[B-Greek] Word Study on TWi ANGELWi in Revelation 2:12 &otherverses

David Bielby dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
Wed Mar 15 15:17:01 EST 2006


Tools:I don't have tools to do that sort of study.  But I have some
resources.  One of them, probably contemporary with Revelation (assuming
A mid 90's date) is the Shepherd of Hermas...which is about the prophet
And his interaction with an angel who visited him with discussions about
the
Church in line with 2 Peter 1:5-10.  So the idea of angels and men
interacting in that time period was probably (from just that one source)

an accepted reality....and not viewed as unlikely or impossible.
Especially if Shepherd of Hermas was circulating in the western Asia
Minor 
trade route that the seven Churches lie on.

David

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&otherverses

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Bielby
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> Subject: [B-Greek] Word Study on TWi ANGELWi in Revelation 2:12 &
> otherverses
> 
> Dear Big Greeks,
> 
> 
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> 
> KAI TWi ANGELWi THS EN PERGAMWi EKKLHSIAS GRAYON..
> 
> 
> 
> When I do a word study on ANGELOS in Revelation, it seems to be a real
> supernatural
> 
> being that is referenced.  For example in Rev. 5:2 and all the other
> references are almost certainly
> 
> heavenly angels.(5:2 says: KAI EIDON ANGELON ISXURON KHRUSSONTA.) But
in
> Rev. 2 & 3
> 
> many seem reluctant to interpret it that way.
> 
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[Doug] I don't think this is a linguistic question, but a more general
interpretative one. I would suggest that exploring the ways in which
heavenly realities correspond to and can stand for earthly realities in
apocalyptic writing would be more fruitful than word studies on ANGELOS

Doug Chaplin
Droitwich Spa

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