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Revelation — the idea that God discloses truths about the divine nature, purposes, and will to human beings — is central to most theistic religions. But how does God reveal? Through nature and reason, or through miraculous interventions and sacred texts? Is revelation a set of propositions to be believed, or a personal encounter to be experienced? This lesson examines the key distinctions between natural and special revelation, propositional and non-propositional models, the Barth-Brunner debate, and the status of the Bible as revelation.
General revelation (also called natural revelation) refers to knowledge of God that is available to all human beings through the natural world, human reason, and conscience — without the need for special divine intervention. The claim is that God has left traces or signs of the divine nature in the created order, accessible to anyone who reflects on them.
Key Definition: General Revelation — Knowledge of God available to all people through reason, the natural world, and moral conscience, without requiring Scripture, prophecy, or miraculous intervention.
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