The program seemed to focus on revelation in the Bible - how whatever was said originally can't really be known as it has been edited and changed around, and anyway we don't really know what life was like in those times.
However this seems to look at revelation as something scarce, whereas revelation is happening all the time. The Oracle at Delphi was always available for revelations in the ancient world, and many people since then have had revelations from God or the unconscious or however you want to describe it.
We just need to be aware of revelation, and attuned to it as a possibility. Revelation is roaring at us from the realm of the sacred but we don't hear it - we aren't listening. If we look up at the night sky, look out at the ocean, meditate on questions such as "what is love?", "what is happiness?", "what is forgiveness?", "what is desire?", "what is attachment?", sit quietly and listen for God, meditate to music, or just expect to be surprised from someone or something outside of ourselves, we can experience revelation.
In terms of the Bible, the revelation isn't in the words, it is in the reading. That's why the editors were happy to change it round - it wasn't some painting that couldn't be altered, it was an experience that was always changing every time someone read it. God speaks to us through the Bible or the I Ching or nature or a poem because our mind is ready to listen.
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