The Vision by Rick Joyner

Author:Rick Joyner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2017-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

USING PROPHETIC REVELATIONS

I must state emphatically that I do not believe that any kind of prophetic revelation is for the purpose of establishing doctrine. We have the Scriptures for that. There are two basic uses for the prophetic. The first is for revealing the present or future strategic will of the Lord in certain matters. We have examples of this in Paul’s dream to go to Macedonia (Acts 16:6–10) and in the trance where he was told to quickly leave Jerusalem (Acts 22:17–18). We also have examples of this in the ministry of Agabus. One of these concerned a famine that was coming upon the whole world (Acts 11:27–30), and the other had to do with Paul’s visit to Jerusalem (Acts 21:10–12).

Such revelations are also given for illuminating doctrine that is taught in the Scripture, but is not clearly understood. For example, Peter’s trance in Acts 10 not only illuminated God’s will for Peter; it also provided timely insight on a matter the Scriptures were very clear about (the Gentiles being able to receive the gospel), but which had not yet been understood by the church.

While the visions in this book do contain some strategic revelations, they also shed light on some biblical doctrines that I honestly had not seen before, but now see quite clearly. However, for years I had known and taught most of the truths illuminated to me in these experiences, even though I cannot say that I had lived them all very well. Many times I thought about the warning Paul gave Timothy to pay attention to his own teachings (I Timothy 4:16). Confronted by my failure to live up to some of my own teachings, I therefore accepted many of these messages as a personal rebuke. Even so, I also felt they were general messages to the body of Christ, and so I included them here.

Some of my friends encouraged me to write this as an allegory, in the third person like The Pilgrim’s Progress. I decided against that for several reasons. First, I feel that some would have taken this to be the result of my own creativity, which would have been wrong. I would like to be this creative, but I am not.

Another reason was that I felt I could be much more accurate if I related these experiences just as I received them, and I endeavored to do so. However, I consider my memory of details to be one of my greatest weaknesses. At times I have questioned my memory of certain details in this vision, and you should therefore have the liberty to question some of the details too. I think such scrutiny is wise with any such messages. Only the Scriptures deserve to be considered infallible. As you consider these experiences I had, I pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you to the truth and separate any chaff that may be present from the wheat.

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