General Revelation 1 – Introduction

The next claim that CAT puts forth and then proceeds to tear down is:

CLAIM: Observation of the universe (general revelation) is sufficient to discover the gospel. (CAT-36)

For this argument, they leaned heavily on Dr. Ross’s previous book entitled The Fingerprint of God (1990) This is not surprising because Ross’s Creation and Time really does not major on the intricacies of distinguishing between general and special revelation - though it is in general agreement with the earlier book. This is fair to bring in other materials of relevance, so we do not fault the CAT authors for expanding the extent of their critique.

This is a complex topic and will be covered in several articles

General Revelation 1 – Introduction
This article – an introduction to the issues involved and road map of where we are going.

General Revelation 2 - General Revelation and Special Revelation
What are these revelations and what is the normal orthodox view of these revelations

General Revelation 3 – Dr. Ross views
We will look at several of the quotes that CAT uses to ascertain Dr. Ross’s view

General Revelation 4 – The Fingerprint of God
We will go into even more depth on the specific chapter under discussion in The Fingerprint of God so that we can get a more balanced view of what Dr. Ross wrote in context!

General Revelation 5 - Colossians 1:23
Col 1:23 is a problem verse for me in my understanding of general and special revelation – we will look at various interpretations and try to make some sense of this verse

General Revelation 6 – Current RTB position
A transcript from a Creation Update show giving the present RTB position - note that it is mixed and various staff members may hold differing views.

General Revelation 7 – Sufficient to Save?
We will conclude with a conclusion on the matter.

I will say from the outset that in general, I agree more with the authors of CAT than I do with the quotes given from Dr. Ross in his various books. However, we will see as we progress if there might be a softening of this particular controversy and hopefully you the reader will be encouraged and edified by the topic. Let it be pointed out that we do not put RTB or Dr. Ross on a pedestal of divine truth. If we find something where we disagree, so be it.

This is an active ongoing study – so I pray that God will continue to bless the study of His word and lead us to all Truth.