Revelation
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Revelation

A Love Story

  1. 486 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Revelation

A Love Story

About this book

Could the cry "Come out of her My people" (Rev 18: 4) not be needed more today than it was when John penned the Apocalypse?The book of Revelation begins and ends with the affirmation that God is the world's true Lord, not Caesar. In telling this story, John lays out for us the fact that Christ's kingdom is not like the kingdoms of the world. The kingdoms of the world rule by force and at the expense of the masses and for the benefit of those in power. Jesus's kingdom, however, comes through love. In Christ's kingdom, power is demonstrated by laying down one's life for one's enemies. Jesus, of course, demonstrated this kind of love on the cross, and he calls us to do the same. We have nothing to fear. After all, Jesus was dead and now he is alive and he has the keys to Death and Hades. Unfortunately, many interpreters have come to believe that the devastation and destruction depicted in the book of Revelation--in particular, in the accounts of the Seven Seals and the Seven Bowls--are God's end-times wrath. But have we ever stopped to consider that this portrait of God is fundamentally at odds with the gospel? And with Jesus's call for us to love one another even as he loved us? The book of Revelation tells a different story.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction: Revelation as a Love Story
  6. Chapter 2: The Structure of the Book of Revelation
  7. Chapter 3: Reading Revelation as a Narrative
  8. Chapter 4: Understanding John’s Purpose
  9. Chapter 5: John’s Use of Numbers
  10. Chapter 6: Understanding the Message of Revelation
  11. Revelation 1:1–8 The Prologue
  12. Revelation 1:1–8 The Prologue
  13. Revelation 1:9–20 John’s Vision on Patmos
  14. Revelation 2:1–3:22 The Seven Messages204
  15. Revelation 4:1—5:14 John Taken to Heaven:Throne Room Scene
  16. Revelation 4:1—5:14 Throne Room Scene Continued
  17. Revelation 6:1–17 The First Six Seals
  18. Revelation 7:1–17 An Interlude: The 144,000 and the Great Multitude
  19. Revelation 8:1—9:21 Seventh Seal and the First Six Trumpets:Introduction
  20. Revelation 8:1—9:21 The Seventh Seal and the First Six Trumpets:Continued
  21. Revelation 10:1—11:13 An Interlude:The Scroll and the Two Witnesses
  22. Revelation 10:1—11:13 An Interlude:The Scroll and The Two Witnesses Continued
  23. Revelation 11:15–19 The Seventh Trumpet
  24. Revelation 12:1–18 The Woman and the Dragon
  25. Revelation 13:1—14:5 The Beasts and the 144,000
  26. Revelation 13:1—14:5 The Beast, the False Prophet, and the 144,000 Continued
  27. Revelation 14:1–5 The Beast, the False Prophet, and the 144,000
  28. Revelation 14:6–20 Six “Another” Angels and One like the Son of Man
  29. Revelation 15:1—16:21 The Seven Angels and the Seven Bowls
  30. Revelation 15:1–8 The Seven Angels and the Overcomers
  31. Revelation 16:1–21 The Seven Bowls Introduction
  32. Revelation 17:1–17 The Great Prostitute Introduction
  33. Revelation 17:1–17 The Great Prostitute
  34. Revelation 18:1—19:10 The Fall of Babylon and the Three Hallelujahs
  35. Revelation 19:11—21:8 Transition between the Fall of Babylon and the Descent of the New Jerusalem
  36. Revelation 19:11–16 The Returning Christ
  37. Revelation 19:17–21 Judgment of the Beast and the False Prophet
  38. Revelation 20:1–10 The Judgment of the Dragon (Satan)
  39. Revelation 20:11–15 The Great White Throne Judgment
  40. Revelation 21:1–8 New Creation: The Introduction to the Holy City
  41. Revelation 21:9—22:9 The Bride Is the Holy City
  42. Revelation 22:1–5 The Holy City: The New Eden
  43. Revelation 22:6–21 Epilogue
  44. Conclusion
  45. Bibliography
  46. Appendix: Repetition of Key Terms and Phrases