Some today claim angelic visits, visions, God’s Voice speaking aloud to them, and supernatural messages they feel are to be proclaimed to others as directions from God. So a perfectly timed question at Christmas is: Does God picture that His guiding dreams, visions, angel visits, supernaturally guided shepherd, and Wise Men visits continued in these believers’ lives?
The answer is: No. That type of direct revelation was a very special form. It was infrequent and always targeted for specific times in God’s plan. No further recorded angel/dream visits were recorded for any of those people. Note I said: recorded.
So, are we arguing from silence in the Scriptures for a doctrine here? In a sense, yes. Now think with me: God inspired the Scriptures. God said that the Scriptures were all we needed for doctrine, correction, and instruction in righteousness, so that we would be thoroughly equipped to serve Him throughout life.
Then, the recorded history, with no more recorded angel visits, dreams, or voices, is what God wants us to learn from. God’s Word gives us the facts to frame our understanding of God’s operations. The secret things (those not revealed in God’s Word) belong to God. He does whatever He pleases.
God wrote down our doctrine, framework, and pattern for everyday life.
God shows us that in all of divinely recorded history (that is, what he has in the Bible), God gives Special Revelation in clear, powerful ways for special periods of time, and then stops.
The truth we need to hold onto today is that GOD WANTS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WITH HIS PEOPLE.
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