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  2. Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon.

  3. Isaac Sharp - Wikipedia

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    Born January 13, 1681, in Dublin, Ireland, Isaac Sharp was the eldest surviving son of Quaker Anthony Sharp and Ann Crabb. [1] As part of the Quaker settlement of his father's extensive land holdings in New Jersey, Isaac Sharp left Ireland in November 1700, [2] and after an arduous eighteen-week journey, arrived in Colonial America on April 6, 1701.

  4. Interpretations of the Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Revelation belongs to the biblical texts whose interpretation has always posed many challenges, leading to the development of various interpretative systems. Ancient Eastern exegesis was prophetic in nature and favored allegorical interpretations.

  5. Events of Revelation - Wikipedia

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    It is made known that only "The Lion that is from the Tribe of Judah" (Revelation 5:5) is worthy to open this book/scroll. The Lamb, with seven horns and seven eyes, takes the book/scroll from Him who sits on the throne (Revelation 5:6–7). All heavenly beings sing praise and honor The Lamb (Revelation 5:9).

  6. The classical historicist view of the vision of the angel with the little book, in Revelation 10, represents the Protestant Reformation and the printing of Bibles in the common languages. The Adventists take a unique view applying it to the Millerite movement; the "bitterness" of the book (Rev 10:10) represents the Great Disappointment.

  7. John's vision of the Son of Man - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from the Bamberg Apocalypse of the Son of Man among the seven lampstands The Vision of John on Patmos by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1860). John's vision of the Son of Man, also known as John’s Vision of Christ, is a vision described in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 1:9–20) in which the author, identified as John, sees a person he describes as one "like the Son of Man" ().

  8. John of Patmos - Wikipedia

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    Christian tradition has considered the Book of Revelation's writer to be the same person as John the Apostle. A minority of ancient clerics and scholars, such as Eusebius (d. 339/340), recognize at least one further John as a companion of Jesus, John the Presbyter. Some Christian scholars since medieval times separate the disciple from the ...

  9. The Sharp Family - Wikipedia

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    The Sharp Family is a group portrait painting by the German-British artist Johann Zoffany. [1] Painted between 1779 and 1781, it portrays the English abolitionist and musician Granville Sharp and his extended family. [2] The Sharp family are depicted on their barge on the River Thames, where they routinely staged