53.8 Then he drew near; so He drew near from above.
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A Vision of Christ
ثم دنا فتدلى
Thumma dana fatadalla
53.8 Then he drew near; so He drew near from above.
Summary of 53.8:
• Revelation tells us of John’s Earth-bound vision of Jesus, on the island of Patmos
• While residing on the island, John came to be in the Spirit, on the Sabbath
• John hears a voice close behind him
• Jesus has come down with His message for John
• 53.8 begins with the conjunctive sequence marker “thumma”
• Thus, the information contained in 53.8 is a direct result of the information contained in 53.7
• 53.7 confirmed to us that not only is Jesus divine; but that He is seen in the heavens (i.e. the clouds)
• 53.8 uses the masculine singular “dana”, that He (i.e. Jesus), drew near
• Observe that this root has the meaning “he, or it, was, or became, near; drew near, or approached; it is either in person, or substance, or in respect of a predicament, and in place, and in time”
• “Dana”, is clearly referring to John being in the Spirit
• Juxtaposed to “dana”, is the copulative particle “fa”, which indicates either definite cause and effect, or a natural sequence of events
• “fa” is connected to “tadalla” - which is masculine singular, and indicates “He drew near or approached; or he drew near, or approached, from above or after being high”
• 53.8 has just put forth a sequence of cause and effect illustrating that Jesus (who was in the heavens (i.e. clouds) came down (observe the perfect tenses of the verbs), to John, “tadalla” (from above)
• Jesus came down to John from the heavens
• Summarizing ayahs 1 - 8 in sura 53, we have the following parallels to Revelation:
1. John falls at the feet of Jesus
2. John is the Companion of Jesus
3. John did not die
4. John did not err
5. John speaks not by his own will
6. John received divinely inspired Revelation
7. This Revelation was signified via an angel
8. The Revelation is from Jesus Christ
9. Jesus taught John
10. Jesus is the Triune God
11. The Lord Jesus is Uniplural in nature
12. The Lord Jesus is coming with the clouds
13. Jesus descends from the clouds to John
