Du Rand, J.A.Song, Young Mog2009-05-252009-05-252003Du Rand, JA & Song, YM 2003, 'The ethos of the Book of Revelation', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 374-395. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html]1609-9982http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10115Recently, scholars consensus concerning the biblical hermeneutics seems to have become a holistic and integrated perception. Therefore, for the sake of probing the well-balanced and controlled ethos of Revelation, the argument here is that several pertinent methods should be used in an interactive fashion and with a view to achieving the desired result. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to investigate the ethos of the Book of Revelation based on integrated interpretation of the literary, the historical, and the theological. The ethos of Revelation distinguished through this study is that of the eschatological coming of the Kingdom of God which can be accomplished by identifying Christians identity (as kings, prophets and priests) with Christ. The Christ event is the ground of the eschatological hope for John's audiences who live in the New Covenant.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaChristian identityBible -- N.T. -- Revelation -- HermeneuticsEthics in the BibleKingdom of GodArticle