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- Dictionaryrev/rɛv/
noun
- 1. a revolution of an engine per minute: "an engine speed of 1,750 revs"
verb
- 1. increase the running speed of (an engine) or the engine speed of (a vehicle) by pressing the accelerator, especially while the clutch is disengaged: "he revved up the engine and drove off"
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First, God’s promise is introduced with the words: “The tent of God is with mankind.” (Revelation 21:3) So this promise is given, not to angels in heaven, but to humans on earth. Second, the vision describes a world where “death will be no more.” (Revelation 21:4) Death has never existed in heaven, but it has only affected people on ...
What is revelation? The biblical meaning of the term “revelation” refers to God’s act of communicating unknown truths and facts about Himself that He wants man to know. Otherwise, the human race would never be able to know God in this life. God reveals Himself in two ways to us: through general revelation and specific revelation.
The Bible’s answer. The Greek name of the Bible book of Revelation, A·po·kaʹly·psis (apocalypse), means “Uncovering” or “Disclosure.”. This name indicates the meaning of Revelation —it uncovers matters that had been hidden and discloses events that would happen long after it was written. Many of its prophecies are yet to be ...
A Revelation to John 20:1-15. A Revelation to John. 20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss a and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, b the original serpent, c who is the Devil d and Satan, e and bound him for 1,000 years. 3 And he hurled him into the abyss f and shut it and sealed it over him ...
Meaning of Revelation 22:15. Revelation 22:14 is a beatitude. It speaks of those who are believers or overcomers. We are told that these individuals have washed their robes and can eat of the tree of life, which is in the New Heaven and New Earth. (Revelation 22:1-2). Then Revelation 22:15 speaks of the unbelievers.
The book of Revelation is outlined with a sequence of four sets of symbols: seven seals, seven trumpets, seven signs and seven bowls. Each symbol is used to describe God’s judgment upon sinful, Christ rejecting men and women of the earth. Each judgment is progressively worse and culminates in the battle of Armageddon, the defeat of the world ...
Escape will cancel and close the window. 17 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls a came and said to me: “Come, I will show you the judgment on the great prostitute who sits on many waters, b 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, * c and earth’s inhabitants were made drunk with the wine of her sexual ...
The seven stars are the messengers to the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. Some believe that the messengers are the pastors of the churches and others believe that each church had an angel assigned to it. The Greek word for “angel” is aggelos. This word means “messenger.”. One must determine from the ...
For at least two reasons. First, this Bible book was written for us. In the very first verse, we read: “A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.” (Rev. 1:1) So, what is written in this book is not for people in general but for us, God’s dedicated servants. As God’s ...
Lampstands (Rev. 11) But the meaning of the two lampstands changes in Revelation 11. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. (NASB) Rev. 11:3-4
