SPIRITUAL EYES

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Key Verse

  • And Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open his eyes1 that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 Kings 6:17 NKJV
Compare with below (Physical eyes)
 
  • Then He touched their eyes2, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” Matthew 9:29 NKJV

Insights

1. Seers

  • (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he spoke thus: “Come, let us go to the seer3”; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.) 1 Samuel 9:9 NKJV
  • Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” 2 Kings 17:13 NKJV
  • Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Isaiah 30:10 NKJV
  • Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 2 Chronicles 33:18 NKJV
Seer = to {see} literally or figuratively

2. Seeing Examples

  • Amos: The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Amos 1:1 NKJV
  • Habakkak: The prophesy which the prophet Habakkuk sawHabakkuk 1:1 NKJV
  • Micah: The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah 1:1 NKJV

3. Seeing & Hearing Examples

  • Moses: And He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a vision And I will speak to him in a dream. “But it is not so with My servant Moses; He is entrusted and faithful in all My house. “With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly], Clearly and openly and not in riddles; And he beholds the form of the Lord. Numbers 12:6-8 AMP
  • Micaiah: And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.” … Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ” 2 Chronicles 18:13&16 NKJV
  • Gad: Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying 1 Chronicles 21:9 NKJV

4. Other Examples

  • Hagar: Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. Genesis 21:19 NKJV
  • Disciples on way to Emmaus: Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. Luke 24:31 AMP
  • Balaam: Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His sword drawn in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell on his face. Numbers 22:31 AMPC

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Footnotes

  1. 5869 עין [‛ayin] \ah'-yin\ Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape): - {affliction} outward {appearance} + {before} + think {best} {colour} {conceit} + be {content} {countenance} + {displease} eye ({[-brow]} {[-d]} {-sight}) {face} + {favour} {fountain} furrow [from the {margin]} X {him} + {humble} {knowledge} {look} (+ {well}) X {me} open ({-ly}) + (not) {please} {presence} + {regard} {resemblance} {sight} X {thee} X {them} + {think} X {us} {well} X you (-rselves).
  2. 3788 ὀφθαλμός [O)FQALMO/S] {ophthalmós} \of-thal-mos'\ from 3700; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance):--eye, sight.
  3. 7200 ראה [râ'âh] \raw-aw'\
    A primitive root; to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively): - advise {self} {appear} {approve} {behold} X {certainly} {consider} {discern} (make to) {enjoy} have {experience} {gaze} take {heed} X {indeed} X {joyfully} {lo} look ({on} one {another} one on {another} one upon {another} {out} {up} {upon}) {mark} {meet} X be {near} {perceive} {present} {provide} {regard} (have) {respect} ({fore-} cause {to} let) see ({-r} {-m} one {another}) shew ({self}) X sight of {others} (e-) {spy} {stare} X {surely} X {think} {view} visions.