Revelation
An Introduction And Commentary
Published on 19. April 2018
396 pages
978-1-78359-345-3 (ISBN)
Description
The book of Revelation is the most developed example of a scriptural writer wrestling with the ideological implications of the gospel, and engaging with an opposing system in the light of what God has done in Jesus.
A fascinating piece of Scripture as well as an extraordinary piece of literature, its interpretation has affected our theology, art and worship, and even international politics.
It is an apocalypse, a letter and a prophecy. Ian Paul gives disciplined attention to the text, examines how John draws on the Old Testament, indicates how his message would have communicated and been understood in its first-century context, and makes connections with our contemporary world.
Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties.
A fascinating piece of Scripture as well as an extraordinary piece of literature, its interpretation has affected our theology, art and worship, and even international politics.
It is an apocalypse, a letter and a prophecy. Ian Paul gives disciplined attention to the text, examines how John draws on the Old Testament, indicates how his message would have communicated and been understood in its first-century context, and makes connections with our contemporary world.
Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties.
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English
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Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Freelance theologian, writer, speaker, researcher, consultant. Associate Minister, St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary. Formerly Dean of Studies, St John's, Nottingham.
Content
- Intro
- Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
- Revelation
- CONTENTS
- General preface
- Author's preface to the first edition
- preface to the second edition
- chief Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Interpretation
- a. The 'preterist' view
- b. The 'historicist' view
- c. The 'futurist' view
- d. The 'idealist' view
- 2. The Revelation of St John and apocalyptic
- 3. Authorship
- 4. Date
- 5. Sources
- ANALYSIS
- 1. PROLOGUE (1:1-20)
- 2. THE LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)
- 3. A VISION OF HEAVEN (4:1-11)
- 4. THE SEVEN SEALS (5:1-8:5)
- 5. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:6-11:19)
- 6. SEVEN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS (12:1-14:20)
- 7. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (15:1-16:21)
- 8. THE TRIUMPH OF ALMIGHTY GOD (17:1-20:15)
- 9. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH (21:1-22:5)
- 10. EPILOGUE (22:6-21)
- COMMENTARY
- 1. PROLOGUE (1:1-20)
- a. Introduction (1:1-3)
- b. Salutation (1:4-8)
- c. The first vision (1:9-20)
- i. The command to write (1:9-11)
- ii. The vision of the glorious Lord (1:12-20)
- 2. THE LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)
- a. To the church of Ephesus (2:1-7)
- b. To the church of Smyrna (2:8-11)
- c. To the church of Pergamum (2:12-17)
- d. To the church of Thyatira (2:18-29)
- e. To the church of Sardis (3:1-6)
- f. To the church of Philadelphia (3:7-13)
- g. To the church of Laodicea (3:14-22)
- 3. A VISION OF HEAVEN (4:1-11)
- 4. THE SEVEN SEALS (5:1-8:5)
- a. The unopened book (5:1-4)
- b. The Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5-14)
- c. The first seal (6:1-2)
- d. The second seal (6:3-4)
- e. The third seal (6:5-6)
- f. The fourth seal (6:7-8)
- g. The fifth seal (6:9-11)
- h. The sixth seal (6:12-17)
- i. An interlude (7:1-17)
- i. The sealing of the servants of God (7:1-8)
- ii. The great multitude (7:9-17)
- j. The seventh seal (8:1-5)
- 5. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:6-11:19)
- a. The first trumpet (8:6-7)
- b. The second trumpet (8:8-9)
- c. The third trumpet (8:10-11)
- d. The fourth trumpet (8:12)
- e. The eagle (8:13)
- f. The fifth trumpet (9:1-12)
- g. The sixth trumpet (9:13-21)
- h. An interlude (10:1-11:14)
- i. The little book and the seven thunders (10:1-4)
- ii. The angel's oath (10:5-7)
- iii. The little book (10:8-11)
- iv. The two witnesses (11:1-14)
- i. The seventh trumpet (11:15-19)
- 6. SEVEN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS (12:1-14:20)
- a. The woman clothed with the sun (12:1-6)
- b. Satan cast out (12:7-12)
- c. War between Satan and the woman and her son (12:13-17)
- d. The beast from the sea (13:1-10)
- e. The beast from the earth (13:11-18)
- f. The Lamb on Mount Zion (14:1-5)
- g. The harvest of the earth (14:6-20)
- i. Three angels proclaim judgment (14:6-12)
- ii. The dead who die in the Lord (14:13)
- iii. The reaper on the cloud (14:14-16)
- iv. The vintage (14:17-20)
- 7. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (15:1-16:21)
- a. Preliminaries (15:1-8)
- b. The first bowl (16:1-2)
- c. The second bowl (16:3)
- d. The third bowl (16:4-7)
- e. The fourth bowl (16:8-9)
- f. The fifth bowl (16:10-11)
- g. The sixth bowl (16:12-16)
- h. The seventh bowl (16:17-21)
- 8. THE TRIUMPH OF ALMIGHTY GOD (17:1-20:15)
- a. The judgment of the great whore (17:1-18)
- i. The woman seated on the beast (17:1-6)
- ii. The significance of the woman and the beast (17:7-14)
- iii. The punishment of the whore (17:15-18)
- b. The judgment of Babylon (18:1-19:5)
- i. The fall of Babylon (18:1-3)
- ii. A call to leave the city (18:4-5)
- iii. Judgment on the city (18:6-8)
- iv. A lament over the city's fall (18:9-19)
- v. The destruction of the city (18:20-24)
- vi. A thanksgiving for the judgment of Babylon (19:1-5)
- c. The marriage of the Lamb (19:6-10)
- d. The final victory (19:11-20:15)
- i. One called 'the Word of God' (19:11-16)
- ii. The overthrow of the beast and of the false prophet (19:17-21)
- iii. Satan bound (20:1-3)
- iv. The first resurrection (20:4-6)
- v. Satan's final overthrow (20:7-10)
- vi. The last judgment (20:11-15)
- 9. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH (21:1-22:5)
- a. 'God . with them' (21:1-4)
- b. Separation between good and evil (21:5-8)
- c. The holy city (21:9-21)
- d. 'No night there' (21:22-22:5)
- 10. EPILOGUE (22:6-21)
- Introduction
- 2. THE LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES (2:1-3:22)
- 3. A VISION OF HEAVEN (4:1-11)
- 4. THE SEVEN SEALS (5:1-8:5)
- 5. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (8:6-11:19)
- 6. SEVEN SIGNIFICANT SIGNS (12:1-14:20)
- 7. THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (15:1-16:21)
- 8. THE TRIUMPH OF ALMIGHTY GOD (17:1-20:15)
- 9. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH (21:1-22:5)
