L-Apokalissi (4)

Abstract

Skont Grabiner: “The Book of Revelation is like no other in the New Testament, because it impacts all the senses of the reader in a forceful and distinctive way that the epistles and the gospels do not. Imagery, symbolism and metaphor are brought together in a profound contrast of images and intertextual references to generate constant provocations on the reader’s mind”. Rigward id-diversi tipi ta’ simboliżmu li naraw fil-Ktieb tal-Apokalissi, fil-bidu tal-Knisja, Dijonisju Isqof ta’ Lixandra skont Ewsebju jikteb dan: “But I could not venture to reject the book, as many brethren hold it in high esteem. But I suppose that it is beyond my comprehension, and that there is a certain concealed and more wonderful learning in every part. For if I do not understand I suspect that a deeper sense lies beneath the words. I do not measure and judge them by my own reason, but leaving the more to faith I regard them as too high for me to grasp. And I do not reject what I cannot comprehend, but rather wonder because I do not understand it.” Għalhekk mela l-Apokalissi m’huwiex xi ‘scary book’ jew “the curious record of the visions of a drug addict’, imma li l-awtur qiegħed iwassal il-messaġġ teoloġiku tiegħu permezz ma’ immaġni, viżjonijiet u fuq kollox permezz ta’ ħafna simboliżmi. Hawnhekk Carl Jung jgħid: “We constantly use symbolic terms to represent concepts that we cannot define or fully comprehend.” Biex ngħid hekk l-Apokalissi jonfoħ lil Kristu permezz tal-immaġġni.