Agape Chapel Ministries
Sunday School Bible Study
By Nick Bibile
Meaning of revelation is that
something hidden in the past now made known.
Read Hebrews 1:1-2
In the O. T God revealed
himself in various ways. (We will see more on this in our study) Also by the
spoken words of the prophets. (we will see more later) But in these last days
God revealed through his Son.
To make known is a verb (Do
something to make known) Revelation is
to make known by removing any obstacles.
Few Scriptures in the O.T
Ps 98:2 The word reveal in Hebrew is yada.
Also Ps 25:4
N.T to reveal in Greek is apokulupto.
Few scriptures Mat 11:25; Rom 1:17; Mat 16:17
Greek word apokalypsis
means revelation. It is to unveil. Veil is a curtain that is covered that you
cannot see the other side, it is hidden. Also covering your face with a cloth
is having a veil on your face so your features will be hidden. To unveil has the meaning that was a secret
before, hidden before now made known.
There is another Greek word
that is found in the N.T phaneroo, means to manifest. It means something
that was difficult to understand or not so visible but now made clearly
visible, understood with facts. John
17:6 1 John 1:2 1 Tim 3:16
1 John 3:5
What did God reveal?
His existence. His nature.
His moral laws and instructions to man. His glory, his creation, his wisdom and
power, his mighty acts in history. His Son. All these are revealed in the word
of God.
Romans 1:20 Ps 19:1-3
( we will see later more)
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This
sacred Book, which we commonly call the Bible, contains the mind of God, so far
as he has seen fit to reveal it to men.
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Believe
the divine revelation. Be it your prayer that you may so understand the Lord’s
statutes as fully to accept them by faith