Posted by
Christopher on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:33:48 PM
Under the “things that annoy me” file:
Apocalypse does not mean “destruction”, “death”, “end” or anything like that. The word is Greek (“apokalypsis”; root “apokalypto”) meaning “to uncover, unveil, reveal”. Hence, the Biblical book sometimes called “The Apocalypse” is correctly translated “The Revelation”. It means “to reveal something hidden”, ok? And while I’m on the subject…
Contrary to what Hollywood tells you, there is no such event or day called “Armageddon”. It is a PLACE. The word is also Greek (“Har-Magedon”) meaning “hill-country of Megiddo”. Megiddo is a Hebrew word meaning “gathering place of the crowd”. It is used 12 times in the Old Testament each time denoting a place outside of Jerusalem. There IS a battle that takes place there, hence “the battle of Armageddon”, but Armageddon is no more an event than Gettysburg was. It’s a place people, a place!
There, I think I’m done…