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Come Follow Me is discussing Doctrine and Covenants 121–123 this week. Some questions about these verses. Doctrine and Covenants 121:28: "... A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest". At the time of this petition or prayer from Joseph Smith (March 1839), why were the Latter-day Saints in doubt as to the number when 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 says "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him"? Were their doubts alleviated when they learned about an infinite regression of Gods and their potential for exaltation to Godhood? Doctrine and Covenants 121:30-31: "... And also, if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the seas, or to the dry land, or to the sun, moon, or stars—All the times of their revolutions, all the appointed days, months, and years, and all the days of their days, months, and years, and all their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed in the days of the dispensation of the fulness of times". What is the difference between the colored items? Does "all their glories" mean a number greater than 3? Assuming we are in this dispensation now and it ends when Jesus returns, why is it necessary for God to give us such information during this period?