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Thank you so much for your testimony and insights, dear brother in Christ!

One of the things I LOVE about the words of God is that as time passes for us, whether individually or collectively, we discover new layers of meaning in words that have not changed for thousands of years.

The first verse of Genesis is more clear today than it was in the 1950s, prior to the CMB measurements showing there was a beginning of real space and real time. In those days, a steady state universe cosmology was acceptable. But Christians and Jews knew Scriptures start with "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth..."

And before the present age who could have envisioned the following verse literally?

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. - Rev 11:9

Certainly God could have provided "do not open 'til ..." Scriptures for us. And He has, at least twice:

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. - Daniel 12:9-10

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. - Revelation 10:4

Likewise the burying and recent finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls - about the same time Israel returned to its homeland after about 2,000 years of diaspora - I believe was no accident at all but according to God's plan. The Scrolls confirmed the true antiquity and faithfulness of Scripture to this age.

As Einstein (a Jew) said: "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."

We should trust God to reveal everything we need to know in its proper time and circumstance according to His will for us:

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6

God's Name is I AM

When I am in doubt or at the end of my 'rope', I utter (as in 'speak into the Universe') that Proverb as follows:

I will Trust in the LORD with all my heart; and lean not unto mine own understanding. In all my ways I shall acknowledge him, and he shall direct my paths.

The response from Him is sometimes a flood of joy in my soul, sometimes a perfect stillness to my fretting, or the occasional rebuke to my pride, or sometimes a flash of insight completely unexpected. I cherish every one because I have come to believe He is responding gently to my trusting in Him. I suppose it is akin to Esther bowing before the throne ... only I bow in awe, not fear of retribution.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. — Proverbs 3:5-6

Sounds like absolutely the best plan to me, dearest sister in Christ!

Thank you ever so much for your heartfelt, illuminating essay/post!