묵시는, 역사적 장르이다.

"The resurrection was perceived and interpreted in a (limited) variety of ways, all of them within the general framework of apocalyptic thought. ... It is very important to see that for the early Christians, the resurrection was not merely a spectacular thing that God did for Jesus, but represented the leading edge of this eschatological event, the beginning of the new age. ... Resurrection faith is not identical with affirming the historical factuality of any of the Gospel's resurrection stories. The story is the vehicle of the faith, but is not to be identified with it."

M.E. Boring 2012: 138f.

묵시를 역사과정의 종말적 단계로 이해하는 것이 아니라, 사회-역사적 메카니즘 안에서의 세계관적 현상, 곧 '역사적 장르'로 접근해야 함을 알게 됩니다.