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Apocalypse
Apocalypse depicted in Christian Orthodox traditional fresco scenes in
Osogovo Monastery, Republic of Macedonia
St. John at Patmos: the receiving of an apocalyptic vision
An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω, literally meaning "an uncovering"[1]) is a disclosure of knowledge or revelation. Historically, the term has a heavy religious connotation as commonly seen in the prophetic revelations of eschatology (see wiki chart in this article: Series on Eschatology) and were obtained through dreams or spiritual visions. Also, it is the Greek word for the last book of the New Testament entitled "Revelation".[2] The term is also included in the title of some non-biblical canon books involving revelations.[3][4][5] Today, the term is commonly used in reference to any larger-scale catastrophic event, or chain of detrimental events to humanity and/or nature.[6] In all contexts, the revealed events usually entail some form of an end time scenario or the end of the world or revelations into divine, heavenly, or spiritual realms. For more specific examples of apocalypses, see Apocalypticism.
Contents
1 Origination
1.1 Dreams and Visions
2 Symbolism 3 Result/Purpose
3.1 End of the Age
4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links
Origination[edit] Dreams and Visions[edit]
Viktor Vasnetsov, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The revelation may be made through a dream, as in the Book of Daniel, or through a vision, as in the Book of Revelation. In biblical accounts of revelations the manner of the revelation and its reception is generally described. According to the Book of Daniel, after a long period of fasting,[7] Daniel is standing by a river when a heavenly being appears to him, and the revelation follows (Daniel 10:2ff). Symbolism[edit]
The Seven trumpets.
Apocalyptic writing often makes wide use of symbolism. One instance of
this occurs where gematria is employed, either for obscuring the
writer's meaning or enhancing it; as a number of ancient cultures used
letters also as numbers (i.e., the Romans with their use of "Roman
numerals"). Thus the symbolic name "Taxo," "Assumptio Mosis", ix. 1;
the "Number of the Beast" (616/666), in the Book of Revelation
13:18;[8] the number 666 ('Iησōῦς), Sibyllines, i.326–30.
Similar is the frequent prophecy of the length of time through which
the events predicted must be fulfilled. Thus, the "time, times, and a
half," Daniel 12:7 which has been taken to be 3½ years in length by
Dispensationalists;[9] the "fifty-eight times" of Enoch, xc.5,
"Assumptio Mosis", x.11; the announcement of a certain number of
"weeks" or days, which starting point in Daniel 9:24, 25 is "the going
forth of the commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem
Jerusalem unto the
Messiah
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks",[10] a mention of 1290 days
after the covenant/sacrifice is broken (Daniel 12:11),[11] 12; Enoch
xciii.3–10; 2
Esdras 14:11, 12;
Apocalypse
Apocalypse of Baruch[disambiguation
needed] xxvi–viii;
Revelation
Revelation 11:3, which mentions "two witnesses"
with supernatural power,[12] 12:6;[13] compare Assumptio Mosis, vii.1.
Symbolic language also occurs in descriptions of persons, things or
events; thus, the "horns" of Daniel 7 and 8;[14]
Revelation
Revelation 17[15] and
following; the "heads" and "wings" of 2
Esdras xi and following; the
seven seals of
Revelation
Revelation 6;[16] trumpets,
Revelation
Revelation 8;[17] "vials of
the wrath of God" or "bowl..." judgments,
Revelation
Revelation 16;[18] the
dragon,
Revelation
Revelation 12:3–17,[19]
Revelation
Revelation 20:1–3;[20] the eagle,
Assumptio Mosis, x.8; and so on.
Result/Purpose[edit]
Russian Orthodox icon Apocalypse
"Apocalyptic I" by contemporary Mexican painter Mauricio García Vega.
End of the Age[edit]
In the Hebrew
Old Testament
Old Testament some pictures of the end of the age were
images of the judgment of the wicked and the glorification of those
who were given righteousness before God. In the
Book of Job
Book of Job and in
some
Psalms
Psalms the dead are described as being in Sheol, awaiting the
final judgment. The wicked will then be consigned to eternal suffering
in the fires of Gehinnom, or the lake of fire mentioned in the Book of
Revelation.[18][21][22][23][24]
See also[edit]
Islamic eschatology
Apocalypse
Apocalypse Series (Kanso)
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Christian eschatology
Hindu eschatology
Human extinction
List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events
Messianic Age
Ragnarök
Ultimate fate of the universe
References[edit]
^ "apocalypse Definition of apocalypse in English by Oxford
Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries English. Retrieved
2018-03-17.
^ Oxford English Dictionary, A, Oxford University Press,
p. 386
^ "
Apocalypse
Apocalypse of Stephen".. 2018-02-13.
^ "
Apocalypse
Apocalypse of Abraham".. 2018-02-27.
^ "
Apocalypse
Apocalypse of Paul".. 2018-02-13.
^ Gordon, Scott (May 1973). "Today's Apocalypses and Yesterday's".
American Economic Review. Volume 63 Issue 2: 108 – via JSTOR.
^ "Daniel 10:1–4 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Retrieved
2007-11-15.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 13:16–18 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. 2012.
Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "Daniel 12:7 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from the
original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "Daniel 9:24–25 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Retrieved
2007-11-21.
^ "Daniel 12:11 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 11:3 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 12:6 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "Daniel 7; Daniel 8 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived
from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 17 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 6 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 8 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ a b "
Revelation
Revelation 16 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived
from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 12:3–17 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway.
Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 20:1–3 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Retrieved
2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 19:20 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived
from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 20:10 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived
from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 20:14–15 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway.
Retrieved 2007-11-21.
^ "
Revelation
Revelation 21:8 (King James Version)". Bible Gateway. Archived from
the original on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
Further reading[edit]
Morris, Henry M (1985) [1983]. The
Revelation
Revelation Record. Tyndale House
and Creation Life.
External links[edit]
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It's the End of the World: 8 Potential Armageddons, Fox, Sep 29,
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Bible. N.T. Revelation. Latin. Selections. 1470. Apocalypsis Sancti
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