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1: “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” The word revelation (apokalupsis) signifies the act of exposing, laying bare, uncovering that which is hid from view. Scriptural revelation exposes the mysteries of the kingdom of God. These are things “which eye hath not seen and ear hath not heard, neither have
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
In the New Testament, revelation is a translation of the Greek word apocalypse. Apocalypse does not appear in our English Bible, but is common in the Greek, and is one of those rare instances of a Greek word so familiar to us it probably could have been left un-translated. How sobering would it be t
But there is more to this wonder of revelation. I would like to establish the proposition that the revelation of God is always through Jesus Christ: There is revelation when God speaks His Word. God's Word is always the revelation of His own being and essence, of His glory and perfection, of His wor
Revelation is simply God's work of making Himself known to man, making Himself known to man in such a way that man is able to receive that revelation of God. Herman Hoeksema defines revelation in connection with his treatment of God's incomprehensibility in the first locus of Theology. He says that
We'll notice in the first place, the message of the book, In the second place, the recipients of the book. And thirdly, the sender of the book. The revelation of Jesus Christ message, recipients, sender. Now, what is the message of the book of Revelation? Well, let's start off with the very wo
That's what revelation is all about. The revelation of God, the uncovering of Himself, in Jesus Christ. There isn't any other revelation. It's wrong to talk about general revelation referring to the creation and special revelation as referring to the Scriptures that tell us of Christ. That's wro
Revelation means that marvelous act of the infinite, eternal, immense, high God, whereby He comes down and speaks to us in terms that we acknowledge, yet we can’t understand Him. He reveals Himself as exalted Lord, first of all in creation, whereby He calls the things that are not as if they were. H
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By the revelation of God we do not mean the self-accumulated information the human mind acquires in meditative gropings for God, thus making “revelation” a product of man’s intellectual achievement. But by revelation we mean the reception of truth at the disclosure, and on the authority of God.