What Is The Revelation Of Jesus Christ?

What the Bible says about Revelation of Jesus Christ

Topical Studies What the Bible says about Revelation of Jesus Christ (From Forerunner Commentary) Revelation 1:1-2 Verse 1 opens the book with the words, ″The Revelation of Jesus Christ.″ This is the book’s real title, not what the Greeks titled it, Apokalypsis Ioannou?″The Revelation of John.″ In a sense, the apostle John is merely a witness or observer of the visions and sayings that we find within these twenty-two chapters, one who faithfully wrote them down for the instruction, preparation, and edification of the church (verse 2). Apokalypsis means ″unveiling,″ ″disclosure,″ or ″revelation,″ which is just the opposite of what most people suppose it means. The book is not intended to be a collection of arcane prophecies, mysteries, symbols, and warnings, but an uncovering of knowledge about ″things which must shortly take place.″ As verse 1 maintains, the Father gave the contents of Revelation to Jesus Christ, who as Head of the church passed them on to His disciples through John, so that they would have all the facts that God allowed about the imminent future. God does not desire the book of Revelation to be a frustrating, impenetrable enigma, but as a gift of His grace, a sharing of privileged information. Revelation 1:1-2 The apostle John identifies himself as the human author and witness of the Revelation three times in the first nine verses (verses 1-2, 4, 9). He humbly calls himself God’s ″servant″ (doulos, ″bond-slave″), not even titling himself an apostle. In verse 9, he adds that he is ″both your brother and companion in tribulation and the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.″ He claims no special prominence or distinction; in his own mind, he is just a ″regular guy″ enduring the same trials in his walk to God’s Kingdom as any other Christian. These few details are surprisingly more information than John normally includes about himself in either his gospel or his three epistles. Traditionally, the book of Revelation has been ascribed to the apostle John, son of Zebedee (Matthew 4:21), ″the disciple whom Jesus loved″ (John 21:20; 13:23; 20:2), and no creditable argument has been put forward to dispute his authorship. When it was written about AD 95, he would certainly have been a very old man, but by all accounts, the apostle John lived to be nearly 100 years old, dying a peaceful death in the area of Ephesus sometime during the reign of the Roman emperor Trajan (AD 98-117). Revelation 1:1-2 The book itself tells us, right at the beginning, what it is about, but because of the way it is translated into English, we can read right over it and miss the book’s own declaration of its contents. We are immediately told that this book contains the revelation of Jesus Christ. This phrase is the title of the book. But what does ″revelation″ mean? It is the Greek noun apocalypsis, which is why this book is often called the ″book of the Apocalypse.″ This noun comes from the verb apocalupto, which literally means ″to take away the veil,″ such as when a painting or statue has its covering taken away. Even though apocalypsis is most often translated ″revelation,″ the best equivalent word in English is ″unveiling.″ In common usage, when someone refers to the ″Apocalypse,″ or describes an event as being ″apocalyptic,″ he is usually talking about widespread devastation or ultimate doom. Mel Gibson recently produced and directed a movie entitled Apocalypto, which portrayed the end of the Mayan civilization—and it was a very bloody end. Using ″apocalypse″ this way derives from the content of the book of Revelation, not from the word’s Greek meaning. Simply, apocalypsis and apocalupto refer to ″taking away a veil″ or ″unveiling″ rather than to cataclysmic events. However, in this specific instance of apocalypse, of a veil being taken away (when Jesus Christ returns), widespread devastation will in fact occur as this present age closes with wars and disasters. In the Greek New Testament, apocalypsis appears in two senses. When used figuratively, it has the sense of ″bringing someone to knowledge,″ as in the English phrase ″remove the veil of ignorance.″ For example, when we say that a mystery is unveiled, we mean that the veil of ignorance is lifted so that the matter can be plainly understood. In terms of the book of Revelation, this is the sense that most interpreters and readers recognize in it. They see it as the unveiling of prophetic events to understanding. However, when apocalypsis is used in a literal sense, it refers to ″the visible appearance of one previously unseen,″ as a woman shrouded by a veil is revealed when her covering is removed. In Revelation’s case, as the book of the Unveiling, apocalypsis literally refers to the visible appearance of One who is now hidden from human sight, and that One is, of course, Jesus Christ. The New Testament consistently supports the literal sense of apocalypsis rather than the figurative, and that the ″revelation of Jesus Christ″ is not limited to His testimony or to His unlocking of prophecy. Instead, the ″revelation of Jesus Christ″ is, in fact, an advance record of His visible appearance in glory, to overthrow the spirit and human rulers of this world and to establish His Kingdom on earth. A key to effective Bible study is to let the Bible interpret itself. Another key is to let the Bible’s usage of a word determine its meaning rather than to rely solely on what it means in secular Greek or Hebrew. Apocalypsis appears in eighteen places in the New Testament, and in ten of those places—including Revelation 1:1—it is used literally, referring to a person or a thing. In every case, it denotes the ″visible appearance″ or ″unveiling″ of that person or thing, confirming how it should be understood in Revelation 1:1. Revelation 1:4-8 Verses 4-8 comprise an extended greeting to the seven churches in Asia (later specifically named in verse 11, as well as in chapters 2 and 3). As the human author of the book, John includes himself as a sender of the greeting, but the bulk of it reemphasizes the real authors: God the Father, shown as eternal and sovereign, and Jesus Christ, extolled as ″the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth″ (verse 5). John ensures that we understand that Jesus is the same One who exhibited His love for us by sacrificing Himself for the forgiveness of our sins and made possible our future glorification (verses 5-6). In verse 8, he carries the identification even farther by quoting Jesus’ own words: ″’I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,’ says the Lord, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’″ Lest we misunderstand, John makes certain that there is no doubt that Jesus is the Lord of the Old Testament, the first and the last (Isaiah 44:6; 41:4), the Almighty God, who ″declar the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure’″ (Isaiah 46:10). This extensive greeting certifies, not only that the prophecy has its source in God, but also that it will come to pass. The greeting also includes ″from the seven Spirits whoare beforethrone″ (verse 4), a quite controversial phrase. Commentators are divided among four interpretations, which can be summarized as angelic, symbolic, mystical, and Trinitarian. Understandably, the Trinitarian view—that ″the seven Spirits″ identifies a so-called Third Person of the Trinity—has the support of most Catholics and Protestants. Their primary reason centers on the fact that this phrase appears between greetings from God the Father and the Son of God. They contend that this phrase refers to the sevenfold description of the Spirit of the Lord in Isaiah 11:2. The book of Revelation itself identifies the seven Spirits as equivalent to the Lamb’s ″seven eyes, which are… sent out into all the earth″ (Revelation 5:6). These ″seven eyes″ probably allude to Zechariah 3:9 and 4:10, where they are shown to be ″upon the stone,″ a symbol of the Branch or Messiah, and directly described as ″the eyes of the LORD which scanto and fro throughout the whole earth.″ In addition, Revelation 3:1 states Christ ″hasthe seven Spirits of God,″ and Revelation 4:5 calls them ″seven lamps of fire… burning before the throne.″ This may indeed be a description of the Holy Spirit, not as a ″Person″ somehow divided into seven parts, but as a seven-branched conduit of God’s communication to the seven churches mentioned earlier in the verse. Thus, John includes ″the seven Spirits″ as a source of the prophecy to specify how it was imparted to the seven churches. The apostle Paul pens a similar greeting in II Corinthians 13:14, in which he writes of ″the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,″ meaning that God’s Spirit is the means by which Christians can have a relationship with God.

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The Seven Descriptions of Jesus Christ in Revelation

Jesus is credited with making seven ‘I am’ statements, which are detailed in the gospel of John.
We have produced an essay that delves into each of these assertions in further detail.
In the essay, we make the argument that these statements distinguish Jesus from every other historical character and distinguish Him as a one-of-a-kind figure.
Furthermore, if these assertions are correct (and Jesus did everything he could to establish that they were correct), they have ramifications that impact every individual on the face of the globe.
However, there are seven different descriptions of Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation.
Christ gives himself seven descriptions in the book of Revelation, and each of these descriptions is found at the beginning of each of the church’s seven letters, which are found in Revelation 2 and 3.

Many of these are based on descriptions that are found elsewhere in Revelation, but reading through each one of them may provide tremendous encouragement – let’s take a quick look at what they all mean briefly: This is what the angel of the church in Ephesus should write to him: These are the words of him who walks amid the seven golden lampstands while holding the seven stars in his right hand.
(Revelation 2:1, New International Version) After the imagery of Revelation 1:20, in which the seven stars represent angels of the churches and the seven lampstands represent churches themselves, the title is based on the imagery of Revelation 1:20.
It is reassuring to know that Jesus not only ‘holds on’ to the churches, but that he also ‘walks amongst’ them as well.
It is clear that our Lord is deeply concerned about His church and that He cannot take His gaze away from them!
Even more of a reason to put our faith and obedience in our Saviour’s hands.

Fill in the blanks with the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and rose again.
Address this letter to an angel of the church in Smyrna.
(Revelation 2:8 New International Version) The term Smyrna is derived from the word myrrh, which was a perfume that was used to embalm dead bodies in ancient times.
In this passage, Jesus assures His followers that he overcame death and resurrected from the dead.

The death of Jesus was required to pay the debt of sin, but His resurrection indicated that the debt had been paid in full and had been accepted by God the Father – the resurrection served as a receipt for the payment of the obligation.
When Jesus uses the words ‘first and last,’ he is connecting himself with a title of God from the Old Testament (see Isaiah 41:4, 44:6, and 48:12), which is quite a claim!
Write the following to the angel of the church in Pergamum: ″These are the words of someone who wields a sharp, double-edged sword,″ he says.
(Revelation 2:12 New International Version) When Jesus smiles, a sharp, double-edged sword emerges from his mouth.

This indicates that Jesus now ‘possesses’ the sword, as described in Revelation 1:16.
With this sword emerging from Jesus’ lips, and with the reference in Hebrews 4:12 to the ″word of God″ being ″living and strong, sharper than any double-edged sword,″ it is reasonable to assume that this title relates to the words of Jesus himself.
What God says is done, just as it was at the beginning of creation, and this will continue to be the case throughout the book of Revelation as the end times are revealed.
While God’s compassion and mercy are magnificent, and it is incredible that we may have a connection with the living God, it is important to remember that this relationship must work on God’s terms, not ours, as is obvious throughout Scripture.
This is what the Son of God said, and these are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like burning fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

Write this to the angel of the church in Thyatira (Revelation 2:18 NIV) In addition to emphasizing Jesus’ deity, this is a title that draws on the book of Revelation 1.The depiction of Jesus as having ″eyes like burning fire″ underlines the all-seeing and all-penetrating character of his vision — he sees everything and nothing is concealed from his gaze.The allusion to burning flames may also allude to the characteristic of discernment, as previously stated.The burnished bronze feet imply immovability and strength – nothing can stand in the way of the coming King’s plans!

Write the following to the angel of the church in Sardis: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars in his possession.
(Revelation 3:1a New International Version) In this passage, Jesus appears to be emphasizing his mastery of all things spiritual, which could be connected to Isaiah 11:2-4.
Completeness is represented by the number seven, and this number may also refer to the concept of being’seven-fold’ as opposed to being a basic cardinal number.
With the seven-fold spirits of God held in his hands, Jesus demonstrated his authority and dominion over the spiritual world, while the seven stars (drawn from Revelation 1:20) represent the church, which is also held in his hands.
The church is the property of Jesus Christ — he knows his own sheep, he recognizes his real church, and he keeps a careful eye on them as the good shepherd (see John 10:1-16).
The following are the words of him who is pure and truthful, who possesses the key of David, which should be addressed to an angel at the church in Philadelphia: No one has the ability to close what he opens, and no one has the ability to open what he closes.

(Revelation 3:7 New International Version) In yet another instance, this title proclaims the authority of Jesus: all that occurs in heaven and on Earth is done according to his conditions, not ours; therefore we would be well to heed his instructions.Furthermore, Jesus characterizes himself as ‘holy and truthful.’ These characteristics are not common to Jesus; rather, they completely define who he is and his entire nature.Furthermore, the Greek word for true used here has an intriguing distinction between it and other words that mean true as opposed to false and another word that means true as opposed to fake…the latter is used here, emphasizing Jesus’ authenticity and truthfulness.

This is also the place when Jesus plainly identifies himself as the one who is fulfilling the prophesy of Isaiah 22:20-23.Written in a letter to an angel of the church at Laodicea, write: ″These are the words of Amen, the loyal and genuine witness, the ruler of God’s creation, the ruler of God’s creation.″ (Revelation 3:14 New International Version) This is an excellent way to conclude these seven titles, since not only are we reminded of the loyalty and honesty of Jesus, but we are also reminded of his Kingship and the certainty of his rule as a result.Whatever he says will be decided, and whatever he intends to accomplish will be accomplished.As a conclusion, the admonition that comes at the close of each of the seven letters – ‘Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches’ – is the only appropriate way to wrap things up.

With characteristics that are unparalleled, these passages provide a vivid picture of our Lord and Saviour; will you pay attention to what he is saying to the churches and respond appropriately?

Revelation of Jesus Christ

General Revelation

God’s existence is demonstrated through the broad revelation of conscience and the creation of the universe.
One of the first forms of broad revelation is the universal conscience of every human being, which either blames us or justifies us for our actions.
It is a law that exists within every individual.
Here’s what the Bible has to say about having a conscience: ″Since that which is known about God is obvious within them; for God made it evident to them,″ says Romans 1:19, ″because that which is known about God is evident within them.″ For when Gentiles who do not have the Law instinctively do the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves in that they demonstrate the work of the Law written in their hearts, their consciences bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing and defending them on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus, these are a law to themselves.
In Romans 1:20, it is written, ″For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, such as His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.″ This is a reference to the creation of the world, not the creation of the world.
The most important thing to realize is that there will be no longer be any justification for not believing in God since the evidence of the universe demonstrates that He exists.

Here are some proofs to consider:

The fact that the cosmos and the planet were created demonstrates that there is a God.
God’s strength is manifested in the order that exists inside the planetary galaxies, which is a manifestation of his will.
The planets are hanging on a thread of nothing.
The world revolving once on its axis to create a 24 hour day in sync with the time of the seasons demonstrates the nimbleness of God’s handiwork.
The sun’s distance from the earth is just the right distance for life to exist on the planet.
If it were any further away, life on Earth would be impossible to sustain.

If it were any closer, the earth would be ablaze with high temperatures.
The sun’s position on the horizon makes it feasible for plants, animals, and people to survive.
God’s power in creation, as well as in conscience, is demonstrated through general revelation.
The existence of God can be demonstrated by these two examples.

Specific Revelation

God has proven the truth that He is real and that He exists.
If God exists, then what exactly is God?
Specific revelation is the term used to describe this.
God exposes Himself to man in all of His glory.
According to the Bible, God spoke with the fathers through the prophets in various ways and at various periods throughout the history of mankind.
God has spoken to us via His Son in these latter days.

When it comes to revelation, Amos 3:7 states that ″surely the Lord God accomplishes nothing except He exposes His secret to His servants,″ which is a reference to the prophets.
God showed Himself to be the Creator of the universe.
God spoke with the prophets about matters pertaining to Himself in a mysterious manner throughout the ages.

God unravels the mystery in Jesus:

″And to make all men understand what the fellowship of the mystery is, which has been hidden from the beginning of the world in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,″ according to Ephesians 3:9, ″and to make all men understand what the fellowship of the mystery is.″ ″That the revelation of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy,″ according to the book of Revelation.
All of the prophesy was concerning the revelation of Jesus Christ.” ″That this is the revelation of Jesus Christ to the saints,″ states the first verse of Revelation.
‘That Jesus is the substance of the shadows of old that were predicted are all concerning Him,’ declares the writer of Hebrews in chapter 10.

The shadows are the sacrifices, ceremonies, types and pictures:

The Scriptures read in Luke 24:44-48, ″And he said to them, These are the words which I told to you while I was yet with you, that all things must be accomplished, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me, that they must be fulfilled.″ They were then given the ability to comprehend the scriptures, thanks to the opening of their understanding.
In response, he said to them, ″According to what is written, and in accordance with what it behooved Christ to suffer, and in accordance with what it behooved Christ to rise from the dead on the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.″ ″And you are present as witnesses to these events.″ ″Search the scriptures, because you believe that in them you have everlasting life; and they are the ones who bear witness about me,″ says John 5:39-40.
And you are not going to come to me so that you may have a life.″ Humanity has received God’s revelation in Jesus Christ.
In Jesus, God has made himself clearly apparent to humans and the rest of the world.
The special revelation to mankind is Jesus Christ.

REVELATION REVEALED IN CHRIST

″And the Word became flesh and lived among us, (and we saw his glory, the glory as of the only born of the Father,) full of grace and truth, as it is written in John 1:13-18.″ His testimony was heard by the people and John cried out, ″This is he of whom I spoke, ″He that cometh after Me is preferred before Me,″ because he had been there before me.″ And from his fullness have we gotten everything, as well as grace for grace.
For while Moses gave the law, it was Jesus Christ who brought grace and truth to the world.
There has never been a moment when a man has seen God; the only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him to be.″ The cosmological argument is the argument that there is a first cause in the universe.
The line of reasoning may be traced back to Aristotle, Plato, and finally Thomas Aquinas.
As Parmenides puts it, ″Nothing can be created from nothing.″ This is derived from the Latin phrase, ex nihilo.
Genesis uses the phrase ″ex nihilo,″ which means ″from nothing,″ to convey the idea that God created the worlds out of nothing.

Each of these thinkers constructs his or her argument in a distinctive manner.
The uncaused cause, according to Thomas Aquinas, is God the creator, and this serves as proof of God’s existence, according to the argument.
Everything exists as a result of someone’s creation.
It is impossible for something to begin to exist from nothing; therefore, there must always be someone who exists in order to create it.
The momentum of continuous creation would result in endless regress if it continued indefinitely.

It is possible to reach the logical conclusion that everything that exists was produced by an uncaused cause.
God is the only uncaused cause that can exist.
God’s existence is demonstrated by the fact that he exists.
Demonstration that God exists.

The term ″atheism″ is derived from two Greek terms.
In Greek, the letter ″a″ represents the word ″no.″ The word Theism is derived from the Greek word for God.
The whole meaning is that there is no God.
Atheism is the belief that there is no such thing as a God.

The argument that there is no God is unconvincing and ultimately futile.
What exactly does this imply?
One cannot assert that there is no God since the very mention of God establishes the existence of God in and of itself.
If God did not exist, one would not even be able to comprehend the meaning of the word ″God.″ As a result, it both demonstrates that God exists and is self-defeating.
In the English language, the word Agnostic is made up of two components.

One is the Greek letter ″A,″ which denotes the word ″no.″ In Greek, the term gnosis is the root word for knowledge.The entire meaning of the phrase is ″lack of information.″ The Agnostic is described as someone who believes that no information can be gained about God.The Agnostic believes that there is nothing that can be understood about God that can either confirm or refute the existence of God outside of this earthly universe.How can you make a case for the presence of God if you hold an Agnostic viewpoint?

The argument that God cannot be known is a self-defeating argument.
A person cannot argue that there is no knowledge of God without simultaneously stating that there is knowledge of God.
Otherwise, it is impossible to make a claim about knowing God in any meaningful way.
As a result, merely making the assertion establishes the existence of God.
It is a self-defeating strategy.
How can you start a conversation with an Atheist or an Agnostic by presenting a logical argument to them?

On a piece of paper, draw a pie chart to represent the data.The pie depicts all of the information that has ever been in the whole cosmos at any given period in history.Using a pie chart, ask the Atheist or Agnostic to fill in the blanks with their estimates of how much of that information they believe they possess.

In this case, take the unlabeled portion of the pie and ask, ″Would you agree that it is possible that in this unlabeled portion of unknown information, there may be some evidence of God’s existence?″ I’d like to challenge you to examine some evidence for the existence of a deity.It is an open door for the gospel to be preached.

The Essential Role of Revelation

It is quite evident that the Lord is admonishing us to pursue knowledge.
According to him, ″And because everyone do not have faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of knowledge; yea, seek ye from the greatest books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also through faith″ (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118).
The Lord is implying that both knowledge and wisdom are required for success.
According to this saying from Guinea, West Africa, ″Knowledge without wisdom is like water in sand,″ knowledge is useless without wisdom.
The words of Jacob, son of Lehi, provide a more comprehensive explanation of the need of both knowledge and wisdom: ″O that crafty design of the wicked one!
Oh, the vanity, the frailty, and the folly of human beings!

When they are knowledgeable, they believe they are smart, and they do not heed the advice of God, since they disregard it because they believe they know more than God; as a result, their wisdom is folly, and it is of no benefit to them.
″And they will perish as a result.″ The fact that they have learnt something is beneficial if they heed the counsels of God.″ 2 Nephi 9:28–29; 2 Nephi 10:28–29 We get a suggestion as to how to obtain knowledge in this passage: we must listen to the counsel of God.
When it comes to people who place their confidence in the Lord, the Lord has declared, ″Their wisdom will be vast, and their knowledge will reach heaven; and before them the wisdom of the wise will fade, and the understanding of the prudent will come to nought.″ For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my might will I make plain to them the mysteries of my will—yea, even those things which the eye has not seen, nor the ear heard, nor the heart of man has not yet understood″ (Doctrine and Covenants 76:9–10; emphasis added).
However, the majority of people do not comprehend or do not practice this; for them, education is primarily an academic endeavor.
Nowadays, we are easily persuaded that the only way to truly know anything is via our intellects and our physical senses, which is a common belief in modern culture.

Somethings that cannot be demonstrated scientifically are no longer tolerated in today’s society.
According to Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who won the Nobel Prize for literature, the troubles of the Western world began in the Renaissance.
″The existence of…
man…

has no higher mission than the accomplishment of happiness on earth,″ he stated, referring to the mental processes that were established throughout the Renaissance.
Man and his worldly demands are being worshipped in modern Western civilisation, which is a hazardous tendency….
We put too much faith in political and social improvements, only to discover that we were being robbed of our most important possession: our spiritual life.
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Two Ways to Know

As a result, Latter-day Saints recognize that there are two distinct methods of understanding things: scientifically (by reasoning and the use of the physical senses) and spiritually (through faith and prayer) (through revelation and the spiritual senses).
The encounters with the spiritual realm that my great wife, Kay, and I have had the privilege of experiencing in West Africa have reaffirmed for us the need of spiritual understanding.
There are many people in West Africa who have dreamt or seen visions that have spiritual ramifications for themselves and their family.
Like many others, I have struggled with understanding what it means to be spiritually knowledgeable.
A lovely young girl who was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came into my life when I was a young man, and we became fast friends.
I had never heard of this particular church before.

Knowing that I had been brought up in a different Christian denomination, I believed that in order to accept the teachings of the restored Church, I needed to be completely convinced intellectually that my previous beliefs were incorrect and that these new teachings were in fact true teachings of the gospel that Jesus Christ had previously established.
I was taught by several different groups of missionaries in succession, yet I constantly had questions for them.
When they were unable to provide answers to my queries, they would leave and return the next week with the necessary information.
By that time, I had a few more questions.
My attempts to obtain an intellectual conversion lasted many weeks during which time I experienced this.

In the meanwhile, one day, while sitting in a church gathering, I received a clear communication from the Holy Spirit, which read: ″Terry, all of your questions have solutions.
It is not necessary for you to be familiar with them all at this time.
You will be able to answer the questions as they come to you.
But I urge you to take action and be baptized right away.″ Do you have any idea what has happened?

My research and contemplation resulted in an epiphany.
I took action right away and was baptized as a result.
This revelation featured a prophesy that has come to fruition over the course of 44 years since it was received.
I have received answers to all of my inquiries, even those that I had not even considered 44 years ago.

In a recent speech, President Dallin H.
Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, discussed the various ways of knowing: ″Can you explain what we mean when we testify and state that we believe the gospel is correct?
Contrast that sort of knowledge with statements such as ″I am aware of the cold outdoors″ or ″I am aware of my love for my wife.″ These are three distinct types of knowledge, each of which is acquired in a distinctive manner.
The knowledge of the outdoor temperature may be shown by scientific evidence.
The realization that we adore our partner is a personal and subjective experience.

Despite the fact that it is not possible of scientific evidence, it is nonetheless significant.″The notion that all significant information is founded on scientific evidence is just false.″ While there are certain ‘evidences’ supporting gospel truths (for example, read Psalm 19:1 and Helaman 8:24), scientific procedures will not provide spiritual understanding, as has been demonstrated.As a response to Simon Peter’s witness that He was the Christ, Jesus taught the following: ″’Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood’″—or, to put it another way, reasoning or the physical senses—″’has not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven’″ (Matthew 16:17).This was taught by the Apostle Paul.

It was written in a letter to the Saints in Corinth that he stated, ″No man knows the things of God, but the Spirit of God″ (1 Corinthians 2:11; see also John 14:17).
The things of man are known to us by human means, but ‘the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are folly unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned,’ says the Bible.
(See 1 Corinthians 2:14 for further information.) ″According to the Book of Mormon, God will reveal the truth of spiritual matters to us via the power of the Holy Ghost (see Moroni 10:4–5).″ ‘Knowledge’ is promised to us in contemporary revelation by God informing us in our minds and hearts ‘by the Holy Ghost,’ which we shall receive in our minds and hearts (D&C 8:1–2).
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The Witness of the Holy Ghost

President Oaks continued: “One of the best things about our Heavenly Father’s plan for His children is that each of us may know the truth of His plan for ourselves.
That revealed knowledge does not come through literature, scientific proof, or cerebral reasoning; rather, it comes from revelation.
Our Heavenly Father can communicate with us personally, just as he did with the Apostle Peter, because of the witness of the Holy Ghost.
“When we know spiritual truths through spiritual means, we may be just as confident of that knowledge as academics and scientists are of the diverse kinds of information they have received bymethods.” 3 Despite the fact that spiritual knowledge and intellectual understanding are two distinct things, both are necessary.
To comprehend the things of the world, we must be intellectually educated; to know and understand the things of God, we must be spiritually enlightened.
Revelation is a crucial aspect in learning the things of God.

The things of God are not something that can be learned only by study and reason.
Remember as well that study and reason come before revelation, and that the intellect will corroborate the revelation once it has occurred.
But it’s not the intellectual confirmation that’s most essential; it’s the revealed truth and our acting on it.
Through study and trust (see Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–9; 88:118), we can gain knowledge.
Some things in this world cannot be seen, as the Apostle Paul points out in 2 Corinthians 4:18: ″While we do not look at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen: for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are not seen are eternal.″ When we stop to consider it, it makes perfect sense in the context of a redemption plan that is fully just and fair.

Each of you has taken classes with persons who were either more or less intelligent than themselves in high school or college.
Genetics is responsible for a significant percentage of our intellect.
If God preferred those with more intelligence over those with fewer intellect, how fair would it be if God made the adoption of gospel truths a function of our intellects rather than our abilities?
Why would He provide certain people an edge based on their inherited intelligence?

He would not, and He does not!
Rather, we discover spiritual truths as a consequence of our spiritual receptivity.
An individual’s faith, prayer, humility, and goodwill, as well as a willingness to respond and to act, are all factors in the development of this spiritual gift.
Despite the seeming tension between reason and revelation, the logical view of the world and the religious perspective of the world are not diametrically opposed to each other.

The religious view (at least the view of a religion that has not been tainted by apostasy) contains both reason and revelation, and it encompasses the truths determined by both of these sources of information.
The rational viewpoint, on the other hand, ignores what has been revealed spiritually.

Have Faith, Seek, and Teach

Examine the following passage from the Doctrine and Covenants section 88:118 in further detail: In light of the fact that everyone does not have faith, search ye carefully and teach one another words of knowledge; yea, seek ye out of the greatest books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also through faith″ (emphasis added).
The teachings of this poem are extremely important.
First and foremost, the Lord informs us that a fundamental human problem is a lack of confidence.
Second, He argues that we must look actively, rather than superficially, in order to find.
We ″teach one another,″ as the saying goes.
This is an activity in mutual assistance and mutual progress, carried out by one individual for the benefit of another (see Doctrine and Covenants 84:106).

Instead of simply obtaining information, we should strive to acquire wisdom, which is the practical application of knowledge for the greater benefit.
The acquisition of these things, in the end, is accomplished by both study and faith, with faith being defined as ″acting on what we believe″ in order to obtain knowledge and understanding.
Clearly, we have a responsibility to know by both reason and revelation, with revelation being a necessary component for spiritual understanding and wisdom.
President Russell M.
Nelson, our prophet, is a shining example of this ability to inspire others.

Yes, I guarantee you that he is an extremely intelligent and deeply religious guy who is reliant on revelation and receives it in an amount that is unfathomable.
Because of this, he has a very powerful bond with the Savior, and he also has an extremely powerful relationship with the rest of humanity.
President Nelson’s love can be seen and felt when you are in close association with him, just as we shall all be able to see and feel the love of our Savior when we stand before Him one day.
That is when His unending and inexplicable love for each of us will overtake us completely.

This truth has been revealed to me both by reason and by divine revelation.
The latter, known as revelation, has shown to be the more effective of the two in terms of knowing this and other spiritual facts.
My witness is formed as a result of the numerous spiritual encounters that I have been fortunate to observe, feel, and receive.

The Spirit of Revelation

″Have I Done Any Good?″ is the song that will follow my words, and I am grateful for the inspiration that accompanied its selection.
– (Hymns, number 222).
I’ve gotten the hint.
I want you to contemplate two experiences most of us have had with light.
The first encounter occurred when we walked into a dark room and flicked on a light switch for the first time.
You’ll recall how in a moment a dazzling flood of illumination flooded into the room, causing the darkness to vanish completely.

What had been previously invisible and ambiguous became plain and recognisable as time passed.
The instant and vivid sense of light was a defining characteristic of this experience.
The second event took occurred as we watched darkness change into daylight.
Recall the gradual and nearly unnoticeable rise of light on the horizon as it approached?
For example, unlike turning on a lamp in a dark room, the light emitted by the rising sun did not immediately burst through the doorway.

Rather, the intensity of the light rose gradually and steadily, and the obscurity of the night was gradually replaced by the splendour of the daytime sun.
Eventually, the sun began to rise over the city skyline.
In spite of this, there was clear visual indications of the sun’s approaching arrival for several hours before it actually emerged above the horizon.
This encounter was marked by delicate and progressive awareness of light.

We may learn a great deal about the spirit of revelation from these two seemingly innocuous encounters with light.
During this time of focusing on the spirit of revelation and the fundamental patterns by which revelation is received, I pray that the Holy Ghost would inspire and guide us.

The Spirit of Revelation

Communication from God to His children on the earth is referred to as revelation, and it is one of the great joys connected with the gift of the Holy Ghost and his ongoing presence on the earth.
The Prophet Joseph Smith said, “The Holy Ghost is a revelator,” and “no man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, 132).
(Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, 132).
Every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost—and who is acting in faith to fulfill the priesthood injunction to ″receive the Holy Ghost″—has the ability to receive the spirit of revelation from the Lord.
As a result, this gift is not limited to Church leading authorities; rather, it belongs to and should be active in the lives of every man (and women) who reaches the age of responsibility and enters into sacred covenants with the Lord.
The spirit of revelation comes into our life when we have a sincere desire and feel worthy of it.

As they worked on the Book of Mormon translation, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received great experience working with the spirit of revelation.
These brethren discovered that if they asked in trust, with an honest heart, and with the expectation of receiving, they might obtain whatever information they needed to fulfill their task.
And, as time went on, they came to see that the spirit of revelation often manifests itself as ideas and feelings that enter our minds and hearts via the power of the Holy Spirit, rather than as physical manifestations.
(See D&C 8:1–2 and 100:5–8 for further information.) As the Lord told them: “Now, behold, this is the spirit of revelation; see, this is the spirit by which Moses carried the children of Israel across the Red Sea on dry ground.
Therefore this is thy gift; apply unto it” (D&C 8:3–4).

In respect to the spirit of revelation, I place a strong emphasis on the term ″apply unto it.″ The influence of the Holy Ghost is frequently characterized in the scriptures as ″a quiet tiny voice″ (1 Kings 19:12; 1 Nephi 17:45; see also 3 Nephi 11:3) and as a ″voice of perfect mildness″ (3 Nephi 11:3), among other things (Helaman 5:30).
Because the Spirit whispers to us gently and sweetly, it is simple to see why we should resist unsuitable media, pornography, and dangerous, addictive drugs and behaviors.
All of these tactics of the adversary have the potential to damage and even destroy our ability to identify and respond to the delicate signals from God that are conveyed via the power of His Spirit.
Consider carefully and deliberately how we might resist the devil’s enticements and righteously ″apply unto it,″ including the spirit of revelation in our own personal lives and families, before we make a decision.

Patterns of Revelation

Inspiration, dreams, visions, and dialogues with angelic messengers are just a few of the ways in which revelations are given to the faithful.
Some insights are absorbed instantly and powerfully, while others are acknowledged gradually and quietly over a period of time.
It is via the two encounters with light that I mentioned that we may have a greater understanding of these two fundamental patterns of revelation.
A light being turned on in a dark room is analogous to getting a word from God that is rapid, comprehensive, and all-encompassing.
Many of us have experienced this pattern of revelation as we have received answers to honest prayers or as we have been supplied with necessary instruction or protection, all in accordance with God’s will and at the appropriate time.
Such quick and strong manifestations are described in the scriptures, chronicled in Church history, and demonstrated in our own personal experiences, among other places.

These enormous miracles do, in fact, take place.
This pattern of revelation, on the other hand, is more uncommon than it is typical.
The steady rise in the amount of light emitted by the rising sun is analogous to receiving a word from God ″line upon line, precept upon precept″ (2 Nephi 28:30), which is ″line upon line, precept upon precept.″ The majority of the time, revelation occurs in little doses over a period of time and is provided in accordance with our desire, worthiness, and readiness.
Such communications from Heavenly Father quietly and gently ″distil uponas the dews from heaven″ (dissolve into the atmosphere) (D&C 121:45).
This pattern of revelation appears to be more often than unusual, as evidenced by Nephi’s experiences, who attempted numerous various tactics before finally getting the plates of brass from Laban (see 1 Nephi 3–4 for additional information).

To conclude his journey, Joseph was guided to Jerusalem ″without understanding beforehand the things which should be done″ (1 Nephi 4:6) by the Holy Spirit.
Moreover, Nephi did not learn how to construct a ship of unusual craftsmanship in a single sitting; rather, the Lord showed him ″from time to time after what manner to work the timbers of the ship″ (1 Nephi 18:1), which he repeated again and over.
Examples of the Lord’s pattern for receiving revelation ″line upon line, precept upon precept″ may be seen throughout Church history as well as in our own personal lives.
To give an example, the Prophet Joseph Smith did not receive all of the foundational principles of the restored gospel in one sitting in the Sacred Grove.

Whenever the circumstances demanded it, and whenever the moment was appropriate, these rare gems were unveiled.
When asked how this pattern of revelation manifested itself in his life, President Joseph F.
Smith stated, ″I would regularly…
beg the Lord to show me some magnificent thing, in order that I would receive a witness.″ Nevertheless, the Lord kept wonders from me, and instead revealed the truth to me in line upon line…, until He had brought me to fully comprehend the truth from my head to my feet, and until all doubt and fear had been completely expelled from my heart and mind The fact that He did not have to dispatch an angel from the sky or speak with the trump of an archangel to accomplish this was a blessing.

I received the witness I have today by the whisperings of the still small voice of the living God, who spoke to me through the still small voice.
And through this principle and power, He will impart to all of mankind a knowledge of the truth that will remain with them for the rest of their lives, and it will cause them to know the truth as God knows it and to carry out the Father’s purpose in the manner in which Christ carries it out.
And no amount of marvelous manifestations will ever be able to accomplish this″ (in Conference Report, April 1900, 40–41).
We as members of the Church have a tendency to place so much emphasis on marvelous and dramatic spiritual manifestations that we fail to recognize and even overlook the traditional pattern by which the Holy Ghost accomplishes His work.
Occasionally, the ″simplicity of the way″ (1 Nephi 17:41) of receiving small and incremental spiritual impressions that accumulate over time and in totality to provide the desired answer or the direction we require may cause us to look ″beyond the mark″ (1 Nephi 17:42).

(Jacob 4:14).I’ve spoken with a number of people who are doubtful about the depth of their personal testimony and underestimate their spiritual potential because they do not get regular, miraculous, or powerful impressions from the Holy Spirit.Perhaps, as we reflect on the experiences of Joseph in the Sacred Grove, Saul on the road to Damascus, and Alma the Younger, we come to believe that something is wrong with or lacking in us if we fall short in our lives of these well-known and spiritually striking examples of faith and virtue?Please know that you are not alone if you have had similar thoughts or doubts.

You are completely normal.
Just keep moving forward, obediently and with confidence in the Savior.
You ″cannot go wrong″ while doing so, as the saying goes (D&C 80:3).
″Show me Latter-day Saints who have to rely on miracles, signs, and visions in order to be strong in the Church, and I will show you people…
who are not in good standing with God and who are treading on shaky ground,″ President Joseph F.
Smith cautioned in a letter.

Our establishment in the truth will not be brought about by miraculous manifestations to us, but rather by humility and unwavering adherence to the commands and ordinances of God″ (in Conference Report, Apr.1900, 40).Another frequent encounter with light teaches us another another lesson about the ″line upon line, precept upon precept″ pattern of revelation that we may apply to our own lives.

Even on dark or foggy mornings, the sun will occasionally shine through.Because of the gloomy circumstances, it is more difficult to see the light, and it is impossible to determine the exact instant when the sun rises over the horizon.However, even on a dark morning like this, we have enough light to identify the beginning of a new day and to go about our business.In a similar vein, we frequently get revelation without being able to identify exactly how or when we are receiving it.

An important occurrence from Church history shows this idea.
Oliver Cowdery was a schoolteacher in the town of Palmyra, New York, in the spring of 1829.
Following his discovery of the young prophet Joseph Smith and his efforts to translate the Book of Mormon, Oliver felt compelled to lend his help to the young prophet.
As a result, he proceeded to Harmony, Pennsylvania, and took up the position of Joseph’s scribe.
The time of his arrival, as well as the assistance he supplied, were critical in the publication of the Book of Mormon.

Oliver afterwards discovered that the Savior had revealed to him that he had gotten counsel from the Spirit of the Lord every time he had prayed for it.″If it had not been for the fact that it was,″ the Lord said, ″thou wouldst not have gotten to the spot where thou art now.″ Now, I know that you have inquired of me, and I have responded by enlightening thy mind; and now I am telling thee these things so that thou mayest be assured that thou hast been enlightened by the Spirit of truth,″ says the Lord in D&C 6:14.Consequently, Oliver was informed by the Prophet Joseph Smith that he was receiving revelation via the medium of the Holy Ghost.Oliver had apparently failed to realize how and when he had been getting instructions from God, and he need this lesson in order to have a better grasp of the spirit of revelation.

To put it simply, Oliver had been strolling in the sunlight as the sun rose beyond the horizon on a gloomy morning.In many of the uncertainties and obstacles we meet in our life, God expects us to do our best, to act and not be acted upon (see 2 Nephi 2:26), and to believe in Him.The presence of angels, the hearing of divine voices, or the receiving of overpowering spiritual sensations are not guaranteed.We may regularly move forward in the hope and prayer that we are acting in line with God’s will, but we may never be completely certain that we are.But as we fulfill our pledges and observe the commandments, as we strive ever more persistently to do good and to grow better, we may walk with the assurance that God will lead our steps.And we can talk with the faith that God will inspire our remarks.

This is in part the meaning of the scripture that proclaims, “Then shall thy trust wax firm in the presence of God” (D&C 121:45).(D&C 121:45).In exchange for your diligent search for and application of the spirit of revelation, I guarantee you that you will ″walk in the light of the Lord″ (Isaiah 2:5, 2 Nephi 12:5).Sometimes the spirit of revelation will operate quickly and fiercely, other times it will act gently and gradually, and frequently it will function so delicately that you may not even be aware that it is operating at all.But regardless of the pattern whereby this gift is obtained, the light it offers will illuminate and grow your spirit, educate your mind (see Alma 5:7; 32:28), and lead and protect you and your family.I give my apostolic testimony to the fact that the Father and the Son are alive.

That the spirit of revelation exists is undeniable—and it can and does act in our personal lives, as well as in the life of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).In the hallowed name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bear witness to these truths, and I pray that you do as well.

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A weekly conversation on religion organised by Rajan Zed We posed our panel of eminent religious leaders of the region the following question: The Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions defines revelation as the ″disclosure or communication of truths that would not otherwise be known, at least in the same way,″ according to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions.
Many passages are claimed to be divinely revealed.
On the other hand, a 2012 Harvard Medical School research linked disclosures to psychotic symptoms.
Is it necessary for revelation to come from a supernatural being that is physically present, or may it come from a ″inner voice″ as well?
Is it necessary for revelation to be vocal, or can it be non-literal and non-verbal as well?
Does one require to be a prophet or somebody high in the religious hierarchy to experience revelation or can an everyday devotee also get it?

Has all the revelation already done or does God continue to disclose commandments and will carry on disclosing in the future?
Is the revelation legitimate for all of mankind, or is it only valid for the one who received it?
Is it possible that God reveals himself via creation?
What is the difference between revelation and vision?
Here is what they have to say: Bradley S.

Corbin, Bahá’ instructor, explains that spiritual revelation is not the same as psychosis.
Infallible Divine Revelation provided by God to His Prophets is for the entire human race, and it is divided into two portions.
It is the expression of God’s love, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of God that is everlasting, unchangeable, and immutable that constitutes the first portion.
It is not eternal; it deals with real life and is always active and evolving, thus the revelation of these truths must be progressive and continual in order to be effective.

He obtains spiritual truths as a result of the spiritual reality that exists inside ordinary man.
The Holy Spirit infuses spiritual strength into man through the breath of his nostrils and mouth.
While in a meditative condition, spirit answers your queries and truth is disclosed, particularly for the recipient, another individual or a group.
An inner voice, a picture (vision), automatic writing, art or speaking, or a shift in your physical surroundings are all examples of how reality might manifest itself (creation).

The spiritual insights and visions of ordinary persons should not be deemed infallible.
THE WORD OF GOD Pastor Stephen B.
Bond of Summit Christian Church in Sparks, Nevada Jesus is the culmination of God’s revelation to humans.
“In the past God spoke to our ancestors via the prophets at numerous times and in various ways, but in these latter days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he designated heir of all things and through him also he formed the universe” (Hebrews 1:1-2).
(Hebrews 1:1-2).

The Bible’s sixty-six books are God’s written revelation.“All Scripture is God-breathed…” (2 Timothy 3:16).The biblical authors were unerringly guided by the Holy Spirit as they recorded God’s truth.As a result, the Bible is the most reliable source of divine revelation, and it is available to anybody who want to read it.

The book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, marked the completion of God’s written message.
All further heavenly communication will now be evaluated against it to determine whether or not it is authentic.
God’s voice is still being heard in the form of visions, dreams, and promptings.
However, if these teachings are genuine, they will never be in conflict with the Bible.
SOCRATES’ DISCLOSUREKenneth G.
Lucey, professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Nevada, Reno What is spiritual revelation and how does it work?

From what I’ve read, it occurs when an ordinary human being receives knowledge from a source other than a natural one.Socrates, one of the most renowned philosophers of all time, was brought to trial on allegations of atheism and corrupting the young of Athens.He was found guilty and sentenced to death.

Socrates claimed that he had heard a voice throughout his life urging him not to do certain things when he was on trial, rebutting the charge of atheism.It is apparent that he was completely convinced in the authenticity of his spirit guide’s appearance.The term ″medium″ is being used very often these days.Sylvia Browne, who died last month at the age of 77, claimed she had received revelations while in trance states, according to her memoirs.

A similar action was taken by the psychic Edgar Cayce.
Most philosophers would consider these cases to be exceedingly doubtful in the extreme.
A psychic friend of mine who met Mrs.
Browne claims that most of her forecasts were incorrect, but that she has firsthand experience with such experiences and thinks that they really exist.
THREE MODES OF DIVINE COMMUNICATIONS Mr.

Herif A.Elfass, President of the Northern Nevada Muslim Community Chapter 42, verse 51 of the Quran states that there are three modalities of Divine contact with mankind: spoken, written, and telepathic.There are three types of inspiration: I direct but behind a barrier, which is to say through a dream, vision, or simply hearing words; (ii) direct but behind a barrier, which is to say through an angel coming down with a message from Allah to His creation; and (iii) through messengers, which is to say through an angel coming down with a message from Allah to His creation.It is believed that Allah (SWT) communicated with Prophet Moses’ mother through the first mode, with Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) through the second mode, with Mary (Prophet Jesus’ mother) through the third mode, and that Allah (SWT) communicated with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through all three means.

Unlike Christians, Muslims believe that the first and second ways of communication continue to exist; however, they are unsure whether or not the third method of communication continues to exist.Despite this, the revelation of prophethood has come to an end, as well.GOD SPEAKS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.Matthew F.Cunningham is the Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno.Inspirati

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Patterns of Revelation

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