
This article is a study of the topic of divine Revelation in the canonical Book of the Revelation. If apocalypticism as a genre and this particular work titled apokalypsis have a revelatory character, it is reasonable to ask how the divine Revelation is present in it and by what means it is realized. Is it a form of a message that God communicates to human addressees so as to deepen their understanding, the subject of a moral decision (to elicit obedience of faith or disclose its opposite), or a process of a different nature? The question of how this Revelation is made present in the world of human perception is also important. We will seek answers to these questions first by analyzing the link between God’s Revelation and apokalypsis. From our point of view, the key issue is the relationship between divine Revelation and the prophecy referred to in the Book. Then we will apply the general findings regarding divine Revelation in the whole Book of Revelation to Chapter 13, exploring what this particular fragment, in which the main theme seems to be what is contrary to God and what triumphs over His saints, reveals. In the next step, we concentrate on the means with which divine Revelation is expressed in Chapter 13. The last part is an attempt to summarize the question of God’s Revelation in the light of Chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation.
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