Saturday, March 29, 2008

Revelations, the insanest book in the bible

For my 15 years service in the Holy Catholic Church as a religious practitioner. this book is the one to reckon with aside from the book of Psalms and the book of Ezra. just for the sake of the other discussion on a group where I've been here on friendster, I want to have others opinnion regarding the book of Revelation, the last book in the bible. Every Christian religion has this.

Anyway Religiously Speaking, Can anyone of you define the book of Revelation? Actually, This book in the bible (for me), I've no definitions but it is synonymous to one of my characteristics, being eclectic. yes, how eclectic I am is as how eclectic this book is.
From time to time this book is defined differently. and the agnostic ROBERT G. INGERSOLL branded this book as the most insanest of all the books. This is the only book in the bible that is wholly composed of APOCLIPTIC LITERATURE.

The book is frequently called "Revelation"; however, the title found on some of the earliest manuscripts is "The Apocalypse of John" (Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου)[apokalusiz Ioannou], and the most common title found on later manuscripts is "The Apocalypse of the theologian" (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ)[APOKALUSIS TOU THEOLOKOU]. In English, apocalypse is often rendered as revelation and the literal meaning of the Greek word is "unveiling".

this book also differ in the views depending on the time of authorship and maybe the reason why the book is written insanely from the time of authorship. remember, the old language does not sound good as the modern language specially the europian ones, likely greek, roman, german, and of course the old English.

maybe according to my oppinion those are just some factors that affect how the book should be written, if you may skim and scan on this book in the bible, the grammar is correct but the sentences are a little bit awkward with a touch of philosophical arts.
reading the book of revelation requires deep comprehension, even some of the Theologians or priests sometimes commit mistakes in understanding this one specially the new ones. Even I or us may commit mistake for how deep this book is. but as long as you want to understand this deeply why not try. maybe you'll gain more wisdom from it.

my question here. how would you react to this Book in the Bible? for me, I say that this is the most mystifying book in the bible, and it is almost to be cathegorized as one of the DEUTOROCANONICALS because of its use of mythical creatures like the beast. thus one of the book of test how clever you are to understand the verses undertones.

guys whats your opinnion and how will you describe this book as?

2 comments:

Jeetsy-X said...

I'm not exactly Christian but I loved reading Revelations. it was like reading a super-cool science fiction novel hehe.

Gian The Punkish Nerdy Hunk said...

Thanks for appreciating. ;) sorry for the delayed response, I'm busy with my thesis lately.