ALLOS in the Apocalypse

Ken Flowers kflowers at mc.com
Thu Jun 28 09:47:06 EDT 2001


ALLOS is one of the many devices used in Revelation to show a scene 
change.  It is often used in conjunction with two of the other common 
ones:  The use of KAI and the use of the phrases "I saw" or "I heard" and 
variants.

Its use could in some places be taken as suggesting a different type of 
something, but that would be a stretch in most cases.  I don't see any 
reason from the text to suggest that it would generally imply a different 
type of a thing.  Simply taking it as "another" seems to satisfy the context.

Rev 6:4:  ALLOS horse
Rev 7:2:  KAI I saw ALLOS angel
Rev 8:3:  This case does seem to set the angel apart from the seven in 8:2, 
but still "another" is just as effective as "a different type."
Rev 10:1:  KAI I saw ALLOS mighty angel.  In this case, the angel is 
clearly of a different type than the others, but it seems like the word 
mighty implies that without the need for expanding our understanding of ALLOS.
Rev 12:3:  KAI their appeared ALLOS wonder
Rev 13:11:  KAI I beheld ALLOS beast
Rev 14:6:  KAI I saw ALLOS angel
Rev 14:8:  KAI there followed ALLOS angel
Rev 14:15:  KAI ALLOS angel came  (and 14:17, 14:18)
Rev 15:1:  KAI I saw ALLOS sign
Rev 16:7:  KAI I heard ALLOS out of the altar.  (This is a case where the a 
strong argument for the use of ALLOS as a "different type" can be made.)
Rev 18:1:  KAI after these things I saw ALLOS angel
Rev 18:4:  KAI I heard ALLOS voice
Rev 20:12:  KAI ALLOS book (A case could be made here)




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