Line upon line

“For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, precept upon precept; and I will try you and prove you herewith.” (D&C 98:12)

I know this has been applied to us mortals. I have seen where it has also been applied to the Savior, Jesus Christ. Both are probably appropriate. I know it works for me.

There have been many times when I get out of the shower and the squeegee flies off the shelf, on its own. I would wonder what in the world that was about.

“Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.” (Isaiah 28:9-10)

I have often wondered about that squeegee. Was it of evil? I asked and no it wasn’t.

Just the other day I was standing outside on the driveway (I must ask here why where you park is called the driveway and where you drive is called the parkway?) with three friends chatting. Suddenly my car’s locks activated and the car doors locked. I was startled and took the keys out of my pocket and unlocked the doors. We all commented about it and then the car doors locked again. Now that was weird. We kind of laughed and talked about it. I took the keys and unlocked it again. It promptly locked itself again. We chatted for a while longer and my friends left. As I unlocked the car again I noticed that the other car had also been locked. In a way I was glad three friends got to see the weirdness that goes on around here.

“And again, the voice of God in the chamber of old Father Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca county, and at sundry times, and in divers places through all the travels and tribulations of this Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! And the voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensations, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood; giving line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little; giving us consolation by holding forth that which is to come, confirming our hope!” (D&C 128:21)

It seems like the mode of learning involves line upon line and precept upon precept. As stated above I know that we have nearly always applied this concept to us mortals. I’ve been subjected to talk after talk all my life about this concept of us learning line upon line.

But after these experiences I wondered if it doesn’t apply to both sides of the veil. Does that old notion or false belief come into place that when we transition all is restored unto us? Do we then have those magical spiritual gifts of being able to float and not having to walk? Of instant teleportation, being able to use telepathy with instant clarification and understanding? Are we able to manifest immediately or do we have to learn the process. Does it work like it does in mortality?

Do those translated beings that are of a Terrestrial nature and kingdom need training when they come here to help us mortals out? Do they know our language and instantly are able to converse with us? What if they translated and only knew Persian? Or Aramaic? I remember when my sighted friend’s warrior guardian showed up he was learning how to speak English.

When I was assigned a similar guardian, he had to learn how to do what warrior guardians do. In other words, he was in training, line upon line, precept upon precept.

Does the fact that he can now lock my car mean he has progressed to the point of manipulating material and electrical matter?

I made a comment to my sighted friend today that it seems to me that learning line upon line happens on both sides of the veil. Then I asked if it is the same for the adversary’s minions, demons, devils, entities and such of darkness. “Yes it is,” was her answer.

As we train and learn here, they are also doing the same there. I have a feeling it never ends – the training and learning.

“Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation 2:17, will become a Urim and Thummim to each individual who receives one, whereby things pertaining to a higher order of kingdoms will be made known. And a stone of white is given to each of those who come into the celestial kingdom, whereon is a new name written, which no man knoweth save he receiveth it. The new name is the key word.” (D&C 130:10-11)

Wow, even the Celestial Kingdom isn’t the end all of all things? This white stone will allow us to see higher kingdoms? Makes sense to me if we are ever learning, on both sides of the veil.

Someone asked my sighted friend if those warriors in training ever get hurt. The answer was yes, especially when they first engage in battle. I guess some days learning really does hurt, even when immortal.

Years ago some of us were up the mountain where a gifted friend had shown us where a “gate” was located. This gate was used anciently to travel (teleport) to other locations on the earth. If we stood where this gate was the hair on our arms and neck stood up. You could hear a swoosh sound like when you use a propane gas stove up camping. If you walked away from the gate it was silent, step back up to it and the sound came back along with the raised hair. My sighted daughter was there and warned me about going through the gate as I wouldn’t know how to come back from where it would send me. Then she said, “Never mind, you don’t know the right words to say anyway.” Ha, I was “safe.”

I was telling my sighted friend about this experience. I asked if she would tell me the words to say and I could go “practice.”

“No,” she said, “It’s more than the words, you don’t know how to go inward and focus properly so it won’t work for you.”

Dang, line upon line, precept upon precept. On both sides of the veil, mortal and immortal. Even our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ learned this way, as a mortal and as an immortal.

By the way, if someday I do learn the right words and learn to have that required proper inward focus, I’ll send you a post card from wherever I end up. Sure hope it comes with return directions……