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Revelation:
an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and at different times (Hbr 1:1) to make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committed to writing. (See WORD OF GOD.) The Scriptures are not merely the "record" of revelation; they are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the accurate presevation and propagation of the truth.
Revelation and inspiration differ. Revelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration (q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in communicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the spokesman or prophet of God in such a sense that everything he asserts to be true, whether fact or doctrine or moral principle, is true, infallibly true.
| 1 | Strong's Number: g602 | Greek: apokalupsis |
Revelation:
"an uncovering" (akin to apokalupto; see above), "is used in the NT of
(a) the drawing away by Christ of the veil of darkness covering the Gentiles, Luk 2:32; cp. Isa 25:7;
(b) 'the mystery,' the purpose of God in this age, Rom 16:25; Eph 3:3;
(c) the communication of the knowledge of God to the soul, Eph 1:17;
(d) an expression of the mind of God for the instruction of the church, 1Cr 14:6, 26, for the instruction of the Apostle Paul, 2Cr 12:1, 7; Gal 1:12, and for his guidance, Gal 2:2;
(e) the Lord Jesus Christ, to the saints at His Parousia, 1Cr 1:7, RV (AV, 'coming'); 1Pe 1:7, RV (AV, 'appearing'), 13; 4:13;
(f) the Lord Jesus Christ when He comes to dispense the judgments of God, 2Th 1:7; cp. Rom 2:5;
(g) the saints, to the creation, in association with Christ in His glorious reign, Rom 8:19, RV, 'revealing' (AV, 'manifestation');
(h) the symbolic forecast of the final judgments of God, Rev 1:1 (hence the Greek title of the book, transliterated 'Apocalypse' and translated 'Revelation')." *
[* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 228, 229.]
See APPEARING, COMING, LIGHTEN, B, Note, MANIFESTATION.
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