Revelation In The Bible: History Of The Covenant
Revelation Predominantly, Revelation in the Bible is the history of the Covenant, a recorded Revelation by God affirming the Holy Scripture, therefore above all the chronicle of law and prophets, psalms and prophecies. Portentously, Revelation is the pathway of God, how the oracle transpires once He enters the saga, as well as the libretto of human destiny. Ultimately, Revelation narrates the creation, fall, and salvation of man, and exhibits the obedience and obstinate rebellion in the fall and the restitution to which is the absolute fate of our existence. Amid one people on earth, God established his Covenant and granted His avowed sacred law, furthering a gateway to the Gentiles. Moreover, He creates a true priesthood, although
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This privileged occurrence allows access “what must take place after this” (Revelation 4:1). In chapter 4, John sees the Father’s heavenly throne with the backdrop of a rainbow that resembles an emerald, resting on a sea of crystal, surrounded by four angelic creatures with the face of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle. Further, there are 24 more angelic beings, termed “elders”, who worship Him along with the four creatures at the throne. Much of this description of God’s throne is a variation of the visions in Ezekiel 1:4–28 and Isaiah 6, while the heavenly council is indicated in 1 Kings 22, Job 1 and 2, among other references. John describes the elders as worshiping God and saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power” (Revelation 4:11). Referentially, a counter to the adulation offered to the Roman emperors who happened to be addressed as “our Lord and our God.” On the contrary, the God of John’s vision is the One who “created all things, and by His will they existed and were created” something the emperors could not
This privileged occurrence allows access “what must take place after this” (Revelation 4:1). In chapter 4, John sees the Father’s heavenly throne with the backdrop of a rainbow that resembles an emerald, resting on a sea of crystal, surrounded by four angelic creatures with the face of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle. Further, there are 24 more angelic beings, termed “elders”, who worship Him along with the four creatures at the throne. Much of this description of God’s throne is a variation of the visions in Ezekiel 1:4–28 and Isaiah 6, while the heavenly council is indicated in 1 Kings 22, Job 1 and 2, among other references. John describes the elders as worshiping God and saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power” (Revelation 4:11). Referentially, a counter to the adulation offered to the Roman emperors who happened to be addressed as “our Lord and our God.” On the contrary, the God of John’s vision is the One who “created all things, and by His will they existed and were created” something the emperors could not