Revelation is a MUST?

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Mike b4:
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon 
Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not *revealed* it unto thee, but my 
Father which is in heaven.  Peter was a Jew, and it came to him by 
revelation just like it did to Sister Rachel. 

Joshua Allen:
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL.  That is really splitting hairs and adding more 
to the Oneness of God than what is there.  You are now requiring that 
everyone receive a revelation from God explaining Himself.  

 Mike:
 I don't think that I am splitting hairs.  The Lord is the one that insists
that, "For if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." 
  
 J.A.:
 So, even the heavens bear witness of the Godhead.  If it is so simply 
and clearly seen, then why must we all have a revelation? 
 
 Mike:
 It *is* "simple and clearly seen" but the very fact that there are so few
that see it seems to indicate that it requires something more than just
stumbling upon it.  I believe you must seek him.  As some have said, I don't
think that everyone receives that "revelation" the same way.  For me, I had
the Holy Ghost for a few weeks and was talking to a young man that was eager
to show me a scripture.  He showed me Jn. 1:1 then ran his finger down the
page to the 14th verse.  I had to sit down for a minute.  Even in my youth and
with my limited understanding of the scriptures I was able to understand the
significance of this passage.  He showed me how the word "dwelt" came from a
Greek word that meant "tabernacled" or resided like in a tent.  All I could
see for several days is a spirit moving about the earth in a temporary
dwelling or tent in the shape of a body.  Then came the understanding that the
spirit that was in that tent/body was reconciling the word unto himself.  This
revelation is still growing today, it is still God who expands my revelation,
not my own cleverness.
 
                       Mike Reed