Objectives:1.) Define the meaning of Revelation2.) Elaborate on the means by which God

communicates of Himself3.) Celebrate God’s goodness through shared prayers

Greek word, “apokalypsis”

-to remove the “veil”

-to uncover

“Divine revelation is God’s personal loving communication to us of who He is and His plan to save us all in His love. It is God’s reaching out to us in friendship, so we get to know and love Him.” (CFC101)

“All revelation is symbolic.” (R. Haight)“Revelatory symbols are those which express and mediate God’s self-communication.” (A. Dulles)

But what must be the place of God’s divine revelation?

THE LOCUS OF DIVINE REVELATION

“Jesus Christ is the decisive, unrepeatable and unsurpassable `locus’ of divine

revelation” -Karl Barth

Karl Barth’s Theology

-Revelation then, in Barth, is a dynamic event and not a natural phenomenon. This revelation is

communicated in 3 primary mediums:a.) Jesus Christ

Jesus is the self-revelation of the triune God and thus to know Jesus is to know God

(Hart, 2000: 47)

HOW?

Jesus is both the elected and the elector, the subject and object of divine election. Therefore the

justification of all humanity is not to be found in the history of individual persons but in the history of the God-man, Jesus Christ

(Hart, 1999: 59)

Karl Barth’s Theology

-Revelation then, in Barth, is a dynamic event and not a natural phenomenon. This revelation is communicatedin 3 primary mediums:b.) Scripture

-God’s revelation has started in the stories of the key persons (Abraham, Kings, Prophets) of the Old Testament and being fulfilled in Christ in the New Testament-it becomes the sacred record and witness of God’s unfolding of Himself

Karl Barth’s Theology

-Revelation then, in Barth, is a dynamic event and not a natural phenomenon. This revelation is

communicated in 3 primary mediums:c.) the proclamation of the ecclesia

-Greek “ekklesia” meaning, the gathering of people.-as all people are justified in

faith by Christ, all people gain the title “Chosen People of God” being

the ELECTED PEOPLE of God through Christ.

MAN, BY BEING HUMAN, CANNOT BE A SON OR DAUGHTER OF

GOD.

“WE ARE GOD’S LEGITIMATE CHILDREN BY WAY OF ADOPTION.”What must be your prayer knowing that you are just an adopted son or daughter of God?