The Chain of Revelation (1:1-2)
The divine communication sequence: God → Jesus → Angel → John → Servants The prologue of the Book of Revelation establishes a precise chain of communication that guarantees the authority and divine purpose of the message. This four-stage process transfers the prophetic truth from its ultimate divine source to the human recipients, ensuring the book […]
The Nature of Apocalyptic Revelation
Understanding “apokalypsis” – unveiling vs. concealing The Greek word that opens the final book of the New Testament, Apokalypsis, immediately establishes the work’s nature as one of disclosure, fundamentally opposing popular misconceptions that view it as mysterious or concealing. The very title introduces this fact. The term apokalypsis and its corresponding verb apokalyptō carry the […]