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Mental pictures used by God to convey messages or reveal future events. They are normally received in private by individuals who are often prophets.

God speaks to individuals in visions

Genesis 46:2-4 See also Genesis 15:1; 1 Samuel 3:10-15; Acts 9:10-12; Acts 10:3-6; Acts 11:5-12; Acts 16:9-10; Acts 18:9-10; Acts 26:12-19

Visions may reveal future events

Daniel 8:17-19 See also Daniel 7:15-18,23-27; Amos 7:7-9; Luke 1:11-22; Revelation 22:6

Visions may contain unusual or startling images

Zechariah 1:8 See also Ezekiel 1:4-28; Daniel 4:10-17; Daniel 7:2-15; Daniel 8:2-14; Revelation 1:12-16; Revelation 4:1-11; Revelation 9:17

Visions received by prophets

Numbers 12:6 See also Isaiah 6:1-4; Jeremiah 1:11-16; Ezekiel 1:1; Hosea 12:10; Amos 7:1-9

Visions recorded by prophets

2 Chronicles 32:32 See also 2 Chronicles 9:29; Isaiah 1:1; Daniel 7:1; Daniel 8:1; Obadiah 1; Micah 1:1; Nahum 1:1

False visions associated with lying prophets

Ezekiel 13:6-9 See also 1 Kings 22:10-28 pp 2 Chronicles 18:9-27; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:16; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 22:28; Zechariah 10:2

God may withhold visions

1 Samuel 3:1 See also Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26; Micah 3:6

Visions associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:17 See also Joel 2:28

See also

1403  God, revelation
1409  dream
1429  prophecy, OT fulfilment
1431  prophecy, OT methods
1439  revelation
1466  vision
3257  Holy Spirit, gift of
4627  creatures
6694  mystery
7730  explanation
7772  prophets
9130  future, the