The Definition of the word Revelation, Book of

Revelation, Book of

The second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are "used by the apostles to express this, (1) apokalupsis (1 Cor." "1;7; 2 Thess. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:7, 13); (2) parousia (Matt. 24:3," "27; 1 Thess. 2:19; James 5:7, 8); (3) epiphaneia (1 Tim. 6:14; 2" Tim. 1:10; 4:1-8; Titus 2:13). There existed among Christians a "wide expectation, founded on Matt. 24:29, 30, 34, of the speedy" return of Christ. (See [533]MILLENNIUM.)