CHRISTOLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL MEANING OF REV 1:7–8 IN CONTEXT Cover Image

DIE CHRISTOLOGISCHE UND THEOLOGISCHE BEDEUTUNG VON OFFB 1,7–8 IM KONTEXT
CHRISTOLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL MEANING OF REV 1:7–8 IN CONTEXT

Author(s): Petr Mareček
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Biblical Studies; New Testament; Book of Revelation; Apocalypse; Prophecy; Christology

Summary/Abstract: This paper demonstrates both the importance and the meaning of Rev 1:7–8 within the context of the entire Apocalypse. The prophetic statement in Rev 1:7, the fi rst of the Johannine prophecies (cf. in Rev 1:3), declares that the coming of Christ is absolutely certain. Following on immediately in Rev 1:8 is the first of only two instances (along with Rev 21:5–8) in which God speaks in the Apocalypse. God speaks through the prophet, yet in the first person, to assure Christians that the rule of the world is in his hands.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 43-52
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: German
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