A Bible Handbook to Revelation

by Couch, Mal

• ISBN13: 9780825423581
• ISBN10: 0825423589
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional

Summary

(Foreword by John F. Walvoord) Leading evangelical educators discuss the text of Revelation and the issues that most interest twenty-first-century readers and students. Includes a verse-by-verse explanation and background analysis.

Author Biography

Mal Couch (Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary; Th.D., Louisiana Baptist Seminary) is founder and president of Tyndale Theological Seminary and Biblical Institute in Fort Worth, Texas. He previously taught at Philadelphia College of the Bible, Moody Bible Institute, and Dallas Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(1)
Preface	9	(2)
Contributors	11	(4)
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Why is Revelation Important?	15	(7)
Mal Couch
Revelation in the New Testament Canon	22	(14)
Larry V. Crutchfield
How Has Revelation Been Viewed Interpretively?	36	(9)
Mal Couch
Interpreting the Book of Revelation	45	(24)
Mal Couch
The Literary Structure of Revelation	69	(12)
Mal Couch
PART 2: THE THEOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Bibliology in the Book of Revelation	81	(11)
Mal Couch
Theology Proper in the Book of Revelation	92	(12)
Robert P. Lightner
Christology in the Book of Revelation	104	(10)
Harold D. Foos
Pneumatology in the Book of Revelation	114	(8)
Russell L. Penney
Ecclesiology in the Book of Revelation	122	(9)
Mal Couch
Anthropology in the Book of Revelation	131	(11)
Mal Couch
Hamartiology in the Book of Revelation	142	(8)
Mal Couch
Angelology in the Book of Revelation	150	(13)
Mal Couch
Soteriology in the Book of Revelation	163	(9)
Mal Couch
Israelology in the Book of Revelation	172	(15)
Mal Couch
The Rapture of the Church and the Book of Revelation	187	(123)
Russell L. Penney
PART 3: A VERSE-BY-VERSE BACKGROUND GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION
The Salutation and Introductory Vision	199	(8)
The Problems in the Seven Churches of Asia	207	(10)
The Problems in the Seven Churches of Asia (Continued)	217	(8)
John Called into Heaven: ``Come up Here''	225	(4)
The Book Taken by Christ: ``A Book Written Inside and on the Back''	229	(4)
The Six Seals Opened	233	(5)
Parenthesis: Saved People Coming Out of the Tribulation	238	(3)
The Four Trumpets Sounded	241	(4)
The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets Sounded	245	(5)
Parenthesis: Tribulation Horror Intensifies	250	(3)
The Temple, the Two Witnesses, and the Seventh Trumpet	253	(5)
Satan, the Woman Who is Israel, and the Messiah	258	(5)
The Kingdom of the Beast and the False Prophet	263	(5)
Parenthesis: Preview of the End of the Tribulation	268	(4)
The Great Chorus of Victory Before the Lord	272	(2)
The Seven Bowls of Wrath	274	(4)
The Doom of Babylon	278	(5)
The Terrible Fall of Babylon	283	(4)
The Demise of Babylon and the Coming of Christ	287	(5)
The Kingdom Reign of Christ and Satan Bound	292	(5)
The Revealing of the New Heavens, the New Earth, and the New Jerusalem	297	(6)
Renovation of the Universe and the Final Message of Scripture	303	(7)
Endnotes	310