What is the biblical doctrine of illumination?
” Answer: Simply put, illumination in the spiritual sense is turning on the light of understanding in some area. Throughout the ages, people in every culture and religion have claimed some kind of revelation or enlightenment from God (whether true or not). When that enlightenment deals with new knowledge or future things, we call it prophecy. When that enlightenment deals with understanding and applying knowledge already given, we call it illumination. Regarding illumination of the latter type, the question arises, How does God do it? The most basic level of enlightenment is the knowledge of sin, and without that knowledge, everything else is pointless. Psalm 18:28 says, You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 119, which is the longest chapter in the Bible, is a song about God’s Word. In verse 130, it says The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. This verse establishes the basic method of God’s illumination. Wh
