The meaning of things

1. 1 Ne. 11: 17
     17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.
2. Alma 33: 20
     20 But few understood the meaning of those things, and this because of the hardness of their hearts. But there were many who were so hardened that they would not look, therefore they perished. Now the reason they would not look is because they did not believe that it would heal them.