Light Shall Break Forth

When the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my gospel; but they receive it nor; for they perceive not the light and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men. Doctrine & Covenants 45:28-29

We live in the day of the Gentile, the day when the gospel goes first to those who are Gentile by culture (though most are Israelite by descent) and then to the Lehites and the Jews. A light, a marvelous light, has burst upon the world as a result of the Restoration. Too many, however, do not perceive the light because they have been blinded by the precepts of men. Having trusted in the arm of flesh, they cannot perceive the all-powerful arm of the Lord in the midst of this marvelous work and a wonder. Deliverance from such blindness comes only through trusting in the Almighty. “O Lord,” Nephi exulted, “I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. ... Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. ... I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness” (2 Nephi 4:34-35). (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 120)