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               22  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (25): 13-47, Winter 2021
               of  revelation  appeared  to          divine prophets fought against
               Moses like a flame of fire from       other  idols  such  as  “Sun”,
               a  bush,  and  God  spoke  to         “Baal”,  “Zabub”,  “Malcolm”
               him”. (Book of Exodus 3: 2)           and  “Tammuz”.  Isaiah  also
                  Joseph says, “Blessed be the       calls the God of Israel the one
               angel  that  kept  me  from  all      God of the worlds.
               evil”. (Book of Genesis, 48:16)          It  is  God  who  declares
                  This  divine  angel  enters  the   monotheism  to  His  people
                                               :

               prophets in the following two ways    through  revelation  to  His
                      -  In  the  dream  of          prophets  and  punishes  them  if
                          awakening:  As  it  is     they  violate  it.  Moses  says,  “If
                          said  about  Ibrahim:      you  worship  the  gods  of  the
                          God  said  this  to        people of the neighborhood, his
                          Abraham      in    the     wrath  will  be  kindled  against
                          dream.     (Book    of     you,  and  he  will  destroy  you
                          Genesis, 15: 1)            from  the  earth”.  (Book  of
                      -  In  the  dream:  At         Deuteronomy, 6: 14-15; Quoted
                          sunset,  Abram  fell       by Parcham, 2004: 284)
                          into  a  deep  sleep,
                          while     God     told            -  Prognosticating
                          Abram.  (Book  of                     Future Events
                          Genesis,  15:  12-13;      The “Bible Dictionary” states:
                          Quoted by Parcham,         The  prophets  received  future
                          1383: 283)                 events    through     revelation;
                                                     such  as  the  salvation  of  the
                      1.  The Content of Revelation   Jews from the Assyrians (Book
                      -  Monotheism (Tawhid)         of    Isaiah:    10)    or    the
               The  first  message  of  divine       deliverance  of  the  world  by
               revelation is monotheism. The         Christ. (Ibid: 11)
               first      is      the       Ten         It   is    stated    in    the
               Commandments         of   Moses       “Dictionary      of      Biblical
               concerning          monotheism.       Theology”:            Revelation
               Among the Jewish people, the          includes  events  that  human
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