Revelation

A Love Story

Rob Dalrymple

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9781666733563
  9781666728309
• eBook ISBN:
  9781666728316
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

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.

Table of contents

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