"an uncovering" (akin to apokalupto; see above), "is used in the NT of (a) the drawing away by Christ of the veil of darkness covering the Gentiles, Luk 2:32; cp. Isa 25:7; (b) 'the mystery,' the purpose of God in this age, Rom 16:25, Eph 3:3; (c) the communication of the knowledge of God to the soul, Eph 1:17; (d) an expression of the mind of God for the instruction of the church, 1Co 14:6, 1Co 14:26, for the instruction of the Apostle Paul, 2Co 12:1, 2Co 12:7, Gal 1:12, and for his guidance, Gal 2:2; (e) the Lord Jesus Christ, to the saints at His Parousia, 1Co 1:7, RV (AV, 'coming'); 1Pe 1:7, RV (AV, 'appearing'), 1Pe 1:13, 1Pe 4:13; (f) the Lord Jesus Christ when He comes to dispense the judgments of God, 2Th 1:7; cp. Rom 2:5; (g) the saints, to the creation, in association with Christ in His glorious reign, Rom 8:19, RV, 'revealing' (AV, 'manifestation'); (h) the symbolic forecast of the final judgments of God, Rev 1:1 (hence the Greek title of the book, transliterated 'Apocalypse' and translated 'Revelation')." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 228, 229.] See APPEARING, COMING, LIGHTEN, B, Note, MANIFESTATION.
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