REVELATION, ILLUMINATION, INSPIRATION
The late prophet, Kim Clement, spoke on the
subject of truth. He explained that truth has three parts: Revelation,
Illumination, and Inspiration. Revelation is something revealed. God has
revealed Himself and His ways in the manual for life, called the Bible. But the
Bible is only words in a book until those words are illuminated. Illumination
is when the proverbial light bulb goes on, and we all of sudden understand what
we’ve read or heard. It’s that “ah-ha” moment. It’s when things flow together,
and understanding takes place. This can only happen when God’s light turns on
in a person’s heart.
In the New Testament, the Greek word is ‘sunesis’
or ‘suniemi,’ and it means “to put together, mentally to comprehend,
understand.”
The Lord wants us to be illuminated, and like Matthew
15:10 tells us: “Jesus called the multitude, and said unto them, ‘Hear, and
understand.’”
But without the light of God illuminating what
we hear or read, this is what happens: “Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see
with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them”
(Acts 28:26-27).
Sunesis is what brings everything together and
makes the Bible alive and real, and not just words on a page.
So, first we have the revelation, then the
illumination and the final part is inspiration.
The word ‘inspire’ comes from the Latin
combination of two words: ‘in’ or into, and ‘spirare’, to breathe. According to
the dictionary: “The word was originally used of a divine or supernatural
being, in the sense ‘impart a truth or idea to someone.” So God imparted the
idea to us, and then we impart it out to others. And so the Word of God goes
out into all the earth.
Love, Carolyn
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