please help me this is my assignment plz help me
write a correct narrative writing for one to two pages
topic is "Revelation of truth".
Answers
Revelation by definition is the disclosure of facts or theories through religious events that have previously remained hidden. For Christians revelation is mainly associated with the revelation of God to his people throughout the ages. God has made himself known to us but we have to consider that he has also presented himself to us, with the choice up to us whether we accept his love. God has not pressed Himself up us. His acts of love remain the motivation for our acceptance of God. We have free will, but His motivation for revelation is His love for us. It is by this natural reason which has been in existence for eons, that our belief in God has developed and been affirmed. God for us is a source of life, our creator and protector. Revelation has aided this Christian illustration of God. God has revealed Himself to us in two stages:
The Old Testament
The New Testament
In the Old testament God made Himself apparent through actions more than words of obvious connection with scripture or prophecies. In the Old testament God actively sought out his chosen people. God spoke to man, through the exodus experience we see both God’s deeds and direction. The exodus experience lets us see examples of God’s deeds, his revelation in such events as the burning bush and the pillar of fire. Also the liberation of the Israelites revealed God as liberator and the voice of a saviour. He showed them he was with them. The initiation of Passover then revealed God as loving and compassionate with this celebration. The exodus experience showed God’s care and providence for His people. He rescued them from their oppressors and lives of torment and slavery He brought them to a paradise of their own. The Old Testament’s portrayal of the revelation of God sees Him reveal himself through the media of the prophets, in his wisdom and the introduction of His holy laws and through nature and history. God’s role was to prepare His chosen people for the arrival of the Christ. God sent prophets to warn the people of the suffering that would be endured by His son and the trials and tribulations they must undergo. Through God’s revelation of Himself in the Old Testament God teaches us about himself and key lessons about ourselves too. He has offered Himself to us, for us to decide to engage Him or not.
Philosophers argue that Revelation is a source of truth about God, which cannot simply be reasoned, it is more complex. Aquinas proposed that revelation revealed truths about God, but there is no explanation for what these truths are or what they mean. Another understanding of revelation is taken from the view that the authors of these Gospels were conditioned by their culture and mind set due to their time of living. It is arguable that divine truth for them was defined by their surroundings and beliefs, and so may not prove so relevant for Christians today. Their message was the product of their own experience. This in my view highlights a very important issue, that Revelation therefore can be defined personally by one’s own experience of God. As Rahner argues one must distinguish between the expressions made about God, and the writers own experience of God or Christ. “Essentially revelation became primarily an experience of God.” Revelation can be viewed as a personal experience of a relationship with God, revelation does not necessarily need to be rooted in scripture, and there can be a more spiritual aspect. As Moran proposes that revelation is “A personal communion of Knowledge, an interrelationship of God.”
Religion is such a vast expanse of understanding; it is an umbrella term for numerous aspects of worship, prayer and belief. Revelation is a definite part of religion, but I am dubious over whether religion is majorly based upon revelation. Religion is based upon a number of things. Revelation is treated by theology in two separate ways:
The fact – God’s truths that He has revealed about himself
The content – the mysteries which God has made known.
Revelation can therefore be treated with both a religious and philosophical approach. But I do think that revelation if viewed as experience of God, and not simply as the events on which God physically revealed Himself to individuals, is a founding aspect of religion. Religion is defined as “belief in and worship of God or Gods”. This belief has arisen from a view of God, which derives form experience of God in our lives, a personal view of God and his actions, a revelation. I think then that religion is based in revelation, not solely, but definitely.
In conclusion I think that though we can arrive at a vague conclusion
that religion is based on revelation and philosophy is associated with reason, there is no concrete conclusion that can be made. Personal opinion and philosophy in this matter plays a big part, there is no right or wrong.