The Differences Between Prepositional and Non-Prepositional Revelation
Revelation is when, how and through whom or what God reveals himself
to us. It is said god reveals himself to mankind through miracles
before us. God also shows himself in everything around us. God created
miracles in making grass and trees, animals, night and day and also
the miracle of birth and if you believe in these miracles you will
notice God is revealing himself to mankind through everything.
For millions of years the argue concerning propositional and non
propositional revelation has been a main subject of many whilst
discussing revelation. However many people state prepositional
revelation is non prepositional revelation because revelation is based
on people's experience. However, no simple answer has yet been found.
Propositional revelation is when god reveals himself in propositions
or statements, which are then recorded as scripture. There are many
times since the birth of the Christian religion where people say
examples of prepositional revelation have been disclosed. People
mention both the miracle of the crossing of the red sea and the
Apostles creed as prepositional revelation.
Non-propositional revelation is when God reveals himself through
experience. There are many examples of this kind of revelation, such
as, miracles, speaking in tongues, personal experiences such as an
awareness of god, sense of personal conviction that you ought to do
something, healing, sense of unity and praying. People continuously
dispute the different sorts of revelation by saying, all revelation is
non prepositional as it is based on peoples experience, however t...
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Most believers believe miracles show how God intervened in something,
however how do we know that it is not pure coincidence, has a
scientific explanation? Are miracles not over riding peoples free
will, open to interpretation and if not why does God not perform
miracles for everyone to see and believe - again this is a concept
leaving many to make up their own minds.
Finally, while studying the topic of prepositional and
non-propositional revelation it enables you to come to only one
conclusion, there is no simple answer. Many theories are left for
personal opinions to made up, however there is no real answer and for
the near future we see no answers coming forth……I wonder if this is
Gods way of giving us our free will and remaining uncomprehendable due
to his magnificence?, again just a personal opinion.
He objects to a view which argues that John is speaking of God’s timing rather than ours by pointing out the concrete historicity of Revelation including churches and expressions used are “emphatic-declarative.” Regarding an objection which states that the events will ...
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