a definition aka a sign of things to come......

revelation

an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously whollyhidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and atdifferent times (Heb. 1:1) to make a supernatural revelation of himself and hispurposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committedto writing. (See WORD OF GOD.) The Scriptures are not merely the "record" ofrevelation; they are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to theaccurate presevation and propagation of the truth. Revelation and inspirationdiffer. Revelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind;inspiration (q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility incommunicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the spokesman orprophet of God in such a sense that everything he asserts to be true, whetherfact or doctrine or moral principle, is true, infallibly true.