ENGL 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Israelites, Bishops' Bible, Geneva Bible
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If i don"t have love poem: term deiniions (1 sentence) The end of malachi leads naturally into the new testament (st. mathew) through the introducion of the concept of the messiah. The term christ means messiah: chrisians believe that christ (the messiah) is jesus, jewish people believe that the messiah has yet to come. It is disinguished from dreams because visions occur while one is awake. Visions give an image of what is to come, or of what is occurring in a another place. Prophesies consist of words, whereas visions consist of images. John the apostle experienced revelaion through a vision (he had an out-of-body experience) It was an image of heaven in the present. God sent revelaion to jesus who sent it via angel to john (the author of the gospel) The 24 elders represent the 12 apostles, and the 12 fathers of the israelites (sons of jacob)