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This article is about the concept of supernatural revelation. For the book in the Bible, see Book of Revelation.
Bhagavad Gita, a 19th century manuscript
The Bhagavad Gita is said to be Krishna's counsel to Arjuna.

Revelation is when something is made clear or obvious that was hidden before. Most of the time, the term is used to speak about religious revelations. That means that the revelation is done by communication with the divine. Revelation can be through a deity who may send a messenger. Messengers that are supernatural are often called angels (Angel literally means messenger). Human messengers tend to be called prophets.

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  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Illumination from Liber Scivias, showing Hildegard of Bingen receiving a vision, dictating to her scribe and sketching on a wax tablet.

  • The Ten Commandments (Bible Card)

    The mass-revelation at the Mount Horeb in an illustration from a Christian Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company, 1907

  • Revelation-writing

    'Revelation writing': The first draft of a tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, recorded in shorthand script by an amanuensis

  • Joseph Smith receiving golden plates

    An 1893 engraving of Joseph Smith receiving the golden plates and other artifacts from the angel Moroni.

  • Muhammad-Majmac-al-tawarikh-1

    Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation; leaf from a copy of the Majmac al-tawarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425; Timurid. From Herat, Afghanistan.

  • People looking miracle sun

    Crowd looking at the Sun during the "Miracle of the Sun", Fatima, Portugal, 1917.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Revelación divina para niños

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