Penunggang Kuda Putih Itu Adalah Ida Sang Hyang Yesus Kristus, Sang Awatara

Perjumpaan Kristen Bali dengan Kitab Wahyu di Sulawesi Tengah

Authors

  • I Gede Supradnyana Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah Tentena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v3i1.65

Keywords:

Balinese Christian, Central Sulawesi, Awatara, Revelation, white horse rider, reader’s response criticism

Abstract

In this essay, I present an understanding of Jesus from the perspective of Balinese Christians in Central Sulawesi. As an example of a reader-response method, Revelation 19:11-21 has been historically read there in light of a Balinese worldview. Such readings meet with the Balinese interpretation of the white-horse rider (Jesus) as the awatara (avatar) that will come again to fight evil (adharma) and to establish righteousness (dharma) on earth. Insights to be culled from such work include increased awareness of our ecological plight, as well as heightened urgency to address both the moral decline of society and the contemporary phenomenon of indifference toward religion.

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Author Biography

I Gede Supradnyana, Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah Tentena

I Gede Supradnyana adalah Pendeta Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST) dan Dosen di STT GKST Tentena, Poso. Saat ini ia sedang menempuh studi doktoral di Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana

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Published

2015-07-30 — Updated on 2015-07-30

How to Cite

Supradnyana, I. G. (2015). Penunggang Kuda Putih Itu Adalah Ida Sang Hyang Yesus Kristus, Sang Awatara: Perjumpaan Kristen Bali dengan Kitab Wahyu di Sulawesi Tengah. Indonesian Journal of Theology, 3(1), 61-76. https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v3i1.65