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nounthe last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostlepart of:
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nounthe speech act of making something evident
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nouncommunication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency
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nounan enlightening or astonishing disclosuretype of:
Definition that contains revelation
- john (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
- millennium (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
- israelites the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
- hebrews the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
- futurist a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
- rationalism the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
- traditionalism the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions
- chiliasm belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
- millenarism belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
- presentism the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled