Proverbs
29:18:
Where
there is no vision, the people are unrestrained,
But
happy is he who keeps the Law. (NAS)
Where
there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint,
But
blessed is he who keeps the Law. (NIV)
When
people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
But
whoever obeys the Law is joyful. (New Living Translation)
In
the multitude of the evil ones a people is breached
And
he that keeps the law is blessed. (Aramaic Bible in Plain English)
Where
there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint,
But
blessed is he who keeps the Law. (English Standard Version)
Where
there is no vision [no redemptive revelations of God],
The
people perish; But he who keeps the Law [of God,
Which
includes that of man], blessed, happy, fortunate [and enviable]
Is
he. (Amplified Version)
A
vision, a revelation, divine guidance, prophetic vision are essential
For
those who claim the Name of Christ.
Faith
itself is a revelation of who Christ Jesus is and who He is to each
of us.
It
takes a revelation to accept Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord;
It
takes a revelation to overcome this world and the evil one who rules
it.
Without
this revelation we will perish; We will go to a devil's Hell.
You
live in a world in which most people have no revelation of God.
The
are captive to their five senses;
Captive
to the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of
life;
[That
which they possess or have accomplished in view of others.]
Captive
to their ruler, Satan.
Even
many who claim the Name of Christ
Have
no vision or revelation of God.
Therefore
My people go into captivity
[To
their enemies] without knowing it
And
because they have no knowledge of God.
And
their honorable men—their glory—are famished,
And
their common people are parched with thirst.
Therefore
Sheol—the unseen state, the realm of the dead--
Has
enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth without measure,
And
[Jerusalem's] nobility and her multitude and her pomp and tumult
And
[the drunken reveler] who exults in her descend into it.
(Isaiah
5:13-14 AMP)
What
is this revelation we must have to belong to Christ
And
to overcome this world and the evil one who rules it?
Isaiah
had a revelation of God:
In
the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a
Throne,
High
and exalted, and the Train of His Robe filled the Temple.
Above
Him were Seraphs, each with six wings:
With
two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,
And
with two they were flying.
And
they were calling to one another:
'Holy,
Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His
Glory.'
At
the sound of their voices the door posts shook
And
the Temple was filled with smoke.
'Woe
to me! I cried. 'I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips,
And
I live among a people of unclean lips,
And
my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.'
Then
one of the seraphs flew to me with a Live Coal in his hand,
Which
he had taken with tongs from the Altar.
With
it he touched my mouth and said,
'See,
this has touched your lips;
Your
guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.'
Then
I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
'Whom
shall I send? And who will go for us?'
And
I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'
He
said, 'GO and tell this people:
'Be
ever hearing, but never understanding;
Be
ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
Make
the heart of this people calloused;
Make
their ears dull and close their eyes.
Otherwise
they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears,
Understand
with their hearts, and turn and be healed.' (Isaiah 6:1-10)
Isaiah
had a vision, a revelation of God and His Heaven
That
would carry him through the rest of his life;
That
would carry him into the Presence of God at the end of his days.
His
sin was atoned for as our sin has been atoned for by the work of
Christ.
He
answered the call of God on his life: “Here am I. Send me.”
We
also must accept the call of God upon our lives.
We
must proclaim this Great Salvation Christ has purchased for everyone
Who
will believe it; receive it; and walk in it.
Most
will never see or perceive.
Most
have dull ears and have closed their eyes.
But
there are those like in the day of Christ;
Before
and afterward who see and hear;
Who
understand with their hearts and are healed. Hallelujah!
It
is those we serve!
For
those God has given us our Vision, our Revelation!
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
Save
yourself from this corrupt generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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