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Distinctive Features Regarding Divine Revelation of God
Non-material object
Infinite object, cannot be contained, cannot be measured
Personal and trustworthy “object” who disclosed Himself voluntarily and has established a relationship of trust
Distinctive Advantages Regarding Divine Revelation of God
Absolute certitude
Duty to accept and follow this
Plutarch, a Pagan high priest, confesses that those who had been initiated could produce no proof of the beliefs that they acquired.
Peter Gandy • The Jesus Mysteries: Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God?
I don’t know why these things have to be transmitted by word of mouth, he thought. It wasn’t exactly that they were secrets; God revealed his secrets easily to all his creatures.
Paulo Coelho • The Alchemist
When Revelation pictures the kings of the East invading the Empire in alliance with ‘the beast who was and is not and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit’ (17:8), it is echoing the contemporary myth which pictured the emperor Nero
Richard Bauckham • The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology)
Revelation provides a set of Christian prophetic counter-images which impress on its readers a different vision of the world:
Richard Bauckham • The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology)
“The problem, bright one,” Kadash said, “was mysticism. The priests claimed that common men could not understand religion or the Almighty. Where there should have been openness, there was smoke and whispers. The priests began to claim visions and prophecies, though such things had been denounced by the Heralds themselves. Voidbinding is a dark and
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