![]() ![]() ![]() It is knowledge that comes to us from outside ourselves and beyond our own ability to discover. Nor does it refer to the kind of knowledge that we might attain by diligent research. Revelation is not concerned with knowledge we once had but have forgotten for the time being. But the point on which we fasten our attention is the word ‘disclosure’. Theologians might hesitate over this concentration on knowledge, for some of them would certainly prefer to define revelation in terms of the disclosure of a person. Revelation, it says, is “‘The disclosure of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency’, and secondly, ‘Something disclosed or made known by divine or supernatural means.'” Says Morris: What is revelation? New Testament scholar Leon Morris quotes The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Revelation: What makes the Bible more than just religious writings Not the book, Revelation, at the end of the New Testament, but the doctrine of revelation. In this article I want to look at the doctrine of revelation. In another article I dealt with the matter of the inspiration of Scripture. Is it the religious reflection of sincere people expressing truth about God the best they can? Or is it the revealed word of God? The issue being dealt with was the nature of Scripture. Since it was a call-in program, I phoned at that point and asked the question, “If the Bible is just the religious ideas of a group of people and isn’t from God, how can we know whether what we think is true Christianity is what God thinks it is?” The pastor said something about how we have other ways of knowing truth, and the program ended. The other pastor disagreed, saying that the Bible is a collection of the religious reflections of a particular group of people. My pastor asserted that Scripture is the inspired, revealed Word of God. They were discussing differences of understanding about Christianity, one of which was the nature of the Bible. ![]() Some years ago the pastor of the church I attended was on a nationally syndicated radio program with another pastor of a more liberal bent. He finds that God clearly speaks to us through His creation and through His thoughts communicated in special revelation (includes His spoken word, His written word, and His Son). Rick Wade considers how God reveals his nature and his will to mankind. ![]()
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