Do We Live in a Supernatural World?
October 12, 2025
Jonathan
Most of us read Scripture through earthly eyes, but what if the Bible is trying to show us that the world around us isn’t as ordinary as it seems?
Have you ever had that sense, almost a whisper, that there’s more going on in the world than what you can see?
Maybe it comes in a quiet moment of worship, or when reading a passage that feels bigger than logic can hold. I’ve had that feeling often, but I used to brush it off. I believed in God, of course, but I treated the unseen as symbolic, not real.
Then I started noticing something in Scripture. The Bible doesn’t shy away from the unseen world; it assumes it. It speaks of angels and thrones, of heavenly meetings and spiritual powers, of moments when the curtain briefly pulls back and we glimpse what’s normally hidden.
More Than Meets the Eye
17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. -2 Kings 6:17
When Elisha’s servant panicked at the sight of enemy armies, Elisha prayed that his eyes would be opened. Suddenly, the servant saw another army, a heavenly one.
That story has always fascinated me. Not because of the miracle itself, but because the horses of fire were already there. They weren’t summoned; they were revealed.
It made me wonder how often I live as if only what I can see is real. How much of my faith operates within the limits of my senses, when the Bible keeps telling me reality extends far beyond them?
The Biblical Worldview We Miss
As I began to study deeper, I realized the writers of Scripture didn’t see a divide between natural and supernatural. Heaven and earth overlapped, and God’s presence filled creation.
What we call “spiritual warfare” wasn’t a metaphor to them; it was a worldview. Paul reminded believers that our struggle isn’t against flesh and blood but against rulers and powers in the heavenly realms. The Psalms describe God presiding over a heavenly assembly. The prophets speak of divine messengers and councils where decisions are made about nations.
It’s all there, hiding in plain sight.
Rediscovering the Unseen Realm
I’ll be honest, reading Dr. Michael Heiser’s The Unseen Realm helped me see how much I’d been overlooking. His scholarship didn’t invent new ideas; it simply took the Bible’s supernatural worldview seriously.
That realization shifted my faith from something flat to something layered and alive. I started reading familiar stories with fresh eyes: Eden, Babel, Job, and the Gospels, all connected by a cosmic narrative of rebellion and redemption that stretches from heaven to earth.
But I don’t want to just accept someone else’s conclusions. I want to understand it for myself, to see how the pieces fit together.
That’s what this series is about. Following the clues Scripture gives us and tracing the divine storyline that undergirds our reality.
Living with Open Eyes
Seeing the world as spiritually alive doesn’t make life spooky; it makes it sacred.
It reminds us that prayer matters, that obedience ripples through unseen spaces, and that we’re never truly alone.
Maybe the first step toward rediscovering the unseen realm isn’t about new knowledge at all. Maybe it’s about letting God open our eyes, just like Elisha’s servant, to realize that heaven’s reality has always surrounded us.
Reflection Questions
- When you read Scripture, do you picture a world alive with unseen realities or mostly a physical one?
- How might your prayer life change if you truly believed the unseen realm was real?
- Are there moments when God has made you aware of something beyond the visible?
