10And they cried out in a loud voice, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?. those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death. This letter does not specify "the other Scriptures", nor does the term "all Scripture" in 2 Timothy indicate which writings were or would be breathed out by God and useful for teaching, since it does not preclude later works, such as the Book of Revelation and the Epistles of John may have been. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, 19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. 4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. 11shining with the glory of God. 13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God 12He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. 13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. 15Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe. 5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. 7And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men. Many of its prophecies are yet to be fulfilled. 17saying: We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty. 14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 4They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?. 10On the Lords day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragons mouth. [50] Beliefs that God gave a "Torah of truth" to Moses (and the rest of the people), that Moses was the greatest of the prophets, and that the Law given to Moses will never be changed, are three of the Thirteen Principles of Faith of Orthodox Judaism according to Maimonides. 10And they cried out in a loud voice: 11And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.. One of the primary players in this field was Franz Rosenzweig. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, Human concepts can never be considered as identical to God's revelation, and Scripture is written in human language, expressing human concepts. WebAuthor. While some consider it to be a genuine miracle, others regard it as a natural phenomenon with a natural explanation. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. The Catholic Encyclopedia. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh is said to have given Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 14The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses. One school of thought holds that revelation is non-verbal and non-literal, yet it may have propositional content. [43] The ruti texts themselves assert that they were skillfully created by Rishis (sages), after inspired creativity, just as a carpenter builds a chariot. 26And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. Archived from the original. Inspiration refers to God inspiring a person to commit some action, as opposed to revelation, which only the prophets received. [30][31], Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustain the President of the Church as prophet, seer, and revelator, the only person on earth who receives revelation to guide the entire church. 19Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: 21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: the great city of Babylon will be cast down. 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. 1To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. WebOverview. 8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. 12The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. I. 12To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword. To the Church in Laodicea(Colossians 2:15). 19I know your deedsyour love, your faith, your service, your perseveranceand your latter deeds are greater than your first. 6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. 2At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw. One of the major trends in modern Jewish philosophy was the attempt to develop a theory of Judaism through existentialism. 9And they sang a new song: Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals. [25] The Second Epistle of Peter claims that "no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. 20He who testifies to these things says, Yes, I am coming soon. Amen. WebTo the Church in Ephesus. When the Lord reveals His will to the Church, He speaks through His prophet. 16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: 17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, Come, gather together for the great supper of God, The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. 1To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spiritsa of God and the seven stars. WebRevelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration (q.v.) And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, 13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. WebAuthor. 13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. [40] It includes the four Vedas including its four types of embedded textsthe Samhitas, the early Upanishads. 2: NZ, Rosen Publishing. 3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. The Latter Day Saint movement teaches that the movement began with a revelation from God, which began a process of restoring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. 3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. Special revelation and general revelation are complementary rather than contradictory in nature. [22] The Westminster Confession of Faith speaks of "the infallible truth and divine authority" of the Scriptures. But He placed His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid. 20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. WebYour Content Revelation 1 King James Version 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Come, Lord Jesus! Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed., para. 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. Some believe that revelation can originate directly from a deity or through an agent such as an angel. 5And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.a, 6Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earthto every nation and tribe and tongue and people. 18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths. 13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. 8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher Paul Johannes Tillich (18861965), who sought to correlate culture and faith so that "faith need not be unacceptable to contemporary culture and contemporary culture need not be unacceptable to faith", argued that revelation never runs counter to reason (affirming Thomas Aquinas who said that faith is eminently rational), and that both poles of the subjective human experience are complementary.[28]. 11saying,e Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.. [17] The Catholic Church speaks not about infallibility of Scripture but about its freedom from error, holding "the doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture". And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. A revelation communicated by a supernatural entity reported as being present during the event is called a vision. 11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. 2And he cried out in a mighty voice: The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy. 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. 14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones., 15Then the angel said to me, The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. It cannot be considered identical with God's revelation. Webrevelation ( rvlen) n 1. the act or process of disclosing something previously secret or obscure, esp something true 2. a fact disclosed or revealed, esp in a dramatic or surprising way 3. 17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. [1] Contents 1 Background 2 Types 2.1 Individual revelation 2.2 Public revelation 3 Methods 3.1 Verbal 3.2 Non-verbal propositional 4 Epistemology 5 In various religions 1After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! 15So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. Occasion Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith and Rabbi Moshe Zeldman: Beale G.K., The Book of Revelation, NIGTC, Grand Rapids Cambridge 1999. Special revelation is the knowledge of God and spiritual matters which can be discovered through supernatural means, such as scripture or miracles, by individuals. as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.. Some religious groups believe a deity has been revealed or spoken to a large group of people or have legends to a similar effect. 2 To the angel[ a] of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. "Isaac Penington to Thomas Walmsley (1670)". I. There is suffering and death in Johns vision, but there is also hope ( Revelation 1:7-8 ). 7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne. [18] The Second Vatican Council, citing earlier declarations, stated: "Since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be held to be asserted by the Holy Spirit, it follows that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation". 11I am coming soon.d Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 9Then the angel told me to write, Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God., 10So I fell at his feet to worship him. 6Then the angel said to me, These words are faithful and true. 14Blessed are those who wash their robes,c so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. John is further designated as a prophet (22:6, 9) who was residing on the island of Patmos in the eastern Aegean Sea, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus (1:9 NASB). John sees future tribulation, but he also sees the Lamb of God seated on his throne ( Revelation 1:9-18 ). It also teaches that everyone is entitled to personal revelation with respect to his or her stewardship (leadership responsibility). 5The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. WebIn religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities. In certain passages of Guru Granth sahib, it is clearly said the authorship is of divine origin and the gurus were merely the channel through which such revelations came. Conservative Judaism tends to regard both the Torah and the Oral law as not verbally revealed. Guru Nanak frequently used to tell his ardent follower Mardana "Oh Mardana, play the rabaab the Lord's word is descending onto me.". In addition, many Latter Day Saints believe that ancient prophets in other regions of the world received revelations that resulted in additional scriptures that have been lost and may, one day, be forthcoming. ). 13And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 4And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. Systematic Theology I, by Paul Tillich, University of Chicago Press, 205. 8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great cityfiguratively called Sodom and Egyptwhere their Lord was also crucified. Christianity is the religion of the 'Word of God', a word which is 'not a written and mute word, but the Word which is incarnate and living". The Lakota people believe Pteswi spoke directly to the people in the establishment of Lakota religious traditions. 20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. 3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. 2 To the angel[ a] of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come!. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Conservative Rabbi and philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel (19071972), author of a number of works on prophecy, said that, "Prophetic inspiration must be understood as an event, not as a process. The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, wrote of his personal experience of inspiration and his own experience of the idea of revelation in his work Ecce Homo (book): Has any one at the end of the nineteenth century any distinct notion of what poets of a stronger age understood by the word inspiration? The idea of revelation, in the sense that something which profoundly convulses and upsets one becomes suddenly visible and audible with indescribable certainty and accuracydescribes the simple fact. secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in communicating that truth to others. 6These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. 15The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. This is the second death., 9Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.. Latter Day Saints also teach that revelation is the foundation of the church established by Jesus Christ and that it remains an essential element of his true church today. 11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed. 2The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion.
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