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9780875524627

The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780875524627

  • ISBN10:

    0875524621

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-01
  • Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

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Summary

Noted New Testament scholar Poythress provides an understandable and practical look into Revelation in this insightful commentary. Poythress focuses on Revelation's core message and ensures that its details do not cloud the big picture. He shows Revelation to be a "picture book, not a puzzle book", relevant and applicable to the daily lives of Christians.

Author Biography

Vern S. Poythress (M.Litt., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., Harvard University; D.Th., University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) is professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(4)
Introduction
Can We Understand Revelation?
11(16)
Schools of Interpretation
27(12)
Content and Style
39(10)
Author and Date
49(6)
Occasion and Purpose
55(2)
Structure
57(12)
Commentary
A Heavenly Vision (1:1--20)
69(14)
The Messages to the Seven Churches (2:1--3:22)
83(14)
God's Throne Room (4:1--5:14)
97(16)
Opening the Seven Seals (6:1--8:1)
113(8)
The Seven Trumpets (8:2--11:19)
121(12)
Seven Symbolic Histories (12:1--14:20)
133(20)
The Seven Bowls (15:1--16:21)
153(6)
Babylon the Prostitute (17:1--19:10)
159(14)
The Appearing of Christ and the Final Battle (19:11--21)
173(4)
The Judgments (20:1--21:8)
177(12)
The New Jerusalem (21:9--22:5)
189(6)
Closing Exhortations (22:6--21)
195(4)
Endnotes 199(2)
Index of Scripture 201

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