[B-Greek] Revelation 4:11

Vasileios Tsialas tsialas78 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 18 04:03:28 EST 2009


 
> On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:38 PM, E Hatch wrote:
> 
> > Re 4:11 "11 axiov ei o kuriov kai o yeov hmwn o agiov labein thn
> > doxan kai thn timhn kai thn dunamin oti su ektisav ta panta kai dia
> > to yelhma sou eisin kai ektisyhsan"
> >
> > I am struggling with a concept in this verse, namely,  how can God
> > "receive" power?  I can understand that God receives "glory" and
> > "honor", but I have always thought that "power" was something
> > inherent in God's nature.
> >
> > So now the Greek.  What are the possibilities for "labein"?  Can it
> > mean "receive" for the first two parts of the phrase and "have" for
> > their third?  Or am I forced to accept that this is highly symbolic
> > and the author used a bit of imprecision when he wrote,
> > "received...power"?
> >
> 


Δύναμις DYNAMIS can mean ability, physical power, but it can also mean the outward manifestation of the power, that
is, authority, influence. (See LSJ)

 

According to the
first meaning, all creatures all called to use their abilities for God's glory, and not for selfish ambitions.

 

According to the
second meaning, all creatures are called to give their authority to God, that
is, to subdue willingly to God's authority (See Re 11:15).

Vasileios Tsialas
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