Synopses & Reviews
The book of Revelation has long fascinated and even confused readers and students of the Bible alike. Yet, the Bible is made to be understood and Revelation is no exception. Who better to help you understand the seals, trumpets, vials, woes, and plagues than John F. Walvoord, one of evangelicalism's most prominent leaders, and Mark Hitchcock, today's leading Bible prophecy expert?
In this first in a renewed series of commentaries from Dr. Walvoord, he points out that much of the book's symbolism can be interpreted literally. At key points different views and approaches to interpretation are explored. Walvoord devotes special attention to textual and doctrinal issues while avoiding technical language. Refined, updated with the English Standard Version (ESV), and streamlined, this classic text is set to help you interpret the last book of the Bible and gain a better grasp of current trends and the climax of history!
Synopsis
A verse-by-verse study of one of the most complex books in the Bible. It points out the symbolic nature of Revelation while showing it should be interpreted literally.
Synopsis
No other New Testament book evokes the same fascination, produces wider divergence of interpretation, and is less understood than the book of the Revelation. The Bible was intended to be understood, the author maintains, and Revelation is no exception. here then is a book for those who have been puzzled by the seals, trumpets, woes, plagues, and vials, for those who do not understand who the beast, the false prophet, and the great red dragon represent, and for those who want to know the meaning for our day of the letters to the seven churches.
About the Author
JOHN F. WALVOORD (A.B., D.D., Wheaton College; A.M., Texas Christian University; Th.B., Th.M., Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary), former president of Dallas Theological Seminary and editor of
Bibliotheca Sacra, America's oldest theological quarterly, was recognized as one of the leading evangelical theologians in America and an authority on systematic theology and eschatology. His academic background and extensive travel in the Middle East greatly enriched his theological and eschatological studies. He authored numerous books on theology and biblical prophecy, including
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ Our Lord, and
Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation.
PHIL RAWLEY is a former Moody Publishers textbook editor, one of the founding editors and writers for Today in the Word, and a free-lance writer living in Rockwall, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of South Florida (B.A., 70) and Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M., 80). Phil and his wife Sarah have two children and a grandson.
MARK HITCHCOCK graduated from law school in 1984 and worked for a judge at the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for four years. After a clear call to full-time ministry, Mark attended Dallas Theological Seminary, graduating in 1991. Since that time he has served as senior pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. He completed his Ph.D. at Dallas Theological Seminary in 2005 and serves as an adjunct faculty member at DTS in the Bible Exposition Department. He has authored over twenty books related to end time Bible prophecy. Mark and his wife Cheryl live in Edmond, Oklahoma. They have two sons, Justin and Samuel.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
1. The Things That You Have Seen
2. The Letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira
3. The Letters to Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea
4. The Church in Heaven
5. The Lamb and the Seven-Sealed Book
6. The Beginning of the Great Day of God’s Wrath
7. The Saints of the Great Tribulation
8. The Seventh Seal and the Beginning of the Trumpets
9. The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets: The First and Second Woes
10. The Mighty Angel with the Little Book
11. The Two Witnesses and the Seventh Trumpet
12. The Conflict in Heaven and on Earth
13. The Two Beasts
14. The Victory of the Lamb and His Followers
15. The Vision of the Seven Last Plagues
16. The Bowls of God’s Wrath
17. The Destruction of Ecclesiastical Babylon
18. The Fall of Babylon
19. The Second Coming of Christ
20. The Reign of Christ
21. The New Heaven and the New Earth
22. Concluding Revelations and Exhortations
Bibliography
Index