the Lord our God from the revealed things that belong to us and our children forever, given so that we may do all the words of the law.
Who do the secret things and the revealed things belong to in Deuteronomy 29:29?
According to Deuteronomy 29:29, the secret things belong to God, while the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children.
What does Deuteronomy 29:29 say about God keeping secrets?
Deuteronomy 29:29 teaches the same thing: God can see fit to keep things secret as long as He wants.