Open Access'Gees' en 'Geeste' volgens die Openbaring aan Johannes
Author(s) -
Jan A. du Rand
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
in die skriflig/in die skriflig
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-0853
pISSN - 1018-6441
DOI - 10.4102/ids.v33i1.1664
Subject(s) - revelation , witness , philosophy , theology , narrative , doctrine , perspective (graphical) , relation (database) , art , linguistics , database , computer science , visual arts
'Spirit' and “Spirits’ according to the Revelation to John Theologians recently started debating the possibility of systematising a so-called doctrine of the Spirit in the book of Revelation. The intention with this contribution is not to reflect on this possibility from presupposed Pauline or Johannine projections but to allow the narrative of Revelation itself to provide a perspective on the role of the Spirit in the divine eschatological activity. It has become clear that "Spirit” in the singular form denotes the activity of the Spirit implied by the act of witnessing within the churches. The expression “seven Spirits " represents the fullness of the divine Spirit in relation to God to the Lamb and to the church's witness to the outside world