VISION

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Key Verse

  • “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blindTo set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19 NKJV

Levels of vision

1. Physical vision - Heal body

  • Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Mark 8:25 ESV
  • Then He touched their eyes1, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were openedMatthew 9:29-30 NKJV
Read: EYESIGHT

2. To spiritual truth - Open mind

  • the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 AMP
  • Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law. Psalm 119:18 AMP
  • I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’ Acts 26:17-18 NKJV
  • And then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. Luke 24:31 NKJV
Note: Luke 24:31 refers to the realisation of what they saw as an ordinary human being to it being Jesus. See below
 
  • But their eyes were [miraculously] prevented from recognizing HimLuke 24:16 AMP

3. To spiritual realm - Open spiritual eyes

  • And Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open his eyes2 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
  • Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the LORD
    standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his
    head and fell flat on his face. Numbers 22:31 NKJV

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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).