Dict: easton - Revelation

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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 kjv@Hebrews: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.

Revelation of Christ @ the second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are used by the apostles to express this,

(1) apokalupsis ( 1Corinthians:1;7; kjv@2Thessalonians:1:7; kjv@1Peter:1:7 kjv@1Peter:1:13);

(2) parousia kjv@Matthew:24:3 kjv@Matthew:24:27 kjv@1Thessalonians:2:19; kjv@James:5:7-8);

(3) epiphaneia ( kjv@1Timothy:6:14; kjv@2Timothy:1:10 kjv@2Timothy:4:1-8; kjv@Titus:2:13). There existed among Christians a wide expectation, founded on kjv@Matthew:24:29-30, 34, of the speedy return of Christ. (
See MILLENNIUM.)