The words , , and have somewhat similar meanings: the first and second are translated ‘appearing,’ and the first and third ‘manifestation.’<\/p>\n
(from , ‘to remove a covering, reveal’) is the title of the Book of Revelation, and this gives the character of the word. The Apocalypse is not exactly a prophecy, but a revelation : it was not to be sealed up, as the prophecy of Daniel, and a blessing is pronounced on him that readeth and them that hear and keep the things written. The word is mostly translated ‘revelation.’ In Luk 2:32 the A.V. has “a light to lighten the Gentiles,” but a more exact rendering is “a light for revelation of the Gentiles.” In 1Co 1:7 it is rendered ‘coming’ and in 1Pe 1:7 ‘appearing,’ but ‘revelation’ would be better in both places<\/p>\n
(from , ‘to come into light, appear’) occurs six times in Paul’s writings and refers to the appearing of “our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,” 2Th 2:8; 1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 4:1; 2Ti 4:8; Tit 2:13. In the first passage it is rendered ‘brightness’ in the A.V., but this is not its meaning. It might be translated ‘appearance (or, appearing) of His coming’ with earlier English versions. In 2Ti 1:10 it is applied to Christ’s first appearing; in the other passages to His appearing in glory, hence not to the moment when the raised and changed saints will meet Him in the air (1Th 4:15; 1Th 4:18) before He appears. Note, that in 2Ti 4:1, the judgement of living and dead is not said to be “at his appearing and his kingdom” as in A.V.; but that, according to the correct reading, the last clause is a second ground of the apostle’s charge to Timothy, “and by his appearing and his kingdom.” The force of the word is rather ‘appearance’ than ‘revelation.’<\/p>\n
(from , ‘to make manifest’) occurs but twice in the N.T. and is not applied to the appearing of Christ, but to what is manifested in the Christian. In 1Co 12:7 it is the “manifestation of the Spirit,” and in 2Co 4:2 the “manifestation of the truth.”<\/p>\n
The verb () occurs often: God was manifested in the flesh, 1Ti 3:16; “when the Christ is manifested who is our life, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.” Col 3:4. Again, in 1Pe 5:4: “when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.” See also 1Jn 2:28, and 1Jn 3:2. It is applied to the saints in Col 3:4, where it is in contrast with their life being hidden (as now) with Christ in God; but, flowing out of the same wonderful identification with Him, when He is manifested they shall be manifested with Him in glory: thus the word has its force by contrast with the being previously hidden, though known to exist<\/p>\n
In Heb 9:26 it is His first coming, “hath he been manifested”: noting in connection with this passage that the A.V. has the same rendering, ‘appear,’ for two other words; at Heb 9:24 for (), where Bengel notes the fitness of the original word in respect to God – ‘he appears before the face of God for us;’ and in Heb 9:28 for (), lit ., ‘he shall be seen’ – leaving open, as so many other passages in the epistle, a double application – to the saints now at His coming for us, and to Israel at His appearing in glory<\/p>\n
35. REVELATION. APPEARING. MANIFESTATION The words , , and have somewhat similar meanings: the first and second are translated ‘appearing,’ and the first and third ‘manifestation.’ (from , ‘to remove a covering, reveal’) is the title of the Book of Revelation, and this gives the character of the word. The Apocalypse is not exactly a … Continue reading “35. REVELATION. APPEARING. MANIFESTATION”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}