Revelation

understanding, a fact that sometimes brings forth varied elucidations. The first and last books (Genesis and revelation) harbor examples of contrasting features. Genesis is the beginning of the end while revelation is the end of the beginning. Genesis affirms that amid creation, the earth was created without form and darkness was upon its face. This assertion is in direct contrast to revelation which in chapter 21: 1, it talks of a new earth and a new heaven coming…

Since the 17th century, William Shakespeare has been regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. Shakespeare is often referred to as the greatest or most influential person in his field, as Michael Jordan is to basketball or Albert Einstein is to science. One of the greatest plays he ever wrote was Hamlet. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses a wide array of Christian allegories and allusions to create a memorable plot. While these allegories occur frequently, they do…

Genesis is the opening book and Revelation is the closing book of the collection of stories called the bible. Genesis and Revelation are similar in many ways, but also contradict each other in an equal numbers of ways. By the end of revelation, God creates a new earth that is holy and does not contain any sin, unlike Genesis in which the new world is filled with sin, satan, curses, tears and death. Revelation also diminishes the need for a sun, and the drive to hide from God because of…

The “open door” in Revelation 4:1, I believe is symbolic to the time of evacuation of the Church before Tribulation. It; it is the door to heaven. I believe in a “rapture” or “translation” of the believer before the tribulation. Jesus will come down from heaven and call up the church. He will then return to His Father’s house, heaven. According to scripture, the rapture will take place prior to the tribulation period, although, the term rapture is not used in scriptural proof. Rapture is the…

In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, a prominent theme that circulated through the pages was the idea of Janie's self-revelation. Originally the context might have been about the empowerment of women, and how strong Janie was for finally reaching the horizon and achieving the self-revelation she has craving for, but in a modern lens that theme can be tossed out the window. Perhaps the horizon is just Janie’s ability to fulfill her desires that awoke earlier in the novel…

Revelation and Scripture speak to us through the belief that it can change our lives ad reveal the bigger part of God. “When God reveals divine reality to us, real transformation takes place; when we truly know the things of God, we will be changed-body, soul, and spirit” (Jones 32). Revelation is the first part of understanding the importance of studying theology. Through scripture, we identify our understanding of revelation and how to justify what it means. Through…

According to Webster’s Dictionary, reveal is defined as “to make known through divine inspiration”(“reveal”). As ever human develop aging we tend to face difficulties and good times in life as, we learn to see what is good and bad. Throughout events that occur in life or even in society we are revealed to all things that we learn from. As we grow we reveal many life lessons that we live through and can affect anyone in several ways. In the novel, “Spill Simmer Falter Wither” by Sara Baume we…

Revelation 21 develops and confirms the theological theme of Isa 54:11-17. First, Isaiah’s implicit portrayal of the marriage imagery in Isa 54:5-8 and the city imagery in Isa 54:11-12 is further developed and combined in Revelation 21. The new Jerusalem descending out of heaven is described as a bride adorned for her husband (Rev 21:2; cf. Rev 21:9, 10; Isa 61:10-62:5). Revelation 21 alludes to the husband-wife relationship in Isaiah’s passage…

in the book of Revelation is apokalupsis, which means an uncovering, an unveiling, a disclosure, a revelation. Our church currently meets in a school multipurpose room which has a stage covered by a large, mustard-yellow curtain. While the curtain is closed, it hides the items behind it. But when we draw the curtain open, everything behind it is disclosed or revealed. This is the idea behind the word, apokalupsis or apocalypse. Dennis Johnson writes in his commentary on Revelation that we must…

Mrs. Turpin in the story Revelation by Flannery O’Connor is a very interesting character. Mrs. Turpin thinks of herself as a righteous Christian. She depicts herself as a respectable and very charitable person. She views herself as a morally superior person that is going to be save come judgement day. Mrs. Turpin in reality has not one of these qualities, although she promotes herself as women that is saved and going to receive an eternal bliss. Instead of having true Christian qualities she is…