A Revelation is a Revelation
No one who studies religious history can be detached from the instances
where God has reached out to humankind. In the Hebrew Scriptures,
revelations are made with visitations by angels, by visions, and very
obvious miraculous happenings. In the New Testament, God is shown to reach
out with visitations by angels, by visions, by miracles, but most
importantly, God reaches out to us by joining us in the physical realm, as
Maran Yeshua Mshikha bar Alaha.
Now, all the signs and wonders serve to embolden us, to confirm the
reality that God is Great and that Yeshua is Lord.
So, what happens when someone in the church receives a visitation, a
vision, a revelation or a miracle? Not 2,000 years ago, but 2 weeks ago,
or 2 minutes ago? What is the response of people who are believers to
modern day signs and wonders?
You see, Our Holy Church is not simply one of many. Our Holy Church is the
original Church that existed from the beginning and continues to exist to
this very day! Our Church receives revelations, miracles, it experiences
visitations from angels, from the Blessed Mother and from the Holy Infant,
Maran Yeshua Mshikha, Himself!
Do we look upon these signs and wonders with the same wonderment and awe
that we view in Scripture? If not, why not?
I don’t mean to sound disrespectful. But if the Archangel Michael comes
down in Babylon in the time of Daniel, what is said is written and relayed
and respected for ages. If, on the other hand, the Archangel Michael,
comes down to India within our lifetime and shares revelatory information
to the world, shouldn’t we afford God’s Holy Angel the due reverence and
awe as if it had been in Holy Scripture for thousands of years?
What if the Virgin Miriam (Mary) appears to villagers and offers them
valuable information that saves their lives, isn’t this something we
should acknowledge?
There are many instances where the Holy Infant has appeared to people,
both in and out of our Holy Church. He has aided many, and the Holy Infant
has appeared to and communicated with Our Catholicos Patriarch, and others
in our Church.
Now, at the time of the Apostles, when Peter received a vision from Yeshua
in a dream, it changed the early Church’s view of gentiles in the Church.
It was a vision and experience of Yeshua that changed the life of Paul of
Tarsus for all time. If the Church had discounted either of these events
where would we as a church find ourselves?
Our Church has many signs and wonders. It has received visitations and
revelations. To my way of thinking, all Scripture and Tradition are a
medium of communication between God and Man. If an angel or saint appears
to humanity, today, then they relay the power and wisdom of the Triune
God. If Maran Yeshua appears, aids or communicates with believers in the
Holy Church, then aren’t we in the presence of God Himself? Aren’t we
obliged as believers to be spiritually mature enough to honor them as
revelatory? Even if they don’t appear in ancient writings?
Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition are our safety net. They provide us a
means of not going astray. They are not meant to keep God in a box, or to
keep the Believer away from the signs and wonders of God.
If modern day signs and wonders, are validated by the Holy See of
Jerusalem. Then, don’t we need stop shuffling our feet as Nasranis? Don’t
we need to Shout these revelations from the rooftops? Don’t they deserve
to be honored in the same manner?
I can’t speak for everyone, but if Maran Yeshua appears to someone in our
Holy Church and shares vital revelatory information, isn’t this precisely
what He did for Peter and Paul? And shouldn’t it be afforded the same
reverence and awe?
The idea that there is Primary, secondary or tertiary revelations is a
mind game. A revelation from God, is a revelation from God. It doesn’t get
any more basic than this.
We know that God will never betray His Holy Word, His Holy Tradition and
His Holy Church. We know that God has given us Apostolic Succession. If we
truly honor this, then those who receive divine instruction in our Church,
that is investigated and validated as being true signs and wonders, then
aren’t we bound to put them on same the page as the most ancient of
revelations?
We must be willing to trust the Holy Church implicitly. If it shares its
signs and wonders with us, we must be willing to accept them as true
revelations just as they have done. If we do not or cannot, then we say we
do not truly believe in the divine nature of the Church, its Apostolic
integrity, and that it is being protected by God and His Holy angels.
By Rv. Fr. Archdeacon Andreos+
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