Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 1:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 1:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 1:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, when he saw a powerful and amazing figure, he felt so overwhelmed that he fell down like he was dead. But the figure, who is Jesus, touched him and reassured him by saying he’s always been there from the beginning and will be there till the end, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.

Revelation 1:17: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:16

States that only God has immortality, while Revelation 1:17 implies Jesus, a man, has qualities of God, causing a contradiction in divine attributes.

1 Timothy 6:16: Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:28

Describes God as everlasting and does not faint, yet Revelation 1:17 shows Jesus falling as dead, conflicting in depiction of divine strength.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Contradiction with John 1:18

Claims no man has seen God, yet Revelation 1:17 portrays John seeing a divine figure, which contradicts the idea of God's invisibility.

John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

States God is not a man that He should lie or repent, but Revelation 1:17 implies a divine-human duality in Jesus, presenting a conceptual conflict.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Exodus 33:20

Asserts that no one can see God's face and live, contrasting with Revelation 1:17 where John's vision of Jesus does not result in death.

Exodus 33:20: And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
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