the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle
the communication of a truth, from God to man, that is not discernable by the unaided human intellect
The disclosure of something not previously known In the case of Biblical revelation, the prophets of the Bible spoke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God, sometimes not even understanding what they were writing (see 1 Peter 1: 10-11, and 2 Peter 1: 20-21)
Latin, "taking away the veil" (a translation of Greek, apokalypsis) The Book of Revelation in the Bible is an example of the apocalyptic genre (see apocalypse), which explains current happenings by means of a heavenly interpreter so that the reader understands the real importance of what is going on The idea of revelation in theology is that what is revealed either could not have been discovered by unaided human reason or would take the reason too long to discover
From Paul Tillich, revelation is what occurs when God is disclosed in human experience It is the manifestation of the healing, renewal, and power of being-itself taking form in human life