God exercises sovereignty over both physical sight and spiritual vision, demonstrating His authority to blind as He works out His purpose. At times, He removes literal or metaphorical sight, as seen in various biblical accounts. For instance, God used angels to blind the violent Sodomites intent on assaulting Lot and his guests, restraining their physical eyesight in an environment lacking spiritual vision. Through His human servants, such as Elisha who prayed for the Syrian army to be blinded temporarily, and Paul who called on God to blind Elymas the sorcerer for a time, God has shown His power to take away sight. Notably, Christ Himself struck Paul blind on the road to Damascus, symbolizing the spiritual blindness in which Paul walked until that moment. God's sovereignty over human abilities is affirmed in Exodus 4:11, where He declares to Moses that He is responsible for making the seeing and the blind, extending His control to both physical and spiritual capacities. As Solomon notes in Proverbs 25:2, it is God's glory to conceal a matter, underscoring His prerogative to govern humanity's ability to understand. In John 9, after healing a man born blind, Jesus states that part of His ministry is to make some blind while opening the eyes of others, affirming His authority to judge and determine spiritual sight. God's willingness to blind is further evident in His warnings to the Israelites, promising madness, blindness, and confusion of heart for disobedience, as recorded in Deuteronomy 28:15. This mental blindness, an inability to discern rationally, exacerbates their plight, preventing them from understanding their situation or finding solutions like repentance. Similarly, in the New Testament, God's current blinding of Israel is explained as a means to work with the elect, intending to restore Israel's understanding in the future when she recognizes her Savior. Thus, God's actions, including blinding, reflect His supreme authority and purpose, often challenging human assumptions about His nature.