We have sinned and done wrong, acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments [ apo tn entoln sou ] and ordinances. We have not listened to your servants the prophets [ tn douln sou tn prophtn ].
who is proclaimed through the law and the prophets, who was enfleshed upon a virgin,
who was hung upon a tree, who was buried in the earth, who was raised from the dead and
who has power to save everyone, through whom the Father did his works from beginning to eternity [ aparchs mechri ainn ].
All things are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ. His birth is twofold, one of God before the ages [ mia ek theou pro tn ainn ], and one of a virgin in the consummation of the ages [ kai mia ek parthenou epi synteleiai tn ainn ].
Contents
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Foreword by Eugenio Corsini
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Introductory Questions
Literary Questions
The Challenge of a Literary Design
A Proposed Literary Design
Consequences
Conclusion
2. Interpreting the Apocalypse 1:18
The Prologue (1:18)
Gods Mediated Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:13)
The Coming of the Christ (1:48)
3. Interpreting the Apocalypse 1:93:22
Heavenly Encounters (1:920)
The Voice from Behind, like a Trumpet: The Revelation of Gods Initial Saving Intervention (1:911)
- E XCURSUS 1: Witnesses to the Law and the Messianic Promises of the Prophets (1:9)
The Sight of One Speaking: The Revelation of Gods Definitive Saving Intervention (1:1220)
The Seven Churches (2:13:22)
Traditional Problems
Churches or the Church?
Mediation
Ephesus: The Fall from Original Love (2:17)
Smyrna: Affliction and the Plagues in Egypt (2:811)
Pergamum: Israel in the Desert (2:1217)
Thyatira: Sinful Rulers in Israel (2:1829)
Sardis: The End of Israel and Judah, with a Small Remnant Remaining (3:16)
Philadelphia: Return of a Weak Israel and Rebuilding the Temple (3:713)
Laodicea: Israels Rejection of the Messiah and the Coming of the Son of Man (3:1422)
4. Interpreting the Apocalypse 4:18:1
Heavenly Encounters (4:15:14)
God and Creation (4:111)
The Lamb and Universal Salvation (5:114)
Opening the First Four Seals (6:18)
The First Seal: The White Horse and Its RiderHumankinds Potential (6:12)
The Second Seal: The Bright Red Horse and Its RiderViolence (6:34)
The Third Seal: The Black Horse and Its RiderToil (6:56)
The Fourth Seal: The Pallid Green Horse and Its RiderDeath (6:78a)
A Concluding Summary (6:8b)
Opening the Final Three Seals (6:98:1)
The Fifth Seal: The Saints of Israel, Waiting under the Altar (6:911)
The Sixth Seal: The Cosmic Effects of the Death of the Lamb (6:127:17)
The Seventh Seal: Silence in Heaven Greets the Victory of the Lamb (8:1)
5. Interpreting the Apocalypse 8:211:19
Heavenly Encounters (8:26)
Blowing the First Four Trumpets (8:713)
The First Trumpet: Burning a Third of the Sea (8:7)
The Second Trumpet: Poisoning a Third of the Sea (8:89)
The Third Trumpet: Poisoning a Third of the Springs (8:1011)
The Fourth Trumpet: Destruction of a Third of the Earths Light (8:1213)
Blowing the Final Three Trumpets: The Woes (9:111:19)
The First Woe: The Fall of Humankind (9:112)
The Second Woe: Gods Initial Intervention in Israel (9:1311:14)
1. Warfare: The Severest Consequence of the Fall of Humankind (9:1321)
3. The Temple, the Law, and the Prophets: Gods Presence in Israel (11:114)
The Third Woe: The Fulfillment of the Mystery of God (11:1519)
6. Interpreting the Apocalypse 12:118
The Woman, the Son, and the Dragon (12:16)
Heavenly Warfare (12:712)
The Woman and the Dragon (12:1318)
7. Interpreting the Apocalypse 13:118
The Beast from the Sea (13:110)
- E XCURSUS 2: The Lamb That Was Slaughtered from the Foundation of the World
The Beast from the Land (13:1118)
8. Interpreting the Apocalypse 14:120
The Lamb and the First Fruits (14:15)
The Son of Man and Gods Judgment (14:620)
The First Group of Three Angels (14:613)
The One like a Son of Man (14:14)
The Second Group of Three Angels (14:1520)
9. Interpreting the Apocalypse 15:116:21
Heavenly Encounters (15:18)
The Literary Structure of 16:121
The First Four Bowls (16:19)
The Final Three Bowls (16:1021)
The Fifth Bowl (16:1011)
The Sixth Bowl (16:1216)
The Seventh Bowl (16:1721)
10. Interpreting the Apocalypse 17:119:10
The Whore Seated on the Beast (17:118)
Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem (18:120)
The Description of Fallen Babylon (18:18)
Lamentations over Fallen Babylon (18:919)
Heaven, the Saints, the Sent Ones, and the Prophets Rejoice (18:20)
Fallen Babylon and the Twofold Rejoicing of the Multitudes (18:2119:10)
Babylon Is Cast Down (18:2124)
The Rejoicing of the Saints of Israel (19:13)
The Marriage of the Lamb (19:68)
Closing Dialogue (19:910)
11. Interpreting the Apocalypse 19:1121:8
Preparation for the Final Battle (19:1116)
The First Aspect of the Final Battle (19:1721)
The Thousand-Year Reign: Judgment and the First Resurrection (20:16)
The Second Aspect of the Final Battle (20:710)
The Voice from the Throne: Judgment and the Second Death (20:1121:8)
12. Interpreting the Apocalypse 21:922:5
The New Jerusalem (21:921)
Dwelling in the New Jerusalem (21:2227)
Life and Light (22:15)
13. Interpreting the Apocalypse 22:621
The Authoritative Interpretation of This Book: Worship God! (22:69)
The Authoritative Interpretation of This Book: Come! (22:1017)
The Authoritative Interpretation of This Book: Warning, Promise, and Response (22:1821)
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources
Cover Flaps