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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
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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