Truth is confirmed by Our Heavenly Father to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see. There are times we will experience supernatural events to confirm the Truth at a personal level. Don’t forget, praying in Tongues in Itself is supernatural!
Truth comes by The Holy Scriptures and The Holy Spirit. Both were and are “GOD breathed”. Only Truth can originate from the Throne Room of Heaven.
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in his Gospel in chapter 17:
1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, Jacob and John, and hiked up a high mountain to be alone.
Jesus knew what was about to take place so He brought three witnesses with Him as prescribed by The Law in Deuteronomy 17:
6 “Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.”
19:15 “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.”
The Law addressed crucial matters of Truth to be established by eyewitness accounts. In this case, Jesus made sure He had three eyewitnesses due to the vital nature of what was about to happen.
2 Then Jesus’ appearance was dramatically altered. A radiant light as bright as the sun poured from His Face. And His clothing became luminescent—dazzling like lightning. He was trans-figured before their very eyes.
How would we respond to such an event? Could anyone talk us out of what we saw and heard?
3 Then suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared, and they spoke with Jesus.
4 Peter blurted out, “Lord, it’s so wonderful that we are all here together! If You want, I’ll construct three shrines, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
This was a classic Peter response: act now, listen later! How many of us have been guilty of a similar response? Regrettably, I have.
5 But while Peter was still speaking, a radiant Cloud composed of light spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s Voice suddenly spoke from the Cloud, saying, “This is My Dearly loved Son, the constant focus of My Delight. Listen to Him!”
How would we respond to such an event?
6 The three disciples were dazed and terrified by this phenomenon, and they fell facedown to the ground.
7 But Jesus walked over and touched them, saying, “Get up and stop being afraid.”
Jesus saw their fear and reassured them. Being on the ground with their eyes closed provided no protection anyway.
8 When they finally opened their eyes and looked around, they saw no one else there but Jesus.
9 As they all hiked down the mountain together, Jesus ordered them, “Don’t tell anyone of the Divine Appearance you just witnessed. Wait until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
Just after such a wonderful affirming supernatural event, Jesus revealed that He would be raised from the dead yet none of the three were waiting for Him at the tomb. They were held up in a house, a distance from the tomb.
10 His disciples asked Him, “Why do all the religious scholars insist that Elijah must first appear before the Anointed One comes?”
11 He answered them, “They’re right. Elijah must come first and restore all things. 12 But Elijah has already appeared. And yet they didn’t recognize him, so they did to him whatever they pleased. And the Son of Man is destined to suffer the same abuse as what they did to him.”
13 Then the disciples realized that Jesus was referring to John the Baptizer all along.
John the Baptist spoke the Truth and prepared the Way but many were unable to hear him for their ears were not sensitive to the Truth he was speaking.
Later, Peter reaffirmed to us of what he saw on the mount as he recorded in 2nd Peter chapter 1:
19 And so we have been given the prophetic Word—the written message of the prophets, made more reliable and fully validated by the confirming voice of God on the Mount of Transfiguration. And you will continue to do well if you stay focused on it. For this prophetic Message is like a piercing light shining in a gloomy place until the dawning of a new day, when the Morning Star rises in your hearts.
20 You must understand this at the outset: Interpretation of Scriptural prophecy requires the Holy Spirit, for it does not originate from someone’s own imagination. 21 No true prophecy comes from human initiative but is inspired by the moving of the Holy Spirit upon those who spoke the message that came from God.
The Holy Spirit will give each of us peace about a “prophetic word” spoken by man if it is truly inspired by The Holy Spirit. We must be careful to assume every word spoken and claimed to be Truth by a known prophet is inspired by GOD. They too are subject to error if they become insensitive in their hearts in a particular area of the life. Operating in a gift does not guarantee revelation in all areas. You can operate in a gift and have little faith. That is why some prophets die of sickness and/or disease.