The point is, He doesn't have to imagine anything, He can see it. That being the case; when God saying something will be; it's fact!
Because the LORD is all knowing (omniscient) He doesn't have to imagine anything! So In the strict sense of the word God does not have "vision" as we do! He does however know exactly what things should be like, are like and will be like! Our God has divine purpose for everything He initiates. When God made the world He saw what it could be! This was His purpose. He also saw what it would be and already had the blueprints for the new heaven and earth!
When the Almighty first created Adam and Eve there was divine purpose! He saw what they were, what they could be as well as what they would be. Understanding all this before He even breathed into their nostrils the breath of life He had prepared the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world (Rev.13:8). God is never surprised and is always prepared! The cross was never plan "B" in God's scheme of things! He was never forced into taking drastic action by the powers of darkness. His has been in control all the time. Nothing is too difficult or impossible for Him.
With that in mind lets consider "God's vision" for humanity! Lets consider what he sees, we are, can be, and will be! The clear teaching of Scripture reveals, God looks for people who agree with His divine purposes for the here and now. He is looking right now to see if you will chose to agree with His purposes for your life! Looking back through time we find this to be the case with God and the nation of Israel.
God had a plan, a purpose for the nation of Israel! They had been slaves in Egypt for 400 years. This was not by surprise. He told Abraham, this would happen (Gen.15:13). When the fullness of time was come God was there to deliver them. He had raised up Moses to give the human leadership to the divine purposes of God. After some persuasion Moses chose to embrace the purposes of God. God's purposes for Moses and the nation of Israel became Moses' vision!
The Exodus events are not with significance to us! They serve as examples and illustrations of New Covenant salvation. Heb.3:5 - Moses was certainly faithful in God's house, but only as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later. God will often use the natural to teach us the spiritual. Theres a lot for us to glean from Israel's exodus experiences! For our purposes in this study were going to focus on those issues that will effect us experiencing God's full purposes in this generation.
Every generation of God's people face their own unique challenges! However, every generation faces the similar challenge of embracing and experiencing fully God's divine purpose! If we miss it here we've missed. Were not coming back for a instant rerun. We're not given to opportunity come back and try it again! We must learn from the Word of God now! Apply the Word of God now! And experience God's full divine purposes for our lives now! Some things about God and His Kingdom can never be experienced this side of heaven! On the other hand somethings about God and His Kingdom will only be experienced in the "here and now"! Some quick examples: You can only be "born again" while here on earth. There'll be no need for healing in heaven. There'll be no opportunity in the new heaven and earth to say no to sin. There'll be no sin. The point is, God has chosen "Time" for some very unique challenges and experiences. We'll never have another opportunity like we do right now to fully surrender to God and have His purposes be our "Vision"!
What is it to have vision? One of the dictionary meaning is: "a mental image of what the future will or could be like". From the human perspective this is quite true, with God however there is nothing left for imagination! He is all knowing,
all seeing! He has the unique, Divine, ability to see the beginning from the end.
Maybe it has something to do with Him not being locked into time as we are.
