Q. Why did Yeshua thank the Father for hiding certain things from the wise and intelligent and revealing them to babes.

A.You referring to several verses in the New
Testament. One is in Matt. 13. 10-23 and another can
be found in Luke 10. 21-24. Basically what he is
saying is that earthly intelligence, bible knowledge
and degrees are not what is required to know Him or to
understand His word. It's all God's work and His
Spirit reveals these things to whoever He wills. But
the things concerning the Kingdom of God must be
received with child-like hearts (babes) prepared by
God beforehand. That is why in the account in Matthew
Yeshua goes into the parable of the sower. The seed
falls on bad ground and does not bear fruit. It can
only take root on good ground. Now, good ground is
ground already worked and prepared by the farmer to
receive the seed. It's the same with the Word of God.
The Lord prepares the heart to receive the truth so it
can bear fruit. Many today say they believe in the
Lord but they do not believe that the Torah is for
today, keep pagan-rooted festivals, eat pork and break
the Sabbath because they think it has been done away
with and believe a "replacement theology." But the
heart of the matter is that the Lord has never
revealed these things to them through the Holy Spirit
(Luke 10.22; Matt 13.11)), and they should be very
concerned about that. The parables and the verses you
are referring to are very clear about this. So, we are
not to rejoice over the fact that we have this
knowledge or power and others don't, but we are to
rejoice over the fact that our names are recorded in
heaven and God through His mercy has chosen to open
our ears and eyes spiritually and reveal them to us
(Matt 13.16) and to the others it has not been granted
(Matt 13.10-13). All of it is God's work and that is
why Yeshua rejoices. In fact, if you look up the word
for "rejoice" in Luke 10.21 it means "to jump for
joy." That's how excited he gets over it.